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Translator: Vine
Chapter Title: Prologue
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Among mobile games, there's something called a 'Bonsai Game'.
It's a portmanteau of 'Bonsai' (盆栽), meaning to cultivate plants, and 'Game,' an English loanword.
The crucial question is, 'Why was such an odd name given to it?'
That's precisely because of the unique characteristics of Bonsai Games:
Short playtimes and easily completable daily quests.
Much like watering a plant once a day and being done with it, if you consistently dedicate at most an hour a day,
the name stuck because it implies you'll have no trouble enjoying the game's main story.
Of course, beyond that, there's always the PvP content where players compete to see who has the fattest wallet through in-app purchases.
You might ask, 'What's the fun in a game that ends so quickly and just drains your wallet?'
That's just ignorance talking.
This genre of game has a fundamentally different objective from other types.
Another term for Bonsai Games is, in fact,
'Bishojo Game'.
The core content of the game involves drawing beautiful girls through gacha, investing resources, and then voyeuristically observing their growth and daily lives!
Thus, it goes without saying that the most crucial elements in these games are the stunning illustrations and the irresistible charm of the female characters.
The game I was transmigrated into was also one of these.
Various types of beautiful girls attending a hunter academy.
Players nurture these beautiful girls with affection, love, and, of course, money.
A game where you prevent the world's destined destruction with the girls you've raised!
"Velvet School Life!"
...But doesn't something strike you as odd?
Where did all the guys go, and why are these beautiful girls the ones stopping the world's crisis?
Honestly, biologically speaking, men are naturally stronger and have bodies better suited for combat.
Of course, it's not as if male characters don't appear in the game.
But if male characters go up against a female character in just bikini armor, they get absolutely flattened.
As for why that is...
I didn't know until I transmigrated myself.
I just figured it was an 'adult's reason'—that for a Bonsai Game to sell, the beautiful girls had to be powerful.
But it turns out, I was wrong.
This place, the world of Velvet School Life, operates on a premise where
men are weak and women wield powerful strength.
It was a world turned upside down.
And there, I became 'a man who wields a sword'.