The whole "Love Quest" was so bizarre when you think about it. He didn't encounter a young lady whose company he enjoyed and decided to pursue it further like a normal person. Instead, he watched all the "gotta get laid" teen movies and TV shows of the time and decided that getting a girlfriend was a rite of passage that he needed to accomplish. And then he set out to obtain one in the most asinine way possible.
So a whole back so I came to the conclusion the love quest is just the fuck quest in disguise. He wanted to get laid with a girl he found attractive. He was actually nice about it then eventually he dropped the ruse and stated his true intentions: he wants a Tom tom for his duck to pound.
He thought he was better gentleman and knew what girls wanted. And if they rejected him, they were wrong. I wouldn't say he was influenced by movies, but he was definitely influenced products or people telling him off he does something as well his usual shtick it would work, hence axe body spray fascination.
he is simultaneously incredibly influenced by media and also wildly independent and doing his own thing.
The only wildly that's an independent thing you did was sign up for vidya contests like if he was on Susunu! Denpa Shōnen
Maybe playing trading card games with kids is because he likes games and didn't care. I guess independent but it's like saying you like playing chess and you're twelve years old, and the only people who play chess are over sixty, you're going to play chest with sixty year old.
As for the virgin with rage, he would get jealous that other guys will pick up girls and have normal relationships where he couldn't. This is chris and his ego has no bound. He defeated autism. Add that he's a dopamine and endorphin junkie,
Not getting either along a hit to his ego was hard on him.
The CWCism that I never fully understood was his phrase "girlfriend from the ground up".
He wanted get a girl manipulate her like a pimp does to provide for his every needs including feeding him, support him financially, give China, and clean his dirty craped briefs.