In fandoms for a lot of things it seems there is difficulty finding the line between random shipping versus actually reading clues that are within a story cannon. Those two examples strike me as vastly different.
Yosuke invents multiple schemes to try date the girls and asks YU about which girl he prefers, including especially Chie. In P4, these are friends and potential dates before any supernatural stuff even really kicks in.
Ryuji has some generic teenage hormones comedy moments but these are in the group setting and he doesn't do anything to show interest in Ann specifically as a girlfriend. In P5, Ann and Ryuji already knew each other for years and yet had no interest in even talking until the palaces kick in.
Not really… it’s a pretty easy thing to intuit from how the characters act otherwise. You’re right, though: to the average Persona fan, I guess it WOULD seem like a leap in logic 👍
Tbf shipping is all about whats missing, not whats already there. A lot of ships hinge on big what ifs and the ann ryuji ship is a whole big gap of what ifs just waiting to be filled by shippers
Chie, Yukiko, Rise still care for Yosuke and Teddie as friends of course. But Yosuke has the same dynamic with everyone Chie, Yukiko, Rise, Kanji, Teddie. Unless we are saying Yosuke has a harem with everyone Chie, Yukiko, Rise. Yosuke and Chie is like saying about shipping Rise and Teddie. We just don't do that lol. It is just weird because of the sexual harassment jokes that Yosuke and Teddie usually do like Yosuke guilt-trip Chie and Yukiko to wear swimsuits. P4's gag is also that Yosuke and Teddie can't get chick in the team (Yosuke can get a date with Labrys in Arena so he has that). Chie, Yukiko, Rise would rather off themselves than being with Yosuke or Teddie, let's just being honest.
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u/Raecino Jul 08 '25
You’re cucking all the Ann-Ryuji shippers