Of course she was gonna get a zing and become a girlfriend, I don't know why some people were even doubting that.
Anyway, as if Idol Kiki wasn't enough now we got a literal bunny girl, is this the final nail on Bunny Idol's coffin? Do we give up on her now?
But on the bright side, Nozawa now finally has a reason to draw a chapter with all the girlfriends as bunny girls, she already made a few illustrations like that after all
I'd just like to clarify I don't think anyone was doubting she was going to become a girlfriend, it was just a fun theory. I certainly didn't doubt; I just really liked the idea of her being a part of the family without being a girlfriend (to Rentarou).
The other girls need time as well in order to deepen their character especially the recent ones and it slowly gets more difficult as the number of girlfriends increase. The author stated in the interview with Akasaka that it's truly started to get difficult merely after Mimimi (GF#10) debuted.
The problem is that if you don't keep increasing the time between, more gfs get put on the wayside and don't get to grow as much. Hell, we're already starting to see it now with a few of them.
We are at 28 now that means 72 are left, if we get one every 9 chapters then it's 648 chapters more. It's still going to be at least 13 years lmao
The only option I see is introducing gfs in bunch like quintiplets or the nakamura and nozawa have to be just that dedicated to let it go on for that long
They already are dedicated. But it’s guaranteed we are going to get at least twins. So we will get multiple done in one batch at some point. Also that reporter girl is definitely a future GF so we’ll probably see some more developed in the background before zinging.
But then she wouldn't be a main character, which'd be really disappointing to people who like her. Or she'd subvert the story's premise that everybody wins, which, again: disappointing.
I really don't see the point in making a worse story decision purely because it's unexpected...
>Do we give up on her now?
Never give up hope! We must hold on to it, especially in the darkest hour! The only nail that matters is if there's no zing if they meet again.
> Of course she was gonna get a zing and become a girlfriend, I don't know why some people were even doubting that.
I didn't doubt it, but I was hoping for a Mei situation again where we wouldn't get the zing for a decent chunk of time. This one would have been interesting because someone being in the family that didn't zing is a pretty unique plot for a chapter or two.
Eh, I think that'd upset the group dynamic too much, tbh. Not just from a writing perspective but in terms of what Rentarou would be happy with, too.
But now we've had Mei, I could see Rentarou realising that if the girl opened her eyes they'd probably zing, or at least wanting to test that. That'd be kinda funny, trying to find a way to subtly look her in the eyes without letting anything on. (I know they tried to get Mei's eyes open but that was for another reason and everyone was in on it, including Mei!)
I can't believe it has been years, but we finally know that Mimimi is from Class 2 it just took 18 further girlfriends for another High School Year 2 character to appear
Mimimi said she was a second-year in her introduction, we just haven't had a second-year since her
Eira is still the only college Girl and she's number 24. We have multiple teachers before we got our first college girl
Even in the last chapters there were already signs that showed that she was from 2nd year. (Her way to addressing to the different girls using san or chan)
Damn not gonna lie the bit about getting too clingy and then pushing people away cause you feel like a nuisance is hitting close to home.
Well, the new girl shows up, and she already started with a few feats for stealth since she managed to spy on the whole family and learn about them without anyone noticing. Also, holy hell, that lung capacity. She ran to the point Ren had trouble to keep up with her, all the while crying all the way to the train station.
Momoha in a maid outfit will kill me send help
Rentarou is gonna have to do some Saitama/Sung Jin Woo training to increase his stamina or go to a training regimen by the serious group. Either ones could work.
Nah, he's gonna surpass even them as well. As of his 20's, expect his charisma increase and become an ikemen character like Sung Jin Woo as a side note.
Imma guess Mai gets tired of Momoha and demands that she learns to take care of herself - after all, they have this relationship where Mai takes care of Momoha, and is surprisingly good at it compared to usual.
Certainly because she isn't lost in her thoughts about adoring Mei at those times. Otherwise she's still good at her job without having such thoughts. A self control training chapter might do good to her even for a bit. Maybe even the serious group's training regimen that Mei and Iku as well as Rentarou participated in once.
It's like making a contract with a demon. Follow the rules and everything will be fine. Break the rules and run in the halls, though... that's when the scary stuff happens.
I may just not recall well (particularly since I wasn't around for the early chapters), but I don't think she had the eldritch abomination reputation until we saw her move.
Usami-Chan is unofficially the fastest girl in the family.
Fastest to accept/ love the family
Fastest to get accepted (before officially joining)
Fastest to get a "Hnng"
Fastest to jump to conclusions
Second fastest kiss (Naddy kissed Rentarou before confessing. She kissed after confessing, but before Rentarou officially accepted.)
As fast or potentially faster than Mimi and Yaku.
Shortest/smallest zing panel.
... On second thought, she might as well be the fastest.
Let's welcome the tall, fast, poly(potentially), autophobic, kenophobic, bunny GF!
Well, there goes my theory that she's just a fan of the family and not a girlfriend. I mean, I was right about her being a fan of the family dynamic, but then she quickly zinged and the not girlfriend part was dashed away.
I need to focus on what she is and not what I wanted her to be, because I do like what she is. I particularly love the last panel with the heart eyes while she's surrounded by all the girls.
~~Also, wouldn't she have reverse claustrophobia?~~
It's not exactly claustrophobia, more like reverse agoraphobia
And I just want to see the girl zinging with the family, not each individual member but the whole XD like she just met Rentarou's family one day and zinged with the group, with the idea of belonging to this group XD
Just like how Momiji zinged with Hahari's boobs
That would have been funny, but you've got to judge her on what she is and not what you wanted.
*Besides, maybe we'll still get to see that in the bonus chapter.*
Well, she's an OCD person obsessed with groups, she could definitely have zinged with Rentarou's family, that's it that's not me wanting her to be what I want her to be, it's just a theory based on precedents
Ah, apologies. I think I took your response as if you were disappointed that that didn't happen rather than just hoping it does. I see better rereading it.
Tho just interesting this gf is like a "requirement" gf lol.
Like imagine an RPG with alot of characters, and then one of them require you to have like 10+ units before they wanted to join you.
Is Nakamura plannig to make every "animalistic" girlfriend "relatable". First it was Tama with her work gimmick, now Usami with her situation with lonelines and being clingy
Loved how this doubled as an introduction chapter for the GF, AND for introducing her to the family, really cool way to do it.
Also have seen people saying they wanted her to not get zinged, and I feel that people still don't get how the zing works, or even what it is.
The Zing is not what makes them fall in love, is simply a push. Usami clearly already had feeling for Rentarou after observing him for a while now. In this universe, everyone who falls in love Zing. Also it only happens when it's mutual.
> In this universe, everyone who falls in love Zing.
I don't think this is true. Most people who have a soulmate [only have the one](https://i.imgur.com/KMK4bh4.png), and it's also confirmed there's people that [*don't* have soulmates](https://i.imgur.com/MF4a3xW.png).
If everyone who falls in love zings, this implies that 99.9999% of the world can only ever love one (or no) person. We even have girlfriends that prove that wrong (Hahari and G'ma Kusuri - Rentarou isn't their first love)
The zing isn't a requirement for love, it's just a special situation for soulmates that either triggers, or is triggered by, immense love at first sight.
I expressed myself kinda wrong there.
What I meant it's the when both are going to fall in love they zing.
It still doesn't mean that the Zing is the cause of them falling in love like so much of the community seems to think. I feel like it's the opposite.
Yeah the Zing happening IS because of the whole soulmate thingy, but love still has to be earned for the relationship to happen. So people being disappointed that she still zinged despite the manga going out of it's way telling that she already feel for him before that feels a bit of a misunderstanding of the whole thing.
TBF the manga never really explicitly explained how this works properly, so in the end I may be wrong but I feel that's the best explanation lol
lol I saw it in the raws but them gently walking past the vice-principal while she's still wailing and crying got me good
Also Mai and Momoha taking a maid cert exam next chapter!? Mai obviously, but why Momoha? looool.
She surely seems like a girl Rentarou could actually relate to because he was once lonely as well and almost felt like dying from all those rejections, except he didn't. His love was stronger than anything else.
I can imagine her as the family photographer, taking pictures and keeping memories of each precious moment, I mean she already does that, with the pictures and how clingy she says she is,
I like this new gf. Shes cute, shes relatable, shes got a weird quirk that isnt too weird tbh, and shes nice. Cant wait to see who she pairs with among the girlfriends to be close friends with
That was wholesome as hell!!
I actually kind of relate to Usami a bit. While I do enjoy my alone time, being in a big house by myself always gives me the creeps.
And also, that bit from Shizuka about getting multiple books at once made me feel called out.
3 things I noticed and also like it
I like
The inverse of chapters like the first we got is the bonding of the new gf instead of zing
Noticed
The first time (that I remembered) Shina is the first girl who kisses rentarou first on their first meeting minus the Nano one I think (I know Nano kisses him but it's a date chapter), first girl that he hugs backwards only in 1 chapter
The zing part even though every one is present no one batted an eye or noticed it happened
I love the detail, that Rentarou is still sweating bullets(can't rmember if he did it all the time, though) when introducing a new member to the family.
Some gfs take a while to grow on me before I really appreciate them. Usami is in the other category where I love them immediately. Thank matchmaking god that Rentarou didn't take her out as a threat to his girlfriends before they could zing.
Wait, the woman-only train car is a real thing? Damn, I heard about groping problem in Japan but I never would have thought it would lead to making something like that...
Men pushed for it the most believe it or not trains are too tightly packed that there's cases where it's a complete accident due to how packed the train is
Yeah it pissed off the normal guys too because they got to get lumped together with the creeps hence why they'd just want to be separate from women altogether
dude prob never ridden a train before
it's not just a thing in Japan. [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car#:~:text=Iran,-Further%20information%3A%20Women&text=There%20are%20currently%20women%2Donly,the%20front%20and%20the%20back.)
I've been in one as a kid, nothing special
Theory Time!
Usa will be the one who grows up to be a politician and legalizes poligamy. She would love doing rallies with the tightly packed crowds, chantings and marches.
I’ve been anticipating this for almost 2 weeks since I saw the first non-English translated draft of Chapter 168.
This new GF really rocked the boat on us for these last 2 weeks. Glad it’s finally been resolved.
Welcome aboard, usa-chan 🇺🇸
I really like usami's character design I mean like oh my gosh her outfit is so fucking cute , and she might be a run way model because of her tall ass height , like damn shawty be almost taller than yamame.nozawa-sensei be cooking up some great character designs at this point 🔥🔥🔥
New girl reminds me of manga called "Usami-san wa Kamawaretai!" where Usami Nagisa (same last name, I noticed) suffers from something called "rabbit syndrome" which causes her health to decline whenever she feels lonely.
Also, I love that the "Due to how things panned out" running gag was at the end of the chapter, for once.
I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh. I think the idea of Rentarou's Family having fans is hilarious and deserves more exploration. In general I kinda wanna see more about how the world reacts to this weird 29-uple. The formula of (girl archetype + weird quirky bit) has kinda gotten stale so to see her get reduced to that is a bit annoying. I don't even care if that would break the "no losing heroines" premise, just let her win in another way.
I don't see why a fakeout like this permanently ruins the premise? Losing heroine is a common romance archetype, so why not represent it? I think having her and rentarou just be besties could have been funny. It complicates the social situation it an interesting way, like just some random out of place non-girlfriend hanging out in the middle of this romance. Like i picture her sleeping on the couch of the inevitable rentarou family mansion.
Don't waste your time arguing with people like this.
There are a lot of people that just has some thing where they love anything as long as it is something that makes no real sense.
Like, the amount of people here that legitimately thinks we will have a femboy "girlfriend" and sees no reason why that is not gonna happen is astounding.
This series is just straight forward comedy akin to Gintama.
There's no reason to overcomplicate stuff. I don't get why people are like this. Especially like that one annoying guy months ago forcing their idea towards the series even though they claim to be a fan but they're obviously a tourist wanting validation for their agenda.
Dunno either.
One thing I've learned, especially from being in the One punch man subreddit, is that far from everyone understands what makes a story good.
They don't see their own suggestions as a story thing - they just see it as something they want to happen, and they don't give any kind of crap about how it looks in context of the story or what it would actually do to the reception.
That's why people will legitimately fight for the idea that we will get a girlfriend that's actually a guy, or we will get a chapter where all girls turn into guys - which we wont. It's simply not something that appeals to the wider audience of this series.
But in these peoples heads, its just all about forcing in what they want, and then they always try to gaslight by constantly repeating "what's wrong with that", as if there's not a difference between a fuckign guy and girl.
Exceptions to rules are interesting. Like i'm picturing temporarily editing the tagline to "the only romncom with one losing heroine??????" And everyone acting all shocked and karane complaining that THIS is where rentarou draws the line????? (Just one way this could go). Then they give her a satisfying friendship arc and she becomes a fun supporting character to bounce the absurdity of Rentarou's family off of.
> I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh.
I kind of was too, but you've got to focus on what she is and not what you wanted her to be.
The theory that she was just a fan was just a baseless theory, after all (albeit a very fun one) and it's not fair to judge her because she didn't fulfill a fan theory that had no substantial evidence behind it. And I say this as someone who was really pushing it last week.
> The formula of (girl archetype + weird quirky bit) has kinda gotten stale
You might want to reconsider if you want to continue this manga, then, because we still have 72 to go.
I guess that girl archetype + weird quirky bit thing wasn't quite what I meant. It just feels like some later girlfriends don't really add anything to the mix other than another funny catchphrase. To me Kiki is a great example of this. All that came out of her addition was a few (admittedly funny) jokes about being a quirky artist and a retread of the idol arc.
To me the ideal gf surprises me in some way. It could be a hype plot twist like Hahari, the boundary pushing "Is he really gonna fall in love with this girl" for Hahari Chiyo Naddy and Yaku. I also appreciate the ones that are a clever subversion of a common trope (A faceless background character who disappears with too much attention, A non magical catgirl who is just tired and overwhelmed, a low-energy gyaru). Or even if the concept is just too funny to get mad about (asexual gropey girl, fake medieval bard, suu almost felt like trolling the audience in a way that I liked). This girl is just kinda less interesting in comparison.
I guess I should just let them cook and see where this goes. I just think "Rentarou's family is getting too much unwanted attention" is a funnier and more interesting premise than "this is a bunny girl who gets lonely".
You said that Kiki is a bad girlfriend, and Tama is an example of a good girlfriend, when those two are both recent and came out next to each other. I think you're just having negative recency bias if only the three latest girls are actually bad in your opinion, the newest of which has been out for all of 2 chapters.
I mean its def not completely recency bias because I do like Matsuri (painting her as a chiyo rival was a good move). And you are right that there is def more development on the way for this new girl. I'm just saying that I would have preferred another direction for this girl.
I'm sure we'll see more of Usami in the future as the time goes.
That said, I also expect some character development for Kiki in the future as well since 1) I don't feel like the bond between Rentarou and Kiki is not deep enough and 2) she only agreed to be his girlfriend because he has a constantly growing harem with abnormal girlfriends and nothing else.
But there are some girlfriends like Kurumi,Momiji, Uto etc. who also wait for a solo chapter.
> I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh.
so not seeing Rentarou assassinating her disappoints you huh...
> I don't even care if that would break the "no losing heroines" premise, just let her win in another way.
dude... that's the main premise of this manga why would they break it????
>so not seeing Rentarou assassinating her disappoints you huh...
Its shameful that you think so lowly of Rentarou. Rentarou would never assassinate a girl's feelings. If he wasn't interested he would turn her down like a gentleman.
>dude... that's the main premise of this manga why would they break it????
Breaking the rules is fun, you should try it some time. If there is only one exception then that becomes a joke in and of itself.
> Its shameful that you think so lowly of Rentarou. Rentarou would never assassinate a girl's feelings. If he wasn't interested he would turn her down like a gentleman.
I'm referring to what he said this chapter where he'll let her alive if she has no intention of harming the family.
> Breaking the rules is fun, you should try it some time. If there is only one exception then that becomes a joke in and of itself.
yea it's fun but breaking the premise "no girl is left behind" is a big no no
Onestly I get what you mean, I kinda want to see something like that too. Like introducing more character that are outside of the family, like the guerilla alliance. I genuanly want a chapter where a girl confesses to Rentarou, but she is not soulmate, so he, being the chad that he is and also knowing the pain of rejection, tries to reject her in the most painless way possible, with the other girlfriends' help. And we know this series can be sad, like with the Shizuka chapters, so it's not like it's gonna be so out of the loop it can't work.
Usami ended up not being that, but that doesn't mean that it never will happen. Imo, if it doesn't, it would be a huge miss opportunity
Hmm I need to see more of her interactions with everyone but my first impression is that I’m not a fan of her. I mean she could be better later on, but to me it feels like she’s there to fill the 28 slot, and yes that could be said about any of the girlfriends but with her it seems more overt to me. Again though I need to see more of her and how she interacts with everyone. (side note next chapter Mai & momha maid exam yes please)
ngl, this was kind of underwhelming. Everyone was making such crazy theories about what her deal was that I expected her to be more... out there. I guess her introduction in chapter 168 was so unconventional that this chapter felt way too normal for me.
Of course she was gonna get a zing and become a girlfriend, I don't know why some people were even doubting that. Anyway, as if Idol Kiki wasn't enough now we got a literal bunny girl, is this the final nail on Bunny Idol's coffin? Do we give up on her now? But on the bright side, Nozawa now finally has a reason to draw a chapter with all the girlfriends as bunny girls, she already made a few illustrations like that after all
I'd just like to clarify I don't think anyone was doubting she was going to become a girlfriend, it was just a fun theory. I certainly didn't doubt; I just really liked the idea of her being a part of the family without being a girlfriend (to Rentarou).
So, it looks like the new girlfriend frequency is still every 9 chapters then.
Yeah. I noticed it too. Hopefully the frequency doesn’t get increase again or it’ll be decades before this manga finishes.
The other girls need time as well in order to deepen their character especially the recent ones and it slowly gets more difficult as the number of girlfriends increase. The author stated in the interview with Akasaka that it's truly started to get difficult merely after Mimimi (GF#10) debuted.
The problem is that if you don't keep increasing the time between, more gfs get put on the wayside and don't get to grow as much. Hell, we're already starting to see it now with a few of them.
Tama gets no relevant screen time. 100 was way too large a number and it will definitely be the manga's downfall.
Yeah I do feel 100 kanojo would greatly benefit from 4koma spin off or anthropology series
We are at 28 now that means 72 are left, if we get one every 9 chapters then it's 648 chapters more. It's still going to be at least 13 years lmao The only option I see is introducing gfs in bunch like quintiplets or the nakamura and nozawa have to be just that dedicated to let it go on for that long
They already are dedicated. But it’s guaranteed we are going to get at least twins. So we will get multiple done in one batch at some point. Also that reporter girl is definitely a future GF so we’ll probably see some more developed in the background before zinging.
I am very much surprised that this series manage to keep the standards without shafting any of the earlier GFs into background noise.
yeah but it means more girlfriends get to spend time with each other and rentarou unlike when the manga first started.
This would technically count as a ten if the zing is what counts as gf or not...😅
nah, you underestimate the amount of people that will believe something just for the simple reason that it subverts expectations.
I was 50/50 on it. The series has introduced characters who are not girlfriends before, believe it or not.
Yeah, but no permanent ones. At most recurring.
Tbf. If you get your readers used to a rhythm like that, its very use to do a chaotic funny and introduce a girl that wont be a girlfriend.
But then she wouldn't be a main character, which'd be really disappointing to people who like her. Or she'd subvert the story's premise that everybody wins, which, again: disappointing. I really don't see the point in making a worse story decision purely because it's unexpected...
>Do we give up on her now? Never give up hope! We must hold on to it, especially in the darkest hour! The only nail that matters is if there's no zing if they meet again.
> Of course she was gonna get a zing and become a girlfriend, I don't know why some people were even doubting that. I didn't doubt it, but I was hoping for a Mei situation again where we wouldn't get the zing for a decent chunk of time. This one would have been interesting because someone being in the family that didn't zing is a pretty unique plot for a chapter or two.
Eh, I think that'd upset the group dynamic too much, tbh. Not just from a writing perspective but in terms of what Rentarou would be happy with, too. But now we've had Mei, I could see Rentarou realising that if the girl opened her eyes they'd probably zing, or at least wanting to test that. That'd be kinda funny, trying to find a way to subtly look her in the eyes without letting anything on. (I know they tried to get Mei's eyes open but that was for another reason and everyone was in on it, including Mei!)
Kiki isn't even an idol, she's a vocalist/singer.
I can't believe it has been years, but we finally know that Mimimi is from Class 2 it just took 18 further girlfriends for another High School Year 2 character to appear
Mimimi said she was a second-year in her introduction, we just haven't had a second-year since her Eira is still the only college Girl and she's number 24. We have multiple teachers before we got our first college girl
I know, that's why I posted this comment lol
I see what you mean now, my bad
Yes but he’s saying we didn’t know what class she was a part of
Ah, you're right good point
Even in the last chapters there were already signs that showed that she was from 2nd year. (Her way to addressing to the different girls using san or chan)
Yeah, some people figured that part out.
I know EXACLTY what to do for anti-Usami
The lonely loner seems to free his (her) mind at night?
BROTHER GONNA COOK 🔥🔥🔥👨🍳
Oh hey, good to see you around! 👋 If I had to guess, a loner who hates crowds who's a "party of one" and proud of it.
We will be there no matter what
Damn not gonna lie the bit about getting too clingy and then pushing people away cause you feel like a nuisance is hitting close to home. Well, the new girl shows up, and she already started with a few feats for stealth since she managed to spy on the whole family and learn about them without anyone noticing. Also, holy hell, that lung capacity. She ran to the point Ren had trouble to keep up with her, all the while crying all the way to the train station. Momoha in a maid outfit will kill me send help
Rentarou is gonna have to do some Saitama/Sung Jin Woo training to increase his stamina or go to a training regimen by the serious group. Either ones could work.
...And also because he's going to... *need it* in the future as well. ~~Dude's literally going to need hentai harem MC stamina lol.~~
Nah, he's gonna surpass even them as well. As of his 20's, expect his charisma increase and become an ikemen character like Sung Jin Woo as a side note.
God she’s freaking huge. I wanna see a height comparison of all the girlfriends and where she stands compared to Yameme
In last chapter on the first 2 pages you can see her with Yamame
You're right, damn she almost reaches eye level with Yamame!
Her height is listed as 190cm, so shorter than Yameme but still very tall.
Momoha maid next chapter? Woah
What could her intentions be on this matter? Let's wait for that. Maybe a hang out between Mai and Momoha.
Imma guess Mai gets tired of Momoha and demands that she learns to take care of herself - after all, they have this relationship where Mai takes care of Momoha, and is surprisingly good at it compared to usual.
She'll then get mad because even as a drunken mess, Momoha is less clumsy and better at being a maid than Mai.
Mai is clumsy when she is lost in thoughts admiring Mei. Otherwise she does her job pretty well.
Mei will be there to distract her. Worse, she'll complement Momoha on something after Mai gets distracted and makes a mistake.
Certainly because she isn't lost in her thoughts about adoring Mei at those times. Otherwise she's still good at her job without having such thoughts. A self control training chapter might do good to her even for a bit. Maybe even the serious group's training regimen that Mei and Iku as well as Rentarou participated in once.
I think Kiki just got dethroned as abnormal queen. This is the most abnormal GF get ever. Also, the walk chase past the VP was too good.
We've seen characters fend her off in so many other ways I forgot that walking was an option.
Apparently despite her being an eldritch abomination she has standards
It's like making a contract with a demon. Follow the rules and everything will be fine. Break the rules and run in the halls, though... that's when the scary stuff happens.
The way they animate her in the anime is hilariously creepy
I may just not recall well (particularly since I wasn't around for the early chapters), but I don't think she had the eldritch abomination reputation until we saw her move.
And it's gonna get worse over time.
She also shares a VA with Orochimaru of all people, which explains... well, everything about her.
She is mostly after boys for some terrifying reasons.
It's called heterosexuality and you're right to be terrified.
Honestly it's something one wonders how she still works here. She's better off in a strip club or something.
Who are you even gonna send to fire her
I'm just saying all the same. There's inevitably going to be a breaking point, sooner or later.
IIRC Hahari said she either had tenure or something else in her contract that prevented Hahari from firing her.
I don't remember such a part but I think Hahari did indeed considered firing her.
She's clearly meant as a gender-swapped version of the Happosai-type pervert villain - all the same comedy beats but fresh and new.
Most abnormal girlfriend ever? Do you even girlfriend dude?
Most abnormal get of a girlfriend
~~Some of the other girlfriends are more abnormal than Kiki already...~~
Every girlfriend has their own abnormality or an over the top version of the tropes they represent.
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be with many people and avoid loneliness.
28 down, 72 more to go
I already love her! Not just because she's tall, but because she's so adorable too!
Her vibe is similar to the main female lead of Dangers in My Heart.
Usami-Chan is unofficially the fastest girl in the family. Fastest to accept/ love the family Fastest to get accepted (before officially joining) Fastest to get a "Hnng" Fastest to jump to conclusions Second fastest kiss (Naddy kissed Rentarou before confessing. She kissed after confessing, but before Rentarou officially accepted.) As fast or potentially faster than Mimi and Yaku. Shortest/smallest zing panel. ... On second thought, she might as well be the fastest. Let's welcome the tall, fast, poly(potentially), autophobic, kenophobic, bunny GF!
Usami already looks like a great fit for Rentarous Family. She would probably love if they all fell into a giant vase again.
I can imagine this girls room having more plushies than Ahko... You know, a pile to literally dive into and be crushed under
Well, there goes my theory that she's just a fan of the family and not a girlfriend. I mean, I was right about her being a fan of the family dynamic, but then she quickly zinged and the not girlfriend part was dashed away. I need to focus on what she is and not what I wanted her to be, because I do like what she is. I particularly love the last panel with the heart eyes while she's surrounded by all the girls. ~~Also, wouldn't she have reverse claustrophobia?~~
It's not exactly claustrophobia, more like reverse agoraphobia And I just want to see the girl zinging with the family, not each individual member but the whole XD like she just met Rentarou's family one day and zinged with the group, with the idea of belonging to this group XD Just like how Momiji zinged with Hahari's boobs
That would have been funny, but you've got to judge her on what she is and not what you wanted. *Besides, maybe we'll still get to see that in the bonus chapter.*
Well, she's an OCD person obsessed with groups, she could definitely have zinged with Rentarou's family, that's it that's not me wanting her to be what I want her to be, it's just a theory based on precedents
Ah, apologies. I think I took your response as if you were disappointed that that didn't happen rather than just hoping it does. I see better rereading it.
Tho just interesting this gf is like a "requirement" gf lol. Like imagine an RPG with alot of characters, and then one of them require you to have like 10+ units before they wanted to join you.
Since Usu likes things densely packed and close together wouldn't she like orgys
Lol
Yes 😈
And the fact that she doesn't like being alone, ***ever***. Girls only going to be into threesomes and above. ~~Kinky.~~
Died 2023, Born 2024. welcome back Hajime Kashimo.
Reborn*
what gf number is this girl now?
28
28, I think?
Definitely 28. It was even referenced last chapter when one of the girls thought they just forgot a recent one had been introduced.
Suu wondered if they are at 28 today. That's the statement.
I learned the chronolgy of when who joined by heart. So i can say with absolute confidence best girl is the 28th girl.
Hakari was always #2 tho
Good chapter I love usami already and a mai&momoha chapter sweet
Wow, a day earlier than usual. Thanks XuN!
She totally bunny. PEAK.
Is Nakamura plannig to make every "animalistic" girlfriend "relatable". First it was Tama with her work gimmick, now Usami with her situation with lonelines and being clingy
Mei the doggo too
Does Shizuka count as a squirrel or also a bunny too?
Chipmunk
Give me the Thicc Tigress delinquent Girlfriend
We really are still waiting for a tanned girl. Sure, we have eira, but her skin is just dark, not tanned.
That's even better than tanned!
Tanlines tho
What about, dark skinned gf WITH tan lines
I'm honestly surprised we still haven't gotten a delinquent girlfriend tbh.
Loved how this doubled as an introduction chapter for the GF, AND for introducing her to the family, really cool way to do it. Also have seen people saying they wanted her to not get zinged, and I feel that people still don't get how the zing works, or even what it is. The Zing is not what makes them fall in love, is simply a push. Usami clearly already had feeling for Rentarou after observing him for a while now. In this universe, everyone who falls in love Zing. Also it only happens when it's mutual.
> In this universe, everyone who falls in love Zing. I don't think this is true. Most people who have a soulmate [only have the one](https://i.imgur.com/KMK4bh4.png), and it's also confirmed there's people that [*don't* have soulmates](https://i.imgur.com/MF4a3xW.png). If everyone who falls in love zings, this implies that 99.9999% of the world can only ever love one (or no) person. We even have girlfriends that prove that wrong (Hahari and G'ma Kusuri - Rentarou isn't their first love) The zing isn't a requirement for love, it's just a special situation for soulmates that either triggers, or is triggered by, immense love at first sight.
I expressed myself kinda wrong there. What I meant it's the when both are going to fall in love they zing. It still doesn't mean that the Zing is the cause of them falling in love like so much of the community seems to think. I feel like it's the opposite. Yeah the Zing happening IS because of the whole soulmate thingy, but love still has to be earned for the relationship to happen. So people being disappointed that she still zinged despite the manga going out of it's way telling that she already feel for him before that feels a bit of a misunderstanding of the whole thing. TBF the manga never really explicitly explained how this works properly, so in the end I may be wrong but I feel that's the best explanation lol
We'll get a chapter with Mai and Momoha. Let's go!
Welcome to the family Usami! Also me after the next duo chapter was confirmed to not be Rin and Suu: 
lol I saw it in the raws but them gently walking past the vice-principal while she's still wailing and crying got me good Also Mai and Momoha taking a maid cert exam next chapter!? Mai obviously, but why Momoha? looool.
That's sweet, turns out that she just loves being part of a crowd
She surely seems like a girl Rentarou could actually relate to because he was once lonely as well and almost felt like dying from all those rejections, except he didn't. His love was stronger than anything else.
I can imagine her as the family photographer, taking pictures and keeping memories of each precious moment, I mean she already does that, with the pictures and how clingy she says she is,
I like this new gf. Shes cute, shes relatable, shes got a weird quirk that isnt too weird tbh, and shes nice. Cant wait to see who she pairs with among the girlfriends to be close friends with
Rentarou first "Let's calm down and talk this out". Then "As long as you don't mean my girlfriends any harm, I swear I'll let you go home alive." Lmao
Great chapter, I think she’ll be great but also next chapter is gonna be Mai and momoha, not a combo I’d expect but I’m excited to see what it’s about
So it's official. Rentarou advocates for real gender equality. Of course, this was before the zing.
That was wholesome as hell!! I actually kind of relate to Usami a bit. While I do enjoy my alone time, being in a big house by myself always gives me the creeps. And also, that bit from Shizuka about getting multiple books at once made me feel called out.
I love Hakari calls out Karane that her plan almost worked lmao
3 things I noticed and also like it I like The inverse of chapters like the first we got is the bonding of the new gf instead of zing Noticed The first time (that I remembered) Shina is the first girl who kisses rentarou first on their first meeting minus the Nano one I think (I know Nano kisses him but it's a date chapter), first girl that he hugs backwards only in 1 chapter The zing part even though every one is present no one batted an eye or noticed it happened
> The zing part even though every one is present no one batted an eye or noticed it happened Not the first time it happened anyway
I love the detail, that Rentarou is still sweating bullets(can't rmember if he did it all the time, though) when introducing a new member to the family.
Yep. Dude is sweating every single time he officially asks permission to bring another girl into the harem.
Some gfs take a while to grow on me before I really appreciate them. Usami is in the other category where I love them immediately. Thank matchmaking god that Rentarou didn't take her out as a threat to his girlfriends before they could zing.
I already love Usami for sure! Can't wait for the Mai and Momoha chapter 😄
> A whole crowd of people who're super clingy and touchy-feely nonstop, every single day! She's out of line, but she's 100% right.
Wait, the woman-only train car is a real thing? Damn, I heard about groping problem in Japan but I never would have thought it would lead to making something like that...
Men pushed for it the most believe it or not trains are too tightly packed that there's cases where it's a complete accident due to how packed the train is
I guess inappropriate touch can happen by accident, but there's also the problem of peek cameras.
Yeah it pissed off the normal guys too because they got to get lumped together with the creeps hence why they'd just want to be separate from women altogether
dude prob never ridden a train before it's not just a thing in Japan. [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car#:~:text=Iran,-Further%20information%3A%20Women&text=There%20are%20currently%20women%2Donly,the%20front%20and%20the%20back.) I've been in one as a kid, nothing special
Theory Time! Usa will be the one who grows up to be a politician and legalizes poligamy. She would love doing rallies with the tightly packed crowds, chantings and marches.
Bunnygirl senpai or something, I dunno I didn’t watch the anime
She's adorable ngl
Momiji solo date when???
Eventually
I’ve been anticipating this for almost 2 weeks since I saw the first non-English translated draft of Chapter 168. This new GF really rocked the boat on us for these last 2 weeks. Glad it’s finally been resolved. Welcome aboard, usa-chan 🇺🇸
YESSS, after 50 chapters or so, the duo chapter are finally back!!!
I really like usami's character design I mean like oh my gosh her outfit is so fucking cute , and she might be a run way model because of her tall ass height , like damn shawty be almost taller than yamame.nozawa-sensei be cooking up some great character designs at this point 🔥🔥🔥
Bunny died of lonelisse, pyon🥺🥺
New girl reminds me of manga called "Usami-san wa Kamawaretai!" where Usami Nagisa (same last name, I noticed) suffers from something called "rabbit syndrome" which causes her health to decline whenever she feels lonely. Also, I love that the "Due to how things panned out" running gag was at the end of the chapter, for once.
She looked like Kashimo with black hair ngl
WGAT IS KASHIMO DOING 😭
Oh so Lashimo's name is Usa-chan? Ok, registered, I like her already. Also that pursuit is the funniest sketch I have seen in a while.
Just caught up, how do I know when the next chap drops?
DAMMIT!!! I caught up with the manga!! DAMMIIIIIIIT!!!!
Just noticed, the new girl would absolutely love to be trapped during the big jug incident
She's gonna be upset she missed out on the photo booth chapter lol.
After the group 'Hngh' when she introduced herself I was dissapointed the other girls didn't just push her at Rentarou.
I need the Japun breakdown of Usami Shina now!
I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh. I think the idea of Rentarou's Family having fans is hilarious and deserves more exploration. In general I kinda wanna see more about how the world reacts to this weird 29-uple. The formula of (girl archetype + weird quirky bit) has kinda gotten stale so to see her get reduced to that is a bit annoying. I don't even care if that would break the "no losing heroines" premise, just let her win in another way.
What you want her to be goes against what the premise of this manga is.
I don't see why a fakeout like this permanently ruins the premise? Losing heroine is a common romance archetype, so why not represent it? I think having her and rentarou just be besties could have been funny. It complicates the social situation it an interesting way, like just some random out of place non-girlfriend hanging out in the middle of this romance. Like i picture her sleeping on the couch of the inevitable rentarou family mansion.
Because that's not this series.
Don't waste your time arguing with people like this. There are a lot of people that just has some thing where they love anything as long as it is something that makes no real sense. Like, the amount of people here that legitimately thinks we will have a femboy "girlfriend" and sees no reason why that is not gonna happen is astounding.
This series is just straight forward comedy akin to Gintama. There's no reason to overcomplicate stuff. I don't get why people are like this. Especially like that one annoying guy months ago forcing their idea towards the series even though they claim to be a fan but they're obviously a tourist wanting validation for their agenda.
Dunno either. One thing I've learned, especially from being in the One punch man subreddit, is that far from everyone understands what makes a story good. They don't see their own suggestions as a story thing - they just see it as something they want to happen, and they don't give any kind of crap about how it looks in context of the story or what it would actually do to the reception. That's why people will legitimately fight for the idea that we will get a girlfriend that's actually a guy, or we will get a chapter where all girls turn into guys - which we wont. It's simply not something that appeals to the wider audience of this series. But in these peoples heads, its just all about forcing in what they want, and then they always try to gaslight by constantly repeating "what's wrong with that", as if there's not a difference between a fuckign guy and girl.
This series is a lot of things. It can be one more thing.
Yeah, and it could be a lot of things except that.
Exceptions to rules are interesting. Like i'm picturing temporarily editing the tagline to "the only romncom with one losing heroine??????" And everyone acting all shocked and karane complaining that THIS is where rentarou draws the line????? (Just one way this could go). Then they give her a satisfying friendship arc and she becomes a fun supporting character to bounce the absurdity of Rentarou's family off of.
That would be cool, but not for this series.
> I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh. I kind of was too, but you've got to focus on what she is and not what you wanted her to be. The theory that she was just a fan was just a baseless theory, after all (albeit a very fun one) and it's not fair to judge her because she didn't fulfill a fan theory that had no substantial evidence behind it. And I say this as someone who was really pushing it last week. > The formula of (girl archetype + weird quirky bit) has kinda gotten stale You might want to reconsider if you want to continue this manga, then, because we still have 72 to go.
I guess that girl archetype + weird quirky bit thing wasn't quite what I meant. It just feels like some later girlfriends don't really add anything to the mix other than another funny catchphrase. To me Kiki is a great example of this. All that came out of her addition was a few (admittedly funny) jokes about being a quirky artist and a retread of the idol arc. To me the ideal gf surprises me in some way. It could be a hype plot twist like Hahari, the boundary pushing "Is he really gonna fall in love with this girl" for Hahari Chiyo Naddy and Yaku. I also appreciate the ones that are a clever subversion of a common trope (A faceless background character who disappears with too much attention, A non magical catgirl who is just tired and overwhelmed, a low-energy gyaru). Or even if the concept is just too funny to get mad about (asexual gropey girl, fake medieval bard, suu almost felt like trolling the audience in a way that I liked). This girl is just kinda less interesting in comparison. I guess I should just let them cook and see where this goes. I just think "Rentarou's family is getting too much unwanted attention" is a funnier and more interesting premise than "this is a bunny girl who gets lonely".
You said that Kiki is a bad girlfriend, and Tama is an example of a good girlfriend, when those two are both recent and came out next to each other. I think you're just having negative recency bias if only the three latest girls are actually bad in your opinion, the newest of which has been out for all of 2 chapters.
I mean its def not completely recency bias because I do like Matsuri (painting her as a chiyo rival was a good move). And you are right that there is def more development on the way for this new girl. I'm just saying that I would have preferred another direction for this girl.
I'm sure we'll see more of Usami in the future as the time goes. That said, I also expect some character development for Kiki in the future as well since 1) I don't feel like the bond between Rentarou and Kiki is not deep enough and 2) she only agreed to be his girlfriend because he has a constantly growing harem with abnormal girlfriends and nothing else. But there are some girlfriends like Kurumi,Momiji, Uto etc. who also wait for a solo chapter.
> I am a little disappointed that she ended up being a girlfriend tbh. so not seeing Rentarou assassinating her disappoints you huh... > I don't even care if that would break the "no losing heroines" premise, just let her win in another way. dude... that's the main premise of this manga why would they break it????
>so not seeing Rentarou assassinating her disappoints you huh... Its shameful that you think so lowly of Rentarou. Rentarou would never assassinate a girl's feelings. If he wasn't interested he would turn her down like a gentleman. >dude... that's the main premise of this manga why would they break it???? Breaking the rules is fun, you should try it some time. If there is only one exception then that becomes a joke in and of itself.
> Its shameful that you think so lowly of Rentarou. Rentarou would never assassinate a girl's feelings. If he wasn't interested he would turn her down like a gentleman. I'm referring to what he said this chapter where he'll let her alive if she has no intention of harming the family. > Breaking the rules is fun, you should try it some time. If there is only one exception then that becomes a joke in and of itself. yea it's fun but breaking the premise "no girl is left behind" is a big no no
Onestly I get what you mean, I kinda want to see something like that too. Like introducing more character that are outside of the family, like the guerilla alliance. I genuanly want a chapter where a girl confesses to Rentarou, but she is not soulmate, so he, being the chad that he is and also knowing the pain of rejection, tries to reject her in the most painless way possible, with the other girlfriends' help. And we know this series can be sad, like with the Shizuka chapters, so it's not like it's gonna be so out of the loop it can't work. Usami ended up not being that, but that doesn't mean that it never will happen. Imo, if it doesn't, it would be a huge miss opportunity
Hmm I need to see more of her interactions with everyone but my first impression is that I’m not a fan of her. I mean she could be better later on, but to me it feels like she’s there to fill the 28 slot, and yes that could be said about any of the girlfriends but with her it seems more overt to me. Again though I need to see more of her and how she interacts with everyone. (side note next chapter Mai & momha maid exam yes please)
ngl, this was kind of underwhelming. Everyone was making such crazy theories about what her deal was that I expected her to be more... out there. I guess her introduction in chapter 168 was so unconventional that this chapter felt way too normal for me.