I keep seeing comments about a lack of character development from the MC and I'm genuinely wondering if those people have even been paying attention or just skipped to this chapter straight from the anime's end. I won't lie that without context this chapter seems like the same old same old but the MC has actually changed quite a bit. he's growing balls, actually cleaning up his lies, not moping 24/7, and genuinely just becoming a good person.
I mean seriously it used to be every fucking day kazuya would ball up and cry about how nobody liked him while prodding people to say the opposite but now not only does he not mope like a bitch as much, he even has the tact to not drag other people into his pity parties. His relationship with Ruka is still weird and honestly bad but you can't honestly sit here and say this is the same incel who wanted to chew out a girl for doing the job the job that he was paying her to do because she did said job too well.