Can make some sense, he was bottom of the "class" which is a very toxic hierarchy that punches down. Now he's much stronger than those in his class but they still want to punch down. He hasn't had time to understand his strength. It could lead to a learning lesson for the MC, I guess we will...
Except we could say the same for all of their equipment. Melee weapons and armor all need maintenance and the upkeep cost of those are not cheap either. I probably should have added that context to my post. =P
It is kinda silly seeing people with swords and metal armor but arrows are "too...
The MC is kind of a girl-fail and is far to good-natured to pull off being a villain. This COULD work but within only 2 chapters it is hard to say how well it is done.
Watch, the BL book will be at a convention and it will be based on the character he looks like so he will be seen as a cosplayer buying his own BL doujin. xD
"The Girl Who Can Properly Say "I Love You" Is Unstoppable" sounds like the 4th girl, the transfer student, will be the "antagonist" for the other 3. Possibly we will see them try to "defeat" her but lose each time. xD
Yeah, the trade networks of Europe and the Middle East meant that smiths could get better iron than needing to refine bog/river iron. I've heard of some European weapons that used a similar soft/hard iron layering as the Katana but this only occured in a limited window of history before they...
TBH, if they cut out the "techno-babble" from the researchers and the inter-factional rivalries it would go way better.
Now, if they had some kind of punch-line where someone is babbling fancy stuff followed by comedic/karmic response then it would be interesting. Instead we are just getting...