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The MC's family's attitude towards him is really weird. His eldest brother (a playboy) has the nerve to tell the MC to stop causing so much "trouble" (almost every chapter). While the MC is just teaching people how to brew potions... you know, to save lives. I don't know if it's a failed attempt at comedy, or a way to keep the MC grounded. But it just doesn't work for me when the MC is morally a hundred times better than the people scolding him.
Another really weird thing is that there was one girl who liked the MC at the beginning. They had good chemistry, with her being really sweet and the MC giving her presents and such. She eventually gets forced into getting a fiancé 100 chapters in and the MC straight up ghosts her (like she's never mentioned again after ch 170?-> 905 somebody correct me if I'm wrong). This was really off-putting because they were good friends without any romantic implications and he was really concerned about her well-being. But the moment she got a fiancé? Completely cut out of his life. Like the MC didn't feel sad in the slightest... It was more of a "Oh I can't marry her? ok Bye."
[collapse]I'll be honest, the vibes of this story is just very inconsistent. On one hand, the MC is breaking a lot of centuries old traditions to revolutionize the potions and magical tools industry. On the other hand, he goes "oh noo, I have to strictly follow these traditions of nobles" when it comes to relationships/marriage. Even his own family didn't really care that much about them. He's randomly nice to some people without expectation (but of course they end up paying him back tenfold), and he's weirdly cold and calculating towards people that should be his friends.