He always thought he had figured out his role.

Not the protagonist.

Not the love interest.

Just the protagonist's best friend, the guy who gives advice, tags along, and stays safely outside the actual romance.

Then, after getting stood up one weekend, he happens to rescue a classmate named Oguri Akira from an armed harasser on the subway.

One good deed later, the boundaries between his friend's rom-com and his own life start getting rather blurry.

He was supposed to be the friend in the background.

So why is someone looking at him like that?

I Became the Rom-Com Protagonist's Best Friend

I Became the Rom-Com Protagonist's Best Friend

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