Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo

Rentarou Aijou has it all: looks, intelligence, athletic skill, and popularity with peers and mentors alike. Unfortunately, none of these qualities help Rentarou with his love life. On the day of his middle school graduation, he is once again turned down by a girl he confesses to, earning his one-hundredth rejection in a row. Down on his luck, he goes to a matchmaking shrine and wishes to finally get a girlfriend in high school.

When the god of the shrine suddenly appears before him, Rentarou is told he will meet an astronomical total of one hundred soulmates in high school. Though Rentarou initially does not take this foretelling seriously, his doubts disappear when, on the first day of school, he meets two of these soulmates—Hakari Hanazono and Karane Inda—who both confess to him. With fated encounters and love confessions galore, Rentarou's life is about to get a lot more exciting.

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Inda, Karane Main

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Aijou, Rentarou Main

Katou, Wataru Japanese

Yoshimoto, Shizuka Main

Naganawa, Maria Japanese

Eiai, Nano Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Hanazono, Hakari Main

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Yakuzen, Kusuri Main

Asai, Ayaka Japanese

Hanazono, Hahari Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Meido, Mei Supporting

Mimori, Suzuko Japanese

Love God Supporting

Chiba, Shigeru Japanese

Friend A Supporting

Yamada, Misuzu Japanese

Ishiyama, Takahiro Producer

Ozaki, Ryouta Producer

Yamamoto, Keisuke Producer

Sasaya, Yuuto Assistant Producer

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Oct 5, 2024

Ignitehawk

Recommended

This anime should not work. It's morally dubious, completely harebrained, extremely uncomfortable to watch, and… I absolutely adore it.

Now let's make something clear—in real life, polyamory is not a good idea. A single romantic relationship is difficult enough to navigate, and you're telling me the protagonist of this show intends to have a HUNDRED girlfriends? It's impossible. Physically, mentally, emotionally, there's not a man on this Earth who could make that work to the satisfaction of all parties involved.

… So it's a damn good thing this is anime and not reality.

And I think that's the secret, really. 100 Girlfriends is fully aware of how stupid ... its premise is, which is why it presents as a comedy first and foremost. Its characters are obvious tropes. Its plot devices are convenient to the point of parody. It delivers gag after ridiculous gag, a number of them fourth-wall-breaking. The show all but sends you a handwritten letter saying, "This is one gigantic joke; please don't take it seriously."

But that's exactly where its power lies.

The moment you accept the fact that the surface elements of this anime are not intended to be believed, the sooner you can focus on everything else—and everything else the show has to offer is fantastic.

For one, it's hilarious; 100 Girlfriends leans into its absurdist tendencies to get serious mileage out of the heroines' affection for Rentarou being so extreme it's practically deranged. And Rentarou, for his part, lives up to their adoration by being the most impossibly cool fictional man ever written. And this brings up a point that I think is worth talking about.

Despite the impossibility of everything in this anime, Rentarou is truly an admirable character. He's thoughtful. He's hard-working. He cares deeply about others. This ain't just another stupid, horny monkey who wins the anime bullcrap lottery and gets all the girls; Rentarou deserves his popularity by being, in the strangest way imaginable, the ultimate role model for men. His girlfriends are more precious to him than anything, and he puts their needs above his own every moment of every day.

The whole story is ridiculous and laughable, but what Rentarou pours out on a regular basis—his continuing effort to serve, protect, and give of himself—is genuine love, and there's nothing funny about it.

Which brings me to the other part of the show that makes no sense:
It's… wholesome.

When 100 Girlfriends wasn't making me laugh my ribs loose, it was making me smile the dumbest, happiest smile I think I've ever had on my face while watching anime. Despite what you might think, despite how raunchy the show may get, the heroines are taken seriously as characters. They worry about little things. They have hangups. Their personalities clash and they argue. But they're all united by Rentarou. His positive influence in their lives brings them closer together, until they actually start to feel like a family, even when he's not around. It's downright delightful to see, and I cannot fathom how a show with a premise this dumb manages to do this better than most anime I've watched.

Do I have objections to… well, a lot of the things in this anime? On principle, yes, absolutely. But if you're an intelligent human being with a functioning frontal lobe who can tell when someone is cracking a joke, you will be able to tell that the most questionable elements of this show exist for humor and everything that doesn't is absolutely worth your time.

Watch this one. I mean it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Apr 21, 2024

AldenEmroch

Mixed Feelings

I'm giving this a 6 just for two reasons
1.The first half made me laugh a LOT , like it was so dumb and obviously parody that i loved how stupid everything was
2.The animation is gorgeous, they didn't need to go that hard for this but the animators went wild with some scenes

I would gladly give it a 7 even and 8 if it wasnt because of the last 3 episodes, the mom....the mom.
Look i get that this is a parody of comedy and harem anime but there's times where a joke is just too much or is just not funny at all, i ... haven't seen one of those distasteful bathroom scenes since the 2010's and i sure didn't miss them , just because you make the joke with the opposite genders doesnt make it funny
And y know...is just weird, i went ahead and finished the series cuz i was already 9 episodes in might as well just endure it but even when i had those last 3 episodes on the side while i did something else i was uncomfy all the time lol and look i don't care for most of the jokes i even tolerated the red haired girl but the mom was just too far for me

I'm sure some people love that, good for you! is not my thing, not at all. I was expecting a parody anime and it kind of is but it tries to be taken seriously at times and you really can't be both at once

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 30, 2024

ALEXxAMI

Not Recommended

One thing is clear after watching this entire season, and it's that there are people out there who have no idea what love actually is. The question becomes, then, whether those people are the writers, the target audience, or both.

When you start a show with "100 Girlfriends" in the title, you have already accepted the ridiculousness of the premise and can't really complain about the absurdity of the plot. That being said, I still feel like there were two acceptable paths through a show like this: you either give us paper-thin characters so we can quickly collect all 100 and choose our favorite like we ... did with Pokemon, or you stick with a small number and develop them into living, breathing characters. Sadly for "100 Girlfriends," however, we get the worst of both worlds.

By the end of Season 1, the number of titular girlfriends is still in the single-digits, yet none of them are developed beyond their singular defining trait. We get the thirsty one, the angry one, the quiet one, and the emotionless one, just to name a few, but we have zero reason to love these girls because we really don't know why the MC loves them in the first place. The "love" he feels for them is the equivalent of the Zing from Hotel Transylvania, and both he and the girlfriends know that they (literally) cannot live without one another, but aside from that? He never once gives us a reason for his attraction aside from the fact that he's a high school boy with a harem.

This circles back to my opening remark, which was meant as a legitimate criticism of the writing and not an insult to the people that enjoyed the show. Why should I care what happens to any of these people if the MC that "loves" them cannot articulate why he himself cares? There's an arc near the end that is meant to create prisonbreak-style drama, but when the prisoner in question is essentially a plot device, I feel like I'm the one in need of an escape route. The VA cast, animation, and music were all on-point, hence why I can't give this less than a 4/10, but I can't honestly go any higher when the plot falls so flat. All would be forgiven if the comedy was there, but alas, none of that landed for me either.

In short, this show was quite disappointing. I love the harem genre because it gives the viewer an opportunity to argue with friends about which girl is best, but there's just not enough here to make those arguments worthwhile. I honestly do not think I could recommend this show to anyone because it falls so short of expectations in every important category.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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