With few exceptions they always felt like they just got in the way of more interesting things. The side characters were less welcome diversions. While this draws the plot out somewhat, her diversions force them to work through hard issues that only serve to serve to strengthen their portrayals. The protags earnestly want to settle their differences, but Loki constantly interferes and casts doubt into the equation.
As a goddess of trickery bent on making the lives of her targets as complicated as possible, she's a good lampshade for all the will-they-won't-they contrivances typical to a RomCom. But when it's being serious, Boku Girls' core relationships and personalities develop organically and believably, and major personal and interpersonal moments feel earned. The protags act with believable motivations, albeit with some concessions for the genre - they will get nude when it doesn't quite make sense, and they'll be stupid sometimes for the sake of bad gags (and a few good ones).
In general, the main characters are excellent. I found Mizuki's core conflict so compelling that I can forgive Boku Girl's flaws, but its flaws are serious, and will put some people off. Boku Girl struck me on a deeply personal level, but I wouldn't recommend it without reservations.
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