Intense plot: The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You sounds like one of those harem anime with a gimmick.

I suspect it is, but there’s a plot twist in the adaptation of Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa’s manga I wasn’t expecting and it isn’t made clear in the trailer. Do you see it coming?

Here’s the plot twist – death, potentially lots of death.

Seven Seas has the English license to the manga; it’s doing well enough to be on sale in the UK in paperback and Kindle from Amazon. They mention 100 potential deaths in their synopsis;

Aijo Rentaro tried and tried again, but after asking a hundred girls out on a date, he was rejected every single time. In desperation, he prays for guidance…only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to some cosmic error! Now the god is going to set things right by making sure that Aijo gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often do with gods, the dates come with a catch: one hundred girls are destined to be Aijo’s soulmate, and unless he returns their feelings each and every time, they’ll die in horrible accidents! Sure enough, girls start confessing their love to Aijo left and right. But how is he supposed to choose?! He doesn’t want to kill anyone! When he looks at each potential soulmate, it feels like a bolt of lightning. Can someone really love a hundred other people? This hilarious romantic comedy takes the harem concept to a wild extreme!

That’s right. Our luckless hero has to kill or love people.

Seven Seas calls it a “romantic comedy” but isn’t that a bit intense?

There’s a blurb on Amazon too, for volume 1 of the manga, and let me highlight the last sentence.

Aijo Rentaro has asked a hundred girls out and struck out every time. In desperation, he prays for guidance, only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to a cosmic mishap! Now this god will set things right by making sure Aijo gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often go with gods, there’s a catch: each of his one hundred dates is Aijo’s destined soulmate! Worse, if he doesn’t return their feelings, they’ll all die in horrible — and hilarious — accidents!

Hilarious deaths? Do we see them? Is this an anime that laughs at people dying?

I am curious in a trepidatious way!

Hikaru Sato (Dropkick on My Devil!) has directed the series for Bibury, and the manga has been going since December 2019, so it can’t be that weird. Right?

Via Anime News Network.