LogFAQs > #879104312

For the record I never said Makoto was a bad character--only that her awakening scene wasn't great. Makoto is almost definitely in my top 3-5 characters for the game. (Haven't thought through a list beyond Futaba #1)

To answer the question, what I mean is that (3rd palace spoilers) the events with Sae and the principal don't directly affect the relationship between Makoto and Kaneshiro. Sure, you can correctly say that there's an indirect change since his actions are what caused Makoto to be in this situation, but there's still nothing that Kaneshiro has directly done to Makoto herself. In other words it's not personal, and it's that exact aspect that made many of the other awakenings so compelling for me (Yusuke/Ryuji/Ann).
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I guess DpObliVion gets to be in my sig now. His knowledge of video game popularity contests far surpasses my own.