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Originally Posted by Triple_R
Now, with this in mind, I think I know why Taichi started to nastily bully Arata in this episode. I'm certainly not defending it, but I think Taichi was afraid that Chihaya would end up getting bullied by association if she grew too close to Arata, so he wanted to forcibly separate the two. So I think his act arose out of a desire to protect Chihaya, but the act itself was of course very wrong and mean-spirited.
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While I suppose it is commendable to try to see the good in others, I'm pretty sure he bullied Arata because Arata finished/turned in his completed poem homework before him, thus stealing his thunder. He, and everyone else in the class, thought he (Taichi) who would be the golden student in that moment.
It's jealousy. Pure and simple.