The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

Rentaro Aijo has confessed to, and been rejected by, 100 girls in his lifetime. On the last day of middle school, he visits a shrine and prays that he get a girlfriend during his time at high school. Suddenly, the God of Love appears and tells Rentaro that the reason for his non-existent love life is because everyone is only supposed to have one soulmate in their life. Due to a clerical error on the God of Love's part, Rentaro is destined to have 100 which is to begin when he enters high school. Sure enough, on the first day of high school, Rentaro meets the nymphomaniacal Hakari Hanazono and Karane Inda, the first two soulmates. They experience love at first sight, but Rentaro cannot decide between the two. That evening, he revisits the God of Love and is informed that if he does not return the feelings of any of his 100 soulmates, they will die in an accident. Not wanting such a fate to befall the girls, Rentaro decides to date all of them simultaneously, beginning with Hakari and Karane with their blessing. As the story continues, more girls are introduced and become Rentaro's girlfriends, establishing a polyamorous relationship called the "Rentaro Family". The story revolves around Rentaro meeting new girlfriends and the interactions between the Rentaro Family members. == Media ==

Manga Written by and illustrated by , The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You started in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Young Jump on December 26, 2019. On February 19, 2026, Nozawa announced that serialization pacing of the manga would slow down due to her maternity leave after the birth of her new child and that she plans to gradually return to the original serialization pacing as her health allows. Its chapters are collected and published by Shueisha into individual volumes. The first volume was released on April 17, 2020. As of March 18, 2026, 25 volumes have been released. On July 2, 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced they licensed the series for English publication in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. The first volume was released on February 22, 2022. Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced in March 2023. It is produced by Bibury Animation Studios and directed by , with scripts supervised by , character designs handled by , and music composed by , , and . The series aired from October 8 to December 24, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is , performed by Kaede Hondo, Miyu Tomita, Maria Naganawa, Asami Seto, and Ayaka Asai, while the ending theme song is , performed by Nako Misaki. Following the finale of the first season, a second season was announced, which aired from January 12 to March 30, 2025. The opening theme song is , performed by Rentaro Family, a unit formed by the cast members of the heroines from the series' two seasons. The ending theme is "Unmei?", performed by Amane Shindō, Suzuko Mimori, Rie Takahashi, Lynn, and Kanon Takao. A third season was announced in October 2025. It is set to premiere on July 5, 2026. Crunchyroll streams the series outside of Asia. Muse Communication has licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia. Light novel A spin-off light novel written by Hamubane, titled The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: Secret Love Story was released under Shueisha's Jump J-Books light novel imprint on July 19, 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the light novel for English publication. It was released digitally on October 3, 2024, and was released in print on November 12 of the same year. == Reception ==

By July 2021, the manga had over 800,000 copies in circulation. By March 2022, it had 1 million copies in circulation. By November 2023, it had over 1.65 million copies in circulation. In August 2020, the series ranked second out of the 50 nominees on the sixth Next Manga Award, with 19,902 votes. The series ranked 19th on the 2021 Shinkan Manga Taishō by Tokyo Manga Reviewers. The series ranked eighth on AnimeJapan's fifth "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2022. The anime was named by Guinness World Records as containing the "Longest Speech in Japanese Animation", with 7,453 words spoken by Rentaro Aijo. In 2025, in reference to Texas Senate Bill 20, Nick Valdez of ComicBook said that the legislation could lead to censorship of the anime (and manga) within Texas, with 100 Girlfriends being one of the anime mentioned that could be affected. == References ==