Somehow, a harem show with a joke premise became incredibly popular among the fans.
Summary:
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You is a harem show with a ridiculous premise that somehow makes it work.
It is clearly a parody, and a funny one at that.
Some fans have concerns about the show’s humor becoming stale in the future.
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You (Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo) sounds like a show that shouldn’t work under any circumstances. The completely ridiculous premise of the main character having 100 soulmates — and if he rejects any, they die — sounds like something out of a joke, but it’s actually the concept behind one of the most popular anime of the season. And the more surprising part is: the show somehow makes it work.
It’s just a funny parody show
The harem genre has been criticized for many things over the years, namely, the wish-fulfillment aspect, lacking writing for the male harem lead, and overuse of tropes. With this, it would sound like 100GF would suffer from these shows even more than other anime. Yet somehow, this show seems to be popular and quite liked even by the more skeptical otaku. It would seem like a contradiction, but the reason is very simple: 100GF is clearly a parody. With the premise so ridiculous, and a lot of the situations in the show being completely absurd, the show doesn’t exactly play into the genre’s standard format, but instead exaggerates it for fun.
With that said, even if you don’t recognize it for its parody elements, 100GF is just really funny. There’s something endearing about cringe comedy in general. Moreover, despite that, the anime somehow makes the characters likable — another point in its favor. It’s also just a good show to watch while turning your brain off, and that’s something a lot of fans want — not everything needs to be complicated.
Fans’ concerns for the series’ future
With the manga only having less than 30 of the promised 100 girlfriends, and the anime seemingly going to stop before it even hits the 10th, the series seems to be promising to go on for a long, long time. However, this raises some concerns among fans: a lot of anime comedies become less and less funny the longer they go on, as their ridiculousness and type of humor becomes tiring. With such a premise for the show, many otaku feel like the joke will get old very soon. However, with no current information on whether the anime is going to have a sequel or not, it might be less of an issue for the adaptation — although not getting any more of the show will be unfortunate as well.
Somehow, a harem show with a joke premise became incredibly popular among the fans.
Summary:
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You is a harem show with a ridiculous premise that somehow makes it work.
It is clearly a parody, and a funny one at that.
Some fans have concerns about the show’s humor becoming stale in the future.
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You (Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo) sounds like a show that shouldn’t work under any circumstances. The completely ridiculous premise of the main character having 100 soulmates — and if he rejects any, they die — sounds like something out of a joke, but it’s actually the concept behind one of the most popular anime of the season. And the more surprising part is: the show somehow makes it work.
It’s just a funny parody show
The harem genre has been criticized for many things over the years, namely, the wish-fulfillment aspect, lacking writing for the male harem lead, and overuse of tropes. With this, it would sound like 100GF would suffer from these shows even more than other anime. Yet somehow, this show seems to be popular and quite liked even by the more skeptical otaku. It would seem like a contradiction, but the reason is very simple: 100GF is clearly a parody. With the premise so ridiculous, and a lot of the situations in the show being completely absurd, the show doesn’t exactly play into the genre’s standard format, but instead exaggerates it for fun.
With that said, even if you don’t recognize it for its parody elements, 100GF is just really funny. There’s something endearing about cringe comedy in general. Moreover, despite that, the anime somehow makes the characters likable — another point in its favor. It’s also just a good show to watch while turning your brain off, and that’s something a lot of fans want — not everything needs to be complicated.
Fans’ concerns for the series’ future
With the manga only having less than 30 of the promised 100 girlfriends, and the anime seemingly going to stop before it even hits the 10th, the series seems to be promising to go on for a long, long time. However, this raises some concerns among fans: a lot of anime comedies become less and less funny the longer they go on, as their ridiculousness and type of humor becomes tiring. With such a premise for the show, many otaku feel like the joke will get old very soon. However, with no current information on whether the anime is going to have a sequel or not, it might be less of an issue for the adaptation — although not getting any more of the show will be unfortunate as well.
