He clearly isn’t good with people since then, making a date with Ruri being the furthest thing he’d be able to handle. In all fairness, this episode did make a point of how Alma closed himself off to any sort of friends after losing control of his powers when he was younger. It worked wonders on our fellow Ashi after all. In hindsight, Ruri should’ve just taken Onigawara’s advice and leaped into Alma with open arms to save us all from going through that. Even then, he didn’t realize himself, as Ruri had to speak up about how he was making her feel unwanted. The contract at Alma’s house, the wait on the train platform, the realization that he left her behind, and the tears in the ramen shop - we had at least one scene too many for Alma to catch on. I was fully aware of the scenario they were going for, and Alma’s flashback with Nakajima Megumi’s insert song “Love” helped in that regard, but the insecurities seen in them both seemed to drag out a fair bit. The fact that Alma decided to whittle away in his own lack of confidence and completely ignore how Ruri was wearing her heart on her sleeve made most of the episode somewhat frustrating to watch. From my point of view, it was pretty apparent that he wasn’t confident about protecting Ruri, so it felt like we were always one quick line away from clearing things up and saving her a lot of grief. It’s just too bad that it revolved around a misunderstanding over Alma’s overuse of the phrase “for now”, since it made him come off as an insensitive jerk for most of the episode.
Ask and I shall receive, as Onigawara sets Alma up on a date with Ruri so that he can finally get a clue.
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