Good lord, his creepiness has not improved a little and those wide open eyes of his do not help at all. He feels like an AI in a human body, regurgitating knowledge gleaned off the internet without awareness if it's correct, appropriate, updated or still relevant.
I want to give this a chance, but no, I'm still not rooting for a romance between them. I still feel sorry for Ichika that she has to put up with this guy.