Episode 3

## Beach and Girlfriend

**"Beach and Girlfriend"** (海と彼女, *Umi to Kanojo*?) is the third episode of the first season *Kanojo, Okarishimasu* anime adaptation.

## Synopsis

Kazuya barely has time to deal with the fallout of the situation in the pub before the gang heads off on a short trip to Izu, where they run into someone unexpected.

## Plot

Mami tells Kazuya that she lied about having a boyfriend. She receives a message from her brother and realizes, he is home with his friends, so she tells Kazuya that they can't go there. Kazuya sees this as opportunity as she invited him and decides to invite her at his place. Mami gets surprised and Kazuya panics, starting to explain its nothing creepy and that she is just too sexy. Mami then starts patting his head and Kazuya starts to feel like trash for jumping on conclusions and not standing for Chizuru. Mami starts badmouthing Chizuru, thinking she has some loose screws as she was quite all night and then had such an outburst. Kazuya states that Chizuru isn't like that and while he still likes Mami, he can't let her badmouth her. Kazuya goes to Chizuru's apartment wanting to apologize, but then sees her coming home. He apologizes for how pathetic he is, but he states it fine as he is just his rental girlfriend. Chizuru is still fine with them continuing like this and that makes Kazuya happy.

Kazuya's group decides to go to the beach and Kazuya is surprised that Mami wanted him to come too and isn't mad at him. They tell him to invite Chizuru too, but he explains it was too sudden, so he couldn't get her to come. Secretly, Mami is angry that Kazuya is dating someone in less than a month after they broke up and decides to make Chizuru and Kazuya break up. She goes and apologizes to Kazuya for her behavior the other day and comments how many good memories they had for the month they were together. They even decided that their kid will be called Maya, but now Maya will never be born. Kazuya decides to tell her the truth about Chizuru, but then sees other people from their college and that Chizuru and her friends also decided to post-exam break at the beach. As she is in her "Ichinose" personality, no one realizes she is "Chizuru Mizuhara". As the other group leaves, Kazuya decides to not reveal it as he will be laughing stock for his friends.

He ends up being the one that needs to go buy things from the store and as he goes, he visits the bathroom to clear his mind. To his surprise, Chizuru attempts to enter and seeing her, he drags her in. As she confirms that they are just client and rental girlfriend, he explains that he may have a chance to get back with Mami and didn't want Chizuru to offend. That annoys Chizuru, who starts yelling at him, telling him he is just a client, but then they heard Mami outside wondering if that's Kazuya. He goes out, trying to say that he is alone, but Mami realizes he lies. As she attempts to open, Chizuru comes out pretending to "Mizuhara". Kazuya's friends also come and seeing Chizuru, Kazuya explains that she is from his region and got some free time and decided to visit him at the beach. Mami apologizes to Chizuru for the other day, but secretly she gets even more frustrated with her being there.

The group return at the beach and Kazuya goes into the sea, while Chizuru stays on the beach. Mami calls Kazuya behind some rocks, explaining that she lost her bracelet and asking him to help her search it, however she ends up kissing him.

## Characters

* Mami Nanami
* Kazuya Kinoshita
* Chizuru Mizuhara
* Yoshiaki Kibe
* Shun Kuribayashi