After I Gained Tomie Kawakami's Constitution

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After a high fever, Aoyama Yuma awakens to an extraordinary, strange physique. The people around him act increasingly strangely, their behavior brimming with obsession and possessiveness.

With no other choice, he "flees" to the Kagawa household and becomes a part-time butler. At last, life returns to normal.

The Kagawa family has three brothers: Kagawa Ritsu is gentle and refined, Kagawa Haruhi is sunny and cheerful, and Kagawa Rin has a nasty personality, but... that's not important.

What's important is that none of the three are affected by his strange physique.

How wonderful. Yuma, who hasn't had a normal life in ages, is almost moved to tears. He hopes he can keep living an ordinary life like this.

Until one day, Kagawa Haruhi brings home a classmate he's close friends with.

The classmate, named Sanao, leans close to Yuma's ear. "Let me help you escape."

2

Escape? Why would he need to escape?

The people in the Kagawa household are all nice, even if sometimes they make him feel something he can't quite put into words...

Sanao narrows his beautiful, long eyes. "Really? You've been fooled, Yuma."

3

The wish box at Kusu Shrine holds people's New Year's wishes. It's sealed shut, has been gathering dust for ages, and no one would think to open it.

Yuma carefully pries the box open, then drops it in fright.

It's full of slips of paper, all written with the words "Yuma belongs to me forever." The wish box overturns, and the slips scatter all over the floor.

4

S-something seems a little wrong...

With Sanao's help, he successfully leaves the Kagawa household, only to fall into another trap.

A few days later, Kagawa Ritsu appears and picks him up, his leg injured. He still wears that warm, perfect smile. "I told you, Yuma. The Kagawa household is the safest place for you."

Highlights: 1. The protagonist has a partial "Tomie-like constitution." There are lots of original interpretations, and it's not very scary.

2. It might be a dark little sweet treat.

Coming soon: The Beautiful Villain (still a universally adored protagonist, please add it to your collection!)

Ye Nanque never imagined he'd one day end up inside a cultivation novel, playing one of its villains.

The original character is the main villain: vicious, scheming, and sharp-tongued.

Ye Nanque: [What a one-dimensional villain.]

Ye Nanque doesn't like such a stereotypical villain, and neither does the System.

He makes a few changes, adding a little "hypocrisy," "aloofness," and "team spirit" to the original character.

Ye Nanque: [Why target the weak protagonist from the start? He's only weak right now! Can't I pretend to show him a little kindness first?]

System's verdict: [Reasonable. Trait unlocked: Hypocritical.]

Ye Nanque: [My master has raised me all these years. It makes perfect sense that I'd get a little scheming when he gets taken away from me and the protagonist steals the spotlight too.]

System's verdict: [Good. A well-rounded character.]

Ye Nanque diligently follows the plot, unlocking all kinds of character traits and improving reader satisfaction, until one day he wakes to find the half-demon protagonist, Mu Jiulin, kneeling before him.

"Senior Brother is perfect in every way, except that you never look at me."

"But that's all right. I have a way to make Senior Brother stay by my side forever."

Hey! Which one of us is the villain here?!

Outside the little hut in the mountain woods, his master stands with his sword tip against the ground, killing intent surrounding him. He no longer resembles the transcendent immortal cultivator he once was.

Ye Nanque counts the character traits he's unlocked as if tallying his achievements: "Cruel, check. Hypocritical, check. Aloof, check. Fame-seeking..."

"P-pure and undefiled?"

What the heck?!

"The love of his life...?" Ye Nanque shudders.

"Everyone... loves him??????"

"System, get out here! What are all these ridiculous traits?!"

Theme: Love softens people