■ Title ■ Human Rental Shop ■ Author ■ Yuichi Ishii ■ Publication Date ■ 2019 (1st edition) ■ Content ■ "Human Rental Shop" is, as the name suggests, a service that rents out all kinds of people. In this day and age, everyone has heard of terms like "rental lover" and "rental friend" (even if they haven't actually used the service). This book is written by Yuichi Ishii, the owner of the Human Rental Shop (and the representative of the agency "Family Romance"), and it details the inner workings of his business. In recent years, the company has been featured frequently on TV, in magazines, and on web media, with over 3,000 requests per year. It is the industry's largest company, with 2,000 registered staff members. The staff includes men and women of diverse personalities, from babies to 80-year-olds, and they are prepared to respond quickly to any request. Services include proxy attendance at weddings and funerals, family surrogates, friend surrogates, surrogates for appearing to have a fulfilling life, surrogates for listening to complaints, surrogates for apologies, audience surrogates, butler surrogates, shopping surrogates... and so on. Customers' needs are varied. ■ Condition ■ Slight damage to the top and bottom edges. However, apart from that, it is relatively clean with no noticeable stains, tears, or writing. It will be cleaned with a disinfectant wipe and packaged in vinyl before shipping. ■ Shipping Method ■ Yu-Packet