September 19, 2024

2.5 stars very generously rounded up

The entire book is told from the point of view of an incredibly unlikable protagonist as it follows the story of how he feels like he should have the school's hot girls like him instead of the guy that from his point of view is too plain to deserve their attention. The only interesting character is the main character's foil and she ends up being ruined in the last chapter in a sadly predictable way.

In terms of language learning there was really generous furigana for a light novel (almost every word I wanted to look up had a reading). A lot of time is spent in thoughts though, and I got lost in that narration from time to time.

There are only a few LNs this easy, so I can't entirely say I don't recommend reading this one. I considered DNF but decided to keep with it for the practice. I do want to warn people thinking of picking this up because it has a low level. It is currently Natively level 22 but I think it's probably closer to 25.

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