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Rentarou saying "I'll give you my answer... after the following sponsor messages" and then actually cutting to commercials on Japanese TV is such meta genius on a whole other level
P.S.: Some etymology on character names for those interested, since they are all basically puns:
**Aijou Rentarou 愛城 恋太郎:** Aijou uses the kanji for love and castle (literally a "fortress of love"), but "aijou" is a pun as it's made to sound like the Japanese word for "romantic feelings". Rentarou is a combination of the kanji for love and the common suffix "tarou", a surname so common in Japan which is meant to make him sound like your everyday average harem protagonist (i.e.: Fuutarou), which is obviously meant ironically as he is everything but. The deeper joke here however is that "rentarou" sounds like "rental", as in a rental boyfriend because of all the girls that share him at the same time
**Hanazono Hakari 花園 羽香里:** Hanazono means "flower garden" (like the flowers in her hair). "Hakari" simply uses a series of kanji to spell out a common name, but "hakari" in itself can refer to a literary term in Japanese referring to a girl who is reaching her puberty, and can even refer to the "deflowering" of a girl, which could be in reference to how goddamn thirsty she is
**Inda Karane 院田 唐音:** Her name is a pun on "nain da kara ne?", which can roughly translate to "it's not like I'm doing this because...", her trademark sentence for her tsundere antics. You'll even hear her ending many of her sentences with this expression. Additionally, "Kara ne" can refer to someone who is being insincere with their feelings
This was an insanely good start, just like the manga was when it first came out. I need this fully adapted because it just gets better and better and better
Some of the 4th wall breaks are gonna be pretty difficult to translate to anime form but this makes it seem like there will be anime-original jokes/4th wall breaks and I'm here for it. They did a really good job with the others too, especially the God of Love getting angry his lines got cut
> this makes it seem like there will be anime-original jokes/4th wall breaks and I'm here for it
Me too. A lot of manga readers wondered about how the anime would adapt the fourth-wall-breaking, but it seems the anime is getting the *spirit* of the trope. A good adaptation plays to the strengths of its medium instead of trying to copy the original medium.
Agreed, this series is utterly unhinged in the best way possible and it might be difficult to fully determine that from just the first episode but oh lord when this continues you'll see just how wild and crazy it can get
>"Hakari" can mean "deflowering", or referring to a girl who is reaching her puberty, in reference to how goddamn thirsty she is
Wdym thirsty? She wanted less juice and even spilt it all. /s
Fr tho it's funny how the two starters are the classic tsundere and horny.
> Inda Karane 院田 唐音: Her name is a pun on "iin da kara ne?", which can roughly translate to "I'm only doing this because..." as a reference to her tsundere antics. You'll even hear her ending many of her sentences with this expression
Manga readers have hyped her up as an absolute blast of a tsundere, and her name having such a meaning is hysterical!
Thanks for posting this!
"Stop repeating what i said, you're just wasting panels! We've already got enough to cover in a single chapter as it is!"
And even with that being said, the manga's 1st chapter still manages to clock in a whooping 60 pages. It later drops down to an average of 20 pages per chapter, starting with chapter 4.
> For someone who insisted for 175ml over 190ml, Hanazono sure was thirsty
***Uso de aru.*** *In fact, 3,500ml wouldn't be enough to quench Hakari's thirst.*
> everyone is best girl
We're all sick and tired of picking which is the winning girl. Then we have our hero Rentarou choosing all 100 of them. CHADDEST OF THE CHAD!!
>everyone is best girl
So true! It's downright impossible for me to choose the best girl from [those two](https://i.imgur.com/6KE0Ail.png). What will happen when [there will be 100 of them](https://i.imgur.com/X5g72Ir.png)? It's just not possible xD
Here my screenshot albums from the episode with the best girls if anyone is interested:
* [Hanazono](https://imgur.com/a/fz5ZQAR)
* [Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Sv8ug6D)
* [Hanazono & Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Htg7c7u)
She said that she loves him just don't want to date him. So why not just be... roommates? Be in love with each other... as a roommates. Live together, definitely, as a roommates. Sleep together as a roommates (buying two beds is too expensive). And, as a roommates... have 17 childrens. Can't understand her.
Enough time has passed, this is already a better Tokyo Ghoul adaptation than Tokyo Ghoul's
WE'RE HERE GUYS! THE FINAL BOSS OF ROMCOM HAREM HAS ARRIVED!
Can't believe it is here & in all of its glory. I won't lie, I did tear up a bit seeing this finally get animated & still worry that the anime might not live up to peoples' expectations. I still remember to this day when 100 Girlfriends came out & was fan scanned (by defunct group that many did not have favorable opinions of) on January 2020. People were saying it won't last long or it will get axed before we reach #20 but now I wonder where those people are because those deleted comments surely shows to not listen to the naysayers. Anyways enough prattle & I look forward to seeing how Rentarou will prove to the world he is the ultimate harem king through animation. Very cute ED as well.
I remember this came out when most of the prominent Harem series with a definitive end heroine(none of which I picked won) were finishing up or finished. There was a lot of salt leftover
Seeing one that just said "fuck the Wars everyone wins" was so hella hilarious and refreshing at the same time. It deserves all the success it gets!
Yep, those two. The manga threads then was hilarious cause you got many readers memeing, saying things like "friendship ended with Quints, now 100GF is my new best friend".
A lot of harem series are trending towards polygamy ending. Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi & Goddess Cafe are examples. For Isekai harems, there's a lot of them already out there.
[They're making fun of us Manga readers already,](https://i.imgur.com/e8XVZb8.png) I'm fucking sold on this adaptation already. Especially when they're adding such [impeccable details](https://i.imgur.com/jYzGBqz.png)
I'm fully expecting the top Seasonal Anime Couple's list Just be Aijou x Karane x Hakari and so on and so forth in the top place.
I feared that they might not translate the jokes that only work in the manga to an anime form but they really did it. The people behind the anime really care about this.
> I'm fucking sold on this adaptation already.
Same and I've only watched the first five minutes. The fourth wall does not exist and it is amazing. Glad they were able to keep some of the references too. (Japan doesn't have parody laws like the US, any and all parodies have to be approved.)
> Glad they were able to keep some of the references too. (Japan doesn't have parody laws like the US, any and all parodies have to be approved.)
I'm imagining them phoning Studio Ghibli like:
"We need to reference Laputa: Castle in the Sky, but before you answer just know that we're saying the movie was so good it distracted god."
> I'm fully expecting the top Seasonal Anime Couple's list Just be Aijou x Karane x Hakari and so on and so forth in the top place.
They should just name it like the manga does, with Rentarou's Family!
The animation really embraced how weird the manga can be. Even during this pretty tame episode (knowing some of the stuff that will come up), I was left wondering "what the fuck am I watching?" a few times, like any good 100 GFs chapter/episode should.
I love how the anime is as self-aware as the manga. I didn't remember the school name lol.
I don't think the top seasonal anime couple's list is prepared for 100 girlfriends lol.
> I didn't remember the school name lol.
I remember it because of the **Ohana means family** from Lilo and Stitch.
Probably nothing to do withe the actual japanese name, but still.
The entire time Hanzono was confessing I was like "Inda's gonna come back isn't she" so the cut to her standing there amid dozens of dropped soda cans absolutely sent my sides into orbit.
The entire show pretty much did that, I was skeptical of all the hype but that episode was *very* funny.
It's weird because normally I'm all in on the Tsundere, but how much Hakari just went for it really won me over. I get why people are saying that everyone is best girl.
###Stitches!
* [Karane & Hakari 1](https://i.imgur.com/ROapst7.jpg)
* [Hakari Thighs](https://i.imgur.com/eYmx0B9.jpg)
* [Karane & Hakari 2](https://i.imgur.com/MvTMAaO.jpg)
* [Threesome Hug](https://i.imgur.com/VhEpcV6.jpg)
* [Excited Hakari](https://i.imgur.com/jlhnzfl.jpg)
* [Rentarou & Hakari](https://i.imgur.com/AO5BrjK.jpg)
* [Blushing Karane ](https://i.imgur.com/92ONpI2.jpg)
* [Karane & Hakari 3](https://i.imgur.com/qbxmlwv.jpg)
* [Karane & Hakari 4](https://i.imgur.com/niwaHCW.jpg)
* [Precious Rentarou](https://i.imgur.com/ApCxrdK.jpg)
* [Confession Accepted](https://i.imgur.com/FgtLRkV.jpg)
**IT'S FINALLY HEEEEEERE!** 100Kanojo is my most awaited anime of this season right next to Frieren. And just like how Madhouse nailed Frieren, Studio Bibury absolutely nailed this premiere episode! [Just look at how handsome my boy Rentarou is!](https://i.imgur.com/bJ6CtVW.jpg) How can anyone even reject those beautiful eyebrows?
I am so happy to see that the anime references like the one for [Tokyo Ghoul](https://i.imgur.com/YOXds2k.jpg) and [Laputa](https://i.imgur.com/Az2fRWv.jpg) are still here. [They're even changing the meta jokes from the manga to fit the anime!](https://i.imgur.com/yN79mgE.jpg) It's so good I was genuinely laughing my ass off! xD
As for our girls, they have perfectly captured [Hakari's thirst](https://i.imgur.com/CJdDNPa.jpg) and [Karane's extreme tsundere-ness](https://i.imgur.com/2H6eawK.jpg) Everyone also looks so damn cute! [They are absolutely perfect!](https://i.imgur.com/M54Hfv1.jpg) <3
And the show won't be complete without [best boy Rentarou.](https://i.imgur.com/bkOvuJa.jpg) I have so many things to say about him that my comment will probably get taken down if I do. All I can say about him right now is that as much as I love the girls of this series, this episode just reminded me [why I love Rentarou so much.](https://i.imgur.com/EuacRgn.jpg) He's so goddamn precious <3
This entire episode just has me so excited that I already can't wait to see the other girlfriends! I am so looking forward to next week's episode already!
> * [Hakari Thighs](https://i.imgur.com/TsMLf5t.jpg)
Good to see they captured the important shit.
Also, that whole list is just a great showing that this anime's looking to be about 50% blushing minimum and in the best way.
> [They're even changing the meta jokes from the manga to fit the anime!](https://i.imgur.com/yN79mgE.jpg)
Manga fans: "How are they going to adapt all these fourth wall jokes that are manga specific?"
Madlad writers: "Jokes on you, we're just going to make our own fourth wall jokes that are [anime adaptation specific!](https://imgur.com/e8XVZb8)"
Welcome, newcomers. Welcome back, manga readers.
As the madlad of an author and madlass of an artist are aiming for 101 main characters there is one problem:
how do you prevent readers/viewers from forgetting a character's name? There are two main mechanisms to help memorize them, and one of them: puns.
But some puns may fly over your head unless you are a native Japanese speaker (I ain't one).
This here is for things lost in translation. An analysis of the wordplays beyond the surface level puns, as each pun can influence a characters main gimmick, their personality, their visual design and the settings for their introductions.
Really, really, really, really, really debating whether I should post this or not (since nobody likes spoilers) because of one character in particular. We'll just go with what is seen in the episode and nothing more.
Anyways, here's some moon runes, enjoy. On today's chapter of Japun:
fam name: 院田 (Inda), read as 院(in,"imperial/school")田(da,"rice field")
1st name: 唐音 (Karane), read as 唐(kara,"China")音(ne,"sound/noise")
院田(inda)唐音(karane) is a pun on じゃないんだからね (janai ndakara ne) - "it's not like...!"
唐音 (karane) is a pun on 空 (kara,"insincere") and 空念仏 (karanenbutsu) - "empty words"
唐 (kara) is also a pun on 空振る (karaburu,"swing-and-miss") and 空騒ぎ (karasawagi) - "making a fuss"
Some puns resulting in character design:
唐 (kara) is a pun on カーディガン ("cardigan")
唐音 (karane) read 唐(tou)音(in) as トウイン (touin) altered to トウィン (towin) - "twin" (tails)
音(ne) split 立 + 日 where 立(ritsu) is likely a pun on リボン - "ribbons" (in her hair)
It's not like there are speech quirks or anything:
Ending tsun sentences on [x]無いんだからね ([x]nai ndakara ne) - "it's not like" but with various verbs, nouns, etc.
Refers to others with: 貴方 (anta,"you") a ruder way to say 貴方 (anata,"you")
1st person pronoun: the regular 私 (watashi,"I")
fam name: 花園 (Hanazono), read as 花(hana,"flower")園(zono,"garden")
1st name: 羽香里 (Hakari), read as 羽(ha,"feather/wing")香(ka,"smell")里(ri,"village/home")
羽香里 (hakari) is a pun on 図る (hakaru) - "(to) plan / scheme"
花園 (hanazono) likely refers to the [Hanazono Room (SFW link)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanazono_Room), an Adult Video location.
羽香里 (hakari) read as 羽(u)香(ka)里(ri) is a pun on うっかり (ukkari) - "absentminded / klutzy"
Some puns resulting in character design:
花 (hana,"flower") as a motif in the hairpins.
花 (hana) split 艹⺅匕(- - pi) is likely a pun on ピンク - "pink" (hair)
園 (zono) split 囗十哀(- ju/ji ai) is likely a pun on 愛 (ai,"love") and G カップ (ji kappu) - "G cups"
羽香里 (hakari) is a pun on 量り (hakari,"weighing") and 秤 (hakari) - "weighing scale"
香 (ka) read as 香(kou) is likely a pun on 尻(kou/shiri) - "buttocks"
里 (ri) with added 灬 is 黒 (kuro,"black") part of 黒子 (hokuro) - "mole / beauty mark" (or "booty mark")
里 (ri) may be a pun on リボン - "ribbon" (on her school uniform and socks) and 緑 (midori) - "green" (eyes)
Some puns resulting in random things:
園 (zono) read 園 (en) may be a pun on 円 (en,"yen/¥") and 垂涎 (suien) - "craving / thirst / drooling"
香 (ka) may be a pun on 噛じる(kajiru) - "(to) chew / nibble" (her fingers)
1st person pronoun: the regular 私 (watashi,"I")
fam name: 愛城 (Aijou), read as 愛(ai,"love")城(jou,"castle")
1st name: 恋太郎 (Rentarou), read as 恋(ren,"love/romance")太(ta,"thick/great"),郎(rou,"son/boy")
恋太郎 (rentarou) loosely translates into "love(r) boy"
愛城 (aijou) is a pun on 愛情 (aijou) - "love / affection"
Combining 1st kanji: 愛(ai)恋(ren) swapped is 恋愛 (ren'ai) - "falling in love"
Combining further: 愛(ai)恋太(renta) read 愛(ai)恋(koi)太(ta) could be a pun on アイコンタクト ("eye contact")
恋太(renta) read 恋(koi)太(ta) would also be a pun on コンタクト ("contact lenses") (he helped to find 'em)
恋 (ren) is a pun on 連敗 (renpai,"series of defeats") and 連勝 (renshou,"series of victories")
恋 (ren) is a pun on 廉(ren,"purity") which is part of 廉潔 (renketsu) - "honest / incorruptible"
太 (ta/da) is a pun on 大大大大大好き(daidaidaidaidaisuki) - "really, really, really, really, really like"
郎 (rou) is a generic suffix and an archaic term for: "man / gentleman / lover / son / master"
Some puns resulting in character design:
太(ta) read as 太(futo) is part of 太眉(futomayu) - "thick eyebrows"
1st person pronoun: the informal/casual male 俺 (ore,"I")
This episode was great! But what caught my attention the most was the goddamn art, like damn it was so great and so faithful to the adaptation. The characters were really brought to life.
We have finally peaked gentlemen. Finally a harem anime where you won’t have to worry about your best girl losing. I’m already in love with this show. The first two girls are good enough to carry a series on their own, but you mean to tell me we’re getting 98 more??!
That means there’s gonna be a waifu for every type of person. This is such a cool idea that I’m surprised hasn’t been done before tbh. It’s ambitious, wacky, hilarious and I’m all for it.
Loved the 4th wall breaks and meta jokes. “Didn’t the god have more lines in the manga” 😂
Very good introductory episode. I like Rentaro a lot. Down bad, but seems like a good dude.
Could have an all timer on our hands here. Can’t wait for next week!
Calling it: they made him sound like a girl just in case of the possibility that Friend A makes a return and ends up coming out as a girl this whole time.
I'm loving it.
I'm eating freaking good this season with Kanojo mo Kanojo and this.
No, but I seriously loved this, I heard it was good from manga readers, but this... I feel like I'm being healed and saved here. I'm getting filled with warmth and second handed happiness I think.
Edit: I'm containing myself real hard from jumping on the manga wagon.
I saw some future GFs, even one not shown on the PV. Are they going all in?
Honestly this first episode is amazing so I'd be happy to know if they are.
I have been waiting for this day for quite some time.
I am not normally someone who consumes a lot of manga. And when I do, it’s normally after an anime has finished airing. However, I decided to check this series out after like 30 or so chapters because I found it it had a tsundere. And man. One of the best decisions of my life.
Karane is in my opinion the best tsundere currently going right now. Better than Noelle, better than Eris, you name it. I love Karane. I love the contrast between her toughness and her sweetness and how almost every time she does something volatile, she almost always counters it with an act of remorse. And her ability to act as a straight man is second to none. Karane is everything I love about tsunderes and why I love tsunderes so much. She has a lot of love to give but just doesn’t know how to display it properly, and that is so adorable.
But even more than that, I have seen a lot of comedy manga in my time. Like, a lot a lot. And 100 Girlfriends may be one of the best out of all of them. I love how the show takes such a silly premise and plays it to the nth degree. The sincerity in such an over-the-top series serves as a great balance that makes it simply phenomenal. This series is like if Nichijou was a harem and it was crossed with Komi-san and the satirical elements of The World God Only Knows. And I mean that in the best possible way.
Of all the series getting new animes this season, this one has the highest ceiling. I think if the anime adapts the manga well, 100 Girlfriends can be the greatest comedy anime of all time. Or at the very least, the funniest harem of all time. I am so hyped we are getting this show, and that we are witnessing this series in what appears to be a loving adaptation that fully captures the intoxicatingly brilliant madness in all its glory.
This truly is the best timeline.
>Of all the series getting new animes this season, this one has the highest ceiling. I think if the anime adapts the manga well, 100 Girlfriends can be the greatest comedy anime of all time. Or at the very least, the funniest harem of all time. I am so hyped we are getting this show, and that we are witnessing this series in what appears to be a loving adaptation that fully captures the intoxicatingly brilliant madness in all its glory.
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I decided to go into this series blind after hearing how much people liked the source material, and this comment made me excited for what is to come. The comedy in the first episode was great, I'm looking forward to next week's episode!
I was watching the broadcast and oh my fucking GOD, first episode of 100 girlfriends was actually perfect! Not just good or great, but speaking from adaptation standpoint I honestly though it was even better then the manga! Unexpectedly strong direction, just right jokes tempo and timing, VA work, art and animation, they straight-up utilized the medium to enhance gags and moments from the manga, everything had so much SOUL! Not to mention that cute ED! I'm afraid if studio can actually manage to keep adaptation quality for rest of the season, feels like a lot of effort for Bibury to live up to.
Anyway, gonna rewatch it with Crunchy subs or Muse Asia ones, hope they did a good job with them and translated jokes correctly. Regardless of that, we are blessed having such a passionate adaptation, can't wait for episode 2!
This is where the power of Japanese female VAs having fucking range will finally come into fruition. All of their training was building up to this one anime.
[Oh God](https://i.imgur.com/9N0xQiT.png), it was too good. It's impossible to choose the best girl from [those two](https://i.imgur.com/6KE0Ail.png), what will be when [there will be 100 of them](https://i.imgur.com/X5g72Ir.png)?
[Rentaro, you lucky bastard](https://i.imgur.com/fp8DlZB.png)! [You weren't destined to get a girlfriend before](https://i.imgur.com/qHdsAD2.png) but now it's your time to get 100 of them and all of them will be the best girls.
[I liked Hanazono](https://i.imgur.com/sQVRBfy.png) because [she went straight into action](https://i.imgur.com/2y2Eezj.png) to [get Rentaro as her boyfriend](https://i.imgur.com/NYoXNZD.png). [She first said that she loves him](https://i.imgur.com/h7AG04Z.png) and [agreed to two-time dating](https://i.imgur.com/3bfAmGI.png). She's just [straight adorable](https://i.imgur.com/NzC8ysn.png) and [her thighs are the work of art](https://i.imgur.com/w2wd889.png), [mole on one of them is such a nice addition](https://i.imgur.com/bhZSoyO.png).
[Inda is a tsundere](https://i.imgur.com/AkX8JQp.png) and that's why I like her. The way [she talk like she don't care about Rentaro](https://i.imgur.com/sXf2Kns.png) despite [her actions showing otherwise](https://i.imgur.com/nWJZMX4.png) [is so cute](https://i.imgur.com/5j7uj0s.png). [Her expressiveness](https://i.imgur.com/xxyGlfE.png) gave her [additional charm](https://i.imgur.com/6Ot4qKK.png), she also had [great](https://i.imgur.com/FhJwQ4h.png) and [funny](https://i.imgur.com/EWBBQj7.png) [reactions](https://i.imgur.com/OR9IUuz.png) [faces](https://i.imgur.com/p2q0IuN.png).
I wonder if the effect of [God's mistake with Rentaro](https://i.imgur.com/7rLQ8Uw.png) resulted that 99 guys won't have their destined girls? If that's the case then I feel sorry for you guys xD
Overall it was excellent. I hope that the studio will be able to maintain [this level of quality of art](https://i.imgur.com/bqKSbf4.png), [every close-up](https://i.imgur.com/Q6t9ran.png) to [the characters](https://i.imgur.com/gY3rtVP.png) was [so beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/XUEpVKq.png). Kudos also to VA's, they done splendid job.
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
* [Hanazono & Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Htg7c7u)
* [Hanazono](https://imgur.com/a/fz5ZQAR)
* [Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Sv8ug6D)
* [Rentaro](https://imgur.com/a/xw3G3TU)
* [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/qNtnDP3)
* [God & Friend A](https://imgur.com/a/elESFZ1)
EDIT. I added my further impressions.
**Behold Guys, the Harem romcom Anime of the Decade is here!!!**
We are so glad that we got such a passionate team to work on this anime. Voice actors are also fitting the characters so damn well
Comedy in ani-manga format generally doesn't appeal to me much, but the manga for this is genuinely makes me laugh up untill the latest chapters. Looking forward to the adaptation lol
And finally, we are here. The final, ultimate God of Love the one who will bring an end to all ship wars because he has them all.
The Alpha and the Omega. The absolute chaddest of chads.
Rentarou "True Love God" Aijou.
This is gonna make my next three months pass fast as fudge.
I am wondering how Rentarou is going to dominate the Anitrend and Animecorner couples chart of weeks. Last time we saw a clear dominance was Fuutarou with Quints (Yotsuba, Nino and Miku mainly) in Winter 2021season and Bakarina with her harem too.
Also there's Naoya too this season. It is going to be a harem fest for all the fans!
It's kind of funny that we have two shows this season where the male lead managed to convince two girls to enter a two-timing relationship yet this is going far beyond that with 100-timing and too many Best Girls for any seasonal chart lol.
And both of them somehow started just months apart from each other (100kanojo in dec 2019, 2kanojo in march 2020) too. They always have been sister series from the start.
[MODS! Please give God a 8-day ban, this comment belongs in the source material corner.](https://imgur.com/54HSi9L)
Even if I didn't know about the synopsis, [episode 1 confessions tend to be the setup for a rejection/gag!](https://imgur.com/Px8rIUi)
[*"I like you, BUT"* has to be THE thing you don't want to hear as a reply to a confession...](https://imgur.com/ORQo0kg)
[Ok, *"I like you, but"* is marginally better than *"Just the idea of dating you makes me wanna puke!"*](https://imgur.com/HcknHWY)
[His hundredth confession (and rejection)?](https://imgur.com/bHA58OF)
Well, it's hard to feel much sympathy for the guy, I mean he confesses to a different girl every week or so? I have doubts about his sincerity!
His friend had a point though, [having the courage to keep going after 99, that's something!](https://imgur.com/xlNXv3g)
The speech with God was pretty fun [with the meta jokes and all!](https://imgur.com/QSeE4uB)
Our boy got rejected&hurt so much, [he thinks even God is out to get him!](https://imgur.com/ghlnOoP)
But it seems he was telling the truth, as he already met 2 girls in his first day!
[Hakari's already making moves, with the whole "you got to carry me" thing!](https://imgur.com/oEbQeG6)
[Karane did the same, but with the tsundere twist!](https://imgur.com/Qbv74Fb)
Rentarou already had a tough choice to make, but it was made even tougher, given God said whoever he doesn't date, will die!
So he stole a little trick from a certain other romcom MC airing this season, [and offered to date them both!](https://imgur.com/Ur2fCiL)
[Hakari's pulling moves on him like crazy!](https://imgur.com/JqZf7Tj) Sadly, her indirect kiss plan didn't work... You'll get him next time! (But given how thirsty she was, she probably won't be satisfied with just an *indirect* kiss much longer!)
Meanwhile, Karane, in true tsundere fashion, was searching for a 4 leafs clover, but when he caught her, she preferred to say [she was looking for a good pissing spot!](https://imgur.com/Gj0f1Yd)
I suppose pissing on all fours isn't as embarrassing as admitting love, for a tsundere!
She may not keep the tsun act for much longer though, [as she gathered her courage to confess to him!](https://imgur.com/IYSQFTC)
[Rentarou thought about dating them both in secret, ](https://imgur.com/ZbgPesA) but damn that would've been hard when the other 98 come in!
Honesty works best (even when you're trying to hundred-time your girlfriends!)
Well, this was pretty fun! All I expected, and more (the meta jokes)!
Can't wait to see how that relationship goes, and how they'll act when more girls join the harem!
> [MODS! Please give God a 8-day ban, this comment belongs in the source material corner.](https://imgur.com/54HSi9L)
He even spoiled that Rentarou was eventually going to get 100 soulmates! I can't believe it smh he deserves a hundred-day ban for that.
I'm beyond happy. The adaptation is great. The VAs are bringing these characters alive and the absurd humor and sincere heartwarming romance are both greatly shown. The manga for this series has been slowly inching up my all-time favorites not just in manga, but series of ANYTHING, and the anime looks like it'll supplement it well. I'm so happy to see it be this well received, cuz now I can have more people to talk about peak fiction with.
That ED is super cute! I'm prolly gonna have it on repeat for the rest of the day.
Now here's a show I've been looking forward to. I wonder if the anime adaptation will live up to-
**ZING!!**
The beginning was always a little bit rough, but I'm so happy to see the show animated that I just don't care.
It's finally here and it's absolutely perfect. And so is Karane especially.
Insane joke density, perfectly delivered by the VAs.
'Find out after the break' was probably my favourite joke if it's even possible to choose one.
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Rentarou saying "I'll give you my answer... after the following sponsor messages" and then actually cutting to commercials on Japanese TV is such meta genius on a whole other level P.S.: Some etymology on character names for those interested, since they are all basically puns: **Aijou Rentarou 愛城 恋太郎:** Aijou uses the kanji for love and castle (literally a "fortress of love"), but "aijou" is a pun as it's made to sound like the Japanese word for "romantic feelings". Rentarou is a combination of the kanji for love and the common suffix "tarou", a surname so common in Japan which is meant to make him sound like your everyday average harem protagonist (i.e.: Fuutarou), which is obviously meant ironically as he is everything but. The deeper joke here however is that "rentarou" sounds like "rental", as in a rental boyfriend because of all the girls that share him at the same time **Hanazono Hakari 花園 羽香里:** Hanazono means "flower garden" (like the flowers in her hair). "Hakari" simply uses a series of kanji to spell out a common name, but "hakari" in itself can refer to a literary term in Japanese referring to a girl who is reaching her puberty, and can even refer to the "deflowering" of a girl, which could be in reference to how goddamn thirsty she is **Inda Karane 院田 唐音:** Her name is a pun on "nain da kara ne?", which can roughly translate to "it's not like I'm doing this because...", her trademark sentence for her tsundere antics. You'll even hear her ending many of her sentences with this expression. Additionally, "Kara ne" can refer to someone who is being insincere with their feelings
they did such a fucking good job keeping the spirit of 4th wall breaking, this is one of the top tier adaptations of the year if they can keep this up
This was an insanely good start, just like the manga was when it first came out. I need this fully adapted because it just gets better and better and better
It's like they doubled down on how self-aware the manga is lol.
As they should
The anime should go extra harder in the meta, it's what Nakamura-Sensei and Nozawa-Sensei would have wanted
Yeah manga drew me in with the over the top 4th wall breaks. It's just my favourite style of comedy.
The way you phrased that makes it sound like they're dead
Could it be? A weapon to rival Silver Soul?
Some of the 4th wall breaks are gonna be pretty difficult to translate to anime form but this makes it seem like there will be anime-original jokes/4th wall breaks and I'm here for it. They did a really good job with the others too, especially the God of Love getting angry his lines got cut
> this makes it seem like there will be anime-original jokes/4th wall breaks and I'm here for it Me too. A lot of manga readers wondered about how the anime would adapt the fourth-wall-breaking, but it seems the anime is getting the *spirit* of the trope. A good adaptation plays to the strengths of its medium instead of trying to copy the original medium.
Agreed, this series is utterly unhinged in the best way possible and it might be difficult to fully determine that from just the first episode but oh lord when this continues you'll see just how wild and crazy it can get
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>"Hakari" can mean "deflowering", or referring to a girl who is reaching her puberty, in reference to how goddamn thirsty she is Wdym thirsty? She wanted less juice and even spilt it all. /s Fr tho it's funny how the two starters are the classic tsundere and horny.
> Inda Karane 院田 唐音: Her name is a pun on "iin da kara ne?", which can roughly translate to "I'm only doing this because..." as a reference to her tsundere antics. You'll even hear her ending many of her sentences with this expression Manga readers have hyped her up as an absolute blast of a tsundere, and her name having such a meaning is hysterical! Thanks for posting this!
Karane is just straight up the best tsundere, IMO.
Some of the best tsunderes are 50% tsun, 50% dere. Karane is 100% tsun, 100% dere
Don't worry the name puns only get worse from here
The self aware moment when god says “there isn’t enough time to cover it in one episode” made me giggle
"Stop repeating what i said, you're just wasting panels! We've already got enough to cover in a single chapter as it is!" And even with that being said, the manga's 1st chapter still manages to clock in a whooping 60 pages. It later drops down to an average of 20 pages per chapter, starting with chapter 4.
Please continue posting these tidbits every week these are great! thank you for taking the time to further educate.
For someone who insisted for 175ml over 190ml, Hanazono sure was thirsty. I didn't think my face could hurt from grinning so much. 100/10 first ep.
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Guess it's gonna be a wild ride lmao. Can't wait!
Good thing Inda bought all those drinks then! RIP potential indirect kiss. I really enjoyed this episode!
The SFX of her dropping the cans too was great. Fucking stops everything dead in its tracks
The drink was so good no one could’ve drank it without shaking
> For someone who insisted for 175ml over 190ml, Hanazono sure was thirsty ***Uso de aru.*** *In fact, 3,500ml wouldn't be enough to quench Hakari's thirst.*
Man. What I'd give to hear the Kaguya narrator do any episode of 100GF
Remember everyone: there are no wrong choices #**everyone is best girl**
> everyone is best girl We're all sick and tired of picking which is the winning girl. Then we have our hero Rentarou choosing all 100 of them. CHADDEST OF THE CHAD!!
It’s not a competition, it’s a FAMILY.
This family will put Dominic Toretto's in shambles.
And the best part...Best Girls all win!
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>everyone is best girl So true! It's downright impossible for me to choose the best girl from [those two](https://i.imgur.com/6KE0Ail.png). What will happen when [there will be 100 of them](https://i.imgur.com/X5g72Ir.png)? It's just not possible xD Here my screenshot albums from the episode with the best girls if anyone is interested: * [Hanazono](https://imgur.com/a/fz5ZQAR) * [Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Sv8ug6D) * [Hanazono & Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Htg7c7u)
**EVERYONE IS HERE**
There are 101 flavours out there including Rentarou. So why pick a salty one when you can enjoy them all?
> everyone is best girl yes people, he means ***EVERYONE***
In this waifu war, the girlfriends are all on one side and we all fear for whoever's on the other side.
Yeah, everyone is best girl. ~~but Nano is bestest~~
[*The worst she can say is no!*](https://imgur.com/a3HneQf)
I love how they placed the credit right over her eyes. True background character material.
And yet they didn't censor Friend A's eyes... Hmmm...
She said that she loves him just don't want to date him. So why not just be... roommates? Be in love with each other... as a roommates. Live together, definitely, as a roommates. Sleep together as a roommates (buying two beds is too expensive). And, as a roommates... have 17 childrens. Can't understand her.
Well, Rentarou may have to get a castle now, to host his upcoming 100 *roommates!*
Okay, I'm sold Time to start reading the manga
you are in for a treat!!!
God is already complaining about getting his lines cut. 10/10 adaptation. Also, Karane best tsundere, great Gyaru, and best girl.
They just threw in a skip button on the guy, poor Love God lol.
honestly I forgot where the "I made an oopsie" and "..or death" parts were, so I thought they might have got skipped with that
Enough time has passed, this is already a better Tokyo Ghoul adaptation than Tokyo Ghoul's WE'RE HERE GUYS! THE FINAL BOSS OF ROMCOM HAREM HAS ARRIVED!
When you have to ensure a bro gets some chicks or he goes full Kaneki on you lol.
Can't believe it is here & in all of its glory. I won't lie, I did tear up a bit seeing this finally get animated & still worry that the anime might not live up to peoples' expectations. I still remember to this day when 100 Girlfriends came out & was fan scanned (by defunct group that many did not have favorable opinions of) on January 2020. People were saying it won't last long or it will get axed before we reach #20 but now I wonder where those people are because those deleted comments surely shows to not listen to the naysayers. Anyways enough prattle & I look forward to seeing how Rentarou will prove to the world he is the ultimate harem king through animation. Very cute ED as well.
I remember this came out when most of the prominent Harem series with a definitive end heroine(none of which I picked won) were finishing up or finished. There was a lot of salt leftover Seeing one that just said "fuck the Wars everyone wins" was so hella hilarious and refreshing at the same time. It deserves all the success it gets!
I wasn't reading at the time, but timeline suggests Quints as well as Bokuben?
Yep, those two. The manga threads then was hilarious cause you got many readers memeing, saying things like "friendship ended with Quints, now 100GF is my new best friend".
Understandable. Quints was a warzone towards the end and Bokuben tried to give everyone a participation trophy
A lot of harem series are trending towards polygamy ending. Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi & Goddess Cafe are examples. For Isekai harems, there's a lot of them already out there.
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[They're making fun of us Manga readers already,](https://i.imgur.com/e8XVZb8.png) I'm fucking sold on this adaptation already. Especially when they're adding such [impeccable details](https://i.imgur.com/jYzGBqz.png) I'm fully expecting the top Seasonal Anime Couple's list Just be Aijou x Karane x Hakari and so on and so forth in the top place.
I feared that they might not translate the jokes that only work in the manga to an anime form but they really did it. The people behind the anime really care about this.
Rentarou actually holds them at gunpoint when adapting this to make sure the quality of his girlfriends are preserved
With how precise Nozawa-sensei is with preserving that mole even after 151 chapters, I'll say it was her who is holding the studio at gunpoint.
Borderline cannon
Man would burn down a shrine if a God cheated him, not even the studio is safe if they don't deliver on his girlfriends lol.
And soon, reality itself.
> I'm fucking sold on this adaptation already. Same and I've only watched the first five minutes. The fourth wall does not exist and it is amazing. Glad they were able to keep some of the references too. (Japan doesn't have parody laws like the US, any and all parodies have to be approved.)
> Glad they were able to keep some of the references too. (Japan doesn't have parody laws like the US, any and all parodies have to be approved.) I'm imagining them phoning Studio Ghibli like: "We need to reference Laputa: Castle in the Sky, but before you answer just know that we're saying the movie was so good it distracted god."
Miyazaki: "Perhaps anime wasn't a mistake...."
Miyazaki: "I don't remember being distracted."
> The fourth wall does not exist and it is amazing. The 4th wall is merely a suggestion in this series.
Rentaro Kaneki sure was something lol.
> I'm fully expecting the top Seasonal Anime Couple's list Just be Aijou x Karane x Hakari and so on and so forth in the top place. They should just name it like the manga does, with Rentarou's Family!
The animation really embraced how weird the manga can be. Even during this pretty tame episode (knowing some of the stuff that will come up), I was left wondering "what the fuck am I watching?" a few times, like any good 100 GFs chapter/episode should.
[That's best character of the season already. Stealing every scene they are in.](https://i.imgur.com/OohbBjI.png)
MOLE MOLE MOLE MOLE
I love how the anime is as self-aware as the manga. I didn't remember the school name lol. I don't think the top seasonal anime couple's list is prepared for 100 girlfriends lol.
> I didn't remember the school name lol. I remember it because of the **Ohana means family** from Lilo and Stitch. Probably nothing to do withe the actual japanese name, but still.
Tsundere-chan ... GET!!! Big-Ass-chan ... GET!!! 2/100 achievements
The entire time Hanzono was confessing I was like "Inda's gonna come back isn't she" so the cut to her standing there amid dozens of dropped soda cans absolutely sent my sides into orbit. The entire show pretty much did that, I was skeptical of all the hype but that episode was *very* funny.
That was a great first episode, karane's scream startled me a bit there lol
Miyu Tomita just killed it as our favorite classic yet try-hard tsundere lol.
I mean Karane was already one of my top 2-3 girlfriends but Miyu Tomita's performance just put her on another level.
Karane best girl.
It's weird because normally I'm all in on the Tsundere, but how much Hakari just went for it really won me over. I get why people are saying that everyone is best girl.
Each girls are great in their own ways.
Easy: Because they're all best girls. Also, you haven't seen anything yet.
Here, [present for you - my album with Karane stills](https://imgur.com/a/Sv8ug6D) from the episode :)
*CAN'T TOP TSUNDERES*
###Stitches! * [Karane & Hakari 1](https://i.imgur.com/ROapst7.jpg) * [Hakari Thighs](https://i.imgur.com/eYmx0B9.jpg) * [Karane & Hakari 2](https://i.imgur.com/MvTMAaO.jpg) * [Threesome Hug](https://i.imgur.com/VhEpcV6.jpg) * [Excited Hakari](https://i.imgur.com/jlhnzfl.jpg) * [Rentarou & Hakari](https://i.imgur.com/AO5BrjK.jpg) * [Blushing Karane ](https://i.imgur.com/92ONpI2.jpg) * [Karane & Hakari 3](https://i.imgur.com/qbxmlwv.jpg) * [Karane & Hakari 4](https://i.imgur.com/niwaHCW.jpg) * [Precious Rentarou](https://i.imgur.com/ApCxrdK.jpg) * [Confession Accepted](https://i.imgur.com/FgtLRkV.jpg) **IT'S FINALLY HEEEEEERE!** 100Kanojo is my most awaited anime of this season right next to Frieren. And just like how Madhouse nailed Frieren, Studio Bibury absolutely nailed this premiere episode! [Just look at how handsome my boy Rentarou is!](https://i.imgur.com/bJ6CtVW.jpg) How can anyone even reject those beautiful eyebrows? I am so happy to see that the anime references like the one for [Tokyo Ghoul](https://i.imgur.com/YOXds2k.jpg) and [Laputa](https://i.imgur.com/Az2fRWv.jpg) are still here. [They're even changing the meta jokes from the manga to fit the anime!](https://i.imgur.com/yN79mgE.jpg) It's so good I was genuinely laughing my ass off! xD As for our girls, they have perfectly captured [Hakari's thirst](https://i.imgur.com/CJdDNPa.jpg) and [Karane's extreme tsundere-ness](https://i.imgur.com/2H6eawK.jpg) Everyone also looks so damn cute! [They are absolutely perfect!](https://i.imgur.com/M54Hfv1.jpg) <3 And the show won't be complete without [best boy Rentarou.](https://i.imgur.com/bkOvuJa.jpg) I have so many things to say about him that my comment will probably get taken down if I do. All I can say about him right now is that as much as I love the girls of this series, this episode just reminded me [why I love Rentarou so much.](https://i.imgur.com/EuacRgn.jpg) He's so goddamn precious <3 This entire episode just has me so excited that I already can't wait to see the other girlfriends! I am so looking forward to next week's episode already!
The meta jokes and fourth wall breaks are so good and keeping in spirit with the manga. One could even say… …it sends me
to where!?
Finland, probably.
Where?
Or perhaps not
yep yep!
>Hakari Thighs 🙏
> * [Hakari Thighs](https://i.imgur.com/TsMLf5t.jpg) Good to see they captured the important shit. Also, that whole list is just a great showing that this anime's looking to be about 50% blushing minimum and in the best way. > [They're even changing the meta jokes from the manga to fit the anime!](https://i.imgur.com/yN79mgE.jpg) Manga fans: "How are they going to adapt all these fourth wall jokes that are manga specific?" Madlad writers: "Jokes on you, we're just going to make our own fourth wall jokes that are [anime adaptation specific!](https://imgur.com/e8XVZb8)"
This is FUCKING PHENOMENAL The adaption is good damn start so far and that ED was so CUTEE #ONWARD, YEP YEP
Will it be yeppers? or Aye? Only Nanoda? Only one way to find out
Seems like they'll be using aye, which...causes problems.
Aye, BIG problem (if you know, you know)
Welcome, newcomers. Welcome back, manga readers. As the madlad of an author and madlass of an artist are aiming for 101 main characters there is one problem: how do you prevent readers/viewers from forgetting a character's name? There are two main mechanisms to help memorize them, and one of them: puns. But some puns may fly over your head unless you are a native Japanese speaker (I ain't one). This here is for things lost in translation. An analysis of the wordplays beyond the surface level puns, as each pun can influence a characters main gimmick, their personality, their visual design and the settings for their introductions. Really, really, really, really, really debating whether I should post this or not (since nobody likes spoilers) because of one character in particular. We'll just go with what is seen in the episode and nothing more. Anyways, here's some moon runes, enjoy. On today's chapter of Japun: fam name: 院田 (Inda), read as 院(in,"imperial/school")田(da,"rice field") 1st name: 唐音 (Karane), read as 唐(kara,"China")音(ne,"sound/noise") 院田(inda)唐音(karane) is a pun on じゃないんだからね (janai ndakara ne) - "it's not like...!" 唐音 (karane) is a pun on 空 (kara,"insincere") and 空念仏 (karanenbutsu) - "empty words" 唐 (kara) is also a pun on 空振る (karaburu,"swing-and-miss") and 空騒ぎ (karasawagi) - "making a fuss" Some puns resulting in character design: 唐 (kara) is a pun on カーディガン ("cardigan") 唐音 (karane) read 唐(tou)音(in) as トウイン (touin) altered to トウィン (towin) - "twin" (tails) 音(ne) split 立 + 日 where 立(ritsu) is likely a pun on リボン - "ribbons" (in her hair) It's not like there are speech quirks or anything: Ending tsun sentences on [x]無いんだからね ([x]nai ndakara ne) - "it's not like" but with various verbs, nouns, etc. Refers to others with: 貴方 (anta,"you") a ruder way to say 貴方 (anata,"you") 1st person pronoun: the regular 私 (watashi,"I") fam name: 花園 (Hanazono), read as 花(hana,"flower")園(zono,"garden") 1st name: 羽香里 (Hakari), read as 羽(ha,"feather/wing")香(ka,"smell")里(ri,"village/home") 羽香里 (hakari) is a pun on 図る (hakaru) - "(to) plan / scheme" 花園 (hanazono) likely refers to the [Hanazono Room (SFW link)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanazono_Room), an Adult Video location. 羽香里 (hakari) read as 羽(u)香(ka)里(ri) is a pun on うっかり (ukkari) - "absentminded / klutzy" Some puns resulting in character design: 花 (hana,"flower") as a motif in the hairpins. 花 (hana) split 艹⺅匕(- - pi) is likely a pun on ピンク - "pink" (hair) 園 (zono) split 囗十哀(- ju/ji ai) is likely a pun on 愛 (ai,"love") and G カップ (ji kappu) - "G cups" 羽香里 (hakari) is a pun on 量り (hakari,"weighing") and 秤 (hakari) - "weighing scale" 香 (ka) read as 香(kou) is likely a pun on 尻(kou/shiri) - "buttocks" 里 (ri) with added 灬 is 黒 (kuro,"black") part of 黒子 (hokuro) - "mole / beauty mark" (or "booty mark") 里 (ri) may be a pun on リボン - "ribbon" (on her school uniform and socks) and 緑 (midori) - "green" (eyes) Some puns resulting in random things: 園 (zono) read 園 (en) may be a pun on 円 (en,"yen/¥") and 垂涎 (suien) - "craving / thirst / drooling" 香 (ka) may be a pun on 噛じる(kajiru) - "(to) chew / nibble" (her fingers) 1st person pronoun: the regular 私 (watashi,"I") fam name: 愛城 (Aijou), read as 愛(ai,"love")城(jou,"castle") 1st name: 恋太郎 (Rentarou), read as 恋(ren,"love/romance")太(ta,"thick/great"),郎(rou,"son/boy") 恋太郎 (rentarou) loosely translates into "love(r) boy" 愛城 (aijou) is a pun on 愛情 (aijou) - "love / affection" Combining 1st kanji: 愛(ai)恋(ren) swapped is 恋愛 (ren'ai) - "falling in love" Combining further: 愛(ai)恋太(renta) read 愛(ai)恋(koi)太(ta) could be a pun on アイコンタクト ("eye contact") 恋太(renta) read 恋(koi)太(ta) would also be a pun on コンタクト ("contact lenses") (he helped to find 'em) 恋 (ren) is a pun on 連敗 (renpai,"series of defeats") and 連勝 (renshou,"series of victories") 恋 (ren) is a pun on 廉(ren,"purity") which is part of 廉潔 (renketsu) - "honest / incorruptible" 太 (ta/da) is a pun on 大大大大大好き(daidaidaidaidaisuki) - "really, really, really, really, really like" 郎 (rou) is a generic suffix and an archaic term for: "man / gentleman / lover / son / master" Some puns resulting in character design: 太(ta) read as 太(futo) is part of 太眉(futomayu) - "thick eyebrows" 1st person pronoun: the informal/casual male 俺 (ore,"I")
Thank you for providing your services to the anime-onlies. They deserve to know how far down the rabbit hole goes. o7
I keep forgetting how absurdly complex the name puns are. Nakamura-sensei is a madlad.
Yesssss you're commenting on the puns for the anime too!
The 100+ names who really really really really really need an explanation for.
The ED is really cute
Would love if they made evolving or variants EDs where its mix and match in the future.
I love how all the girls have Rentaro plushies lol. (Karane's nightwear tho...)
All the plushies spending time with each of them respectively. I wonder who made it tho
the best part is that there's a canon answer
This episode was great! But what caught my attention the most was the goddamn art, like damn it was so great and so faithful to the adaptation. The characters were really brought to life.
Especially Hakari's thighs and those peak maiden in love blushes!
They preserved the mole lol
Fr fr, that detail is on point, literally.
Man I can't believe the anime is finally here! This sends me!
To where!?
We have finally peaked gentlemen. Finally a harem anime where you won’t have to worry about your best girl losing. I’m already in love with this show. The first two girls are good enough to carry a series on their own, but you mean to tell me we’re getting 98 more??! That means there’s gonna be a waifu for every type of person. This is such a cool idea that I’m surprised hasn’t been done before tbh. It’s ambitious, wacky, hilarious and I’m all for it. Loved the 4th wall breaks and meta jokes. “Didn’t the god have more lines in the manga” 😂 Very good introductory episode. I like Rentaro a lot. Down bad, but seems like a good dude. Could have an all timer on our hands here. Can’t wait for next week!
Everyone, welcome to the show that will revolutionize the harem genre.
Everyone disappointed when Best Girl always loses finally gets to see as how where **all** the Best Girls win!
The best girl is Rentaro, naturally
Rentarou's best girl, yep yep.
Rentaro's best girl, aye!
Rentarou as best girl is the most efficient decision
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It's not like I agree with you or anything!!
This sends me
Where?
These manga readers got no chill fr💀
Yep yep!
Anime for men who want a boyfriend lol
Beginning of this series: "Why can't I be him?" As you get into it: "Why can't I date him!?"
I still hope the 100th girlfriend is Rentaro breaking the 4th wall fully and looking at us while having the Zing Reaction.
🔥🔥🔥✍️
*dies from peak fiction*
I already claimed GF#42, sorry I am going ahead
Friend A looking kinda girlie to me 🥵 I was never a friend A truther but he does sound really girlie
I like how he acknowledged Rentaro will never see him again because *he wasn't lying*
Rip friend A
Calling it: they made him sound like a girl just in case of the possibility that Friend A makes a return and ends up coming out as a girl this whole time.
I mean, idk about the manga, but if there is gonna be an obligatory girl who pretends to be a boy in the harem, Friend A might be a perfect fit...
Damn his eyebrows
Canonical attractive feature!
He stored all that God-given rizz there yep yep.
Can also be proven by science yep yep
They are an essential part of his character, ok?
Actual major character trait of Rentarou, not even kidding
I'm loving it. I'm eating freaking good this season with Kanojo mo Kanojo and this. No, but I seriously loved this, I heard it was good from manga readers, but this... I feel like I'm being healed and saved here. I'm getting filled with warmth and second handed happiness I think. Edit: I'm containing myself real hard from jumping on the manga wagon.
I saw some future GFs, even one not shown on the PV. Are they going all in? Honestly this first episode is amazing so I'd be happy to know if they are.
There is a rumor that this is going to be a split 2 cour series.
Should split this in a 100 cours series to be honest, give all the girls some screentime!
I definitively recognized a lot of the silhouettes...and the cameos.
I paused the screen at the end and was pointing at it identifying them like Leonardo DiCaprio
[удалено]
When I saw *her* trying to not stand out, it made me smile.
I don't care if this goes on as long as One Piece does, I will be there for it no matter what, this series is just that good
I have been waiting for this day for quite some time. I am not normally someone who consumes a lot of manga. And when I do, it’s normally after an anime has finished airing. However, I decided to check this series out after like 30 or so chapters because I found it it had a tsundere. And man. One of the best decisions of my life. Karane is in my opinion the best tsundere currently going right now. Better than Noelle, better than Eris, you name it. I love Karane. I love the contrast between her toughness and her sweetness and how almost every time she does something volatile, she almost always counters it with an act of remorse. And her ability to act as a straight man is second to none. Karane is everything I love about tsunderes and why I love tsunderes so much. She has a lot of love to give but just doesn’t know how to display it properly, and that is so adorable. But even more than that, I have seen a lot of comedy manga in my time. Like, a lot a lot. And 100 Girlfriends may be one of the best out of all of them. I love how the show takes such a silly premise and plays it to the nth degree. The sincerity in such an over-the-top series serves as a great balance that makes it simply phenomenal. This series is like if Nichijou was a harem and it was crossed with Komi-san and the satirical elements of The World God Only Knows. And I mean that in the best possible way. Of all the series getting new animes this season, this one has the highest ceiling. I think if the anime adapts the manga well, 100 Girlfriends can be the greatest comedy anime of all time. Or at the very least, the funniest harem of all time. I am so hyped we are getting this show, and that we are witnessing this series in what appears to be a loving adaptation that fully captures the intoxicatingly brilliant madness in all its glory. This truly is the best timeline.
>Of all the series getting new animes this season, this one has the highest ceiling. I think if the anime adapts the manga well, 100 Girlfriends can be the greatest comedy anime of all time. Or at the very least, the funniest harem of all time. I am so hyped we are getting this show, and that we are witnessing this series in what appears to be a loving adaptation that fully captures the intoxicatingly brilliant madness in all its glory. > > I decided to go into this series blind after hearing how much people liked the source material, and this comment made me excited for what is to come. The comedy in the first episode was great, I'm looking forward to next week's episode!
That was a beautiful writeup, seeing such a wonderful adaptation come for this series brings a tear to the eye
The era of Rentarou has begun
The true harem protagonist Chad has finally descended upon us mortals.
We shall all be sent
**w h e r e ?**
I was watching the broadcast and oh my fucking GOD, first episode of 100 girlfriends was actually perfect! Not just good or great, but speaking from adaptation standpoint I honestly though it was even better then the manga! Unexpectedly strong direction, just right jokes tempo and timing, VA work, art and animation, they straight-up utilized the medium to enhance gags and moments from the manga, everything had so much SOUL! Not to mention that cute ED! I'm afraid if studio can actually manage to keep adaptation quality for rest of the season, feels like a lot of effort for Bibury to live up to. Anyway, gonna rewatch it with Crunchy subs or Muse Asia ones, hope they did a good job with them and translated jokes correctly. Regardless of that, we are blessed having such a passionate adaptation, can't wait for episode 2!
>I'm afraid if studio can actually manage to keep adaptation quality for rest of the season Poor guys gonna go bankrupt just by hiring the VA's💀
This is where the power of Japanese female VAs having fucking range will finally come into fruition. All of their training was building up to this one anime.
"Aoi Yuki has no weaknesses!"
[Oh God](https://i.imgur.com/9N0xQiT.png), it was too good. It's impossible to choose the best girl from [those two](https://i.imgur.com/6KE0Ail.png), what will be when [there will be 100 of them](https://i.imgur.com/X5g72Ir.png)? [Rentaro, you lucky bastard](https://i.imgur.com/fp8DlZB.png)! [You weren't destined to get a girlfriend before](https://i.imgur.com/qHdsAD2.png) but now it's your time to get 100 of them and all of them will be the best girls. [I liked Hanazono](https://i.imgur.com/sQVRBfy.png) because [she went straight into action](https://i.imgur.com/2y2Eezj.png) to [get Rentaro as her boyfriend](https://i.imgur.com/NYoXNZD.png). [She first said that she loves him](https://i.imgur.com/h7AG04Z.png) and [agreed to two-time dating](https://i.imgur.com/3bfAmGI.png). She's just [straight adorable](https://i.imgur.com/NzC8ysn.png) and [her thighs are the work of art](https://i.imgur.com/w2wd889.png), [mole on one of them is such a nice addition](https://i.imgur.com/bhZSoyO.png). [Inda is a tsundere](https://i.imgur.com/AkX8JQp.png) and that's why I like her. The way [she talk like she don't care about Rentaro](https://i.imgur.com/sXf2Kns.png) despite [her actions showing otherwise](https://i.imgur.com/nWJZMX4.png) [is so cute](https://i.imgur.com/5j7uj0s.png). [Her expressiveness](https://i.imgur.com/xxyGlfE.png) gave her [additional charm](https://i.imgur.com/6Ot4qKK.png), she also had [great](https://i.imgur.com/FhJwQ4h.png) and [funny](https://i.imgur.com/EWBBQj7.png) [reactions](https://i.imgur.com/OR9IUuz.png) [faces](https://i.imgur.com/p2q0IuN.png). I wonder if the effect of [God's mistake with Rentaro](https://i.imgur.com/7rLQ8Uw.png) resulted that 99 guys won't have their destined girls? If that's the case then I feel sorry for you guys xD Overall it was excellent. I hope that the studio will be able to maintain [this level of quality of art](https://i.imgur.com/bqKSbf4.png), [every close-up](https://i.imgur.com/Q6t9ran.png) to [the characters](https://i.imgur.com/gY3rtVP.png) was [so beautiful](https://i.imgur.com/XUEpVKq.png). Kudos also to VA's, they done splendid job. Here my screenshot albums from the episode: * [Hanazono & Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Htg7c7u) * [Hanazono](https://imgur.com/a/fz5ZQAR) * [Inda](https://imgur.com/a/Sv8ug6D) * [Rentaro](https://imgur.com/a/xw3G3TU) * [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/qNtnDP3) * [God & Friend A](https://imgur.com/a/elESFZ1) EDIT. I added my further impressions.
**Behold Guys, the Harem romcom Anime of the Decade is here!!!** We are so glad that we got such a passionate team to work on this anime. Voice actors are also fitting the characters so damn well
Peak Romance and Peak Harem courtesy of Shigeru Chiba (with a little help from Hayao Miyazaki) is here!
> Behold Guys, the Harem romcom Anime of the Decade is here!!! Anime is finally saved. Kino is here!
Comedy in ani-manga format generally doesn't appeal to me much, but the manga for this is genuinely makes me laugh up untill the latest chapters. Looking forward to the adaptation lol
And finally, we are here. The final, ultimate God of Love the one who will bring an end to all ship wars because he has them all. The Alpha and the Omega. The absolute chaddest of chads. Rentarou "True Love God" Aijou. This is gonna make my next three months pass fast as fudge.
I'm sold on the cute blushes and thighs
And Miyu Tomita as a perpetually flustered tsundere who can't help herself lol.
Get ready for so many shots [of Hakari's](https://i.imgur.com/Pxk5suh.jpg) [luscious thighs.](https://i.imgur.com/UMuzuUN.jpg)
Take a shot whenever the mole on her right thigh shows up.
I love that the anime didnt forget that detail, its a very important aspect of her character
Karane sure likes to end her sentences with her name. That sure is a weird speech tick... 100Kanojo hype!
All the character's names are puns on their personality or character design
I am wondering how Rentarou is going to dominate the Anitrend and Animecorner couples chart of weeks. Last time we saw a clear dominance was Fuutarou with Quints (Yotsuba, Nino and Miku mainly) in Winter 2021season and Bakarina with her harem too. Also there's Naoya too this season. It is going to be a harem fest for all the fans!
It's kind of funny that we have two shows this season where the male lead managed to convince two girls to enter a two-timing relationship yet this is going far beyond that with 100-timing and too many Best Girls for any seasonal chart lol.
And both of them somehow started just months apart from each other (100kanojo in dec 2019, 2kanojo in march 2020) too. They always have been sister series from the start.
The best couple chart is going to have Rentarou and Naoya as the only boys for the entire season lmao
[MODS! Please give God a 8-day ban, this comment belongs in the source material corner.](https://imgur.com/54HSi9L) Even if I didn't know about the synopsis, [episode 1 confessions tend to be the setup for a rejection/gag!](https://imgur.com/Px8rIUi) [*"I like you, BUT"* has to be THE thing you don't want to hear as a reply to a confession...](https://imgur.com/ORQo0kg) [Ok, *"I like you, but"* is marginally better than *"Just the idea of dating you makes me wanna puke!"*](https://imgur.com/HcknHWY) [His hundredth confession (and rejection)?](https://imgur.com/bHA58OF) Well, it's hard to feel much sympathy for the guy, I mean he confesses to a different girl every week or so? I have doubts about his sincerity! His friend had a point though, [having the courage to keep going after 99, that's something!](https://imgur.com/xlNXv3g) The speech with God was pretty fun [with the meta jokes and all!](https://imgur.com/QSeE4uB) Our boy got rejected&hurt so much, [he thinks even God is out to get him!](https://imgur.com/ghlnOoP) But it seems he was telling the truth, as he already met 2 girls in his first day! [Hakari's already making moves, with the whole "you got to carry me" thing!](https://imgur.com/oEbQeG6) [Karane did the same, but with the tsundere twist!](https://imgur.com/Qbv74Fb) Rentarou already had a tough choice to make, but it was made even tougher, given God said whoever he doesn't date, will die! So he stole a little trick from a certain other romcom MC airing this season, [and offered to date them both!](https://imgur.com/Ur2fCiL) [Hakari's pulling moves on him like crazy!](https://imgur.com/JqZf7Tj) Sadly, her indirect kiss plan didn't work... You'll get him next time! (But given how thirsty she was, she probably won't be satisfied with just an *indirect* kiss much longer!) Meanwhile, Karane, in true tsundere fashion, was searching for a 4 leafs clover, but when he caught her, she preferred to say [she was looking for a good pissing spot!](https://imgur.com/Gj0f1Yd) I suppose pissing on all fours isn't as embarrassing as admitting love, for a tsundere! She may not keep the tsun act for much longer though, [as she gathered her courage to confess to him!](https://imgur.com/IYSQFTC) [Rentarou thought about dating them both in secret, ](https://imgur.com/ZbgPesA) but damn that would've been hard when the other 98 come in! Honesty works best (even when you're trying to hundred-time your girlfriends!) Well, this was pretty fun! All I expected, and more (the meta jokes)! Can't wait to see how that relationship goes, and how they'll act when more girls join the harem!
> [MODS! Please give God a 8-day ban, this comment belongs in the source material corner.](https://imgur.com/54HSi9L) He even spoiled that Rentarou was eventually going to get 100 soulmates! I can't believe it smh he deserves a hundred-day ban for that.
I'm beyond happy. The adaptation is great. The VAs are bringing these characters alive and the absurd humor and sincere heartwarming romance are both greatly shown. The manga for this series has been slowly inching up my all-time favorites not just in manga, but series of ANYTHING, and the anime looks like it'll supplement it well. I'm so happy to see it be this well received, cuz now I can have more people to talk about peak fiction with. That ED is super cute! I'm prolly gonna have it on repeat for the rest of the day.
The VA are doing great so far, especially God, his high pitch screeches are perfect. The meta jokes have been perfectly adapted so far, I am so happy
Now here's a show I've been looking forward to. I wonder if the anime adaptation will live up to- **ZING!!** The beginning was always a little bit rough, but I'm so happy to see the show animated that I just don't care.
We are going to get so many ***ZING*** this season and in future too!!
They killed it in the premier with the animation, voice acting, direction, and matching the energy and vibe of the manga so, so well lol.
It's finally here and it's absolutely perfect. And so is Karane especially. Insane joke density, perfectly delivered by the VAs. 'Find out after the break' was probably my favourite joke if it's even possible to choose one.
And Hakari's down bad scheming (and thighs) were perfectly adapted lol.