>>137660432It's definitely manipulative as fuck. He pretends he doesn't care about her for years on end, then the instant she's the one leaving for four years or so, he starts passive-aggressively shitting himself in rage as though he actually gave enough of a shit about her to care about her leaving. The friend group dissolving and Eggman reitiring because of Amy ghosting may have something to do with it, but he's directing all of that raw seethe at Amy as though it's unthinkable she could ever leave his side.
What's even more funny is that he ostensibly likes Shadow in this comic, yet all his actual obsessive energy is being directed to seething over Amy instead.
>>137660478It's still deeply narcissistic, is the thing. A real friend wouldn't be pissed at their friends for succeeding and doing stuff they truly enjoy, they'd be right there with them all the way. That's the difference between Rouge and Knuckles vs Sonic himself in this - the former were supportive of Amy from the moment she came back and chose her new calling. Meanwhile, the latter has been stuck in this vicious depressive rut that's turned him into a total asshole who nobody seems to really care about. Hell, it's implied that even Tails isn't on good terms with him as is.