#im just a sucker for displays of devotion in fiction

[pagesofkenna]

I've been trying all week to figure out why I was so immediately invested in Kim Kitsuragi, like what did the writers do that made me love this character so strongly and so quickly, and what I've got is:

the introduction to the game being so unexpected and disorienting (positive)

every NPC I talk to being like 'we don't want to talk to you. your partner's here, go talk to him'

the Kim introduction literally starting with the game telling me 'this man would die for you'

each conversation immediately following this introduction being covered in 'Kim is disappointed in you' landmines

me, clinging to the only person who's explaining anything, really wanting to be worthy of him