That's the issue. The manga WAS having progress, until now. The excuse implies that the MC didn't progress at all.Why are you all so surprised that the status quo is being maintained? When did readers come to unrealistically expect serialized manga romcoms to have dynamic stories with changes in the relationship dynamics every dozen chapters? It is not realistic.
No, you're not smart enough to get tricked.Wait…did I just get tricked?
Was it, though? I think you are misremembering.That's the issue. The manga WAS having progress, until now. The excuse implies that the MC didn't progress at all.
I totally agree! I also want to point out that this is his response to a girl he only met few weeks ago and didn't really properly interact with outside the school duties context beside this date. This guy already has to deal with his relationship with his female friends. He simply has no place in his heart for suddenly dating a random girl, even one as pretty as Kujaku senpai.This comment section is just full of stupidity. The kid is 16-17. His priority right now is school, and preparing for his future career path. If his passion is fashion, then it might very well be what he will be doing after he graduates. These girls are not gonna get isekai'ed and disappear forever. They, too, eventually will be busy with college, or whatever they want to do. They might not find him attractive anymore in the future, even. If he's not interested in romance as much as fashion right now, that's totally fine. He might not actually be that attracted to the pres. In any case, there's no need to rush. He's wise enough to be honest with his passion, and the pres could see that, too. Love and romance can be taken slowly.
Whenever he's ready to seriously date anyone, he would do so.