I felt bad for Ashtas for about 60 seconds. Then he started popping boners to the idea of his childhood friend getting plowed. I don't fuck with that cuck shit.
It's rare that a harem-esque series has a scenario where I don't have a favorite. I'd be happy if any or every girl won. The yankee guy can still eat shit and die.
It'd be cool if this had like a continuation series that followed them in high school, but I know that's wishful thinking. Frankly, I'm just glad we found out that Yuki definitely likes Arima. I never liked it when she was trying to play wingman for Arima and Miya.
I think the author has some sort of allergy to prolonged conflict. The minor spat over FMC assisting the "tall & handsome" mangaka ended in like two chapters, and now they're setting the groundwork to end the love triangle.
Introducing an uncharismatic new male character to get chummy with the...
So the author almost explicitly stated that Shiori is gonna drop out of the story sooner or later, considering they're already setting up her new romance for when Uehara rejects her. Now they've introduced a new character for what I bet is gonna be yuri lusting over Niina?
The quality drop-off...