Don't think it's misanthropy or misandry. It's just him. He's a jerk. It's a defense mechanism because he's been hurt before. I think this was pretty clear when the manga went into his backstory before...
Anyway the art is ambiguous, and I'm gonna laugh if instead of drying her tears he's shoving a cat treat in her mouth. That's been his go-to method before. Hopefully he's learned from it backfiring with her last time though.
Ah yes the age old anime question:
Is she a cat girl or is she autistic?
I've heard about this cat handling book titled something like
All Cats Are Autistic so apparently there's a case to be made for the All Of The Above option.
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I've heard of Robert De Niro but I don't really understand the reference to him here. Anyone have a guess?