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Published:
2023-06-08
Completed:
2023-09-10
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42,776
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27/27
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I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Antes Story

Summary:

An old curse, a green-haired info dumping tsundere, small town legends, and actual lesbians in Michigan (Real!) are things I never thought I'd run into transferring to an all-girls boarding school for my senior year but, here I am.

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Hey, I'm Hitomi. Just Hitomi. I'm an 18-year-old with a sarcastic/pessimistic sense of humor (according to my friend Marianne). I'm a lesbian, model-turned-writer who decided to write her first story about herself. Yes I know how vain that sounds and I know how boring biographies can be (thanks Ms Emery) but don't worry enough happened my senior year to call this a story. A story where my goal of finishing high school is sort of thrown to the side as I deal with a "curse" that 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 started sometime in the 70's and revolves around being blonde? Dumb curses aren't the only thing I'm burdened with at this school since I also have to make sure my friends don't secretly hate me, attend to that that green haired info dumping tsundere who I may or may not have feelings for and attend to an embarrassing ex who I may or may not still have feelings for. Stories have genres so let's see if I had to give my senior year a genre it would be a...coming of age rom-com maybe?

Chapter 1: (authors note + cover)

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heyhey. it's audrey (っ＾▿＾)っ

a big, big thank you to my promo/intro illustrator who constantly inspired me to write and create more with her really pretty art of my characters

a thank you to all my beta readers who helped me turn this light novel into what it is today

a thank you to my cover and arc intro illustrator. all the new illustrations look great

a thank you to everyone who reads "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Vol. 1". it means a lot :)

authors note:

months later i still like "Hero" the short story i released before this but i do feel i didn't step out my comfort zone with it. it was an emotional romantic drama which is the kind of stories i write the most. that's not to say "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be)" won't have emotional drama cause it definitely does have that. with this story being a romantic comedy though it has a different tone to it. it was really hard to write in the beginning because of this change but i think i got the hang of it after a while. drawing the illustrations also took a lot of work as there was a lot more to draw with this ln and i still wanted to improve. i feel like i still could get better but i'm satisfied with what i've drawn so far. genre and art weren't the only things i experimented with  since i feel like i did more with character voice, character personalities, and scene sequencing with this story. im excited to experiment more with my writing in the future :D

ipvol1 credits:

story & illustrations by audrey_xo_

cover & arc intro illustrations by arka

promo & intro illustrations by eraofpink

character designs by audrey_xo_

soundtrack to ipvol1

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MFFgipU6MEuwG01Szbbkp

 

i hope u enjoy reading "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Vol. 1" and laughing with (and maybe sometimes at) Jocelyn as she tells her story :) 

1" and laughing with (and maybe sometimes at) Jocelyn as she tells her story :)