[Crossover] I Want to Fall in Love Today, Too

A-Mian is a little girl ghost whose cause of death is unknown.

She's been dead for a very long time.

So long that even her age, the reason she died, and her mother's face have grown hazy.

She likes to float around beside Yashiro Nene.

The reason is simple.

Yashiro Nene reads lots of girls' manga.

So A-Mian follows along every day.

Pinning someone against a wall.

A fateful encounter.

Sharing an umbrella in the rain.

A confession at the school festival.

An indirect kiss.

"I like you."

"Will you go out with me?"

Gradually, A-Mian comes to a very firm conclusion:

The most important thing in life is to fall in love at least once.

After all, the girls in manga become so happy whenever they meet someone they love.

A-Mian thinks:

So this is what LOVE is.

So she goes to a certain dangerous apparition that grants wishes.

"Mr. Tsukasa."

"Hm?"

"I want to fall in love!"

The boy smiles and agrees.

Then stuffs her inside a volleyball.

A-Mian: ?

Wait a second.

That's not how it goes in shoujo manga!

Yugi Tsukasa tells her:

Becoming human again is easy.

All it takes is for someone to give the thing she's dwelling in a kiss from the heart.

And so...

Karasuno Gymnasium.

A volleyball rockets toward a boy's mouth at lightning speed.

Hinata Shoyo: "Look out!"

Smack!

A perfect receive.

A-Mian: "..."

Why did you catch it?!

Basketball court.

A basketball bounces with perfect aim, heading straight for the handsome face of a blond boy.

Kise Ryota: "Watch out~"

He catches it one-handed.

A-Mian: "..."

Tennis court.

A tennis ball keeps doggedly trying to make a fateful kiss happen.

Echizen Ryoma, expressionless, smacks it away.

A-Mian: "Aaaaaah, I'm a ball, Echizen Ryoma!!!"

Blue Lock.

A-Mian has given up on everything.

Nagi Seishiro cradles a soccer ball. "Why aren't you talking today?"

A-Mian: "I don't want to fall in love anymore."

Nagi: "Oh."

A little while later:

"Will you still be here tomorrow?"

A-Mian is stunned.

At first, A-Mian thought LOVE meant...

A racing heart. Holding hands. Confessions. Kisses.

And the "happily ever after" on the last page of a girls' manga.

Later, someone tells her that LOVE can also be:

"Come watch the next match, too."

"Why weren't you here today?"

"Play a ball game with me when you get back."

"It's a little empty here without you."

A-Mian thinks:

So that's what it is.

But if that's the case...

It seems she's already received so, so much LOVE in her life.

She just didn't know it when she was little.

Reader's Guide:

1. Original female protagonist. A mix of sports anime and the world of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

2. The heroine has an innocent shoujo-manga way of thinking. The early chapters are a silly romantic comedy, followed by healing and growth.

3. Each world features varying degrees of one-sided affection, mutual feelings, and romantic ambiguity, but the main story isn't a traditional choose-your-love-interest story.

4. Hinata Shoyo / Nishinoya Yuu arc, Kise Ryota / Midorima Shintaro arc, Echizen Ryoma arc, Nagi Seishiro / Itoshi Rin arc.

5. The heroine's ultimate goal isn't to pick a boyfriend, but to find her own "LOVE."

6. Happy ending. A-Mian will leave in peace.

Theme: Love takes many forms. Even if you don't receive the love you long for most, that doesn't mean the world has never cherished you