Do You Like Romantic-Comedy Protagonists? - Chapter 0: Prologue.

Chapter 0: Prologue.

In a certain corner of a certain classroom of second-year students at a certain high school, a sweet utopia was being formed today as well, with countless charming voices echoing through the room.

Some looked at the scene with suspicion, others with envious gazes, some with admiration, some with malice or hostility, some with indifference, and some who, despite feigning indifference, couldn’t help but reflexively glance in that direction. Students harboring various emotions were watching them.

“Oh, Sousuke-kun, this mechanical pencil is the one I gave you, right? I’m so happy you’re using it.”

“Hey, don’t say stuff like that in a place like this!?”

“Sousuke~ You look cool today too~ I love you~”

“Yeah, yeah, you always say that, don’t you?”

“Sa… Sakurai-kun, this…!”

“Oh… Thanks. Why another gift?”

“Good morning, Sakurai-kun. The weather’s nice today too, isn’t it?”

“Ah… Suijou… Yeah, the weather’s nice.”

“Hey! You! You just looked at Shiorin’s chest, didn’t you!?”

“I-I didn’t look! Why do you always have to hit me every single time!?”

There was one boy and five glamorous girls.

This was a certain class of second-year students at a certain high school—

And today, too, a lively atmosphere filled the air.

Needless to say, these five girls were all in love with the same boy.

Whether the boy was oblivious or deliberately acting oblivious to maintain the status quo, he hadn’t noticed the girls’ affections at all.

In short, he was the protagonist of a so-called romantic comedy.

Observing this romantic comedy protagonist, Sakurai, and the five girls clinging to him was another boy.

No girlfriend, grades in the top 20 percent, but not particularly standout—a perfectly ordinary boy.

He wasn’t the protagonist’s best friend, nor even a friend. He saw himself as a side character in life.

Every time he looked at this romantic comedy protagonist, this boy was filled with doubt.

Why was a guy like this so popular?

Not particularly good-looking, not particularly good at studies or sports, just an ordinary male student like themselves—why was he so popular?

Akaishi Yuuto was puzzled.

Akaishi was extremely rational, efficient, and despised anything that defied reason above all else.

A frivolous boy who charmed girls without committing to just one, yet didn’t outright reject them either—why was such an outrageous guy so popular?

Witnessing such an irrational situation, he was always filled with doubt.

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This is the story of such a romantic comedy protagonist and the background male student who questions his existence.