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>I think it's weird they can't even throw you a bone and acknowledge it during unvoiced text message conversations or something though.
This is how I know for certain it's laziness. Even in a game like P5 with a million and a half relationship options, having conditional unvoiced nods to relationship status would not be a difficult or time-consuming thing to implement whatsoever. It's just an aspect of the game they haven't improved upon since P3. It's like they're afraid to lean into the social sim aspect beyond the bare minimum needed for social link progression.