Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Author Celebrates Ruka's Birthday with Her Swimsuit Illustration

As fans know well, today, August 26 is the birthday of Ruka Sarashina, one of the main heroines in Reiji Miyajima's romantic comedy manga Rent-A-Girlfriend. To celebrate her birthday, the manga author said "Happy Birthday, Ruka!!" and posted a special illustration of her in a swimsuit eating a watermelon on his official Twitter account. Fans are now rejoicing and celebrating her birthday together with the hashtag #更科瑠夏生誕祭2021

The manga has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine since July 2017, and its latest 22nd tankobon volume, featuring none other than Ruka on its cover, was released in Japan on August 17, 2021. Its TV anime adaptation was sired for 12 episodes from July to September 2020. Thanks to its popularity, the second season has already been in the works for broadcast in 2022.

#更科瑠夏生誕祭2021
おめでとう瑠夏！！ pic.twitter.com/OXBFQJQyrN
— 宮島礼吏 Reiji Miyajima (@Miyajimareiji) August 25, 2021

Tankobon 22nd volume cover:

TV anime's official Twitter also celebrates her birthday:

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更科瑠夏のお誕生日❗️
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瑠夏、お誕生日おめでとう????

????キャラクターソング『彼女宣言』PV公開中！https://t.co/79UYFJnbUu

????TVアニメ第2期は2022年放送予定！https://t.co/7iZRZzdH9E #彼女お借りします #更科瑠夏生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/Rs6ocOVvRV
— 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 (@kanokari_anime) August 25, 2021

Her character song "Kanojo Sengen" (by Nao Toyama) PV:

You can watch the first season of the TV anime Rent-A-Girlfriend in sub and dub on Crunchyroll.

Synopsis:

Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. "Ugh... Damn it. I never want to go through that again." Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and suddenly hears, "You're Kazuya-kun, right?" A beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!

Trailer: