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負けヒロインが多すぎる！ (Novel) #1
敗北女角太多了！ 1
平常擔任班上背景人物的我──溫水和彥，偶然目擊人氣女同學八奈見杏菜被男生甩掉的失戀現場。「他明明說過要娶我當新娘，這不過分嗎？」「那是多久前的事了？」「大概四、五歲吧。」那不算數吧？以此為契機，田徑隊的燒鹽檸檬、文藝社的小鞠知花等洋溢著敗北感的女生接連登場──？「溫水，女生可以分成兩大類。如果不是青梅竹馬，就是狐狸精。」「原來如此，真豪爽的分類法。」……但願這些因為敗北而閃耀的少女們都能幸福。被敗北女角──敗女所環繞的謎樣青春，在此揭幕！
304 pages, ebook
First published July 21, 2021
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October 12, 2024
因為動畫而買了小說，我覺得小說比動畫好看。
劇情很流暢，台詞也很有趣，雖然是男性向小說，撇除服務男性讀者的內容，應該女性讀者也會喜歡。
詳細感想放在Blog裡。
劇情很流暢，台詞也很有趣，雖然是男性向小說，撇除服務男性讀者的內容，應該女性讀者也會喜歡。
詳細感想放在Blog裡。
November 2, 2025
Love this book so much. It feels so refreshing finally not seeing romance developments forced upon the main character and see the friendship blossoms naturally. It quite scratches the itch that isn’t possible with most romance stories.
July 6, 2024
Written by Takibi Amamori and illustrated by Imigimuru, Seven Seas’ latest light novel, Too Many Losing Heroines, offers a twist on the rom-com genre by having each of the series’ love interests, as the title would suggest, be a so-called losing heroine.
A title often attributed to rom-com characters fated to lose from the start, the story follows Nukumizu Kazuhiko as he’s unwillingly thrust into their relationship drama and discovers what happens after the heartbreak.
The first volume begins the series by introducing Nukumizu to the three main losing heroines of the story, each of whom follows a recognisable heartbreak scene from the rom-com light novel genre. The first is Yanami Anna, a childhood friend who loses out to a transfer student. The second is Yakishio Lemon, a heroine who lost before she had a chance to realise her feelings. Finally, there’s Komari Chika—the heroine destined to be a stepping stone for the protagonist to discover his true feelings.
Having your rom-com begin with a volume dedicated to the rejection stories of each of the main heroines is a gamble, but it definitely pays off in the end. By focusing on these highly charged moments, the reader inevitably gets to know these characters very quickly, ultimately providing solid foundations to build on as the volume count increases.
Moreover, despite openly playing around with a gimmick, the author uses the meta theme of rom-com rejections to reinforce mature conclusions to its moments of drama rather than shy away from them. The first volume makes it clear to the protagonist that things won’t work out the way they do in an anime.
Also working in this series’ favour is the author’s style of comedy. Nukumizu provides a rather blunt and sarcastic in-story narrative. While this works great when Nukumizu is faced with shocking or difficult situations, it’s best put to use as the protagonist gets to know each of the losing heroines and attempts to break the ice.
Each of the three heroines has different reactions to Nukumizu’s openly prickly nature, and it helps develop natural and believable interactions. Yanami and Komari’s interactions with the protagonist are a particular highlight, as they often leave Nukumizu on the back foot. Yanami’s social skills as “queen of the classroom” run rings around Nukumizu, often able to deflect his quips before he’s had time to think of them. Komari, meanwhile, is able to give as good as she gets. Despite being shy, she’s still able to put this series’ resident loner in his place.
Overall, the opening instalment of Too Many Losing Heroines gets the series off to a great start. Comedy, characterisation, and drama are all on point within the volume, setting high hopes for what’s to come next.
A title often attributed to rom-com characters fated to lose from the start, the story follows Nukumizu Kazuhiko as he’s unwillingly thrust into their relationship drama and discovers what happens after the heartbreak.
The first volume begins the series by introducing Nukumizu to the three main losing heroines of the story, each of whom follows a recognisable heartbreak scene from the rom-com light novel genre. The first is Yanami Anna, a childhood friend who loses out to a transfer student. The second is Yakishio Lemon, a heroine who lost before she had a chance to realise her feelings. Finally, there’s Komari Chika—the heroine destined to be a stepping stone for the protagonist to discover his true feelings.
Having your rom-com begin with a volume dedicated to the rejection stories of each of the main heroines is a gamble, but it definitely pays off in the end. By focusing on these highly charged moments, the reader inevitably gets to know these characters very quickly, ultimately providing solid foundations to build on as the volume count increases.
Moreover, despite openly playing around with a gimmick, the author uses the meta theme of rom-com rejections to reinforce mature conclusions to its moments of drama rather than shy away from them. The first volume makes it clear to the protagonist that things won’t work out the way they do in an anime.
Also working in this series’ favour is the author’s style of comedy. Nukumizu provides a rather blunt and sarcastic in-story narrative. While this works great when Nukumizu is faced with shocking or difficult situations, it’s best put to use as the protagonist gets to know each of the losing heroines and attempts to break the ice.
Each of the three heroines has different reactions to Nukumizu’s openly prickly nature, and it helps develop natural and believable interactions. Yanami and Komari’s interactions with the protagonist are a particular highlight, as they often leave Nukumizu on the back foot. Yanami’s social skills as “queen of the classroom” run rings around Nukumizu, often able to deflect his quips before he’s had time to think of them. Komari, meanwhile, is able to give as good as she gets. Despite being shy, she’s still able to put this series’ resident loner in his place.
Overall, the opening instalment of Too Many Losing Heroines gets the series off to a great start. Comedy, characterisation, and drama are all on point within the volume, setting high hopes for what’s to come next.
August 2, 2024
Having watched the first few episodes of the anime, i decided i wanted to read the light novel and... by far and large, it's pretty good.
Essentially it stars 3 girls who each lost their prospective lover interest to another girl and MC hangs out with them as they get over their love pain.
MC is fine if not a bit spineless, Blue haired main chick is annoying, sports girl is fine if not a little too peppy, and shy book girl is adorable.
Throughout the course of the book he picks up more friends with girls that are rejected like their strays and hangs out with all of them in the literature club. No big magic or anything happens, not end of world situation, it's just an easy slice of life comedy show.
I noticed the light novel and the anime shift events around here and there, but honestly, it really doesn't affect much. It's pretty spot on.
There was ONE THING that really irked me though about this light novel adaptation, and that is some of the wording from the localizers. Twice in the book the phrase "#Metoo" came up, and once they said "be cancelled". and i nearly wanted to die of cringe. Localizers STOP. don't put this in the translations. It's embarrassing.
This is why companies are using AI now. just translate it faithfully. please stop.
Those few instances right there dropped the rating by 1/2 a star as it was just that cringe.
other than that, the interactions with the MC and sports girl and book girl were cute, although i'm not a fan of blue haired girl really unfortunately as i find her annoying. will i continue onto volume 2 or watch more of the show? yeah. i want to see where this goes. But i don't have my HOPES up if you know what i mean.
It read very fast and it didn't ever really feel boring despite being a slice of life comedy. All in all, i had fun enough with this one and will read volume 2. that being said, it's a 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
Essentially it stars 3 girls who each lost their prospective lover interest to another girl and MC hangs out with them as they get over their love pain.
MC is fine if not a bit spineless, Blue haired main chick is annoying, sports girl is fine if not a little too peppy, and shy book girl is adorable.
Throughout the course of the book he picks up more friends with girls that are rejected like their strays and hangs out with all of them in the literature club. No big magic or anything happens, not end of world situation, it's just an easy slice of life comedy show.
I noticed the light novel and the anime shift events around here and there, but honestly, it really doesn't affect much. It's pretty spot on.
There was ONE THING that really irked me though about this light novel adaptation, and that is some of the wording from the localizers. Twice in the book the phrase "#Metoo" came up, and once they said "be cancelled". and i nearly wanted to die of cringe. Localizers STOP. don't put this in the translations. It's embarrassing.
This is why companies are using AI now. just translate it faithfully. please stop.
Those few instances right there dropped the rating by 1/2 a star as it was just that cringe.
other than that, the interactions with the MC and sports girl and book girl were cute, although i'm not a fan of blue haired girl really unfortunately as i find her annoying. will i continue onto volume 2 or watch more of the show? yeah. i want to see where this goes. But i don't have my HOPES up if you know what i mean.
It read very fast and it didn't ever really feel boring despite being a slice of life comedy. All in all, i had fun enough with this one and will read volume 2. that being said, it's a 3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
October 17, 2024
First and foremost, the official translation is miles ahead of the fan translation in terms of personality. I am clueless to the nuances that may or may not have been lost, but jumping from the two versions was jarring.
Makeine, with the increasingly common metatextual and post-ironic settings of today stand out in a peculiar way. For all of it's absurdly "online" (a different term pending) positing, it remains true to it's central idea till the end of the book.
A book about the relationships the disavowed might have.
It's pretty neat even if you aren't trying to extract some profound or analytical purpose out of the series.
Makeine, with the increasingly common metatextual and post-ironic settings of today stand out in a peculiar way. For all of it's absurdly "online" (a different term pending) positing, it remains true to it's central idea till the end of the book.
A book about the relationships the disavowed might have.
It's pretty neat even if you aren't trying to extract some profound or analytical purpose out of the series.
October 12, 2024
Even though this is technically a romantic comedy the only real romance in the book are the ones that involve the titular heroines and the main character has no real romantic dynamic as of yet. While this might be a negative to some the comedy of the book more than makes up for it.
Despite watching the anime first and thus knowing a lot of the jokes before reading the book I still was consistently amused and laughing as I read it. The sarcastic commentary and narration is really well written and funny. Probably one of the funniest light novels I've read so far
Despite watching the anime first and thus knowing a lot of the jokes before reading the book I still was consistently amused and laughing as I read it. The sarcastic commentary and narration is really well written and funny. Probably one of the funniest light novels I've read so far
December 3, 2024
Full score, no minus.
The best ever.
No rom-com comes close to this level of greatness.
Premises are acute and unearth the new views of this genre.
Now, I am waiting patiently for the vol. 8 coming next year.
The best ever.
No rom-com comes close to this level of greatness.
Premises are acute and unearth the new views of this genre.
Now, I am waiting patiently for the vol. 8 coming next year.
July 18, 2024
light novels are not real book, but of all the fake books this is an extremely entertaining one
August 22, 2024
Better than I thought. The 2nd half makes up for the weak start. The losing heroine is probably the best heroine I have seen in a while. I didn‘t like the little sister so 4 stars it is
September 1, 2024
Light novels are fun
April 30, 2025
Cómo introducción a la franquicia, esta bien. Pero ire viendo como se desarrollarán las proximas obras.
June 11, 2025
This was not for me. I found the story kinda boring.
January 10, 2025
Basically just a non-stop flow of bubbly, gen z-ish dialogues between literally me fr fr main character and sentimentally troubled girl of the week.
Starts off pretty mehish, but begins to pick up from chapter two onward; might consider giving volume 2 a try
Starts off pretty mehish, but begins to pick up from chapter two onward; might consider giving volume 2 a try
August 5, 2025
7/31/25: 读之前先看了动漫第一季。总体来说还是挺有意思的，特别是对于有“败犬”属性的角色的设定和描写与其他slice-of-life rom-com相比比较新颖。但说不上是神作，因为在人物性格和细腻的心理活动描写有些差强人意。期待后续故事的发展。
8/5/25: 看到小鞠知花的故事让我感慨万千。特别是她INFP和温水INTP之间在学生会汇报之间的互动，和两人基本上的不同（自己一个人很好vs想和别人靠近却又不知道怎么靠近），让我和INTP朋友相处的经历互相照应，觉得写的真的很好。从三星改成四星。
8/5/25: 看到小鞠知花的故事让我感慨万千。特别是她INFP和温水INTP之间在学生会汇报之间的互动，和两人基本上的不同（自己一个人很好vs想和别人靠近却又不知道怎么靠近），让我和INTP朋友相处的经历互相照应，觉得写的真的很好。从三星改成四星。
December 7, 2025
Loved this! This was super cute and funny and I really enjoyed the characters and plot. The translation was well done, too. I will absolutely be continuing with this series.
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