Yena has a surprisingly major role in this manga for being someone with the depth of a dry desert. If the author wants a same-sex option, can't they at least have someone more interesting? Or at least someone whose personality isn't entirely toxic? Have the tiny hyena take her role instead for example, and turn him into a girl, and you'll end up with a much better character, and we barely know that little boy.
This is almost impressively bad.