The manga isn't stalling because of the anime production.
It's the author who's having some serious health issue and he's not guaranteed to come back to work, apparently.
I thought the series was rated low just because people didn't like the ongoing theme about infidelity (aka "NTR"), but I really didn't mind that much.
On the other hand I find this recent tangent about the porn industry way more distasteful.
Especially because I can't help but get the...
Wut?
That's actually the norm. Women are generally more likely to compete over the same popular guy than "settle" for what they consider a mediocre option.
EDIT: on second thought, I said "compete", but it's not even that.
Even more bluntly, a lot of women are more willing to SHARE the same...
I'm almost getting the impression that since the deranged sister was introduced this series basically switched genre.
It went from "somewhat tense spicy story about two thrill-chaser high schoolers" to "demential porno parody".
It's a bit hard to buy that in a nightmarish world where pretty much everyone lives a cursed, hellish existence this deranged "muh gender dysphoria" character should be the one suffering the most and deserving the emotional scene that begs for sympathy.
"What did you REALLY think when you...
Are we even sure he's still supposed to be virgin at this point in the story?
Some of the late "rewards" got so explicit that I was always under the impression that he got laid off-screen.
Of course, the series probably tries to play it off as vaguely as possible and leave some "reasonable...