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** I'll refrain from spoiling specifics, but in brief, it ''was'' [[Attempted Rape]] and not a [[Near Rape Experience]], Igarashi did ''not'' stop himself, he did prove himself to be a generally two-faced and unlikeable human being and Misaki was pretty well pissed off at him over it at the time. I'll allow for [[Values Dissonance]] and Japanese culture informing her attitude, but even with that, it still seems like it would be the first reason to come to mind to refuse him when he asked her out, especially since they'd had no real positive interaction between incidents that would soften Misaki's opinion.
*** 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.
** This explanation makes sense! Thank you, that bugs me less now.
* Tangentially related: No-one seems to remember that the Idiot Trio originally intended to rape Misaki, or at the very least molest her; without getting into the whole 'luckily Misaki was sick and therefore weak so her normal strength was absent allowing Usui to rescue her' thing, the fact is that their intentions were pretty clear. Granted, nothing came of it, but it was basically the same situation as with Igarashi except that Misaki was both weakened and outnumbered in the first instance. Since then the Trio has become comic relief but really, they just showed up at Maid Latte (after being threatened/blackmailed by Usui) and everything was hunky-dory. If you take that as an example apparently Misaki doesn't have much of a problem with would-be rapists so long as they don't ''actually'' rape her. This isn't meant to be a criticism of her character so much as it's pointing out that her apparently glossing over Igarashi's assault seems par for the course. Granted, we consider the Trio comic relief because of their subsequent character development vs. Igarashi never really leaving Rich Borderline-Sociopath Douchebag territory...
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