#why on earth is BEAT the main choice for an enemies to lovers sho ship???? when Neku is RIGHT THERE

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ok ships for the ship bingo. you don't have to do all of these. sho x hanekoma, sho x coco, sho x beat (in neo obvs), sho x joshua (spicy), sho x nagi, sho x neku (also in neo obvs), sho x konishi, sho x megumi. + whichever other sho ships exist idfk. all characters 18+ in this question

Anon. I am so sorry to tell you that I am physically incapable of shipping Sho with anybody. Ever.

It's just a personal thing! Sho's one of my favourite characters ever and I project my aroaceness onto him HARD so shippy stuff with him is kind of a squick for me. This isn't to say that I think ships with him are BAD or anything they're just not my cup of tea!

That said! Sho and Neku are actually one of my absolute favourite dynamics in the series so I'm gonna do a platonic version of the bingo for them!

The fact that Neku's willing to give Sho a chance after everything he's done, choosing to believe that for all of his failures he is genuinely trying to be better is just so *chefs kiss* It shows how much both of them have grown since the first game. Not only has Neku become someone who can forgive Sho, but Sho's become someone who is worthy of forgiveness. I know neo gave up on the concept of them becoming partners in a new game, but I still love the idea of them being forced into Shinjuku and having to learn to work with and rely on each other as the city comes crashing down around them. I think them having some shared history where Neku actually saw Sho make a decision to change would be way more interesting than what we get in neo, which seems to be that Neku can just. Scan souls? Or something? Boring! Give me Neku and Sho enemies to friends arc or give me death

#also not to be a little hater but this why i dont get sho-beat (please dont show up in the main tag please dont show up in the main tag ple) #why on earth is BEAT the main choice for an enemies to lovers sho ship???? when Neku is RIGHT THERE #HES HAD ACTUAL SUBSTANTIAL INTERACTIONS WITH HIM. HE THOUGHT SHO K I L L E D HIM. #he thought sho killed joshua!! it was PERSONAL it was ON-SIGHT #sho kicked beats ass once and he held a grudge about it for three years (im being dramatic here btw) #CANNOT bring myself to care about beats feelings towards sho when he wasnt even around for the bulk of his bullshit #neku's been in the trenches since day ONE alright #if anyone should hate sho its neku. but he doesnt! he sticks up for him when no one else will!! #idk i guess i just dont get how someone can play that part of the game and come out focusing on the sho-beat dynamic #not the infinitely more interesting sho and neku dynamic #not romantically!! just like in general! #if you ship them I am so so sorry i promise i will not talk about disliking them again #ive got it out of my system im good im good #also joshua (spicy) #just thinking about that phrase #asks