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is not entirely accurate. i'd already heard that it's more accurately translated as something along the lines of "you like joker, don't you?"

but i'm going through the p5r script and stumble across this line, so i decide to throw it into google translate to see this for myself. and this is what i end up with.

...hello???

but ok, we all know google translate isn't the most reliable, especially these days. so i decide to do a little more research into it. and this is what i find.

and i'm going fucking nuts

i tried to look into it more, to see if there are any solid romantic undertones here, but i hit a bit of a dead-end since this term doesn't seem to usually be used for people. it's most often used to indicate being pleased with something or to have a favorite object. still, applied to akechi viewing joker as a favorite or being pleased with him...yeah. that's still pretty fucking gay.

it's not just "you like joker, don't you?"