If you looked back on the personality Suzuran Ayano had shown so far, you might think she was too forceful. Whenever she dealt with Fukayama Midori, she always seemed impulsive and irritable.
But Akimoto Yoichi knew full well that his appearance as Blondie had thrown the story off course.
At the opening ceremony, Suzuran Ayano had run into Nishida Yuki. That was because Akimoto Yoichi hadn't let Fukayama Midori get beaten up by high schoolers from another school and sent to the Infirmary on the first day of school. So Nishida Yuki had approached Fukayama Midori while Suzuran Ayano was there.
In the original story, Fukayama Midori would have met Nishida Yuki at the Infirmary, where she'd gone to slack off instead of giving a speech. They would have just missed Suzuran Ayano.
But on the first day of school, Akimoto Yoichi had tagged along with Suzuran Ayano, so Fukayama Midori hadn't been beaten badly enough to need the Infirmary.
That was why Fukayama Midori, Suzuran Ayano, and Nishida Yuki had all crossed paths at the opening ceremony.
Blondie had thrown the game's male protagonist's impeccable time management into disarray.
As a result, Fukayama Midori's love-triangle drama had started much earlier.
Suzuran Ayano's personality hadn't changed. She was anxious. She was uneasy.
Ever since Nishida Yuki showed up, Suzuran Ayano had been getting jealous. She seemed to have nothing left but tsun, with none of the dere.
If Suzuran Ayano didn't know about Nishida Yuki and Nagase Kumari, she probably wouldn't have challenged Fukayama Midori to a duel, making things awkward between them.
Akimoto Yoichi really hadn't done anything. But just appearing near the heroines as Blondie was enough to throw their original, pure-love story off track.
Everyone knew that a game's male protagonist absolutely couldn't let his harem come