Ha, yes, you're absolutely right, Drama & Romance is full of forced drama. Even if it's good for its genre, "the least bad" isn't such a great title. I wouldn't really recommend Domestic Kanojo or even White Album. I just, occasionally, """want to feel sad""" (a la greek tragedies, you're supposed to feel bad before you feel good and are "cleansed")
"What if he dies?" Then he didn't deserve to be a Hokkaido citizen. We're playing with Sparta rules.
What is a half-bath? Wikipedia doesn't help. Google says it's the type of bathroom without either shower or bathtub.