I wonder why all the girls rejected him so much. He didn't seem like a weird or bad kid, and it looks like he wasn't hated by others by everyone. Maybe he has a yandere childhood friend or something
Her being pulled up like a radish and the way she was drawn just hanging there was quite funny.
I don't think this viewing girls as stones would work, sure you won't have the love at first sight, but several are still kind of cute, and while interacting you're going to find a few personalities you just mesh really well with.