After I Save The Ice Princess From Another School From a Mol*ster, We Started as Friends

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Minori Souta is an ordinary high school student. Today, he lives his daily life as usual.

Even though he’s like that. Every time he went to school, he felt happy.

Because there was a beautiful girl on the train that he boarded.

She had pure white hair and blue eyes. Her Western-like face was somehow fragile and pretty. She has an outstanding style and is so beautiful that she could be considered an idol or an actress.

[Ice Princess]. That’s what she called at the high school next door.

Souta followed her with his eyes every time he got on the train. She rejected all the students that tried to talk to her, and now there are no other high school students on this train except for him and her.

He thought he would just go on with this ordinary life. He had no desire to get close to her. He never thought about it.

But—one day. An incident occurs.

Souta saw her being mol*sted.

No one tried to help her. Souta gathered up his courage and saved her.

The next day. Souta thought that he would return to his ordinary life, but she appeared in front of him.

“Um…you helped me the other day. I just wanted to say thank you.”

Shinonome Nagi, aka [Ice Princess]…… She was the girl he had saved yesterday.

Souta was puzzled, because she was someone he only saw from the distance, nonetheless, he accepted her gratitude. ….But, he kept his distance again.

He was. Because he doesn’t hate his daily routine.

It was then.

“Something, I want to ask. To you.”

Souta couldn’t bear to hear those somewhat sorrowful words. And decided to listen to her request.

“While I’m on the train. I want you to……stay by my side.”

At those words–Souta couldn’t even refuse. He accepted it.

However. Souta didn’t yet know that he would be toyed around by her again and again.

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Takou no Koori Hime wo Chikan kara Tasuketara, Otomedachi kara Hajimeru Koto ni Narimashita
他校の氷姫を痴漢から助けたら、お友達から始める事になりました
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TCGDraco
TCGDraco rated it
March 22, 2023
Status: c40
Read until chapter the end of ch35 if you want to read a 4 star, wholesome and fluffy high-school romance novel. Afterwards the author tries to incorporate drama and ruins the story. Although there is some foreshadowing in earlier chapters it is easy to ignore. The following is just a detailed summary of the events following ch 35 and just an outlet for me to rant.

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Spoiler

Ch36 starts of with ML and FL at an amusement park date where the ML plans to confess his feelings. Before he has the chance to the FL announces she is getting engaged to someone. She accepts the engagement without even trying to negotiate it with her parents knowing full well that she loves the ML and vice-versa. Her reasoning behind her firm decision is that as an adopted child she feels very indebted to her adoptive parents. Due to this she makes a promise as child to her father to marry a good man. Then she goes on to explain that she only used the MC to get used to men so she be prepared for engagement but accidentally ended up falling in love with him.

For reference the novel so far has portrayed her parents as very loving and understanding parents. So the absurdity of this forced situation is unreal. In order to create some drama the author changes the character of the FL removing any positive feelings for the FL from a readers perspective. Then the author proceeds to mend the relationship in the following chs where the MC talks to her parents and they agree to dissolve the engagement and even apologise. Complete collapse of the plot only for it get resolved in 4 chs? Just plain bad writing.

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No hate to the author (maybe a little) but first time experimentation on a well established series with a genre change will never go well. I gave 2 stars cause I was nice :p <<less
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Merged Amigo
Merged Amigo rated it
March 15, 2023
Status: c36
Dropping this as of the most recent chapter. I came here to read a romance story about a cold girl and a caring boy eventually fall in love and start dating.

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As of chapter 36, this has now become a drama about a said cold girl ending up in arranged marriage to a grown man. Notice how I didn't say anything about it being forced? That's because it wasn't. She willingly accepted it. Not pressured to, but voluntarily. Another point to make, why did this author, or any author who writes stories set in modern times, write in an arranged marriage. Do those still happen in Japan? As far as I know, aside from the heavily regressive middle-east, nowhere still has those. Arranged marriage has no place in the 21st century, fiction or otherwise.

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I don't doubt that the story will end with them together, but because of this, they'll get together only at the end. The rest of this story is just gonna be the MC trying to get the ice princess to escape her emotional shackles. While that would make for a good drama, I didn't come here for that. I was hoping for something similar to otonari no tenshi. So yeah, if you enjoy romance dramas, you'll like this. As for me; dropped. <<less
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Deadmilkmen
Deadmilkmen rated it
March 9, 2023
Status: c30
Not bad, definitely not good though. It's just a string of cliches written together.

Loner dude meets super hot chick.

He lives alone, check.

She starts cooking for him.

He has an out going friend who has a girlfriend.

They start getting closer, she makes the most obvious signs that she likes him, he says "I wonder if she likes me"

Their flirting is the cringiest shit. Blushing and stuttering over calling each other's names.

Super le*d hand holding.

At this point I feel like they're just writing these novels with a checklist in place.
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AquasVeritem
AquasVeritem rated it
August 19, 2023
Status: c77
It's so good! Plenty of sweet fluffy goodness, with a bit of drama but not too much. A lot of the negative reviewers dropped it right after the introduction of a conflict around chapter 35, but that conflict gets resolved pretty quickly and then it gets back to the fluffy goodness but even better, which they obviously didn't stick around for. Maybe this just hits me in the part where I wish I had someone who would pamper and love me, but this is really enjoyable to read.
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Skywagon
Skywagon rated it
March 16, 2025
Status: c84
Do you want a sugary sweet romance that's nothing but pure fluff, good feelings and has actual progression on the intimacy front? And a MC that is neither particularly dense nor a wuss incapable of reciprocating his partner's wish for emotional and physical closeness, unlike so many infuriating protagonists do? Then you are likely to enjoy this very much.

Is it pure wish fulfillment? Of course. It's a low-stakes story that's almost entirely drama free (save for one brief occasion - we'll get to that in a bit) and is all... more>> about showcasing the increasingly close and sweet relationship between the two leads. The romance starts relatively early and, once the singular (arguably forced) piece of drama is resolved and put aside, there are no brakes to the fluff train that only keeps accelerating.

And, as mentioned above, Souta is a pretty dang good male lead. He's not some shut in-loser, he's not a herbivore without balls who faints at the touch of his lover and he isn't endlessly dense. And that honestly alone can make a huge difference in these type of stories. Because while yes, he can hardly believe (at first) that a girl like Nagi could be into him, he doesn't endlessly second guess or pretends not to notice what it likely means when she starts doing all the typical things of this genre, like preparing bentos for him, spending more time with him and finding reasons to hang out at his place. Is he nervous about trying to take it further? Of course. But he's not dense enough to ignore all the signs Nagi is throwing up, acts on them with reasonable prudence and thus the story and the romance is better off for it.

Nagi herself is, obviously, a delight all around and pure wish fulfillment fantasy as is typical of the (sub) genre, but that's what we are here for in the first place, right? She does have one major flaw and one major stumble, which is where the one short-lived drama portion of this story comes from, and I can't say I wasn't disappointed, but it kinda ties into her home life, was resolved quickly and ultimately served to push the relationship forward even more, so I can't be too upset about it, even if we could have also done without it in this otherwise sugary sweet fluff.

(Major spoilers)

Spoiler

Nagi's family is a quite rich and prominent in the business world, and thus (because authors like this trope for some reason) the topic of arranged marriage does crop up... but not quite in the typical sense. She wasn't the least bit forced or coerced into it... but was still willing to go through with it. Granted, she and Souta weren't quite going out yet at the time even though they were already very close (but the confession from Souta was about to come up on their next date in a few days, and both she and Souta knew it was coming), but it was still disappointing she wasn't willing to say no - and it would have made everyone miserable, herself, Souta, her parents - everyone, because ultimately it was a result of poor communication all around.

You see, Nagi is adopted from an orphanage (her parent's couldn't naturally conceive any children) - and she has had a good life and been treated well, so she has it in her head that she must repay somehow the family who took her in. And to be fair, that's the initial reason her parents adopted her - they wanted an heir to their business, and Nagi was very quick to internalize all sorts of lessons she soaked up from watching her parents, especially her father, conduct themselves at work (how to put on a mask, how to appear as a perfect lady, etc).

Well, here's the catch - her parents have long since stopped caring about any of that and love Nagi from the bottom of their hearts no less than if she was their own beloved flesh and blood, and only want her to be free and happy. But as her dad is a pretty awkward communicator (and rarely at home as he's swamped with work) and as Nagi had learned well how to keep her mask up (and is adamant about repaying them for taking her in), none of this was ever properly conveyed in either direction.

Then why did her dad bring up the arranged marriage? Because his own marriage to his wife is the happiest thing that ever happened to him, and the party who approached him about a potential match is (as we later get to see) a genuinely pretty great guy. And as Nagi is pretty aloof and lacks friends in her day to day life, her dad thought it would be great if she had someone in her life who would genuinely support her and make her happy, like what happened between him and his own wife. It would have also been a fantastic match for the family business, true, but as before - that honestly doesn't matter to her dad and hasn't in a very long time.

And again, he wasn't going to force anything in the slightest - the conversation even began with him simply asking Nagi if she has someone she likes. If it turned out she did, he wouldn't have even brought anything further up. All Nagi had to do was say yes... and none of the drama would have unfolded. But Nagi figured out that likely the only reason her dad asked is because he had a match in mind, and as she is still obsessed with repaying her adoptive family, she answered that she doesn't (a lie!) - and agreed to the marriage interview (again, she is told that she can back out at any time if she doesn't like anything about the other party after meeting them) and since she is good at keeping up her 'perfect lady' mask, she made it truly look like she doesn't mind.

So during the following date with Souta, just as he is about to confess, Nagi instead says they can't see each other any more, and tearfully says some mean things (like how she only used him to get over her anxiety around men) in an effort to get him to dislike her - because she obviously realizes that Souta loves her and that this whole ordeal will obviously hurt him, and thus she figures if she can get him to hate her then it will be less painful on him to let her go. Obviously doesn't work out very well, because Souta can see very clearly that she is hurting and tearing up and all that, but that's how they part for the day.

Souta is depressed the following day, but after a kick in the rear and encouragement from his friends, decides to confront Nagi's family because he just can't give up on her like that so he tracks down Nagi's home and one of the maids (who is well aware of Nagi's and Soutas feelings for each other) lets him in, and that's how he gets to meet Nagi's father. Dad is very confused at first (Nagi never told him she had any close male friends) but after a speech from Souta and a realization that the 'friend' at whose home Nagi has been spending all her weekends recently is Souta (and obviously what this implies about their feelings) and that Nagi has only been hiding how she feels, he immediately shuffles Nagi over to talk with Souta (she was on the verge of breaking down anyways) and the whole arranged marriage thing is immediately called off.

So you have the whole tearful reconciliation between Nagi and Souta, with Nagi bawling her eyes out about how s*upid she has been acting and for hurting him and all that, for which she will be feeling very guilty for a long time, but at least the whole ordeal is over and the two can be happily together. And at least, this whole incident also explains why Nagi's family is so accepting of their relationship - because both Dad and Mom realize their family would fallen apart when it inevitably came out they had set up Nagi for a marriage where she would have felt miserable, just because they failed to communicate properly with their daughter and she somehow felt she had to hide her feelings around them when that's never what they wanted. So instead all 3 resolve to be closer and to actually talk to each other more openly, and dad will be making more time for his family at home. So Souta essentially managed to save their family from complete misery because he was brave enough to show up and speak his mind, despite being a highschool kid, so they welcome him and his relationship with Nagi with open arms.

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So... it was indeed a piece of drama that we could have easily avoided (with just one word!) and was honestly unnecessary given the otherwise purely diabetes-inducing tone of the romance, but at least it was resolved quickly with very little fuss and gave the Nagi / Souta ship one hell of an acceleration kick in the rear and preemptively cleared potential hurdles further on in their relationship (when parents are perfectly fine with their daughter having weekend sleepovers at her lover's place and with everything that likely entails with h**ny teens, you know they have given their full blessing to the relationship and thus isn't something either of them needs to worry about), so I can't get too upset about it.

All in all - you in a mood for a fluffy romance with generally likable characters all around, a surprisingly competent male lead and with romance progression that actually moves at a good clip, and are in the market for developing diabetes from all the sweetness? This is not going to disappoint you. <<less
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FRASH_18
FRASH_18 rated it
November 1, 2023
Status: c40
On the ntr scale of how ntrable a girl is, the fMC is 10/10 easily ntrable. My god 0 resistance to her arranged marriage that the family wasn't even forcing or pressuring her to do, she had a choice to say no but said yes cause she wants to repay her adopted parents, even though said adopted parents clearly told her its only if she wants to and that she does not have to do it. I've read alot of ntr doujin and this girl is on the list of... more>> ntrable girls. Hell I swear anybody could black mail her with the smallest insignificant black mail and she would fold immediatly. Do not read if you want a girl who doesn't even try to fight for the love of her life🤦‍♂️💀

Perhaps I was to harsh. It gets better again after this 4 chp dumbass arc, author literally could have resolved her relationship with her parents in a better way without ruining her character progression and making readers opinion of fMC drop. But yea it does go back to being wholesome and cute. I recommend continuing to read it, very nice and cute. Overall 4/5 just cause of chp 36-40 which pmo and dropped this from a 5/5 to a 1/5 but now it got better again so its a 4/5.

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spacewarlock9
spacewarlock9 rated it
March 10, 2023
Status: c31
Yet another typical rom com novel. Archetypal and essentially nothing breath takingly new:; it's like a more toned down version of Otonari Tenshin. Like any other JP rom com, we've got the introverted but sensitive and nice MC, the extremely pulchritudinous FL that somehow associates themselves with the MC because of some arbitrary and illogical rationale, and the extroverted and teasing best friend with the dimwitted girlfriend; but, it's still undeniably 90% better than most other JP Rom Coms. In chapter 31, the plot actually advances and deviates from the... more>> occasional norm of lover A meets lover B's family and vice versa. The addition of a "love rival" is a plot device, but one not unappreciated because it's a fresh look for 100% fluff novels, especially for me. Whether or not it will be executed well depends on the author's proficiency.

If you've never read the top dogs of sugar fluff rom coms before, you'll be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from this. Regardless, while it is still cringe, it's still a great choice for light reads (1-3 chapters daily). I still find it to be quite sweet; perfect for amorous teenagers with no experience in romantic affection... like me. <<less
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