Meru Zetsuboda

Meru Zetsuboda is Rentaro's 29th girlfriend from 100 Girlfriends franchise. She is the writer of a fairy tale book entitled Yume's Home in the Clouds.

Meru is defined by her depression and cynicism. She sees the world as irredeemable, believing that it "oozes despair from every pore". Meru considers hopes and dreams to be a falsehood that only exist in the hearts of children, and in fairy tales, hence her profession in writing fairy tales herself. Meru claims to do so to find salvation, implying that she feels guilty for something.

Despite this, Meru is also a very selfless and noble person. This was more apparent in her childhood, where she was shown helping an elder to cross the street and was called a teacher's pet as an insult. Meru's experience with bullying lead her to learn about the world's misfortunes, believing that understanding another person's misfortune was necessary to save them from it, showing that she was more eager at the time. Even in the present day, Meru has dedicated herself to writing fairy tales to "save" others.