The story is actually quite believable

As much as you want to believe...

Is this happening in real life aka is it "believable" or realistic?

No. No it's not.

As much as it hurts, the busty, energetic hottie from school does not fantasize about hooking up with the freak who's day-dreaming about a school schooting/slashing xD

Guys beeing "tsun" is fine. That CAN be hot. True.

Twerpy loners, who have no social skills, tho? Not so much. Sorry, Nerds :P That's not female Psychology....thats just a fetish.

Wow, I almost fell into the belief that this bot was an actual human being.

That's a solid point, but in general women write the type of romance that they find hot themselves. If she didn't find Kyo-kun "romancable" she wouldn't write the story with him as the main character, that's like a guy writing a romance story with a totally unlikable and ugly female lead. This is what makes this story different from most romcoms, this isn't just a wish-fulfillment for loner guys like some make it to be, lol.


From my experience this doesn't work unless someone is already into you, or you're "above their league". Hot girls have guys show interest in them all the time, it means very little to them in general. "Love bombing" is something that only works on those who aren't used to being complemented. I don't remember any situation in my life where a less attractive guy win over a hot girl with "love bombing", but I see it all the time as girls get attracted to guys who're kind of "jerks" - who tease them, don't treat them seriously, challenge them playfully, act cocky, or show disinterest. I myself started doing this after noticing the pattern, and this works, ha-ha.

In the era of social media, even below average girls aren't impressed by a guy treating them like queens. Though, indeed, guys who are not just "love bombing", but instead are very open, socially skilled and authentic surely can be very attractive, that's another approach altogether, but this is something that can easily backfire, there's a thin line between authenticity and neediness.


That's how we see it, we're also shown his thoughts. From Anna's point of view, he's detached and not very interested in her, even going as far as openly avoiding her sometimes. That's what it means sending "mixed signals".



Well of course, this is why I mentioned that he's good-looking. Even some total blackpill incels are starting to realize that facial attractiveness is more important to most women than your height or muscles. And I wouldn't be so sure that you had admirers despite you being reserved, it's more likely "because". If you acted like Adachi from this anime they wouldn't be half as interested, ha-ha. And the type of psychology I'm talking about here is what helps someone to get attention from someone kind of "above their league", anyway.



I wouldn't call the male lead from Twilight abusive or a piece of shit. It's not about treating someone like shit (except playfully), but about making someone unsure if you like them or not, to make them guess and try to win over your approval and interest. Showing disinterest or teasing aren't the same thing as being abusive.

Fiction allows us to explore ideas we know we certainly would not want in the real world or would agree is problematic. I do agree it can be representative of how and who the author is as a person, but there are two issues I have with this post. Firstly, it seems you are trying to extrapolate the escapism aspects of this story to the vast majority of women and girls. That is the issue I have with this post, you are painting half the world with such a broad brushstroke seemingly based on just this one story because the author is a woman?

Secondly, there is nothing to suggest it is not Kyo-kun that the author identifies with, instead of Yamada. His murder chuunbiyou tendencies are depicted as coming from a place of confusion, and I imagine that sort of identity crisis comes with puberty in general. He is, after all, the main character.



You do abusive things, you are an abusive piece of shit. It is really that simple. The reason why the lead from Twilight does not get hate from its target demographics is because it is fiction, same with Christian Grey from 50 Shades of Grey. You cannot fully extrapolate fantasy into the real world; if one could, one would ask what even is the point of writing a book like Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey. I don't think you are giving the readers enough credit here, however terrible both books seem to be.



But that's just his character. It is not acting, he actually IS like that. What I think is weird and partly uncharitable here is the assumption that these two traits of showing kindness and being reserved or "cold" are conflicting, and I do not understand that view. I know many shy and reserved people who are kind, but who are not very emotionally expressive. Yet I know them as kind because of their actions, not because of their emotional disposition.

I do not think one should equate being reserved with being disinterested or even "cold", particularly when Kyo-kun's actions communicate his interest in Yamada's well being. Some people are just quiet, and perhaps this is another reason why Kyo-kun is the main character; the author identifies with his introverted tendencies.

It is silly to equate being naturally quiet with playing "hard to get". Certainly not my first thought whenever I go on a date with more reserved people.



Right, I think you should get out more. Even then, this betrays your post, does it not? Kyo is not playful or prone to teasing or playing hard to catch, because it is not his character to do so, yet he still is winning over Yamada because of his actions. I don't think you can say Kyo is being a jerk to her. In fact, you could say that is functionally just "love bombing" or simping for her.

Additional Edit: Being playful is pretty great, but it is just another way to show interest. I think it is referred to as "witty banter". I don't think being playful should be confused with...all of this.

Not really,women like tall men .If you have money then yeah it’s fine

Wow, thanks for the unintelligent attempt to start a conversation, typical BokuYaba bot

Those psychological techniques you mention really do work, however in a secondary school scene, it will only be effective if the male character is handsome and tall.

unfortunately, the harsh reality is that beautiful women don't even notice beta males like Ichikawa. From a beautiful woman's perspective, they are totally invisible.

It's a hyper competitive world for a low level male, due to Anna having the options of tall handsome guys in her class and then there are thousands of guys online that are capable of providing her with unlimited attention.

Believing that performing a few psychological tricks on a popular girl to appeal to her as a short, timid and unattractive loner is delusional.

@kou_starz who saying Ichikawa is unattractive?? He's just short and he's actually good looking and similiar to her father in term of look and personality hence why Yamada is interested with Ichikawa. Also he's lot of great quality, he's smartest guy in their class, he's also supportive and has effort. And don't pretend that short guy x tall girl couple is myth because in reality they're actually exist.