Romance Locked Out - Need Help with Kawakami/Takemi

So, I'm 60+ hours into P5 Royal (first playthrough), and I just hit a major wall.

I was really vibing with the game and decided early on I wanted to romance the two best adult options (in my opinion): Kawakami and Takemi. I've been leveling their Confidants whenever possible.

But today, I looked up a non-spoiler guide just to make sure I wasn't missing something... and my heart sank. Apparently, to romance them, you have to pick very specific dialogue choices at certain ranks (I think Rank 9 for both?).

I'm way past those points. I must have chosen the "friendly" options instead of the "romantic" ones without knowing. I feel like the game doesn't make it super obvious which is which sometimes, and now I'm locked out.

This honestly killed my motivation to keep playing. I don't want to replay 60+ hours just to fix this, but the idea of finishing the game without those romance scenes/dialogue feels like I'm missing a big part of the experience I wanted.

I don't mind using cheats, as long as I can see the romance scenes and don't lose days of progress.

I used an AI to write this, I hope it translated correctly.