Rikkai's Narcissus Season

The moment Seiichi stepped into the admissions area, an absurd taunt from some seaweed-haired guy somehow sent him to a world where nothing made sense.

He was the captain of Rikkai, aiming for three consecutive national titles, and had just won the National Tournament. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying in a hospital bed.

Wait, does this make any sense?

In the first week, what did they mean he couldn't play tennis anymore? What did they mean he'd switched places with his future self? If he couldn't play, then I couldn't play either. How could Yukimura Seiichi not play tennis?

In the second week, what did they mean his childhood friend had convinced everyone not to visit him for his own good? They called it giving him time to recover, but wasn't that just isolating him? Seiichi didn't understand. This future seemed a little different.

In the third week, whatever happened in this world no longer mattered. He'd come here for just one person.

I came from the past, for a future that was far from perfect.

Yukimura, reborn, never expected the person who reached out to help him to be his past self. Even though it didn't matter what happened anymore...

Yukimura had long been exhausted. He was a madman in the river of time, unrecognizable, no longer the person he used to be.

He was buried in the past.

Seiichi, a boy from his prime and brightest days, vs. Yukimura, who had lived a second life, lost all hope, and was shackled from head to toe.

Important: The older Yukimura comes from a broken world, where many things can't be explained by ordinary logic and everyone is bound by desire. You can think of it as an original world.

Reading guide:

1. This is a self-pairing story. For convenience, the reborn one is called Yukimura, and the one who hasn't been reborn is called Seiichi.

2. The story is divided into the inner world and the original world. The inner world is an original setting with a somewhat darker tone, where Seiichi teaches everyone a lesson.

3. The captain is the strongest. If that's not your thing, please skip this one.

4. The author is inexperienced and came up with this idea on a whim. If the early writing feels rough, feel free to skip ahead to around chapter ten. The story takes its time developing, so please bear with it if you're interested.

5. The story focuses mainly on Rikkai. There may be conflict, but everything is for a better future: Rikkai's three consecutive national titles and sixteen consecutive Kanto titles.

Here's a preview of my next novel, Jujutsu Kaisen: Is Geto's Mom Still Bringing Home Kids Today?

Suguru Geto had known since childhood that his mother was different from other people. His father said she was sick, and that there was another person living inside her body.

But one day, his mother's illness got better, though not completely.

His mom was a bit of a ditz and loved bringing strange things home. She'd take unwanted rotten apples, other people's broken toys, and even other people's children.

And then he got two super dependable honor student big brothers.

He loved having his mom at home. He loved their family, with Mom, Rei-nii, and Hiromitsu-nii.

But Suguru Geto had a secret.

Theme: A spirited young man, with a bright future ahead.