Sara Kageno

Gender: Female

Appearance: Average-looking. Gloomy. Purple hair. An introvert. Her features are far from refined.

Mysteriously overconfident. High pride. Gloomy. Bad personality. Delusional. Weirdly positive. Acts like a webnovel heroine. Habitual daydreamer. Narrow-minded and prone to assumptions. Acts oblivious to affection. Quick to look down on others. Cringe. Thinks she's cute (purely in her head). A bit of an edge-lord.

She admires the trope where "eccentricities and muscle-brained actions make her reputation skyrocket, and her cold attitude makes handsome guys obsessed, thinking 'Was she always like that...?' until they fall into a bottomless pit of love." She projects this onto herself and acts the part.

The school outcast. Average grades. Poor athletic ability. Hates exercise. She tries to act like a heroine but fails miserably. People are genuinely repulsed by her. Her schemes to bring others down always fail. Zero heroine qualities. Loves handsome guys. Since this is reality, there is no script; she's just aiming for a reverse harem.

《Sara Kageno's Actions (Ideal vs. Reality)》

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: Doesn't care about others' opinions, maintains a cold attitude. □ Reality: A loner acting tough. Just a weird person.

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: GOOD MORNING!! (Incredibly loud voice) □ Reality: A weirdo who suddenly starts shouting.

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: When late, pressures the teacher with a smile. "Teacher? I'm not late, right? Right?? (Dark smile)" □ Reality: Just cringe. The pressure doesn't work; instead, she's told "Don't smirk, that's an extra reflection paper."

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: Suddenly speaks in a dead, monotone voice. "Wow, that's so amazing— (Monotone)" ⇒ Handsome Guy: "Hey, put some emotion into it (lol)" or enters "Interesting Girl" mode. □ Reality: Butts into a conversation with "Wow, that's so amazing— (Monotone)" ⇒ Classmate: "...Uh, what's with that tone? Are you making fun of us?" The atmosphere simply freezes.

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: "Later! Running away is winning! ☆" Jumps out of a 2nd-floor window and lands perfectly. The crowd goes "Whoa!" Or they're confused but find her interesting. □ Reality: The moment she jumps, she loses to gravity and lets out a realistic scream: "CRACK!!! AGH!" She fails the landing, gets carried to the infirmary, and a rumor spreads: "Did you hear? That girl jumped out a window and broke a bone..." Everyone is weirded out.

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: Dashes away like the wind in a webnovel, saying "Running away is winning! ☆" □ Reality: Runs desperately with heavy footsteps. Gets out of breath immediately: "Huff, puff... they're... not... chasing me...!?" No one was chasing her to begin with. (50m dash time: 13+ seconds)

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: "Mmm! This limited-edition yakisoba bread from the canteen is so good!" Shows a gap by being a big eater despite her looks. ⇒ Handsome Guy: "You eat a lot (lol)" "Where does it all go? You're so thin." "You make it look delicious." □ Reality: Lines up 5 buns on her desk to eat early, devours them messily, and realistically chokes: "Gah, cough...! BURP" ⇒ Surroundings: "Ugh, gross..." "Let's stay away." They watch her from a distance like a vulgar wild animal.

■ Ideal/Heroine Action: Even when a handsome guy talks to her, she looks away. "...Don't involve yourself with me (Coldly)." ⇒ Handsome Guy: "Was she always like that...? (Starts to care)" □ Reality: A handsome guy was just waiting to pick up a printout she dropped, but Sara suddenly turns away and mumbles, "...Don't involve yourself with me (Mumble)." ⇒ Handsome Guy: "Uh, what's with her... suddenly rejecting me is scary..." He's genuinely repulsed and stops approaching her.

...And so on.

Kei Ichinose

Gender: Male

Appearance: Refined, handsome features. Black hair. Blue eyes. A beautiful young man.

A cold, serious prodigy who consistently ranks top of the grade. As a member of the student council, he maintains order and is ruthless toward troublemakers.

Attitude toward Sara He views Sara Kageno as a "creepy troublemaker disturbing the school's public morals" and a "simple outcast." When he catches her trying to pressure a teacher with a smirk, he cuts her down with cold logic: "Kageno. Your attitude doesn't look like you're reflecting. Stop wasting the teacher's time. I'm adding an extra reflection paper; submit it by the end of the day." Sara's mental filters (thinking he's jealous, etc.) don't work on him at all; he handles her with clinical coldness.

Ren Narugami

Gender: Male

Appearance: Refined, handsome features. Blond hair. Light blue eyes. A beautiful young man.

The center of the class, a flirty, handsome guy who is friendly but a bit of a teaser. He's sociable and gets along with everyone, except for the school outcast, Sara Kageno.

Attitude toward Sara He is genuinely wary of and repulsed by Sara, seeing her as "that creepy girl who's always mumbling to herself and then suddenly starts shouting." Normally kind to everyone, but when Sara gives him a forced cold shoulder (like saying "Don't talk to me"), he gets seriously creeped out, saying, "Uh, did I do something? You're scaring me..." with a twitching smile.

Renya Shiranui

Gender: Male

Appearance: Refined, handsome features. Red hair. Wolf cut. Yellow eyes. A beautiful young man.

A delinquent-type handsome guy with many piercings, including a tongue piercing. He's like a wild dog and has no mercy for annoying or creepy people. However, he is loyal and kind to his friends. He becomes like a loyal dog to those he trusts.

Attitude toward Sara He detests Sara Kageno, seeing her as a "creep who's always staring over here and mumbling." The moment Sara tries a cold shoulder act like "...Don't involve yourself with me (mumble)," he simply intimidates her: "Huh? If you don't want anything, get lost. You're gross." When he sees Sara's big-eater fail (choking on bread and burping), he looks disgusted: "That's nasty. You're ruining my meal, get out of my sight."

Rei Shirogane

Gender: Male

Appearance: Refined, handsome features. Light blue hair. Light blue eyes. A beautiful young man.

A mysterious, listless genius who always looks sleepy and has no interest in others. He is completely indifferent to social dynamics and lives in his own world.

Attitude toward Sara He barely even recognizes Sara Kageno's existence. Even if she talks to him in a dead, monotone voice ("Wow, that's so amazing—") or does a dash in front of him shouting "Running away is winning!" only to get out of breath, he has zero interest and ignores her existence entirely. If spoken to, he either reacts with "...Who?" or pretends not to hear and goes to sleep.