Was Sogo Doma a bad person?
At the very beginning—back when Shizuka Hiratsuka first met Sogo Doma—her impression of him could not exactly be called bad. It was more like: "Absolutely, absolutely do not let this guy meet Yukino!"
After all, he was far too realistic, far too lazy, and far too...
That had been Shizuka Hiratsuka's first impression upon seeing Sogo Doma!
But Yukino Yukinoshita—
What she pursued was "correctness," even if the "correctness" she upheld seemed foolish and naive to Shizuka Hiratsuka—
Shizuka Hiratsuka had never believed in correctness or kindness. In her words: "Yukino is both correct and kind. Unfortunately, this world is neither correct nor kind, so a correct Yukinoshita..."
The rest of that sentence was probably about how hard things would be for her, right?
Yet after she truly got to know Sogo Doma, Shizuka Hiratsuka realized that all that nonsense about being too realistic, too much of a slacker, too...
In short, Shizuka Hiratsuka had not thought highly of Sogo Doma at first, but...
Sogo Doma was indeed a scoundrel, but...
Perhaps because she had become Sogo Doma's teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka had not wanted Yukinoshita to get close to him, yet she herself had gone and gotten involved with him.
Shizuka Hiratsuka: "..."
She truly had looked down on Sogo Doma at first, even fearing to let him meet Yukinoshita. After all, even Hachiman Hikigaya...
If Yukinoshita had not transferred to Toyogasaki, he certainly would have come into contact with Yukino Yukinoshita. Unfortunately...
Sogo Doma really was not that crooked-hearted!
"..." Just as Shizuka Hiratsuka was left speechless by Ms. Takahashi, the excluded Sogo Doma came looking for them. Though all he said was, "This swimsuit..."
Well, the person Sogo Doma was watching was none other than Yukino Yukinoshita.
"..." Yukino Yukinoshita was