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Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki

Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun

2016, Light novel, 14 vol, 79%

Recommended by 5 The Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, Let Alone the Protag's Sister! fans on AniList.

Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who's just as good as him, and she offers to teach him a few…

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About The Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, Let Alone the Protag's Sister!

2019, Light novel, 2 vol, 61%

Then: Kunugi Kou waged bloody warfare as a hero in another world. Now: He's a perfectly average high—schooler with a perfectly exceptional best friend: Ayase Kaito. Kaito's charming personality and looks that could kill have earned himself the harem of quirky beauties that every protagonist deserves-and Kou is dead-set on supporting him from the shadows as the ultimate wingman extra!

And it's all going great—that is, until a wrench is thrown into the works in the form of another romcom staple: the protagonist's little sister, Ayase Hikari, seems like she might have a thing for him? Now it's up to the world's most "extra" extra to crawl his way back into the obscurity he longs for!

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