How the random classmates treat Hotaru in the manga is kind of weird. Even if he's shy, he's cute and a boy. He wouldn't have women treating him as a thing in the way or a wallflower eyesore. They're treating him like he's a shy female childhood friend who's in the way of them getting a man. It's like the mangaka gender-swapped the main but didn't bother to adjust the finer details...
How the random classmates treat Hotaru in the manga is kind of weird. Even if he's shy, he's cute and a boy. He wouldn't have women treating him as a thing in the way or a wallflower eyesore. They're treating him like he's a shy female childhood friend who's in the way of them getting a man. It's like the mangaka gender-swapped the main but didn't bother to adjust the finer details...