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The Simulacrum by Egathentale
«He who fights with harem tropes should see to it that he himself does not become a harem... Read more
«He who fights with harem tropes should see to it that he himself does not become a harem protagonist. And if you gaze for long into a narrative, the narrative gazes also into you.» ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (…probably?)
How would you react if one day you found yourself in an environment running on tropes and clichés?
For allegedly average high-schooler Leonard Dunning, this rhetorical question became uncomfortably real on the day he woke up on a strangely pristine island in the middle of the Atlantic, without any memories, surrounded by classmates who are barely more than characterless placeholders, and with a classic indecisive harem protagonist and his impossibly beautiful love interests for friends.
That would be hard to deal with already, yet his investigation into the tropes governing the world, trying to avoid harem shenanigans, and his odd blend of outside-context knowledge, unique abilities, and a penchant for causing trouble wherever he goes ends up dragging him into the center of the action anyway.
Disclaimer: This is a tongue-in-cheek, slice of life romantic comedy, with occasional sprinkles of combat and mystery to spice things up. Please do not expect a straight up deconstruction beyond some in-universe meta-commentary by the characters. Collapse
How would you react if one day you found yourself in an environment running on tropes and clichés?
For allegedly average high-schooler Leonard Dunning, this rhetorical question became uncomfortably real on the day he woke up on a strangely pristine island in the middle of the Atlantic, without any memories, surrounded by classmates who are barely more than characterless placeholders, and with a classic indecisive harem protagonist and his impossibly beautiful love interests for friends.
That would be hard to deal with already, yet his investigation into the tropes governing the world, trying to avoid harem shenanigans, and his odd blend of outside-context knowledge, unique abilities, and a penchant for causing trouble wherever he goes ends up dragging him into the center of the action anyway.
Disclaimer: This is a tongue-in-cheek, slice of life romantic comedy, with occasional sprinkles of combat and mystery to spice things up. Please do not expect a straight up deconstruction beyond some in-universe meta-commentary by the characters. Collapse
- Status in COO: Ongoing
- Total written: 200+ chapters
- Available: 159 chapters
- Year of publishing: 2019
- Language: English
- Authors: Egathentale
- Publishers: RoyalRoad
- Views: 12 365
- Total views: 38 425
- Comments: 7
- Total comments: 39
Last 25 chapters
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Book 5 Extra 3: Meet the Assembly's Best and Brightest 11 months ago
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Chapter 114 11 months ago
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Chapter 113 1 year ago
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Chapter 112 1 year ago
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Chapter 111 1 year ago
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Chapter 110 1 year ago
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Chapter 109 1 year ago
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Chapter 108 1 year ago
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Chapter 107 1 year ago
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Another year, another First of April. You know the drill. 1 year ago
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Chapter 106 1 year ago
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Chapter 105 1 year ago
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Chapter 104 1 year ago
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Chapter 103 1 year ago
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Chapter 102 1 year ago
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Book 5 Extra 2: Memories in the Snow 1 year ago
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Chapter 101 1 year ago
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Another re-editing update 1 year ago
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Book 5 Extra 1: An End-of-the-year-winter-solstice-related-religious-holiday Carol 1 year ago
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Chapter 100 1 year ago
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Book 5: Prologue 1 year ago
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Book 4 Extra 7: There is no escaping the ships 1 year ago
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Book 4 Extra 6: The magic of the Ferris wheel 1 year ago
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Book 4 Extra 5: Weird is the new normal 1 year ago
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Book 4 Extra 4: Neutron Star 1 year ago
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