I, a Useless Bookworm Who Was Betrayed by My Childhood Friend, Was in Despair, but Before I Knew It, I Was Surrounded by Some of the Most Popular and Beautiful Girls in the School
Source: https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818622172789075625
Synopsis
Edano Tsukushi lost his father to an untreatable disease in early childhood, and grew up in a single-mother household.
In the future, he wants to become a doctor to help patients with intractable diseases like his father, but the admission fee makes it difficult for a single-mother family to enter a medical school.
So he studies hard in order to win a scholarship that does not require repayment.
However, his grades were not improving as he had hoped, and he was betrayed by a childhood friend.
Tsukushi, who was ridiculed as an incompetent bookworm, spends his days despairing over his childhood friend, who left him behind as if to show him that he was not the highest-achieving student in his grade–or so he thought.
“Edano kun is so smart !? If you want, will you teach me math !?”
Just when he was on the verge of the biggest crisis of his life, he was offered a helping hand.
The person who approached him was, as he had no idea, a girl from overseas who was one of the most popular beauties at school.
What’s more.
“Um, would you be willing to help me study, too?”
The innocent, pretty, and charming girl from high school also took a liking to him.
And before he knew it, his grades were soaring.
Tsukushi discovers that his childhood friend is in fact the culprit that has been preventing him from improving his grades.
It’s too late to come back now that his grades have improved.
“Well, I guess I could stay with you after all.”
“Are you underestimating me? You’re the one who’s stupid.”
This is a story about teaching a bratty childhood friend a lesson by “becoming happy.”
Chapter 1
Episode 1 – I’m apparently stupid
Episode 2 – The sense of distance of a returnee is terrible (lost for words)
Episode 4 – Childhood friend begins to realize her mistakes with her loser boyfriend by her side
Episode 5 – Confession of the second beautiful girl
Episode 6 – The punishment plan begins
Episode 7 – Each person’s thoughts
Episode 8 – Me and my shameless childhood friend, with too many landmines
Episode 9 – Punish that hateful childhood friend
Episode 10 – Preparing for a naughty gratitude
Episode 12 – Test results make former genius realize his place in the world
Episode 14 – A former genius who realizes everything and a childhood friend who loses everything
Episode 15 – People who don’t understand the concept of party
Episode 16 – The secret work of a girl in love
Episode 17 – Thanks for betraying me
Episode 18 – A declaration of war from a former genius
Episode 19 – The Maid Who Travels in Secret
Episode 20 – Glancing at my lifeless childhood friend
Episode 21 – A childhood photo album reveals a close relationship with a childhood friend
Episode 22 – Dream Harem Honeymoon
Episode 23 – Returnee come back to it
Episode 24 – Returnee in agony at the sudden attack
Episode 25 – Childhood friend who doesn’t learn will be made to understand
Episode 26 – Childhood friend don’t want to lose to returnee
Episode 27 – Trauma reunited at a cram school
Episode 28 – Suspicion of transferring without knowing
Episode 29 – Reason for wanting to win
Episode 30 – Throwing off the shackles of a childhood friend
Episode 31 – Beautiful girls exploring each other’s minds [Girls Side]
Episode 32 – A returning student who is secretly pursuing my childhood friend
Episode 33 – Shocking results at the exchange scoring session
Episode 34 – A former genius and a pitiful childhood friend fall into despair again
Episode 35 – It was your brain that was ‘useless’
Episode 36 – Childhood friend reminisce about the past
Chapter 2
Episode 37 – I want to crush all the returnees
Episode 38 – The maid smiles at the young lady who offers her reverse service
Episode 39 – The most popular girls in the school are on bad terms
Episode 40 – Insensitive and clumsy bookworm
Episode 41 – It’s my fault for giving them an opportunity to exploit me
Episode 42 – A genius who provokes others will incur the wrath of a bookworm
Episode 43 – “Cute” is a taboo word to use when talking to a maid