Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo Episode 8 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Kiss Zombie Panic

Hakari, Karane, Shizuka, and Nano have become kiss zombies, and Rentaro and Kusuri must reach the chemistry lab to make the counteracting drug before it is too late. Cut off and chased, Rentaro treats Shizuka in the infirmary and escapes Hakari and Karane by getting them to kiss each other.

At the lab Kusuri is caught by Nano, but Rentaro lures Nano away until Kusuri shrinks back, slips free, and cures Nano and then the others. Hakari and Karane pretend to remember nothing, and when Kusuri tries to give up drug-making, Rentaro asks her not to, and she reaffirms her love for drugs and for him.

• Cut off by the kiss zombies

  Kusuri can't make four doses of the counteracting drug on the spot, so she and Rentaro run for the chemistry lab, but the kiss zombies get ahead of them. Rentaro rejects her skin-burning drug and takes a detour. When the vice principal stops them for running in the hall, Kusuri splashes the drug on her, but it fails against her thick foundation.

• Shizuka's infirmary detour

  When the girls split up to trap them, Rentaro and Kusuri split too. Shizuka, slower than the others because of her weak stamina, falls and hits her forehead, and Rentaro treats her in the infirmary while resisting her long kisses. Cornered next by Hakari and Karane, he gets the two best friends kissing each other and slips away.

• Chemistry room standoff with Nano

  Nano is guarding the chemistry lab, still sharp enough to hunt for Kusuri. Kusuri, who always carries one dose of the counteracting drug, drinks a sip herself to take her true form, which Nano doesn't know, but she gives herself away by calling herself 'Kusuri' and is tied up.

• Escape and cure

  Rentaro deliberately runs out to draw Nano away and buys time until Kusuri's sip wears off and her shrinking body slips free of the rope. Kusuri gives Nano the counteracting drug, and then they restore the other three.

• Aftermath

  Nano and Shizuka remember everything and apologize, while Hakari and Karane, embarrassed about kissing each other, insist they remember nothing. Kusuri apologizes and says she will quit making drugs, but Rentaro promises to solve any trouble her drugs cause, and she declares she loves both drugs and Rentaro.

Recent Timeline

• Nano's confession and first date (Episode 5)

  Nano confessed to Rentaro and asked him to date her, then immediately rejected him after he accepted, expecting that rejection would end her feelings quickly. Rentaro persuaded her to give him one date. After calming down, she asked again so they could find more meaningful experiences together, and he accepted. On their first date at the amusement park, she judged the rides as wasteful but admitted she enjoyed herself more than expected. Rentaro framed their happy moments as valuable in themselves, and Nano realized she had gained something worth losing, which led her to accept dating him. Rentaro then asked his existing girlfriends to welcome Nano, and none objected.

• Pool incident and Shizuka's rescue (Episode 6)

  While searching for help for the apparently unbreathing Rentaro, Hakari and Nano were persistently harassed by men at the pool. Rentaro arrived, declared both girls his girlfriends, and refused to kiss them as proof, so the men withdrew insulting them. Separately, Shizuka Yoshimoto drifted far from the group on the lazy river and was stranded on an island, unable to swim; Rentaro found and rescued her. Karane also lost confidence in her swimsuit after comparing herself with the others and withdrew from the group, but Rentaro reassured her of her own appeal, and she recovered.

• Kusuri's drug and love potion (Episode 7)

  Kusuri's new drug magnetized Rentaro's blood iron, so he and Kusuri stuck together and could not separate. It also caused three days of severe constipation, which she warned him about only afterward. Later, Kusuri admitted she had put a love potion in Rentaro's tea because she had fallen for him at first sight, and asked him to date her. Rentaro tried to vomit up the potion and answered her confession with his own genuine feelings.

• Kusuri's identity and the switched tea (Episode 7)

  Kusuri was revealed to be the third-year chemistry club president and the woman Rentaro had seen the previous day. Her usual childlike form is a side effect of a failed immortality drug, and she briefly regained her true form after swallowing some of the counteracting drug while giving it to him mouth-to-mouth. Rentaro accepted her confession. Afterward the teas were switched, and the four girlfriends drank the tea meant for Rentaro, which contained a drug causing an irresistible urge to kiss a loved one; they lost their reason and gained superhuman strength as kiss zombies. Kusuri warned the condition would become permanent unless they received the counteracting drug within about an hour, and Rentaro resolved to save them.

• Kiss-zombie chase and cure (Episode 8)

  Hakari, Karane, Shizuka Yoshimoto, and Nano became kiss zombies, and Rentaro and Kusuri ran for the chemistry lab to make the counteracting drug while evading them. Kusuri was caught and tied up by Nano, but Rentaro drew Nano away until Kusuri's body shrank back and slipped free of the rope; she cured Nano and then the other three. Nano and Shizuka remembered everything and apologized, while Hakari and Karane claimed to remember nothing.

Character Graph

Kami-sama

deity

The deity of the shrine who answered Rentaro's prayer and revealed that a person normally has one destined partner.

• Role

  Explained destined partners and admitted a past mistake at Rentaro's birth.

• Rentaro (Guardian, Neutral)

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

Nano

high school student

Nano is Rentaro's fourth girlfriend, a top student who ranks first in every subject, values efficiency above all, and is rumored to be an AI. As a kiss zombie she kept enough wits to guard the chemistry lab and catch Kusuri, and after Rentaro lured her away she was the first to be cured, remembering everything and apologizing.

• Grades and rumor

  Earned perfect marks in every subject on the posted exam results, and her accuracy has started a rumor that she is an AI.

• Rentaro (Colleague, Affinity)

  As a kiss zombie she chased him until Kusuri's drug brought her back.

Karane

high school student

Karane is Rentaro's second girlfriend, a hot-tempered tsundere classmate who confessed right after Hakari. As a kiss zombie she teamed up with Hakari against Rentaro and ended up kissing her, and once cured she went along with Hakari's claim that they remembered nothing.

• Confession

  Denied her feelings at first, then confessed and began dating Rentaro on condition he make her happy.

• Reaction

  Outraged at the request to add Shizuka, then acknowledged Rentaro's determination when he threatened to take his own life.

• Self-image shift

  Saw Shizuka as small and cute while feeling neither cute nor feminine herself, until Rentaro reassured her at the pool that she has her own appeal.

• Rentaro (Other, Colleague, Pact, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend and destined partner; she snaps at him but loves him more than anyone.

• Hakari (Colleague, Friend, Affinity)

  As kiss zombies they kissed each other, and at Hakari's urging she claimed to remember nothing.

• Shizuka Yoshimoto (Other, Mixed)

  She confronted Shizuka about holding back, then reassured her and called her cute.

Hakari

high school student

Hakari is Rentaro's first girlfriend, a classmate who fell for him at first sight on his first day of high school and confessed before anyone else. As a kiss zombie she ended up kissing Karane, and once cured she insisted she remembered nothing and pressed Karane to agree.

• Confession

  Fell for Rentaro at first sight and confessed, then began dating him.

• Kiss zombie aftermath

  After recovering, she apologized but insisted she remembered nothing of kissing Karane, and pressed Karane to agree.

• Rentaro (Other, Colleague, Pact, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend and destined partner, whom she loves openly.

• Karane (Colleague, Friend, Affinity)

  As kiss zombies they kissed each other, and both now insist they remember nothing.

• Shizuka Yoshimoto (Other, Mixed)

  Initially saw her as a romantic rival, then encouraged her to speak openly about Rentaro.

Kusuri

third-year student · chemistry club president

Kusuri is Rentaro's fifth girlfriend, the drug-loving third-year chemistry club president. A failed immortality drug keeps her in a child's body, and the counteracting drug restores her true form for only tens of minutes. After curing the kiss zombies she tried to quit making drugs, but Rentaro's promise to share any trouble made her declare she loves both drugs and him.

• Drug development

  Creates experimental drugs, such as a magnetizing drug and a love potion, and insists on testing them.

• Self-blame and devotion

  Apologized for the kiss zombie incident and nearly quit, then reaffirmed her love for both drugs and Rentaro.

• Rentaro (Other, Affinity)

  He promised to solve any trouble her drugs cause, and she loves him as much as drugs.

Rentaro

high school student

Rentaro is a high school boy who, after a hundred rejections, learned from Kami-sama that he has one hundred destined partners and that any he fails to make happy will die, so he dates them all. With Kusuri he outran the kiss zombies and drew Nano away so Kusuri could cure everyone, then begged Kusuri not to give up the drug-making she loves.

• Destined partners

  Kami-sama told him he would meet one hundred destined partners in high school because of a mistake made at his birth.

• Girlfriends

  Dates Hakari, Karane, Shizuka, Nano, and Kusuri, asking his existing girlfriends' blessing each time a new one joins.

• Kusuri's confession

  Vomited up Kusuri's love potion so he could answer her confession with his own feelings, then accepted her.

• Promise to Kusuri

  Promised to solve any trouble her drugs cause and asked her never to give up making them.

• Hakari (Other, Colleague, Affinity)

  His first girlfriend and destined partner, whom he cherishes as much as the others.

• Karane (Other, Colleague, Pact, Affinity)

  His tsundere girlfriend and destined partner, who confessed right after Hakari.

• Kami-sama (Mentor, Neutral)

  The shrine's god of love, who told him about his one hundred destined partners.

• Shizuka Yoshimoto (Pact, Other, Guardian, Affinity)

  He treated her forehead in the infirmary when she fell as a kiss zombie.

• Nano (Colleague, Affinity)

  He drew her away as a kiss zombie so Kusuri could cure her.

• Kusuri (Other, Affinity)

  He promised to solve any trouble her drugs cause and asked her never to give up making them.

Shizuka Yoshimoto

library committee

Shizuka is Rentaro's third girlfriend, a tiny, shy library committee member who speaks through a text-to-speech app using lines from her favorite book. As a kiss zombie she was slower than the others because of her weak stamina, fell and hit her forehead, and was treated by Rentaro in the infirmary; once cured, she remembered everything and apologized.

• Background

  Has never had a friend and relied on the world inside books for emotional support; she was mocked as a child for communicating through books.

• Kiss zombie incident

  Slower than the others because of her weak stamina, she fell and hit her forehead, and Rentaro treated her in the infirmary while resisting her long kisses.

• Rentaro (Colleague, Pact, Other, Guardian, Affinity)

  Her boyfriend, who treated her forehead in the infirmary during the kiss zombie chaos.

• Hakari (Other, Mixed)

  Treated as a fellow girlfriend and invited to use her given name; she feels intimidated by Hakari's appeal.

• Karane (Other, Mixed)

  Treated as a fellow girlfriend and invited to use her given name; Karane confronted her about holding back and later apologized for calling her irritating.

World Memo

• One hundred destined partners

  A destined partner is the best romantic match fixed at a person's birth, and most people have only one. Because Kami-sama, the god of love, made a mistake at Rentaro's birth, Rentaro is destined to meet one hundred of them in high school.

• The meeting shock

  When destined partners first meet, a jolt runs through their bodies and they fall for each other. The woman falls in love on the spot, while the man's feelings grow little by little.

• Death without happiness

  A person who meets their destined partner can be happy by loving them, but if that fails, one thing or another leads to their death, because meeting a destined partner uses up a lifetime's luck. That is why Rentaro dates every destined partner instead of choosing one.

• Kusuri's drugs

  Kusuri, the chemistry club president, invents drugs with extreme effects, such as a magnetizing drug, a love potion, a drug that makes you sweat clothes-dissolving sweat, a drug that gives you rabbit features, a hair-controlling drug, and a drug that burns the skin on contact. She can also make a counteracting drug that cancels their effects.

• Kusuri's two forms

  Because of a failed immortality drug, Kusuri usually has the body of a small child. Taking the counteracting drug restores her true third-year form, but only for tens of minutes.

• Kiss-urge drug and kiss zombies

  A drug that makes the drinker desperate to kiss the person they love, which girls must never take. Girls who drink it lose their reason and gain superhuman strength as kiss zombies, and unless they get the counteracting drug within about an hour, before it spreads through the body, they stay that way for life. In episode 8 all four girls were cured.

Clue Board

• Nano AI rumor (Episode 5)

  A rumor says Nano's extraordinary accuracy and efficiency come from her being an AI, and nothing has confirmed or denied it.

• Remaining destined partners (Episode 7)

  Kusuri is Rentaro's fifth destined partner, so ninety-five of the hundred Kami-sama promised are still to come. Who they are and when they will appear is unknown.

• 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.

• Kusuri's application drug (Episode 7)

  Kusuri says the drug she is working hardest on is for applying to a research team she admires, which is her dream. What the drug is and whether her application will succeed remain unknown.

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–8

After a hundred rejections, Rentaro learns from Kami-sama that he will meet one hundred destined partners in high school, and that any he fails to make happy will die. Refusing to choose, he openly dates Hakari and Karane, then Shizuka, and the group grows closer through games and honest talks. The efficiency-minded Nano clashes with him over whether fun has value but ends up asking him out, and a pool date eases Karane's insecurities.

Chemistry club president Kusuri, who fell for him at first sight, becomes his fifth girlfriend after he vomits up her love potion and accepts her with his own feelings. When the girls accidentally drink her kiss-urge drug, Rentaro and Kusuri cure all four kiss zombies, and he persuades her not to give up the drug-making she loves.

Music Releases

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