Some of the mentality here is kinda annoying. "why would she date a loser like me? " ; "she's my only friend and even after high school we've made a point to hang out every now and then."
I mean heck, she's who you went to after your parents kicked you out. You're clearly at least close friends. You don't need to have romance on the mind, but it's just rude to assume someone like that sees you as a loser. On the other hand the female lead seems WAAAY too detached socially and from reality. I'm actually going to backtrack a little and ask, why are they friends? She doesn't seem the type that would have friends period. Like just realistically the ML seems way too passive and insecure to have asked her to hang out (there's a flashback of them in someone's bedroom playing video games; no way he invited her over with this personality). The FL just seems too apathetic to care. I mean granted we haven't gotten her POV so maybe she just has a cold demeanor but has always seen the ML has a great friend? The ending at least hints at that. Still I have to wonder how they ever became close friends.
This. So much this. I feel like the author just wanted an excuse and didn't care, but this so far pokes so many holes. As it's usually depicted, being a NEET isn't just being jobless (rather you could have a job), it's being a shut-in and barely going outside period. It seems attached to extreme social anxiety or some type of trauma or fear or something. Here the ML has no problem engaging socially. He got an interview for a part time the day after he got kicked out (or within a few days of it depending on how time passed) and he talked about getting a full time job in 100 days like it's not too stressful for him. It also didn't seem like he has something in his job history or lacks certain credentials (like a HS diploma). We also saw him get stressed about being useless and it was revealed he's used to cooking and doing other chores daily, so it's not like he wasn't pulling his own weight at home. So like wtf? Why did his mom actually kick him out? Was he laid off and she just wasn't having it? Is he actually a bum at home who didn't try for a job until he got kicked out? Literally either his family's awful or we break the character established in chapter one.
Though I guess the premise isn't popping back up again. Personally I feel like as a starting chapter to establish the series this is kinda rough and full of plot holes, but the ending pages suggest a fine series moving forward. God they both need so much character development too. Like how the hell did these people graduate high school with personalities this undeveloped?
