Quote:The story follows: the pragmatic Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita and friendly Yui Yuigahama, who, despite their varying personalities and ideals, offer help and advice to others as part of their school's Service Club. It largely depicts various social situations faced by teens in a high school setting and the psychology driving their interactions.

Quote:The viewpoint character of the light novels, Hachiman is a student in class 2F of Sōbu High School who has been discriminated in the past to the point that he becomes isolated, friendless, and pragmatic to a fault. His most prominent feature is his set of "dead fish-eyes" that puts people off. Due to years of social isolation, he has developed a habit of observing people in his surroudings from a distance, earning him a skill for social perception, figuring out the true nature of people. He believes that youth is an illusion created by hypocrites, for hypocrites, born from his past failures. His experience leads him to believe the happiness of others is a facade.