It's complicated but very cute..... I am glad Hina is able to separate the Subaru and his IRL self. She did say she loves Subaru and wants to see his persona rather his "true self."
I cried that subtle reveal of kuyuru's happiness over that tiny line of hina acknowledging the guy behind the streamer got to me. Also hurray to cosmo giving the letter to kuyuru bc he Understands. it's a nice parallel to kuyuru pushing cosmo to face koto properly 😭😭❤️
Stockholm syndrome is more complex than "falling in love with you captor"; but it's true that he's got it bad.
Scumbaru has a complex for people unconditionally loving him, so to meet a fan who is completely devoted to his online persona- is probably why he's hung up on her.