#lol if i knew a guy who was calling me a curry-smelling paki all the time and suddenly we developed feelings for each other

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I think the reason I just cannot ship baroaso is BC their vibes remind me of Edgeworth and Franziska. Also it's because they hate each other too much. Like, Kazuma had 0 expectations from Genshin's work trip until the two notes popped up, one being from some 24 year old who has beef with him contradicting the other talking about his peaceful death. Apparently, because now, the bloodline is tainted. So he's gonna personally cuss him out.

So now internally, Kazuma's like "Oh I hate this guy" and dedicated the next decade of his life to legging it over to England and stabbing his fingers in his eyeballs and going "I TOLD YOU SO" when he finds out the truth of the matter. And then kills this guy. Cuz like, how dare he just insult him and his family like that?

Obviously things don't go that way, but y'know, I think their relationship is built on so much pure hatred for each other that the only reason why they stand each other is BC of A. Stronghart, and after he's gone, B. Ryuunosuke. Ryuunosuke has to push in-between the two and go "guys. quit it. just leave it alone" and they begrudgingly follow. Otherwise it's for work.

Obviously they still need to tolerate each other for work, and since they kinda maybe don't really hate each other too much after 2-5, they could get along, but the damage has already been done. Barok spent the majority of his screen time being incredibly racist, it's all because he's justified it in his head that "It's because of that damn Asougi". Guess who Kazuma is.

I think they have good potential for being enemies to friends, but I can't imagine them in a stable romantic relationship. Just as begrudging friends. Maybe they start getting along more in the long run, but I dunno. Also I just have more preferred pairings for them.