where kenji lives ( and why i think it’s with kunikida or fukuzawa )
- so, as we know. kenji is fourteen. this means that he legally can’t live without an adult.
- as seen with kyouka and naomi, they live with another member of the ada who is a adult. ( kyouka with atsushi, and naomi with junichiro. )
- but we have never gotten any hint as to where kenji lives. kenji, a boy who barely knows anything about the city and would definitely not be able to live on his own. ( doesn’t understand what money is, remember! )
- the options are as follows ; ranpo, yosano, dazai, fukuzawa and kunikida. i’ll be making a list on why i don’t think kenji lives with them ( or does, in two cases. )
- ranpo as we know is extremely carefree, so i really don’t think that he’d offer to take in a child he doesn’t know, and let them live in his space.
- i think this would be the third most possible option, actually. but honestly i think that she’d also rather not house a random child? i‘m not the most sure of her characterization, though.
- i think this is obvious. and i believe in the manga, we saw his room? i remember something about that. i don’t really have much evidence for ‘why not’ here either.
- fukuzawa is the president of the agency, and probably has one of the best possibilities to be able to take care of kenji. he’s raised ranpo from around this age, so he probably does know how kids work, and he’s responsible. he also does have interactions with kenji that display him in a closer light. ( such as helping kenji with what appears to be a phone. )
- i personally believe that kenji lives with kunikida. kunikida, as we know, has a schedule that kenji would probably get used to quickly if he did help around the village, such as possibly getting up early and doing chores. kunikida is also extremely likely to be qualified to help kenji with budgeting a paycheck and his education. and in the first season, we saw that kenji respects kunikida enough to do what he says. ( when he threw the black lizard out of the window because kunikida told him to. ) kunikida also checked in on rokuzo, and provided him with help.
it is also technically possible for kenji to live alone, but i don’t really believe that this is the case, mainly because he doesn’t understand the city. he wouldn’t be able to budget properly. so i do believe that he lives with an adult member of the ada. thank you for reading, feel free to correct any of my points ( constructively ) <3
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