About Osabe Tom . Osabe Tom is an up-and-coming Japanese illustrator, currently working on the Japanese publishing industry. His debut work is "There's no way a side character like me could be popular, right?" published by the Japanese publisher Overlap Bunko. Books by Osabe Tom . There's No Way a Side Character like me Could be Popular right? Volume 3 by (author) Sekaiichi . edited by Maral RahmanPour translated by Alejandro de Vicente Suárez illustrated by Osabe Tom .