YMMV / Tsuihou Suru Gawa No Monogatari

• Hypocrite: The main characters have all been labeled as such by the readers.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Est is definitely this, though the narrative tries to paint him as the antagonist during the first half.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: The entire cast save Est falls into this:
  • Athena banishes Est from the party because he is too weak to protect himself and gets injured during one of their expeditions. It turns out she can't protect herself without Est's buffs and the items he provided during battles.
    • She banished Est because he is too weak to protect himself, but readers have pointed out it's the vanguard's job to keep the back line safe and properly crowd control the enemies, meaning him getting injured was her (and Daru's) fault instead.
    • Her decision to banish him for his own safety backfired immediately, as he tries to venture into the dungeon by himself to become strong enough to be accepted back and almost dies. If it wasn't for the second wind he gained seconds before being killed, Athena would have been responsible for driving her childhood friend into suicide.
  • Daru agrees to banish Est for the same reason, but he continues to support and train Athena so she will become stronger, an offer he never made to the banished member.
    • He also gives clearly different treatment to the girls compared to Est, becoming a mentor to the entire party but refusing to do so for the only other male member, making readers believe he is taking advantage of the situation.
    • Est comes back to see Daru in a compromising pose with a drunk Athena. Daru does very little to clear the misunderstanding when it happens, keeps Athena on the dark about that situation (so she can't go talk to him and clear the misunderstanding either) and doesn't try to clear it up until chapter 16 of the manga.
    • Daru finally "apologizes" during chapter 16 of the manga. He essentially puts the blame on Est for running away and, when asked about why he couldn't have explained it when they met again, he just deflects. Have in mind during said encounter Daru had thrown more fuel into the fire, reinforcing Est's belief that he was betrayed, while still keeping Athena on the dark about everything.
    • Daru outright states he doesn't regret what he's done because things happened to go well for everyone. The readers don't see it that way, rather seeing things going well despite his involvement.
  • Mirialia is in love with Athena, so she celebrates the banishing of Est.
    • It gets worse when it's revealed both Daru and Mirialia were hiding their true strength all along and could have protected Est from being injured in the first place. They just didn't care enough for their party member's safety, it would seem.