I've been complaining about how dumb and lazy this story is for years, but this chapter was truly a new low in terms of writing.
When I see positive comments, I honestly have to wonder which of the following applies:
1. People are being sarcastic
2. People have accepted this for what it is and are just fine with getting anything positive out of it at all
3. There are somehow legitimately people enjoying this
And honestly I can't tell which applies in most cases. I hope not the third, but. Well. Somehow this absolute trash fire is still apparently selling well. So surely those people do exist, even though I can't understand how their brains work.
I agree with you on how bad the writing is for the most recent 3 chapters, but I personally disagree that this story is dumb and lazy. Smut is populated with dumb and lazy works, and there's a reason why this manga has managed to outshine and succeed many of them, and not because of a lack of effort on the mangaka's part imo.
I'm #3, in that I genuinely enjoy this manga for what it is. I appreciate how unique this work is compared to other erotic seinen manga out there. I've read a lot of manga in all sorts of genres/demographics over the years (shounen, shoujo, seinen, josei, etc.), and if I wanted a sweet love story I can easily find one. This manga is one of the few eroticas I've read that tries to be both smut and also reflect on the inherent emptiness of transactional sexual relationships in a nuanced manner, and for the most part, I think Takeda Super has succeeded in both these goals.
I wonder what manga you (and others who feel similarly) compare this manga to. I'd really like to find seinen/erotica of a similar quality, and would really like some good recommendations to check out.
I appreciate your comment since I think many readers agree with you that this manga is trash. But, I'm also happy to discover a few people on this forum that seem to agree with me - that this manga is something special and worth reading.