“What do you know, for once we have a male lead with a spine who looks like he just may not blindly take things everyone throws at him, which is a good prospect considering the usually clueless male.”

Either we get that. Or we get that AND the generic lead who always gets annoyed at the tsundere heroine. Thank god this show gives us a break from that.

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am finding it hard to describe the actual feeling the show generates, but somehow it just feels “right”. ”

This reflects my opinion as well.