Japanese people really have a social interaction issues. That's the culture thing, people in my country trends to respond back when someone is harassing you.
Anyway, I like this series, MC and these "two girls" are great. The only threesome I root for.
I don't like "haruka".. I know she and akiha are the same person but it's like she's using "akiha" to get closer to him while knowing that the one he likes is akiha to suggest a kiss is "unfair"
"Umm, I want 50+ more chapters without any progression whatsoever."
"Nn.."
"No toppings. Just the two of them, or three I guess? That also means no NTR. Definitely not that."
"Drinks? How about the tears of the readers as they beg to escape this hellhole?"
"Yes. Yes, thank you."
„huh, nevermind”? What do you mean „huh nevermind”. Don’t „huh, nevermind” me here, are you stupid MC (Author) what the fuck was that, she clearly said „I wouldn’t dislike if it was you (kissing me)” and he just „huh, nevermind” ignored that like that? are you fucking kidding me, the stupidity of japanese romances is on another level, I don’t know how dumb someone must be to ignore a girl that is saying something like this, unless she’s drunk as fuck but it still would be a sign that she is interested in you I believe.
Also, pretty sure he should have both of their consents to have their first kisses, but it raises the question of if one personality likes one person and the other one doesn't...Hmmmm...
Girl, you do not kiss 'as friends'.
Amyway, now that Haruka totally likes him, I wonder if they both do. Would it be cool if they did, or worse, because they can share a body but can't share a guy.
"Read the room"
I say fck the room, when you grow older you'll learn that shit don't matter just do whatever is comfortable without causing any trouble
If you need to be complicit to bullying to be popular, then to hell with popularity. If your friends ignore you because you spoke up against a bully, then they aren't really your friends.
Then again, I always found such portrayals of a classroom "society" forced, Japanese-specific social awkwardness notwithstanding. There are those who feel that their "status" in class is important to them, and may hesitate to associate with "weird" or "troublesome" people, but there are also those who don't care - for instance because they are already something of an outcast themselves.
About Yano's past, he's not specifically standing against bullying though.
His problem is why people need to label themselves and pushed into a role.
It's not just vertically (like being dominant and not) but also horizontally.
They live in their own "label" and is comfortable because it gives them a template of how to act.
Knowing their friends' "character" also helps them to know how far they can push things like jokes.
The trigger of him being alienated just happens to be the bullying.
What he did to them is throwing cold water telling them they are fake. A party killer.
I wished the author didn't choose bullying though, because it's too well known high-profile social problem, so his personal issue got veiled as "standing up for what is right"
Later, he did came out to his friends, telling them he no longer wants to act.
But it still torture him because his being flexible and active actually gets jobs done. His friends are happy, he is happy, and no, not bullying anyone.
Yet he pushed himself into the principle of "must not act" and already set at the thought of being a hypocrite if he starts putting an act again.
So, he practically label himself and lock himself into that role of "my true self" and is torn between wanting to act, but can't because he had made up his mind.
There's also his friends who are happy to act their character, because she made her friends happy and she wants to fulfill their expectation.
and light novel seems to have a glorified image of loners (their target market?).
Just like social media make it seems like introverts are master race and extroverts are mundane.