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tomomaru
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 Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:26 pm
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| Quote: | | These character connections are getting exponential, the kind of romance math that can only be calculated when writing an equation to eventually solve for 100 |
This is actually a fairly well known problem, the handshake problem. If you have a n people, the number of relationships between them is n(n - 1) / 2. Rearranging the terms, we get n²/2 - n/2. This is quadratic, not exponential.
If we include Rentaro in the calculation, n = 101, so there will be 5,050 possible relationships between the members of Rentaro's harem.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:43 pm
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The show is back and just as amazing as ever with the Best Girls, self-aware and 4th wall breaking humor, insane romcom hijinks, great character dynamics, and the best boyfriend of all time in Rentaro.
They really nailed Kurumi's introduction (and kiss).
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Gan_HOPE326
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:47 am
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| tomomaru wrote: |
| Quote: | | These character connections are getting exponential, the kind of romance math that can only be calculated when writing an equation to eventually solve for 100 |
This is actually a fairly well known problem, the handshake problem. If you have a n people, the number of relationships between them is n(n - 1) / 2. Rearranging the terms, we get n²/2 - n/2. This is quadratic, not exponential.
If we include Rentaro in the calculation, n = 101, so there will be 5,050 possible relationships between the members of Rentaro's harem. |
Mind however that the manga also features several higher order interactions (such as triples, quadruples etc. of girlfriends). If one wants to consider the full extent of the potential of such combinations that gives us a total in the order of 2^N, which is indeed exponential. The manga is a brave attempt to try and prove the well-known but controversial P = NP hypothesis in romantic complexity theory: that problems belonging to the Non-deterministic Polyamorial class can be reduced to ones in the regular Polyamorial one.
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maximilianjenus
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:30 am
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| Quote: | | First, as in the second season's premiere, a new girl like Kurumi crosses into Rentaro's field of vision, |
This is very wrong, as seen in the previous season, they must look at each other in the eyes.
Also x for source readers, 25 has not had a cameo this season yet, right? We got her right away in season 1 ( I think episode 2), and we already got 3(?) girlfriend cameos This season.
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I_Am_Vain_Vision
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:25 am
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How could anyone NOT ship Karane and Hakari? That drawing of them in the ED is a nice touch from the anime staff <3
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