[Prince of Tennis] Noble Academy Supporting Female Character, but at Hyotei

[A sticky-sweet childhood-friends daily-life confection. The blurb's premise has been tweaked, with a little sandwich-cookie romance]

Your name is Kurokawa Ayaka, and one day you awaken.

You suddenly realize that you're just the wicked supporting girl in a classic romance set at an elite academy. After the heroine, who comes from a humble background, enrolls, your fiance, your childhood friend, and even your close junior all fall at her feet.

Your fiance, Atobe Keigo, defies everyone's objections, breaks off your engagement, and gives up everything to be with the heroine.

Your childhood friend, Oshitari Yuushi, resolutely becomes the heroine's protector. Whenever she runs into trouble, he turns into a knight at her side, never asking for anything in return.

Your junior, Jiroh, even turns into the heroine's most loyal and adorable puppy...

And you are abandoned by everyone.

Because you're just a spoiled, wicked young lady with bad grades and a petty streak, constantly picking on the heroine. In the end, everyone despises you, your family's business is maliciously targeted and taken over, and you lose everything.

Bad ending achieved--

Kurokawa Ayaka, the perennially bottom-of-the-class crybaby who is bad at everything and can only bawl to her family and friends, sits bolt upright on her deathbed. Bad ending? No, no, no way!

*

So you start studying hard and exercising, trying to develop yourself in every way: intellectually, physically, morally, and artistically.

After a steady stream of hard work, you finally make tremendous progress, climbing from 200th place in your grade to... 199th.

Well, actually, that's because Jiroh, who was originally 199th, missed the exam after overtraining.

But that's beside the point. This is your first step toward success.

And the next step is--

Slowly distance yourself from Oshitari Yuushi, find a chance to break off your engagement to Atobe Keigo, and then look for a better marriage alliance.

The candidates on your list have all been carefully selected. The first is your friend, Akashi Seijuro.

But before you can put your plan into action, your childhood friend and fiance discover it.

Your fiance burns your entire notebook of plans and tells you that only death can separate the two of you.

His actions terrify you. You take a few steps back and bump into your childhood friend behind you.

Your childhood friend only smiles in silence. He quietly shuts the door you were planning to escape through. His phoenix eyes flash with an unreadable light behind his glasses as he asks why Oshitari Yuushi isn't the top candidate on your list of prospective fiances, and Akashi is.

You: These two must have been broken for a very, very long time!

[Reading Guide]

1. At heart, this is a sticky-sweet childhood-friends daily-life romance, with the sandwich-cookie setup shown in the blurb.

2. The blurb's premise has been tweaked, but the overall tone won't change. It's a sweet story with silly everyday moments, not angsty, and the heroine isn't really a villainess. Everyone is the protagonist of their own life!

3. The characters belong to you; the OOC is mine.

4. The public blurb was officially revised on June 24, 2025, but the idea had been saved and discussed earlier.

Theme: The meaning of growth