I think the majority of people either dislike or don’t feel any real empathy with the main characters is cause they “feel” off. I can’t quite place my finger on it either but from the way the story is told, I just can’t seem to get invested in the characters. They’re lacking some kind of charisma or they act in ways that seem to just frustrate us more and more.
There isn’t a villain yet for us to focus our negative energies on so when there’s tension in the plot, we’re bouncing round disliking Lamia, or Aquila, or Uri. It’s always, why is Lamia doing this or Aquila reacting like that etc. It makes it hard to root for our heroes. Maybe this is setup for what comes later but it’s already been 31 chapters.
The premise is good, and that’s what interested me initially. And I’ll keep reading it to see where it goes but I’m finding it hard to really empathise on an emotional level with the characters.