Honestly, MT world building & overworld story is top-notch. That's a given. But man, the character writing feels much, much worse. Makes me feel like the author wanted to cater this to Light Novel readers by making it more wish fulfillment harem. The fact that there are VOLUMES worth skipping is kinda
The dynamic of Eris & Rudy was actually great because they both start off awful kids in their own way, of course. Through S1 Eris motivates Rudy & vice versa. I dropped it in the middle of the ED with how it tries to play that arc as more comedic made me uncomfortable. Like the series is 98% of the time in a more serious tone and that arc tried to play things differently. Also the fact Sylphie didn't even question what Rudy did was

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Well I did hear from readers she is a massive simp who enjoys being cucked
I think part of me was also the fan base declared this story as Rudy's redemption story. Where now I am hearing its more of his 2nd chance at life basically. Maybe watching it with that expectation would help. I will give the series a swing again when the anime fully adapts the novel, which feels like a given at this point.