Usotsuki Kanojo no Kagemori-san

For Yuichi Usui, a reserved and unassuming college sophomore, life follows a quiet, predictable rhythm. He observes the world from the sidelines, never imagining he could intersect with someone like Aina Kagemori. Revered on campus as an untouchable paragon of beauty, academic brilliance, and flawless grace, she exists in a realm he believes is forever out of his reach. To him, she is nothing more than a distant, glittering ideal. That perception shatters in a single, bewildering evening. While working his shift at a local café, Yuichi witnesses Aina walk through the door clad in a whimsical witch costume, accompanied by a much older man. As they part, he catches a glimpse of her accepting money from the patron—a scene that sends his mind racing to an uncomfortable conclusion. Is the perfect Aina Kagemori secretly a rental girlfriend? Determined to mind his own business, he resolves to bury the incident deep in his memory. Yet, on his way home that very night, she confronts him directly, offering a proposition that upends his world entirely: she will become his girlfriend, without asking for a single yen in return. What begins as a suspiciously generous offer slowly unravels into an unconventional romance. As Yuichi reluctantly accepts her presence, he discovers the stark contrast between the enigmatic, rumored goddess and the genuine, flawed person behind the mask. Each encounter strips away another layer of illusion, forcing him to confront his own preconceptions and drawing him into a relationship that feels too good to be true—and yet, increasingly, the only thing that feels real.