Okay my two guesses…. Either that’s the ML which it’s obvious the ml is hope, so that could explain the difference in personality, orrrr it’s some POSER.
Nothing. There ain’t a single thing that could make me drop something in the FIRST chapter. I literally always give it 5 chapters. My only exceptions are if it was recommended to me and I’m not interested, but I’m giving it a go for that recommenders sake, and it sucks.