Like telling someone who's just done you a solid that "I could kiss you for that!" doesn't literally mean the other party should commence to pucker up.
Damn even I felt the social axniety when Ichikawa got pulled by the Senpai guy. Also no shit everyone knows when both of them are always alone together in the library.
Not everyone. Chii is the obvious example of not understanding the subtext, but Kanzaki is also in that camp at this point, while someone like Adachi is really slow in assembling the pieces he has.
Did anyone here watch the anime episode 11 and go back here to reread this chapter, holy shit my man on anime is spittin bars, bro literally said to senpai: "I don't give a damn, i just don't like to give her number to you"
Is no one going to point out she invited him in after saying "I like her" full well knowing that Yamada was in there too and they would see each other?
@Mervina It seemed a bit like a test. If he went in with her he'd see Yamada and have to explain why he went to another girls home late on New Years. However, Norio doesn't seem like the kind of author that does that stuff so maybe Moe did want Ichi to see Yamada which is much cuter.
Did anyone here watch the anime episode 11 and go back here to reread this chapter, holy shit my man on anime is spittin bars, bro literally said to senpai: "I don't give a damn, i just don't like to give her number to you"
Yeah, in the anime adaptation, the additional dialogue made Ichikawa a lot more resolute. It makes the writing more believable, because it gives more reason for Moeko to pull Ichikawa out of this situation, and Ichikawa being so strong in this situation (combined with the flashbacks to his moments with Yamada) makes for very good emotional build up to him telling Moeko that he likes Yamada.
I think they also could have done this change for better pacing of the first season – this is part of the penultimate episode, so something strong like that could be useful near the end, pacing-wise. It might also be kind of compensating for Ichikawa's character development, to account for manga material, which wasn't adapted (if any).
The extra dialogue also builds up Pickup-pai to seem even more of a douchebag for his White Day talk with Adachi and Ichikawa.