Now I finally know why this particular episode has a lower rating, that's because Kanji makes the worst decisions in this episode.
Though I don't really like this, but to be fair it has been kind of set up for a long time, because every time when he was with Rika, he never seems right, it feels like he wasn't really there, it's extremely sad but it's a doomed relationship. Rika is always the one who makes the sacrifice, she is the one who is "in love", because Kanji has never said those three words: "I love you".
This is depressing for sure but the characters have been setting up for this moment for a very long time, it represents the unbalanced romance between the two, it's cruel and traumatizing but well thought out in story wise.
Though I don't really like this, but to be fair it has been kind of set up for a long time, because every time when he was with Rika, he never seems right, it feels like he wasn't really there, it's extremely sad but it's a doomed relationship. Rika is always the one who makes the sacrifice, she is the one who is "in love", because Kanji has never said those three words: "I love you".
This is depressing for sure but the characters have been setting up for this moment for a very long time, it represents the unbalanced romance between the two, it's cruel and traumatizing but well thought out in story wise.