-Weiss the MC is not a "pussy" or indecisive and knows what he wants and is not afraid to commit to attain it.
-He is also not(mostly) a dumbass and he always tries to plan things things out and knows if something is beyond knowledge or strength, he is not afraid to ask advice and help from his friends and teachers(hence the Shounen elements of Cooperation, Trust and the Power of Friendship).
-Unless the Light Novels cuts all of it, Weiss in the Web Novel also is not dense to romance.
Ex: there was one moment in the WN, where he was sleeping in his bed and when he woke up and saw the Heroine sleeping beside him wearing nothing but a sleeping gown and instead of screaming or acting all flustered, he started playing with her body and when she woke up they flirted for a bit then she french kissed him and they had sex. (Unfortunately, this scene wss edited out and replaced with a cliche event where MC sets up a Maid Cafe in school.)
-There are actual stakes in this story and costs if MC fails them. This is why there is a "Tragedy" tag in this series. (However, this will only be known much later).
-There is a good amount of learning during school especially since the main way MC gets stronger is learning skills and spells from his classmates and they in turn learn from him so this way everybody gets stronger.
-There are zero "Game Elements" in this world so there is No:
1.)Dungeons with monsters spawning out of nowhere. resetting bosses.
2.)Infinitely spawning chests or other materials and resources.
3.)Level Up system and getting skills by "leveling up"(so everybody in this world gets stronger by practice and training)
-Decent amount of Slife of Life when not fighting like MC and all his male and female friends going to the beach, drinking, cebrating winter festivities and going on adventures.
-MC is not overpowered. He is strong but most of his friends are nearly as strong as him and he is not even the strongest in schoo even later on(although this will not be apparent since at Volume 1, it does seem he really is OP).
-The main waifu is also the Heroine of the game and MC made her fall in love with her and made her his fiance so it's kind of Netori.
-This is a harem but the main waifu(The Heroine who was suppose to fall in love with the Protagonist/Hero) does not want a harem so she resists attempts so basically MC only has 2 girls and a bunch of girls who want to be part of the harem and this is still the case in later volumes and is one of the motivations for the Heroine to get stronger; to prevent harem from happening.
-The Hero is not a bad guy here and he becomes a friend and rival to MC in school although MC is too tsundere to admit it. The best eay to describe their relationship(At least beyond Volume 1) is basically Goku and Vegeta.
-There is a lot of character development for both the MC, the main characters and even minor characters and even lets them move the plot forwards so it does not feel like the story revolves around the MC.