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When was the scene where the protagonist is \"mesmerized\" by Ann? I might\'ve missed that one, or read it differently. (Are you referring to the \"looking down Ann\'s shirt\" scene in the van in the desert?) Similarly, people comfort people who they aren\'t romantically interested in all the time.
I don\'t think it matters whether a scene is played for laughs. A scene being funny doesn\'t remove its character-building implications. If that were the case, \"romantic comedy\" wouldn\'t be a genre. In just about any anime or manga, a \"he is not my boyfriend\" scene is a ship tease--that\'s what it\'s used for in that genre. Hell, they do it with Marie constantly in Persona 4 Golden for exactly that reason. It\'s also not Joker saving Makoto from the rubble that teases anything, but the shot immediately afterwards as they look at each other while Joker has his arm around her. Again, not explicitly romantic, but taken in context (and in the context of other shots like that in other media), it\'s something that often occurs between characters who will either pair up, or who the writer(s) want the viewers to think about pairing up. They\'re common romantic tropes.
I do want to clarify that I\'m not arguing there\'s a canon here, or that Makoto is a STRONGLY implied love interest. It\'s very possible the manga will have an explicit relationship with Ann, and for all I know an updated rerelease down the line will add a Marie-type character who\'s a strongly suggested love interest. You\'re right that the game doesn\'t actually lean all that strongly one way or another. She just has a few wink-wink, nudge-nudge scenes that other characters don\'t, that\'s all. (For what it\'s worth, my Joker dated Kawakami the first time through. I don\'t have much of a horse in this race, I\'m just arguing for how I read the developers\' intentions.)
Maybe I\'m using the Implied Love Interest trope too lightly for the \"implied\" part? But if that\'s the case, I\'d argue Ann shouldn\'t have it on her list, either.
I don\'t think it matters whether a scene is played for laughs. A scene being funny doesn\'t remove its character-building implications. If that were the case, \"romantic comedy\" wouldn\'t be a genre. In just about any anime or manga, a \"he is not my boyfriend\" scene is a ship tease--that\'s what it\'s used for in that genre. Hell, they do it with Marie constantly in Persona 4 Golden for exactly that reason. It\'s also not Joker saving Makoto from the rubble that teases anything, but the shot immediately afterwards as they look at each other while Joker has his arm around her. Again, not explicitly romantic, but taken in context (and in the context of other shots like that in other media), it\'s something that often occurs between characters who will either pair up, or who the writer(s) want the viewers to think about pairing up. They\'re common romantic tropes.
I do want to clarify that I\'m not arguing there\'s a canon here, or that Makoto is a STRONGLY implied love interest. It\'s very possible the manga will have an explicit relationship with Ann, and for all I know an updated rerelease down the line will add a Marie-type character who\'s a strongly suggested love interest. You\'re right that the game doesn\'t actually lean all that strongly one way or another. She just has a few wink-wink, nudge-nudge scenes that other characters don\'t, that\'s all. (For what it\'s worth, my Joker dated Kawakami the first time through. I don\'t have much of a horse in this race, I\'m just arguing for how I read the developers\' intentions.)
Maybe I\'m using the Implied Love Interest trope too lightly for the \"implied\" part? But if that\'s the case, I\'d argue Ann shouldn\'t have it on her list, either.
