So,
continuing my quest to see if the author is getting any backlash—chapters 59 and 60 are finally free on the Comic DAYS app, and I was able to check the comments. Here are some of them (keep in mind it's MTL).
Comments from Chapter 59:
Comments from Chapter 60:
So, what do you guys think? Is this backlash? If it is, it’s pretty light. If you want to see real backlash, just check out the comments on any recent chapter of
Aitsu no Kanojo. Well, that’s it. I consider my quest complete.
Also, I looked at the
sales for volume 6, and it’s doing really well. In the first week, it sold an estimated 6,340 physical copies. In the second week, it sold 8,748, and by the third week, 2,420. That brings the total to 17,508 copies sold, which is pretty good. These numbers are close to what
volume 3 sold in its first month. It looks to me like the manga could hit 1 million copies sold (physical + digital) with the next volume.
Thanks for the chapter!