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Argh, I've read way too many danmei, I actually thought I hadn't read this one! So the main reason I forgot that I read this, is because part of the way through reading it, I put it on reading hiatus. The reason: I happened to see a comment on jjwxc where the reader said they saw another novel with plot that is very similar (to the point where this novel feels like it's somewhat plagiarized). And the author supposedly had deleted the first comment that reader has tried to post (making the author seem like the guilty party). Which upset me, and I felt like I should put reading this book on hold until I could take a look at the other novel. But I didn't get around to checking and was distracted by other stuff. I looked the other book up just now and realized that this novel was first serialized several months earlier, so it seems as though the other author was the one who probably plagiarized (in case you're interested, it called 假清冷和伪禁欲闪婚后 by 夂槿, also on jjwxc but not on NU). From what I can recall, this novel is really hilarious (just like its prequel). It's about romance between two otakus who love BL, cosplay, that sort of thing but there's some misunderstandings at first before they realize they have common interests (similar to the prequel). I absolutely love this setting because I finally feel like I have something in common with main characters in danmei, who are normally depicted as perfect in most every way without any flaws or "strange" hobbies... in short, it's actually quite difficult for me as a very flawed person with eccentric hobbies to empathize with them. Which is why this type of novel stands out. This installation of the series has otakus in a school setting, which is quite fun. One of my fave BL novel tropes is the blind date scenario, and this one didn't fail to deliver at all.I will come back to revise this review after I finish it! Although, I'm going to MTL myself as I did previously because the MTL editor/translator of this is doing some poorly edited MTL with incorrect pronouns.On a more serious note:There's supposed to be censored and uncensored versions of this (jjwxc should have the censored version). A reader commented on jjwxc saying that we should be sure not to miss the uncensored version! Although, tbh I don't know exactly how to get a hold of the uncensored copy myself *sheds crocodile tears*.