The most unnecessary scene and unrequited crush in SAO in my opinion.
it could've work just fine if their relationship was platonic on both sides and the crush didn't exist. That’s my only complaint. Reki seems to struggle with this. He wrote such an amazing arc with Alicization and WoU, only to ruin it ( for me ) with this scene, that is played off as a joke. For me, it's just makes me uncomfortable and it feels disrespectful towards Rinko.
Just because a woman and a man are friends doesn't mean one of them will develop a crush on the other. Some times they work just as friends even if they are both straight.
Fyi i am not againts Rinko moving on, but it shouldn't be Higa. Bro is a bum and a wuss. She deserves better.
Not sure if the anime changed this slightly, or you missed it, but she is completely oblivious that he's asking her out here.
Obviously she's not thinking about something like that in such a situation.













