Sigh.
All the Kodaka hate.
Look, Kodaka's reaction was not the best way to handle it, but frankly Sena really acted inappropriately too.
You just don't propose marriage in a public setting without first knowing the answer. As a man you ought to know that, it would put the woman in an impossible position if she wants to say no. It could be considered manipulative. Not that I think Sena is being manipulative, she's just rushing forward, oblivious to social norms as usual.
You especially don't do something like this in front of your romantic rival- at least not if you want her to be your best friend, which Sena obviously does. This is a love triangle, not just with Sena and Yozora fighting over Kodaka, but also having a friendship as well- and this just blew a huge hole in it- and after all the progress this episode. This has to be Yozora's nightmare ever since Sena joined the club.
Sena put Kodaka in a situation where there was no right answer only a least wrong answer. Which, assuming that Kodaka is not really interested in romance right now, would probably be to to say something along the lines that he's still in highschool and way to young to think about marriage, and that he really doesn't want to have a girlfriend, but that he does really enjoy Sena's company as a friend and he would like to continue being friends. Sort of leaving open the door to the possibility of something later.
Still would have hurt Sena something awful. Running away was also hurtful, but not that much worse then the best option.
Compare this to the Rika situation, where she approached Kodaka alone, and thus allowed him to
clumsily let her down sort of gently. Mainly because Rika did the hard work of reading between the lines, but still- Rika handled it very well which prevented it from becoming a disaster despite Kodaka's less then stellar handling. Sena is even clumsier than Kodaka.
As for Aoi, I thought it obvious that she was really just trying to force Sena to acknowledge her, and she didn't really care about shutting down the club. Too bad Sena isn't "clever" like Yozora and finally just brutalized Aoi out of the way. Although I guess she did move up from "who are you?" to "stop pissing on my flower garden you stupid dog."
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Originally Posted by mtgowns
I find the choice very disappointing. The school ends up being just like any other in Japan, except there are nuns and a church. It feels as if they had an interesting idea to run with but gave up.
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Most likely the author was simply aware that Catholic schools exist and thought it'd be a fun back drop, and a way to introduce the "nun fetish" with a nun as a romantic interest. Japanese tend to have a really hard time grasping the fact that Catholic nuns are celibate for life and look like
this and are not mikos like
this. There is a reason tvtropes has a trope called
Nuns Are Mikos.
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Instead of the Western role of the nun as a cloistered celibate religious figure, the nun in this role will often be a nun as a part-time after-school job, or only until she marries and not take a vow of celibacy, poverty or obedience.
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