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Girlfriend
The manga 'Girlfriend' by Eito Hisamatsu has been adapted into a live-action vertical short drama that premiered on DMM Short in June 2026, with all 30 episodes released at once.
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Jun 16
The manga 'Girlfriend' by Eito Hisamatsu received a live-action vertical short drama adaptation, announced and released by CLLENN Co., Ltd. on June 16, 2026. The series, starring former NMB48 member Yuzuha Hongo as Hana, consists of 30 episodes that were all made available at once on DMM Short, a vertical drama service within DMM TV. The adaptation is described as a love omnibus horror about a woman descending into hell through toxic relationships, and it marks CLLENN's first live-action vertical short drama from its own manga catalog.
No other stories in the provided set directly address the 'Girlfriend' manga or its adaptation. The other three stories cover unrelated works: a review of 'The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You,' the conclusion of the light novel series 'I'm Fine With Being the Second Girlfriend,' and Yen Press's licensing announcements for November 2026, which include a manga titled 'My Girlfriend Is a Colossal Cutie' but not 'Girlfriend.'
As of the most recent story, the adaptation has premiered and is available for streaming. No further updates, such as audience reception, sequel plans, or additional episodes, have been reported in the provided stories.
Key facts
- Adaptation format
- Live-action vertical short drama ↗
- Lead actress
- Yuzuha Hongo as Hana ↗
- Episode count and release
- 30 episodes, all released on June 16, 2026 ↗
- Platform
- DMM Short (within DMM TV) ↗
- Production company
- CLLENN Co., Ltd. ↗
- Manga author
- Eito Hisamatsu ↗
Timeline
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- Release
- live_action · 2026-06-16 · Japan · 2026-06-16
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All coverage
1d ago
Episode 34 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 completes Kishika's introduction by having her challenge every other girlfriend to a kendo battle royale. The fight is a non-lethal balloon-popping game, but the animation is fluid and fast. Iku loses on purpose, Kusuri goes down despite her references, and Naddy and Yaku nearly win. Hahari then offers Kishika 'nursery nutrients,' and she accepts.
5d ago
The television anime adaptation of Jura's manga My Girlfriend's Friend will premiere on Tokyo MX on October 4 at 25:05, effectively October 5 at 1:05 a.m. New cast members are Riho Sugiyama as Miyuki and Ryōka Yuzuki as Kaori's mother. Airots performs the opening theme 'Gingira' and Ceui performs the ending theme 'False Love.' The 'Complete Deregula' version streams on AnimeFesta starting October 5.
Sep 1
Episode 33 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 sends the Rentaro Family to a Hardcore Hot Springs for a dedicated fanservice segment. The review notes the trip was nominally requested by Iku's family but spreads its attention across the whole cast, pairing off established sub-couples. Karane and Hakari, Meme and Mimimi, and Hahari and Mei get paired segments, while newer girlfriends Chiyo, Momiji, and Yaku interact most directly with Rentaro.
Aug 30
The official website for The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You anime confirmed Yumika Yano joined the season 3 cast as Kishika Torotoro. Kishika is a third-year high school student, captain of the girls' kendo club, and Rentaro's newest girlfriend. She appeared in the season's ninth episode on Sunday. Hikaru Sato returns to direct at Bibury Animation Studio.
Aug 27
Rie Kugimiya has joined the cast of the third season of the anime adaptation of Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa's manga 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You. The official website announced the casting on Monday, revealing that Kugimiya plays Yaku Yakuzen, the grandmother of character Kusuri and the newest girlfriend of protagonist Rentaro Aijo. Yaku debuted in the season's eighth episode, which aired on Sunday. The season, which premiered on Tokyo MX on July 5, is directed by Hikaru Sato at Bibury Animation Studio, with scripts by Takashi Aoshima and character designs by Akane Yano. Other new cast members this season include Kaori Ishihara as Chiyo Iin, Ayana Taketatsu as Nadi, Hana Tamegai as Yamame Yasashiki, and Aoi Koga as Momiji Momi. The opening theme, 'Daisuki♡Zutto Eien ni♡' (I Love You♡Always and Forever♡), is performed by the Rentaro Family. The season is also airing on Sun TV and BS11, and is streaming on Crunchyroll. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in English.
Aug 17
Episode 31 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You shrinks Nano down to a tiny size thanks to one of Kusuri's drugs. The episode uses the setup for cute gags, including Nano riding in Rentaro's shirt pocket and getting caught in Hahari's cleavage, while also exploring Rentaro's devotion to her. The back half introduces another meet-the-parents scenario with Kusuri's family.
Aug 15
Newly drawn goods themed "After the Rain, Clear Skies." for The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You will appear at a pop-up shop at Tower Records Shibuya Store from September 2 to September 13, 2026. Web sales run concurrently at the Anique Shop. The lineup includes trading can badges, trading acrylic keychains, and acrylic stands, with a purchase bonus bromide.
Aug 10
Anime News Network reviews episode 30 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3, focusing on the introduction of Momi Momiji, a middle-schooler with a massage obsession. The review notes her courtship is the least dramatic yet, with minimal development, and highlights the show's pattern of problematic girlfriend introductions.
Aug 6
Episode 29 introduces Yasashiki Yamane, a tall girl whose gardening hobby and love of nature already helped her accept her height before she meets Rentaro. The review frames that as a shift from the last few girlfriends, who specifically operated around Rentaro being the one to help them accept themselves. The Vice Principal returns to bring out Yasashiki's fear of fire, and the episode has the show use the term polyamory.
Jul 27
Episode 28 of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You season 3 introduces Kuori Tina, a hard-driving idol tutor who tries to whip the Rentaro Family into a performance group. The episode uses the premise to contrast the mechanics of idol anime with the harem genre's emphasis on accepting each girlfriend as she is, ultimately showing why the family's chaotic chemistry resists idol-style polish.
Jul 20
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 episode 27 introduces the character Naddy-sensei (Yamato Nadeshiko), voiced by Ayana Taketatsu. The reviewer praises the episode's humor and Taketatsu's vocal performance, noting that the English dub by Maganda Marie also delivers the jokes effectively. The episode follows a temporal trick from the season premiere that gave viewers an early glimpse of the character.
Jul 19
Crunchyroll will begin streaming English dubs for three anime sequels on Sunday: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III, the third season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, and the second season of You and I Are Polar Opposites. The service announced the full English dub casts and production staff for each season.
Jul 17
Dengeki Hobby Web highlighted Shueisha Kindle manga releasing on July 17, 2026. The roundup includes One Punch Man Vol. 37, The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Vol. 26, Junket Bank Vol. 22, and additional titles such as Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. Vol. 11, Mokkori Hanbei 13, Diamond no Kōzai 10, and Shadow House 22.
Jul 6
The television anime adaptation of Jura's My Girlfriend's Friend manga has released a teaser promotional video, a second key visual, and announced additional staff members. The anime is set to debut in October and is directed by Takashi Andō at Quad, with WWWave Corporation producing under its Deregula label.
Jul 5
The third season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You has announced two new cast members. Hana Tamegai will voice Yamame Yasashiki, an overly kind gardening club member, and Aoi Koga will play Momiji Momi, a third-year middle school student. The season premiered on July 5 on Tokyo MX.
Jun 27
The official website for the third season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You began streaming the main promotional video on Saturday, June 27. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "Daisuki♡Zutto Eien ni♡" performed by the Rentaro Family. It also previews the voices for three new characters: Yamame Yasashiki, Momiji Momi, and Kishika Torotoro. Their voice actors will be announced when the season starts airing. The season is set to premiere on Tokyo MX on July 5 at 10:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT), and will also air on Sun TV and BS11. Hikaru Sato returns to direct at Bibury Animation Studio, with Takashi Aoshima handling series scripts, Akane Yano designing characters, and Shūhei Mutsuki, Shunsuke Takizawa, and eba composing music at Lantis. Three cast members will appear at the anime's first overseas panel at Anime NYC 2026 on August 22. Crunchyroll streams the series.
Jun 26
The staff of the Rent-a-Girlfriend anime announced on Saturday that the series will receive a sixth season, adapting the manga's Cohabitation arc. The announcement came just days after the fifth season concluded. The fifth season ended its streaming run on DMM TV on Wednesday and aired its 12th and final television episode on Friday. The fifth season, which debuted on April 8 on DMM TV and April 10 on the Animeism block, is technically the second cour of the previously announced fourth season. The fourth season originally planned two cours with a break. Character designer Kanna Hirayama shared a commemorative illustration to mark the sixth season's production decision. The manga by Reiji Miyajima launched in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in July 2017, and its 46th compiled volume shipped on June 17. Crunchyroll streams the series worldwide except in Asia. The anime previously inspired a live-action series that premiered in July 2022.
Jun 23
In a recent interview, Rent-A-Girlfriend creator Reiji Miyajima stated that protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita is essentially his clone, and that Chizuru Mizuhara represents the ideal woman. The comments have intensified long-standing criticism that Miyajima uses the manga as a self-insert fantasy, a charge he has addressed before by saying all characters are based on aspects of himself.
Jun 16
CLLENN Co., Ltd. announced the live-action vertical short drama adaptation of Eito Hisamatsu's manga 'Girlfriend,' starring former NMB48 member Yuzuha Hongo as Hana. All 30 episodes were released at once on June 16, 2026, exclusively on DMM Short, a vertical drama service within DMM TV. The series is a love omnibus horror about a woman descending into hell through toxic relationships.
May 31
A review from Japan Powered examines the first season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, finding that despite its harem rom-com trappings, the series delivers character development and a protagonist who avoids the usual blank-slate trope. The reviewer notes that the show satirizes character tropes while giving each girlfriend a backstory that adds depth, though some jokes wear thin by the end.
May 19
Jōyō Nishi's I'm Fine With Being the Second Girlfriend light novel series concluded with its ninth and final volume on Saturday. Dengeki Bunko released a special voiced promotional video to mark the end. The series, which began in 2021, also has a manga adaptation published by Seven Seas in English.
May 16
Yen Press announced on May 15 that it has licensed 11 manga and six light novel series for release in November 2026. The manga slate includes "Moscow 2160," a near-future story by Kumo Kagyu with art by Kōtarō Sekine; "Love at the City's Edge on a Moonlit Night" by Sakuhiro, about an onmyoji and a demon; "Terrarium in a Drawer," a collection of 33 short stories by Ryōko Kui of "Delicious in Dungeon" fame; "He Was My Brother" by Minoru Matsuda; "egg: I'm Your Child" by Sino Torino; "After-School Duty" by Meiji and Gakuto Coda; "Contract Sisters" by Hijiki; "Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia" by Nagimiso; "My Girlfriend Is a Colossal Cutie" by sanorin; "Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride" by Hyōgo Amagasa and sugino; and "Witch and Hound" by Rainy Kamitsuki and Minori Tsukahara. The light novel licenses are "Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes" by Fujino Ōmori; "The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening" by Akumi Agitogi; "Valkyrie Bullet" by Yomu Mishima; "On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King" by Ichiro Sakaki; "Rise of the Lowborn" by Kosaka Hanane; and "The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero's Party" by Kamaseinuesu. Yen Press also plans an audiobook for Keiichi Hikami's "Elden Ring"-themed novel "See You at That Site of Grace After Work."