#Don't worry Makoto I understand your flaws and toxic traits babygirl

[yusuke-of-valla]

Makoto tragically suffers from what I call "Adrien Agreste Syndrome" where the writers assume you like a character as much as they do and then they forget to justify it why you should like them.

"Oh Makoto's the smart one!" (Never mind that the rest of the team is able to gather info to track down Kaneshiro without her, that she doesn't actually improve our infiltration strategy, and that her advice just tells you things the players already know)

"Of course Makoto becoming a cop is fine! Why wouldn't it be?" (never mind the dozens of instances in this game alone that the police for a corrupt from the top down and everything bad that happen to her family was related to the criminal Justice system also literally the entirety of strikers)

Makoto can do no wrong as far as the game is concerned, and it constantly tells you that without showing you it, and that translates to some pretty undeserved hate for her as a character as opposed to the writing surrounding her