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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

And here in lies my problem with Kiriya. His realationship with Asumu is incredibly one-sided with constantly mocking and antagonizing Asumu and Asumu just takes it. He dosen't get mad or anything he just feels bad slightly and that's it. There never really a boiling point for Asumu and it's likes if your going to subjegate both the character and audience with this crap. At least let be building to something. The only time I feel Kiriya antagonism works happens way later and even then I feel like writers backpeddled on that.

The thing is, I honestly don't dislike the Asumu/Kiriya "friendship"! I think it's a lot of fun, and it tests Asumu in new and different ways.

What I hate is Hibiki acting like there's some clear value in Asumu being friends with Kiriya, when that has 1000% proven to not be the case thus far! Hibiki telling Asumu to be friends because sometimes jerks are helpful or whatever? It's bad advice, and it's dumb advice. It's trying to shoehorn Kiriya's blatant antagonism into Kogure's old-school stern judgement. They are not the same thing! It's okay to not force yourself to be friends with jerks who belittle you constantly!