I think that's the 'wall' she built up to protect herself. Besides she wouldn't have become the 'interesting' person she is today if she had more confidence ... probably would've been more arrogant (not that she isn't but... more so that its suffocating).
I think she doesn't like being the center of attention (if u r the center of a attention {I think she observed} it give u a 'higher' rank) Also I think she likes 'fights' cause it what she expects (till u add love problems), it her comfort zone.
I agree 100%. But if this is gonna go anywhere, something's gotta change now lol. We can already see her moving towards more self-confidence but she has the tendency to talk herself out of things (side character syndrome, if you will). So she needs somebody she trusts (Momo) to come in, slap her with some truth about how awesome she really is, and push her to really sit down and think!
Momo seriously needs to get in there, find out what happened, and give Kanoko one or two slaps with reality so she can get more confidence in herself! At this point, I don't really mind who she ends up with (except for Otabe but he's just too much of an alien lol). The president is super interesting and his rare smile is adorable, but Tsubaki's devotion and the face he makes when he's thinking about making her happy is so cute! It's like a cat (Pres) vs, a dog (Tsu)- can't help but love them both!
I just want Kanoko to love herself a little more!