In a World Where Gender Roles Are Reversed, People Seem to Be Unaffected by This Crisis. - Chapter 1

Around the time I entered elementary school. I started to feel out of touch with this world.

I was out with my mother at the mall.

So far, so good.

But when I looked around, all I could see were …… a bunch of women.?

Well, there were some men, but only approximately 3 to 4. The female to male ratio is obviously unbalanced.

It was an incredibly bizarre and unnatural scene.

And the women were oddly intensively staring at me.

Some of them even waved excitingly at me.

?……?

Suddenly, a random woman’s eyes met mine and so I waved at her.

“I was so happy that a boy waved back!”

” That’s not fair!”

“Hey, you! Wave to your older sister, too!”

Perhaps because that woman was red-faced and overjoyed, the other women surrounding her got on and began waving at me as well.

I was puzzled and wondered if I should be so happy to be waved at by elementary school students.?

“W, wait Ikkun!? Do not wave at those women so effortlessly, you can’t get carried away.”

“Ee?!”

I rolled my eyes and tilted my head.

At that time I could not understand why my mother was in so much of a hurry.

When I went home and turned on the TV, I heard the news about men being molested, about the increasing number of sex crimes in which men are the victims, and other stories that seemed to emphasize on situations about men.

My mother words were very genuine.
“Are you okay Ikkun, my precious boy? It’s important to have a sense of danger. Otherwise, you’ll be targeted and eaten by man-eating women. …… Oh, and if that happens, your mother…….”
Mother begins to mutter and get upset with tears in her eyes.

I’m worried about her mental stability, but right now I’m more ……

“Precious boy?”

I frowned and tilted my head dramatically.

Something…something is different.

The rights between women and men should be equal.

Therefore, there shouldn’t be anything as “precious” title for a man.

And what do you mean by “crisis”?
A feeling of discomfort begins to grow, and my mind fills up with a hazy feeling.

However, at that moment, a specific word came in my mind but before I could utter it instantly disappeared.

“Is this what you call…..a world of virtue inversion?”

A chastity-reversal world is one in which the concept of chastity between men and women is reversed.

And, in general, the male-female ratio is disproportionate.?
Being born a male, you may have had people around you who cautioned you to be careful with women.

?Hence, the male side becomes more timid and wary of them.

For those rare men, females may try to have a relationship with THEM, even if it is by force.

Men are the herbivorous type. Men are herbivorous and women are carnivorous, a unique contrast in a world of fidelity reversal.
Once I got back in my room and calmed down, I started to remember what it was like to be alone in this world .

……………….

My name is ikkun, which is a fancy way of saying “kazuki”.
That’s my name for you.
In a way, it’s easy to remember.
When I look in the mirror, I see my own reflection: dark haired, dark eyed and aged.
I don’t think I am a very good-looking guy, but I wouldn’t say I’m bad either.
And the thing I’m most curious about is the male to female ratio in this world: 1:10
”Oh it’s surprisingly normal”
If the male-female ratio is 1/100, we have to be always on guard.

It’s no wonder we get a lot of attention everywhere we go, and men are seen as the ones to be protected and favored.
But even if the ratio is 1/100 that means there are a few men around the world .
Besides, I’m not good-looking, and there are probably plenty of guys who are better-looking, smarter, more athletic and richer than me.
I may attract their attention because I’m a man who is much less abundant than women, but I’ll never be desirable enough to be courted.

In other words…….

‘It’s a virtuous reversal world, but it looks like you’d be surprisingly okay with zero sense of danger.’

” It’s going to be a daily routine that won’t be too different from my old life.
The most important thing to remember is that the best way to get the most out of your life is to be a member of the society you are living in.
‘Well, I wasn’t handsome in my old life either, so this might be easier”

What a bummer, I wake up with my eyes wide open, and the next thing I know, memories of my old life are flowing through my head.
The most recent memory of was seeing myself about to graduate from high school and was frequently hanging out with my friends.
In my previous life, I was a healthy high school boy who had many male friends, and we would have a lot of fun with silly stories
I had a lot of fun every day, but…I do have some regrets.
The only thing I could do was to observe the so-called beautiful girls at school from a distance, and there was no hope of me ever getting a girlfriend.
The thing is you can’t go out and just a get a random girl, you have to try your best but I never did.

Suddenly, for some reason i felt so sleepy and fell into a deep sleep again.

I thought being always wary of women was useless.
In fact, I was to careless to even think I would be totally fine
…………….
I didn’t have the faintest idea at that time that it would come to this….