As for passion and all that, Tomoya Aki did not actually believe such things himself. But that did not stop him from saying them. All he needed was a reason to make people think that he was merely too obsessed with the two-dimensional world, which was why he did some extreme things—that he could be forgiven and understood;
Of course, Tomoya Aki was not stupid. First of all, his extreme behavior would not touch upon the other party's fundamental interests. Second, whenever he wanted someone to help him with something, he could always start by prostrating himself, creating the impression that he was the weak one, that he was in the right, and that he had already gone so far as to bow down—so agreeing to a reasonable request was no big deal, right?
What was more, people raised in this country cared greatly about their reputations. So in the past, Tomoya Aki had often succeeded when using prostration to ask—or force—people to do things.
This was also how Tomoya Aki had managed to survive and gather followers in the past...
Of course, no trick worked every single time—for instance, today. If someone ignored Tomoya Aki's prostration and still insisted on criticizing what he had done, he could use his "reasons" to transform into an obsessed otaku.
At times like that, almost everyone would choose to let the matter go. After all, no one wanted to bicker with an "idiot" obsessed with the two-dimensional world!
It was precisely because of all those past experiences that even with his hair being grabbed, Tomoya Aki did not panic at all. Instead, he kept coming up with excuses to defend himself. Of course, those seemingly ridiculous reasons were not meant as a defense—they were meant to let people know that he was just