Yeah I kinda agree it was a weak author decision. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ but kinda so is the whole harem genre. Multiple guys likening one person is a lazy way of saying how awesome your fl is compared to actually making her go through hardship and growth. Overall, I still like this as it e dead up not actually being a real harem story
Although I do agree with you, they were under a lot of manipulation and had no control. But why does that automatically mean she should owe them so much sympathy. In her mind she was basically betrayed by them even if she eventually discovered the reason it’s hard to bounce back from that. Did you forget how one of them didn’t even apologize when the spell broke? No. She also isn’t originally from the world she resides in as we’ve seen she hasn’t even been apart of it for a year, they all didn’t even know eachother until their journey which she was forced to take. We should honestly show more support towards her, why does she have to accept them right away? Obviously she wasn’t asking for favors, it’s clear grace has a much bigger plan and the saviors roles were to always help the people. They all would’ve clearly done something even if she didn’t ask. She’s the only actually doing anything to help!
Your argument is exactly what I already stated lol, she doesn’t owe them sympathy but at the same time they’re not due her attitude she’s giving them for actions they had literally no control over. It goes both ways. “Obviously she wasn’t asking for favors”… ? She’s literally been asking for favors maybe not to her benefit but the moment Leyef regained consciousness she made him immediately get holy water as a back up to continue healing. Just because she has good intentions doesn’t immediately make her in the right for being an asshole towards those who UNKNOWINGLY wronged her.
Obviously they treated her like shit because they were under a spell, and even if it was under a spell, she still had to experience it and hear it all happen to her face. So I’m not saying she should be nice to them or anything. But when she healed Leyef and Macryan she talked so coldly to both of them even though they literally had no control over their actions, and she KNEW that. One second she’s saying she’s uncomfortable that both of them are at the meeting, next second she’s using/casually asking favors of them to do this and that, despite both of them consistently being apologetic and listening to her commands. No character is or should be perfect, but I have a feeling the author just wrote her being angry at them was supposed to be a “badass gotcha” moment rather than her own flaw as a character. Because I really do see this as a flaw, and it’s fine, but annoying.