The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youis back for its second season, and it’s as great as ever. The series keeps finding new ways of being unabashedly goofy and raunchy while still balancing things out with plenty of heart, and even with it set to reach 11 girlfriends by the end of season 2, the writing doesn’t show any signs of letting up anytime soon.
As great asThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youis, it, unfortunately, hasn’t been without its controversy. As a harem anime with an incredible amount of fanservice, the series hasn’t been without controversy for some of its more risque and objectionable content, and that’s been true since there was just the manga. For the anime specifically, however,The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youseason 2 is drawing controversy specifically for how it relates to popular fan content, and that’s probably the weirdest thing it could be criticized for.
Why 100 Girlfriends Is So Controversial With Shippers
100 Girlfriends' Fan Controversy Explained
The biggest reason100 Girlfriendsseason 2 has been controversial with fans has been because of, surprisingly, shippers. Every anime season, Anime Trending and other major anime fan sites rank anime every week under a variety of categories. Naturally, one of the biggest rankings is for the best couples or ships of each week, and sure enough,The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, by being a popular harem anime, has dominated nearly every shipping fan poll, withRentaro and each of his girlfriendstaking up nearly every spot.
Not only have people been saying that it’s unfair for a harem anime to take so many spots to the point that they’re calling for100 Girlfriendsto have a separate poll, butmany anime fans don’t like seeingThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youdominate the shipping polls because of its extreme raunchiness and often dubious setups for its romances. Fan polls like Anime Trending are taken very seriously by anime fans, and unfortunately,100 Girlfriendsis the furthest thing from what many of them would find acceptable.
Why 100 Girlfriends' Biggest Controversy Makes No Sense
100 Girlfriends Doesn’t Deserve To Be So Controversial
100 Girlfriendsseason 2quickly became controversial with fans, but much of that is hard to justify. While there’s merit in judging the series for its fanservice and questionable romances, especially when they involve age gaps, those points are only brought up to exclude it from polls as opposed to offering any meaningful criticism.The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youbeing as popular as it is means that it has an audience despite its often questionable content, and people’s inability to acknowledge that is a major part of why it’s become so contentious.
Beyond those points, as much as the series focuses on fanservice and harem antics, the anime’s true charm comes from its absurdist and often parody-laden comedy and, most importantly, its surprisingly heartfelt romance and character writing, and it all comes together so thatThe 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You’s good points more than justify its incredible popularity in fan polls.The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youis the kind of series that will always draw controversy, but hopefully, its good points will continue to greatly outweigh its bad ones.
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Youreleases new episodes Sundays on Crunchyroll.
