Nitamono Doushi

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Still don't get why those "friends" were so pissed with him hanging out with the girl
There's probably both idolatry and elitism at play. They've put her on a pedestal, and they don't want scums or plebs like him to get anywhere near what they consider to be unattainable perfection, because it creates an unbearable dissonance with their worldview... Well, that's how I understood it.
 
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Still don't get why those "friends" were so pissed with him hanging out with the girl

Like someone else said, they put her on a pedestal. This is exactly what the female MC was talking about, and the reason why she feels so exasperated. Also, this is why she doesn't consider them friends, since they just idolize her. The main reason why she liked the MC was because, for once, she was not idolized, but seen as an equal.

Personally, I don't like those tropes, but in these type of stories, they work like a charm because it helps the MC to man up and get past that.
 
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Smoker chick? Cringe. You know that she is gonna look like a 50 year old when she in her 30s.
 
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Still don't get why those "friends" were so pissed with him hanging out with the girl
Because for the type of vapid people she attracts, image is everything. They know they're not friends, they're just close to her because they're popularity-hungry vultures a rank below her in the school's hierarchy. And her befriending a bottom rung loner, upsets this hierarchy and puts their positions in jeopardy. They're friends by proximity, so they need to maintain that proximity and scare off anyone who tries to get in the way.
 
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As a "new old man" I'm quite curious, is she the "cool" ideal of modern young woman, or the "cool" ideal of modern young men? Is the protagonist wimpiness supposed to be annoying or is it supposed to be relatable?
 

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