HASHINO: I’ve never successfully forged a true friendship with a girl in real life.
SOEJIMA: Neither have I.
HASHINO: I guess that means we couldn’t implement it into the game because we don’t know what it’s like. (laughs)
SOEJIMA: Now that I’m on my thirties, I’m more open to the notion that it is possible, though. Back in high school, I admit I couldn’t look at girls that way.
The guy who didn't know a man and a woman could be friend before it hit him around his forties? You don't say 😂
reading that part of the interview made me understand why certain things were so poorly written lol
for anyone who hasn't seen it (link):