Silver Crow's Wings not only represented Haru's confidence, but the ability to overcome his own trauma.
Keep in mind one of the requirements to become a Burst Linker is some form of emotional trauma, Haru's is quite apparent.
The Accelerated World is effectively populated by a bunch of emotionally damaged kids/teenagers, so it isn't suprising for huge mood changes to occur when something traumatic happens.
To all the posters who say "its just a game," I think you are ignoring the magnitude of the accel world to these kids. Keep in mind some of those Burst Linkers have spent literally years inside this game, and it has shaped their very persona. The game itself is a world within a world that allows them to escape/augment their reality.
For Haru, being Silver Crow was his way to escape the "shell" that is his body. Noumi effectively shattered his peace in the real world by blackmailing him and defeating him, then destroyed his confidence by robbing him of his strength in the Accel World, where his talent and unique abilities made him outstanding.
While Haru's response to this event was "wrong" it is far from badly written or nonsensical when you come from the point of view of a traumatized fat kid whose sole redeeming feature (in his own eyes) is based of the power he was gifted with in the Accel World. A power that was just taken from him by the worst kind of person possible.
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