Can You Still Fail to Win Over Your Childhood Friend from the Start?!

During the summer sale, you spot an otome game tucked away in a corner.

It doesn't have a single review, but it's free! And it's your favorite volleyball boys! So you snap it up without hesitation.

[Childhood Friend: Starts with 30 affection.]

What an irresistible tag. You immediately choose the childhood friend mode. Who wouldn't want to cuddle up with the little fox, kitten, owl, and crow?

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You start working your way through the routes.

That affection bonus for childhood friends is just too good:

When you forget your lunch, your childhood friend awkwardly hands you his and runs off to the convenience store to buy himself a cold bun.

When your period comes, your childhood friend has already thoughtfully made you glutinous rice balls in brown sugar soup.

When you sprain your ankle, your childhood friend dutifully takes you to and from school.

You think you're already dating.

You plan to unlock the childhood friend setting for everyone, then build a harem here. You're going to be the queen of this volleyball club.

On your first playthrough, the Miya twins say they don't have romantic feelings for you. You think it's a coincidence.

On your second playthrough, when Little Red says with an awkward look that he only sees you as a little sister, you think it's just a fluke.

On your third playthrough, Pudding Cat, who usually stays up all night gaming with you and tells you you're the best, stares at you in shock and says, "Aren't we just friends?" You think it must have happened by accident.

Only when Oikawa tells you he's going abroad after graduation, and Blueberry innocently says he likes you too and invites you to train with him, do you finally understand why nobody plays this lousy game.

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You decide to become the ruler of this world.

Music, martial arts, piano, cooking, foreign languages, photography...

You'll master them all, every last one. Anything you learn belongs to you.

You no longer have time to play flirty games with high school boys. You're so busy every day that you don't even have time to keep your streaks going with them.

By the time you've maxed out your career path, you look back and find all your targets gathered around you, their faces bright red.

...Wait, when did you all catch the romance bug?

Theme: Sincerity for sincerity