My Technique Is a Game of Life

My name is Fuharu Kusana, and I think this world is a game.

Why? I look down and start counting on my fingers:

Health bar, stamina, HP... I can see all of those. Isn't that proof enough that this world is a game?

What do you mean, getting addicted to games is bad for your health? And that I'll end up selling myself? Hey! Who are you trying to scare?!

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There's a weirdo by my side.

Weird bangs, perpetually narrowed eyes, and following me everywhere. It makes me suspect he's turned on auto-follow.

His explanation is:

"Because I'm your teammate, you know. That's why I have to stick with you."

Okay! Can't argue with that!

He's genuinely considerate and has helped me with a lot of things, so I can only put up with him staying by my side.

So we eat together, go to class together, fight monsters together, and then graduate into Jujutsu High together in a blaze of glory, missing our chance to become university students and turning into the delinquents everyone looks down on most.

Sigh. To be honest, I didn't really want to go, but Weird Bangs was dead set on becoming a Jujutsu High student, and I just couldn't talk him out of it.

I had to comfort myself by thinking that Jujutsu High was fine. As long as I could make money, that was what mattered. There shouldn't be discrimination based on education.

I thought I'd been good enough to Weird Bangs. What more could he want?

Until one day, Weird Bangs grabbed my wrist like a madman. He looked as if he'd been holding a grudge for a long time as he demanded, bristling with anger:

"Kusana, do you still think this is a game? How can you treat me like this?"

...What? I stared at him, completely confused.

Wait, what are you doing? What else do you want?

A Jujutsu High student's love life is doomed from the start...

A sweet, chuuni, NPC-like girl x a strange guy with perpetually narrowed eyes. Later on, there's a tiny bit of Satoru pining for her, but the canon pairing won't change. The heroine will only ever like Suguru.

Reader's Guide:

1. The main story is told in third person.

2. Contains OOC characterization, memory errors, original headcanons, and plot holes. Character interpretations may also differ from yours, so readers who demand strict canon accuracy may want to steer clear.

3. The heroine grows over time. She is not a strong female lead or a dominant heroine. At first, she is somewhat inhuman and NPC-like, but she grows later on. Everyone gets a happy ending.

Theme: Gradually growing up and gradually learning to love