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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Eduardo, who's a fairly decent guy who happens to be constantly making offensive comments and sees nothing wrong with stalking.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Felicia was a average looking and awkwardly dressed nerd but once she entered in university, she has a major makeover and now looks gorgeous. Zigzagged, in that Ventura had a crush with her homely-looking high school self and finds her more conventionally looking appearence to be GenericCuteness.]]
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* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Felicia was a average looking and awkwardly dressed nerd but once she entered in university, she has a major makeover and now looks gorgeous. Zigzagged, in that Ventura had a crush with her homely-looking high school self and finds her more conventionally looking attractive appearence to be GenericCuteness.]]
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: In-universe. Ryuk, Ventura's favorite character in his favorite books series tends to be divisive among audiences, with half of the fanbase regarding him as NotBadassEnoughForFans and the other half finding a complex, likable character, Ventura of course belong to the latter group.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: In-universe. Ryuk, Ventura's favorite character in his favorite books series tends to be divisive among audiences, with half of the fanbase regarding him as NotBadassEnoughForFans and the other half finding a complex, likable character, Ventura of course belong belongs to the latter group.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Ventura tends to be extremely critical and negative towards anything he does...except when he does something right or gets praised for something, where he suddenly becomes more smug and egocentric.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Felicia was a average looking and awkwardly dressed nerd but once she entered in university, she has a major makeover and now looks gorgeous. Zigzagged, in that Ventura had a crush with her homely-looking high school self and finds her more conventionally looking appearence to be GenericCuteness.]]
* CanNotSpitItOut: Ventura's social skills are so bad that he struggles to say a lot of important stuff, going from asking for a cable for his headphones to expressing complex feelings.
* GirlNextDoorTurnedSuperstar: [[spoiler: Felicia, Ventura's FirstLove, who was a homely-looking and unpopular nerd during the period where they met but when they re-encounter she is a gorgeus and popular student with a equally popular boyfriend. Zigzagged in that once Ventura met her like this he feels indifference towards her]].
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* LovingAShadow: Ivonne fell in love with Ventura back in high school for being one of the few persons to be respectful towards her issues and didn't fall into the rumors around her, but as they start dating in university, it becomes very obvious they have nothing in common, that neither of the two like the other and that the only reason they keep each other around is because they are desperately lonely.
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** Ivonne fell in love with Ventura back in high school for being one of the few persons to be respectful towards her issues and didn't fall into the rumors around her, but as they start dating in university, it becomes very obvious they have nothing in common, that neither of the two like the other and that the only reason they keep each other around is because they are desperatelylonely.lonely.
** Likewise Ventura's crush on Felicia back in high school was based on her nicer aspects, while completely ignoring the least pleasent aspects of her personality that make her unpopular with the reimaning classmates in the first place.
* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: The more experienced Ivonne was a HopelessSuitor to the inexperienced Ventura during high school.
** Ivonne fell in love with Ventura back in high school for being one of the few persons to be respectful towards her issues and didn't fall into the rumors around her, but as they start dating in university, it becomes very obvious they have nothing in common, that neither of the two like the other and that the only reason they keep each other around is because they are desperately
** Likewise Ventura's crush on Felicia back in high school was based on her nicer aspects, while completely ignoring the least pleasent aspects of her personality that make her unpopular with the reimaning classmates in the first place.
* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: The more experienced Ivonne was a HopelessSuitor to the inexperienced Ventura during high school.
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* DisinheritedChild: Irene, had a millionare family that controlled her life, in the very moment she step up to them and tells them she doesn't wanna study medicine, they disown her and has to work on her.
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* CaffeineFailure: Coffee in a small dose no longer works for Ventura, and he has to take major amounts of it, for him to remain awake, when that doesn't work, he starts mixing it with other stuff, leading him to a more unstable state that he already was.
* TheCasanova: Leo, who is introduced as someone who "probably approved out of conquering enough teachers."
* TheCasanova: Leo, who is introduced as someone who "probably approved out of conquering enough teachers."
* DisinheritedChild: Irene, had a millionare family that controlled her life, in the very moment she step up to them and tells them she doesn't wanna study medicine, they disown her and has to work on her.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Ventura, Irene and Eduardo possess them.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Ventura, Irene and Eduardo possess them.
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: While a lot of people had made his life more difficult that it had to be, is very clear that a lot of his issues are caused by his own lack of motivation, his poorly thoughts plans, his procrastination and his increasing depression affecting his good intentions.
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: While a lot of people had made his life more difficult that it had to be, is very clear that a lot most of his issues are caused by his own lack of motivation, his poorly thoughts plans, his procrastination and his increasing depression affecting his good intentions.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: The 20-years old Irene, The 22-years old Ventura, The 26-years old Eduardo and the 29-years old Victoria.
* IronButtmonkey: Ventura, who has being hurted for more things that any human being could possibly pass for, but given none of them are PlayedForDrama, he's back like it was nothing in the next chapter.
* IronButtmonkey: Ventura, who has being hurted for more things that any human being could possibly pass for, but given none of them are PlayedForDrama, he's back like it was nothing in the next chapter.
* LadykillerInLove: Leo, an old friend from high school who was quite the casanova is revealed to have being in love with Valentina for a while. They get together off-screen, much to Ventura's surprise.
* LovingAShadow: Ivonne fell in love with Ventura back in high school for being one of the few persons to be respectful towards her issues and didn't fall into the rumors around her, but as they start dating in university, it becomes very obvious they have nothing in common, that neither of the two like the other and that the only reason they keep each other around is because they are desperately lonely.
* MustHaveCaffeine: At the start of the story, Ventura is so sleep deprived, he needs a full thermo of coffee to even stay awake enough to continue in his day to day. As the story progresses, [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]].
* ObliviousToLove: Ventura wasn't aware of Ivonne's feeling until they re-met years later.
* OffscreenRomance: Valentina and Leo had started dating since the last time they both saw Ventura. This is what makes Ventura realize how much stuff in his life has changed.
* LovingAShadow: Ivonne fell in love with Ventura back in high school for being one of the few persons to be respectful towards her issues and didn't fall into the rumors around her, but as they start dating in university, it becomes very obvious they have nothing in common, that neither of the two like the other and that the only reason they keep each other around is because they are desperately lonely.
* MustHaveCaffeine: At the start of the story, Ventura is so sleep deprived, he needs a full thermo of coffee to even stay awake enough to continue in his day to day. As the story progresses, [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]].
* ObliviousToLove: Ventura wasn't aware of Ivonne's feeling until they re-met years later.
* OffscreenRomance: Valentina and Leo had started dating since the last time they both saw Ventura. This is what makes Ventura realize how much stuff in his life has changed.
* ReformedRakes: Leo who was a major casanova during high school but now considers Valentina his OneTrueLove.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted. Given she would never go that far but Irene does consider it multiple times.
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted. Given she would never go that far but Irene does consider it multiple times.
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* TheInsomniac: In heavy contrast with his SleepyDepressive state while he's trying to work, when Ventura tries to sleep on his own, he tends to fail miserably.
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* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Arce is LovedByAll among the university staff and student body for his cool attitude and overall philosophic persona, Ventura however finds him to be a pretentious dude that's trying too hard to look cool and intelligent and can't understand why everyone finds him awesome.
* SleepyDepressive: Ventura struggles with finishing simple activities or his university work because he's constantly tired and sleepy no matter how much he has sleeped the last night. Its a bit of a zigzagged trope as his inability to do things for his sleepy state is what caused his more depressive state in the first place.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Irene gets pissed off with Ventura for his inexperience in fencing and constantly doing the wrong movements in fencing...but the only reason she has to deal with that is because they were paired together out of being the two worst fencers in the whole class.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Arce is LovedByAll among the university staff and student body for his cool attitude and overall philosophic persona, Ventura however finds him to be a pretentious dude that's trying too hard to look cool and intelligent and can't understand why everyone finds him awesome.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Irene gets pissed off with Ventura for his inexperience in fencing and constantly doing the wrong movements in fencing...but the only reason she has to deal with that is because they were paired together out of being the two worst fencers in the whole class.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Arce is LovedByAll among the university staff and student body for his cool attitude and overall philosophic persona, Ventura however finds him to be a pretentious dude that's trying too hard to look cool and intelligent and can't understand why everyone finds him awesome.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity ThereIsOnlyOneBed: [[spoiler: Ventura and Irene suffer this issue when they are forced briefly to live together. This only lasts one chapter however, as Ventura improvises a bed with a sleeping bag and some pillows.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: In-universe. Ryuk, Ventura's favorite character in his favorite books series tends to be divisive among audiences, with half of the fanbase regarding as NotBadassEnoughForFans and the other half finding a complex, likable character, Ventura of course belong to the latter group.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: In-universe. Ryuk, Ventura's favorite character in his favorite books series tends to be divisive among audiences, with half of the fanbase regarding him as NotBadassEnoughForFans and the other half finding a complex, likable character, Ventura of course belong to the latter group.
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* KnightOfCerebus: The story already starts with Ventura's life being on a prety rocky point but things go FromBadToWorse when he starts his relationship with Ivonne.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Irene can make paper planes really fast [[spoiler: which manages to become very useful when they organize a protest using paper planes]].
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* HappyEndingOverride: In-universe Ventura sees his life as this. He had a rough childhood being AllOfTheOtherReindeer in his primary school causing him to have a FriendlessBackground, he gets to high school and manages to become popular and quickly gain a social circle full of people he likes and cared about.....[[HistoryRepeats only for him to get to University where he loses contact with his older friends and fails to make new ones]], basically right where he started.
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* HappyEndingOverride: In-universe Ventura sees his life as this. He had a rough childhood being AllOfTheOtherReindeer in his primary elementary school causing him to have a FriendlessBackground, he gets to high school and manages to become popular and quickly gain a social circle full of people he likes and cared about.....[[HistoryRepeats only for him to get to University where he loses contact with his older friends and fails to make new ones]], basically right where he started.
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* ChekhovsArmy: Victoria's friends, who are extremely fond of joining manifestations no matter the cause [[spoiler: happened to be very helpful when Ventura needs to make a protest to convice his teacher to accept his final work after he failed too many deadlines]].
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* ChekhovsHobby: Ventura is mentioned to have an interest in paragliding (althought had never actually practiced) and is sometimes seen watching Website/YouTube tutorials about it. [[spoiler: He uses one to escape a building after being cornered]].
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* FeigningIntelligence: Downplayed, as Ventura points out there's no denial that Arce iis is very intelligent but he's also constantly trying to look more intelligent that he alreay already is, constantly using meaningless {{Technobabble}}, citing philosophers he doesn't fully understand and trying to sound as smart as he can possibly be even if a a lot of what he says is non sensical.
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* FeigningIntelligence: Downplayed, as Ventura points out there's no denial that Arce is a true intelectual, given he reads a lot and is very informed of actual issues, but he's also constantly using meaningless {{Technobabble}}, citing philosophers he doesn't fully understand and trying to sound as smart as he can possibly be even if a a lot of what he says is non sensical.
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* FeigningIntelligence: Downplayed, as Ventura points out there's no denial that Arce is a true intelectual, given he reads a lot and is iis very informed of actual issues, intelligent but he's also constantly trying to look more intelligent that he alreay is, constantly using meaningless {{Technobabble}}, citing philosophers he doesn't fully understand and trying to sound as smart as he can possibly be even if a a lot of what he says is non sensical.
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* BrokenSmile: PlayedForLaughs. Ventura pulls one of these, every time things go south but he doesn't want people around him to notice.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: In-universe. Ryuk, Ventura's favorite character in his favorite books series tends to be divisive among audiences, with half of the fanbase regarding as NotBadassEnoughForFans and the other half finding a complex, likable character, Ventura of course belong to the latter group.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Victoria is a street singer who is secretly a thief that steals for sport. She and Ventura are constantly trying to outsmart each other and their brawls can get quite heavy.....and is ironically one of the nicer persons in Ventura's life who is also constantly giving her good life advice to overcome his issue even if it to distract him while she attacks again.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Victoria is a street singer who is secretly a thief that steals for sport. She and Ventura are constantly trying to outsmart each other and their brawls can get quite heavy.....and is ironically one of the nicer persons in Ventura's life who is also constantly giving her good life advice to overcome his issue issues even if it it's to distract him while she attacks again.
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* KafkaComedy: The entire series revolves aroung a university student trying his best to approve his subjects, only to be constantly screwed both by his own issues or outside of his control factors.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: PlayedForDrama. Ventura has being a student of excellent grades for most of his life but when he has a breakdown he fails every single subject he had in one semester, leading to everyone to qualify him as a LazyBum, this is one of many factors that has lead him into the mess of a person he's in the present.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: PlayedForDrama. Ventura has being a student of excellent grades for most of his life but when he has a breakdown he fails every single subject he had in one semester, leading to everyone to qualify him as a LazyBum, this is one of many factors that has lead him into the mess of a person he's in the present.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Eduardo is introduced as spying on an ex-classmate he had a crush on. One awkward conversation with Ventura backfiring is what makes him decide to never do it again.
* StalkerWithACrush: Eduardo is introduced as spying on an ex-classmate he had a crush on. One awkward conversation with Ventura backfiring is what makes him decide to never do it again.
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* CoolBigSister: Selina is one of the best and more famous lawyers in the country, who always got better grades that Ventura, is extremely intelligent and social, has achieved more that most people could ever dream to and to top it all, she's part-time detective mostly for the fun of the it. This is also an issue for Ventura as he constantly feels OvershadowedByAwesome.
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* ForTheEvulz: Victoria doesn't really have any economic neccesity, she just finds fun to steal from people without them noticing.
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* StickyFingers: Victoria tends to take Ventura's wallet without him noticing. To her surprise, Ventura also has this ability when he steals her harmonica.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: The biggest reason Ventura hasn't dropout of university. Despite his overall exhaustion and lack of motivation to keep studying, he feels completely out of place in his native city, with all of his friends studying in other cities and everyone remaining either working or not having time to see him, that mixed with a lot of the places he uses to visit being gone or unrecognizable leads to him feeling more depressed to be in his native city that he feels in Khulia, which is why he keeps coming back there.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: The biggest reason Ventura hasn't dropout of university. Despite his overall exhaustion and lack of motivation to keep studying, he feels completely out of place in his native city, with all of his friends studying in other cities and everyone remaining either working or not having time to see him, that mixed with a lot of the places he uses to visit being gone or unrecognizable leads to him feeling more depressed to be in his native city that he feels in Khulia, which is why he keeps coming back there.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Valentina is the first character to be introduced,
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* DecoyProtagonist: Valentina is the first character to be introduced, she is the LemonyNarrator of the first half of the first chapter who explains the audience who Ventura is, and is mentioned to be Ventura's best friend. Then halfway through the first chapter there's a TimeSkip and Ventura becomes the sole protagonist. Valentina still appears semi-regulary but is not particulary prominent character given she has distanced from Ventura and studies in another university.
* FieryRedhead: Irene is a redhead and she's constantly angry and antagonistic with anyone that gets in her way or is not as competent as she is, including her own family and friends.
* HairTriggerTemper: Irene gets constantly to Ventura's questions and antics during fencing classes and is often pissed off about her family attitude and her classmates and friend's incompetence.
* FieryRedhead: Irene is a redhead and she's constantly angry and antagonistic with anyone that gets in her way or is not as competent as she is, including her own family and friends.
* HairTriggerTemper: Irene gets constantly to Ventura's questions and antics during fencing classes and is often pissed off about her family attitude and her classmates and friend's incompetence.
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* IHatePastMe: Double subverted. Ventura regards his high school self as the best version of himself because of how many awesome things he did, how social became and mostly because it was the one time in his life he remembered enjoying life. As the story progresses and CharacterDevelopment kicks in, he starts to realize he wasn't [[JerkassRealization that great of a person]], constantly ignoring the issues of other persons because his life was for once fine like it was and overall being too prejudiced towards people who he regarded as less intelligent. As such while he does still miss many things of his high school self, he has come to disown a lot of actions or inactions in this period of his life.
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* IHatePastMe: Double subverted. Ventura regards his high school self as the best version of himself because of how many awesome things he did, how social became and mostly because it was the one time in his life he remembered enjoying life. As the story progresses and CharacterDevelopment kicks in, he starts to realize he wasn't [[JerkassRealization that great of a person]], constantly ignoring the issues of other persons because his life was for once fine like it was and overall being too prejudiced towards people who he regarded as less intelligent. As such while he does still miss many things of his high school self, he has come to disown a lot of actions or inactions in this period of his life.life.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Arce is LovedByAll among the university staff and student body for his cool attitude and overall philosophic persona, Ventura however finds him to be a pretentious dude that's trying too hard to look cool and intelligent and can't understand why everyone finds him awesome.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Arce is LovedByAll among the university staff and student body for his cool attitude and overall philosophic persona, Ventura however finds him to be a pretentious dude that's trying too hard to look cool and intelligent and can't understand why everyone finds him awesome.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity [[spoiler: Lesaro. Arce's best friend is revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing that took advantage of the money of the project being at name of Ventura to wasted to his own benefit after he asked him to retire it for him given he didn't have a credit card to receive the money. While he doesn't put the blame on Ventura he managed to manipulate the story so it looks like is no one's fault and he can still remain popular and making Ventura pay for his inconcience.]]
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* AcademicAlphaBitch: Ventura in high school had shades of this. He was never particulary malicious nor school motivated being BrilliantButLazy after all, but he constantly took pride in his good grades and tended to look down on anyone that couldn't have good grades with a bit of effort as either helpless morons or unable to put an effort on anything. He of course has learned the hard way that reality isn't that simple in the present day.
* AHeroToHisHometown: Ventura was very popular in his high school and has a difficult but loving relationship with his family. In pretty much any other site or group he has being in? He's either treating with indifference or downright hated.
* DecoyProtagonist: Valentina is the first character to be introduced,
* HappyEndingOverride: In-universe Ventura sees his life as this. He had a rough childhood being AllOfTheOtherReindeer in his primary school causing him to have a FriendlessBackground, he gets to high school and manages to become popular and quickly gain a social circle full of people he likes and cared about.....[[HistoryRepeats only for him to get to University where he loses contact with his older friends and fails to make new ones]], basically right where he started.
* IHatePastMe: Double subverted. Ventura regards his high school self as the best version of himself because of how many awesome things he did, how social became and mostly because it was the one time in his life he remembered enjoying life. As the story progresses and CharacterDevelopment kicks in, he starts to realize he wasn't [[JerkassRealization that great of a person]], constantly ignoring the issues of other persons because his life was for once fine like it was and overall being too prejudiced towards people who he regarded as less intelligent. As such while he does still miss many things of his high school self, he has come to disown a lot of actions or inactions in this period of his life.
* AcademicAlphaBitch: Ventura in high school had shades of this. He was never particulary malicious nor school motivated being BrilliantButLazy after all, but he constantly took pride in his good grades and tended to look down on anyone that couldn't have good grades with a bit of effort as either helpless morons or unable to put an effort on anything. He of course has learned the hard way that reality isn't that simple in the present day.
* AHeroToHisHometown: Ventura was very popular in his high school and has a difficult but loving relationship with his family. In pretty much any other site or group he has being in? He's either treating with indifference or downright hated.
* DecoyProtagonist: Valentina is the first character to be introduced,
* HappyEndingOverride: In-universe Ventura sees his life as this. He had a rough childhood being AllOfTheOtherReindeer in his primary school causing him to have a FriendlessBackground, he gets to high school and manages to become popular and quickly gain a social circle full of people he likes and cared about.....[[HistoryRepeats only for him to get to University where he loses contact with his older friends and fails to make new ones]], basically right where he started.
* IHatePastMe: Double subverted. Ventura regards his high school self as the best version of himself because of how many awesome things he did, how social became and mostly because it was the one time in his life he remembered enjoying life. As the story progresses and CharacterDevelopment kicks in, he starts to realize he wasn't [[JerkassRealization that great of a person]], constantly ignoring the issues of other persons because his life was for once fine like it was and overall being too prejudiced towards people who he regarded as less intelligent. As such while he does still miss many things of his high school self, he has come to disown a lot of actions or inactions in this period of his life.
