perverted move, typical of manga. she wanted to just devote herself to the man, and he pushed her to "choose a career" instead. and her father is totally missing from the story
Sorry, what made you say "peverted move" ? As far as I can tell, he's trying to "push" niina to a more positive path, so she can be more mature and act to what SHE really wants instead of making atsuyou as her only goal in her future.