honestly there's a lot of 0.5 or low reviews like that just to spite the people who actually enjoy this novel? odd but I can see how it appeals to some and doesn't to others, but the type it doesn't appeal to are more on the narrow minded side? 

the novel is slow paced that much is true but even lotm and other big novels are slow paced, I'm not saying it's at lotm level or this that but here's the thing a lot of good novels are slow paced to build the world before diving in, this is the type of novel that stretches to a thousand chapters and more, it gets way better after a hundred chapters but I can see how most drop it before that and simply chalk it up to generic and go back to reading novels where the mc instantly aura farms 🤯 and all the side characters misunderstand and perceive him as strong etc the usual. And I agree, I also enjoy those kind of novels to a certain extent, who doesn't but it doesn't mean this novel is bad either. 

The writing is very good the characters so far have been fleshed out and like I said it's slow paced because it takes it times with character interactions world building and doesn't skim over things much, if in alot of academy novels its "so the mc does a and b and c now he's fighting the boss" this novel describes a b and c fully and then also adds a d before the main thing, so alot of setup basically. I feel like most don't appreciate the fleshing out of side characters, too used to everything being about the mc and the only relevant characters being women and mc who only aura farms in front of them.

Another thing I see is micheal hate and the lily thing which yea isn't justifiable but the author isn't exactly justifying it either it's only people who are taking it way too seriously even the mc himself says he doesn't have time for teen romance drama it legit does NOT matter that much.

And the micheal hate is also unreasonable alot of the times "he's dumb and stupid dum dum why does he hate mc stupid idiot" he was a fucking orphan who gets abused in his house and in school gets beaten up every day? "The mc didn't bully him until he kissed lily" he legit is an accomplice by watching it and not stopping it either remember he's the one who started it by "taking an interest" in micheal when he stepped up for a bullied kid, samael HIMSELF agrees that he was also at a massive fault when him and micheal were arguing (not agree to him, in his mind) before shifting the topic. It's almost stupid cause why would micheal NOT hate him?? Throwing him into dustbins? Beating him up everyday? Taking him to an abandoned building so no one can save him while again beating him up? An orphan whos abused at home? and yeah micheal has his flaws but you have to remember mc actively makes him angry by taunting him and making him get hated more on, and even with all that micheal apologises at the end of the arc when he made a mistake. its just lack of reading comprehension if you cant understand where characters are coming from.

Other than that it's a fantastic novel only held back by the amount of chapters, I see a lot of potential because the author genuinely writes well, but yes each to their own you can't force someone to "have better taste" if someone enjoys harem sure enjoy harem man if someone enjoys singular lead romance sure that's nice too but no reason to call something s*it or mid if you can't give a proper try at understanding or reading it, simplest thing is to drop it if you don't like it but rule of thumb is just to read it till when it "starts getting good" or not do whatever you want enjoy whatever you want but being insufferable without reading properly will always be stupid