There's a harem!? I'm all the way to chapter 122 and didn't notice it. Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
I'm glad they left it out
Someone from another manga site was sharing spoilers/differences between the novel and webtoon in the comments (you can see them in m*ngab*ddy) and everytime I read their comment I'm glad how the webtoon removed the harem hints (or harem itself tbh). Apparently in the end of the novel, there's 10 possible FLs for him including his students lol I happen to really like the women here that it's unfortunate to hear how they are in the novel (I personally can't stand harem).(￣∇￣")
I think there are ways to do it right without seeming to be meaningless bs pantyshot stuff.
But it requires it to be written in such a way that the women have agency and aren't gaga over the ml for no reason and the feelings they have are incidental to who they are. While the ml doesn't intentionally string them along for nothing, but is actually torn about his feelings or completely oblivious to it and thinks everyone/most of everyone is just friends with him but not to the point it's stupid. More like he is unable to recognizethey are flirting or his own feelings and they are too shy or don't want to put pressure on him, so they don't outright confess. Or they themselves don't realize they are in an extreme slow motion of falling in love with him...
It's a fine balance and very hard to do, so most authors just do it for the fan gratification like pantyshots in an anime. Which drives everyone who is here for plot and good story around the bend over this bs ruining a wonderful story into a decent story.
This is the reason l didn't read the novel. In the manhwa even if he's surrounded by girls it doesn't really give a harem vibe. If it did give me that disgusting harem vibes I'd have dropped it
im so glad they made the relationships father daughter like instead
This story is really good that I'm glad the harem part is getting toned down by the adaptation compared to the source material. My own personal opinion but it's really unfortunate how harem-filled the novel is, I think this is a series that could have been fine without romance or having one FL. But ih well, I'll stick with the webtoon alone.