This is a terrible example of Polyamory to the point where it barely counts. Polyamory stories work best when everyone involved is, if not in love with, at least cares about the other members. Nanami is the beneficiary of ALL of the love in this scenario. The two men clearly, at best, merely tolerate each other and both would probably rather not share. Mitsuki's boss is nearly openly hostile to her about it. This is a situation that only benefits Nanami. She might be honest about it, but it's very clear that everyone else involved only goes along with it because they like HER that much. I'm sorry, this is just a harem. And hell, the people involved are more hostile to each other than most typical harem scenarios I've seen. If THIS was the common portrayal of polyamory I'd be against it too, because this is toxic as hell and makes about the worst case possible for it.
The best polyamory stories have the group of characters fall in love with each other. Maybe it might START as a love triangle in some instances, but work is done to build the relationship between the others in time. There is no way in hell that would have happened in this story, even if the plot wasn't massively accelerating.
I'm not going to pretent to understand polyamory relationships, I can't imagine sharing my partner, but I think you're right. The good polyamory stories that I've read (Luminous=Blue comes to mind) feel more like the characters are in love with multiple ppl.
Regardless, wether this is a good repesentation of polyamory or not, I agree with most of the comments here. I can only see a dark and gloomy ending to this story because MC is clearly not comfortable with sharing her crush. It would surprise me if the author manages to pull of a "happy" or "good" ending without making it super forced.
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