At 10:57 AM 8/7/97 PDT, Chris McNeil wrote:

-Tarou is very honourless by most standards, but he does have a code
of conduct that he follows strongly, related possibly to the above and
a bit of general chivalry.  He is not actually cruel except to someone
who has enraged him (see below), and (especially where a woman is
concerned) will actually go through inconvienance when in the wrong.
An example would be that when he saw Rouge bathing, he ALLOWED her to
beat him up (even though it wasn't his fault) for several minutes,
before asking her if she was satisfied and attempting to leave.  

  Did he "allow" himself to be beaten up, or was it the standard
anime/manga ability of young women to knock around hentai young men
regardless of martial arts training?  If Rouge thought that he was peeping,
then by anime/manga convention, Tarou would be incapable of avoiding the
physical response.

                                                                          dml