Surrounded by Athletic Boys

★ Seeking advance readers for "Beautiful Boys in a Love Battle" and "Fukuzawa Transfer Student Gets Whatever She Wishes For" ★

☆ Blurb ☆

She's surrounded...

Her life is surrounded by sporty types!

Kii Chichu suddenly realizes this.

Ever since she left her pink-haired childhood friend behind, she's kept running into swimmers, tennis players, basketball players, archers, volleyball players, runners... It's sports, everywhere!

And for some unknown reason, she's always getting dragged into it.

Looking at a room full of trophies and medals, Kii Chichu falls silent.

She remembers her family's plans for her were supposed to follow an artistic, graceful path?

Her phone buzzes. She looks down and sees invitations from all the sporty boys.

M-maybe she should turn them down. She still has to take part in the relay race.

When reporters ask, "Kii, after winning so many sporting competitions, will you choose one path and stick with it? Will you find the sport you love most?"

Kii Chichu gives a very official answer: "I'm looking forward to finding the sport I like best."

But years later, Kii Chichu chooses money.

When that same group of authors presses her for an explanation, she says solemnly:

"Money can't solve everything, but without money you can't solve anything. That's the hard-earned lesson I learned from all those sports clubs."

Having to start over every time, she's really had enough!

Reader's Guide:

1. This isn't just a sports story; it's also a slice-of-life novel.

2. The heroine has an exceptionally strong athletic talent and is good at everything.

3. As always, almost everyone has a one-sided crush on the heroine.

Blurb screenshotted. I'm working on the manuscript.

★ Advance notice: "Beautiful Boys in a Love Battle" ★

Usami Mizuki is an utterly ordinary member of the art club.

Her first love, and the person she openly has a crush on, is a man who's good at everything. Mizuki has admired him since childhood, and she's resolved to become a better version of herself, too.

But! She! Never! Expected! Her first love to fall in love, and with the person who saved his life, no less!

Heartbroken, she starts crushing on an ambitious classmate from her own club, and then her first love dies???

Strange men start showing up around her, all handsome, beautiful, or strikingly refined, and they all seem to want the same thing: a portrait painted by Mizuki???

Black-hearted bandage-wearing weirdo: What's so great about dating? Miss Mizuki, let's go kill ourselves together!

Beautiful little guy: Huh? You haven't drawn me yet! Don't you dare go looking for anyone else!

Super-perverted fruit farmer: Ah, what a green little fruit. You're blushing just from seeing my body. You'll be ripe soon.

White-haired grade-schooler: I'm not a grade-schooler! Call me Captain Hitsugaya!

Rainy-day Second Pillar: Hmph. You're not leaving until you finish the painting.

Healing boy Tan: Oh, do you need help? I've never been in love, but maybe I can still help!

Charm-marked Pu: Love, you say? Want to make a deal with me? I guarantee that guy will be head over heels for you!

Overworked manga artist: Hey! Want to draw manga together? It's really fun! Come on, I'll teach you!

Some unknown person: Good grief, can't you even let me enjoy a quiet vacation?

Usami Mizuki paints through her tears, watching her crush get nowhere with her, and now a super-beautiful girl who might be a rival has appeared, too. She's panicking!

You jerks! Interrupting a young girl's romance will get you struck by lightning!

Her crush seems to have misunderstood her relationship with the beautiful boys, too: "Usami, are you a player...?"

Usami Mizuki despairs even more. "Ambitious classmate! Listen to me! This really isn't what you think! I have nothing to do with them!"

Theme: Find your true self.