User blog comment:Maxx-DxD/Author is pushing stupidity too far./@comment-24098614-20140703222209/@comment-4829046-20140704063654

No one understands that part but you seem to be using some weird judging. It has nothing to do with being a "normal teenage boy", he is just not acting like a normal "human" in his situation. Age has nothing to do with seeing nudity. He has seen Mikan in the nude many times while growing up and she has seen him as well, so really the only reason he is still like this is cause it is a running gag and is a typical comical effect so really the one to blame is the author not Rito. Won't you also find it weird to not have Rito's derp face turning beetroot followed by going slightly unconscious in every chapter? It is a running gag.

I know a great guy named Sakamichi Jirou who was in a worse position than Rito in terms of dealing with nudity and steamy situations but had proper development and actually had the balls to confess properly as well. Granted however that he was from a seinen slice-of-life series.