To note, this feels like the author is writing for a very neurodivergent perspective—which I can absolutely respect—, but the supporting characters around MC very often act like he's not an adult peer like them. The characters around MC (including ML) treat him like a baby too pure and clean to ever be "corrupted" which frequently seems to mean "don't tell MC anything and let's not communicate properly with this clearly clueless person". My largest frustration with this decision is that MC (who does avoid confrontation and communication here and there) can be talked to in a direct way. People seem just look at his beauty and innocent eyes and suddenly any semblance of communication with MC leaves their mind.

For a large part of the novel, the ML clearly has more affection for MC than vice versa. It leads to some really uneven relationship-power dynamic where ML is constantly adjusting and accommodating to MC while MC thinks they're just being close friends. The sugar between them is sweet, but when the balance is so uneven, it's not as easy to stomach for me at least.

To be clear, ML is not a saintly masochist in this relationship; I find ML to be mildly creepy post-premise break up as he commissions MC to draw them having intimate relations multiple times in hopes of enlightening MC. Knowing what art classes are like, MC is an art student who probably sees unclothed people and busts regularly, but ML's act of commissioning their illustrated p*rn is a odd insert for this novel. To an extent, it honestly proves the netizens right to suggest breaking up. I don't particularly believe in the sanitation of writing, so this isn't a condemnation of this "enlightenment method". It's more so on a personal level, I felt that kind of method isn't the most interesting plot/character point the author could have played with.

The CP get back together unofficially pretty early on, but the novel's cast expands more and more without any reason why. Around chapter 40, two minor characters get into a fatal car accident, but nothing about them were very notable and there wasn't even a conclusion with their surgeries?? MC is accruing random hatred from his entire class for no reason, and since MC doesn't mind it, nothing happens with it??? There's so many random new people that keep getting name dropped and then never mentioned again that I stopped remembering anyone's names except MC and ML.