Dex-chan lover
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Because you have a quartet of lolis who have somehow been sexually awakened and are low-key trying to seduce their teacher while outwardly being in denial over it because they know they can get in trouble for it. So they maintain that facade of bullying him, even against each other.
Thing is, they don't really realize they're all in the same boat, but it's only a matter of time until they do... And then the real fun starts as they begin to compete against each other. (Not that they don't already, but once they realize what the game actually is, that competition is going to get a lot more active and a lot more... creative.)
The only good thing about this is that their only ulterior motive is to score with sensei while maintaining the outward appearance of bullying him - they don't mean him any actual harm, like trying to blackmail him into giving them better grades. They got the hots for him, pure and simple.
What's scary about this is that there is real-world precedence for this kind of thing. You just don't hear about it very often because, in the cases where the child is successful, they're able to keep it under the radar. This is mainly because the children that are smart enough to succeed at the seduction are (usually) the ones that are smart enough to know exactly how much trouble it can cause.
The other case (where it stays quiet, that is) is where the teacher makes a quiet report about the child's behavior through the appropriate channels and the child winds up getting counseling. (Probably the teacher, too, because that sort of thing can do things to a person's mind if it goes far enough.) And then nobody else who doesn't need to know is ever the wiser, because most of the people involved know how sensitive a matter like this is.
I'll bet you anything that if the manga-ka decides to deconstruct this a bit, we'll find that, with the possible exception of Shirai, these girls don't have father figures in their lives. Thing is, at a certain age a girl needs a male figure in her life that is like a father or an older brother - someone that she can be close to and share affection with in a safe environment.
You see, the trope about little girls saying they're gonna marry their father or older brother? Not a trope. That's a real thing, and it's an actual developmental stage in their psychosexual development. Basically, it's practice for the real thing later on down the road where they learn how to be affectionate with the opposite gender while learning the boundaries dictated by social norms. If they're taught no restraint? Then it might become an Electra Complex.
(Keep in mind, that's a very rare outcome as most father's are quick to put on the brakes. That, and they also got Mom to compete with. And they WILL compete with Mom for Daddy's affection.)
But if there's no father/older brother figure at all... Then what you see here in this manga is a strong possibility. They'll look for someone to fulfill that role... and if that person doesn't realize what's going on, then things can get out of control.
(Also, keep in mind the case where the genders are flipped happens, too. Boys go through this phase with their mother figures as well, and without proper attention it can turn into the Oedipus Complex.)
Side note: I worry that Shirai may be a low-key yandere in the making. If they push that girl too far in the wrong direction, that protective nature of hers might flare in a very bad way.
