I get it, but still...

[ it's déjà vu, the way ryuji gets angrier the more he hears. aside from the differences in timing, the differences in how he seems to have developed here, ren is still ren, with the same raw deal life's given him as he ever as. ryuji's hands ball up into tight fists, and it looks like he's ready to spring up again, kick down the door, rail against something that won't do anyone any good, especially with how they're nowhere near home in the slightest right now. ]

How's that fair to the guy who's just tryin' to stand up to others...?! That shit never made any sense at all! Someone should've done the same for you, man...

[ i could have— wait, no, that's logistically impossible. this just gets him more upset, looking wildly at ren. ]