Agreed his behaviour is get old really fast.
Being a loner is one thing but it's not like he is bullied either he have literally zero reason to push people away. He potentially already know who to really avoid anyway.
So it was "officially" dropped for months then the second someone finally took the request to continue they come back ? Why.
I mean, whatever, but I don't get it.
With how going the manga is I was hoping the author would just drop this subplot
This will probably still be wholesome somehow but that's not the most interesting source of conflict.
For real, this trope always have been bad at milking even cheap drama and 5 chaps in we are supposed to like this better than anything else that would to actually develop the story ? Fuck that.
Like you say it's even worse because at this point they have been close friends for years.
Huh okay sure you find something that already killed people and would be considered a threat on the level of a wmd and you don't seize it immediately because it would make a kid cry for 5min 😑 .