God this hits way too close to home. The part with him thinking that he's just a kid, nodding to stuff he doesnt understand? I felt a lump in my throat, I've been in his shoes before. The first time I've ever faced a class critique for my design(architecture major). My classmates are all so...
Oh hell no. This bitchass m'fucker. I dont wanna see him get a redemption arc. But knowing how this type of stories go, I want Kiris level of patheticness and groveling. I want that good stone cold "You need to be... more miserable" savagery from the MC.