Honestly I am surprised people think Kurogawa was better than this. But yall forget this is Kurogawa we are watching ,not some Rent-a-Girlfriend cuck shit. If had a completed his redemption arc then yall would be correct ( and a weird direction for the author to take)
Remember that Kurogawa is a narcissistic and a selfish loser and views all people as below him. The library scenes were to show little care he has for his peers as it paints, but later scenes it with his interactions with Takagawa is the constant mellowing and cooling of his opinions of people's inferiority and objectification. This is evident by his refusal to put his goondrink in that girls bag as per the last hit by Kitahara and when he threw up during his summer goonsesh. Hell he was somewhat bonding with Nagaoka during the school trip. Maybe a friend as he struggle to look Nagaoka in the eyes.
If you think he's an asshole, you are sort of right but even if we make Kurogawa normal horny mc guy, people don't tend to think straight and go into a "fuck it we ball" mode when life turns to shit. It is simply human nature.
There is a reason why this is happening as I believe he angered the wrong person. But having said this, it does not excuse Takanawa's actions as they are naive at best and at worst cruel, even if this is part of bigger scheme. It would be naive Kurogawa would be fine with this as Takagawa knowingly flirted with him a social awkward guy and they aren't dumb. To put it simply, in Kurogawa's eyes this is an act of war, plain and simple. A betrayal of the highest order by his supposed friend and lover (?).
Now will his scorched earth tactics bring him peace? No. He even said it himself when talking to Takanawa during the train ride home. But what happens next ... all I know is that I can smell the setup, its like when they hit 2Pac in Vegas.
Honestly this would be easily an 8.3 MAL score anime if handle correctly and with care. I sincerely don't know why this isn't an anime already as anime studio have flown with weirder concepts.
I'll give my final thoughts on the series once I finish chapter 31.1 or epilogue.
This yapfest was brought you by sheer astonishment and the quality of this series. This is also my first comment on here ... so, hello!
