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This story should have ended with the first volume (the first 6 chapters). It treated the subject of disabiity in a realistic and respectful manner, showed likable characters growing closer in a way that felt natural, and skillfully avoided problematic tropes.

I would recommended not reading past that point. Chapter 6 is where the story was originally meant to end, with just a bare hint that the characters would grow to develop romantic feelings. But because it was serialized in a BL magazine, the author was told to add more chapters and ramp up the romance content. From that point on, every scene feels forced. ... Annoying characters are thrown in to cause interference, and the rest of the drama rests entirely on misunderstandings due to lack of communication effort. It's frustrating to watch, and we end up losing most of what made the first volume enjoyable. We run into clichés, the characters feel off, and it's obvious the author isn't having a good time.

The MC is a simp who spends all 12 episodes harrassing her romantic interest. That's it, that's the whole show. The girl who's being lusted after is treated like a prize to be won from beginning to end -- often literally, via dumb contests. None of the characters have any depth, and there isn't much of a story. It's all contrivances to force the target to stay in close proximity with her pursuer. The magic stuff is all filler, it could lift right out. Not only does the MC never learn to take no for an answer, enablers convince her that backing down would mean ... handing the prize over to a worse party. This is not a queer romance, it's incel culture with a bow on top.

This show is just as problematic as the genre it tries to parody. The premise is gross: some company sends magical creatures to coerce unwilling teenagers into dating, for the sake of increasing the birth rate in Japan. Yes, you read that right! Through blackmail, manipulation and contrivance, a group of teens get forced together so that the MC can be put through one otome trope after another. Some of the characters are annoying by design, and remain so throughout the show. The MC complains loudy about the situations she gets put into, but ultimately it all gets glossed over as she befriends the other ... characters and stops worrying about the fact that they are all getting manipulated into liking her. Developing friendships become the rug everything else gets swept under. The show ends with the magical creatures repeating the same problematic patterns and readying themselves to cause more harm, namely by attaching themselves to a stalker. Honestly I don't understand why anyone is rating this show positively. This is a show that capitalizes on common tropes without giving any thought to the message underneath. How can the bar be this low?