Anime: I Want Harem-Chapter 47: The Unremarkable Heroine X This Great Me

Aki Tomoya hadn't exchanged a single word with Eriri since the previous weekend. Eriri didn't reach out to Aki Tomoya, and Aki Tomoya didn't reach out to her. Both needed time to cool down completely. Their relationship seemed to have reverted to how it was several years ago overnight—only much worse than it had been back then.

As for Kasumigaoka Utaha, since Aki Tomoya was a proud person, and the heroine had directly rejected his invitation after the club activities suffered a setback, he hadn't sought her out either. Therefore, this gloomy woman, who had no friends at school, was completely unaware of the gossip surrounding the three of them until now. Her solitary nature had reached an exaggerated level. Despite this, her admirers at school continued to revere her as an unattainable goddess. Even though jealous girls gossiped about Kasumigaoka Utaha and Aki Tomoya behind her back, no one dared take any action in the short term.

Of course, although this senpai managed to avoid personal harm, she was entirely unaware of what her "rinrikun" (a nickname for Tomoya) was going through.

That morning, near the entrance of the school, Aki Tomoya had a bad feeling the moment his hand touched his shoe locker.

"My shoes are wet."

It was clearly a deliberate act to target him. Aki Tomoya immediately ran down the corridor in a fit of rage, looking left and right, asking students passing by, but he couldn't find the culprit. Dejected, he returned to his spot. Students had to change into indoor shoes for class, so he could only wipe them roughly with a handkerchief to make them look less obvious from the outside. Despite his wet feet and discomfort, he suppressed his anger and headed for his classroom, Class 2-B.

Once there, the whispers of the crowd and strange glances from others greeted him. What Aki Tomoya was experiencing at that moment could be aptly described by a 2019 anime called Ore wo Suki Nano wa Omae Dake ka yo? (Are You Really the Only One Who Likes Me?). The male protagonist in that anime suffered a fate worse than death for provoking and deceiving two school idols and the ace of the school baseball team.

Aki Tomoya's situation wasn't much different, except the heroines of his story were two of the most beautiful girls at Toyogasaki High School. He was missing only the ace of the baseball team. But no, it wasn't just that. A third-year senior in the baseball team, who secretly liked Kasumigaoka Utaha, also had an unfavorable view of him.

So, all the characters were gathered. Aki Tomoya was now truly experiencing the taste of school bullying that was different from the mischievous kids he'd dealt with in elementary school. The methods of the mischievous kids were ultimately limited; bullying evolved in much more subtle ways.

"Don't care, don't pay attention to these idiots! I just need to be myself."

Aki Tomoya tried hard to convince himself. After all, he was experienced. Because he'd always forced acg culture onto the surrounding students, he was already disliked, despised, and looked down upon by most at school. There was nothing to fear.

"It's the same as before, just a little more serious."

He tried to brush it off in his mind, but the situation was undeniably getting worse.

"Morning, Kihiko."

He pretended to be nonchalant as he greeted Kamigo Kihiko, the only otaku friend he had in class.

"Uh, morning..."

Kihiko replied reluctantly, glancing around nervously before lowering his head to pretend to study, clearly avoiding further conversation with Tomoya.

"..."

Aki Tomoya felt a small sting. However, he wasn't the type to beg for attention, so he simply pretended it hadn't happened and returned to his seat to prepare for class.

But then—

"Scum!"

"Vermin!"

"Why don't you just die?"

"Disappear!"

The desk that had once been untouched was now covered in cruel, vicious words, carved by some unknown person. Even though Aki Tomoya had somewhat anticipated this, he couldn't help but feel enraged at this moment.

Miss Kato, sitting nearby, noticed Aki Tomoya's pitiful state. Feeling some pity for him, she considered approaching him, but at that moment, a middle-aged substitute teacher with a sour expression walked into the classroom. Miss Kato had no choice but to let go of the idea.

"Aki-kun, if there's nothing else, please sit down and prepare for class," the teacher instructed coldly.

The female teacher wasn't his beautiful homeroom teacher but a substitute who'd been temporarily hired due to the regular English teacher's maternity leave. Knowing that telling this teacher wouldn't help, Aki Tomoya could only swallow his anger and return to his seat. But this wasn't the end.

After the break, when Aki Tomoya returned from the restroom, he found his textbook for the next class had been scribbled on with a black marker to the point of being completely unusable.

Lunchtime arrived, and two girls nearby casually spoke in front of him.

"Ah... let's eat somewhere else. Being with that kind of person is disgusting."

"You're right."

The two girls didn't even attempt to hide their disdain, speaking so openly that Aki Tomoya could hear every word. He was ostracized, unable to eat his lunch with anyone. In the end, he could only retreat to the restroom to eat his bento while sitting on the toilet.

It wasn't incomprehensible, really. There had once been a survey about this strange country, and among young people around 20, one in five had experienced eating "benjo meshi" (toilet meals).

Returning to the classroom in the afternoon, the torment continued. Aki Tomoya had said nothing to anyone throughout the day, except for the brief greeting to Kamigo Kihiko. When school finally let out, he eagerly rushed to his shoe locker, only to discover— freewёbnoνel.com

His shoes were gone.

"They were stolen."

Aki Tomoya quickly pieced together what had happened.

"Hey, who did this?!"

He wasn't the type to silently endure bullying. At this moment, he exploded in anger, shouting at passing students, but no one gave him any sympathy. The girls who had done it had probably already left or were hiding to watch him make a fool of himself. His rage towards the indifferent bystanders only made him seem like the troublemaker, further increasing their aversion to him.

"Damn it!"

Just as Aki Tomoya was about to give up and leave, a group of tall and sturdy third-year students stopped him.

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