The intriguing factor here is that Asano is not the true villain, in the sense that he is the worst person Class E has encountered. In fact, Koro-sensei respects him. When one of the worst villains, the abusive drill sergeant, shows up, Koro-sensei resists the man and Asano ejects him. They both despise the cruel sadist for his hypocrisy, specifically his egotistical belief that he is Mr. Nice Guy who OUGHT to be loved, not because he earned it (through hard work or hard demands) but because he feels entitled: he wants to bully people without giving anything back.
Asano may not have the most sensitive of human feelings. But he believes in paying one's dues. He is entirely willing to live by the same principles and expectations he foists on his students.
Koro-Sensi doesn't adopt Asano's teaching philosophy and methods, and Asano's own son, Gakushū, challenges them. Father and son are the same personality coming at a problem from two different perspectives. When Gakushū actually gets his urbane, above-it-all dad to actually react, the boy is pleased.
And he begins to meet his father on far more level ground. In Volume 15, the two drive off into the proverbial sunset, threatening lawsuits against each other: "Let's go file complaints together sometimes this week!"
The fight will be fair--okay, they will both use underhanded techniques, but they know it, so the fight will be fair.
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