★★ [Anime-style comment barrage + starving wasteland + dark moonlight + mastermind + play the pig to eat the tiger]
"Hello! The latest chapter of The Wasteland Courier you've been following is out!
I'm your update assistant, Xixi!
Wait! A-are you one of the fifteen distinguished candidates?!"
When this line of pixel text appears before her eyes, female Alpha Wu Beihe is in the wasteland, delivering packages.
A System named Xixi latches onto her and tells her it bound itself to the wrong person. She needs to send it 60 credits to get unbound.
As if! If she had credits, she wouldn't be struggling to make a living delivering packages. She earns only 0.1 credits per package, and has to deliver them right to the door!
The anime called The Wasteland Courier is a massive, all-inclusive participatory anime produced by Blue Star Green River.
To put it in terms anyone can understand, the crafty folks at Blue Star Green River have pioneered a new format: a voting-based protagonist contest. That's right, even the protagonist has to compete for the job!
Wu Beihe: Is this really just a brand-new way to scam money?
As an ordinary person bound to the wrong System, she refuses to be unbound because she's broke! The tiny production studio gets mad, then just gets mad again. Xixi has no choice but to grit its teeth and accept this candidate of unknown origins.
The Wasteland Courier is a massive, popular anime that everyone can take part in. It's currently in its preview stage. The four girls sharing Dorm 103 in Building 1 at Blue Star Girls' High School are all devoted fans.
Bed 1: Obsessed with the most obscure ships imaginable. A perfect mix-and-match ship? I'm in!
Bed 2: Goes wild playing games and forgets to eat or sleep. A promotional video for a new game? I'll give it a look, I guess!
Bed 3: Follows every audition show about rising stars from the very first moment. A voting campaign? My girl is definitely taking center stage!
Bed 4: A socially anxious anime fan who's watched countless series. This new anime looks great.
While people argue over the rankings of the seductive, crazy lunatic, the gloomy young man who's both good and evil, and the sunny, righteous boy with messy hair, one inconspicuous candidate catches the attention of all four girls in Dorm 103.
Her start is the most miserable of all. She's placed in solitary confinement from the start. Even the terrible conditions can't diminish her beauty, only making her seem more pitiful. Whether it's the lunatic, the young man, or the boy, they all show her special consideration.
Bed 1: She has the perfect anything-goes shipping potential! Bed 2: If she's not the new game's protagonist, I'm not playing! Bed 3: Isn't she clearly my chosen girl? Bed 4: She's my favorite!
It's not just the four girls in Dorm 103. Once people start paying attention to her, they notice that every shot of hers matters and every move she makes changes the story's direction.
The girls in Dorm 103:
Early on, huddling together for warmth: I think we've found a popular dark horse!
Midway: I think we've found a popular mid-tier pick!
Later: Mom! We've got the top pick!
[She's so wonderful, she makes people yearn for her.]
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[Reader's guide]
[An indulgent, feel-good story with a reverse harem and plenty of one-sided crushes. The heroine is a scheming girl who plays the pig to eat the tiger.]
[Female Alpha means Female Alpha. There are scenes where an Alpha pretends to be an Omega, reveals her identity, and more...]
[At the blurb stage, the supporting characters' genders haven't been determined. The contestants are evenly divided among Alphas, Betas, and Omegas.]
Theme: Face problems head-on
