difference between 好きになれる and 好きになる


好きになる means fall in love/come to love, but what about 好きになれる? Does it mean
"can come to love"? What does 好きになれる mean in this sentence?

先輩と一緒にいられないなら、わたしに誰が好きになれるの嫌だ

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> 先輩と一緒にいられないなら、わたしに誰が好きになれるの？  
>  If I cannot be with Sempai, then who (else) can I fall in love with?

This なれる is potential. This is a rhetorical question which actually implies
"Sempai is the only person I can fall in love with." [誰が好き on its own is
ambiguous](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/30171/5010) ("who likes" vs
"who does someone like"), but in this case it means "who do I like".

嫌だ on the next page should be just a one-word sentence, "No...", "No way", "I
hate this (situation)", etc.




> 先輩と一緒にいられないなら、わたしに誰が好きになれるの？  
>  If I cannot be with Sempai, then who (else) can I fall in love with?

This なれる is potential. This is a rhetorical question which actually implies
"Sempai is the only person I can fall in love with." [誰が好き on its own is
ambiguous](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/30171/5010) ("who likes" vs
"who does someone like"), but in this case it means "who do I like".

嫌だ on the next page should be just a one-word sentence, "No...", "No way", "I
hate this (situation)", etc.

