I Sacrificed So Much for My One True Love: Tokyo Revengers

Seeing the number of delinquents around her grow by the day, Qinghe was deeply concerned about public safety in Shibuya.

But what did that have to do with her?

Until

The younger brother of her first love proudly told her that he had founded the delinquent gang Toman with his buddies, and that one day they would create an era belonging to delinquents.

Lin Qinghe: ??

You may be great at fighting, but that's no reason to become a delinquent!

Then

Her adorable little sister told her she had a crush. Qinghe looked at the delinquent with a dragon tattoo on his head and a huge frame and thought...

Ah... it's Ken-chin, so that's fine... Wait, no!

For her sister's future, Qinghe decided she had to set Ken-chin straight and tell him that being a delinquent had no future.

It's fine, no problem. It's just teenage rebellion. She could handle it!

This wasn't supposed to be her responsibility, but her first love had died young, so Qinghe had no choice but to step up and do her best to straighten them all out.

Gradually, Qinghe realized something was wrong. Wasn't this supposed to be just petty squabbling between delinquents?! Why was it escalating to murder?!

That would have been bad enough, but

Could someone tell her why there were more and more people for her to educate?!

...Eventually, Qinghe watched as the delinquent boys of the past gradually got on the right track and became outstanding people. She felt deeply gratified. Things hadn't gone quite as she'd expected, but it was fine. She could finally retire after a job well done!

...Years later, Lin Qinghe, now a doctor, looked at the pack of hungry wolves and tigers eyeing her and gripped the scalpel in her hand, tears streaming down her face.

Thinking of starting a new story (Diamond no Ace + Haikyuu!!)

Title: "Why Do I Always Fail at Romance After Drawing the Childhood-Friends Skill?!"

A friend of mine's company developed a new otome game. Apparently, it's still in beta.

My friend asked, "Want to give it a try? You get paid!"

San Yun Tonghui, who had been single since birth, was instantly tempted!

In the beginner's pack, San Yun Tonghui drew the "childhood friend" skill.

San Yun Tonghui was pleased. Now she wouldn't have to wander around looking for a romance target! Obviously, it would be her childhood friend!

Wait, you can unlock upgrades by paying?!

Sorry, no! She wasn't going to pay! Don't even think about it! It was just a romance game!

She, San Yun Tonghui, had never spent money on a game before!

But

Why did every world give her two childhood friends?

Who was she supposed to pursue?

And wasn't it a little lazy to give her only basic stats that were way too similar to her real self, plus an admission letter that hadn't even been activated?

Well, maybe it was because she refused to pay.

For her first playthrough, San Yun Tonghui chose the "Volleyball" map and prepared to give it her all.

Her childhood friends were Oikawa Tooru and Iwaizumi Hajime. Was there even a choice to make? Of course she'd pick Iwa-chan!!

And then... she failed to win him over.

For her second playthrough, San Yun Tonghui was furious and refused to give up. She started over, but forgot she had terrible luck. Since she hadn't paid, she was sent to Hyogo, where she met the even more troublesome Miya twins.

A disaster, a disaster...

But if she had to choose, she'd still pick Miya Osamu. At least he tried to hide how awful he was.

And then, once again, San Yun Tonghui failed to win him over!

San Yun Tonghui nearly flipped the table!

For her third playthrough, San Yun Tonghui decided to learn from her mistakes. Since the targets in the first two rounds had both been the more difficult one, all she had to do next time was pick the difficult one!

Confidently, San Yun Tonghui started a new "Baseball" map, eager to begin a new chapter.

But

Huh...? Was something off? This time, she seemed to have only one childhood friend, Narumiya Mei?

Had she finally gone from unlucky to lucky? And Narumiya Mei's difficult personality fit the pattern, too!

Suppressing her excitement, San Yun Tonghui decided to take things as they came. They were still young, after all. What if another childhood friend showed up out of nowhere?

Scarred by the first two worlds, San Yun Tonghui stuck to her principle of lying low until the very end and never making a move...

And as she lay low, she really did get a childhood friend dropped into her lap: Miyuki Kazuya arrived!

Who should she choose this time? In a way, they both seemed difficult to deal with.

San Yun Tonghui: "..."

Hey, if she failed again, she was quitting the game!

She was kind of regretting it. She should have said no!

Love was hard! Love was annoying! What had made her think she could do this?!

Well, money, obviously.

Whatever. Her friend hadn't said she needed to beat the game. She could just go through everything naturally and submit a gameplay report... right?

Probably...

Theme: Keep looking ahead and doing your best. There's a long life ahead of you, so don't waste all that precious time!