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'100 Girlfriends' Episode 29 Stills Put Yamame Center Stage

'100 Girlfriends' Episode 29 Stills Put Yamame Center Stage
Image: Animate Times

Yamame Yasashiki Steps Into the Spotlight

Episode 29 (Season 3's fifth episode) belongs to Yamame Yasashiki, the gardening club's towering flower expert voiced by Hana Tamegai (集貝はな). According to the synopsis shared by Japanese anime news site Animate Times, Rentarou is enjoying a quiet stretch of time with the family when he gets the urge to give his girlfriends flower crowns. An introduction from Iku Sudō (voiced by Rie Takahashi) points him to the gardening club, where Yamame agrees to part with some flowers in exchange for help working the field.

The synopsis sketches Yamame through small, specific habits. She rides stilts around the garden so her large frame never tramples a plant or a small animal, and she refuses to throw away even the weeds she pulls. Rentarou finds himself drawn to that kindness. Then the mood snaps: signs of fire close in from out of nowhere, and Yamame is gripped by fear. The synopsis cuts off just before Rentarou's response to a confused, panicking Yamame, and the seven preview images fill in the episode's look, from the flower field to the stilts.

Where Season 3 Stands

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You adapts the romantic comedy manga written by Rikito Nakamura and drawn by Yukiko Nozawa, serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump. The setup: Rentarou Aijou hit 100 rejections in middle school, prayed at a shrine for better luck in high school, and was told by a god of love that 100 destined soulmates await him there. The catch is brutal. Any soulmate who meets him and fails to find requited love will die, so Rentarou commits to making every single one of them happy.

Season 3 has been airing since July 5, 2026 on TOKYO MX, BS11, and other Japanese channels, with Bibury Animation Studios producing. Hikaru Satō directs, Takashi Aoshima handles series composition, and Akane Yano serves as character designer and chief animation director. Wataru Katō leads the voice cast as Rentarou, with Kaede Hondo as first girlfriend Hakari Hanazono and Miyu Tomita as Karane Inda heading up the ever-growing family.

A Lyricist Drops By 100 Kano RADIO

The Animate Times article also carried details on the series' official web radio, 100 Kano RADIO, hosted by Hondo and Tomita. The show's 49th installment was set for July 31, 2026 at noon Japan time, with lyricist 安藤紗々 (likely Sasa Andō) as guest. During the stream, the hosts read out listener posts on X carrying the show's #ラジオ100カノ hashtag in real time.

Looking Ahead

Season 3 streams on Crunchyroll outside Japan, so international viewers can keep pace with the TOKYO MX broadcast as new episodes arrive weekly. For readers who want to run ahead of the anime, Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the source manga in English, and the series is up to volume 26 in Japan as of July 2026, with volume 27 next in line. No end date for the season has been announced, and with a cast list this deep, the gardening club tour is unlikely to be the last new-face spotlight of the summer.

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