“It better reflects that Kanji is bi” You guys are the reason Kanji is insecure to begin with.

@NamsCompendium Kanji is 15 in a heteronormative world. He probably doesn’t know what he is and that’s ok. I didn’t know I was bi till I was in my 20s. Lots of gay ppl think they’re bi for years bc they live in a heteronormative world. The shadow represents the struggle, not the truth.

@NamsCompendium Ngl I do think Kanji is bi based on scenes like this, but it isn't the most important part of his character imo.

@NamsCompendium The first time i play p4, i didn't understand about anything like trans, queer, gay or bi. And i remember how kanji is scared of the world, he is scared of not having anyone who understands him, and that's where you and the gang come in, just good friends and laughters.

@NamsCompendium What it does is just out a spotlight on his conflict with masculinity and femininity and gendered expectations when BEFORE it could be argued to look like he just had huge male symbols because he looked like a gay stereotype. It makes it more to the point of what his arc is ABOUT

@NamsCompendium The whole point with his shadow being so gay coded is not just because of his feminine interests, but because the TV world reflects how society sees them as well, and people in town think he is gay. Them changing it to be a female symbol misses that whole point.

@NamsCompendium Insanely accurate

@NamsCompendium Gender stereotypes are evil unless I want to use them to prove someone is gay.

@NamsCompendium Even if bi, he seens strictly Naoto sexual, like he's only attracted to her even if she was a boy

@NamsCompendium What else would the interpretation for this change be then The appearance of shadows in P4 stem from the perception of the person by the people watching the Midnight Channel, and people's perception of Kanji as gay bc of his hobbies mismatches with the male/female symbol imagery

@NamsCompendium The whole point is that he doesn’t like that he has to be defined in a box, him being gay or bi or straight isn’t really the point, he could be any of those. His whole story arc is about being defined, not sure how people missed that

@NamsCompendium I still sees him as putting tough man as facade but a softie on inside from his slink. I never try hard enough to understand his sexual allignment 🙃

@NamsCompendium I think it highlights his confusion on if he's gay or if that's how others feel about his hobbies

@NamsCompendium He straight up says it in the game guys...

@NamsCompendium He was never gay or bi, but Twitter doesn’t want to talk about that

@NamsCompendium He's a dude who embarrassed that his hobbies are feminine and he have a crush to naoto that he think that is a boy later still have when he learn that she's a woman it's not that hard some people just embarrass with there hobby especially knitting tbh

@NamsCompendium Wait 'till some people come out of the woods whining why he's holding male and female signs, as if there are only two genders

@NamsCompendium From what I got from Kanji’s arc it doesn’t matter what his sexuality is. He could be gay, straight, or bisexual but Kanji doesn’t want his sole defining trait to be his sexuality. Essentially if Kanji were to come out as any of the 3 he doesn’t want to be treated differently

@NamsCompendium It’s not about reflecting that kanji is bi (even though it’s obvious he is) it’s about it not erasing his queer undertones

@NamsCompendium Another 20 goddamn years of Kanji sexuality talk

@NamsCompendium Especially since this is clearly an exxageration of his masculine and feminine hobbies

@NamsCompendium The thing Kanji struggles with isn't the idea of being gay. It's the fact that he's scared of being rejected and doesn't know what to do. It was the point his shadow was trying to convey.

@NamsCompendium The game isn't even out and it's already spawning new discourse this is the most faithful remake Atlus has ever made

@NamsCompendium While it's true that Kanji doesn't really want to put a label on things, it's fairly understandable why people think he's bi/pan. Dude was attracted to a chick when he thought she was a dude and in his social links makes it pretty clear he gender doesn't factor in things.

@NamsCompendium Kanji is bi. He liked Naoto when he thought Naoto was a dude, and still liked Naoto when he found out she wasn't. Or if he isn't bi, he definitely is not completely straight.

@NamsCompendium no i think Kanji is insecure about his bisexuality because people view queerness as a flaw. if it was viewed as normal to be queer he wouldn't be insecure.

@NamsCompendium Nam why is it every time youre on my TL its to piss me off. The og tweet is stupid too tho its just the symbology of his struggle with masculinity. People focus on sexuality too much with Kanji yeah hes bisexual but the entire social link he has is deeper than that

@NamsCompendium We shouldn't be surprised that this convo is resurging

@NamsCompendium Say it again for the people in the back. Insisting that Kanji cannot be straight because he enjoys sewing and creating dolls is the exact reason he is the way he is. His entire arc is not listening to what people say and how his hobbies do not dictate his sexuality

@NamsCompendium "He's using his maniliness/masculinity as weapons" is right there It's such an elephant in the room moment