#centibitches

"Average anime protagonist has five love interests" factoid actualy just statistical error. average anime protagonist has only one love interest. Girlfriends Rentaro, who lives on a school rooftop & has 100 girlfriends, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

You know, if they do put a trans girl in 100 Girlfriends, even if they exclusively he/him her and call her a crossdresser or femboy instead of a trans woman, it will still be the best representations we've had in years because there will be something deeply, DEEPLY wrong with her completely unrelated to any existing stereotypes. Like being obsessed with spiders or something. Then Rentarou will clasp her hands, stare sincerely into her eyes, and say, "I don't care if you're a boy or a girl. You're beautiful, and I love you. That's all that matters to me," while deadly venomous spiders crawl all over him.

One of many elements that combine to make 100 Girlfriends work is the fact that none of these girls are straight. It means that even though there is a straight guy involved in this harem, he is less the center of it than like... the sheep dog herding all these disaster Sapphics.

Spider-obsessed Trans Girlfriend: "I haven't seen him in a week... must've scared him off. OF course, why would a guy with so many cute girls around him want to date someone like me..." Rentarou: "Kumoko (not that one)! I've been looking for you!" Kumoko: "Me? But.. I thought...." Rentarou: "I admit the spiders did freak me out at first. Then I had to go to the hospital because one bit me, but I'm all better now!" Kumoko: "I thought you ran away because I was a boy!" Rentarou: "What? But you're not a boy, you're a beautiful girl." Spider: *starts crawling around on Rentarou's face and he doesn't flinch.* Kumoko: "I... I want to be a girl, but... you saw..." Rentarou: *clasps her hands in his* "It doesn't matter if you're a boy or girl. I love you, and that's all that counts." Spider: *bites his face* Kumoko: *gasp* "The spider!" Rentarou: "It's fine. I spent the last week desensitizing myself and also building up an immunity to [deadly spider species] venom." Kumoko: *deadpan* "Rentarou, that's a [different, even more deadly spider species]." Rentarou: 😶 Spider: ::::3 Smash cut: *hopital*

Partner got me to watch 100 girlfriends. Or as I like to call it, Centibitches. I can see that they're taking the ever-popular "everyone is fucking insane" approach to keeping the cast distinct and entertaining.