tbh I understand his reasoning, he knows that even if she dates him she won't consider it the same way he does, they're not at all on the same page on the concept. Better that than him thinking she would change because they start dating.
Yado-inn posting their chapters the same day a new group post their chapter really feels like these guys that publish new works just to renew patents lol. i wish Yado would just admit that they don't want/can't translate and let other people take over.
He got a stroke 2 chapters ago, the cliffhanger of last chapter is that we learned he survived it but couldn't write anymore, this chapter was the whole context and follow up.