#13 for ryoji

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[flyfish1999]

THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE: The Persona 3 Manga in Chronological Order ... but should it be done ????

hi everyone ^_^)/ !!! it's vity here, and i am once again consuming media in the most confusing way possible, and showing how YOU can too !

shuji sogabe's persona 3 manga adaptation is kind of infamous for being near-useless at points for people who haven't already played the game at successfully getting across it's story due to it being told in non-chronological order. how much of this is his desire to give ryoji mochizuki as much screentime as possible (see my post, how hard was shuji sogabe really on that ryoji mochizuki grind?) and how much of it is artistic intent ? honestly, i'm still not really sure.

but what i am sure of is how much i've always been interested in the idea of - what if you did put the manga in chronological order? chapter by chapter, page by page? well, i've lost two days of my life. happy mochizuki monday!

as of right now, this is only a reading guide. this expects that you already have a way of reading the manga, and i believe any specific page numbers given are only 100% accurate to the physical release - but i wouldn't expect it to be off by much ! if anyone actually tries this, i would love to hear your thoughts on it! it's certainly an experience, at points. plus, i'm always happy to correct any errors! (thank you to @p3ta for some artistic debate to help me compile this as well as i could!)

GUIDE UNDER THE CUT: ^_^ if you enjoy my p3 work -> buy me a coffee ?

in order:

(this could also be used as a day by day play companion!) continue -> continue reading from current position alternating colours for visibility ! god knows i squinted at the screen typing this all out the first time ... but if you don't like it, just copy and paste it into a txt document !

4/6 : 2(start on page 9, from date) 4/7 : 2(continue) 4/8 : 2(continue), 3(continue) 4/9 : 4(continue) 4/17 : 5(continue) 4/18 : 5(continue) 4/20 : 5(continue), 6(continue) 5/9 : 7(continue), 8(skip to here) 5/23 : 9(continue) 5/30 : 9(continue) 6/1 : 9(continue) 6/6 : 9(continue) 6/8 : 10(continue), 11(continue) 6/13 : 11(continue) 6/22 : 19(skip to here, read to page 5) 7/11 : 14(skip to here, start at page 16) 7/13 : 14(continue) 7/20 : 14(continue), 15(continue, read to page 25) 7/21 : 32(skip to here, read to page 16) 7/28 : 19(skip to here, start at page 6) 8/6 : 20(continue), 21(continue) 8/9 : 21(continue) 8/16 : 21(continue) 9/5 : 21(continue) 9/10 : 22(continue) 9/18 : 22(continue) 9/21 : 22(continue) 9/23 : 22(continue) 10/4 : 22(continue) 10/5 : 22(continue) 10/20 : 23(continue) 10/21 : 23(continue) 10/25 : 23(continue) 10/26 : 23(continue) 10/30 : 23(continue) 11/3 : 23(continue), 1(skip to here, read to page 35), 15(skip to here, start at page 26), 1(skip to here, start at page 36) 11/4 : 32(skip to here, read from page 17 to 21), 16(skip to here), 32(skip to here, read from page 22 to 25) 11/5 : 17(skip to here, read from page 6 to 17) 11/7 : 25(skip to here, read from page 7 to 11) 11/9 : 32(skip to here, start at page 26), 2(skip to here) 11/10 : 2(continue, read to page 6), 12(skip to here, read to page 7) 7.5(skip to here), 12(skip to here, start at page 7) 11/14 : 12(continue), 13(continue) 11/16 : 13(continue) 11/17 : 13(continue), 14(continue, read to page 15) 11/18 : 17(skip to here, read to page 5), 17(skip to here, start at page 18), 18(continue) 11/19 : 24(skip to here) 11/20 : 25(continue) 11/21 : 25(continue, read to page 7), 25(skip to here, read from page 12) 11/22 : 25(continue), 26(continue), 27(continue) 11/24 : 28(continue) 11/30 : 29(continue) 12/1 : 30(continue) 12/2 : 30(continue), 31(continue), 33(continue), 34(continue) 12/10 : 35(continue) 12/16 : 35(continue) 12/20 : 35(continue) 12/24 : 36(continue) 12/29 : 36(continue) 12/30 : 37(continue) 12/31 : 37(continue), 38(continue) 1/1 : 39(continue) 1/9 : 40(continue) 1/12 : 41(continue) 1/21 : 41(continue), 42(continue) 1/25 : 44(continue) 1/30 : 44(continue) 1/31 : 44(continue), 45(continue), 46(continue), 47(continue) 3/4 : 48(continue) 3/5 : 48(continue)

thanks for reading ^_^)/ !!!!

[krowbotted]

ryoji banging out the tunes April 13, 2006

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad Activity Report

Part 7

11/10 (Tue) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Wh, wh, wh... J, Junpei! What's with the smell of love?! Don't make such random accusations! I'll kick you away! Ah... It's Takeba... Ahahaha.

Ahem. Well, today, Kirijo-senpai finally came back. As expected, she seemed to be more worn out than I expected, and even though she had come home, I could hardly talk to her...

Also, I'm a bit worried about Sanada-senpai. He seemed really calm while Kirijo-senpai was away, so maybe he was pushing himself too hard. Seeing Kirijo-senpai trapped, Sanada-senpai also felt depressed, just like she was...

For now, we think the best we can do is to not cause trouble for our seniors. So, the second-year students of Gekkoukan Academy, Amada-kun representing the elementary school, and Koro-chan representing the animals will be doing their best to support the two of them.

11/16 (Mon) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

Sanada-senpai and Kirijo-senpai, if there's anything we can do for you, please let us know. Junpei will take full responsibility and fulfill his mission. So, Junpei, please take care of them. This was Takeba.

11/11 (Wed) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

Yukari-chan, you're overreacting... So it's obvious even if it's not Junpei-kun? But Junpei-kun, do I smell love too? Hmm, that's a no-go. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm connected to anyone like that yet.

Speaking of love, the transfer student Ryoji-kun is somehow interesting, isn't he? Oh, I'm not saying anything about him... but don't you like Aigis' reaction when she first met him? It was the first time I've seen such an intense reaction as "No way!"

He seems to be very popular with girls, but even without that, it's a little strange. Am I overthinking it?

By the way... or rather, this is the main topic, but is Kirijo-senpai okay? We're currently exploring Tartarus again, little by little. With the school trip approaching, the Student Council work must be busy, so please leave it to us and relax for a while.

11/12 (Thu) - Reporter: Aigis

A school trip...a ​​very interesting event. I've learned quite a bit about school life, but sleeping in the same room as my classmates is a rare experience.

Now that I think about it, I would have called it a "special mission" school trip in the past, but now I'm pretty much a high school girl, so a school trip is not a special mission. It's a major event. I'm welcome!

But Ryoji-san, that's a no-no. Field leader, please be careful not to let your emotions get the better of you in an extraordinary environment like a school trip and deepen your relationship with Ryoji-san.

11/13 (Fri) - Reporter: Ken Amada

School trip... In high school, we're going to Kyoto. Yukari-san looked strange when she heard it was Kyoto, so maybe she doesn't like it? In my case, I hardly ever had the chance to travel, so I'm just jealous that you can go out somewhere.

For now, I've requested souvenirs from the field leader, but if you can give me something else, I'll have no complaints.

Oh, Junpei-san. I'll tell you now, wooden swords are a no-no. Also, anything that says "love," "friendship," or "effort" is a no-no.

By the way, speaking of Junpei-san, did you go to the hospital today? I wonder how Chidori-san is doing. Did you get to see her? You see, everyone except Chidori-san from Strega lost the battle during the last operation... She's having a hard time too. It may be strange for me to say this, but please be sure to stay with her.

11/14 (Sat) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

It's Kirijo.

Phew... It's been a while since I've been in this room.

I'm sorry for causing trouble to everyone. I'm not sure if I can be a valuable fighting force, but I'm finally feeling motivated.

...For now, I still haven't found the purpose of the battle, but there's no doubt that the number of people suffering from Apathy Syndrome due to the shadows' damage is increasing. In that case, we have no choice but to hunt shadows, even if it's only a symptomatic treatment.

It may be a little lonely with a captain like this, but I intend to come up with a plan soon. Please stay like this for a while...I'm counting on you.

Now for the school trip...

11/15 (Sun) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, it's Takeba.

Kirijo-senpai, you still seem tired... But I think it's understandable considering the situation. You suddenly lost your goal.

I don't know if this will help, but before we joined SEES, when the large Shadows hadn't appeared yet, you had no idea how to make the Dark Hour disappear, right?

But you, Kirijo-senpai, started the squad on your own five years ago and survived the seemingly endless battles with Sanada-senpai and Aragaki-senpai. Is it unreasonable to think that even if you lose sight of your goal, you've just gone back to that time...?

…Hmm, sorry. I may have been a bit pushy without considering the feelings of the senpais. To be honest, I'm also at a loss as to what to do from now on. Anyway, if you need anything, please let me know anytime. This was Takeba...

It's Kirijo.

Takeba, you've been a big help with the other day's activity report and today's work. I've also been a nuisance to everyone else because of my incompetence. I'm really sorry.

To tell the truth, I've been a lot of trouble to the Student Council. Today, because I disappeared without a trace, even the general students were hunted down and searched for. I hope no one in this dorm was involved.

Anyway, both the shadow fighting and the Student Council are scheduled to be fully restored from today. I'll be counting on you.

By the way... should I ask Iori or Takeba? Um, who is this transfer student called Mochizuki? He seems to have transferred while I was away, but is he the son of some company CEO or something?

I was suddenly invited to a meal at a hotel today. I have had meals with clients and business partners in the Kirijo Group before, but this was the first time I had met them face to face, so I was a bit hesitant. Was I being rude?

11/17 (Tue) - Reporter: Ken Amada

Mitsuru-san... If you're serious about that, I think you should learn a bit about your awareness of danger as a woman. I hope you haven't gotten caught up in some weird pick-up scheme in Kyoto. I wonder if you'll be okay...

So, starting today, everyone is on a school trip. Only Koromaru and I are in the dorm. It would be a problem if we lived in a normal dormitory with just one elementary school student and one dog, but we are still members of SEES. At least in terms of crime prevention, it's completely safe. Please feel sorry for the thief.

Well, I'm looking forward to the souvenirs.

11/18 (Wed) - Reporter: Ken Amada

It's the second day since you all left.

I'm not lonely, but... I think the distance between Koromaru and I is starting to get a bit tense when we're alone together. I wish I could understand Koromaru's words like Aigis does.

Today, after school, I took Koromaru for a walk. However, I was a little late with the planning and forgot about Koromaru's walking route. We crossed Moonlight Bridge on foot, went to Port Island, and returned to the dormitory...

I just had dinner and I'm going to bed now. Good night.

11/19 (Thu) - Reporter: Ken Amada

Third day of the school trip.

Where will everyone be today? I'm sure most of you will have visited the standard tourist spots of Kiyomizu-dera Temple and the Kyoto Imperial Palace on the first day of the school trip, but maybe you'll go a little further and visit Kinkaku-ji Temple or Ginkaku-ji Temple?

Maybe you think you know a lot about it even though you've never been there? Hehehe. Actually, I was just using the terminal here to look at some Kyoto tourism websites.

Kyoto seems like a nice place... Oh, I'm not saying that I want to go there. I'm just impressed by the beautiful scenery. Oh, if someone is interested in going again, I might be happy if they invite me too... The open-air baths would be great.

…No, I'm not urging you or anything. If you want to go, you can go by yourself. Please come back early tomorrow. Be careful on the way back.

11/20 (Fri) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

It may sound cliché, but to be honest, I feel like I'm the best. Yes, I feel like I've finally found the teleportation device in Tartarus and escaped to the entrance...

Ah, it seems like Amada has been very lonely. Well, I'll invite him on a trip sometime. As for the open-air bath... well, someday...

11/21 (Sat) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hi, Junpei here. Amada, it seems like you had a really hard time staying home alone. So why aren't you accepting the souvenir I went to the trouble of buying for you? It was really hard to find, the ornament from Kinkakuji that says "All-out attack." No, I never imagined something like this would be serious either.

I don't want anything with words like "love," "friendship," or "effort" written on it, so I wondered if there were any words that would make Amada happy. I want to be paid for my labor!

Oh, now that I think about work, I remembered. I have a hands-on study session starting the day after tomorrow... This school doesn't allow part-time job.

I've lived my life avoiding work to the point where I'm glad there's a school rule that prohibits part-time jobs, so why do I have to go through the trouble of doing it in class?

What's more, I wish they'd picked a job that looked at least a bit interesting, but from what I've heard from my seniors, it's either unloading, carrying, or shouldering luggage, which are all the same!

Kirijo-senpai, do you have any secret tricks to use the Kirijo group's powers to give everyone in the dorm the easy work?

For now, my hopes are that there will be 20 minute breaks every hour, I won't have to lift anything heavier than a rice bowl, and it would be nice if there were cute girls working with me, would that be okay?

11/22 (Sun) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

It's Kirijo. Junpei Iori... Don't be so selfish, you idiot!

I thought someone had gone all the way to the head of the Kirijo family's household to talk about work and had returned tired, but to be greeted with such a pointless report is beyond anger; it makes me dumbfounded.

To begin with, the Kirijo Group has nothing to do with experiential learning. If you send students from the school Kirijo runs to Kirijo's company, they'll have an easy time, that's for sure. That would defeat the purpose of off-campus training!

Well... I guess it's not possible this year, but next year I might be able to get you into a company that's a good fit for you. I heard recently that the president of the mail-order company, Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, heard about our off-campus internship and asked me if I would like to have some students attend. That place is famous for its harsh working environment, with 24-hour full-time work. For people like you who have little motivation to work, they make you work even if you don't say anything. What do you think? They make you work really hard, so it's a good place to work, isn't it?

…Yeah, it feels like I'm really getting back to normal. I guess this is how I should be. Iori, your silly story seems to have cheered me up just now. Thank you. Well, I guess I'll rest before the Dark Hour today.

11/23 (Mon) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Something sad... happened. It was during the Dark Hour last night...

Uh... uh...

Wait...

I guess I shouldn't push myself after all. Oh, it's nothing.

It looks like it's tough for Fuuka, so I'll start recording from here. Um... where should I start? Yes, it was yesterday's Dark Hour.

Fuuka caught Strega's presence before Tartarus, and it was that Chidori, Junpei's precious one.

Actually, she was supposed to be hospitalized, but I found out today... there was an attack on the hospital, and she went missing at the time. And then, that Chidori suddenly attacked Junpei... she was really in love with Junpei, but she didn't know what her feelings were, and she said it was her fault because Junpei was there... what an idiot, that girl. She was tempted by that perverted Strega guy! Y-Yes. After that, two men from Strega appeared and shot Junpei...

I'm sorry, but I don't remember that part very well. I'll leave out the details, but Junpei was close to death once. But that girl's Persona... I think she was called Medea. With the power of that Persona, she gave Junpei life... Medea's power is the exact opposite of Fuuka's Juno's; it's not the power to sense life, but the power to release one's own life. And so, even though she was weak from fighting us before, she gave all her remaining life to Junpei...

I'm sorry. I'm still confused and can't put it into words well. It's not something that can be said so easily, I want more...more...!

Yukari-chan...

I'm fine now. Let's take over. Right?

This is Yamagishi. I'll take over. Chidori-san has passed away. She gave her life, and Junpei-kun is safe. However, I allowed Takaya and Jin, the two who call themselves Strega, to escape.

As of today, Junpei-kun has gone somewhere and is gone. I'm very worried, but I don't think the worst will happen. Junpei knew very well that Chidori gave him his life. So, I think it will be okay.

Chidori's body has now been moved to Kirijo. They need to identify her... I wonder what they'll do about the funeral.

Anyway, we're waiting for Junpei to return. I'm sure he'll be fine.

11/24 (Tue) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

Today, the second-year students came home exhausted from their field trip. I didn't go to their rooms to check, but I think they were so tired that they fell asleep around 10 o'clock. Well, that's what happened. I'm sure they were grateful in a way for being so tired that they didn't have time to think about anything.

However, Junpei still hasn't come back to the dorms, and he hasn't participated in the field trip. I'm sure he'll come back, but... it's too heavy for one person to carry. It's several times heavier than the baggage you carry on a field trip. When I was there, there was Amada, who felt the same way. We shared it between the two of us, and somehow we managed to carry it all.

…Junpei, come back soon.

The only way to rise from sadness is to stand on your own two feet. But when you can't stand on your own, someone will hold your hand. The people in this dorm are all good-natured, so there will be plenty of arms outstretched to help you. You know that, don't you?

I'm sure she's waiting for that too.

11/25 (Wed) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

It's Kirijo. The second-year students are going on an experiential learning session today. Even to begin with, everyone is quiet.

Furthermore, the number of people has decreased, so the dormitory is so quiet it feels like no one is living there... Iori hasn't returned yet.

Akihiko says he's fine, but when I think of my mental state when I lost my father, I can't fully relax.

Well, I have no choice but to believe him... Regarding the girl named Chidori, I'd like to report what Kirijo's lab has learned. When the results of the tests from when she was hospitalized were revealed, it was a side effect of the suppressor, and even if this incident hadn't happened, she would have had about two years to live.

Nothing about her identity remains a mystery. It's doubtful whether her last name, or even the name Chidori, was real. If we could find out the true identity of the mastermind who turned the Strega into Persona Users, we could investigate, but there is no information on that either. For now, I have instructed them to continue the investigation.

That's all we know. The guys at the lab were interested in the artificial Persona Users, and some even insisted on an autopsy, but I stopped them from doing so. That's all for now.

11/26 (Thu) - Reporter: Aigis

The third day of the experience program has ended. Everyone except for me seems to be exhausted.

Junpei-san has still not returned. Where is he?

Chidori gave her life with a will that went beyond biological instinct. Junpei, who inherited her will, will inevitably return. I'm sure of it.

11/27 (Fri) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, this is Takeba. I've finally finished my hands-on learning. My arms are sore, my back is sore, my eyes are droopy, and I feel like I've aged all at once. I'm sure the others are feeling the same way. Oh, except for Aigis. She was working silently, saying she was good at this kind of thing.

And then...Junpei finally returned home.

Seriously, that idiot caused me so much worry...

Although he's safe, he looks more depressed and weak than I've ever seen him before... But I'll wait. The guy I know is the kind of guy who always bounces back even when he's down.

I'm watching closely, Junpei.

11/28 (Sat) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

…Hehe, it's Junpei. I'm so sorry for worrying everyone. Well, I just heard about the activities while I was away. I don't know, but I feel sorry, but I'm also grateful... I'm really touched, I guess. Well, I've finally come back, so I'll do a report on my activities to celebrate my return. It's a matter of settling things, a matter of settling things.

...a...matter of...

Oh, no, I'm not going senile, I just realized that I've never really made a proper report in the first place, hahahaha.

Wow, so this is to celebrate my return and my first report? That's pretty fancy, isn't it?

Anyway, there was only one thing that related to SEES today. I'll just give you a quick report.

Well, should I start by saying that Tatsumi Memorial Hospital... has delivered Chidori's belongings to Kirijo-senpai. Well, when I say belongings, it was just one sketchbook.

But I was a little surprised by the contents of that sketchbook...

The pictures of Chidori that I know are kind of unintelligible, like avant-garde art, surreal, rare...Real Madrid...no. They're just messy pictures like that.

But...the drawing on the last page was an amazingly good one, I was amazed that she could draw something like that...

...Well, to be honest, it was a really handsome portrait of Iori Junpei-sama!

However, when the details are made to that extent, it's really embarrassing, or rather, I get a little embarrassed.

…So that’s why I’m here talking to you like this right now.

Okay, the report is over! I'll be back working hard starting tomorrow, so please keep me company!

11/29 (Sun) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

I'm glad you're feeling better, Junpei...and once again...welcome back.

It feels like it's been a while since we've been able to report on our activities in a normal atmosphere. However, it seems like everyone is still tired from all the hard work that's been going on, so there's nothing special to do today...

Ah, there was! That's right, something special.

Someone other than SEES showed up as a guest at the Iwatodai dormitory.

That person was actually the much talked about transfer student from Class F, Ryoji Mochizuki. Apparently, he became friends with Junpei on the school trip, and they were chatting for quite a long time in the room. Ah, but apparently I just didn't notice, and he'd already been here before, although I'm not sure if it was before or after the field trip.

It's kind of an unexpected combination, isn't it? Ryoji is fashionable, flawless and popular, and Junpei is, um, a bit of a different type. I wonder what they had in common?

11/30 (Mon) - Reporter: Ken Amada

Tonight, the atmosphere was a little different than usual. Well, I know the reason why. Everyone except for me, Aigis, and Koromaru has been holed up in their rooms studying all day. ...And Junpei too!

When I asked Aigis, she said that the final exams are coming up in two weeks, so I think they're studying for those exams. But with a normal exam, Yukari would start to push herself about a week or two before, and then Sanada would start nagging Junpei, who never seems to start studying, and then Mitsuru would motivate everyone. But this time it's different...

I guess it's just a result of you all growing up through a lot of things, right?

Still, it's surprising that Junpei is starting to study at this time of year... And what's more, I've been watching him for over an hour and he hasn't even come out to the break room... People can change all they want. Good luck to everyone.

12/1 (Tue) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

It seems like all the members are studying hard on their own for this final term. As a mother-in-law, I feel like there isn't enough for them to do.

…Just kidding.

But Junpei really started studying on his own. I'm not joking, it looks like it's going to rain or snow here. Well, do your best.

…Actually, there's something that's been bothering me today. What on earth happened to Aigis? Has she always shown such a sad expression? Maybe you should be a little more careful and considerate of her. I know this sounds strange, but she just seemed like a normal scared girl. Is she okay...?

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[mollypollykinz]

Hello! I’ve been binge reading Throw Away Your Mask and now that I’m caught up, I’d love to know more about your thought process on how you set up Akechi’s social links if you’re cool with discussing it! Specifically I’m kind of curious about how you chose which characters to have him bond with / how you determined which arcana to use (especially for characters with a different arcana compared to their bond with the protagonist of their respective game).

Ooooo good question! So I did some planning before I actually started writing the fic. There were some characters I Knew right away I wanted Goro to have social links with (like Ken, Shinjiro, and Kanji). Some social links were fill-ins for arcana I was still missing. I also really wanted to write an original character (in the same vein as marigolds), especially since I did want a child classmate character who really displayed childishness in a way that Goro and Ken were never gonna bring to the table. I wrote a list of the major arcana in my notes and then matched the names up like this (i copied and pasted this straight from my notes):

Arcana Social Links for pic -Priestess - Kurusu Akira -Tower - Shido Masayoshi -Fool - “Kurusu Tsuyoshi” Nyarlathotep -Judgement - Velvet Room Attendants -Sun - Dojima Nanako -Fortune - Naoto -Emperor - Kanji -Aeon - Teddie -Magician - Hanamura Yosuke -Star - Narukami Yu -Hierophant - Kanji’s mom -Temperance - Junpei -Hanged man - Kirijo Takeharu -Lovers - Ryoji -Chariot - Dojima Ryataro -Empress - Kirijo Mitsuru -Moon - Aragaki Shinjiro -Justice - Amada Ken -Hermit - Takaya -Jester- Adachi Tohru -Strength - Yamamoto Emiko -Death - Minato -Devil - Ikutski Shuji

I decided who was matched with which arcana based off of the arcana definitions in the persona wiki. The arcana pages in the persona wiki also gives common themes between social links within that arcana, so that impacted my decision too. Sometimes, i looked up the definition of an arcana outside of the wiki tho. My sister also came up with some of the matches when I had some blank spots (like Shido being Tower and Dojima being Chariot). I didn't want all of the characters to have the same arcana as they do in canon because I thought that was less fun than mixing it up. Obviously some arcana were too good to not keep, such as Ken being Justice. Another issue that came up is that I would use the canon arcana for one character (Ken), but then I obviously couldn't use it on Nanako too. When choosing arcana I also didn't really care about the 'gender roles' of each arcana. I honestly had a lot of fun giving Akira priestess (because the arcana meaning really fit the way I was characterizing him in this fic) and Ryoji Lovers (because Lovers always goes to a girl but it represents crossroads and Ryoji is a pretty big crossroads).

For a lot of the social links (not all lol), I also planned out each rank up. I tended to change certain details while writing, so this is what it kinda looked like:

Rank 3: Wednesday 13 May: After Akechi joins SEES, he meets up with Shinji. He asks why Shinji isn’t in SEES and Shinji says nothing. akechi is frustrated by this but drops it. RANK UP Rank 4: Wednesday September 2: Shinji joins SEES and Akechi’s like dude finally and Shinji says something about his past beginning to catch up with him and Akechi’s like what the hell bro. Rank 5: Sunday September 6: Shinji offers to teach Akechi how to cook. Akechi can always appreciate good life skills and accepts his offer. They make a tradition out of it.

Finally, I decided which characters to give social links just based off of who I think would have the most interesting character dynamics with Akechi/who would bring something new to the table. Also some characters' plots would make Akechi feel bigger feelings than others. But like part of the reason Shinji gets a social link and Akihiko doesn't is because Akihiko is kinda attached to Shinjiro's social link with Goro (think sorta daisuke and kou in persona 4). Naoto got a social link because *Detective Prince* TM, that sort of thing. Obviously other characters who didn't get social links also had a lot of potential, but I was already stretching my limit by including aeon and jester (jester was originally not going to be used but then takaya became a social link by hijacking the plot so i had to give up adachi's hermit status to takaya, which worked much better anyway).

So yeah. I put a lot of thought into it.

[theoneprecioustome]

P3R Opening Aikoto Thoughts

I finished working so I can finally sink my teeth into this Aigis sequence!

This post will contain spoilers about Persona 3, The Answer and Arena, so it'd probably be a good idea to skip it if you haven't played them yet!

So, first things first:

Aigis' sequence begins with her falling to her knees, looking pretty roughened up. The Moonlight Bridge being the background tells us all we need to know about the setting: this takes place during her battle with Death/Ryoji. As if to make it even more obvious, her sequence directly follows Ryoji's (which, let it be known, is hands-down the best shot in the opening).

Now, the question is... which fight are we witnessing, exactly? As we know, Aigis fights him twice. She fights him as Death 10 years ago, and then as Ryoji during the course of the game.

I think the opening sequence is meant to be the first fight: the one against Death, because we see Aigis falling asleep at the end of it. But I'll get back to that later. For now, assuming that it's that first fight helps contextualize the shots that follow:

Aigis is surrounded by the 13 arcana while the Fool lies right in front of her. The 13 arcana are, of course, the 12 shadows that Death was split into and Death itself.

And this is when the Aikoto comes in, because I believe this sequence is meant to serve two purposes at once: Symbolism and foreshadowing.

On one hand, they symbolize Aigis' meeting with Makoto in the Moonlight Bridge 13 years ago. The Fool represents him, both as the child that she had to seal Death into and as the boy that she swore to protect.

On the other hand, I feel that the fact that they chose to set the scene this way also serves as a nod to The Answer. After all, if this were simply meant to symbolize Aigis sealing Death into Makoto, then Death should've been right in the middle alongside him. Instead it's just The Fool, because the Moonlight Bridge is the place where both — Makoto's and Aigis' journeys began.

And Aigis journey began with Makoto and ended with her becoming the Fool and carrying his legacy.

Coincidentally, these seem to be the lyrics during the portion Aigis is on screen (credit to the Wiki):

No matter how far (No matter how far) How you go (How you go, how you go) How long you may last (F* tears, no time to waste) It's your life, burn your dread

This is not the first time Atlus references The Answer in an Opening. Burn my Dread foreshadows The Answer, and even Our Moment features a reference to it.

As such, it doesn't mean that we will see a The Answer re-release. All it means is that Atlus acknowledges its existence and, above all, the journey that Aigis goes through during it.

Now, back to Makoto! If you look closely at Aigis' expression, you will see that she looks sad, guilty even, as she looks down at the card representing him.

We also see this shot lingering and Aigis' pupil contracting right before she closes her eyes, which to me represents the fact that Makoto — and what she had to do to him — were likely the last thing she thought about before she fell into her deep slumber.

Coincidentally, the only ones that are within Aigis' eye — and thus, her focus — are herself and the Fool.

This, in turn, ties in not only with P3, where Aigis wakes up from her slumber when Makoto arrives to Yakushima:

It also ties in with The Answer:

And even with Arena. After all, thanks to Arena, we have an idea of what it is that Aigis thought about as she fell into her deep slumber. Or rather, what she wished for:

Aigis' sequence in the opening (the longest one after Makoto, if I'm not mistaken), ends with her falling asleep, her Papillon Heart shining brightly in the dark.

And of course, once she finally opens her eyes 10 years later, we get...

[sailor-noni]

the persona 3 brain rot has started kicking in again after seeing my bro Ryoji again and I had to revive this girl from the dead lol. She’s my p3 oc I made back when i was like 13 or 14 and she deserves to see the light of day.

Her names Asana Amamiya and she’s a 2nd year in love with Ryoji haha. Will probably be posting more of her because she’s one of my pride and joys from middle school

[miyos-multiverse-express]

Ryoji: ... Miyo?

Junpei: -wAUGH-

Ryoji: - oh, sorry -

Ace: Ryoji. What, uh. What brings you to our rooftop?

Ryoji: I just... I wanted to ask you some questions myself. If that's... okay?

Ace: You wouldn't be the first today, and honestly I doubt you'll be the last. Sure. Junpei, you mind tabling it for tonight?

Junpei: Uh... Y-yeah. Sure. See ya next Hour.

Ryoji: ... Tohru wasn't lying, right? You really are - Nyx can be -

Ace: You know, your Social Link with me is the Hanged Man Arcana?

Ryoji: H-huh?

Ace: You were pretty insistent that you're Death, but even the Death Arcana isn't the end. It's change. A new start. Tarot has 22 Arcana, not 13.

Ryoji: What... What do you mean?

Ace: Hoo boy. I'm not really one for speeches, usually, but. Okay. I'll give it a shot, though it really just boils down to, well. I've fought, and won, against a lot of deities at this point. All of them had a pretty fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of humanity, and I'm willing to bet Nyx does, too.

Ryoji: And - in your opinion, what is the nature of humanity?

All of Miyo: Pure fucking spite.

[best-evangelion-girl]

heres the entire list of all the characters in the competition so far. (63 at the moment)

this first week will just be the preliminary polls to try and find the seeding (make it so the two most popular characters don't fight each other in round one). I'll still be taking requests for about another day, if you wanna add any last minute submissions. then I'll post several polls with 10 random characters, asking you to vote for the most popular out of those ten. I'll then calculate all the results and use that for seeding the actual competition, which will be the following week.

below is the list of all the characters so far, which I will. update if I get any more submissions. also included is a link to evageeks, a fan wiki that explains it in depth way more that I ever could. I'll also include the evageeks link on all the polls, as well as pictures of the characters.

AAA Wunder https://wiki.evageeks.org/AAA_Wunder

Eva Imaginary https://wiki.evageeks.org/Eva_Imaginary

Kaworu Nagisa https://wiki.evageeks.org/Kaworu_Nagisa

Adam https://wiki.evageeks.org/Adam

Lilith https://wiki.evageeks.org/Lilith

Sachiel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sachiel

Shamshel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Shamshel

Ramiel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Ramiel

Gaghiel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Gaghiel

Israfel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Israfel

Sandalphon https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sandalphon

Matarael https://wiki.evageeks.org/Matarael

Sahaquiel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sahaquiel

Ireul https://wiki.evageeks.org/Ireul

Leliel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Leliel

Bardiel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Bardiel

Zeruel https://wiki.evageeks.org/Zeruel

Arael https://wiki.evageeks.org/Arael

Armisael https://wiki.evageeks.org/Armisael

Adams https://wiki.evageeks.org/Adams

3rd https://wiki.evageeks.org/Third_Angel

4th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Fourth_Angel

5th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Fifth_Angel

6th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Sixth_Angel

7th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Seventh_Angel

8th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Eighth_Angel

9th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Ninth_Angel

10th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Tenth_Angel

11th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Eleventh_Angel

12th https://wiki.evageeks.org/Twelfth_Angel

Eva Unit 00 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-00

Eva Unit 00 Berserk https://wiki.evageeks.org/Berserk#Evangelion_Unit-00

Eva Unit 00 rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-00_(NTE)

Eva Unit 01 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-01

Eva Unit 01 berserk https://wiki.evageeks.org/Berserk#Evangelion_Unit-01

Eva Unit 01 rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-01_(NTE)

Eva Unit 01 berserk rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Berserk#Evangelion_Unit-01_2

Eva Unit 02 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-02

Eva Unit 02 berserk https://wiki.evageeks.org/Berserk#Evangelion_Unit-02

Eva Unit 02 rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-02_(NTE)

Eva unit 02 beast mode https://wiki.evageeks.org/Beast_Mode

Eva Unit 03 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-03

Eva Unit 03 rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-03_(NTE)

Eva Unit 04 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-04

Eva Unit 04 rebuilds https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-04_(NTE)

mass production evas https://wiki.evageeks.org/Mass_Production_Evangelions

Failed Evangelion Prototypes https://wiki.evageeks.org/Failed_Evangelion_Prototypes

Evangelion Mark.04A,

Mark.04B,

Mark.04C,

Eva 44A,

Eva 44B,

Eva 4444C https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Mark.04

Evangelion Unit-05 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-05

Evangelion Mark.06 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Mark.06

Evangelion Unit-08 alpha, beta, gamma https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Unit-08

Evangelion Mark.09 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_Mark.09

Evangelion 13 https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelion_13

Pen Pen https://wiki.evageeks.org/Pen_Pen

Magi-3: Casper

Magi-2: Balthasar

Magi-1: Melchior https://wiki.evageeks.org/Magi

Ryoji Kaji's watermelon plant

[rz-jocelyn]

Itoshi no Hakana: "Musical Touken Ranbu" Cast Members who Attended "Itoshi no Hakana"

"Itoshi no Hakana" is the inaugural first production of Isamu Kayano's new theater unit "Akudo Kaigi". The actors of the production were personally chosen by Kayano-san, including Ryuji. Kayano-san also decided to come out of retirement as an actor and return to the stage after 20 years because he wanted to act with Ryuji.

Kayano-san has worked with Ryuji since the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Trial Performance~" in 2015 (the first production in the "Musical Touken Ranbu" franchise) where Ryuji played Kashuu Kiyomitsu.

"MUSICAL TOUKEN RANBU" CAST MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED "ITOSHI NO HAKANA"

Torigoe Yuki (Yamatonokami Yasusada)

Takahashi Kensuke (Hachisuka Kotetsu)

Itokawa Yojiro (Urashima Kotetsu)

Kuroba Mario (Mikazuki Munechika)

Ohno Ryota (Team Kashuu Tanki)

Sugiyama Ryoji (Team Kashuu Tanki)

Sakiyama Tsubasa (Ishikirimaru)

Iwasaki Daisuke (Atsukashiyama Ibun, Bakumatsu Tenrouden)

Takagi Tomoyuki (Hijikata Toshiro)

Araki Kentarou (Minamoto no Yoshitsune)

Katayama Hironori (Atsukashiyama Ibun)

Arisawa Shoutarou (Izuminokami Kanesada)

Imari Yu (Nagasone Kotetsu)

Tamura Shin (Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki)

Tachibana Yuta (Buzen Gou)

Konishi Seiya (Suishinshi Masahide)

Kato Daigo (Yamanbagiri Kunihiro)

Kitazono Ryo (Kogitsunemaru)

Ishibashi Hiroki (Hyuuga Masamune)

Fukui Tomoya (Kuwana Gou)

Saeki Daichi (Iwatooshi)

Ohira Shunya (Imanotsurugi)

spi (Tonbokiri)

Okamiya Kurumu (Tsurumaru Kuninaga)

Makishima Hikaru (Ookurikara)

Raita (Oodenta Mitsuyo)

Nakao Masaki (Sohayanotsurugi)

Sadamoto Fuuma (Okita Souji)

Washio Noboru (Tokugawa Ieyasu)

NOTE:

[1] Torigoe Yuki has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Ehon Gappo ga Tsuji".

[2] Kuroba Mario has also co-starred with Ryuji in "FIVE", "please please please", "Sea Opening", "Genepro☆7", the Movie Theatre "Success Sou", "SPOOKY!!" and "Musical The Prince of Tennis".

[3] Ohno Ryota, Katayama Hironori and Nakao Masaki have also co-starred with Ryuji in the "Live Spectacle NARUTO"

[4] Sakiyama Tsubasa has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Ochanomizu Rock", the "Nelke Idol Stage" series and "Kamen Rider Geats".

[5] Araki Kentarou has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Genepro☆7".

[6] Tamura Shin has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Prince Shotoku's Kitchen".

[7] Konishi Seiya has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Musical The Prince of Tennis".

[8] Kitazono Ryo has also worked with Ryuji on "Castor & Pollux", the stage play that Ryuji wrote and directed. Additionally, he has co-starred with Ryuji in the "Live Spectacle NARUTO", the Online Reading "Lily & Rose" Vol. 01 and the Movie Theatre "Success Sou".

[9] Ishibashi Hiroki has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Warau Salesman" THE STAGE.

[10] Fukui Tomoya has also co-starred with Ryuji in "HiGH&LOW".

[11] Ohira Shunya has also co-starred with Ryuji as a member of Present◆5 in the "Nelke Idol Stage" series.

[12] spi is also a member of ZIPANG OPERA, the performance unit that Ryuji is in.

[13] Makishima Hikaru has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Outro Double" from the Double Drive series.

[14] Sadamoto Fuuma has also co-starred with Ryuji in "Jujutsu Kaisen" The Stage, the "Live Spectacle NARUTO", "REAL⇔FAKE" and the Movie Theatre "Success Sou".

[15] Nakao Masaki has also co-starred with Ryuji in the "Nelke Idol Stage" series and the "Live Spectacle NARUTO".

GOODS AND BLU-RAY/DVD FOR "ITOSHI NO HAKANA"

For more information on how to purchase the goods and Blu-ray/DVD for "Itoshi no Hakana", please refer to this link: HERE

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[queen-ofsunflowers]

Ryomina for bliss 8,11,10,13,15,18,25,26,40

OTP Asks - Domestic Bliss Edition!

Let's sit here and say that this takes place in an AU where everyone gets to live. Okay? Okay. Let's go!

8. Who’s more likely to buy something that’s not on the shopping list?

That would be Ryoji. Minato writes out the list specifically so he knows what they need and what they don't. Ryoji sees the list as "this is what you have to get while there", so while he does manage to cross off everything, he does always come home with a few extra items in his bag.

10. When they moved in together, who moved into whose house? Or did they start fresh in a whole new place?

All things considered, both of them pretty much had to start off in a whole new place. Ryoji was pretty much homeless, and Minato didn't have much of a home to go back to. So the pair probably stayed at a friend's place while looking for one of their own after graduating.

11. Do they play music in the background while they’re just hanging out at home?

Absolutely. It's usually just Minato's playlist that's turned down so it's more of a soft background noise. The boy is a music man. It's hard to take that away from him. It also helps Ryoji to focus a little better when he's doing some sort of important task like a chore.

13. Do they share personal items like razors/hairbrushes/toothbrushes?

Nope! Ryoji was very adamant about that, and Minato was agreeable on it. There are instances where they'll accidentally use the other's razor or hairbrush or soap, but other than that, it's mostly separate because of their different hair and skin types.

15. Who goes to bed first?

Minato. Nowadays, his insomnia is just about gone so he's likely to collapse into bed first. He gets tired out more quickly.

18. What’s each person’s favorite place in their house?

There's a large window that lets in plenty of sunlight in their home. Minato likes to lay in that spot to take a np like he's some sort of cat. Ryoji, on the other hand, spends more time outside in the small yard that they have. I can see him taking care of a small garden for some reason. The irony in Death creating life. However, they both can agree that the bedroom is one of their favorite spots. It's calm and secluded, so the pair usually like to retreat in there to just relax after long and/or bad days.

25. Do they have an office or a study? Who spends more time there?

They do. It's split between the two of them and is usually meant specifically for Shadow Operatives work. Out of the both of them, it's Minato that usually spends more time in there trying to pull all-nighters when he no longer can. It's become no surprise to Ryoji to find Minato passed out at his desk anymore.

26. What’s the big item they had to compromise on to make room for when they moved in together? (Piano, pool table, bookcase etc)

There really weren't any big items that the pair had to compromise on. Neither of them had many belongings, so they pretty much had to buy all their own furniture. Mitsuru helped to pay for it, despite Minato's protests over the matter. ...now that I say it, Mitsuru paying for everything might've been the big thing that they had to compromise on.

40. Who’s more likely to invite other people over?

Ryoji~! Definitely Ryoji. Most of their friends from S.E.E.S. have permission to come over whenever so long as they let Minato and Ryoji know about it first. But when it comes down to it, Ryoji's often inviting someone over every other week for one reason or another. If they don't already have plans, Minato will usually leave the guest list for the holidays up to him.

[elle-p]

Strange... despite not appearing in Portable, Aigis' "The stone area outside is filled with water…" is stll in the files!

Due to them using ps2's structure, this means the added lines don't work. You can see that line is number 13? The next two lines work, but the one after is Junpei's, despite Portable having a few others between. It also skips Ryoji's "Really?" for that same reson. This continues until Fuuka's "We'll see you later, then." since the next few lines are different in Portable.

Jumpscare... These ones are actually in the right place, except there's another line in between that's not there. But, you can see that the file name is different than the english ones, but I'm not sure if it's the same in the japanese version since I have to rip those with a different program and it doesn't get the file names... In the regular ones, the first numbers are what number it is over all, the next the event file it's for, the next is what character, the next the number of lines that specific character has said. So... they're probably named the same in japanese?

Seems like this is a bit of a sadder version of the exchange that happens if you romance Ryoji, especially since it's right before it.

Ryoji's "*chuckle* I'm looking forward to seeing the rooms, {F1 82}-chan." I cut out is way earlier at 51, though...

And, finally, to come full circle...

The "…���?" that should have been there is instead at the very end.

[frickingnerd]

My Favorite Characters

⋆˖⁺‧₊ ANIME ₊‧⁺˖⋆

A Condition Called Love

Saki Hananoi

My Hero Academia

Katsuki Bakugou

Mirio Togata

Rody Soul

Koichi Haimawari

Oboro Shirakumo

Soga Kugisaki

Number Six

My Dress Up Darling

Marin Kitagawa

⋆˖⁺‧₊ CARTOONS ₊‧⁺˖⋆

Wakana Gojo

Miraculous

Adrien Agreste

Chat Noir

Luka Couffain

Felix Fathom

RWBY

Pyrrha Nikos

Jaune Arc

Oscar Pine

Yang Xiao Long

Qrow Branwen

James Ironwood

⋆˖⁺‧₊ BOOKS ₊‧⁺˖⋆

Anne Of Green Gables

Jerry Baynard

Diana Barry

Gilbert Blythe

Percy Jackson

Leo Valdez

Hazel Levesque

Luke Castellan

⋆˖⁺‧₊ VIDEOGAMES ₊‧⁺˖⋆

13 Sentinels Aegis Rim

Ei Sekigahara

Shu Amiguchi

Nenji Ogata

Iori Fuyusaka

Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright

Miles Edgeworth

Apollo Justice

Klavier Gavin

Kazuma Asogi

Ai: The Somnium Files

Moma Kumakura

Kizuna Chieda

Iris Sagan

Danganronpa

Kuruto Ryuki

Clannad

Tomoya Okazaki

Nagisa Furukawa

Kyou Fujibayashi

Nagito Komaeda

Kokichi Ouma

Kazuichi Soda

Rantaro Amami

Final Fantasy

Tidus

Yuna

Cloud Strife

Cissnei

Snow Villiers

Noel Kreiss

Fire Emblem

Dimitri

Yuri

Claude

Sain

Gray

Berkut

Conrad

Chrom

Kingdom Hearts

Xion

Ventus

Terra

Aqua

Master Detective Archives

Yomi Hellsmile

Aphex Logan

Desuhiko Thunderbolt

Nier

9S

2B

10H

Persona

Shinjiro Aragaki

Ryoji Mochizuki

Akihiko Sanada

Yosuke Hanamura

Goro Akechi

Ryuji Sakamoto

Project Edens Garden

Wolfgang Akire

Diana Venicia

The Legend of Zelda

Link

Zelda

Mipha

Sidon

Sooga

Groose

The World Ends With You

Nagi Usui

Rindo Kanade

Shoka Sakurane

Neku Sakuraba

Xenoblade Chronicles

Alvis/A

Poppi

Taion

Crys

Shulk

Reyn

Rex

Malos

Noah

Fiona

Zero Escape

Sigma

Diana

Junpei

Akane

[narrators-journal]

mm, you can have some more freedom with this, yuma with either ryuji, yusuke, or ryoji. ur given kinks r 7, 11, and 13 (:

I! Don’t know if this quite counts as Voyeurism? Or semi-public sex? But I think it does at least VAGUELY. Sadly, I don’t have the mental energy tonight to go back and strengthen those vibes. Not my strongest, but I hope it’s fun nonetheless!

Kinktober prompt list: Here

Kinktober masterlist: Here

CW: Use of toys, they go out to a cafe, so I’m counting that as public, and the waitress is vaguely aware of their shit at least, so lil bit of voyuerism/exhibitionism too!

Yuma Fujioka had ended up with a hilarious contrast with his two partners. Where he was a confident, sexually creative, flirt, Ryuji Sakamoto and Yusuke Kitagawa were both far more skittish with trying more adventurous acts. So, when Yuma finally got the two to agree to a lewd outing, it already had him semi-hard. “Are you two sure you wanna try this? You remember the rules?” He asked, watching the artist and runner he proudly called his boyfriends. Both with pink dusting their cheeks as they straightened their clothes and shifted on their feet. “Yeah, I- um, just, yeah.” Ryuji assured, giving the shorter man a smile as Yusuke just nodded, fiddling with the buttons of his white shirt. “Though...i-if we aren’t into it?” He asked quietly as Yuma made sure each of their remotes had batteries in them. “You just have to say ‘red light’, real easy. If you do, I’ll stop and you can go to the bathroom to take the toy out, okay?” When the men nodded, he smiled. “Now! Let’s go get some lunch, hm?”

With that, the three set off for a fun, themed cafe to try. The color never left Ryuji nor Yusuke’s cheeks, in fact, only growing worse after Yuma stuck his hands into his coat’s pockets to flick the vibrators onto their lowest setting. Grinning and snickering when Yusuke froze and Ryuji yelped a bit. “Do you really need to turn them on while we’re walking?!” Ryuji hissed, his face as red as an apple, and his voice shakey with stifled mewls or moans. Which did little but encourage the tiger with a zip of pleasure through his blood. “Don’t worry, ‘yuji. I’ll keep them on the lowest settings. Promise.” he offered with his sweetest smile to cover up the lustful spark of mischief in him. Returning the embarrassed, conflicted glares with sugary innocence while his boyfriends looked between one another, then back at him before cracking. “Fine,” Yusuke sighed, “I suppose this is the point of this lewd game. Might as well play.” “Exactly! Now come on!” Was Yuma’s chirp, grabbing them both by the hand to pull them into the nearest cutesy, pink maid’s cafe. Not for any particular reason, as he fully intended to torment them more once they were sat at one of the tables.

After all, watching Yusuke squirm in his chair as the toy vibrated inside of him, the copper-haired tiger couldn’t help but turn the controls on the remote a setting higher. Watching as the dark-haired artist tried to keep his face from turning four different shades of red or noise from slipping out while Ryuji seemed to be praying to Philemon, Nyarlethotep, or even Yaldaeboth for the strength to not give himself away. “Are you two okay, so far?” Yuma hummed sweetly, getting glared at again by the pair from across the cafe’s table. “You’re the devil,” Yusuke whispered, hiding his face in his hands as he spoke, “I love you, Yuma, but he’s kinda right…You’re an effin’ succubus.” Ryuji agreed, a moan cracking his voice despite his best attempts. All the while, the redhead beamed proudly at them. Only responding to their humiliated anger with turning up Ryuji’s toy to draw out another moan from him to feed the personal fire of desire in his belly before the waitress came over to their table. “Hello! How may I be of service to you, today?” She chirped to the new customers, so Yuma hummed and looked over their menu as his dates did the same. Trying their best to not give away their lewd positions. However, a glance at them from across the table still showed them fighting down the pink hues on their cheeks, much to the thrill of the redhead. “Mmmm. I think I’ll have the pancakes. What about you two?” he asked, smiling at his companions as they faked pouring over the menu for a lengthy moment. Until, finally, Yusuke got up the courage to speak, “U-um...same as him.” clearing his throat after his voice cracked, Ryuji just muttering out, “Coffee, please.” All while the maid kept her smile, but did give the pair an odd look before she left to put their orders in.

With her gone, the red-haired boy smiled back at his boyfriends. Getting another small thrill out of watching them squirm in the cafe chairs in awkward silence. The silence not helped when Yuma briefly turned the toys inside them up to the highest speed, earning hisses and gasps from them before he returned the vibrators to the lowest setting to keep them from orgasming so soon. ���Yuma Fujioka.” Yusuke hissed, his face as red as a ripe strawberry as his light grey eyes narrowed at the redhead, “You are going to make me...y’know.” “I’m gonna what?” The man prompted coyly, smirking at the artist as he watched him try to find a covert way to word his impending orgasm. An attempt he failed at, judging from his defeated and annoyed huff before turning his attention to twisting up and ripping apart a napkin. “Don’t you think this is a little too risky? You’re gonna get us caught.” Ryui warned, the shake of his voice making the tiger chuff. “You won’t get caught, no one can hear the toys. Besides, it’s not fun if it’s not a challenge~” Yuma reminded, admittedly just to be a little extra evil on top of turning the toys up another setting until the waitress returned with their orders.

However, while Yuma’s pancakes were perfectly fine, with the average amount of whipped cream and syrup, and Ryuji’s coffee seemed untouched by the curse of cutesy clumsiness, Yusuke’s order was little more than a mountain of sugary cream and thick syrup that had the waitress scuffing her foot shamefully into the tile floor. “I...am sorry sir. I suppose I messed up your order a bit. Please don’t be mad.” The woman said, Yuma watching as the artist debated what to do. To ask for it to be fixed, or to tolerate the mistake was a hard decision to make while Yuma was slowly increasing the speed of his toy more and more. “U-um…” Yusuke squeaked out, turning redder as he pushed himself to continue through the shake of his words, “It’s fine.” He decided, Ryuji focusing on his coffee as the artist panted, trying to keep his composure the more Yuma messed with his remote to alternate the speed of the vibrator ruthlessly feeding the lust Yuma could see in the artist’s eyes.

However, his feeble attempts to hide his crumbling composure didn’t seem to entirely fool the suspicious waitress. “Are you sure, sir? I can fix it if you’d prefer.” “Y-yes.” He tried in a steadier voice, digging out a pancake to cut a bite free and show her he was, in fact, willing to eat the sugary mess of a breakfast dish. So, with no further reason to question him, she left again to tend to her other tables. Leaving Yuma to turn his emerald eyes to Ryuji.

The athletic blonde had been left well enough alone for a while now, keeping his complaints to himself and keeping his mind on other things to suppress the lewd noises threatening to come out with each movement or shift. But it would be unfair of the tiger to ignore one of his partners for the other. So, with his hands still in his pockets, he increased the speed of Ryuji’s toy just slightly to watch him jolt and wriggle in his chair. “Remember, don’t cum in public. That’d be humiliating.” The tiger reminded quietly, finally turning the toys completely off again so he could eat without the temptation and his partners could get control of themselves before the waitress called the authorities. “Honestly, I’ve got to commend you two for lasting this long. Kinda expected you two to cum by now.” He hummed, eating his pancakes as Yusuke scraped the whipped cream off of his. “I’ll be happier to hear that when you aren’t tormenting us.” Ryuji huffed, making the redhead giggle evilly. “You agreed to it, you can’t blame me for enjoying it.” He argued, making both of his boyfriends roll their eyes. Yet, Yusuke had gotten enough attention, so he kept his complaints to himself. The thriving copper-haired persona user leaning forward with another coy smirk, “Besides, admit it. You two are enjoying my ‘torment’. Otherwise, you’d use the safeword already~”

That point got the pair to bashfully avoid his eyes, Ryuji muttering into his coffee cup while Yusuke just jabbed at the syrup-soaked mush of pancakes on his plate, making Yuma chuckle. But, taking a bit of mercy on the pair, he left his teasing there for the time being. Letting them eat and recollect themselves with only the odd buzz from the toys to keep himself, and them, at least slightly riled up as they enjoyed their outing. Always making sure that, despite the constant simmer of lust, their climaxes were kept away. Until they got home, at least.

I’m never gonna be able to do this again.

[best-persona-arcana]

Been seeing stuff with characters of the same arcana interacting and thought this would be neat.

Tournament where the best "arcana" wins, this being judged by how much people like the characters associated with that arcana.

Wanted to put out a survey first to get some feedback on what characters should be included (ex. spin-offs or no) and how long the tournament should be. I'll close the survey May 23 10PM EST

Current roster under cut, feel free to check if anything is wrong or missing

Fool [0] | P3 Protag, P4 Protag, P5 Protag Magician [1] | Yuka (P1), Kenji (P3), Junpei (P3), Yosuke (P4), Morgana (P5) Priestess [2] | Maki (P1), Fuuka (P3), Yukiko (P4), Makoto (P5) Empress [3] | Yukino (P1-2), Mitsuru (P3), Margaret (P4), Haru (P5) Emperor [4] | P1 Protag, Hidetoshi (P3), Akihiko (P3), Kanji (P4), Yusuke (P5) Hierophant [5] | Nanjo (P1-2), Bunkichi & Mitsuko (P3), Shinjiro (P3), Dojima (P4), Sojiro (P5) Lovers [6] | Lisa (P2), Yukari (P3), Rise (P4), Ann (P5) Chariot [7] | Masao (P1), Kazushi (P3), Rio (P3P), Chie (P4), Ryuji (P5) Justice [8] | Hidehiko (P1), Katsuya (P2), Ken (P3), Nanako (P4), Akechi (P5) Hermit [9] | Toriumi (P3), Saori (P3P), Fox (P4), Futaba (P5) Fortune [10] | Jun (P2), Keisuke (P3), Naoto (P4), Chihaya (P5) Strength [11] | Yuko (P3), Koromaru (P3), Kou (P4), Daisuke (P4), Caroline & Justine (P5) Hanged Man [12] | Baofu (P2), Maiko (P3), Naoki (P4), Iwai (P5) Death [13] | Eikichi (P2), Ryoji (P3), Hisano (P4), Takemi (P5) Temperance [14] | Bebe (P3), Eri (P4), Kawakami (P5) Devil [15] | Reiji (P1), Tanaka (P3), Sayoko (P4), Ohya (P5) Tower [16] | Mutatsu (P3), Shu (P4), Shinya (P5) Star [17] | Ulala (P2), Mamoru (P3), Teddie (P4), Hifumi (P5) Moon [18] | Maya (P2), Gourmet King (P3), Ai (P4), Mishima (P5) Sun [19] | Tatsuya (P2), Akinari (P3), Yumi (P4), Ayane (P4), Yoshida (P5) NON STANDARD Judgement + Aeon [20] | Eriko (P1-2), Sae (P5), Aigis (P3fes), Marie (P4G) Jester [0] + Hunger [11] | Adachi (P4G) Councillor [1] | Maruki (P5R) Faith [-] | Sumire (P5R) Apostle [6] | Zenkichi (P5S) Hope [-] | Sophia (P5S)

Prioritizing the Arcanas in the OG P3 over P3P because of themes, also I have a friend that will kill me if I do otherwise

I know the Arena games also have characters associated with some of the arcanas, but want to hear feedback on including spin-offs first as well as hear from people more knowledgeable about them

[drmikewatts]

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 28, Issue 6

1) Multitask Linear Genetic Programming With Shared Individuals and Its Application to Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling

Author(s): Zhixing Huang, Yi Mei, Fangfang Zhang, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1546 - 1560

2) Evaluation of Frameworks That Combine Evolution and Learning to Design Robots in Complex Morphological Spaces

Author(s): Wei Li, Edgar Buchanan, Léni K. Le Goff, Emma Hart, Matthew F. Hale, Bingsheng Wei, Matteo De Carlo, Mike Angus, Robert Woolley, Zhongxue Gan, Alan F. Winfield, Jon Timmis, Agoston E. Eiben, Andy M. Tyrrell

Pages: 1561 - 1574

3) Quality Indicators for Preference-Based Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Using a Reference Point: A Review and Analysis

Author(s): Ryoji Tanabe, Ke Li

Pages: 1575 - 1589

4) GPU-Based Genetic Programming for Faster Feature Extraction in Binary Image Classification

Author(s): Rui Zhang, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1590 - 1604

5) A Unified Innovized Progress Operator for Performance Enhancement in Evolutionary Multi- and Many-Objective Optimization

Author(s): Sukrit Mittal, Dhish Kumar Saxena, Kalyanmoy Deb, Erik D. Goodman

Pages: 1605 - 1619

6) Bi-Population-Enhanced Cooperative Differential Evolution for Constrained Large-Scale Optimization Problems

Author(s): Puyu Jiang, Jun Liu, Yuansheng Cheng

Pages: 1620 - 1632

7) Transfer-Based Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Dynamic Optimization With Changing Variable Interactions

Author(s): Xiao-Fang Liu, Zhi-Hui Zhan, Jun Zhang

Pages: 1633 - 1643

8) Cooperative Co-Evolution for Large-Scale Multiobjective Air Traffic Flow Management

Author(s): Tong Guo, Yi Mei, Ke Tang, Wenbo Du

Pages: 1644 - 1658

9) Benchmarking Analysis of Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search

Author(s): Zeqiong Lv, Chao Qian, Yanan Sun

Pages: 1659 - 1673

10) Rapidly Evolving Soft Robots via Action Inheritance

Author(s): Shulei Liu, Wen Yao, Handing Wang, Wei Peng, Yang Yang

Pages: 1674 - 1688

11) A Semantic-Based Hoist Mutation Operator for Evolutionary Feature Construction in Regression

Author(s): Hengzhe Zhang, Qi Chen, Bing Xue, Wolfgang Banzhaf, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1689 - 1703

12) Exact and Metaheuristic Algorithms for Variable Reduction

Author(s): Aijuan Song, Guohua Wu, Ling Zhou, Ling Wang, Witold Pedrycz

Pages: 1704 - 1718

13) A Multiform Evolutionary Search Paradigm for Bilevel Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Yinglan Feng, Liang Feng, Sam Kwong, Kay Chen Tan

Pages: 1719 - 1732

14) Multitask Evolution Strategy With Knowledge-Guided External Sampling

Author(s): Yanchi Li, Wenyin Gong, Shuijia Li

Pages: 1733 - 1745

15) Compromising Pareto-Optimality With Regularity in Platform-Based Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Ritam Guha, Kalyanmoy Deb

Pages: 1746 - 1760

16) Genetic Programming for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling: Evolution With Single Individuals and Ensembles

Author(s): Meng Xu, Yi Mei, Fangfang Zhang, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1761 - 1775

17) Solution Transfer in Evolutionary Optimization: An Empirical Study on Sequential Transfer

Author(s): Xiaoming Xue, Cuie Yang, Liang Feng, Kai Zhang, Linqi Song, Kay Chen Tan

Pages: 1776 - 1793

18) Sustainable Scheduling of Distributed Flow Shop Group: A Collaborative Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Driven by Indicators

Author(s): Yuhang Wang, Yuyan Han, Yuting Wang, Quan-Ke Pan, Ling Wang

Pages: 1794 - 1808

19) Offline Data-Driven Optimization at Scale: A Cooperative Coevolutionary Approach

Author(s): Yue-Jiao Gong, Yuan-Ting Zhong, Hao-Gan Huang

Pages: 1809 - 1823

20) Balancing Different Optimization Difficulty Between Objectives in Multiobjective Feature Selection

Author(s): Zhenshou Song, Handing Wang, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1824 - 1837

21) Noisy Evolutionary Optimization With Application to Grid-Based Persistent Monitoring

Author(s): Xiaoyu He, Xueyan Tang, Zibin Zheng, Yuren Zhou

Pages: 1838 - 1851

22) Evolutionary Multitasking for Multiobjective Feature Selection in Classification

Author(s): Jiabin Lin, Qi Chen, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 1852 - 1866

23) Grid Classification-Based Surrogate-Assisted Particle Swarm Optimization for Expensive Multiobjective Optimization

Author(s): Qi-Te Yang, Zhi-Hui Zhan, Xiao-Fang Liu, Jian-Yu Li, Jun Zhang

Pages: 1867 - 1881