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The time I have spent reading this LN made me draw parallels with another well-known LN; Oregairu. (So if you don't know about Oregairu, this review might come off as gibberish to you.) I came up with this conclusion because of how analytical the MC here is and how he is accompanied by another intelligent person, both drawing similarities to the relation of Hikigaya towards Yukino and vice-versa, adding to that claim would be the MC's banter with Uenohara. But the difference stops there since where the MC here is analytical, methodical, and always planning, he's downright terrible at discerning one's true motives/emotions (although he is being supplemented by Uenohara.) Whereas Hikigaya is an emotional savant because of course he is, after being subjected to bullying because he misunderstood kindness for affection.The other thing that I'm hoping for this LN is that the author gives a good justification for the behavior of the gyaru girl. If she were just being confrontational and aggressive for the sake of starting a commotion instead of having a good reason that would make her character a complete waste since she would come off as petty and petulant. Besides given good motives and fleshing out her personality, you can turn a hateable character like that into someone people can actually come to like. (Don't mind this paragraph rant because I actually have a thing for blonde gyarus. Damnit Kitagawa Marin!)