First of all, romance.
It's not a BL story, let me tell you upfront. I don't like writing harem or ecchi either, but that doesn't mean there won't be romance in the story. There will be romance in the story, I'm just not sure how to write it, so I'm at your mercy in this matter, and I hope I don't write nonsense and ruin the story in my head like this. I want to do romance well in the story.
Second, I'm writing the story in volumes. The chapters themselves will be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. As for the volumes... to be honest, I'm not too sure about them. They are variable but volume one is probably one of the shortest volumes and it has around 62,000 words. So... it's up to you to think about the rest.
Third, I'm not sure how long this novel will be. Two years ago, when I was planning it, I was thinking 11 volumes. But then that number went up, and down, in short, it kept changing every time I revisited the plot. So I don't want to talk about it, it changes every time. But if you really want a prediction, it will probably be something between 11-14 volumes. But still, as I said, I'm not going to make any promises.
Fourth, even though I've been writing this novel for two years (I'm about to finish the fourth volume in the drafts), this is the first novel I planned and wrote. I know it's not going to be extremely good and I don't think it's an extremely original work. I don't have such claims. Although it has a special place for me as my first novel, it is a novel that I planned and started writing as a complete novice. So there will definitely be mistakes in the translation, logical errors, or things like that. I will do my best, but I know that these things will happen. I'm not perfect or an extremely good author after all. On the contrary, I don't even think I'm that good of an author. I just have a story in my head and I'm trying to share it with other people, that's all.
Finally, I like criticism, for better or for worse. I also like to discuss with readers to make the novel better. So if you have any thoughts, feel free to write them down. If you have any questions, I will never hesitate to answer them as long as I see them.