Tanaka-san Is Cuter Than the Main Heroine

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Prologue

Okay, so this is sudden, but…

I’m a reincarnator.

Yeah, me—Toru Nakayama.

But no, I didn’t get reborn as some brave hero wielding a holy sword in a fantasy world.

I didn’t come back as a dark lord either.

I got thrown into a modern-day Japan setting.

And not even as the protagonist.

I’m just a mob.

A background nobody in a romcom.

How do I know that for sure?

Because right now, I’m surrounded by characters I clearly remember from a romcom manga I read in my past life.

“Kaisei! Let’s eat lunch together today!”

“Sure, sounds good, Mika.”

“Oh dear, Kaisei-kun, you silly! You promised to eat with me today, remember?”

“Ah, right! Sorry, Reno-san.”

“Onii-chan! I brought your lunch, so let’s eat together, okay?”

The tension is real.

These folks are the main cast of a harem romcom titled When a Loner Like Me Debuted in High School and Somehow Ended Up Super Popular.

Yeah. That one.

When I entered high school and saw them all in one place, my memories from my previous life came flooding back.

Now, let me ask you something.

If you suddenly realized you’d been reincarnated into the world of a manga or light novel you used to read…

What would you do?

Would you use your knowledge of the story to steal the heroine’s heart?

Would you cheer from the sidelines and root for your favorite girl to win?

There’s probably all sorts of answers.

But for me, it’s simple.

I’m going to date the cutest girl in the background.

Yup, you heard it right.

In this high school, all the guys are totally obsessed with the main heroines.

They’re so busy drooling over the popular girls that they don’t even spare a glance at anyone else.

Which means… all the other girls?

Basically free real estate.

That’s right.

If a girl isn’t a main heroine, she barely gets any attention.

So if you ask me, it’s open season.

What’s that?

“If you already know who the main heroines are, why not go after them?”

No thanks. Hard pass.

Getting them to fall for you means getting into fistfights with delinquents, diving into flooded rivers to save them, or helping them sort out complicated family drama.

Too much hassle!

Anyway, back to the point—

This is basically the best possible setup to find a girl who matches my type.

So of course, I started looking.

And when I did… I found someone unbelievable.

“Hmm? Is something wrong, Nakayama-kun? Do I have something on my face?”

“Nah, nothing. Sorry. I was just kinda staring without thinking.”

Her name is Tanaka-san.

We ended up in the same class this year, and she sits right next to me.

She’s got soft, fluffy chestnut-brown hair that falls all the way to her waist.

Big almond-shaped eyes with gentle corners.

Pretty, pink lips like cherry blossoms in bloom.

Even through her blazer, you can tell she’s seriously stacked.

Her waist is slim, her hips are full, and her thighs are soft and thick in the best way.

She’s the very definition of a soft, sweet, and ridiculously cute girl.

Just sitting next to her feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket.

“What’s with that look? I’m sure there’s nothing fun about staring at someone like me. Why not check out girls like Haruno-san or Natsuse-san instead?”

“Eh, those two are a bit too sparkly for me.”

“Muu… So you’re saying I don’t sparkle enough to be worth looking at?”

“That’s not it. If I stare at you too long, I’ll go blind from how cute you are.”

“C-Cu… Cute!?”

“Gah, it’s over. My eyes are burning… I’m gonna die…”

“Geez, Nakayama-kun, you dummy! Quit teasing me!”

Tanaka-san puffed her cheeks and started lightly smacking me with her hands.

She was like a literal angel.

I honestly started wondering if something this adorable was even allowed to exist in the real world.

But for some reason, whenever I casually dropped a “Tanaka-san’s really nice, huh?” around my classmates, the reaction was always like:

“Ahh… yeah. Tanaka-san. Yeah, she’s… nice.”

What the hell does that even mean!?