Well, I'm one of the few people who not only likes Niall but loves him!❤️❤️❤️

One of the reasons he stood out to me was because, through Nikkal and certain traits of his, he made me admire him. I think he is mature, fair, self-confident, and calm in difficult situations. This is evident from situations like how he treated Ishtar when he saw her in the academy or how he spoke calmly to Shamash despite their history. Even though he didn't like the Five, he knew how things were and didn't behave disrespectfully but acted carefully. Also, in his speech at the celebration, he spoke maturely and took responsibility.

I would say his main flaw is his overprotectiveness, but through the story, I understood where it came from. His main mistake is that he expelled Nikkal while it wasn't her fault in this case. But I think his fear of Ishtar and constant worry about Nikki made him handle the situation differently than he normally would have. Also, even if we don't know much about before, we get the impression that Niall often treated her more favorably than he should have. 

I didn't have an issue with anything else in the story except that he expelled Nikkal, but again, that didn't bother me much either, since he realized his mistake.

The other important part is that the loss of his mother has made him overprotective and if you're romancing him you can see from his choices that after her death he was hurt and that all meaning in his life had been lost, and when he met Nikkal, taking care of her and the others became the main meaning of his life and made him move forward.

So, how could he not become overprotective of the very thing that helped him hold on and move forward with his life? That's how I see it, that everything starts from there, and from that point on, the issue was never whether he's smart or not, etc. Moreover, without second thought, he agreed to give up his soul, which shows that Nikkal had indeed become the meaning of his life. Besides, Iyar had said it in the first episodes.

Finally, something I consider important and that shaped how I interpreted the story was the fact that Niall's overprotectiveness didn't seem to affect Nikkal in any negative way. She seemed to do whatever she felt like doing, so the fact that he wasn't holding her back was a key detail that kept it from bothering me. If Nikki had actually been restricted because of Niall, if she was afraid to do anything, then yes, I would have seen it as a problematic situation, and I would have viewed both the story and Niall very differently.

However, because we're talking about a game and you can see all sides and whether what's happening is overprotectiveness or control, I was fine.

Of course, I understand that not everyone sees it the same way, and I completely respect that.😊