Chapter 0 – Prologue

[I like you, Tetsuya-kun.]

[Miyuki…]

[What do you think of me, Tetsuya-kun?]

A beautiful woman was looking up at a tall man with groggy eyes.

Her bright brown sanpaku eyes looked mildly but somehow sensually at him, as if begging him to speak his mind.

The red-faced man opened his mouth only after a long time had passed.

[… I'm sorry, Miyuki. I still don't know what my heart wants…]

The moment I saw that sentence, my body that was sitting in front of the computer jumped up.

Is this guy an asshole?

The most beautiful woman in the world, his childhood friend and the one whom he holds the most affection for, has confessed to him, but…

It's ridiculous that he's been reconsidering his love for her even until the very finale of the game.

It makes me want to knock some sense into the screenwriter's head.

Laughing contemptuously, I clicked onto the next scene.

I hope the main character eventually confesses his mutual feelings to her.

But, there was no common background image, no heroine, no next scene on the screen.

Instead, the text: [Thank you for playing Doki-Doki Academy.]

"What the fuck?!"

My eyes involuntarily widened, and my mouth was agape.

What? That's it!? It didn't end by sweetly melting the player's heart but instead by boiling it?

If it ends like this, what will happen to Miyuki who confessed?

Embracing the pain of a broken heart, she'll go home and cry for days.

What about the other heroines, Renka and Hiyori? Are we just abandoning them?

This game is a sweet love comedy.

Although there may be conflicts, it is a genre in which the main character and the main heroine eventually bear the fruit of love.

But what is this absurd ending?

No matter how frustrating a love comedy is, something like this has never happened…

Did you do this because you wanted to see the player coughing up blood?

Is the writer a bit psychotic?

You have to have some mental problems if your last DLC is like this.

What a fucking asshole!

If you wanted it to end with an open ending, then at least don't have Tetsuya respond…

If you at least did it that way, I would've been able to imagine all the wonderful possibilities, but now… now, all I have are negative thoughts.

Do you think I put up with the main character, who's more frustrating than all other protagonists, just to see something like this…

Even though it wasn't a popular game, I liked the drawing style, and I poured my heart into it because of the well-scripted tension and flirting.

I enjoyed imagining myself as Tetsuya, and I spent my days waiting for the various DLCs to come out.

I even bought some posters for the first time.

But, with an ending like this, aren't you sorry, writer?

If you're going to give a tragedy to the heroines in this way, at least give us some fan service, so I wouldn't have this sour taste at the back of my mouth.

Shaking my head, I quit Doki-Doki Academy.

Afterwards, I went to the game website and wrote a long critique.

It was the first time in my life that I expressed such severe anger and wrote such a critical article.

As much as I was immersed in this game, I was angry at the developer and writer for wasting my time with a crappy ending.

I'm playing a love comedy to feel sweet, but it only made me feel bitter.

I guess I played the worst garbage game ever.

Once I finished writing everything and submitted it, I looked out the window: it was dark.

Excited about the release of the DLC with the ending, I immersed myself into each sentence and picture, not noticing the passage of time.

Annoyedly, I closed the blackout curtain and buried my head in the pillow.

Fuck.

Playing this game was one of the biggest regrets of my life.

But, what can I do? I didn't know it would develop this way.

Still, it was sweet…

If only the ending was done properly…

Trying to calm myself down, I looked at the three heroines' posters on my wall: Miyuki, Renka, and Hiyori.

They were really pretty heroines…

If they hadn't liked an asshole like Tetsuya, they would have been happy…

It's a game I've loved for a really long time, but with one ending, it became a shit game in an instant.

This feeling of betrayal was no joke. Now, I know why this game wasn't popular.

It's because the developers had no idea what they were doing.

I let out a deep sigh and went to sleep.

I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep because I was so angry, but unexpectedly, I felt exhausted.

It seemed that my mind was exhausted from the extreme emotions I was feeling.

Yeah, that's a good thing.

Let's quickly forget about this shit.

With that in mind, I soon fell asleep.

Miyuki… Renka… Hiyori… I'm so sorry…