With Great Power, Comes Great Headaches
Harem Protagonist: CHYOA
Chapter 8
· original author:
alphadragon
Ah, screw it!
You were probably already dead back in your original world anyways if the isekai novels you've read were to be believed. Though, if the galaxy of stars outside your window wasn't a good indicator of that then the disembodied voice telling that'll you'll become the Harem Protagonist was the real cincher.
Unoriginal? Definitely.
But like the many simps populating the internet, you couldn't deny the appeal of traveling to a new world. Especially if you were given the opportunity to obtain a miraculous, OP power for yourself. And the glowing wish stone in your hand was the very embodiment of that desire. Ideas were already circulating through your head. There were so many powers you could wish for. Super strength, x-ray vision, flight, shrinking/growing, etc... The list just went on and on. But unlike those stock light novel heroes (maybe?) you actually slowed down to think this through.
"Hmmm...."
If you were going to become the main character of Harem Protagonist then you needed to keep your powers on the lower end of the spectrum. Sure super strength sounded cool and all, but in a world that ran off the rules of your typical anime romcom, it'd backfire in the most spectacular way possible. You paled at the thought of being put on the receiving end of what the average male lead endured in those scenarios before the finale.
Like Kentaro from Live Hina.
shudder...
So, you needed a power that'll prevent you from becoming the butt-monkey of every romcom cliché.
That's mean any and all combat powers are no-go. Otherwise if the game's balance adjusted to your new powers and compensated for everyone else, you'd end up stuck in a world of fighting chicks with shredded clothes and enough panty shots to fill the Smithsonian. Not to mention the inevitable never ending cycle of hellish training and escalating fist fights till the big bad martial artist at the end was conquered by yours truly.
Oh, hell no to that.
Flashy powers are out as well.
You've read too many stories about people with superhuman powers or abilities either being viciously persecuted, locked up as dangers to society or turned into guinea pigs from some sick experimentations. So flight, elemental powers, and anything that'll easily be noticed a mile away are out.
So, that leaves the obvious perverted powers.
X-ray vision was nice, but you'd already grown tired of it after spending several playthroughs using it. Mind control/relationship manipulation seemed like a good choice, but it just didn't sit right with you. Sure the heroines were nothing more than advance A.I. simulations with realistic emotions and expression in game but they'd become the real thing once you woke up. You'd didn't want to turn into one of those scumbags that twist the heroines into sex-starved whores for shits and giggles.
In other words, you needed a power that's subtle but capable of letting you live out your perverted fantasy with the heroines.
You wracked your brain over this conundrum.
"What would be a good power damnit?" You screamed aloud.
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1) Perception Alteration - Lets you control how people perceive you. (Careful, you could meet a grisly fate)
2) Shapeshifting - The ability to transform into clothes or small animals and insects. (Nothing bigger than you original size)
3) Mind Reading - Quick and subtle, able to hear everyone's inner thoughts (can't be turned off)
4) Possession - Leave your body then temporarily possess another person. (The possessed may or may not be conscious during and your body is left as a vegetable till you return)
5) Size Manipulation - The ability is in the name. (Limited to 30ft maximum and 1 inch minimum. Need time to grow/shrink)
You were probably already dead back in your original world anyways if the isekai novels you've read were to be believed. Though, if the galaxy of stars outside your window wasn't a good indicator of that then the disembodied voice telling that'll you'll become the Harem Protagonist was the real cincher.
Unoriginal? Definitely.
But like the many simps populating the internet, you couldn't deny the appeal of traveling to a new world. Especially if you were given the opportunity to obtain a miraculous, OP power for yourself. And the glowing wish stone in your hand was the very embodiment of that desire. Ideas were already circulating through your head. There were so many powers you could wish for. Super strength, x-ray vision, flight, shrinking/growing, etc... The list just went on and on. But unlike those stock light novel heroes (maybe?) you actually slowed down to think this through.
"Hmmm...."
If you were going to become the main character of Harem Protagonist then you needed to keep your powers on the lower end of the spectrum. Sure super strength sounded cool and all, but in a world that ran off the rules of your typical anime romcom, it'd backfire in the most spectacular way possible. You paled at the thought of being put on the receiving end of what the average male lead endured in those scenarios before the finale.
Like Kentaro from Live Hina.
shudder...
So, you needed a power that'll prevent you from becoming the butt-monkey of every romcom cliché.
That's mean any and all combat powers are no-go. Otherwise if the game's balance adjusted to your new powers and compensated for everyone else, you'd end up stuck in a world of fighting chicks with shredded clothes and enough panty shots to fill the Smithsonian. Not to mention the inevitable never ending cycle of hellish training and escalating fist fights till the big bad martial artist at the end was conquered by yours truly.
Oh, hell no to that.
Flashy powers are out as well.
You've read too many stories about people with superhuman powers or abilities either being viciously persecuted, locked up as dangers to society or turned into guinea pigs from some sick experimentations. So flight, elemental powers, and anything that'll easily be noticed a mile away are out.
So, that leaves the obvious perverted powers.
X-ray vision was nice, but you'd already grown tired of it after spending several playthroughs using it. Mind control/relationship manipulation seemed like a good choice, but it just didn't sit right with you. Sure the heroines were nothing more than advance A.I. simulations with realistic emotions and expression in game but they'd become the real thing once you woke up. You'd didn't want to turn into one of those scumbags that twist the heroines into sex-starved whores for shits and giggles.
In other words, you needed a power that's subtle but capable of letting you live out your perverted fantasy with the heroines.
You wracked your brain over this conundrum.
"What would be a good power damnit?" You screamed aloud.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
1) Perception Alteration - Lets you control how people perceive you. (Careful, you could meet a grisly fate)
2) Shapeshifting - The ability to transform into clothes or small animals and insects. (Nothing bigger than you original size)
3) Mind Reading - Quick and subtle, able to hear everyone's inner thoughts (can't be turned off)
4) Possession - Leave your body then temporarily possess another person. (The possessed may or may not be conscious during and your body is left as a vegetable till you return)
5) Size Manipulation - The ability is in the name. (Limited to 30ft maximum and 1 inch minimum. Need time to grow/shrink)
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