I was also feeling in that ep that somehow him being average was showing those geniuses a wrong path/direction.
And the catch phrase/idea was along this: " thank you for beding this time, it will be better next time"... Nope, never happens. Bend once and it's over.

Also, it now feels too much like a dating sim with multiple ends and Kawasegawa is best girl in the game ?
Give me a good VN, I'll play for VAs. Throw the anime based on the idea though...