Japanese writers know little about these things and care even less. If they even bother using sources other than their own imagination, they check out other manga like Saint Tail and such.
These women are the worst. The archer took MC's brush without asking, decided to blackmail him as soon as he assured her he won't blackmail her, forced him to do perverted things or else, and still tried to blame him when they got caught. She's less of an M and more of a B.
This manga is trying to collect tags as quickly as possible. It went from shenanigans with nobles, briefly swerved into an academy arc, and then off to adventuring. Might as well do cooking next, who knows?
I don't know, when you properly separate fiction from reality, you might as well get the opposite feeling - that some things can only happen in movies, and only make you skeptical when you see a familiar cliche unfold before your eyes.
Also, some things that are easy to notice as a bystander...
It's a euphemism. When you're being told 'let's just be friends', usually it's just a polite way of telling you to take a hike. No implication of friendship or having a second chance there, you just pick up the pieces of your broken heart and keep looking for the half that can make it whole again.
The scenes rapidly flash one after another, what's the hurry? Take the school part: he has a brief chat with a classmate, fixes his sock (?), and then he's back home again - the whole sequence lasts just two pages.
I find it even stranger how well MC tanked that crowbar to the shoulder. Also...