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Actually it is possible that they didn't know each other personally, I've been a go between for a friend before and another friend of mine found the perfect person from among their own friends for me to set the blind date with, I trusted the match because it was a friend of a friend but I wan't friends with the other person myself.
This method is still safer than online dating though, because to a certain extent your friends are staking their asses on the other person as well so there's a certain etiquette.
Saw his student pinned to a wall by a guy twice his size with his tongue down his throat...immediately pulled the guy away and was ready to turn him over to the police if this was anything but completely consensual. Even better was that after he claimed it was consensual Sensei stuck around even admitting out loud that it would be awkward and asked again when Ryuu was out of the room just in case his student felt threatened to say anything before. Consent is so important! But equally as important is making sure we're looking out for one anothers safety. There is power in numbers even if we have absolutely nothing else.