Muranaka told Kanae that she would like to try dating him and he kinda ignored it completely.
Sports girl just loves movie guy because movie guy isn’t afraid to chase and fail at his dreams while she’s afraid to fail at hers.
that can of projection love is just a one sided crush and will never work out
That is kind of one of the themes of the series.
Kanae liked Koyuki, she liked him back, but both were young and they got separated.
He idolized Murakami, murakami idolized him, and neither party aproached each other.
Now Takase is diferent, for Kanae she was his closest friend, and Takase was expecting him to make a move for their entire student life and she felt like he didnt saw her that way and she is super frustrated with him.
And Sora is one of those naturally contact heavy and loose people, and just noticed that Kanae might have taking her contact as aproach and is starting to feel aware of him. And Kanae likes her cause she likes movies and is passionate and hot.