The Noble Academy Dating Game: Xia, Wu, and Xiao's Playthrough

The three problem children from Tokyo Jujutsu High are inexplicably pulled into a romance game adapted from a novel about a prestigious academy with the classic F4 setup, becoming its latest livestreamers.

To return to their original world, the three of them must use their in-game identities to achieve the perfect ending while also earning a satisfaction rating of over 95 percent from the livestream audience.

When they learn that none of the livestreamers before them managed to beat the game, the challenge awakens the interest of the trio, who had previously been unenthusiastic. It takes them just one minute to accept their in-game identities.

Gojo, who becomes the poor, pitiful heroine: Hahaha! Even after transmigrating, I’m still the protagonist!

Shoko, who becomes the villainess: But this protagonist of yours has no money.

Geto, who becomes the villain: And you’ll get bullied, too.

Gojo: ...Whatever! I’m the protagonist, anyway! If you have money, then I have money!

The game’s restrictions require the three of them to maintain certain defining traits of their original characters.

Gojo, now the heroine, sticks to her character as someone who fears no power and punches back hard against the powerful: That’s it? One punch will do.

The livestream audience: Hmm... Something feels a little off. But maybe it’s fine? Whatever, with a face like his, he can do no wrong! [Satisfaction rating skyrockets]

Gojo: Hehe, easy peasy.

Shoko, now the villainess, sticks to the character of a villainess who shows a different side of herself in front of her fiancé: (Makes her fiancé kneel and tugs on his tie) I’m not into being cheated on, so don’t show your face around me again.

The livestream audience: This seems a little off, too? ...But we’d like Ieiri-sama to tug on our ties as well! [Satisfaction rating skyrockets]

Geto, now the villain, keeps up his character of disliking the four F4 members and making trouble for them all day long: What a shame. You didn’t die this time, either.

The livestream audience: Nothing wrong here. It’s just that the F4 seem like they’re about to fall apart... But the F4 looking so miserable is making us pant! [Satisfaction rating skyrockets]

And so, the three of them spend the game having a great time, each following their own interpretation of their characters.

Gojo: What F4? This school belongs to our Shoko!

Geto: Shoko’s here! Move out of the way, all of you!

The livestream audience: Ooh! Shoko’s taking everyone down! The pathetic F4 are only good for serving tea to our Shoko!

Shoko: .

A viewer who has just entered the livestream: ...Isn’t this supposed to be a romance game? Or did I come to the wrong place?

Coming soon: Does Friend A Have to Be Won Over, Too?

Before enrolling at Tokyo Jujutsu High, Shoko thought the world she lived in was either a hot-blooded battle anime or a supernatural horror anime.

But after enrolling, she realized both guesses were wrong. This world seemed to be one giant romance game.

Above the heads of her two male classmates, one with black hair and one with white, she saw the label [Available to Romance] and a pink progress bar.

Above the heads of the other students, she saw the label [Player].

The label above her own head, meanwhile, read [Friend A], and a new chat app called “Friends Book” had appeared on her phone, letting her make friends with people from other worlds.

It took Shoko one second to accept her identity as a background NPC. She began her daily routine of acting as the players’ friend and checking their affection levels.

Player A: Excuse me, what’s Gojo’s affection level toward me?

Shoko: Hmm... It’s his height.

Player A: It’s over a hundred already?! That’s so high!

Shoko: The unit is meters.

Player A: ?

Player B: Geto smiled at me today! He even brought me something! What’s his affection level toward me?

Shoko: Hmm... What’s the temperature today?

Player B: Huh? It’s 24 degrees today. Why do you ask? Do you mean what I think you mean?

Shoko: ...Yeah.

Player B: ?

Player C: I feel like they’ve been looking at me so passionately lately! Are their affection levels about to go off the charts?

Shoko: Hmm... They’re about to go off the charts, but...

Player C: Guess I really am a genius at winning people over! Huh? Wait, what do you mean, “but”?

Shoko: You’ve got it backwards.

Player C: ?

Shoko: If you’re still breathing, you can come find me.

At the same time, she makes a few online friends through Friends Book, each with their own quirks.

A super-rich third-generation heir cries to her every day about not wanting to inherit the family business and complains about how unreasonable his tutor is.

A marshmallow fanatic asks if she’s interested in taking over the world.

A chuunibyou who hates evil and wants to wipe out the forces of darkness makes plans to meet her in their dreams.

An unlucky fellow who sings beautifully and is very innocent seems to have been tricked into joining a strange organization.

A weirdo who may have psychological problems keeps asking her how to kill himself without it hurting.

After repeating the first day of school who knows how many times and going through who knows how many batches of classmates, she returns to the first day of school once again, only to be enthusiastically surrounded by a crowd of classmates with [Player] labels above their heads.

Shoko: ? Is this really how an NPC should be treated? Huh? Why has my label changed to [Romanceable Character]? And why are my online friends here, too?

Gojo: What online friends?! And this time, you’re going after Shoko of all people?!

Geto: Online friends are supposed to stay online.

Yaga: ...Why are there so many students in this year’s class? The classroom is actually full?

After the release of Love and Curse, a romance game developed by LOVE& Games, the beauty of the characters on its cover created a huge buzz, drawing plenty of players into the game.

Later, the game became famous for its difficulty after nobody managed to beat it. This attracted even more people who wanted to give it a try, but every one of them failed.

The players who failed demanded refunds from the company in anger.

LOVE& Games quickly posted a thread asking for suggestions on how to revise the game, promising to make changes based on whichever suggestion received the most likes.

[There are clearly three people on the game cover! Why can we only romance two of them?!]

[Why do we have to fight in a romance game?! It’s so easy to get hurt! I would’ve died who knows how many times without Friend A!]

[Those two have such awful personalities! They’re nowhere near as good as Friend A!]

[Waaah, I want to see Friend A!]

[I miss Friend A’s embrace so much QAQ!]

And the most-liked suggestion in the thread was

[Let me romance Friend A! I want to marry her!!]

Theme: Even if the world changes, friendship never does.