If i remember this game right at least the last time i checked it out its not so much that the mc is punchable its that he seems week. The author seems to be trying to make him seem more likable by making him weaker which is having an opposite effect at least that is what is bothering me. He is a push over perv remincent of Issei but without Issei's good qualities of actually being decent underneath the perverseness while also having potential to back up. Also in the potential department actually considering giving this another shot to see if that particular issue was fixed.Also the one animal eared girl betrayal scene has made me reluctant to give it another shot am debating with myself.
My issue with the MC isn't really that he's weak. It's that he barely seems to have any redeeming qualities at all. Or rather, the few redeeming qualities he has seen to be continuously ignored in favor of him just being a pathetic, perverted, borderline rapey moron. The beginning was good. He was an unmotivated dude who just kinda existed, then he's presented with a crisis in his household and he steps up and does his best to resolve it. Same with his crush and with a few others. But the character really seems to start going downhill past any initial interaction he has with anyone. To the point that he becomes extremely unlikable extremely fast. Especially in how he deals with Estelle(who's a rather annoying character in their own right) and Atty. Playing through a good part of his interactions with them was extremely cringe. Even the "resolution" to those archs made me roll my eyes more than anything as he didn't really seem to grow or learn anything or face any real consequences. So it's a character who is initially flawed with plenty of room to grow, but that shows they will go out of their way to protect those he cares about, that then goes on to be the one violating those he supposedly cares about and facing little to no consequences for it and not really growing at all as a character.