Kimi No Koto Ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki Na 100-nin No Kanojo

They say that some are late bloomers. Good things come to those who patiently wait. And only after one has tasted a lot of failures, only then one can taste the fruits of success. Well, apply that to a romcom harem anime. Kimi No Koto Ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki Na 100-nin No Kanojo AKA Hyakkano (because it’s a freaking ridiculous long name to remember and say each time) has our main male protagonist as a serial loser in love. Every girl he has confessed to in his life has utterly rejected him. Yeah, that should have been a sign to say to give the f*ck up! But nope. He did not. So as ‘reward’ (or curse as I see it), some god of love whatever appeared before him to tell him the good news that he will soon have 100 soul mates! I don’t know why or how f*cked up that is but it’s your cue to have a harem theme and get all the girlfriend problems and hijinks started. Can he handle having 100 girlfriends? Or is he doomed to fail and always be the same miserable loser? Well, my guts know better…

Episode 1
At the end of the graduation of his middle school, Rentarou Aijou confesses to the girl he likes but gets rejected. Well, that was his 100th rejection! So how can a guy confessed to 100 girls in his middle school years? Well actually, his first confession (and rejection!) was when he was 8 months old! F*cking lecher! Thus he gets desperate to pray at the shrine. And what do you know, this shrine’s God pops up! With a turd hairstyle, it’s hard to take him seriously… Anyway, he claims Rentarou’s romance will begin in high school and he will find his soul mate there. However he will find 100 of them there! So after the opening ceremony of his high school, he bumps into Hakari Hanazono and Karane Inda. You bet they are going to be soul mates because all felt that tingly sensation (as mentioned by God). The girls have taken a liking for him as it descends into a ‘competition’ as they feign their sprained ankle so as to get them to the infirmary. WTF Rentarou punching himself for making a misery to others?! In the end, all walk finely there. But then the girls hear some superstitions in romance about finding a 4 leaf clover. Guess it’s not hard to see what they do next. And so they spend 4 hours looking for that elusive clover! Rentarou tries to be nice and give them a drink. Karane being the tsundere runs away after accepting. Hakari is slyer as she thinks of getting an indirect kiss. She claims she can’t finish it and for him to help her drink half. Oh no worries, he bought one that is smaller size. Uhm, actually she still can’t finish it so please drink the first one. After doing so, Hakari panics and spills the whole thing. There goes her first (indirect) kiss. When he offers to help clean up, that is when Hakari confesses she loves him. Too bad this is cut short with Karane’s return. So she bought lots of drinks in return? Anyway, she won’t lose out and sums up her courage to also confess to him. And now the dreaded moment: Choose which one he wants to date!

Obviously Rentarou can’t decide so he seeks God’s advice. What is the precedent for this? Well, none. You see, his case was an exception. Usually there is 1 soul mate to everybody. During Rentarou’s birth, God was watching some anime. He was so touched and wrote 100 in his soul mate section instead of 1! WTF WHY IS THERE A BOX TO FILL IN A NUMBER FOR SOUL MATES???!!! But that’s not the worst part. If the soul mate is unable to find and lead a happy life, they will die. Oh sh*t. Now Rentarou can’t choose because choosing the other means the other would die! Gee, thanks God. Hence he thinks of rejecting them both and then secretly date them in secret. Next day as he confronts them, he wants them both to be his girlfriend! Last night’s solution wasn’t going to fly. Because the girls put all their heart into their confession, as one who did the same for 100 times, he should know better. That is why he will not choose as he loves them both a lot. Proof as he has found 2 of those clovers! No wonder his clothes are dirty. With him saying the right romantic words, Hakari agrees to this. With their love so great, two-timing isn’t going to be an issue, right? As always, Karane won’t lose out and agree to the same. Rentarou is so happy with his life. Just a reminder, he has 98 more soul mates to deal with… Welcome to hell…

Episode 2
Rentarou so happy he has got 2 girlfriends, he is talking to a pole?! As usual, Hakari and Karane fight to be with him. Don’t worry, he has a hand each. Upon arriving at school, they see this horrifying act of the vice principal, Baba An chasing a boy for flouting some rules. You see, whoever gets caught by her receives her punishment via French kiss! OMFG! Is she some tongue monster?! Yup, that definitely scarred him for the rest of his life. This leads to the girls talking about kissing. Because Rentarou has not gotten his first kiss, you bet this is going to be a fight to get it. During the break, we see them trying their tricks to kiss him. From sharing Pokky sticks and testing his temperature, the girls trying their best to outdo the other. Rentarou then realizes what they are fighting over. But don’t worry, he already has come up with a plan. So yesterday’s sleepless night was for this? So basically, this freaking confusing scenario in which they have to blindfold and based on some random dice just so they won’t know who kissed who first. But it’s going to be hard because Rentarou will definitely know it is Hakari because of her boobs while it would be Karane because the tsundere starts beating him up, thinking he caressed her elsewhere. So they have to restart each time. Because Rentarou gets into sexy situations with Hakari or gets beaten up by Karane. Wow. Didn’t know kissing is such a hard thing to do! As the girls continue to fight over it, Rentarou feels bad. Blaming himself for the cause of it, he is going to let Baba kiss him?! OMFG! ARE YOU SURE?! Luckily the girls stop her before the irreversible and that monster runs away thinking some inspector is coming. Can’t lose her income so she can smooch hot guys at the host club! Oh my. Rentarou reasons he’d rather throw his first kiss away if his girlfriends are going agonize over it since he wants them to get along. The girls in sync, say they would rather have their rival kiss him instead of that monster! Rentarou is happy with this and he has a simpler solution for all this: All of them kiss together. It was his first idea but since the girls would also be kissing each other, well it’s a good thing to know they aren’t yuri! And so the trio kiss together. Yeah, looks like some weird UFO summoning cult! Next day at the library as Rentarou is looking for a book, he stumbles into petite Shizuka Yoshimoto. Number 3…

Episode 3
It seems librarian Shizuka is so shy that she points out to sentences in a book for Rentarou to read that reflects her thoughts. Also, it seems she is in the same class as him. Did he not notice? She helps him picks out tons of romance books that he likes but since the library card system is down, she lends him her favourite book that she always reads. That night, he reads the romance story of a knight and a princess separated by fate. Rentarou the knight and Shizuka the princess? Is this a foreboding of something? To be continued in the next volume. Next day, he seeks Shizuka for the next volume so she lends him to him. As thanks, he buys her a drink and talks about the book. He is also amazed that she knows the book so well as she could always flip to the right page and line for the words she want to say. Shizuka is surprised that he doesn’t shun her. This gives her hope as she waits to give him the next volume but a few days passed and he has not come to see her. Then she sees this heart breaking scene. Rentarou spending time with Hakari and Karane. It then occurred to her that he already has a boyfriend. Sad. I guess he needs to spend some time with his girlfriend than reading books. Flashback shows she was always bullied because of this quirk of hers of not speaking. Even her mom was enraged at this freak who can’t speak normally. It made her realize nobody has time to talk to a freak like her. One evening, Rentarou surprisingly visits Shizuka to give her an e-book version of this. Strange. It was never released electronically. Well, Rentarou typed it word for word for her! A special software helps turn it into an audiobook. Rentarou is particular about this because she is so busy pointing the lines and the reader has to read it, their eyes never met. With this, they can talk and look at each other in the eye. Shizuka is so moved that her first respond is to say I love you. However she can’t impose on him as she hints she knows he already has girlfriends. Rentarou realizes the meaning of this so he too genuinely confesses he loves her. If fate stands in their way, just break through it! Yeah, just quote it from the book. And so, Rentarou introduces Shizuka as his new girlfriend to Hakari and Karane! Oh dear. How will this go? Karane is obviously pissed. Like she needs more competition. But Hakari is so impressed he has not dumped them despite finding a new love! Rentarou assures his love for them has not diminished and will love them all equally. Because if he doesn’t, he will commit seppuku! So we’re okay with this addition to the harem? Okay. Because 97 more to go…

Episode 4
Rentarou introduces the girls to each other. Well, he knows the girls’ quirky habits so much that the girls themselves don’t even know! I don’t know if I should be impressed or feeling creepy. Since Hakari and Karane are at usual quarrelling to talk to Rentarou, Shizuka stays quiet and keeping her distance. Rentarou observes this and he needs to break the ice. And so a game of old maid whereby the loser gets tickled by the winner? Yeah, the girls ganging up on him… First round, Rentarou wins. Karane loses. See her happy tsundere face to get tickled. Yeah, that lewd face. Next round, he also wins but this time Hakari loses. Another happy girl with a lewd face. Third round, this guy is on a streak. Now it’s Shizuka’s turn. He tickles her but she can still type out her quotes? Must be really good in this. Finally, Rentarou loses. Too bad for Karane and Hakari, it is Shizuka who wins. But she just pokes him? After that, Rentarou excuses himself to the toilet. This has Karane confront Shizuka. She’s not happy. Basically, she can tell Shizuka is holding back just because they are around. Shizuka admits to it and believes as a newcomer, she must know her place. After all that scary yelling, maybe Shizuka needs to speak from the heart. She claims she is scared. Especially if Rentarou starts comparing them. Essentially, Shizuka believes she is not as gorgeous or cute as the duo. Of course they claim Rentarou isn’t that shallow and his love runs deeper than that. Because now they are his girlfriends, they are on equal footing. It seems this is all part of Rentarou’s plan as he watches the girls mingle naturally. He knew that at this rate, the girls will never get closer to each other and had to do something. When he returns, the girls want Shizuka to redo his tickle on him. Don’t hold back this time. Also, Shizuka wants to be kissed. After a lot of shy moments, Rentarou gives her a great one. This also has Hakari wanting another kiss. Ask and you shall be given! What about you Karane? After lots of tsundere moments, she too gets one. None left out. Everybody is happy. What a great day. Rentarou is so lucky to be alive.

Episode 5
The test results are out. But Rentarou forgot his phone in the classroom and returns to get it. He sees Nano Eiai studying alone. The moment their eyes met, it’s that loving feeling. Telling her about the results, she finds it meaningless to go look at it because she knows she is top. And so Rentarou returns to the rest and notices Nano being actually top of the grade and with perfect scores in all subjects to boot. His girls tell him there is a rumour she is actually a robot who strives for perfection. Yeah well, not like they even talk to their own classmate, right? During science class, Rentarou is paired up with Nano. He observes her strange observations and deductions of things. Basically, she doesn’t do things that she deems meaningless or inefficient. Those are her buzzwords. When Rentarou accidentally gets a small cut on his finger, she sucks on it! She’s good in her tongue! At least this is the most efficient way to treat his small cut. Good thing Rentarou’s girls are busy with their own lab to see this. Later Rentarou tries to thank and treat her but of course, those buzzwords again and she sees no merit in having fun. Back home, she cannot get her mind out of Rentarou. She is feeling strange and can’t fathom why she sucked his finger. So recite pi to calm down? How much time has she wasted! Therefore next day, she confronts Rentarou and says she loves him and wants to enter in a relationship. He will be glad to but she rejects! Is this a joke? Actually she wanted him to reject but since he failed, she’ll do it. She further adds about the meaningless of teen romance as it leads to marriage and childbirth, both of which she doesn’t need. Obviously Rentarou has been rejected 100 times before so this is not going to put him down. Thus he wants to go out with her for 1 day to prove all that. Otherwise he will give up on her.

So at the amusement park, they go to various attractions and of course Nano can’t understand all these meaningless stuffs. During the Ferris Wheel ride, she seems scared of heights so Rentarou sits next to her while holding her hand. At the end of the day, Nano admits she had fun but ultimately it was a day of no value. In that case, Rentarou will burn all these instant photos taken of them. Suddenly she stops him. Rentarou explains now she knows she has something she doesn’t have and can’t lose it. Something that can’t be defined in words or numerical value. Because of it, she doesn’t want to lose it. Nano in tears. No, it’s not Rentarou breaking her heart! He further adds such fun moments is what makes their lives meaningful. Now Nano is set that she is in love with him and wants to go out with him. Gladly. It is then she suddenly kisses him. Is there a meaning to that?! Well, she has learnt that not giving a damn of what has value or not is more efficient for her in fulfilling her desires. She’s trying to say she doesn’t understand love so screw it I wanna have fun, HAHA! Sighs… Now the big problem looms as Rentarou introduces Nano to his girlfriends and wants to induct her formally into his hall of girlfriends. Surprisingly, they don’t object. No meaning to do that, RIGHT?! Since they’re all interested in their amusement park date, because Nano now wants to go as his girlfriend and not as a try-out, Hakari has this perfect place they can go to this weekend. It’s the pool. Oh yeah! Pool episode time!

Episode 6
Karane pondering which swimsuit to get. Pool date is here. Full blown swimsuit episode we’ve been waiting for! Yeah! How these lovely chicks in swimsuits? Gorgeous. But wait. Karane is all covered up. She claims she is feeling cold and wants to sit out. Uhm, okay. The rest head into the pool as Nano and Hakari fight over Rentarou. They’re bolder now as they both let him touch their boobs. Too bad they killed him. They need to revive him but they can’t seem to pass the kissing part on the CPR. Meanwhile Shizuka gets lost on her float and ends up on an island inside the pool. She sends out SOS but nobody gives a f*ck. Hakari and Nano rush to find a lifeguard but are stopped by sleazy guys who want to hit on them. When one goes for Hakari, Nano pokes his eyes. Now his buddies want payback. Nano will stay with them so Hakari could find a lifeguard. She claims if anything happens to Hakari, Rentarou will be sad. Her reason is that Rentarou has dated her longer and via pecking order, he will care more for her. Obviously Hakari dismisses that theory. It is because she hasn’t been dating him for long, she doesn’t understand him. Hakari steps in to claim they will not go out with those guys. Just when they’re about to get rough, Rentarou returns to protect his girls. They don’t believe both are his girlfriends and dare him to kiss. Both girls kiss him. That enough proof? The guys don’t want to have anything to do with these crazy whores so they leave. They ask how he knows about this. Apparently Karane saw the duo in trouble, went to find Rentarou. He is in the midst of being dead but instantly revived and head to them when she said they’re in trouble. Now they need to find Shizuka. Better hurry. Her handphone battery just depleted. Panic. Although she could hear him looking for her, Shizuka knows she must use her own voice. Despite eking out a soft one, he manages to pick it up and saves her. As reward, she kisses him. Back to Karane, Rentarou knows Karane’s issue of comparing herself to Nano and Hakari. That’s why she covers up. She continues to have inferior complex to all so he forces her covers off. Hope all that slap is worth it. Obviously he finds her cute and the moment is right for them to kiss. That completes today’s kissing combo with all his girlfriends! They return to the rest and their real pool date begins.

Episode 7
While in a rush, passing by the chemistry lab, Rentarou locks eyes with a busty chemistry babe. He knows she is his next soul mate and when returns to the lab the next day, only this drug crazy loli, Kusuri Yakuzen. She has him drink her experimental drugs like turning him into a human magnet. A ploy to hug him too. Now they’re stuck like this for 10 minutes and she needs to go to the toilet… Don’t worry, she wears diapers… She is not ashamed to reveal she loves him and then says the tea he drank earlier was laced with love potion to make him fall for her. But he starts to vomit it out? She is sad thinking he doesn’t like her. On the contrary, he wants to tell her his emotions without the drugs. But the effect starts making him go into seizures. The only way to administer to antidote is via kissing? When he is cured, she now begs for him to date her. That is when she reverts to her true busty form. Apparently this is her real form. Her failed drug testing on immortality caused her to be in this loli state. She is also his senior and president of the chemistry club. Now Rentarou introduces his latest girlfriend to the rest. Hardly surprising at this point, right? She has different drugs for the girls to try out. Karane gets offended about this bust up drug. Hakari takes this sexy drug thinking it would make her sexier but it turns out it melts her clothes because nothing is sexier in your birthday suit, right?! A drug to have Shizuka have bunny ears and one that has Nano’s hair as extended limbs. Though, she doesn’t mind going bald but since Rentarou loves her hair, no more drugs! As they have tea, Kusuri realizes they have taken the wrong tea. It was meant for Rentarou but the girls drank it. Now they turn into kissing zombie monsters! They’ll stop at nothing until they kiss Rentarou! And they also achieve superhuman strength! Don’t let them catch you because you’ll be stuck kissing forever! Apparently Kusuri wanted to have a real kiss with him but looks like it has backfired. Some flashback shows because she always messed up, eventually everyone left her. Of course they must be given an antidote before the drug circulates throughout their body and they’ll permanently be in this state. That’s about an hour. WTF Resident Hazard: Kissage???!!! Is this a game or what?!

Episode 8
The Biohazard game begins. Kusuri needs to get to her lab to make the antidote. But now what? Baba going to punish them for running? Well, Kusuri’s face melting drug accidentally gets poured on her face! What kind of foundation did she use since the acid has no effect! At least it puts a stop to her schemes. Can’t let others see her true form! With the zombie girls splitting up to pincer Rentarou, he too splits up with Kusuri. Shizuka chases him but trips. Rentarou feels bad and takes her to the infirmary to patch up. Then she pins him down and starts kissing him. Feels like eternity but he manages to break out and hangs her up on a hanger to escape. Next, he is caught by the teamwork of Hakari and Karane. As they take turns kissing him, soon they start arguing about it. Then he realizes something… He makes them kiss each other! Oh damn, this gonna be a lesbian show?! But this gives him the time needed to escape. As he enters the lab, Nano is already waiting! So he hides in the closet outside. Well, Kusuri is also hiding here! Are we doomed? You think Nano won’t target Kusuri but seeing she is their comrade, she might. Kusuri thought Rentarou should be the bait to lure Nano away so she could get in the lab. But knowing Nano is smart, that won’t work. With Kusuri starting to cry that she has caused trouble like always, she is willing to stop making drugs forever. Until Rentarou gives her some encouragement, she remembers she has an antidote with her. You thought she would administer it to Nano but she drinks it herself! This is to turn her back into her usual form as Nano doesn’t recognize her. She will then approach and tie her up. Well, too bad she blunders and gets tied up instead. Rentarou rushes out as Nano gives chase. You think locking behind the door will keep you safe? She breaks through! Here’s Johnny Nano! Then the kissing hell begins. Bad end? Luckily Kusuri has finished her antidote and gives Nano drink it. Thanks to Rentarou running around to buy time till Kusuri’s drug wears off. The others are given the antidote as they return to normal. Hakari and Karane would definitely want to forget about their hot lesbo moment. Kusuri cries and feels bad about causing everyone trouble. Rentarou vows to fix whatever mess she creates since her passion is what he loves about her. A happy Kusuri kisses him. Kissing game complete and over.

Episode 9
Rentarou and his girls at the flower park. There is this bouquet toss event in which the one who gets it will get to dress up in a wedding getup and have a picture taken. See where this is going? However Hakari suggests the girls working together and then draw lots to see who gets to be the lucky bride since they are facing stiff competition from this gorilla girl. Yes, she and her gorilla men are going to dominate this! The one who throws the bouquet is Baba?! So she’s an ex-shot putter?! As she throws far, gorilla woman starts playing dirty. Although physical harm is not allowed, she claims she is training with her men and thus tossing them around. Hakari goes to challenge her to keep her busy. As her goons start fanning the bouquet their way, Shizuka is so light that she floats too?! The girls catch her but dang those boobs form as cushion and rebounded her! Right into Rentarou’s arms. In the end, Rentarou’s side wins. Now to draw lots. All part of Hakari’s plan to rig the whole thing. In order to make it believable that it isn’t so, she needs to pick someone to go first. That person is Nano and being the efficient girl, she’ll take the stick that is closest to her. However miscalculation, Nano claims it is more efficient to draw lots together! Well, well. The devil’s luck because Hakari still wins! Kusuri starts crying and throwing a tantrum and Hakari is willing to give it to her. Kusuri changes her mind and lets her be the bride. And they all have a great group photo.

When it’s over, Hakari personally talks to Rentarou to request a single wish of hers: Please break up with me. Rentarou is baffled and now something is wrong. But after he changes, Hakari is already gone. Some car has instantly picked her up. Noting something is really wrong, he goes to her place. Didn’t know it is a huge mansion! He sees her at the window and tries to get her attention. She then calls him to tell the truth: Mother has found out about her relationship. She disapproves of it and is going to send her away to another school. He wants to talk things out but Hakari notes how scary her mom is. Because she is so filthy rich, she uses money to bend things to her will. Speak of the devil, there she is. She warns Rentarou to never come here again and threatens she can get rid of him any time. Then a guard takes him away and tells him he is powerless as a kid to change things. As Hakari begs to mom about this, she is once again warned that she could do something to Rentarou so Hakari is forced to obey her 100% so as nothing would happen to him. As Rentarou curses his powerlessness, he realizes he still can’t give up. So he talks to the rest about this. His plan is to break Hakari out tonight and elope to another town despite everything seems impossible. He doesn’t know when they will return but he hopes they will wait for them and promises to come back. Of course the girls call BS on this. They’re all in this together, right? That’s right. All of them are going to help him save Hakari. Let’s go!

Episode 10
Our gang sneaks into the compound. Since Hakari’s handphone is not returned, Rentarou plans to throw a ball at her window to get her attention. Only, he missed and now the pet cat gets it. Trying to catch it, huh? Better hide before the security finds you. Knowing they have a pet cat, Nano realizes there is a pet door. Not even Kusuri can enter so how? Nano uses pebbles from the garden to flick it up at the right angle and pressure to turn the knob till it opens! OMFG! She’s way advanced than a robot! Of course this sores her nails to they help her bandage it. After all, she is doing this not because she owes Hakari but she wants to save her. But right upon entering, there is a pet dog! Strange, why does it not bark? It’s just growling? The rest evacuate outside until they realize too late Shizuka has been paralyzed with fear. Her doom? Shizuka decides to sacrifice herself! Shockingly, the dog starts licking her. Nano explains dogs’ instinct to protect the weak like infants that supersedes protecting their invaded territory. Kusuri throws a potion to her for the dog to drink and sleep. Well, Shizuka drinks it! Guess what? Dog sleeps beside her too! Don’t worry, a potion to wake her up… Then in the corridor, if not for the pet cat triggering the alarm, the rest would’ve been caught by the infrared sensors. Yeah, the guards are dumbfounded it’s this damn cat again. Hakari gives Rentarou special eye drops to see the sensors. The downside is that he can’t see anything else! Then they learn she was supposed to send this invention to some overseas country in some contest to be part of some research team. Kusuri chooses not to because Hakari is more precious a friend than any dream research team. Rentarou sees the infrared sensors… They’re everywhere! Tom Cruise can’t even make it! But noticing the ceiling felt lower, it’s because there are chandeliers there and obviously no sensors there. They need 2 people pressing against each other to get through. Yes, Rentarou and Karane. Semi-69 position? Well, long story short, they did it despite Karane at times want to bail since his face is rubbing against her stomach all the time.

The duo finally arrive outside Hakari’s room. The moment they open the door, the alarm sounds. What kind of a monster would put an alarm on her daughter’s room to prevent her to escape?! End game because security surrounds them and brings them to mom Hahari’s room. She remains them as they are seeing that they are Hakari’s friends. Disposing them would make her sad but if they do anything stupid, she will not hesitate to do so. Rentarou asks for her blessings so Hahari scoffs at his empty promises. She explains she had Hakari when she was 13 during middle school. You see, there was this person she was so in love with but he fell ill and was doomed to die. Hence Hahari had a baby as prove that he was real. After he died, Hahari raised Hakari on her own and no doubt she truly loves her, she was still no replacement for her dead lover. Every day she asked herself if this was the joy of life that she truly wanted. Thus out from this experience, she doesn’t want Hakari to end up regretting like her. Not especially with a man who has multiple girlfriends! Damn, Rentarou crying over her tragic story? Now that the tears wash off those eye drops, their eyes meet for the first time. Oh my, it’s that lovely effect. Suddenly Hahari blinded by love again wants to go out with him! Oh sh*t! Lolis, teens and now a MILF! RENTAROU YOU LUCKY BASTARD!!!

Episode 11
Karane calls out to Hakari being the girlfriend of her daughter’s boyfriend. So, uhm, it was all just a mom’s joke?! To prove Rentarou is telling the truth, she will have him sit on this ‘sophisticated’ lie machine. To test its trustworthiness, Karane becomes the guinea pig. Don’t lie about your boob size… And when asked about her love for Rentarou, it’s a lie?! Rentarou dying and losing blood like nobody’s business. Turns out she must explain in detail and how wide her love for Rentarou is in order for it to be true. Rentarou revives! He also does the same confession for her. So as the machine picks up the truth in Rentarou’s love for Hakari, Hahari scoffs it off. It is a machine after all. You’re breaking the machine’s heart! When a maid reports Hakari going to jump off and kill herself, Karane takes Hahari hostage. Chance for Rentarou to go save Hakari. What about Karane? She believes he’ll come back for her. Rentarou arrives in time to talk to Hakari. He wants them to run away but she remains sceptical that doing so, they will never be free as long mom lives. For Rentarou, a life without her would be worse. When both realize they love each other, Hakari now paralyzes with fear since she is this close to falling down. Then she slips. Rentarou fast enough to grab her. WTF the other guards doing?! WHY THEY NO GRAB HIM?! He won’t let go and they both fall. Rentarou uses his kick on the wall so they could fall into the fountain nearby. Damn, must be a deep fountain. Thankfully Nano dives in to bring them out. Once safe, Karane slaps Hakari. That’s for all the troubles. Hahari realizes Rentarou has been true to his word and now hopes he will take care of her daughter. But Rentarou realizes all this was an act all just for Hakari’s sake. She played the villain to be hated by her own daughter. Knowing this will bring her misery, Rentarou also wishes to make Hahari happy. Uhm, so he is going to date her?! Oh my. This is going to get complicated. Dating your girlfriend’s mom too! Since it’s late, mom invites them all for a bath. Yeah, fanservice time as we see the busty ones strutting their assets. Before Hakari ‘dies’, she retreats to Rentarou’s room. Not so bad as she gets some time with him. Uhm, putting her head on his tummy? Embarrassing but lovely. Could’ve gotten steamier had not Kusuri enter so they cover it via some push-ups. Then a pyjamas party as Rentarou can’t contain himself with all the girls looking cute and sexy. Then as he helps Hahari to get water, it seems mom can’t hold on any longer. She wants him to come to her room… Oh…

Episode 12
OMFG! Trolling us with ambiguous scenes of Rentarou and Hahari in sex positions!!! Is he going the MILF route???!!! When the rest realize he is taking too long, they go to check it out. Can’t miss it from Hahari’s room. That loud sexy scream! And it turns out Hahari cross-dressed Rentarou as a girl and he looks so cute! Now the girls are loving him even more! Since he ‘died’, Hahari has Nano dressed as a man for a wakeup kiss! I don’t know, it worked. Having a field day? It doesn’t stop there because as Rentarou goes to bath, the girls want to peep on him! OMG. Only Shizuka opposes so they tie her up in a futon and continue with their holy activity. Mission Impossible? Dangling from the window sure scares the hell out of him because it looks like a ghost! Trying to use the secret stairs in the attic to peek? Well, they start screaming thinking there is a mouse but it’s just the cat. And Rentarou thinks the attic is haunted! Shizuka can’t untie herself but she can still roll. Rolling too fast, she ends up crashing inside the bathroom. Rentarou spooked at first to see a ghost before realizing this is Shizuka. Yeah, the irony she is the only one who saw his dong! As he carries her out for help, the other girls are acting suspicious. Karane being a tsundere accidentally reveals their goal. And so they all get lectured… As they play cards, Hahari remembers something and goes off. Rentarou senses something amiss and tails her. Oh, she’s praying at her late husband’s altar. He goes to pray with her. He asks if she was lonely after his death and many men had approached her, why did she not marry them? It seems Hahari has lingering regrets. She still loved her late husband and couldn’t forget about him. She reels that she is now cheating on him by loving Rentarou. He hugs her and says she can love 2 people at the same time. Who cares what others says as long as your love for someone is real. Just let it all out and make it known. Because if his love for her stops for real, just tell him. He will do the same for her. She hugs him and wonders if he will kiss her. But she remembers her late husband never did it because he wanted her to do so with someone she truly loves. As she tries to change the subject, Rentarou gives her a great kiss.

At night as they sleep, Hakari goes to sleep next to him. She feels it’s like the last time she’ll be with him. However he kisses her and assures her will always be there for her. She wants him to hold her as they sleep. But deep in the next as he wakes up, WTF Hakari and Karane holding and kissing each other???!!! OMFG!!! Do we need some lesbian time???!!! Rentarou makes his way to the corridor and before him is Hakari’s dad???!!! A GHOST!!! However he is not spooked. Yeah, after what he has seen, this guy is nothing. He looks like a nice person. But dad is mad and wants to lecture him about taking away his wife and daughter! Of course he has seen his actions and of all the men that approached his women, he was the only one who is serious. Therefore he trusts him and hopes they can watch over their girls for a long time. Rentarou further goes on to thank him for making Hahari happy before he was born and bringing Hakari into the world. OMG. Rentarou so much a saint this is making dad crossing over! No more regrets! Sorry Rentarou, look after his girls by yourself. Next morning, Rentarou wakes up to wonder if that was all a dream. But he is glad everyone made it together. So you think this is where Rentarou’s date with Hahari ends? Not yet. Because Hahari has bought the entire school and becomes the new chairperson! F*cking rich people!

Kanojo Mo Kanojo Mo Kanojo Mo Kanojo Mo Kanojo Mo Kanojo
Well, if you think all those girls Rentarou passed by in the final scenes are his potential girlfriends in the future, I guess this means we’re getting another season, right? Oh wait. WE ARE GETTING ANOTHER SEASON!!! Holy f*ck!!! I didn’t expect this series to have one. At least not this soon but oh well, we need to see and prove that Rentarou’s love is endless and that he will show us all that he can provide both quality and quantity when it comes to the matters of the heart. No number of girls or the limits of everything physical can stop Rentarou from loving them all equally! This guy is a saint! No, he is God! God of love!!! OMFG!!! Don’t worry all you lonely girls out there or those finding love. Rentarou will definitely save you from your loveless doom! Sorry I’m not a girl so…

So what else to expect from this kind of series? With Rentarou’s expanding harem, obviously each episode is going to showcase how he deepens his bonds with his girls. This is how such genres operate. Not really a solid plot to begin with and no storyline to feverishly follow. Just the everyday shenanigans from the gang. Of course in order not for it to be a total bore, some kind of drama is needed. If I should say, the threat of Hakari being taken away forever serves as this season’s mini arc. You don’t appreciate the things you have once you lose them, right? Not saying Rentarou doesn’t love Hakari as much but the thought of her never coming back again only serves to prove how much he loves her and would rather risk his life dying to get her back than live a void and empty life without her. Wow. If only real life was like that! Tsk, tsk, tsk. Have to remind myself I got no girlfriend so that is DEFINITELY not possible! Sighs… :’(… Uhm, oh, anyway… I’m guessing the other girls need to have their own drama of never being with Rentarou again so as to have some sort of plot? Maybe in the next season. If other newer girls don’t overshadow them…

The one little thing that I have beef with about the setting of this series is how God screwed up and made Rentarou to have 100 soul mates. Obviously a dumb ploy for this series’ setting but it makes me wonder how this 100 girlfriends will be achieved. At first I was confused why the first 100 girls he confessed to prior to his high school life rejected him. So I thought maybe this clause will only activate in high school or after getting rejected 100 times. Well, we didn’t see any other fine prints on the soul mate clause, right? So okay, his romance will begin at high school. However as we have seen throughout this season, he only has accumulated like 5 girlfriends from his school. I believe there are a few hundreds more girls in his school so I’m wondering why they don’t fall for him instantly like Hakari and Karane first did. Unless they have to look directly and straight into the eyes. So, Rentarou doesn’t look at his other girls, even his female classmates directly at their eyes when they talk? Does he even talk to them?! This is very strange. Because if that was the case, he would’ve gotten 100 girls on the first day of high school easily. Are there some other conditions that would trigger this soul mate thingy? I don’t know but my best guess is that by accumulating his harem slowly, this better fleshes out the characters so that we can see the bonds they make as each episode passes. Imagine if all 100 becomes his girlfriend at one go during the opening ceremony or school assembly, it will be chaos! The series would be some tasteless slapstick humour that won’t be even funny anymore. And it is also impossible to animate 100 girlfriends in a screen. Yeah. That.

So it all boils down to the characters. Depending on your tastes in this kind of genre, you either love them as they tick the boxes on the different types of personalities the characters would have for variety purposes (can’t have overlapping characters like 2 tsundere girls, can’t we?), or you are going to hate this show because in such woke era, snowflakes are going to complain and b*tch about how such series degrades women as they become ‘objects’ for a single man. Even more so when Rentarou’s girls have happily accepted each other as his girlfriends and this sends signals that they are subservient to a man. That’s not empowering, right? Imagine 5 girls have to share his attention and in some cases, fight over his affection. Then they have to bottle up their feelings when they didn’t get their turn and can only watch the other girl gets her rightful attention from him. How does this anime not make women look like losers in love???!!! Well sorry for you idiotic folks, this fantasy was written for us harem lovers and we love it! WOOHOO!!! Bring on more girls to the fold, please!!!

So yes, Rentarou is just another plain guy like in most animes that have such male protagonists. Good things come to those who wait and definitely Rentarou struck lottery as Fate rewarded him for his persistence. Never give up, rejection after rejection. At first we might think Rentarou is having a swell time with his new girlfriends. After all, someone who always wanted to have one, finally when he does, he shows all the signs of eagerness, excitement and enthusiasm. Will he get bored of them eventually? Knowing the kind of guy Rentarou is, he is going to love everybody till kingdom come. Or the day death do them part. So that is why everything that the girls do together with him, Rentarou easily gets impressed. The kind of innocence when one has when one is struck by love but of course this is all exaggerated and played out for comical purposes. I’m just wondering how he will manage as he piles up his harem. For now, 5 seems to be manageable. Imagine that number blows up to 100. Or even 50. Is he going to keep a schedule on who to spend time with? Knowing Rentarou, I believe he can. Somehow. Tell me, because I also want to know! Since I have lost count how many times he kissed his girls, imagine more turning up and he has to share the smooch. Yes, this series has a lot of kisses!

And so we see Rentarou’s love for them is genuine and not putting up an act. I’m saying this because I’m sure at this point all of us would have forgotten about the dumb plot if he neglects them that they’ll die. Remember that one?! Oh sh*t. Can he make all 100 happy?! This is stressful. But you know what I’m going to say. This is Rentarou so somehow he can! Yes he can! Maybe this neglect reason was just an excuse to scare Rentarou into taking this dating thingy seriously. If so, it turned out to be unnecessary because we have already seen how true Rentarou’s love is for his girls. This make me add to my conspiracy theory that God isn’t really God and is just a senile old fool cosplaying as one. He was just babbling about love, romance, etc and Rentarou being desperate at that time fell for it hook, line and sinker. His meeting with his eventual girlfriends would’ve come naturally with or without God’s revelation. This is also why Rentarou doesn’t amass 100 girlfriends at one go. Seems pretty logic, right? But who cares about all that stuffs, we just want to see what kind of lovey-dovey stuffs they are doing so we can feel envious to be in Rentarou’s shoes! RENTAROU YOU LUCKY BASTARD!!! SWITCH PLACES WITH ME!!!

As for Rentarou’s current girlfriends, as mentioned, they pretty check off the list for the different kinds of personalities because like they say, variety is the spice of life. Need some busty and flirty girl? Hakari fits that. Your excuse for blatant fanservice. Washboard lovers and tsundere fans aren’t left out. Karane is your girl and 2 in 1 bargain. More special 2 in 1 offers because if you like a shy and quiet girl who is also loli, here comes Shizuka. Can’t decide to like loli or mature girls, why, have 1 that can transcends both! Kusuri is your answer! Mad scientist too! Finally, we have a serious and mature cool beauty for you picky ones out there. Welcome Nano to the fold. So that is pretty much about this harem for now. Of course now that Rentarou has more girls to fill in as his soul mate, there is a high chance that many of them would overlap in characters. For instance, another tsundere but this time make her busty. Oh yeah. You know that sort of ‘cosmetics’ just for the sake of more variety. I think by that time it will all be so watered down, it won’t be exciting anymore. But that is another story for another time. For the record, the last I check on the ongoing manga, Rentarou has already almost amassed 30 girlfriends! OMFG. There’s got to be a chuunibyou character somewhere, no?! RENTAROU YOU LUCKY BASTARD!!! And now that Hahari is somewhat part of the harem, oh damn, this is getting complicated! Imagine Rentarou and Hahari getting married, what would be Hakari’s relationship?! My step father is also my classmate. F*CK! Oh my, I’m getting confused thinking about this!

On a trivial note, I believe the girls’ names are derived from their personalities. For example, Nano. It makes me wonder if she is a robot in disguise because she is always talking about efficiency. Yeah, dating Rentarou has made her less efficient, eh? Not that she cares about it because it’s love that counts! Oh, where was I? Anyway, what I want to point out is her blatant name. Nano Eiai. Geddit? As in A.I. nanotechnology. So she must be a robot, no?! Then there is Shizuka that means silence and Kusuri because she is a drug maniac. So I’m having trouble for Hakari and Karane’s naming. Thus I just went with this silly reason. Hakari’s huge melons and bosoms are just so voluptuous that it’s destructive. Thus they are hakai! Karane? Her tsundere personality makes her spicy and hence karai! Oh… So it’s not that… What do you mean it stems from a common sentence used by tsundere characters?! Betsu ni anata no tame ni yattenain dakarane! Oh… And obviously Rentarou’s name is filled with love! They should’ve added suki somewhere but oh well…

Art and animation are quite okay with everything looking vividly bright and colourful. The female characters obviously look cute and beautiful although I would say they lean more towards the kawaii side because of their cutely roundish features. Sometimes looking a bit cartoonish. Just look at Kusuri in loli form… Of course there are some exceptions because Baba definitely looks ugly as f*ck and I believe she is an alien disguised as a human! This creature wants to take the seeds of young hot men so you young guys out there better beware this sex maniac!!! Also, I thought I see shades of other anime characters in them like I thought Nano looked like the titular character in Komi-san Wa Komyushou Desu. I also thought Rikka from Chuunibyou Demon Koi Ga Shitai made a comeback and ditched her chuunibyou and eye-patch as she returns as Shizuka. Pink haired girl + busty boobs. Uhm, Hakari is Super Sonico in disguise?! Kusuri = Mitama from Kaminaki Sekai No Kamisama Katsudou? Did Taiga from Toradora grow up to become Karane? Come to think of it, the girls here seem to have uncanny resemblance to the ones in Tenpuru! Or maybe it’s just me. This anime is done by Bibury Animation Studios who did Go-toubun No Hanayome S2, Azur Lane, Maohu Shoujo Magical Destroyers and Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall.

For the voice acting, I’m delighted to hear Shigeru Chiba as God and he hasn’t lost his funny voice ever since time immemorial. Yeah, this bugger still around so God bless his good ol’ soul. And the only other seiyuu I recognized is Akira Ishida making his cameo as Hakari’s dad/Hahari’s late husband. The rest of the other characters are Wataru Katou as Rentarou (Touka in Yuusha Ga Shinda), Kaede Hondo as Hakari (Echidna in Yuusha Yamemasu), Miyu Tomita as Karane (titular character in Gabriel Dropout), Maria Naganawa as Shizuka (Kanna in Kobayashi-san Chi No Maid Dragon), Asami Seto as Nano (Chihaya in Chihayafuru), Ayaka Asai as Asai (Hazuki in Hibike! Euphonium), Sumire Uesaka as Hahari (Sanae in Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai) and Kujira as Baba (Otose in Gintama).

The opening theme, Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki Ni Kimi E by the quintet of Rentarou’s harem is your typical lively anime pop to get you into the romantic overdrive mood. Oh who am I kidding? It is as frenzy as Rentarou’s love live. The ending song, Sweet Sign by Nako Misaki flows at a slower and calmer pace although it is filled with some special effects that makes it sound a bit weird. Otherwise just sounds ordinary to me. The more amusing one is the special ending for episode 11. Yeah, it’s like a joke. With a long ass name of Kyou No Ending Wa Watashi Ga Kai Tottara Suki Ni Shite Ii Wa Yo Ne, obviously love struck Hahari sings about her love for Rentarou. The song and even the animation is a mix of fantasy, folklore and rock. WTF everybody running with their hands up in the air. Are they carrying Rentarou’s invisible love?! RENTAROU-CHAN… RENTAROU-CHAAAAAAN!

Overall, this series is funny and enjoyable if you are a harem lover. Obviously a guy’s fantasy to have as many girlfriends and for him to love them all equally and they all love him back too. Yeah, a nice escape from reality from us single dudes… With another season already announced, not sure how many ‘lucky ones’ will be featured because as I have said, the manga already has him accumulated almost 30 chicks so how they will animate and fit in more girls and the possibility of diluting screen time of his older girlfriends for newer ones could be a problem that we can foresee and fear. Sure, they can just bring in 4 or 5 more and make this series keep going till season 6… Yeah… So what is this anime, a girlfriend version of Pokemon? Gotta love ‘em all! Hell yeah. I also wonder if his dick can handle all of them in bed. Sorry if I should start thinking so because having so many girlfriends and sex doesn’t cross your mind, something is wrong! Hey don’t blame me. After all, this series is also for fanservice purpose, right? I’ll leave that for the dark side of the internet to figure it out… Now I’m wondering if God actually made a mistake and left the soul mate section blank on my paper. Oh well, gotta look at it positively that blank could mean infinite possibilities! Not bad! But infinity multiplied by zero is still always zero. Oh… :’(.