My Childhood Friend Is the Protagonist, but What About Me?

Those hoping for a harem story can look elsewhere. Having read over a hundred chapters past chapter two, it actually seems like there's a male lead who's actually starting a harem in the story – isn't that a classic "past life" plot device? And there are countless other messy yuri plot devices. I personally think I'm pretty wary, but this author clearly doesn't avoid them at all.

Author, do you really like the characters you created? Or do you just think your writing skills are exceptionally good while everyone else is delusional and you're the only one who sees the truth? Let's put aside the yuri (lesbian) themes and look at the main storyline: The male protagonist is transported from academia to a foreign land, experiences two major events (road movie-like events), and finally reunites with the female protagonist, all within a year. These two major events, from beginning to end, take less than three days, with almost no foreshadowing before they erupt. Note that I used "almost," because if you extrapolate from the result to the cause, you can still find a tiny, almost superfluous, foreshadowing. For example, on a sunny day, I tell you it will rain today, and then it actually rains, and I immediately reverse the situation and say that the rain was actually...

I'll resume updating, but because the author confessed to his childhood sweetheart and was rejected, I won't be making up for the missed update.

I couldn't take it anymore after reading a hundred chapters. I finally found a book late at night, but it felt chaotic and the synopsis was completely different from what I expected, like a case of false advertising. This is recommended for those who can accept the lighthearted feel of Japanese dramas from ten years ago and who usually enjoy yuri stories with strong female protagonists. If you're looking for a story where the male lead's mindset changes and the female lead suffers setbacks, or a story with a purely male-centric harem perspective, then this is not for you.

At first, I thought it was a pseudo-harem romance, and even if it were a harem, I could accept it. But what's with this long reply in the author's comments section? Why are they so generous with character changes? I used to be able to tolerate the battles and main storyline being a bit weak, since the slice-of-life scenes were decent. Now I can say with certainty that the main storyline is awful, the emotional development in the slice-of-life scenes is slow, and they've even changed character designs. I thought I'd at least see some thank-you notes, but I haven't even seen those. I only saw the character design changes and the hastily organized predictions in the comments section when I was voting today. They might change it later, but the score won't. I'm just disgusted.

Is the author there? I just finished reading the second chapter and don't want to talk about romance, yuri, or anything like that. I just want to ask you, Dean, these old guys, what's wrong with the poets you wrote? Pure and innocent, I'm almost red-faced from reading this. You can't sense the conspiracy right under your nose. The enemy academy is having a team-building event and you don't react at all. The whole academy is a mess, and you're just sitting in your office drinking tea and chatting. I thought you had some brilliant insight, but then you said you can only watch the little guys...

In a world saturated with nonsensical romance guides where romance is so easily won over with a simple stretch, finding this book is truly fortunate. At first glance, the synopsis seemed like the typical, boring formula: "Ah, as the heroine's best friend, I did a lot of things, and then all the romanceable characters fell for me." But after actually reading it, I was completely wrong. It avoided that cliché, establishing from the very beginning that "this really is just a friend; most of the romanceable characters don't even like him." Furthermore, the protagonist's character design is also...

The romantic subplots in the first few dozen chapters were indeed quite messy, which was a bit off-putting. The male lead's earlier descriptions were also somewhat jarring; wasn't this just pure yuri fangirling? His interactions with the female lead weren't sweet either; they were just like blond-haired buddies. I had no motivation to continue reading. Was I just going to watch the male lead set up other people?

The school-themed anime was just so-so after watching it. The setting wasn't clearly explained, and it was all riddles. There was a sense of novelty at the beginning, but it became rather dull later on. It always seemed to falter and lacked any real climaxes. Just when you thought the plot was about to move forward, it continued to be a mystery. The identity of the protagonist, Tianxia, ​​was discussed from 22 to 25 years ago without being clearly explained. New plot points were constantly being added, while old ones weren't really addressed. The characters' strength didn't seem to increase much, and the romantic subplot was dragging on and on, with little progress.

Has the author been dumped by his childhood sweetheart again? He hasn't updated for two days.