In a World of Reversed C*astity, I’m Surrounded by a Clingy Older Woman, a Walking Red Flag, and an Exhausted Office Lady

Simply by letting someone stay the night, his everyday life gradually grew heavier.

The gender ratio in this world was one to four. Men were the ones who got groped, and men were the ones who were protected.

Aoi Shirasu, a first-year university student, was one of the rare “men living alone” in that world, but his looks were only slightly above average, and his personality was nothing more than a little kind. He had been living an ordinary life, completely unrelated to the kind of harem developments people tended to expect in a reversed world.

Or at least, that was how it was supposed to be.

One night, he let an older woman, Yua Shino­nome, stay over after she lost her key and ended up sitting down in front of her apartment door. That single act became the trigger, and Aoi’s life quietly began to change.

The older neighbor whose sense of personal space was far too close, yet who never quite crossed the line. And his landmine-type childhood friend, Renka Koibuchi, who, with a completely straight face, said she “didn’t want to become someone unnecessary” and reacted with acute sensitivity to Aoi’s gaze and even his thoughts. There was also Kaoruko Shiki, an office lady who often came to the convenience store where he worked part-time and looked utterly exhausted by life.

He didn’t remember choosing anyone. He was barely even aware that he was being shown affection. And yet…

Around a man who was “nothing more than kind,” dependency quietly began to coil and tighten.