I'll Explode If I Don't Become Everyone's Favorite

Amano Shinichi is a heartthrob, a heartthrob with a healing ability so broken it's practically a cheat.

The good news: His ability is incredibly powerful. As long as someone is still breathing, he can instantly restore them to full health.

The bad news: The side effect is that anyone he heals falls madly, obsessively in love with him.

The even worse news: Every month, he has to meet the treatment quota for one person, or he'll explode and die.

The worst news of all: This world is full of either ability users or sorcerers. Not one of them is normal, and he's a timid introvert to boot.

For the sake of staying alive, I do my best to seek out decent, relatively normal people.

Like the boy bullied at school, the steady blond salaryman, the composed redhead who often sleeps at the bar, and even an entire basketball team. One person a month? They're perfect for meeting my quota.

And they live up to my expectations. Even after being treated, they all seem perfectly normal.

The boy doesn't sneak me away with my bed in the middle of the night and lock me up. He just gazes at me shyly.

The blond salaryman doesn't go berserk and lock me up just because I look at someone else. He only warns me not to follow people I meet on the street.

The composed redhead doesn't break into my house in the middle of the night to kill someone because I talked to them that morning and then lock me up. He just lets me sleep beside him.

The whole basketball team doesn't get mad and come drag me off to lock me up just because I'm a little late replying. They're just a bit clingier than the others.

Later, someone tells me:

Actually, the boy has been following you home this whole time. I say, So what? He hasn't locked me up.

Actually, the blond salaryman has been trying to lure you home this whole time. I say, So what? He hasn't locked me up.

Actually, the composed redhead always pulls you into his arms after you fall asleep. I say, So what? He hasn't locked me up.

Actually, the basketball team is always getting handsy with you and keeping other people away.

I say, So, what? They haven't locked me up!

Then they misunderstand and think I have someone I like, and I get dragged into an endless battlefield of love rivals.

Amano Shinichi: They don't just want to lock me up, they want to do me too! Waaaaah!

After barely escaping, I move to a new city. This month, I cautiously approach the gravity user who helps old ladies cross the street. The next thing I know, he's locked me up, claiming the outside world is dangerous.

Amano Shinichi: You're the biggest danger of all! And none of the others moved this fast!

Later, a long-haired, white-haired man shows up and stirs things up, taking me away.

He acts like he couldn't care less about me, and he can even separate abilities.

I think I'll finally be fine this time and plan to use all my monthly quotas on him from now on. But he falls for me on the very first try, calling me his most precious possession as he tries to lock me up.

Amano Shinichi is so angry he forgets to be scared. He grabs the man's collar and shakes him furiously. "Are you any good or not, huh? Answer me!"

The long-haired, white-haired man: "Why don't you find out for yourself? See if I'm any good."

[Reader's Guide]

1. A feel-good, indulgent heartthrob story. The honest, decent people he carefully seeks out are all fakes.

2. No logic, just lighthearted nonsense, because the author has no brain. Please don't scold me, waaaah.

3. A crossover of many series, including Kuroko's Basketball, Jujutsu Kaisen, the Port Mafia, K City, and more.

Theme: Love can save the world