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8. Hypocritical, maybe, but this dampened your enjoyment of the show? It seemed perfectly realistic and understandable to me. Sekai was Makoto's secret girlfriend for about the same length of time that Kotonoha was his real girlfriend, and unlike Otome (Who was content with being a mistress and nothing but), Sekai thought Makoto cheated with her because he loved her. I really can't blame Sekai for having expectations or demanding some kind of commitment. And, for what it's worth, Sekai discovers she's been cheated on (End of episode 10) shortly after Makoto dumps Kotonoha, so she's not the 'other woman' at that point to any extent.

8. nah it wasn't a fault in the plot. it just increased my dislike for the two.

9. Not sure what the problem is here. Makoto and Sekai fucked like rabbits, babies are a pretty natural result.

haha i know i know. i just thought it was funny that they didn't take a few seconds do it "correctly" haha. but reflecting on makoto's character, it's not like him to act with such prudence anyway.

10. Makoto wasn't completely oblivious to Kotonoha's pain. He just didn't want to deal with it.

Makoto's a very selfish person, but he's not completely uncaring about the people around him. His own feelings and his own sense of personal comfort are his first priority, with the feelings of those around him a secondary priority that becomes increasingly more distant depending upon how much of a burden or obstacle those feelings represent. Makoto's personal philosophy throughout the entire series is "Always look out for number 1 - but if number 1's okay, then you can worry about all those number 2s." He was pretty heartless towards Kotonoha in episode six, didn't so much as raise an eyebrow when she tripped and almost hurt herself, because she was getting in the way of his Sekai fling and regarded her as an annoyance and burden. In episode 11 when Sekai cried into his chest asking why he cheated on her, he shut off his emotions because tending to her feelings would be too much of an inconvenience; he wanted to continue sleeping around and getting some ass.

In situations where being caring does not require also being self-sacrificing, though, Makoto is consistently sympathetic in almost every situation that should inspire sympathy. In episode 7, he glares at Minami for picking on Kotonoha; 10, he's obviously pissed at Setsuna for the psychological warfare she breaks out on Kotonoha. The end of episode 11 is one such situation, and seems perfectly consistent with someone who's caring whenever being caring isn't disconveniencing. Makoto does have a heart, it's just that sometimes it's overriden by his dick (And his general unconfrontational personality; it should have been obvious from episode 1, his aversion to actually speaking with Kotonoha even after Sekai arranged them a date, that his attitude towards dealing with problems is 'Don't').

So yeah, I believe Makoto's response to the broken Kotonoha was both very genuine (I don't agree with those who think he just apologized to Kotonoha because she was the one piece of ass he could still have) and still perfectly in-character.

i was probably too busy facepalming at all of makoto's miserable selfishness to notice the few times where he did show heart. but yeah the points you highlighted illustrate that he at least has at least a little decency