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The first season of the anime adaptation ofThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youmanga created by Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa aired in 2023, and it was an easy contender for the titles of romance anime of the year and romantic comedy anime of the year for its uniquely outlandish approach to the well-established anime harem trope.
The hilarity continues with the upcoming second season of the anime, which will likely introduce the next five fated girlfriends of series protagonist Rentarō Aijō. Here’s some of what you can expect from season 2 ofHyakkanocoming in January, based on the manga and information that has been revealed about the series' production.
Background and Production Information
New Cast Members, Same Production Studio
The first season ofThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youwas produced by staff at Bibury Animation Studios (The Quintessential Quintuplets,Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers), with Hikaru Sato as director, series composition by Takashima Aoshima, scenario scripts by Takamitsu Kōno, Takashi Aoshima and Yasunori Yamada, character designs by Akane Yano (character design,Bottom-Tier Tomozaki) and music by eba, Shuhei Mutsuki and Shunsuke Takizawa from TRYTONELABO. Cast members included Wataru Katō (Reno Ichikawa,Kaiju No.8) as Rentarō Aijō, Kaede Hondo (Ix Elizabetha,Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun) as Hakari Hanazono, Miyu Tomita (Chuatury Panlunch,Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) as Karane Inda, Maria Naganawa (Komeko,KonoSuba: An Explosion On This Wonderful World) as Shizuka Yoshimoto, Asami Seto (Shino Madarame,BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War) as Nano Eiai, Ayaka Asai (Lisa Isaribi,Fire Force) as Kusuri Yakuzen and Sumire Uesaka (Shalltear Bloodfallen,Overlord) as Hahari Hanazono.
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Like You Cast Name Puns
Field of flowers, very fancy rich girl name
Kara as in “Spicy”
“Is she an AI?”
Haha as in “Mother”
Meme Kakure
“Hides Her Eyes”, because bangs
There are four new cast members joining for season 2, with LYNN (Princess Hibana,Fire Force) cast in the role of Mimimi Utsukushisugi, Megumin voice actor Rie Takahashi as Iku Sutō, Kanon Takao (Latina,If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord) as Meme Kakure, and Amane Shindō (Megumi Ōkura,Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez) as Kurumi Haraga. The second season ofThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youis scheduled to air on January 12 andwill be simulcast on Crunchyroll.
What Can We Expect From Season 2
More Girlfriends, More Wackiness and More References to Other Media
As you might have guessed based on the introduction of four new cast members, Rentarō is set to connect with four more soulmates who will each have a different personality and be representative of some kind of character archetype popular in anime, while also being a rather fresh take on said archetype. The next four include a girl who gets intensely hangry, aKomi-san Can’t Communicatereference with bangs, anojō-sanand a tomboy. Some of the crazy plotlines coming up reiterate the series' status as a great example of meeting expectations while subverting them, with a quick Freaky Friday plotline to warm things up before we meet Kurumi Haraga, a girl who absolutely loves food, but due to her insanely fast metabolism, she winds up hungry (and angry) so fast that it makes her unpleasant to be around, but Rentaro is very patient.
Soon enough, Kurumi and the other girlfriends wind up in an eating competition to win a rare dessert. There’s a ridiculousDragon Ball DAIMAplotline, with the seven girlfriends getting turned into babies, once again due to Kusuri’s pharmaceutical hijinks. These are just some of the wacky adventures you may expect from season 2, and those are just the ones that happen after Rentarō meets his first new soulmate of the new season, which, based on what happens in the manga, is going to be even crazier than the first.
The second season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You will be simulcast onCrunchyrollon Sundays from January 12.
