honestly upon rereading i think this series is totally unfairly maligned, like yeah the ending drags on a bit and yuzus entire rationale for just staying friends is dumb, but it has a really enjoyable cast of characters and is entertaining the entire way through. I maintain that if the last volume didn't take like, 4 months to come out then people would complain abt it a lot less, it feels way less dragged out when you read it all in one go.
Also not to bash the authors other work but oh my god this series is so much better like even just comparing the first 7 chapters the characters are so much more interesting and the relationship is 10x more compelling. The characters in the other series (confessions for a moron) don't have nearly as much chemistry w each other and the plot feels so much weaker, like my favourite part abt this series is how the characters are written and their relationships to one another, i don't get how the author dropped the ball so hard w the next one