After deciding to give up, I became popular

Involving *Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend*, *Oregairu*, *Kaguya-sama: Love is War*, *The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten*, and more—but not a self-insert fanfic.

Kasumigaoka Utaha, Yukinoshita Yukino, Shinomiya Kaguya, Shiina Mahiru...

When these once-fantasy "waifus" suddenly appear before you in real life, could you resist the excitement in your heart and keep your distance?

No matter what others might do, Natsukawa Kanade certainly can't suppress his impulses.

And so, he takes the initiative—only to face defeat. He regroups—only to fail again. Again and again...

No matter what strategy he tries, no matter how many targets he switches to, it just doesn't work.

That's when Natsukawa Kanade finally realizes—these idealized versions of them never truly existed in the first place.

Since that's the case, maybe it's time for him to just be himself again...

—In short, this is a story about an "ordinary person" stepping into the world of anime.

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Requester's thoughts - A suprisingly wholesome book about a guy who, to impress a waifu trys to imitate their perceived ideal guy but gets rejected. Finally he gets tired and decides to be himself... and then those waifus are attracted to him.