The second Ningen Fushin book ends up pretty heavily idol-centric, ultimately revealing where that influence came from: The setting is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth. There’s a gambling focus as well, but it’s mainly all about Nick’s issues. We’ll see how the third book goes… but if the idol content doesn’t drastically decrease I’m going to have to drop it.
Speaking of dropping things, I won’t be following Kandou sareta node Tanteiya Hajimemasu! past its first installment. The characters and romance are okayish for the most part (her living family are all scum), but the genealogy is sketchy (If she’s her grandmother’s blood relative, why is her father written as if he married into the family? If she was adopted by her grandmother, how can she have the imperial bloodline?) and I honestly just can’t stand the ‘Phantom Thief’ trope.