Pls don't drop the manga! Think of the yuri!!
I don't get the "bully" vibes from this manga at all, it's just teasing, overdramatized and overexaggerated, as almost all things in manga and anime, when it's convenient. Of course when you look at it from a real world perspective it could be taken as bullying, but people usually don't do that with manga and simply don't question weird stuff, like ridiculous hair, ridiculous settings, tsunderes, harems, talking animals, and thousands of other tropes and anime hijinks.
I personaly get very wholesome vibes from this manga, I've seen too many tropes and repeating patterns to consider anything in anime having any connection to the real world, I'm automatically detached from that.
The kissing scene was truly epic, thank you for translating that, I would very much love to see more of this manga.