Seems like a lot of people just want fuzzy romantic progress and not any actual character development. We've known from the beginning that Unoki's been through some shit and that it would have to be addressed in time. Now we have one of the key people responsible for his trauma present and he's trying to come to terms with and overcome it but apparently that's a "mistake" in some peoples eyes. Hell, the new girl's done more for the romance than most previous chapters.