@Vini I get not liking Ichigo 100%, it's a mixed bag. But I could not agree much less about its first girl being debatable; even the MangaDex description is pretty clear about it
I would encourage other people to read or skim it and judge for themselves. The ending's reception was polarized for breaking genre conventions, which Dosanko is playing with breaking now to mixed thoughts, but was enormously better as a result.
Can't say I'm too worried about spoiling it at this point. It's 15 years old