My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected / My Youth Romance Story Is Wrong, As I Expected

At last, the completion of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected was truly a hard-fought journey.

I offered my deepest respect to Wataru Watari-sensei for creating this timeless masterpiece—

Date Yasushi

Afterword (Romeo Tanaka)

Congratulations on the completion of OreGairu, my personal abbreviation for it.

The short story collection released after the main story's conclusion was wonderful. I also wrote two short stories to celebrate its completion. There seemed to be four short story collections in total, and they should be included in different volumes, right? I hoped everyone enjoyed them.

Speaking of which, Hachiman, the protagonist of this work, loved ramen, and my passion for set meals was just as strong as his.

Exploring independently run eateries was nice too, but because of where I lived, I often ate at Yayoi Ken. Those fashionable cafés around Koenji often served hamburgers with buns, lettuce, pickles, and other fillings laid out on a large plate for you to assemble yourself. As a difficult middle-aged man who would angrily shout, "Just serve it to me already assembled!" and get indignant over that, set meals were the flawless, classic dining-out option.

At Yayoi Ken, I recommended the Eggplant Miso and Grilled Fish Set Meal. It was the only choice.

The eggplant miso alone was delicious, but it also came with grilled fish and chilled tofu, not to mention free pickles. No amount of rice was enough to go with it all. Best of all, rice at Yayoi Ken was free. I hoped everyone ate at least three bowls, including my share, since eating too much rice made me sleepy. That included women. Don't worry. There was plenty of side dish to go around.

For someone like me, who ordered eggplant miso nine out of ten times at Yayoi Ken, Yayoi