This interaction of Okarun not to interact with a girl who really talked with him literally a day before, is something I used to do or maybe even now.
So what is this behaviour? Introversion? Social anxiety? Shyness?
I enjoyed the scene because it’s relatable but also it got me thinking why do I react the same way.
Did you relate to this scene? Did you grow-out of that phase of ignoring girls unless they interact?
(I know all of this little cringe to make a post upon, I’ll delete this if it doesn’t fit here)
I can relate to this scene, but in a different way. I think Okarun was so hesitant to talk to Momo for several reasons; lack of self-confidence, protecting himself from rejection, social anxiety from a school career of harassment, etc. All of this led to Okarun thinking that he doesn’t deserve a friend like Momo, so of course she will ignore him, so might as well ignore her first.
In my younger, school-aged years, I very likely would have walked past somebody that I spent time with the day before, but for a different set of reasons. Growing up, my family moved almost every year due to my father’s job. I went to >10 schools before going off to college. So, I just got in the habit of not really investing any effort into making friends, since I was just going to have to leave them anyway (pre-internet times). I am quite social and don’t suffer the same set of hang-ups that Okarun has, but I very much can envision myself not talking to someone at the school gate even after spending a whole day with them.