A Mob Character Surrounded by Main Characters Wants to be MC

EPISODE 2 - Shounen

A morning like any other in the world full of protagonists...

April 6, 20XX

8:12 AM

"I'm a mob character, which means I barely have screen time and no one notices me so I can speak out my thoughts."

Note: Kibe is longing for attention, so he does this so that somebody may notice him.

"First off, the easiest and simplest protagonist of all is... The Shounen Protagonist! He's got the power of friendship, plot armor, unmeasurable amounts of power, and as a bonus... He gets lots of girls. Perfect!"

I scratched my head at the problem at hand.

"But how do I become a shounen protagonist? So, parents dead? Do I kill 'em? Nope, no way, I'm not a heartless b*tch, but I am scum."

"Besides, I'll become a murdering protagonist which would make me a villain. No thanks, I'd rather be a hero than a villain."

"But a protagonist of that kind does get hurt a lot, right? I don't want that, but for the girls, I'll do it!"

Note: Scum...

Let me study Kase Yoshio, the shounen protagonist.

I latch my eyes on my target and follow him around the school.

Note: And so, the idiot continues to stalk the hero... to the cafeteria... to the bathroom... and to the classroom...

I stopped in my tracks.

What I can say is... I GOT NOTHING! I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM STALKING THE SHOUNEN PROTAGONIST! WHAT THE HELL?!! Hey, wait a minute...

"Don't they start their shounen activities after school?"

Note: Face palm moment...

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4:00 PM, After School

I continued to follow the protagonist after school. And as expected, he moved more suspiciously than usual, and as I kept following him...

At a park, a few blocks away from school, a young boy jumped out of the corner to prevent the young hero from walking further.

"And so you appear... Yoshio Kase," the boy stated.

"You? Who are you? And how do you know my name?"

They muttered utter nonsense and talked about trivial matters.

Can you two stop talking and just get to the fight already?

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Note: A few minutes later...

"Four-headed Spear!" the boy chanted.

Four yellow see-through spears surrounded Kase from the ground.

"What? How?" Kase asked in a panic.

WHOAAAA! COOL! BEAT HIM, STRANGER BOY! BEAT THAT CLICHÉ PROTAGONIST!

The right spear attacked him and Kase managed to dodge it.

The spear hit the ground.

Two spears, one from upfront, and one from the left attacked him simultaneously. He somehow dodged the spear upfront but was hit by the left in his shoulder in the same direction.

"Ouch..."

What's with that acrobatic skill? He has inhumane reflexes for a high school student. Well this is shounen, they tend to make the protagonist a monster even before they get their otherworldly powers.

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They kept on clashing with each other. To summarize the whole fight, it was usually Kase evading the attacks with barely any scratches as he yelled the most overused lines ever. He kept going on about ‘hope’ and his newly-acquired ‘friends’ who came out of nowhere.

This is getting boring... I'm gonna leave their fight. I stepped out from my spot and went to the other side to avoid getting caught up in their frolic.

I prepare to head back to my home.

So, the question is... did I get anything? Nope!

Hold on, how do I turn into a shounen protagonist in the first place?

"IDIOT! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT FIRST? I TOTALLY WASTED MY TIME! AHHHHHHH! "

So based on my in-depth knowledge, one becomes a shounen protagonist by encountering a strange being or something along the lines or having a special ability in your lineage, in which in both chances are… 0%...

I look up to the sky. It’s afternoon.

“I should've known from the start... that it was impossible for me to become a shounen protagonist.”

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April 7, 20XX

I was right back in my classroom, seated in my chair.

What now??? What am I supposed to do now? I suppose it's time for me to hunt down a brand new protagonist...

My eyes shot from student to student.

Which one is next? I wonder.

"AHH... This is very frustrating! Why can't I just become a protagonist? Not only that, I'm not even a side character..." I yelled as I scratched my head.

I scratched it further, and some of the hair strands fell as I did.

"THE WORLD IS MEAN!!! GOD IS MEAAANN!"

Wait, God? Wait a minute, if this was a manga world, then there must be an author! I’m sure of it!

What should I do? I feel so hopeless at this point that I wanna talk directly to the author of this manga! Wait, what if this is a W*****n? Manhua? Manhwa? Am I being deceived that this is a manga? The heck should I care? If I were to talk to the author, then I'll talk to him in the bathroom. That’s the place where I could get real personal.

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Note: In the men’s bathroom...

I knocked on one of the bathroom stalls and clasped my two hands together as if praying to the infamous legend of a spirit trapped within the stalls.

"Author-kun, Author-kun... WHY THE HELL ARE YOU MEAN TO ME? JUST GIVE ME THE ROLE!" I ranted as I banged my fists on the locked stalls.

I sighed and let my thoughts process the events… rationally. I turned around to see the wide window in front of me.

"Huh? What's this written on the side of the window?"

The font is so little, it's barely legible... there are small letters spaced evenly apart.

"N… O… P... E…"

I read it aloud for another time.

"Nope."

"THERE IS AN AUTHOR!" I rejoiced.

"WAIT, THE HELL YOU MEAN NOPE?!! TURN ME INTO A PROTAGONIST!"

Ring. Ring.

The bell rang.

Oh, break's over. Time to go back to the classroom.

I left the bathroom and went into the hallway.

Darn it. Why now?

As I hurriedly ran to my classroom, I bumped into someone with books, and both of us got pushed back from each other.

Ouch... Wait, this is an encounter, no, not just any encounter... THIS IS AN ENCOUNTER A ROMANCE PROTAGONIST MAKES! THANK YOU AUTHOR-KUN!

Let me help the one who tripped...

I stood up and tried to see who I bumped into.

"Are you okay pretty lad-"

Note: However, he thought it was a lady, but it was a young lad.

"Uh, yes," the boy answered bashfully with blushes on his cheeks.

"Doki-doki! How handsome!" he said to himself, admiring Kibe’s ‘manly’ features.

And so again as I was about to confirm my fear, more people with books also bumped into me... and the fear instilled into me was worsened... I knew what Author-kun was planning from that moment... these are all guys and they are blushing…

I gulped.

…for me.

"H-Hello..." another boy greeted with a drool.

"L-Let me help you!" another offered.

"Such a face!" another praised.

I stood up… and made a run for it. I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"A BL PROTAGONIST!!! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAKS!!! AUTHOR IS A RETARD! DON'T KISS ME BASTARDS! WAHHHH! I DON'T WANNA BE A BL PROTAGONIST!!!"

Note: Author is not a retard. You got what you wished for, yet you run away from it, how cowardly.

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I arrived at the classroom unscathed.

You think I'm gonna give up easily, author? I'm taking the easy way out! If you don't wanna give me that role, then I'm gonna make you!

"I should start preparing for an all-out war with the author of this story! I'll get you back at this! BRING IT ON!"

Note: Bring it on. A war with the author, how bold.

END OF EPISODE 2