By Toshizo and U35. Released in Japan as “Shinyuu Mob no Ore ni Shujinkou no Imouto ga Horeru Wake ga Nai” by PASH! Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Tristan K. Hill. Sometimes you just have to be patient and wait for the author to get around to The Hook. This is especially true with this book, where we get a prologue that clearly shows us that this is not merely just another dumb high school romcom… and then spends most of the first half of the book trying its damndest to hide that fact once again. That said, that fits well with the protagonist, and it’s his narrative voice that we’re getting. As such, you get a book that is about 75% what would happen...
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