Y'know, so far it's hard to tell just why Himekawa dislikes Okatu-protag so strongly. While she's called him "gross" a few times, considering that she's doing something like this as a part time job it doesn't seem that she's against him because of being an otaku.

Yes, there's likely a certain amount of "just think of the money, smile and bear with it" but if she really hated dealing with otaku in general I doubt she'd be doing so. Especially if this is the kind of getup she has to wear for it regularly.

I think there needs to happen a really impacting event involving Himekawa-san and Otaku-kun to boost his likability to some not-so-negative levels...

Dakkan said:

Y'know, so far it's hard to tell just why Himekawa dislikes Okatu-protag so strongly. While she's called him "gross" a few times, considering that she's doing something like this as a part time job it doesn't seem that she's against him because of being an otaku.

Yes, there's likely a certain amount of "just think of the money, smile and bear with it" but if she really hated dealing with otaku in general I doubt she'd be doing so. Especially if this is the kind of getup she has to wear for it regularly.

What if its just an act?

Aside from it being typical tsundere attitude? I'm guessing that she's probably an otaku herself, only that she keeps it private from others because she has an image to maintain. So seeing someone showing their interest openly like the protag irritates her.

Basically "I want to talk with him about otaku stuff but I can't so I have to push him away lest I geek out".

T34/38 said:

What if its just an act?

Then we'd have to presume that the likability score is/can lie to the audience, or that it measures something other than how much the respective girl likes Otaku-protag.

Personally i think she is as unpleasant as implied

It has something to be with her job. I guess she gets a lots of unpleasant otakus and she thinks our prota is like them. This is why I think we're going to have an arc with Himekawa and Otaku-kun that would made her score explode to positive numbers.

Sorry for the late translation today. I actually finished it awhile ago and then got so swept up in the FGO anniversary stuff that I forgot I hadn't actually posted it~

As expected, today we got Hime, much to my resigned chagrin. At least she's easy on the eyes?

I actually like Valentine322's theory, and if true that'd go a long way toward making her more likable to me, personally. However, I'm currently more inclined to agree with qi; I think she just really is that nasty and she's there specifically to appeal to the masochistic crowd. Which, you know, more power to you if that's your cup of tea, it just isn't mine.

Also, just as an additional FYI, the artist mentioned in another tweet that this series of pictures is also their contribution to #BikiniDay that you may have noticed other posts for recently.