While I understand that, I think holding hands is something very... personal. He doesn't have to hold her hand; she can grab onto his sleeves or something. And he knows she's interested so he should actually be doubly careful about giving her the wrong idea.
Then again, I guess the excuse here will be that teenage boys are dense. If I were in Momo's shoes I'd totally feel betrayed though lol.
Maybe holding hand being personal is just you thing. Cuz to me holding hands with friends is quite common. + Momo has rejected okarun multiple times, he can only do so much without seeming like a creep who doesn't know how to take "no". Also you should not feel "betrayed" when a guy you REJECTED is holding hands with another girl.
Although i agree he should not get aira's hope up i want you to remember, he was friendless few months ago. In his eyes he is just being a good friend.
The Momo I mean is the Momo who didn't lose memories. Obviously the Momo rn rejected him cause she doesn't know him well. I will feel betrayed if a guy who was ACTIVELY courting me held hands with a girl. Don't tell me what I should and shouldn't feel betrayed about lmao.
The problem here is intent: he asked Momo for a date, and even though she said no, he knows it's because she lost her memories. He is taking that into account as to why he rejected him, and is still pursuing her because of that.
Additionally, Aira makes it VERY OBVIOUS that she likes him. Him not realizing that is a him problem tbh. Good friend or not there should be boundaries set so people don't gain false hope.
You have never actually dated in real life have you? He was REJECTED MULTIPLE TIMES. He is allowed to move on. Even if she doesn't remember it is very obvious she feels something for him, so why not give him and that feeling a chance by going on a date with him. It's not like she has some very high standards concerdring how she dated that shit face in the beginning. (I only said you because you put yourself in momo's place so I did the same ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ but seriously if you reject someone multiple times and they move, you don't get to feel betrayed. That would be immature af)
Okarun also made it very obvious by rejecting aira, she doesn't take his answer seriously is not a him problem. Even if it was jiji in aira's place he would hold his hand too, if jiji asked. And once again okarun is NEW to this whole friendship thing
Honestly, I'm not sure where you're picking up this "rejected multiple times" thing that you keep mentioning. Can you give me the times he actually confessed and she rejected him multiple times aside from the events after her amnesia? He confessed to her when she still had her memories back in chapter 159. And she asked him to ASK HER AGAIN LATER. She didn't reject him, she told him to postpone it. That's not a rejection; that's an "ask me at a better time." Whatever rejection she made after losing her memories does not count because the evidence we've seen shows she likes him back. And absolutely he is allowed to move on, but why would he want to when he knows it's not her fault she forgot him in the first place?
"seriously if you reject someone multiple times and they move, you don't get to feel betrayed. That would be immature af"
Context matters, in this case, amnesia affected the confession. And as I have already clarified, I will feel betrayed if I was the Momo who still had her memories intact. Not the Momo who is rightfully rejecting his advances right now because he is a stranger to her atm. I put myself in Momo's place yes, but I don't go ordering people to not feel a certain way because of my opinion. What you did is basically the equivalent of me telling you "You SHOULD not hold hands with friends because it's wrong" after you voiced your opinion about it. Absolutely, go and hold hands with friends as much as you want but I won't tell you not to do that. I have a problem with you telling me what I can and cannot feel betrayed about, not about the multiple rejections.
Okarun rejecting Aira and then not seeing her advances for what they are are a him problem for sure. People don't just magically lose feelings, especially if they're still making moves on the other person. But as I have also said, he is a teenager and is therefore not the most self-aware atm, so he deserves a bit of leeway for that. But that doesn't mean his inability to set boundaries isn't an issue and isn't something he should work on. If he wants Momo to see he only has eyes for her then he needs to fix that.
Lastly, I won't address you questioning my relationship status because that's an ad hominem . Whether or not I've had a relationship is irrelevant to this discussion.
The thing is that he does in fact not want to move on tho he's still in love with Momo which is why we want him to be more self aware of Aira & more honest with Momo, he was the 1 who wanted a date now he got it, and what did he do? Spent the entire date with Aira instead. Even held her hand to boot.
Holy shit girl. You wrote a whole thesis lol
But you still failed to understand what I was trying to explain cuz there has been a big misunderstanding lol.
First thing you never specified which momo you were talking about (in the first comment). So i assumed we are talking the current momo cuz that's the only one we currently have. And then in next comment you went on "if a guy who was actively courting..yk the rest." Okarun is still actively courting momo and she was upset. So that didn't really help clear my confusion.
Secondly i only said that you should not feel betrayed in context to "rejecting people and then feeling betrayed when they move on" situation. And I was bringing up being rejected in this specific context.
I'm not even going to talk about the okarun Aira situation. Cuz you are constantly ignoring the fact that he is NEW to this friendship thing aka he is still FIGURING IT out. Aka he will learn, not that he should not change his behaviour (like i said I my previous comment). Give him some time.
And who knows maybe this chapter is where he learns to put boundaries. Yay.
And lastly no, I'm not even a least bit interested in your dating life. It was a rhetorically question, i never wanted an answer. And now it doesn't even make sense cuz of the misunderstanding.

I am kind of getting tired of Okarun, if he really likes Momo he should be trying harder and stop giving hope to Shiratori. I am kind of rooting for Jiji now.