Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26993737-20161128042834/@comment-25167224-20161203184009

nope, wouldn't say so at all. saying that really misinterprets komaeda's character.

his ideology spins around the idea that talented people are hope, and hope requires stepping stones to overcome despair and shine the brightest. because of that, learning that hinata, whom he fell in love with and felt so comfortable around, wasn't a talented student but a part of the reserve course, a normal person that should become a stepping stone, he gets bitter, just like hinata.

plus hinata, unlike him, doesn't severely act out regarding his 'place' within the group, he's accepted by the remaining students, and while he does internally have a lot of confidence issues, komaeda doesn't get to see that and what he does see must really bug him, which is kinda understandable. he's alienated himself from the group because of not only his luck but also his 'worth' as a normal person, while another normal person mingles just fine.

this is coming from someone who loves komaeda, but essentially what he's doing is throwing a huge hissy fit because something surprised him.

but, he also does show that he still cares for hinata. in chapter 4 he mentions how he finds it strange that he still finds himself drawn to him even after learning he's an ordinary person. his line is something along the lines of i wonder if the chemistry between us is making me sentimental?, and he does mean it. he knows he should hate hinata because of this new revelation, but he can't bring himself to do it because of their relationship up to this point.

hinata's existence, especially after chapter 6, is an insult to komaeda's ideology, it breaks it down, shows that normal people can also defeat despair and have the hope of a talented student. which is great, because komaeda's ideology is fucked up and needs some tearing down.

so it's also kind of perfect, because while he attributes so much to it, komaeda hates his luck as a talent, and he sincerely hoped to die and be freed from it as he confesses in his last dangan island event. he actually does seek normalcy, proven further in his character song from dr3, -zanka-, in which he mentions that living ordinary life wouldn't be so bad, his view of ordinary people seems to heighten thanks to komaru as well.

furthermore, you can do some self interpreting here. komaeda often lets hinata run in circles with him in hope's of driving him away, since he doesn't want for a person he loves to die again (like his dog or parents), so you can interpret his bitterness and cold remarks as him using this revelation as a justification to push him away which is something not easy for komaeda. but this is just an interpretation.

so tldr; he doesn't hate hinata. he still loves him which is great cuz hinata's a big red sign saying 'your ideology sucks, stop it you dick' and komaeda needs that.