Editing Kenji Setou (section)

== History ==
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=== Background ===
In "[[The Deep End/Transcript|The Deep End]]", Kenji reveals that he once had a girlfriend, about a year before [[Hisao Nakai]] transferred to [[Yamaku Academy]]. According to him, he had sexual intercourse with her one time. After the experience, Kenji claims he felt more fatigued than expected. This of course reveals Kenji's misogyny stems from a combination of his ignorance of how tiredness is a natural effect of sexual activity and his poor stamina.

From this, he believed that there was something "sinister was in the works" and formulated a theory that "women are dangerous, sapping the life force of all men through the one commodity that is almost solely theirs to control". This is later contradicted by his claim that women created industrialization to cover their tracks, which ignores how such a thing wouldn't have been allowed by the men of that era. 

Many fans speculate that the ex-girlfriend was [[Yuuko|Yuuko Shirakawa]] and this was true in the beta, but it was removed from the finished game. Some fans believe however that Kenji is deep in the closet and that his misogyny is a cover for his homosexuality. Evidence for this is that Kenji may've been planned to be the game's "gay route" originally, him appearing buck naked to Hisao in the bathroom asking him for money to buy a pizza, and his "manly picnic" ends with him leaning in toward Hisao with the song "To Become One" (the game's resident sex scene song) playing as Hisao falls to his death. 

=== Act 1 - Life Expectancy ===
At the end of the day of his arrival at Yamaku, Hisao encounters his hallmate, Kenji, who tells Hisao about feminist conspiracy theories, and mentions the following day how the school is a "site of feminist infiltration". A few days later, Kenji interrupts Hisao in the shower to ask for money, to which Hisao agrees just to get rid of him.

Kenji's conspiracy theories are explored throughout numerous routes. In [[Lilly's route]], Kenji tells Hisao that he believes Lilly is in the Mafia, and in [[Emi's route]] he tells Hisao that [[Emi Ibarazaki]] is a sinister agent and has "brought down stronger men" than him.

=== The Deep End ===
[[File:Kenji rooftop.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Kenji and Hisato have a "manly picnic" on the roof]]
On the day of the festival, Hisao finds he has nothing planned for the day, so Kenji invites him to his "fort" on the roof of the school. The two boys have a "manly picnic" on the roof, complete with whiskey and pretzels. Hisao, in a drunken state, listens intently to Kenji's insane feminist conspiracy ramblings. When he suggests going trawling for women, Kenji leans uncomfortably toward Hisao. Hisao tries to lean back with Kenji leaning forward, causing the former to accidentally fall off the roof of the building and die.

It is worth noting that, in [[Act 2 - Form|Act 2 of Emi's route]], during the scene ''[[Piracy on the High Seas]]'', Kenji mentions how "if I were going to kill someone, I'd do it by throwing them off a roof and making it look like an accident," setting sinister undertones to the results of his "route." However, the game never states that Kenji pushed Hisao off the roof when you get Kenji's ending, and Hisao doesn't realize he's falling to his death until it's too late, implying that Hisao's death was an accident.

The player has four opportunities in [[Act 1 - Life Expectancy|Act 1]] to make a "bad choice" (depending on previous choices).
* "[[Mind Your Step/Transcript|Mind Your Step]]"
* "[[Creative Pain/Transcript|Creative Pain]]"
* "[[Slow Recovery/Transcript|Slow Recovery]]"
* "[[Home Field Advantage/Transcript|Home Field Advantage]]"