Soo was the side stories just an au?(yes I'm fkn confused)
I mean looking at the comments you fr weren't the only one that felt like that. Its ok. To be fair that sort of au stuff isn't common nowadays. Harem today would just have the girl end up with 1 guy or end up will all of them. The sort of stories where different routes are shown are from like 10+ years ago.
Blonde dude I support you even know I know that the black haired dude is the ML..