Flawed as the execution might be, the idea and premise is interesting. The MC is an overthinking, overtly negative person, and the portrayal is as comedic as it is kinda real. I appreciate the narrative for overblowing the abundance of thoughts he makes to himself and us the readers. The ML is a more interesting character, given the narrative this story is trying to tell. Spoiler alert, but: >! The ML starts off toying with MC because of some past trauma, and they ended up breaking up because of it. So with that in mind, I can see what the narrative is trying to do with ML. The narrative aimsto make a ML a complex, flawed character; a guy that is as charming and sociable as he is dubious. And it works. While the moment where his true nature is shown feels shocking in the most painful way, he doesn't look like a caricature of evil.

To that, I'm also appreciating the way the narrative gives MC the chance to grow. I genuinely like the way he confronted ML. "I will not run away from my unhappiness" is a surprisingly badass thing to say.

Also, I enjoy the way MC grows after starting off being reactive in a most immature way. I appreciate that little thing with the boss and how it helped grow, a process which culminates in him helping ML in Chapter 7.

But I also feel like the second volume pulled its punches a lot.

>! ML's past, the thing that drives him to hurt MC, is not shown but just told in a passing. The story makes some time to let people know how much ML is an ass, but the story doesn't really show WHY either. And as much as the story wants to show ML suffering from his own actions, it just settles with some usual 'ML drinks alone in a messy room and broods' portrayal, which... honestly, I want more groveling. I want more regret. I want more effort, shown not just to us the readers, but to MC.

And then the narrative throws a drama out of nowhere just to push MC and ML together, and that's very lazy. Because that part of MC's life was barely told before that point, giving a drama there just feels empty, like they're trying to avoid having a serious conversation about what ML did.

It would have been a lot better if MC's life was fleshed out further before the drama, so that resolving it helps dealing with the problem between MC and ML. But that doesn't happen.

In the end, I buy the ending in Chapter 9, even half of Chapter 10;

>! That MC and ML fixed their relationship but didn't get back together...

But the rest feels like an overreach.

Still, I appreciate that the story wants to go here to begin with. The direction that the story takes was interesting.