This series would instantly become a classic to me if it just straight-up had this be the turning point of the dark path for him in life. Of course, ultimately, id love a happy end. But id have nothing but respect for the author if they said alright cool now he suffers.
It's also hard to say where the author wants to go because their past work has been adaptations and a short comedy series. Not saying they won't continue down that path. But if you knew of the MHA authors' previous work a happy-go-lucky superhero manga wasn't exactly expected.
the other difficult part for me is that we're given no context for why the ML is...well, the way he is.
Usually something like germaphobic behavior in children would be the product of upbringing or environmental circumstances in home life - an example would be:
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parents are slobs, ML went to elementary / middle school unbathed and was bullied; so he "overcorrected" and cares
way too much about cleanliness and is hostile toward others as a result of the bullying behavior from past classmates. Hence why the "nice but messy girl" next to him sets him off so badly - could be some triggering behavior from his past that dredges up those memories.
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I'd actually be surprised if that was the case, given the tone of this is rather light all things considered (even with the slap/rejection of this chapter - which feels like it's meant to stand out as a major shift in the plot), but it would go a long way to contextualizing why he is the way he is now.
Which is why I wonder/suspect whether we'll start getting chapters outside of school in the near future - he's very visibly rejected her now, in a way that's not just him telling her off with words. And even she now sees there's no "misunderstanding" what he's done. If he starts isolating and spiraling and she starts ignoring him, we might start seeing more of his personal "not school" life, as there just wouldn't be enough going on around him during class to fill up a chapter.
And I'd welcome that, because having fleshed-out characters , especially ones with such strong mannerisms and quirks, are much easier to relate to and understand when they're realized within the world they exist in, and have explanations for behaving as they do.
Plus it might help him on his arc of finding himself, now that he's likely on the path of True Lonerism and will need some trigger to make a change; getting backstory helps add in additional hooks that could better facilitate that progression for his arc from here.
