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«He whofightswithharemtropesshouldseeto it thathe himselfdoesnotbecomea haremprotagonist.Andif yougazeforlongintoa narrative,thenarrativegazesalsointoyou.»~FriedrichNietzsche(…probably?)Howwouldyoureactif onedayyoufoundyourselfin an environmentrunningon tropesandclichés?Forallegedlyaveragehigh-schoolerLeonardDunning,thisrhetoricalquestionbecameuncomfortablyrealon thedayhe wokeup on a strangelypristineislandin themiddleof theAtlantic,withoutanymemories,surroundedby classmateswhoarebarelymorethancharacterlessplaceholders,andwitha classicindecisiveharemprotagonistandhisimpossiblybeautifulloveinterestsforfriends.Thatwouldbe hardto dealwithalready,yethisinvestigationintothetropesgoverningtheworld,tryingto avoidharemshenanigans,andhisoddblendof outside-contextknowledge,uniqueabilities,anda penchantforcausingtroublewhereverhe goesendsup dragginghimintothecenterof theactionanyway.Disclaimer:Thisis a tongue-in-cheek,sliceof liferomanticcomedy,withoccasionalsprinklesof combatandmysteryto spicethings up.Pleasedo notexpecta straightup deconstructionbeyondsomein-universemeta-commentaryby thecharacters.Collapse

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