A SIDE CHARACTER LIKE ME COULD NEVER BE POPULAR RIGHT 2

Tomoki Yuuji describes himself as an ordinary high school student, though the rest of the school keeps its distance from him. He is faking a relationship with Ike Touka, the school's newest queen bee, and she grabs every chance to put the two of them in front of their classmates.

Touka's aim seems to be that the whole school believes the couple is the real thing. Her efforts do little for Tomoki's standing. Most students still avoid him, and his daily situation is much the same as before they began going out.

A few people know where he stands and do not fear him. One is Ike Haruma, whom Tomoki calls the actual protagonist of the story. Another is a teacher, Makiri Chiaki.

Kana, Haruma's childhood friend, remains suspicious of the relationship between Tomoki and Touka. This is volume 2 of a novel by Sekaiichi, with art by Tomari. Tomoki narrates in the first person with a wry, self-deprecating voice, and the school romance comes with a comic edge.