My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU!

[Kraco]

He knows no other way.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. It's merely the most efficient way for one in his position. He's pretty sharp, so he likely could come up with other strategies, also those that would suit popular people. But an unpopular person can't make popular people do stuff, so he's stuck with doing the unpopular things himself, mainly.

Scolding him and walking away like that isn't a good way to fix the error of his ways. Hachiman is damaged. Kicking him down more isn't gonna help.

Of course. But it suits this story perfectly. It would ruin everything if too many good things happened to him.