"N-No, that's not it! Being looked down on for being an otaku isn't the reason. It's obviously because—cough, cough..." Provoked by Sogo Doma, Tomoya Aki became flustered. In his haste, he nearly blurted out what he was really thinking. Fortunately, he came to his senses at the last moment, quickly coughed twice, and forcibly cut himself off.
"So you do know that otaku are looked down on? But isn't that because of people like you? Never mind whether cutting in line is acceptable or not—just the fact that you performed a dogeza in public already makes people think—ah, so this is what an otaku is like. They'll even do something like this. Just what you'd expect from an otaku. You've dragged down the image of the entire otaku community, you know..."
Tomoya Aki: "..."
Damn it, this guy really was smooth-talking. He had to refute him, otherwise...
But before he could speak, he heard:
"Everyone, the course of events should be clear by now, right? Before I came back, this bespectacled otaku suddenly performed a dogeza before my little sister. As for why, we'll leave that aside for now. After I returned, I wasn't paying attention—after all, no one would expect that, in this day and age, someone would still perform a dogeza before another person in public. As a result, I accidentally stepped on this otaku's head...
"I apologize for that. Afterwards, with my persuasion, this bespectacled otaku realized his behavior had been inappropriate and left the venue. But for some reason, he brought several of you back and claimed that I threatened him. Um, excuse me, Mr. Bespectacled Otaku—what evidence do you have that I threatened you?" Sogo Doma never left evidence when doing bad things.
Tomoya Aki: "..."
Th-This was bad. This guy was completely unlike other