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In chapter 50, Igarashi Tora goes through a whole production of asking Misaki to date him. Misaki is, of course, too [[Tsundere]] to just out and say that she's already in love with someone else... so she fumbles through a refusal based on social status which is set up to cause friction between herself and Usui. So... what happened to "no, because ''you tried to rape me, you asshole''"?

*** Okay, in that case I totally agree; that does indeed look like something by which to be bugged.

* Personally, I would say that this has more to do with her own character than any kind of [[Values Dissonance]]. Misaki has more or less defined herself as a strong, independent and capable woman who [[Does Not Like Men|doesn’t need men]] for anything at all, which is why she’s a very “tsuntsun” violent tsundere to begin with. Thus, with this background, it’s no wonder that she would rather die than actually acknowledge that Igarashi did in fact manage to overpower her (after all, the whole point of the [[Attempted Rape]] scene was him trying to prove his power to her); and while it’s true that she considers him a complete [[Jerkass]], she also does pity him for being a [[Lonely Rich Kid|lonely]] [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|rich kid]] [[Rich Bitch|with issues]]. Also, as seen on this [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kaichou_wa_maid_sama/v11/c050/24.html page], at first she looks angered and probably about to react aggressively at him, but when she realizes that he actually looks pretty serious for a change (which is probably part of his act as always, but with him it’s hard to tell), her mood changes and she gets taken aback, which would explain why she wasn’t directly dismissive of the whole affair (with a: "no, because you tried to rape me, you asshole") and instead considered the potential implications of someone asking her out (since she already likes someone) which of course made her even more awkward, thus leading to her just spluttering excuses for her refusal. Of course, ultimately, we all know that the main point of the whole scene was both to cause friction between herself and Usui and to establish Igarashi even more than before as a complete [[Manipulative Bastard]], but that’s beside the point.

* [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on this one. She's softened toward Usui and become much less aggressively misandrist after recognizing and having to correct several foulups with the guys of Seika, but I don't see that she's become a "whimpering mess." (Blushing a lot is par for the course for any tsundere.)

* Indeed, you can't have a tsundere without the actual deredere you know. And besides, she’s still strong and independent, it’s just that she has now learned that regardless of how strong and capable she is, doing absolutely everything by herself is not healthy at all; and besides, there’s a big difference between trusting others and being able to work in tandem with them to actually being weak or incapable, which is actually the whole point of the development of her “president persona” (at least in my opinion).

 

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* I don't think it's supposed to be pointing to Wales specifically, just the UK in general.

 

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