Holy shit its getting to a point where his "waifu dilemma" is now effecting normal playthroughs. Holy shit Phil your bad.
It is rather telling for this one game, yeah. I figure someone explained to him behind the scenes what Saeko's job as a soapland worker actually entailed. Flimsy excuse for prostitution where the woman supposedly bathes the customer by rubbing herself all over him, then just so happens to decide to give him something extra. Prositution is outlawed in Japan so people resorted to clever bullshit like that. She's retired from active duty but Saeko is in essence a whorehouse manager. Most people probably already know this stuff, but I figure it came as quite a shock to Philiam, who immediately refused to associate with filthy temptresses.
As for Eri, she's just a cute office worker in a failing business. She meets a much older man and he helps her set her business on the right path, to the point where she, and the man she met end up outrageously succesful and filthy rich. She's also much younger than Ichiban and Ichiban isn't considered particularly good looking. Eventually, she falls for him. Phil probably doesn't even want to be near Eri, it's basically an idealized version of his relationship with Panda...
The last one that he bemusingly didn't use much or at all really is Zhao. In spite of Phil having a really weird hard-on for the Chef job and slapping it on Nanba far more than he should have. Zhao is the one guy who can make that job work, is an actual chef, and is a Majima spiritual successor. That also sadly comes with ambiguous sexuality, painted nails and strong relationships with other manly men. Namely Mabuchi first and then he meets another man that he can trust as a brother, Ichiban. The relationship doesn't get as intense as Kiryu and Majima, but it's up there. At least Zhao doesn't pull the essence of flawless shirt ripping. Still, he might give Phil uncomfortable boners.
So Phil just said he's lost touch with his wife and doesnt understand her anymore when she talks: "She'll walk in the house and say something like "yo fam! yknow wap up some grub on the stove" ack ack ack"
Now, if I were the kind of autismo to give into conspiracy theories, shit like this would make me think Kat has left the building, because what kinda of a retarrrrr "doesnt get" their spouse? Maybe someone who talks to them once a month?
Yes. Kat is picking up new speech habits from the outside world, while Phil's in his self imposed confinement. I don't know if you meant to nail the frequency of their talks and shared moments but once a month sounds accurate. They don't do anything together but go shopping and eat. It's hilarious that Phil's example about Kat busting out the ebonics was also related to food. Literally all they talk about is food and where to get food. It's easy to stop getting someone when neither of you have anything to say to the other. Disregard that, it was out of context.
