Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo Episode 3 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Quiet Princess, the Knight, and the Samurai

In the library Rentaro meets classmate Shizuka Yoshimoto, a library committee member who speaks by pointing to lines in her books. She lends him her copy of the romance novel Circlet Love Story, and over a thank-you drink she tells him she has never had a friend and that books have been her only support.

Learning he already has girlfriends, Shizuka pulls back, recalling how a classmate mocked her way of speaking and her mother scolded her for it. Rentaro then gives her a text-to-speech app holding the whole first volume, typed in by hand, so she can talk while looking at people. Through it she says she loves him, and Rentaro, sure his feelings are real and not owed to fate or the death rule, accepts her. He asks Hakari and Karane to welcome her as his third girlfriend, swearing seppuku if he ever fails to cherish them.

• Library meeting

  Rentaro meets Shizuka, who speaks through lines in books. Since a first-time borrower's card takes a week, she lends him her own copy of the first volume, and he learns they are classmates.

• Reading and a thank-you drink

  Rentaro finishes Circlet Love Story overnight and buys Shizuka a drink as thanks. She tells him she has reread the book since childhood and has never had a friend.

• Text-to-speech app and confession

  Rentaro gives Shizuka a text-to-speech app holding the whole first volume, which he typed in by hand. Through it she confesses, and he accepts her feelings as genuine.

• Asking Hakari and Karane

  Rentaro asks Hakari and Karane to accept Shizuka as another girlfriend. Karane is outraged and Hakari praises him for not dumping them; when he swears he would commit seppuku if he ever failed to cherish them, Karane accepts his resolve.

Recent Timeline

• Dating two destined partners (Episode 1)

  After his 100th rejection, Rentaro learned from Kami-sama that he would meet 100 destined partners in high school and that any he failed to make happy would die. When classmates Hakari and Karane both confessed, he asked both to date him, and they agreed.

• First kiss shared by three (Episode 2)

  Hakari and Karane competed for Rentaro's first kiss, and after his plan to hide the order failed, the three shared it together. Afterward, Rentaro felt the destined-partner shock with a girl in the library.

• Meeting Shizuka (Episode 3)

  The girl was classmate Shizuka Yoshimoto, a library committee member who speaks by pointing to lines in books. She lent Rentaro her own copy of the novel Circlet Love Story, and over a thank-you drink she told him she had never had a friend.

• Reading app and Shizuka's confession (Episode 3)

  Rentaro gave Shizuka a text-to-speech app holding the whole first volume, which he had typed in by hand, so she could talk while looking at people. Through it she confessed her love, and Rentaro accepted her, sure his feelings were genuine rather than owed to fate or to the rule that she would die if they did not date.

• Third girlfriend (Episode 3)

  Rentaro asked Hakari and Karane to welcome Shizuka as another girlfriend. Karane was outraged and Hakari praised him for not dumping them; when he swore he would commit seppuku if he ever failed to cherish them, Karane accepted his resolve.

Character Graph

Kami-sama

deity

The god of the shrine where Rentaro prayed for a girlfriend. He told Rentaro he would meet 100 destined partners in high school, then admitted it was his own mistake and that a partner left unhappy will die.

• Role

  Explained destined partners and admitted that his mistake at Rentaro's birth gave him 100 of them.

• Rentaro (Guardian, Neutral)

  Answered Rentaro's prayer and advises him about his destined partners.

Hakari (Hakari Hanazono)

high school student

One of Rentaro's girlfriends, a bold classmate who confessed to him first. When he asked to add Shizuka as a third girlfriend, she praised him for not dumping her and Karane and accepted Shizuka.

• Current

  Accepted Shizuka as a fellow girlfriend while still competing with Karane over Rentaro.

• Rentaro (Other, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend; she praised him for staying with her and Karane after falling for Shizuka.

• Karane (Colleague, Mixed)

  Fellow girlfriend and rival; they squabble constantly over Rentaro yet recognize each other's sincere love for him.

Karane (Karane Inda)

high school student

One of Rentaro's girlfriends, a tsundere classmate who confessed after Hakari. When he asked to add Shizuka, she exploded at him, but accepted once he swore to cherish all three, even vowing seppuku.

• Current

  Accepted Shizuka as a third girlfriend after acknowledging Rentaro's resolve.

• Rentaro (Other, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend; she blew up at his request to add Shizuka but accepted his resolve.

• Hakari (Colleague, Mixed)

  Fellow girlfriend and rival; they argue over whose boyfriend Rentaro is, yet each sees the other's sincere love for him.

Rentaro (Rentaro Aijo)

high school student

A first-year dating three destined partners: Hakari, Karane, and now Shizuka. He typed a whole novel into a reading app for Shizuka and, with the first two's consent, welcomed her as his third girlfriend, vowing seppuku if he ever fails to cherish them.

• Destined partners

  Of the 100 destined partners Kami-sama promised, he now dates Hakari, Karane, and Shizuka.

• Hakari (Other, Affinity)

  Girlfriend who praised him for not dumping her and Karane when he fell for Shizuka.

• Karane (Other, Affinity)

  Girlfriend who was outraged at first but accepted Shizuka once he swore to cherish them all.

• Kami-sama (Mentor, Neutral)

  The shrine god who answered his prayer and told him about his destined partners.

• Shizuka Yoshimoto (Other, Affinity)

  His third girlfriend; he made her a reading app and accepted her confession.

Shizuka Yoshimoto (Shizuka)

library committee

A shy classmate on the library committee who speaks by pointing to lines in her favorite novel, Circlet Love Story. Mocked for it and scolded by her mother, she had never had a friend, but with the reading app Rentaro made she confessed to him and became his third girlfriend.

• Background

  Has reread Circlet Love Story since childhood; the world inside books was her only support.

• Rentaro (Other, Affinity)

  Her first friend and now her boyfriend; she confessed through the app he made for her.

World Memo

• One hundred destined partners

  A person normally has only one destined partner, but because of Kami-sama's mistake at Rentaro's birth, he is fated to meet 100 of them in high school.

• Destined-partner shock

  Destined partners feel a jolt run through their whole body when they meet. Women fall in love on the spot, while men grow fond gradually.

• Death if left unhappy

  Having a destined partner uses up a lifetime's luck, so a person who meets theirs but fails to find happiness with them will die. If Rentaro chose only one girl, the other would die.

• Pink four-leaf clover charm

  A school love charm says that confessing while handing over a four-leaf clover from the pink clovers in the courtyard always succeeds.

• Corridor running and the deep-kiss punishment

  The strict vice principal, a former track athlete, chases down any student who runs in the corridors and punishes them with a deep kiss; no one has ever escaped.

• Shizuka's way of speaking

  Shizuka speaks by pointing to lines in her favorite novel, Circlet Love Story, for others to read. With the text-to-speech app Rentaro made, she can now talk while looking at people.

• New girlfriends and Rentaro's vow

  When Rentaro fell for Shizuka, he asked Hakari and Karane to welcome her as another girlfriend, vowing to commit seppuku if he ever fails to cherish them all.

Clue Board

• The remaining 97 partners (Episode 3)

  With Shizuka as his third, 97 destined partners have yet to appear. Since any of them left unhappy would die, whether Rentaro can love them all remains an open question.

• Shizuka and her mother (Episode 3)

  A flashback showed Shizuka's mother scolding her for speaking through books instead of talking like other children. How things stand between them now has not been shown.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–3

After his 100th rejection, Rentaro learns from Kami-sama, the Love God, that he will meet 100 destined partners in high school, and that a partner he fails to make happy will die. When classmates Hakari and Karane both confess on entrance day, he refuses to choose and asks both to date him.

The two compete for his first kiss until the three share it together. Then Rentaro meets Shizuka Yoshimoto, a library committee member who speaks through lines in books. He gives her a text-to-speech app holding a whole novel he typed in himself, accepts her confession, and with Hakari and Karane's consent welcomes her as his third girlfriend, vowing seppuku if he ever fails to cherish them.

Music Releases

• To You Whom I Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love (OP)
• Sweet Sign (ED)