[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run] Just a Step Away

Serious synopsis:

As the Americas stand at the crossroads of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, they keep pressing forward toward a new future. A treasure from a distant age, the "Saint's Corpse," coveted by countless people, will also appear before those truly chosen as the tides of time roll on.

Taros Tar, a girl from a foreign land, willingly enters the cross-continental horse race known as the Steel Ball Run. She proudly declares to all the enemies before her: "It exists because I exist, and my name represents its rightful owner!"

The not-so-serious synopsis for the four routes:

Someone: She and I are the Black Miracle Duo. → Unlocked: Johnny

Someone: I am her Apollo and her saint. → Unlocked: Gyro

Someone: We share a past and look at the world in perfect symmetry. → Unlocked: Diego

Someone: In the end, she held me in her arms and wept for me. → Unlocked: The World Diego (Dio)

Heroine Taros: ...

Wait! Nothing matters more than the corpse! That's for sure! (Crossed out)

* First-person otome novel, with four routes unfolding in parallel, not a multi-route dating competition. Happy ending.

* The heroine has a black-hearted will, but I fell in love with her as I wrote. You can criticize me, but don't criticize her.

* Follows the original story's background and plot, a long-form, serious work. Multiple perspectives, plenty of foreshadowing, original details, fight scenes, a jumbled timeline, and declarative misdirection.

* For more content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One. Readers who clicked in are fated to be here, so if you really can't handle it, feel free to click the X.

* A passion project on my author page: The Heroic Spirit Girl Is Always Confused

One-line premise: A massive love rivalry breaks out after Tata becomes a heroic spirit.

Theme: Break free from the shackles of fate.