I get what you're saying, but I'll just reiterate for whoever else may read this: even if the route was "naive" or not, what ever people feel is their own problem, and not the responsibly of the writer, full stop. Too many people want to make their own issues everyone else's burden and think the world owes them attention, when feelings are intrinsic—you can choose to feel them or not, and no one can force you to do so. No one owes you anything.
Anyway, that's my mini rant done. I hope you'll continue to make what you want, and ignore the extremely vocal and obnoxious minority of weirdos who think everything is a battle for them to fight.
(As an aside, the ones whining about Haru being trans even though he never was, or "baiting", are also the same people who love drag, but acknowledge it's just cross-dressing... I'm sorry, but these people are just plain stupid. They really can't seen the hypocrisy...)