True.
Okay, Lucy (who may have rotten taste in guys but is still cute), Kate (who can sing "My Boyfriend Is a Pilot" with the best of them), and her husband (who managed NOT to lose the kids at the garage sale) are the decent ones.
I wonder then...if your girlfriend said, "Oh, I had a few too many drinks while hanging out with Isamu, so I spent the night in his room," would you like him more than if the same thing happened with Basara...?
What does this have to do with "likable" again...?
Well, maybe Basara is spending so much time learning to fly and sing at the same time, that chicks just get in his way. Otherwise, maybe he learned his lessons from Ziggy Stardust.
Anyway, what are you REALLY trying to say about his "likability"?
Does that make him less likable, though...? Or does it just make him more picky?
EDIT: As a corollary, the Macross 7 story takes about one year (2045-2046). How often did Hikaru get laid in the two years between episodes 27 and 28?
Again, I dunno...but when I watched Macross 7, I remember Basara being the pilot of a VF-19. Again, am I misremembering?
EDIT: It's been a while since I've watched it, so if I've got that wrong, please let me know.