this also happens with a LOT of other things - i KNOW it should not seem weird to me that people have different opinions on media, and ill defend anyone's rights to opinion. and yet sometimes i get that fan worm in my head that makes me question that opinion for some reason. were complex beings ig

i am entirely aware and in agreement that taste is subjective and something can be the BEST THING EVER for someone yet the WORST THING EVER to someone else and thats entirely okay and expected... and yet sometimes i still think "how the fuck can anyone dislike Persona 5?" despite knowing its wrong

so i think even if Kanji's shadow isn't actually accurate to how he is, to whatever degree that might be, the fact he literally directly accepts at least SOME part of it as accurate should be more the argument we make, not "look at the way it looks, its obvious!", yknow?

yeah tbh my replies were lest refuting, and more trying to refine the arguments we use cuz since the game isn't clear on how much influence the audience has, its WAY easy for people to assume whatever fits their opinion and point at people and say "youre wrong!!!" cuz they dont think the same

this is just to say that just because his Shadow appears that way, it isn't proof enough that Kanji is bi - what IS proof though, is that Kanji doesn't refuse it by the end and accepts it

thats why Namatame's acted like a murderer in the hospital scene, because that's how he's perceived even though he isn't like that - because everyone, including the Investigation Team, perceived him that way

i definitely agree with you in the bigger points but one thing i WILL correct is that the Shadows aren't as simple as JUST your inner self - at least in the case of Persona 4, they also show how OTHER people see you

spongebob squarepants theory: the way theres writing under the water without smudging and becoming incomprehensible by the flow of water is that fish were taught to write smudged and incomprehensible in ways such that the water flow, by smudging it, would rearrange it into legible words

i think all we know about the P3 protag is his parent died 10 years ago (i think im right on the amount of years but dont quote me on it) but not much else. maybe his current guardian since then died or something?

he's like, the only character that can only pull a look like this off, and he DOES pull it off somehow