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'''Is it tough being "a friend"?''' (Yuujin Character wa Taihen desu ka?; 友人キャラは大変ですか?), is a light novel by Yasushi Date and illustrated by Benio.
Ichiro Kurosaki is a young man dedicated to the idea of being a supporting character. To that end, he befriended Ryuuga Hinomori, a mysterious student with mystical powers and a natural charisma with women in order to best support him through playing the role of the plucky sidekick as well as to set him up with any potential love interests.
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!Tropes
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower : Ichiro demonstrates several insane abilities and feats throughout the story, even though he is an "ordinary character". Unlike the other examples, this is instantly recognized as superhuman abilities the instant anyone witnesses them, whether their enemies, apostles, or their friends.
* TheFourGods: All five appear as guardians to certain main characters. Their {{evil counterpart}}s the Four Perils also appear.
* HaremSeeker: Ichiro deliberately tries to set Ryuuga up with a Harem as befitting a protagonist of said genre.
* HiddenBuxom: [[spoiler: Ryuuga]] curtesy of a {{Sarashi}}.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The heroes engage in a DemonicPossession induced one with [[spoiler: Ryuuga's sister Kyoyka]]
* InvisibleParents: Ichiro's and Ryuuga's parents are barely around.
* LethalChef: Shiori. It doesn't help that she puts in... [[CordonBleughChef unorthodox ingredients like gemstones, pearls, and even a smartphone she accidentally dropped in]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As part of his PluckyComicRelief guise Ichiro acts like a perverted clueless goofball when in reality he's very aware of the supernatural goings-on that Ryuuga and his potential love interests are in.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Elmira
* SchoolPlay: When Kobayashi Ichiro was in kindergarten, he was in one for ''Literature/{{Momotaro}}''. Instead of playing a standard character from the tale, he played a [[CanonForeigner frilled-lizard]] due to allowing all the students of the extra large class to have a part. During the play, he did some {{improv}}, going off-script and had his character die protecting the Momotaro character. When he heard the praises to him of helping the one who played Momotaro to shine, it awakened his desire to be a "supporter".
* SecretSecretKeeper: Ichiro aimed to be this for the heroes at first, but after being spotted by them in the aftermath of a battle he has to drop the second "Secret" part.
* SupportingProtagonist: Ichiro Kobayashi acts as the "SliceOfLife LockedOutOfTheLoop best UnwittingMuggleFriend" to Ryuuga Hinomori, viewing 'em as their world's protagonist and himself as a side character.
* SweetPollyOliver: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Ryuuga is actually a girl who was raised as a boy as per family tradition. This naturally throws Ichiro's plans for a loop since it changes their relationship (as well as Ryuuga's potential harem) quite a bit]].
* UnwantedHarem: Ichiro ends up gaining one in spite of him originally wanting to be a proxy HaremSeeker for Ryuuga and would rather go back to being JustFriends
* WrongGenreSavvy: Ichiro is determined to just be a supporting side character and [[AnotherStoryForAnotherTime even mentions side charactering other people in the past]] but circumstances keep pushing him into the protagonist role in spite of his denial.
Ichiro Kurosaki is a young man dedicated to the idea of being a supporting character. To that end, he befriended Ryuuga Hinomori, a mysterious student with mystical powers and a natural charisma with women in order to best support him through playing the role of the plucky sidekick as well as to set him up with any potential love interests.
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%%Please move character tropes to character page if possible.
!Tropes
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower : Ichiro demonstrates several insane abilities and feats throughout the story, even though he is an "ordinary character". Unlike the other examples, this is instantly recognized as superhuman abilities the instant anyone witnesses them, whether their enemies, apostles, or their friends.
* TheFourGods: All five appear as guardians to certain main characters. Their {{evil counterpart}}s the Four Perils also appear.
* HaremSeeker: Ichiro deliberately tries to set Ryuuga up with a Harem as befitting a protagonist of said genre.
* HiddenBuxom: [[spoiler: Ryuuga]] curtesy of a {{Sarashi}}.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The heroes engage in a DemonicPossession induced one with [[spoiler: Ryuuga's sister Kyoyka]]
* InvisibleParents: Ichiro's and Ryuuga's parents are barely around.
* LethalChef: Shiori. It doesn't help that she puts in... [[CordonBleughChef unorthodox ingredients like gemstones, pearls, and even a smartphone she accidentally dropped in]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As part of his PluckyComicRelief guise Ichiro acts like a perverted clueless goofball when in reality he's very aware of the supernatural goings-on that Ryuuga and his potential love interests are in.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Elmira
* SchoolPlay: When Kobayashi Ichiro was in kindergarten, he was in one for ''Literature/{{Momotaro}}''. Instead of playing a standard character from the tale, he played a [[CanonForeigner frilled-lizard]] due to allowing all the students of the extra large class to have a part. During the play, he did some {{improv}}, going off-script and had his character die protecting the Momotaro character. When he heard the praises to him of helping the one who played Momotaro to shine, it awakened his desire to be a "supporter".
* SecretSecretKeeper: Ichiro aimed to be this for the heroes at first, but after being spotted by them in the aftermath of a battle he has to drop the second "Secret" part.
* SupportingProtagonist: Ichiro Kobayashi acts as the "SliceOfLife LockedOutOfTheLoop best UnwittingMuggleFriend" to Ryuuga Hinomori, viewing 'em as their world's protagonist and himself as a side character.
* SweetPollyOliver: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Ryuuga is actually a girl who was raised as a boy as per family tradition. This naturally throws Ichiro's plans for a loop since it changes their relationship (as well as Ryuuga's potential harem) quite a bit]].
* UnwantedHarem: Ichiro ends up gaining one in spite of him originally wanting to be a proxy HaremSeeker for Ryuuga and would rather go back to being JustFriends
* WrongGenreSavvy: Ichiro is determined to just be a supporting side character and [[AnotherStoryForAnotherTime even mentions side charactering other people in the past]] but circumstances keep pushing him into the protagonist role in spite of his denial.
