bro dont even get me started on the old romcom classics some of which took like 500 chapters to confess and then immediately ended afterward. this is actually quite quick by popular romcom standards
theoretically one captive male could father hundreds of children so it could actually work, especially if they implemented chattel slavery of both males and females to get more males. this is merely theoretical of course and would be abhorrent
He's not trying to win, he's trying to reach out to the guy and make a connection. simply beating him up would only reinforce the idea that strength is all that matters and would be counter productive
Christmas is a day for couples in Japan, asking him to be alone with her on christmas is basically a confession from her, so it makes sense he felt confident enough to fire a more straightforward confession right back
as someone who speaks japanese it triggers me that you changed ryou to ryo ngl. I hate it when people think that you can just remove the long vowel without changing the meaning... you can't.