In Honkai: Star Rail, I Became a Playable Character

[The more popular you are among players, the more benefits you get, and the stronger you become.]

"What if some nutjob has a sudden episode and draws me as the protagonist of a certain kind of work? What then?"

[Wouldn't that be even better? If you haven't been the protagonist of that kind of work hundreds of times, you can hardly call yourself a popular character.]

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Sounds about right. Zishu is pretty happy with his character setup. It's just that... he regrets not fleshing out his backstory more carefully, because now he's attracted a clingy pest.

"Aha, I'm testing your code!"

"Hello, sir. I don't have any code."

"???"