The negative reviews aren't wrong, there are epic gaping flaws with this show; biggest in my opinion being pacing. It either needed to be a 24 episode run or cut out a lot of fat from what's there.
It ends the way you want it to, hero gets with best girl and all that. Problem is that the entire final arc of hero realizing he's with the wrong girl and trying to win back best girl GETS NO SCREEN TIME.
A full 1/3 or so of the entire narrative arc is compressed into the FINAL EPISODE. It's an abysmal, embarrassing trainwreck. It's like they were planning on 24 episodes but learned halfway through production there would only be 12.
Anyways best girl carries the show and is the only reason to watch.
Rival girl makes you angry, but that's what she's supposed to do. Protagonist isn't terrible but ends up seeming like a bad person at the end, but I think that's mainly because of the massive amount of narrative missing. If you imagine he spent much more time and effort trying to win back best girl, learning lessons about life and her background, the ending would feel justified.
It's a pity, this could have been a romance classic. Still recommend for love triangle fans.
