>>279832230
Based and correct. To add to this, the goal of a mentor like Terada isn't to groom Rika or exploit her inexperience for personal gain, but rather to help her navigate her complicated emotions and guide her through this turbulent stage in her life so that she comes out of it a mature, well-adjusted girl capable of making responsible romantic commitments. Regardless of his attraction to Rika, Terada reciprocating her feelings is a universal good. Interactions like her gifting him a teddy bear are innocent and entail no harm. Healthy exchanges like these give her valuable experience with men. A young girl like Rika crushing on a sensible older male role model can only be beneficial for her. That said, as a lolicon and unironic pedophile, it's incredibly hot when they forgo social norms and go at each other like wild animals. "Eager, teasing, precocious younger girl" and "older guy just desperately trying to do the right thing" is one of my favourite pairings, and it's only a step removed from Rika and Terada's relationship, only entailing that the former tries to seduce the latter more aggressively.