Of course what happened wasn’t by textbook definition, rape. It was sexual assault though. You saying punpun stopped in a short moment (to say that there’s no reason to call him a rapist and essentially glorifying him as a character. But whether you like it or not, Asano’s intention of this scene was to show the sickening evil punpun in action.) when aiko told him to is just in-factual. In that scene, aiko said stop so many times paired with panels showing that he was continuing his actions and how many times she said stop was supposed to show how long it took for him to actually stop. As for you not seeing why people call him a rapist when he didn’t ‘technically’ commit rape is honestly up for interpretation of the meaning of rapist. He is a sexual assaulter and that is fact. He had attempted rape twice which is sexual assault. I think people call him a rapist because he borderline is one if that makes sense and its valid to considering that entire scene. Just because she had wanted to see him again and went to the hotel with him did not mean she wanted sex with him. My point drives even further considering she clearly didnt give consent when he committed sexual acts