. . . bruh, you could see this coming miles away, all the stuff from last chapter was prep for this to happen, the setup for MC and the heroine... his mindset about everyone being important and all that shiz is just fluff, he has the mentality for it but not something he would mention or be able to put into words. So, now conveniently because of that he can't respond to Kanou's feelings?? What kind of BS is this? So Kanou is not important to the MC? Because what he did would have ended with hurting someone in the end, shallow af plot execution! That and the fact that he's keeping Matsukata in the dark now after receiving her confession even though he wants them to be on good terms again?! How about saying that after making up with Kanou for real because she's the one the MC betrayed first and hurt the most so far! Yeah, he's right, MC is a total piece of shit like he thought =-= I really hope this picks up after this