[ They really don't... This isn't a topic that interests them at all, not when Komaeda says their wares don't count and so they can't use "hope" as a marketing strategy. ]

You try too hard. If they're so great, they wouldn't be bothered by people like that.

[ npc-kun looks up at Komaeda without taking a step back, holding his gaze. ]

I don't care about becoming hope— whether somebody's inspired or not is on them, not me. I'm going to do me.