Welcome, to the Bad End Route ~Looks Like It’s Heading Towards a Bad End, so I’ll Take the Harem End Route Instead~

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“Sorry, I’m going out with my friends today.”

This was what Tendou Susumu, the popular protagonist, told the girls.

That voice woke up something in me, Jimichi Ikuto, someone who was simply leading an ordinary life, and spurned me to action.

I got my hair done and dyed it a bit, switched from glasses to contacts, then finally made the most out of my parent’s connections.

I, who had changed a lot in both appearance and personality, had gathered people around me. However, I wasn’t interested in them at all.

What caught my attention more were the four female students that surrounded Susumu Tendou. Although apparently, all of them took a liking to Tendou.

But you, why the hell are you like that? If you just kept your mouth shut and had let the things stay as it was, it would be a normal, happy ending.

Ah, you were the one at fault, weren’t you? Those girls came to me because you kept on making choices like that.

This was the first time I had come this far…hmm? What was I talking about? I didn’t even know anymore.

But for some reason, I just felt compelled to say this. “Welcome, to the Bad End Route.”

Associated Names
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Yōkoso, baddoendorūto e ~konkai wa baddo endo masshigurana yōnanode, kawari ni ore ga harem endo rūto desu~
ようこそ、バッドエンドルートへ ~今回はバッドエンドまっしぐらなようなので、代わりに俺がハーレムエンドルートです~
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Latest Release

Date Group Release
11/09/22 MachinedLinguist v3c18
11/09/22 MachinedLinguist v3c17
11/09/22 MachinedLinguist v3c16
11/09/22 MachinedLinguist v3c15
11/06/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss 12
11/06/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss 11.5
11/06/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss 11
11/06/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss 10
11/06/22 MachinedLinguist v3c14
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss9
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss8
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss7
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss6
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3 ss5
11/04/22 MachinedLinguist v3c13
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promet
promet rated it
January 29, 2023
Status: Completed
Actual rank more like 2.5/5, but I was generous and rounded it up.

My general impression is that this is a kind of practice story—a relatively short, simple harem story (romcom? Not quite, but close) that someone could write as their first story and a sort of warmup before writing a more advanced, complicated, better story. Accordingly, it's pretty meh.

However, I do appreciate the idea regarding the setting. It's slightly similar to a metanovel. It was pretty innovative. I won't say more lest I spoil it.

Because it was relatively short, I... more>> won't go into much detail, but I'll still say a few more words about various aspects.

The setting is pretty simple, but it's okay for a harem rom (com).

The plot is also pretty simple and overall okay, but leaves a lot to be desired. There was a lot of events that the author could've written about, but he just skipped them. In some cases, he even outright ignored the [show, don't tell] rule in the worst way possible, saying in one short sentence that something happened. This is where I deducted a lot of score.

Characters are okay. Some more interactions were possible, and in the main plotline, not side stories (where a large part of them transpired), so it feels like they weren't fleshed out anywhere nearly as much as they could've been, but they weren't bad per se. However, just like other reviewers pointed out, the first two love interests (the soccer club manager in particular) were given much less love from the author (they were given considerably less time and effort). The negative characters were also done suitably well.

I have no real problem with the translation. There were some English mistakes (mostly grammar and less obvious punctuation mistakes iirc), but they didn't really get in the way of my reading.

Overall, it's a novel you can read if you're bored and have nothing to read, but nothing special enough to go out of your way to read. <<less
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121kenx
121kenx rated it
November 14, 2022
Status: v4 ss 2
This whole story is a what if scenario the author wanted to write. In this case, as you may infer from the title and synopsis, what if a harem protagonist of a dating sim visual novel were to choose all of the wrong choices in the view of a seemingly innocuous character.

It is pretty entertaining reading how the the vn protagonist, Tendou, gradually lose his protagonist status as he makes more of the wrong choices, and how our protagonist, Ikuto, seemed to become more of a chad as those choices... more>> are made.

The mystery throughout the story is pretty obvious, but it seemed that the author wanted to present the story as if it was happening in the real world.

The Bad End novel is in the end, not a bad novel. However, there isn't much that truly made it go beyond not bad territory for me. The idea is unique and the execution is okay with the entire story becoming very predictable very quickly. <<less
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DdxdD
DdxdD rated it
November 14, 2022
Status: v4 extra
Overall a nice little novel to pass time with.

The only problem I have with it is the ending which kinda feel like it was rush, if there's some after story then I might consider but for now it's a 4*

Spoiler

Would have loved to see koudzuki being in the harem too, although it kinda implied that she will we didn't get to see it which is a shame.

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SomethingBetter
SomethingBetter rated it
November 11, 2022
Status: v4c1
Honestly a solid read. My only complaint is that the characters seem to act like the most two dimensional characters ever, and their emotions change on a whim. But, there’s only 40-ish chapters at this point, and the author seems to have something lined up in the future that explains the reason why the characters act like how they do. Other than that, it’s a pretty charming read. Recommended if you like seeing the main character living on easy mode.
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Empress
Empress
November 4, 2022
Status: v3c9
This is something when dating sim game meet with Horror genre. Lol, but weirdly I found this amusing and can't stop reading. I haven't sleep all night and binged the whole novel until the latest chapter. The author is genius, I never read something like this before. A unique spin on gal game and mob character theme with comedy and horror.
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