Haha, I think it’s the former. This one feels so contrived and messy that I almost find it charming. I think that if the characters weren’t fun, then it would be a harder pill to swallow. Despite how messy the overall story can be, I usually enjoy the hijinks of individual chapters.

Something else that I think helps is that I genuinely have no idea how things will turn out. There are multiple pairings that have seeds planted for the characters that I could see coming to fruition. Compare that to something like Kuzuhana where the outcome is pretty much predetermined.