I'm the Only One [Card War]

Yun Suiluan is a college student with a bit of chuunibyou syndrome. She loves hot-blooded manga and leveling-up novels, and often gets a sudden attack of the chuunibyou in the middle of the night, hiding under her blanket to make hand seals or circulate energy through her dantian... The brutally realistic hell of eight a.m. classes may snap her out of it a few hours later, but that doesn't stop her from imagining herself saving the world in the meantime.

She thought she'd graduate as an ordinary college student and go on to become an ordinary corporate drone. But she had to admit, all those years of chuunibyou hadn't been for nothing. One night, while making hand seals at random, she accidentally managed to conjure up the real thing!

"Welcome to Card Space! Beneath the reflection of the modern city, a war is raging... Come on, join us in this exhilarating card battle!"

A fantasy world she'd only ever glimpsed in manga or novels unfolded before her eyes...

All kinds of cards, unheard-of talents, battles of flashing steel and roaring flames: it all made Yun Suiluan's heart pound wildly.

Sign me up, of course I'm joining!

"Card Space has many professions. Would you like to become a card maker, a combatant, a mental health counselor, or something else...?"

Yun Suiluan considered this.

Card makers and mental health counselors sounded like technical jobs. Combatants, as the name suggested... Obviously, she wanted to get into some serious fighting!

"...In that case, Miss Combatant, welcome to the Card War. May your road ahead be smooth and your battles ever victorious. Your journey begins now!"

She felt the cards' power flow into her body. An ordinary college student could really transform into a "Super Saiyan"...

Her chuunibyou spirit ignited, and a dream was born.

For the first time, Yun Suiluan felt a clear and powerful conviction:

Battle of cards!

Victory belongs to me!

(Leveling-up and competitive story, with a small ensemble cast. The protagonist can't make cards, but she's great at fighting. She has a card-maker teammate who is also her partner. Not a dual-female-lead story, though the teammate gets quite a lot of screen time.)

(Blurb written on 2023-12-20.)

Theme: Having a dream can give people astonishing strength, even beyond what they imagined they were capable of.