Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen Episode 10 Discussion

Should be clear to everyone by now that the core of the tension/drama here is young people trying to with emotional disability and advance their connections to others and that the seeming trite troops of shy, insecure, maladaptive, insensitive, and unkowing MCs are integral part of that, rather than being their own things. The theme song for the so could easily be Save Yourself by Stabbing Westward. I am way more impressed with the writing here than the typical getting nowhere anime rom-com. Whether the author wanted the tropes and skillfully created story reasons for them, or had the temes and then incorporated common tropes, I don't know, chicken, egg.
The only major character not showing this disabilty yet is Tokui, wingman galore, but his feeling for Yukari is reasonably clear, and no other explanation for it yet. Something is compelling him to remain background, despite his intelligence and obvious grasp of the situations.
As other have noted, they all need help.

Naoto, Yukari, Satsuki, and Suzu are clearly damaged by past trauma, I suspect strongly Makina and Tamayo (family, dead brother and sister in law) as well, but there are other ways to have this disability.

Anyway, back to the fun part.

Makina nails Naoto's insecurity.

I am just chaperoning three kids."
And, Naoto nails her back
And then he does again.

It really is all about not wanting to mess up, huh?"
Yoda: "That is why you fail..." The risks of 'messing up' your relationship are GROSSLY exaggerated by anime and anime characters. The real risk is not paying attention to the other person, and advancing you connection to them.

Satsuki's cow girl cheerleader outfit, does not look western enough, assuming you can see anything past her bust. But, she is still a fantastic gremlin.

Imouto's intuition.

I disliked the episode because of Makina. I actually pitied her throughout the whole thing, until she made that stupid decision in the pre-ending scene, to become a burglar cat. Makina, why can’t you understand that you just can’t go after guys who are already taken?

@Skuvan None of the characters make logical or rational decisions tbf.

This is a really rough watch at the moment.