The annoying hypocrisy always bugs me, when protags flee from attractive women that desire them and then the author writes it that the protag is eventually forced to accept them reluctantly. It's hypocritical because obviously the author and readers want it to happen, but it's like the author thinks the protag is only moral if they adamantly refuse what they obviously want.
The protag must refuse slavery because it's bad! But give him automatic godhood and a hot wife immediately so he never has any realistic moral dilemmas of any kind! (Not that I'm complaining about automatic godhood + hot wife, don't get me wrong!)
I think it's the same reason the really forced generic Japanese humility often bothers me when I see it in manga, because usually it's not sincere humility, it's just a show of being humble. When I see someone behaving humbly in a way that I actually believe, I find it pretty impressive, I just don't buy it most of the time.
@sportoner Are you role-playing?