If there's anything you can take away from my review, it's this. Please, don't take this show seriously. You'll only hurt yourself if you try to, trust me. Logic simply doesn't exist in this series, just like how boing boing doesn't exist on Saki's flat chest and how opinions don't exist in the minds of ignorant people.....ok, I couldn't decide which comparison to use since the first one makes me seem perverted and the second one makes me come across as rude. So naturally, I decided to use both of them. Why? Girlfriend, Girlfriend fully commits to being idiotic and humiliating to watch. It leans into the cringe, and that’s why it works. It’s easy to write it off as another crappy harem anime. The characters are archetypal, seemingly generic, and they make illogical decisions that conflict with their interests. Naoya wants to protect his girlfriend and give her unconditional love, yet he refuses to reject another girl and becomes a ‘two-timer’. Saki wants Naoya to herself and fears he might cheat on her, yet she allows him to date another girl as soon as he begs. Nagisa wants to advance her relationship with Naoya, but she insists on giving Saki a head start. This circle of painfully obvious miscommunication fuels both the plot and our frustrations with the characters.

Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 15, 2023). "Muse Asia Licenses 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, 100 Girlfriends Anime". Anime News Network . Retrieved September 15, 2023. Hahari appears as a very mature and sophisticated woman, until she sees something cute. She has an uncontrollable love for cute things, including children, as well as Rentarou and his family. When she sees something she finds cute, she may start drooling. Like her daughter, she is also a pervert towards Rentarou as she is shown to have perverted fantasies about him and the other girlfriends. The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Vol. 7". Seven Seas Entertainment . Retrieved April 5, 2023. 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. [13] The first volume was released on February 22, 2022. [14] [15] Volumes [ edit ] No.As a Slice of Life, there isn't much story to go around. Again, it's 4 girls being materialistic in conventional ways, talking about make up, clothes, boys, hooking up, how cute the other looks, etc. The school setting at least provides non-club activities like the festivals, field trips, vacations, so the setting often feels varied and there is a certain feel of a timeline in that regard. Most of my thoughts are unchanged. I am mostly just following up with the review to assure people that this is well worth it all the way to the end. Cayanan, Joanna (August 29, 2023). "The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Anime Reveals Song Artists". Anime News Network . Retrieved August 29, 2023.

No, Really! Seven Seas Licenses THE 100 GIRLFRIENDS WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU Mature-rated Manga Series (Ghost Ship imprint)". Seven Seas Entertainment. July 2, 2021 . Retrieved July 2, 2021.a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 25, 2023). " 'Girlfriend, Girlfriend' Anime's 2nd Season Premieres Reveals October Premiere, More Cast, New Staff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023 . Retrieved March 25, 2023. Take the "Home Alone" franchise, for example. Kevin McCallister spends his Winter holiday evenings watching the noir movie "Angels with Filthy Souls." The fake film and its fake sequel are really funny mafia parodies; despite not originating from an actual movie, "Merry Christmas, ya' filthy animal" is still an incredibly iconic movie line. Both of these sketches are short and sweet, with each sitting at under 2 minutes. I call them fake stories because they're clearly not meant to hold any narrative importance. The same goes for a sappy romance manga titled "Go Sweet" that Shirogane and Once in a while, controversial anime like Kanojo mo Kanojo come along and strike a nerve with the audience. These anime can become successes and get praised by fans. Or they can become punching bags—a joke to the whole community. It would be easy to write off KanoKano as cringe, degenerate, and trash, as so many already have, but don’t be so hasty. Naoya grapples with being a societal pariah and maintaining his polyamorous relationship. His character arc isn’t about growing to love his girlfriends more because he already loves Saki and Nagisa unconditionally by the time they become a thruple. His growth is about overcoming shame. This shame is an intentional jab at fans of the harem genre—the humiliation of how society views his love of multiple people as deplorable behavior. People judge him with words like “Cheater” and “Two-timer”. We love the fantasy of having numerous people fall in love with us because it’s satisfying. In reality, it could never happen. You would be ripped apart by society if your fantasies were actualized. Naoya goes to incredible lengths to protect the secrecy of his scandalous relationship; he nearly pays a million yen to keep the truth hidden. At school, he and Saki pretend to be in a monogamous relationship while poor Nagisa sits alone. She sacrifices having a normal love life to be with Naoya: she avoids the shame potentially brought upon her partners if the truth came out through being stealthy. One of the primary sources of shame is Milika.

The Tama of a Wealthy Family (Are We in a Ghibli Movie Now?)" ( 金持ちの家のタマ (ジブリかな?), Kanemochi no Ie no Tama (Jiburi kana?)) Girlfriend, Girlfriend, Volume 11". Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023 . Retrieved November 17, 2022. comedy mostly relies on being loud and quirky to ''tell you'' when it's time to laugh. It uses all the tired tropes and character archetypes you've seen a million times before and does nothing new with it. It just panders to the audience with such low-effort comedy. With every cliche'd anime gag you could think of. Shino is the only one who appears to have a brain, until she is in the same screen as Naoya and falls in some dumb way for fanservice, she is the only girl who gets this treatment and I honestly don’t know why, I’m not even bothered by the fanservice that comes from the dumb falls every harem or ecchi series has, but she is really the only one that gets this treatment. Aside from that, as I said above, she also fell in love with Naoya because he fell in love way too hard for Saki and his determination to be her boyfriend. It’s not difficult to see why people love her, because she is the shy girl that opens up, she is the girl that everybody seems to like in series of this type. She really starts restricting her love for Naoya because she doesn’t want to hurt her friend Saki, but she keeps getting involved more and more with them to the point she cannot take it anymore, and also confesses to Naoya. She goes all the way supporting him even more after feeling free of saying her feelings, even if she wasn’t her girlfriend. Mateo, Alex (July 13, 2023). " 'Girlfriend, Girlfriend' Anime's 2nd Season Unveils Teaser Trailer, Key Visual, Staff". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023 . Retrieved July 13, 2023.

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Romantic Comedies were made with the specific two genre's in mind so when reading a "Romantic Comedy" people would expect to read a lighthearted comedy with a mix of romance or the other way around. Now to the explanation of the scores. Sure enough, on the first day of high school, Rentarō meets the wealthy Hakari Hanazono and tsundere Karane Inda. Both girls instantly fall in love with him. Rentarō is also in love with both of them but cannot decide between them. That evening, he revisits the God of Love and is informed that if he does not return the feelings of one of his soulmates, they will die in an accident. Not wanting such a fate to befall Hakari and Karane, Rentarō decides to date both of them simultaneously, with their blessing. As the story continues, more girls are introduced and become Rentarō's girlfriends, establishing a polygamous relationship. a b c d e f Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 28, 2021). " 'Girlfriend, Girlfriend' Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, July Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021 . Retrieved March 28, 2021. Characters [ edit ] Naoya Mukai ( 向井 直也, Mukai Naoya) Voiced by: Junya Enoki [3](Japanese); Kevin D. Thelwell [4] (English) Naoya is Saki's childhood friend. He confessed to her every month until she accepted, but also agrees to take Nagisa as a girlfriend as well as he found her to be cute. He is an only child; as such, he hopes to have a girlfriend who has siblings. Saki Saki ( 佐木 咲) Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu [5] (PV), Ayane Sakura [3] (anime)(Japanese); Brittany Lauda [4] (English) Naoya's childhood friend and his initial girlfriend. She shares a first and last name as her parents thought such a name would be cute. [a] She has a complex about her small chest, especially when compared to Nagisa. She is a member of their school's basketball club. Nagisa Minase ( 水瀬 渚, Minase Nagisa) Voiced by: Ayane Sakura [5] (PV), Azumi Waki [3] (anime)(Japanese); Madeleine Morris [4] (English) A classmate of Naoya, who becomes his second girlfriend after confessing to him. She was previously a shy girl who felt that she was not good at anything, then fell in love with Naoya as he inspired her to pursue skills that she was good at. Rika Hoshizaki ( 星崎 理香, Hoshizaki Rika) Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu [3] (anime)(Japanese); Megan Shipman [6] [b] (English) A schoolmate of Naoya. She is secretly a popular vlogger who goes by the online alias Milika ( ミリカ, Mirika). She intends to become Naoya's third girlfriend, going as far as stalking him and his girlfriends, as well as camping outside his house to get his attention. She often uses her large breasts to catch attention online. Shino Kiryū ( 桐生 紫乃, Kiryū Shino) Voiced by: Rie Takahashi [3] (anime)(Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell [4] (English) Saki's best friend and classmate who comes from a rich family. She is at the top of their class academically. She discovers Naoya's romantic arrangement with Saki and Nagisa and she disapproves of it. It is later revealed she secretly has feelings for Naoya as well. Mr. Hoshizaki ( ミリカ父, Mirika Chichi ) Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki Ep. 6 credits(Japanese); Ben Phillips (English) Rika and Risa's father. Risa Hoshizaki ( 星崎 理沙, Hoshizaki Risa) Voiced by: Aoi Koga [8](Japanese); Rachel Thompson [9] (English) Rika's younger sister. Production [ edit ] Anyone who can appreciate a good romance story will enjoy Girl Friends, even if they do not specifically love shoujo-ai/yuri.

For a supposed introvert, Mari easily became part of the group and changed her appearance without much thought and resistance. I wouldn't say that's how it is in my experience, but let's say Akko has very convincing charming techniques... which she doesn't, from her perspective, she seems just as introspective as Mari in her volumes. So in the end both feel homogenized cute girls, with Mari being the quieter of the two in conversation, until we switch to Akko's shoes and have the same deal... The manga's conclusion is satisfying and ties up all loose ends. It leaves the reader with a sense of hope and optimism for the future of Naoya and his girlfriends. Because of this experience, Hahari grew up jaded and constantly questioning if she was, or could be, happy without her love beside her. She devoted her entire life to Hakari, and vowed to not let anything cause Hakari the same pain that Hahari went through.Transcription: " Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na Futari no Kanojo (Ato Kyūjūhachi-nin)" ( Japanese: 君のことが大大大大大好きな2人の彼女（あと98人）) trash like I do, these shows are our "guilty pleasure" shows. Kanojo mo Kanojo does not have a complex story or deep meaning, and isn't something that will make you question life (or maybe it will, but not in a good way), but is just a show that will enteratain and make you laugh once a week. The cast consists of the most surface-level cardboard characters (Hot-headed Tsundere's, Busty pink-haired Onee-san's and socially- awkward Loli's) that have nothing that makes them stand out from thousands of anime before it.