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I also hate the trope of the main couple only getting together because someone felt jealous. Couldn't he just realize and confess on his own?
right??? It feels like despite being "romance" stories, most of the time the characters aren't allowed to naturally progress their feelings from affection to love, and they aren't allowed any agency either! There always has to be some outside influence for them to get together ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Fluffy, kinda boring. It's an okay read if you're looking for something that scratches the itch for BL clichés.
I really disliked the side couple from the beginning and their plan to "distract" the MC by deceiving him into a relationship. Yeah it was innocent and quick, and mostly done for plot, but that plan would've gone so horribly if MC actually fell in love with Etzel (or what his name was). Blondie did not seem to consider the emotional hurt MC (his supposed best friend) could've felt when the fake relationship inevitably went to shit.
This is all just hypothticals of course, but I generally hate tropes like that where the friends interfere in the MCs life like that with no thought for repercussions.
Only extremely tangentially related, the Fireworks Island storyquest in Infinity Nikki executed this same trope very well imo ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶