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Unlike many other love triangle stories, this one is a full on back and forth. They are both gonna be fighting for the main and they are going all out. They both have sex with the main and they both know about the other. There is out and out jealousy, teasing, and pettiness. And then it turns into a 3P kinda sorta.
I'm only saying this because I want people to know that there is no cheating. The relationships are messed up though.
From the readers perspective, the best choice is clearly to not follow the original story flow for most characters. But, I do imagine that if you ended up as a mob character like the main characters mom then it's probably the only real joy you could have.
Still, she isn't the original mom so the story was bound to end up on a different path.
I understand where she is coming from. I understand her uncertainty. But I'm gonna need her to either be about the lover life or leave in the middle of the night to never be heard from again.
For me, I won't hold either choice against her. But this, "Well I like him but I don't want mess with the story" or "Well, I like him but we aren't a good match" or "I don't want to ruin his reputation" stuff has to stop. Make a clear stance and stand by it. Otherwise, it gets needlessly sad.
As a reader, I just don't see Junpei being worth the trouble. He was a liar and a cheat. A hypocrite too.
You never see him do even one thing that makes you think "He really loves Azu." And based off of how everything went down, I just have no good will to give him. He lied several times over. He was given like, multiple chances. And just, I feel like Azu really did deserve better. She was a better written character too.
"I don't like you. I may have even hated you but you raped me and it felt good so I guess I gotta fall in love with you now."
Like, for me, it's made worse by the fact that the uke is stupid to a fault. From the the start his plan made no sense. And the seme is just kind of creepy to me. If they had leaned into him being insane, this could have been good. But this whole "They are a great person but they liked the uke so much that they couldn't help but rape them" personality is nonsensical. There are no good rapists. Just make him out and out bad and keep it pushing or make a better plot.
But it isn't as good as it could be. Honestly, things just happen too fast to make the point.
Like Adrien. They did not expand enough on him. They are childhood friends. They are both nobles. So why was he "always wanted to trample on her face"? The second dude, has liked her for a while but never approached her even though he 1) had an obsessive crush on her and 2) knew she was constantly single.
There are just a lot of plot points that workout better if they are expanded upon but really, nothing gets expanded upon.










I understand that they wanted to make things relatable but his friends were NEVER serious. Just never took even a minute to really listen to there friend and it was annoying.