He's not taking it seriously, if he was, he wouldn't be going after every girl in his class just to get laid by all of them. As for that borderline assault part, literally the only time he has actively forced himself on a girl, and this wasn't by his own will, was the Yumi forced kiss and Miku's one event. All others were with the girl's consent or even actively requested or started by the girl.After playing 16p1 I really hope there is more comeuppance for the way Sensei has been treating Miku. Personality wise she is one of my favorite characters and I wanted Sensei to get closer to her, but every h-scene so far (if you can call them that) has been borderline assault, and it doesn't seem like sensei is taking it seriously at all.
After the forced kiss with Yumi, Yumi frequently calls sensei out (as she should) and sensei appears to genuinely feel bad about it (as he should) even though he wasn't really in control of his actions. I think every h-scene with Miku has been worse than the forced kiss, but sensei doesn't seem to feel bad about it at all, and when Miku is reduced to crying, begging sensei to stop touching her, or leaving the room to get away, he just thinks "that sucks, guess I'll have to try even harder to get her to do those things she repeatedly says she doesn't want to do."
IIRC, the plan is for a dark ending to the game before better endings are possible. I hope the treatment of Miku partially contributes to this. She's one of the most innocent girls in the game, and thus far sensei has been remorselessly treating her like crap every time he tries to make a move on her.
Yumi's been calling him out since day one, the forced kiss simply gave her more ammo. He does feel bad in this case, and I honestly think this case is warranted that he should not, because he himself was forced to do it. He did not have control of himself and could not have prevented the kiss, so there is no reason to be sorry. If he had forced the kiss under his own power, then I would agree. Player Sensei really jumped the gun with Miku and tried to rush her into accepting him sexually, unlike his previous attempts with other girls. In this case, he was in the wrong and it was definitely worse in terms of morality. However, this only applies to the latest event where he does something. Of course he doesn't feel bad, it was all a part of his plan, only the Yumi kiss was not.
As for the dark route, they will likely all be part of it in the way you mentioned.
Especially in the later events, he really jumped the gun with her and it almost seems like he's losing his patience, which could very well spell an end to his plan entirely if he isn't careful. It doesn't help that she is using Makoto as her reason, but when a girl says no, you drop it, it doesn't matter why they said no. I fully believe the latest Miku events would not have played out like they did without the Makoto reason for her denials. That is not to say this is her fault, it isn't.Sensei is absolutely more aggressive with Miku than he should be, and it makes him a bad person. However, I do want to point out that the reason Miku keeps giving for saying no, isn't that she doesn't want to. It's because she doesn't want to hurt Makoto. I think this is the reason Sensei's behaviour is different than it is with Yumi. If Miku claimed to not want the attention at all, I think that he'd act differently. He's under the impression Miku does want the attention, she's just afraid of consequences to her friendship and friend.
I mean, granted the lack of other men and any interest in girls would also eventually drive her toward player Sensei, but yeah, he does try to convince himself, and her, that his advances are being answered positively and that she does desire him, which is likely what led to him jumping the gun with the later events in combination with Miku's reason for not accepting.That's a good point, and the reason I qualified it as borderline assault. But really that just goes to show how badly Sensei's views are warped and how manipulative his behavior has been with Miku. She knows almost nothing of sex and at least in the early parts of the game I don't think she's sexually interested in Sensei or anyone. Sensei convinces himself that she wants him by either:
By the end of 16p1 it seems clear that she is at least somewhat sexually interested in Sensei, but doesn't want to hurt Makoto...but she only got to that point by being repeatedly groped against her wishes, and that's pretty messed up.
- Just repeatedly telling her she wants to have sex with him, even when she clearly says she doesn't
- Touching her in ways she asked him not to and then using involuntary responses (moaning, orgasm, etc) to convince himself that she had wanted to be touched like that from the start, even when she said she didn't
IndeedI think the "waking up sensei" event is also a big part of why Sensei is able to justify his behaviour to himself. Or at least, the effect it had on Miku.