Want to Be My Teammate? — Said the Popular Childhood Friend Who Always Called Me a Hopeless Loner.

Ren Kurogane, a first-year high school student, is targeted and bothered every day by the popular classmate Hiroto Kinjou. The reason? —Because Ren stood up for a classmate who was being bullied by Hiroto. Their classmates all looked the other way. While Ren was left isolated, the one who reached out to him was Ririka Hiiragi, Hiroto’s childhood friend and the class Madonna. “——Won’t you team up with me?” Ren is confused by her unexpected offer, especially since she usually keeps her distance from everyone. But slowly, the two lonely people begin to be drawn to each other. Meanwhile, Hiroto, who always looked down on Ren as just another “shy loner” and believed that Ririka naturally b...