I can summarize this manga pretty easily: it's an incel self-insert rom-com that is at best frustrating and at worst downright infuriating.
Story 3/10:
If it wasn't for shoehorned forced drama and the introduction of multiple characters, this manga would have ended 3 arcs and two years ago. It kept my intrigue fairly well for the first 30 chapters or so, but since then every single chapter just feels like the publisher keeping the series alive because it makes too much money off of it.
Art 7/10:
No huge complaints here, the panels are well-drawn and the main characters get some good spreads. However, some of the side characters seem like they were handed off to an assistant and then pasted into the final copy right before the deadline.
Characters 4/10:
The MC is insufferable. He's every single low-self-esteem stereotype wrapped into one but somehow you never find yourself cheering for him. The only redeeming character is Kibe for actually having morals and a backbone. The main girls are just tropes brought to life, which is fine.
!Special category! Enjoyment 2/10:
Because I read 187 chapters I can't give it a 1. But for the last 50+ of chapters I've NEVER finished a chapter thinking "huh that was pretty good". Somehow, I can't bring myself to drop it because I have this weird hope that the MC will fail and I can move on. It's like watching a car crash, I can't look away.
Overall 3/10:
I can't recommend this to anyone unless your bar for enjoyable manga is "cute girl character". It does nothing new even for harem manga. I can't comprehend why its score is so high and who it's appealing to so much. Even if you self-insert, the MC does such cringe and borderline immoral stuff every single chapter that I get second-hand embarrassment just thinking about someone relating to him. He needs therapy, not a girlfriend.
Kagu from the future (2024) here: While looking for images for this post I just found out about the infamous Chapter 218.
All I will say is I told you fucking so. Loser ass manga for loser ass mfs.
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