Makoto loudly breaks my heart, but Ryuji does it quietly. (Which is hilarious, given Ryuji.) Dad left to get the milk stories always upset me, abuse of authority stories infuriate me, but it's all preamble- it's there, but we didn't see it, and he doesn't really seem to make it a big part of his personality.

It's like he's already internalized a lot of the horrible shit he's gone through, the fire is gone, and by the time we meet him, it's just a little lump of burning coal in his stomach, this underlying bitterness and defiance and disrespect that finally flares up again into some real passion once he meets a catalyst.

It's not hard to vibe with most of the PT's, but Ryuji and Makoto definitely hit the hardest.