[quote=SwordfishKnight]
Would you further your suspension of disbelief if I said that the reason he bullies Noboru is a main plot point of Noboru's story?
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Well actually that was entirely what I was expecting. It seems pretty obvious that the bullying is going to be part of it, and it would make sense if the reason behind it was pretty major.

The only reason I asked about the punching bag thing was because I wondered if it was part of it or just a weird quirk of Aiko's.