The Simulacrum

«He who fights with harem tropes should see to it that he himself does not become a harem... Read more «He who fights with harem tropes should see to it that he himself does not become a harem protagonist. And if you gaze for long into a narrative, the narrative gazes also into you.» ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (…probably?)How would you react if one day you found yourself in an environment running on tropes and clichés?For allegedly average high-schooler Leonard Dunning, this rhetorical question became uncomfortably real on the day he woke up on a strangely pristine island in the middle of the Atlantic, without any memories, surrounded by classmates who are barely more than characterless placeholders, and with a classic indecisive harem protagonist and his impossibly beautiful love interests for friends.That would be hard to deal with already, yet his investigation into the tropes governing the world, trying to avoid harem shenanigans, and his odd blend of outside-context knowledge, unique abilities, and a penchant for causing trouble wherever he goes ends up dragging him into the center of the action anyway.Disclaimer: This is a tongue-in-cheek, slice of life romantic comedy, with occasional sprinkles of combat and mystery to spice things up. Please do not expect a straight up deconstruction beyond some in-universe meta-commentary by the characters. Collapse Amnesia, Fantasy Creatures, Friendship, Love Triangles, Magic, Modern Fantasy, Proactive Protagonist, Psychic Powers, Romantic Subplot This shit yaoi? No it's not yaoi Apex content? Still sane, exile? I’m fine gonna dive in It suprisingly good kinda make your grinning and has fantasy backstory a bit Well the chapter kind little BUT it longBetween 10 or 20k word im not sure8/10 for me what the fantasy stuff. I am at chapter 8,when does the fantasy stuff begin