Being Best Friends with Nagisa-kun Is the Best in the World

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[Blurb]

After enrolling at Kenritsu Furuuchi High School in Hachihara, Hanayama-in Haruka made her first friend in life: Natsume Takashi.

Takashi was gentle and easygoing. No matter how much she acted up, he always let her off with a smile.

Hanayama-in Haruka was deeply moved and secretly vowed to treasure such a wonderful friend.

And so

Auntie Toko asked her with a warm smile, “Haruka, would you like to be our daughter?”

Hanayama-in Haruka replied firmly, “Of course! Takashi and I are best friends, so you’re my mom too, Auntie Toko.”

Auntie Toko: At a loss for words.

When she went to Beika Town with Takashi, they ran into a first-grade detective.

The little detective: “Oh? Are you two dating?”

Hanayama-in Haruka firmly denied it. “We’re such good friends! You still have a long way to go as a detective, little one!”

The little detective: Speechless, yet wanting to speak.

When they went to Yokohama to visit Reiko’s older brother, Mr. Soseki, he kindly asked them, “When are you two getting married?”

Hanayama-in Haruka firmly denied it. “You’ve got it all wrong! We’re the best friends in the whole world!”

At last, Mr. Soseki spoke up: “You have my sympathies, Takashi.”

Even Nyanko-sensei grumbled, “How long are you two going to keep calling yourselves best friends? I can’t take it anymore!”

Takashi: “…”

But he secretly glanced at the girl peeking down from a tree, smiling brightly as she greeted him, and thought that he wasn’t in a hurry.

Because he knew the girl’s love was warm and radiant, and she had given it all to him.

#Everyone in every world is rooting for us#

#But we insist it’s friendship#

#Written as friendship, read as romance#

#May this world treat us gently#

[Tips]

√ The heroine’s surname is Hanayama-in and her given name is Haruka. Her love interest is Takashi. This is a sweet coming-of-age romance between a sunny, energetic girl and a gentle, moonlike boy. Because of her upbringing, Haruka is just a little (crossed out) extremely oblivious.

√ The main setting is Hachihara, with a little political background, though that’s not important.

Mostly, it’s so Haruka and Takashi can be together for a long time, so Nyanko-sensei and their yokai friends won’t be lonely QAQ

They’ll visit other settings now and then, but won’t get involved in schemes and intrigues. Haruka and Takashi are doted on by everyone.

√ I’m a devoted romance fan, and firmly believe in mutual love. There are no side characters with their own romantic storylines. Everyone else is family or a friend.

√ No crack pairings, and no breaking up canon couples. Please don’t ship other pairings besides canon couples (including my canon couple, Haruka and Takashi). Off-topic comments will be deleted. Thanks for understanding.

√ The original English line behind the theme is “The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs.” It can also be translated more directly as “The world kissed me with pain, then asked me to repay it with song.” This blurb uses the more widely circulated translation, which also suits the characters better.

√ To be continued.

Theme: The world kissed me with pain, but I answered with song.