Basic Ether -> Vibration Ether -> Wave Ether -> Inherent Ether -> Infinite Ether -> Final Stage

Central Prism Academy Students :

•Clara - 3rd Year, Caring Senior, Airhead, Carefree, Transmigrator, TS, Possibly the Strongest, Martial Artist, Transcendent, ~♡, ~☆

•Alvit - 1st Year, Original Main Character, Huge Combat Potential, Central Prism President, Responsible

•Rota - 1st Year, Serika but shy, Wolf Ears

•Kara - 1st Year, Revolutionist, Loud, Proactive

Academy City Schools/Academy/Organizations

•Ratatosk - Villain Organization, Possibly the Main Antagonist

•United Student Council

•Mimir Industrial High School - Millenium (?)

•Scarlett Academy - Gehenna (?)

•Svart Technical High School

•Public Bana Boarding School

•Five Colors - This is the title for the top 5 strongest student in Academy City, looks like Clara isn't one of them

I came to know love.

Being loved.

Loving.

Living in love.

Eventually I came to love this world itself.

And this world loved me too.

I'm not sure why Academy City exists as it does at all. Is it that everyone that grows past high school age suddenly loses all their ether? Do they simply retire from protecting the World Tree? I just don't understand why it has to be high school aged girls that protect the tree and why it has to be a school-like setting.

Based on the MC and the main cast that are enrolled at Central Prism Academy, it doesn't seem they have a proper curriculum at all? Let alone teachers or any relevant adult staff members. It seems the student council presidents (?) run the schools??? Honestly, there's a lot that I'm willfully ignoring and chalking up to the author wanting to use a similar setting as BA.

like the "original" Clara

While I do think the relationship of Clara with Alvit, Rota, and Kara is great, I especially adore the relationship between Clara and her 3 seniors. You can really tell how much she treasures her relationship with these 3 seniors and how much influence they have on her even down to things like her moniker [Pink Spiral].

Hilde

They initially were fierce rivals in their first year culminating in Clara winning at the tournament at the end of the year. While Clara was able to mostly let go of the rivalry and lay low for her second year and pretending to be a clueless senior in her third year, Hilde became the USC president and a very important figure with many responsibilities. All the while, it's clear she dearly misses Clara and even develops some Yandere tendencies soon after she sees Clara for the first time in senior year lol.

Unfortunately their proper reunion ends in Clara being so severely injured she was in a coma for 2 weeks. And in all that time, Hilde, despite her position and responsibilities, stuck by Clara's bedside the whole time.

Later on, we get to see how they initially became acquainted and that Hilde and Clara (or Lara as Hilde calls her) spent their time together regularly raiding dungeons in their first year and became close as a result. It's obvious Hilde cherishes Clara a lot as she even remembers the company of the brand of food Clara mentioned offhandedly as being her favourite (even though that was a lie lol)

In chapter 75, it seems they finally get together after Clara comes clean to Hilde about every secret she kept. I really look forward to the developments in their relationship >.<

especially when it involves Clara with her seniors/Hilde

The prologue shows the battle between the two top talents (Clara and Hilde) of the freshman year and pulls you into reading the next chapter to see what happens next (I thought there was going to be the "oh my god, I'm in a game!" for like 50 chapters, but the novel starts in the years after and explains throughout.)

This novel takes place in Academy City, where the youth are trained to be the best in Ether, the magic of the world. It's kind of like the Academy City from Toaru if you've read it. There's multiple schools you can go to.

AKA Lara. Our main character is a goofball who's seemingly dropped from the strongest of freshman year (Pink Spiral) to a third-year nobody in Central Prism Academy, where the original protagonist in the future goes to. She talks like a gyaru, but it isn't cringy or anything. She has tremendous fighting spirit and mental fortitude, which she covers up with her cutesy attitude. She's also incredibly caring and considerate towards her juniors. She was originally a man, but she has a censor and her body acts like a cutesy girl.

AKA Hilde. She's considered the strongest in Academy City and is the "rival" of Clara. Reading ahead a little, she basically becomes a yandere for Clara after a misunderstanding and Clara dropping off the face of the earth after beating her. She think that Clara isn't attracted her anymore because she was the "loser" lol. She wants to be the strongest so she's always there for Clara to challenge, like in their freshman days. She was annoyed, but she's now yearning for her like 2 years after, aha.

and it's very satisfiying to read our main character build up at chapter 33, absolute hype best character arc.