LIGHTNOVELONLINE Ch 51 – 21 May, First Turning Point 01
Have you ever thought how sometimes Heroines actually have such lucky traits in anime?
To keep the plot moving, anime and manga often have their heroines do things like win the lottery to get a voucher to stay overnight in a hot spring or have their parents be wealthy so that they can use one of their villas. And then there was other stuff that sounded like plot armor.
Which was why Kouta wondered if, because of that, he felt like the popularity of Floopy Bird moved faster than he ever thought since this game was made with Takao, as she was also the one who made the GCC win the competition in their original anime.
In just a week, their games were already well known in their school. It felt like their game passed from mouth to mouth at a fast rate. That by the middle of the midterm test, the majority of their school's students were already aware of their game. And because of that, when people tried to search for Floopy Bird on the internet. They quickly discovered the video on OuTube, which increased its popularity.
The video about two clubs fighting each other to determine who took over the loser club may have been interesting in and of itself. Especially those fights where the fighters used their own game and surprised many people.The game is quite well made, even though it's an obvious copy of other games. It's also simple to play while remaining intriguing for a casual mobile player.
Which was the reason those games were liked by many students to play those games at the break or between the tests as a pastime. Also, students feel some pride that their club in the same school makes these well-done games; make them try and promote the game to others.
There was also the added bonus that all of the members in the video were cute and beautiful girls who are still quite new and fresh, especially at their age in Japan. They also included a cosplay activity in the final video, which caused quite a stir in the comments.
Especially after one of the comments revealed that one of the cute and beautiful girls in the cosplay was actually a guy, resulting in some strange cults in the comments section of their video.
Well, because of that reason, Kouta became famous not only in his class, but in his school too. because it's obvious who the guy in the video wore—those adorable girl uniforms and maids. After people in the school realized, Kouta could feel the eyes of many people staring at him. Because he was someone who was introverted in the past, people didn't really ask him upfront and just talked behind his back.
It was until a certain busybody in his classroom helped him a bit… No, she actually helped him a lot. After all, Eriri was one of the most well-known freshmen at the school. One of the reasons why his game became well-known in his class was, after all, her. When someone like Eriri said that she played a game that was made by the club at this school, others would follow suit. Especially when it was done by a popular figure in the class.
As the game was made for casual use, it was easy for them to accept the game. The news about Eriri playing the game moved so fast that most freshmen immediately knew about the game. Which Kouta suspected Marin had a hand in this too.
At the same time, it made people realize more about him in those videos faster, and they didn't know how to react to it. Especially since Kouta was always alone in class, his actions when the teacher told him to focus on class were quite notable too.
But when Eriri acted normally around him… also came to him and asked about the game, and she looked to be having a good time talking with him. The girl in the class that actually found Kouta cute in those uniforms started to talk to him and found him easy to talk to… which made Kouta become popular in the girl's eyes.
On the other hand, the guy found it awkward to talk with him in the past, and when they found out about the video and his cosplay, it became more awkward for them. And when the girl started to fawn him… Some guy started to dislike him and found him an eyesore.
Which led to this moment…
"Ne~ Ne~ Kouta-kun, what did you do during class related to the games you make?" One of the girls in his class asked Kouta like that.
"Well, yeah…" Kouta sometimes replied to them with short answers, but he always answered every question they threw at him. He sometimes responded with a short, annoyed look, and other times with a long, passionate response. Which quite frankly, made the girl like him as they found him a somewhat likeable guy.
"So all the scribbles in the book are for your next game?"
"Your drawing is great."
"We can't wait!?"
Several girls from his class were swarming around his seat, asking numerous questions.
And for that reason, it seemed his situation made some people jealous of him, and some guys looked at him with some envy. And one particular guy didn't like this situation and gave Kouta a sharp glare.
There were people in anime and manga who had good looks and good speaking ability; he was also very popular with the girls. Or you can say a member of the 'Riajuu group'. If those people happened in shoujo manga, they were usually kind people, and if those people happened to harem anime / manga / light novels, they were bound to be annoying people.
And in Kouta's class, there was one particular guy, who had good looks, good speaking ability, was a rich parent, was a member of a sports club, and had a part-time job. Such a perfect Riajuu guy, except he openly tried to get a girl or you say he is a different kind of naive guy who seemed sometimes available as a Riajuu group in isekai story
Or you can say he seemed somewhat interested in Eriri, but he always failed since Eriri never showed any interest in any guy until she spoke about those games to Kouta. Eriri rarely had those expressions. She looked like the kind of girl who's in love with a guy and already has a man.
So this Riajuu One, as Kouta never tried to remember his name and just labeled him as Riajuu One, came at Kouta as he tried to make a scene on his face.
"Hmm, Suzuki-san, you look really good in a girl's uniform. Why don't you just wear it sometimes at school? I mean, we don't mind if you like those things? I heard some people had problems with their gender identities." Riajuu One approached Kouta with a sly smile on his face. It was a face Kouta clearly didn't want to interact with, and he used his language to express his concern while speaking down to him.
Kouta wanted to punch his face… Kouta was previously regarded as bothersome or despised for his girlish appearance. Well, it could be because the guy didn't know how to react to him and a girl had some rivalry with him because he looked like a cute girl
Which began as a trivial issue before the voices of his former classmates became increasingly loud, making him uncomfortable, and he became an easy target to bully on. And people like this, Riajuu One was someone who did this to him in the past. Which was why Kouta didn't like him.
So, when he started this pointless fight, he started talking nonsense and persuaded the girls around him, tried to appall the girl to somewhat agonize Kouta's behavior; wearing those clothes in the video.
To be honest, Kouta in the past would likely just stay silent while looking down and seeing the floor.
But this time there was no way Kouta would just stay silent. Since he was the one who started it. How about Kouta trying to make him look like a fool and make his position in the class look foolish? Riajuu... would no longer be the same after this.