@Sameshark
The "hate" for Oscar stems from his behavior since the start of the series, which is that of an ENORMOUS stalker. His childhood flashbacks only helped strengthen that hate, for a while. The majority of you who do not understand that one point staggers me.
Seriously, think back about Oscar. He's the comic relief clown of the story, and he keeps going after the MC even after she repeatedly told him No. Why wouldn't anyone "hate" him?
From my POV, I don't even understand what is the point of this arc. Are we supposed to feel better about Oscar now? Is his stalker-like tendencies now moot, because "oh he was actually a sad teen, not an asshole one"? None of that makes any sense, and nothing about that even matters about our opinions about Oscar. It could've only made me think worse about him, not any better.
Oscar is still a useless character that's just there for no particular reason at all.
If the author wanted to redeem Oscar, they should've gone about it completely differently, like actually have Oscar realize that Flora doesn't like him, and pine for greener pastures. Actually develop as a character. Do something else, other than obsess about the protagonist.
@zanonyn
Not sure about "back-tracking", but it is seemingly redundant. It feels like this entire arc is just about the art-book, and even if Flora will realize that Oscar had not stolen her book, it wouldn't make their relationship go anywhere. Just go and read what Georg-Prime wrote.
Ya'll are exaggerating this shit way too much. I really dislike Oscar as a character, but nobody here made him to be the anti-christ.