I wanna preface this by saying I have no clue as to what constitutes for a good BL/GL show. I usually dont watch those kinds of shows unless under recommendation by a friend and even then chances are itll stay stuck on my never ending pit of planned shows to watch. That said this show has other tropes on top of being an IsekaiGL show and I feel at least qualified to judge the show based on those tropes and other general stuff that is included in the contents of this show. And these contents are...pretty halfbaked. The setting while good in theory feels pretty sloppy in practice. Its not inherently bad but everything it does is placed under the context that its an ikemen dating game and presumably a visual novel one. That in itself is fine but then it does worldbuilding and...I kinda feel like it gets too bloated in the details? Like the amount of exposition to explain this kinda stuff makes it feel like Im not in a game but in a general fantasy setting. It almost makes me question the validity of the games contents with whats being explained. Is it a dating sim? Or an RPG? Or a puzzle game? Or hell is it an MMO? It just feels all over the place without adding as much to the worldbuilding only being there to progress the narrative. Not even Nasus Fate series felt this needlessly deep in the lore. The story itself feels bloated as well and a bit confused in whether or not it wants to be driven by a narrative or by its characters. By the halfway point I was left confused as to what the show wanted to BE. Was it a GL show? A SOL show focusing on this magic school? An action show? It focuses a lot on its magic and has a lot of action scenes. A romance show that focuses both on hetero and gay relationships? A political show that focuses on the disparity between classes and how it might affect people in this age of magic? I dont know and Im not sure the show knows either as I dont think it makes any effort to connect these things together in a cohesive enough narrative. Example: In episode 34 I dont remember specifically but its early on. the characters talk about the Raes sexuality but it doesnt particularly lead anywhere and the arguments regarding that scene were divisive and led to nothing but shouting wars. It doesnt make mention nor expand on how Raes advances to Claire could be deemed as annoying nor the implications of prejudice against homosexual relationships especially between commoner and high class nor how Claires prejudices could be deemed as bad it is implied but in a terrible manner like Claire is gaslit into thinking its bad even though Claire has been hounded against her own will by Rae.. It just kinda ends in a segue in how Rae will sacrifice her own chances of a relationship with Claire just so she can make her happy showing her selflessness a topic that would come back in the end of the season. The thing is though even if the show made the scenes message that homosexuality in this setting is frowned upon and that Rae should be careful it would make no sense under the context that it wasnt implied upon in earlier episodes. Nor would it make sense that Claire has prejudices against a homosexual relationship because for one the show made it clear shes in love with a boy two Claire has been hounded time and time again by Rae and three she herself hasnt shown any prejudice towards Rae whatsoever just discomfort. So this leaves this seemingly divisive scene...with absolutely nothing. Its just a disjointed noncohesive scene that adds nothing because it cant and unfortunately thats something thats going to repeat itself. Speaking of characters unfortunately it doesnt get better here folks. The side characters while inherently without fault lack substance. Given the setting is an otome game...the show does absolutely everything in its path to not make you interested given the subversion of its setting focusing on GL. To its credit the caricatures/personalities of the characters arent bad but they never feel anything more than that. They just feel like reactive sort of characters that are reactive only for the sake of the narrative and thats...frankly disappointing because it has shown that it can make side characters with depth but doesnt expand on it. Rae herself feels stale as a protagonist as well. While I find her back and forth behavior with Claire cute and her love is full of compassion she herself doesnt feel compelling as a character. Her encyclopedic knowledge and unnatural competency in problem solving and as a fighter despite she herself having no experience in combat in her past life make her feel like a Mary Sue and she herself doesnt face any conflict that affects her heavily until the final few episodes which I find especially hilarious given the Mary Sue feels heavily inadequate...against another newly introduced and pretty terribly written Mary Sue. Claire herself doesnt feel like much a character aside from her trope as an ojousama. While yes she does develop somewhat as a character her development at times doesnt feel natural especially in the halfway mark. Her romance subplot at the end is pretty much forgotten because the show reminded itself that its a GL show and therefore needed to focus on that. And its so weird at the end for Claire because she feels so static for no reason. She has no individual agency whatsoever while two of her closest friends are fighting against one another and it just comes off as weird and terribly executed. Its character assassination and it sucks because it really feels like it invalidates any development for Claire and by extension Rae too. Overall I think this show wouldve greatly benefitted from having 24 episodes instead of 12. Perhaps it gets better as it goes alongbut with how the show is structured it doesnt allow itself to show how it gets better and thats shown with how sloppily the show ended. There is of course sequel bait in an after credits scene but I feel like its a bandaid solution rather a true conclusion. I cant say much besides that. If you turn off your brain you might enjoy it for what it is I know I certainly did since I found myself enjoying the backandforth dynamic Rae and Claire have. But if youre like me where your brain cant help but think youll find a disjointed mess from a show thats trying to be too many things but never one thing that its really good at. Which is a shame. People often refer to a Jack of all trades master of none to something or someone that isnt focused on one specialty but they often forget the rest of the quote omitting what follows after. A jack of all trades master of none is better than a master of one. Unfortunately this show isnt better in this case.