Second-year high school student Akiyama Haruki is the most average guy you can imagine—no special talents, no dramatic past, just an expert in staying out of the spotlight. But when a well-meaning lie snowballs out of control, he finds himself pretending to be in a relationship with the school’s #1 beauty and enigmatic honor student, Kusunoki Mei—who proposed the fake relationship herself.

The catch? Mei needs to avoid a persistent suitor with powerful connections—and Haruki is the perfect "harmless" shield. But as they maintain their ruse through increasingly absurd scenarios, their daily lives intertwine, and it becomes harder to tell where the act ends and the real feelings begin.

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My Fake Girlfriend is Too Convincing!