In the official media of the renowned Japanese publisher Shueisha, the official cover of the compilation volume #17 for Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa’s manga, “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” (Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo) was revealed. According to the information provided on the official website of the publisher Shueisha, this volume is scheduled to be released for sale in bookstores in Japan on March 17 of this year and will have a total of 210 pages.
It is worth noting that the cover illustration of the seventeenth compilation volume of the manga “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” will feature the captivating Baio Rin and Hifumi Suu, in a cover that once again returns to the traditional illustration of two waifus on them.
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You manga unveiled the official cover of its volume #17
A detail that fans of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You manga have highlighted about the cover of this volume is that it returned to the original format of showing two waifus as covers. Let’s remember that volumes #14, #15 and #16 had a combined format, where if the three covers were put together they could form a single illustration where we could see all the girlfriends of the main character Rentarou Aijou.
Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidaidaisuki Na 100-nin no Kanojo, also known as “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” in the West, is a romantic comedy and harem manga written by Rikito Nakamura and illustrated by Yukiko Nozawa.
The manga “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” began serializing in Shueisha Publishing House’s Weekly Young Jump magazine since December 2019 and is still in publication. Shueisha Publishing has released 16 compilation volumes in total and the work has managed to surpass 1.4 million copies in circulation.
On October 8, 2023, the manga “The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” released its respective anime adaptation which consisted of a total of 12 episodes. The anime studio Bibury Animation Studio, known for its work in the second season of the anime “The Quintessential Quintuplets“, was in charge of its production and was legally and simultaneously broadcast in America through the Crunchyroll platform.
“The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You” tells the story of Rentarou Aijou, a young man who has experienced numerous love disappointments. Exhausted from this situation, it seems that fortune smiles on him for the first time when he comes across a curious shrine that caught his attention.
After performing a prayer at a shrine, the god of the place grants him an amazing opportunity: to meet a hundred soul mates at his high school. Although skeptical at first, Rentarou soon discovers the truth of the god’s words when two girls, Hakari Hanazono and Karane Inda, confess their love to him the same day they meet him.
However, the god omits a crucial catch: if either of his soul mates fails to establish a relationship with him, she will face death. Now, with the fate of his one hundred soul mates in his hands, Rentarou decides to accept the challenge and date them all. With a brave and generous heart, Rentarou embarks on an emotional and chaotic journey, as his family of soul mates continues to grow.
Amidst situations both hilarious and romantic, “The 100 True Loves” explores Rentarou’s struggle to keep all of his crushes happy as he attempts to deepen his connections with each of them.
Will he be able to keep his promise to be the perfect boyfriend for all of them or will he face the heartbreaking consequences? With life or death at stake in his love life, Rentarou faces unexpected challenges as he discovers the true meaning of love, loyalty and sacrifice in this riveting story about one heart in search of a hundred soul mates.
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