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君のことが大大大大大好きな100人の彼女 [Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo] #4
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Vol. 4
As their eyes meet across the lunch line, Rentaro meets his newest soulmate in the feisty foodie Haraga Kurumi. But her hangry demeanor prevents her from joining the Rentaro family melting pot. To help her fit in, the whole harem joins Kurumi in an eating contest. Their hearts and stomachs will be bursting!
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 22, 2022
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November 23, 2022
The tribe returns to pick up new members, which means time to add a food monster to the mix, plus the (inevitable) maid. Costumes will be worn, good taste will be in short supply, and the fourth wall is but a tattered sheet, flapping idly in the breeze.
Ahem, I may have been a little… passionate… about this series last time, but I genuinely believe it is one of the best worst things I’m reading right now. This time it’s not operating at peak output, but, yes, it’s still a dumb good time.
The story starts very strong with the introduction of Kurumi, who loves to eat and isn’t the best human being when she’s hungry. She feels great shame at her hanger, but this eventually morphs into Scooby-Doo jokes, of all things.
Kurumi encapsulates the modus operandi of the series to a tee. Rintaro meets a new love, the polycule grows, integrating them requires a plotline, everybody gets something to do with their one personality quirk, break the fourth wall a few times, publish new volume.
And, as I am frequently chagrined to admit, it mostly works. The eating competition storyline is absolutely ridiculous (and by the end it’s so ridiculous that the mangaka shows up to justify his decisions) and full of all the nonsense you expect.
Old characters come back, perspective is skewed, there’s a shocking amount of restraint with the vomit (which somehow lets Rintaro distribute some light petting), and the reward is as silly as anything else in the story. It’s good and everybody steps up to do a little something - it’s borderline impressive how deftly it juggles its characters.
The maid stuff is entirely less effective because the maid is, frankly, not that interesting and these volumes are likely going to rise and fall on the strength of any new girlfriends being introduced. The best gag with her is actually on the last pages of the volume as an omake.
Similarly, the baby chapter leaves me pretty cold, mostly being an excuse to have various tiny versions of the characters glomp onto Hakari’s breasts. I will admit that I have yet to tire of the ongoing gag of Karane and Hakari being as hot for one another as they are for Rintaro, however, and I get a good laugh whenever that shows up.
The story does redeem itself with a bizarre fortune telling segment that winds up paying off a jab at oddly specific fortunes with an even better jab at the end. This chapter isn’t fantastic, but the gag at the finale involving a very specific item of clothing is perfectly executed.
And that’s the key to why this series gets so much right - it knows how to make a dumb joke and a smart joke. I sure hate fourth wall breaking gags as a rule, but in a manga like this I might as well be complaining about the Gregorian calendar.
Some of what it does doesn’t work or is, yeah, entirely too puerile by half. But when it fires on all cylinders it is the ideal of what I want my pleasurable trash reading to feel like. And it is here to entertain. This book isn’t just having fun, it feels like it’s desperate for you to have fun too and will try every joke in the book to deliver.
3.5 stars - it’s an uneven as heck volume, but I laughed and smiled and enjoyed the time with this burgeoning harem. If you can find the joy in a character who gets hungry by mere word association and then exclaims that thinking of Apple products makes her, for no appreciable reason, want a Big Mac, then this series’ special brand of dumb is 100% for you.
Ahem, I may have been a little… passionate… about this series last time, but I genuinely believe it is one of the best worst things I’m reading right now. This time it’s not operating at peak output, but, yes, it’s still a dumb good time.
The story starts very strong with the introduction of Kurumi, who loves to eat and isn’t the best human being when she’s hungry. She feels great shame at her hanger, but this eventually morphs into Scooby-Doo jokes, of all things.
Kurumi encapsulates the modus operandi of the series to a tee. Rintaro meets a new love, the polycule grows, integrating them requires a plotline, everybody gets something to do with their one personality quirk, break the fourth wall a few times, publish new volume.
And, as I am frequently chagrined to admit, it mostly works. The eating competition storyline is absolutely ridiculous (and by the end it’s so ridiculous that the mangaka shows up to justify his decisions) and full of all the nonsense you expect.
Old characters come back, perspective is skewed, there’s a shocking amount of restraint with the vomit (which somehow lets Rintaro distribute some light petting), and the reward is as silly as anything else in the story. It’s good and everybody steps up to do a little something - it’s borderline impressive how deftly it juggles its characters.
The maid stuff is entirely less effective because the maid is, frankly, not that interesting and these volumes are likely going to rise and fall on the strength of any new girlfriends being introduced. The best gag with her is actually on the last pages of the volume as an omake.
Similarly, the baby chapter leaves me pretty cold, mostly being an excuse to have various tiny versions of the characters glomp onto Hakari’s breasts. I will admit that I have yet to tire of the ongoing gag of Karane and Hakari being as hot for one another as they are for Rintaro, however, and I get a good laugh whenever that shows up.
The story does redeem itself with a bizarre fortune telling segment that winds up paying off a jab at oddly specific fortunes with an even better jab at the end. This chapter isn’t fantastic, but the gag at the finale involving a very specific item of clothing is perfectly executed.
And that’s the key to why this series gets so much right - it knows how to make a dumb joke and a smart joke. I sure hate fourth wall breaking gags as a rule, but in a manga like this I might as well be complaining about the Gregorian calendar.
Some of what it does doesn’t work or is, yeah, entirely too puerile by half. But when it fires on all cylinders it is the ideal of what I want my pleasurable trash reading to feel like. And it is here to entertain. This book isn’t just having fun, it feels like it’s desperate for you to have fun too and will try every joke in the book to deliver.
3.5 stars - it’s an uneven as heck volume, but I laughed and smiled and enjoyed the time with this burgeoning harem. If you can find the joy in a character who gets hungry by mere word association and then exclaims that thinking of Apple products makes her, for no appreciable reason, want a Big Mac, then this series’ special brand of dumb is 100% for you.
February 2, 2023
This series is just so crazy, but yet I can't stop reading it!
January 4, 2023
This volume was cute but I didn't enjoy it until the very end. I wasn't wild about the food competition. I was more interested in the maid portion toward the end. So cute. I like the series, even though it is bonkers.
January 13, 2025
I'm sad to say that the series is starting to fall off for me. Whereas the first three volumes were hilarious, and the previous volume had some great and unexpected character development, this latest volume suffers from diminishing returns.
The two new girlfriends introduced in this volume aren't nearly as endearing nor interesting as those prior, and the stories to elaborate upon their character aren't very engaging. I mean, it's expected that not every new character is going to be amazing, and will have to ultimately rely on a couple of surface-level quirks to somewhat differentiate themselves from the others in the pursuit of yet more characters.
I'll give the series a bit more time because of how much I loved the first three volumes, but my hopes aren't high anymore :/
The two new girlfriends introduced in this volume aren't nearly as endearing nor interesting as those prior, and the stories to elaborate upon their character aren't very engaging. I mean, it's expected that not every new character is going to be amazing, and will have to ultimately rely on a couple of surface-level quirks to somewhat differentiate themselves from the others in the pursuit of yet more characters.
I'll give the series a bit more time because of how much I loved the first three volumes, but my hopes aren't high anymore :/
July 30, 2024
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really x5 Love You, Vol. 4 (My Kindle Review)
The next two girls to join the ever-growing Rentaro family are foodie hoodie Kurumi and Hahari’s most trusted maid Mei. Rentaro enters himself and the girls in an eating tournament in hopes that Kurumi will warm up to them and be more closer and later attempt to get Mei to just be herself instead of always being a maid. We also get a cute baby story and learn of how Hahari rescued Mei when they first met. A (100%/Outstanding)
The next two girls to join the ever-growing Rentaro family are foodie hoodie Kurumi and Hahari’s most trusted maid Mei. Rentaro enters himself and the girls in an eating tournament in hopes that Kurumi will warm up to them and be more closer and later attempt to get Mei to just be herself instead of always being a maid. We also get a cute baby story and learn of how Hahari rescued Mei when they first met. A (100%/Outstanding)
January 13, 2024
The new girlfriends in this volume were cute. :3
June 2, 2024
Apparently I forgot to record this one shame on me
February 15, 2025
I relate to Kirumi..I also am obsessed with food and constantly hangry
Also maids are fun
Also maids are fun
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