I really liked the ML and MC to begin with. They had so much depth and personal problems they were dealing with. There was also that dream the MC had earlier on which could have been childhood trauma that could have been explored. Also the ML was hiding his true self and this could have also been explored more. Plus the ML actually having that last character development to turn him into a good guy. Instead we got the most toxic ML as soon as the long distant realtionship was introduced and things got 100% worse. The MC turned into a wet blanket that was only into a pretty face so would tolerate any crap chucked at him. I feel like this is blasphamy but as soon as the smut scenes were introduced everything went downhill. That became the new focus. Everything else good got pushed to the side. I also like the friends too but they vanished. Well from timeskip to ch 48 they did. I couldn't push through anymore.