Chapter 0: Prologue

In a corner of a certain second-year classroom in a certain high school, a sweet utopia was once again being formed today, with countless coquettish voices echoing throughout the room.

Students watched the scene with a variety of emotions: some looked on with suspicion, others with eyes shining with envy, some with admiration, some with gazes dyed in malice or hostility, some with complete indifference, and others pretending to be indifferent while reflexively glancing in that direction anyway.

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

"Hey, could you please not say that kind of thing here!?"

"Sousuke~ You're looking cool again today~ I love you so much~"

"Yeah yeah, that's what you always say."

"Sa... Sakurai-kun, this is...!"

"O... Oh, thanks. Why are you giving me another present?"

"Good morning, Sakurai-kun. The weather's nice again today, huh?"

"Ah... Mizushiro... Yeah, the weather is nice."

"Hey! You! You were just staring at Shiorin's chest, weren't you!?"

"I-I wasn't looking at all! Why do you punch me every single time!?"

There, a single boy was surrounded by five beautiful girls.

This was a certain class in the second year of a certain high school—

And today, once again, the air was filled with noisy clamor.

Needless to say, these five girls were all in love with that one boy.

The boy himself—whether genuinely dense or deliberately acting dense to maintain the status quo—remained completely oblivious to their affections.

He was what is commonly known as the protagonist of a romantic comedy.

And there was one boy who was quietly observing this rom-com protagonist named Sakurai, along with the five girls swarming around him.

He had no girlfriend, his grades placed him in the top 20%, but he wasn't particularly standout in any way—just an ordinary male student. He wasn't the protagonist's best friend, nor even a close friend. He recognized himself as nothing more than a side character in life.

Every time he looked at this boy who embodied the typical rom-com protagonist, he always felt the same doubt.

Why is a guy like this so popular?

He wasn't particularly good-looking, nor was he especially smart or athletic. He was just an average male student like the rest of them—so why was he so popular?

Akaishi Yuuto had been wondering about this for a long time.

Akaishi was a highly rational and efficiency-oriented person who hated anything that defied logic more than anything else.

A shameless man who flirts with multiple girls without committing to just one, yet doesn't treat any of them cruelly either—such a man was inexplicably popular.

Whenever he witnessed such an illogical situation, the same question always arose in his mind.

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

T/N: Yeah I think you guys might have read this already by Ninja, but he didnt finish it and I originally gave it to him since I just wanted to have fun reading it, and didnt want to bother posting it, but since he dropped it, I’m taking it up now.

Chapter 0_ Prologue