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Didn't read some posts on the previous page.

Originally Posted by GenjiChan

Oojima was on denial the whole time.

Originally Posted by Triple_R

A scene in Episode 2 that lightly foreshadows a very important plot point that occurs in Episode 11 is all well and good, but there really should be more and smoother continuing buildup than that.

In other words, the foreshadowing should be further developed somewhere in the interim (for example, it would have been very helpful if we had seen some semblance of doubt in Oojima's eyes or words as he flirts with other girls - but such visible doubt or uncertainty was never there at all, imo).

Light foreshadowing of an important plot point shouldn't disappear and seem insignificant for most of the narrative, and then come back into the fore just due to some seemingly randomly chosen exposition device (Mouri, in this case).

Spoiler for Comparison to the game:

The execution for the denial is so much worse than in the game. The anime hardly gave any hints about that, while in Chisato's route there were multiple times when Oojima was rethinking about his relationship with Chisato (starting after Chisato made her advances in the onsen scene). Personally i think it was a mistake by leaving out these scenes, seeing that the anime was actually going for Chisato at the end.