[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: Aya Tachibana is in the 6th grade of elementary school. Aya and her friends are a little tense at school, and she is constantly worried about her family and her studies. At a cram school, Aya meets an elite group of four boys. Aya meets a group of four elite boys at a cram school, and together with these four guys, some of whom are show-offs and some of whom are cool, they are on a quest to solve the mystery of the missing bicycle....
My guilty pleasure...
This book series is so bad. The stories are so unbelievable and the representation of girls and boys is so awful, but I have fun reading them and as an adult I don't need good representation. ;) I would not ever give these books to kids to read, though. Basically, the boys are all these uberperfect humans and the girls are all nasty and/or useless. Also, there is no work-life balance. The MC gets up at like 5 in the morning and apart from a short break to change clothes at home, she is in school