First off, how many times do I have to tell you that the manga initially sold itself as a mystery, it SHOULD have been the main point. The mystery made it interesting. And now you’re assuming it would have been a Quintuplet clone, when there were plenty of possibilities for it not to be one. And yes, all mysteries are off the board, at least the initial ones that the story started with. We already know who all the Love Eaters are and who isn’t one.
Also, how the hell isn’t this story generic? There’s literally nothing that sets it apart from the hundreds of other harem romcoms. What makes this story unique from every other harem romcom? It’s not the MC. It’s not the girls and their personalities. It’s not the setting. It’s not the story. It’s certainly not the mystery. The art is nice and the girls are cute, that’s literally the only thing this series has going.
I’m glad the mystery element hooked you, it did its job. Unlucky for you, though, because this was never meant to be another Quintuplets clone where you just cross out the wrong heroines until the “correct” one is left. That’s not an assumption, it’s literally what you’re suggesting by wanting a gradual reveal of the Love Eaters.
At least this story is doing something different by subverting expectations and focusing on the internal conflicts of the Love Eaters. How they deceive their prey and grey areas of whether a Love Eater who sees love as just a meal can actually fall in love.
You seem to be in this purely for the thrill of the mystery heroine, but people have already told you that’s not the point, nor should it be, because there are
PLENTY of stories that do exactly that.
This manga still has mystery, just in a different way. It’s mellowed out because the protagonist doesn’t know who the Love Eaters are, but the readers do
. The real draw is seeing how he navigates this minefield while the Love Eaters actively try to make him fall for them. That makes the romance feel more engaging without forcing the audience to play detective for 50 chapters while juggling half-baked clues that would inevitably lead to plot holes.
And since you’re complaining about the story being generic, harem is a genre for a reason. There are formulas that work, and there’s nothing wrong with following them, whether it’s the protagonist’s nature, the heroine archetypes, or the setting. The key is putting a twist on it to make it stand on its own. Meanwhile, the mystery heroine angle you’re pushing is already an overused formula with countless copies in the wild, that’s more generic than what this manga is actually doing. You’re just salty because this didn’t follow your beloved amogus trope