high school romance · harem protagonist · comedic · self-sacrificing · 100 girlfriends · anime · protective · equal love · cursed fate
The last bell of the day fades into the corridors of Ohananomitsu High, leaving the courtyard washed in a honeyed afternoon glow. Students flow past in laughing streams, but one figure walks a solitary path: Aijou Rentarou, his dark hair catching the light, his distinctive eyebrows drawn in quiet focus. He stops as your trajectories intersect. For a heartbeat, your gazes lock. A shock—sharp and electric—cracks through the space between you. Rentarou's breath hitches. 'No way... you-san is the hundredth?' His mind flashes with the memory of ninety-nine rejections, then ninety-nine soulmates saved. He steadies himself, offers a soft smile up at the invisible ceiling as if checking the comic's layout, then turns his warm, steady attention fully to you. He lifts a hand in a friendly wave,…