Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
I used to ship Makoto with Shinozaki/Ken, the childhood friend they made up for her in the 90′s anime that appeared like once then never was mentioned again.
Mostly because in elementary/middle school getting into fanfiction that’s who they paired her with that I found (did anyone else read the fanfictions on sailorjupiter.com? i read the heck out of those, I thought it was cool because each page was accompanied by midi music that played the background of the site. AO3 up your game!)
but anyway, yeah, now I feel like Shinozaki is just a cheap stand in for Asanuma, that I’m still a little mad never made it into the 90′s anime. but even with all of that Makoto is better with Ami anyway. Plus watching the original of that episode later in life really helped me get what they were trying to say with Shinozaki, in that, girls & boys can be friends without there being romantic feelings, so shipping them together feels like missing the point haha.