@Nessen i've been thinking some, i think you can make a pretty strong case for your points of view. making it with sources would be way to long winded here, the essence would be tropes of misleading, anti-ntr = popularity and a smartly-written story that probably dislikes obvious villians. just...
Scatter - Wish You Were Here
https://mangadex.org/title/17803/scatter-wish-you-were-here
Progress : 6/50
Last release: 20.01.2016
Reason: Apparently 101010 offered to translate one volume of a specific manga that cmertb requested in exchange for cmertb to translate one volume of whatever, which...
it's kind of, idk, comforting(?) when a story gives a nice ending to a terrible irl story.
I don't remember having encountered a trope like this before.
Made me feel warm
I think his vibe influences a lot how he’s drawn - I bet his features will soften if he ever redeems himself/has a change of heart:/redemption arc - thorfinn style
I don’t get the sense that we’re supposed to like this ladies character, I doubt they’ll end up together further on. No indication of attraction from the MC’s side, he might agree in her just being a burden. A Sasuke-Sakura dynamic, kinda.