Risako doesn't communicate her intentions, but I'm not sure it can be described as conflict avoidance, more the opposite.
Agreed on Risako. The closest thing I've found to describing my perspective by a quick Google search is "Alexithymia". (I'm not a fan of over diagnosing or calling everything a disorder, so I only mean to call attention to the associated behaviors. I'm just looking for some buckets other than the abused ASD spectrum for categorizing folks with trouble expressing themselves emotionally or connecting with others along those lines.) I guess what I was looking for generally is "empathy deficit", but Alexithymia may also encapsulate some of the amoral characterization of some of Risako's behaviors. (The info on psychopathy touches on both of these things -- empathy deficit and amorality -- in depth, but the the rest of the disorder doesn't fit.)
To me, Risako has mental barriers to relating emotionally to others and lacks in skill or ability to gauge emotional weight of her actions. We've seen her confounded at Kaoru's responses and the "severity" of them. You stole her boyfriend, of course she was upset -- the "normal" person thinks. (Again, I don't see it as a disorder but just a neurological difference.)
It's not conflict avoidance when you aren't aware of a "situation" to avoid. :D
On one hand she's blunt, on the other...I don't think she realizes there's something she could say to "clear the air", or perhaps she's been burnt by social situations enough that her defense against the world is to keep information to herself and remain aloof. ...and these are just a bunch of far-reaching thoughts around a side character about whom we know fairly little.
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