The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You is one of the most clever and creatively brilliant modern anime, which is ironic to say not only because of its wacky title and premise but also because of the genre it belongs in. At its core, the harem romance genre is inherently absurd — the concept of a random average high schooler with no unique traits or qualities being so desirable and attractive to a group of girls that they all fight amongst each other and get caught up with the protagonist in various lewd scenarios in the hope of one of them eventually becoming his girlfriend is as much of a wish fulfillment escapist fiction as isekai and power fantasy anime. Yet that absurdity is exactly what makes this genre so endearing and popular. The best harem anime are the ones that either embrace the wackiness or channel it...