I'd go as far as calling it a subversion of the harem genre, Sensei isn't all that different from the average eroge player who's willing to boink anything with a hole regardless of who they are, the only difference here is that the girls don't really feel comfortable being part of "his" harem.
There's girls who know about Sensei's fooling around, but none of them are particularly enthused about it (with the exception of Kirin and Nodoka, who very clearly are carrying some deep emotional baggage).
If you look at all the threesome scenes so far in the game (aside from the very first one with Haruka and Maki), not a single one of them is actually erotic in nature, they always tend to be either unsettling and/or uncomfortable.
It makes sense why Selebus said that the (current) harem path will lead to the "dark route", because Sensei is very clearly (either unwillingly or not) toying with their feelings towards a breaking point
I'd go as far as calling it a subversion of the harem genre, Sensei isn't all that different from the average eroge player who's willing to boink anything with a hole regardless of who they are, the only difference here is that the girls don't really feel comfortable being part of "his" harem.
There's girls who know about Sensei's fooling around, but none of them are particularly enthused about it (with the exception of Kirin and Nodoka, who very clearly are carrying some deep emotional baggage).
If you look at all the threesome scenes so far in the game (aside from the very first one with Haruka and Maki), not a single one of them is actually erotic in nature, they always tend to be either unsettling and/or uncomfortable.
It makes sense why Selebus said that the (current) harem path will lead to the "dark route", because Sensei is very clearly (either unwillingly or not) toying with their feelings towards a breaking point.
I think you hit the nail directly on this one right here. I mean even with Niki, Ayame, Ami, Miku, Io and Makoto you have 6+ "devotees" of sorts (at different levels obviously as I think, aside from maybe Noriko, Kirin or Nadoka in a sense, Ami is the most devoted to sensei in a very DISTINCT way) who would much rather have the man to themselves than have to be able to share their food so to speak.