Yeah, people need to just shut up and enjoy the ride. It’s so annoying to have people bitching about it constantly in like, EVERY slice of life manga comment section.
Like, dude, it’s wholesome and fluffy and they’re really cute together. If you aren’t satisfied with that, then this ain’t the kind of series for you.
In comparison to many romcoms series this manga is actually doing pretty good in terms of progress and adequate characters. MC is shy but not retarded and acts somewhat believable and Mari is even better, imo she doesn't have any significant flaws as character. Love triangle is not the best thing, but it's ok unless it transforms into harem, so I really hope manga won't go harem route.
A bit unrelated but why is that in romcoms it's always side characters who fall in love with protagonist and not the other way around? Why for example MC couldn't have secondary crush on the other girl who doesn't romantically interested in him. This happens in dramas but not in romcoms.