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I would honestly say that this is not like any typical shoujo/romance series. The way the characters are very skillfully written, their personalities, how they interact with each other, their character development, it's obvious how much thought the author put into each of them.

I get why a lot of people drop this in the beginning, ML starts off as an obvious red flag (hence the title literally meaning "Hananoi-kun and the Disease of Love"), he was pretty much borderline lovebombing all his past girlfriends and he just went out with whoever asked him out first, even I won't defend him on this because it ... was that bad. If this was real life, I'd suggest he go see a professional and get some therapy. His lack of love from his parents and how he took an old man's advice the wrong way doesn't excuse him for his actions but at least it would help the readers understand why he is the way he is. It's such a waste how people drop this after only a few chapters because they're missing out a lot.

I understood him more too because there was also an actual reason why he asked Hotaru out, it wasn't just some kind of spur of the moment, love at first sight or whatever. He was a bit extreme at first but it's not like Hananoi treated her badly, in fact he always asked for Hotaru's consent for everything and I commend Hotaru for being able to tell him how she feels about his actions so he never did anything that would make her feel unsafe or uncomfortable, he respected her immensely. This isn't a "I can fix him" kind of relationship, it's just that Hotaru understood him and liked him the way he is because they actually communicate with each other. As the story progresses, Hananoi slowly accepts that deep inside he also wanted to have friends and he can't depend on just one person (Hotaru) for his social needs, the character development is crazy, it feels like watching a child grow up and mature. I would honestly choose to defend the Hananoi now(I'm at chapter 49 at the time of writing this) with all my heart and soul if anyone would still insist that he's a red flag, I would like to protect both him and Hotaru and I just want them to be happy.