I just realised something.
This is a harem manga, where the childhood friend actually won.
I can't really say I like the MC though, throwing Otaku waifu to the wayside just like that just to become a normie. Then again, it seems as if that route would've been the bad ending somehow if the...
I mean, that guy went to the same school with them, but I like the idea of Kazu getting cucked in that timeline because that would've been a more interesting story
It really irked me when he greeted her with an honorific. Like bro that would give you away.
Though I do understand that Japanese honorifics don't translate very well in fantasy settings