#which leads me to believe it's like bc a lot of people don't like kenji so shipping him with someone seems blegh

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I dunno where some people seem to have gotten the idea that Kenji doesn't like/care for Rio or smth because like. have ya'll actually gone through her social link???

like,,,

and it's at this point Rio's teammates and Yuko run and yell at him, Kenji panics and then runs off. When Yuko grumbles about Kenji comparing Rio to a bowl of ramen, Rio says this:

Ramen is his favourite thing in the world.

Kenji telling Rio he likes her "about as much as ramen" means that he likes about as much as his favourite thing in the world.

I think people also seem not to understand how things seem from Kenji's perspective.

To him, his childhood friend comes up to him and suddenly asks what he thinks of her, if he likes and how much which. is kind of a random thing to suddenly ask your friend that you've known since you were kids??? assuming they were like 5 or 6 when they met, that's basically a whole ass decade? Like it's clear in the way he speaks that he's confused and honestly I would be too???

Another thing to consider is that he and Rio where alone, Kenji likely said it the way he did bc he knew Rio, his childhood friend, would understand what he meant.

Like, I can get that he can sometimes come off as dense or insensitive but tbh I think he's just bad a picking up social cues? (oh he's just likely me for real- what do you mean i'm projecting?).

Like yeah sure Kenji very likely only sees her in a platonic sense (sorry Rio my heart goes out to you honey) but to outright assume he doesn't care about her is. raaggh.

(side note: in reload there's a dialogue from Kenji during the koromaru walks where he says "I mean, I keep telling them that we're just childhood friends, but they won't stop prying about it." and it is very likely he's talking about Rio bc this is 100% "my parents keep asking me if i'm dating my childhood friend that is also a girl" talk. Plus Kenji doesn't seem to be that close to many people so. interesting piece of info though ngl so I thought i'd mention it.)

#mar kenji posting #persona 3 #kenji tomochika #rio iwasaki #the love is one sided in canon but i can dream.... #also people assuming bc kenji states he finds older women attractive means he'll never like Rio- I don't #like what #first of all the end of kenji's SL he admits he might have been into the idea of being with someone older than him and not actually for rea #and like iirc he shows some interest in girls his age just maybe not as much you know? #hi yes I like kenji a normal amount can you tell.... #i'm normal i swear #also real talk I find it real ironic that nobody ships them despite the fact rio has a crush on kenji? #like yeah its one sided but i have very much seen that not stop shippers (myself included) #which leads me to believe it's like bc a lot of people don't like kenji so shipping him with someone seems blegh #hi if you've read of all these tags i hope you have/had a nice day :D