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adachimoe · 1 year ago

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Random stuff from the Persona Club P4 book

I leafed through the Club book and more of the meta and setting stuff stood out to me than the character stuff. 🤓

The origins of Yasoinaba: The meta developer corner notes that Yasoinaba gets its name from the Hare of Inaba legend. Yaso comes from Okuninushi's brethren who are collectively called the yasogami. Samegawa is also a reference to the Hare of Inaba. In the myth, the hare went on the backs of sharks to reach the territory that would eventually be called Inaba. "Same" is shark, and "kawa/gawa" is river. The animal mascot in Inaba is the rabbit. Not because of the myth, though, but because there's a bunch of rabbits somewhere if you follow the Samegawa lol. The town plant is broadleaf cattail.

Tatsuhime Shrine: It's noted that Toyotamahime is the enshrined deity at Tatsuhime shrine. This is a kinda indirect reference to the Hare of Inaba. Toyotamahime was a sea creature who could transform into a human. Her sea creature form was said to be similar to that of a crocodile or a shark (see the above about the Hare of Inaba). Actually, my first blog post on here was about Toyotamahime and the woman at the shrine.

The staging area of the TV world: The design of the people on the ground on the floor of the staging area when you enter the TV world from Junes is the result of the main characters having murder on the brain when they first enter the TV.

The location of Junes: The Yasoinaba branch of Junes is located near the highway so it brings incidental business to town because people who are driving through will also stop there, not just Inaba locals.

Junes wages: Start at 690 yen per hour for high school students, and 900 yen per hour for others. (Per Google, this was like $6.67 / $8.70 per hour in 2008 when the game came out.)

Yosuke's dad's name: Yoichi Hanamura (花村陽一).

The origins of Konishi Liquor: A member of Atlus's battle team is named Konishi and their family actually owns a liquor store. Early on in development, the team just called the place "Konishi Liquor" as a placeholder after the developer and the name stuck. (The text specifically says this is about a Konishi on the battle team, so it's not referring to the composer who is also named Konishi.)

The in-universe history of Inaba: Yasoinaba developed as a mountain castle town with ties to Takeda Shingen. (This is a reference to the actual area in Yamanashi where Atlus drove to and used as a model for the shopping district.) Later, it became a coal mining town. But the coal mine has since closed. (I believe the coal mine part is fictional and isn't supposed to correlate to Yamanashi.)

Mayumi's Room and Saki's Shopping District: Originally, Mayumi's room and the shopping district with Konishi Liquor were a lot bigger and more similar to the size of the other dungeons in the time period after they were pushed into the TV. Once inside, they became lost in the maze and had to confront their shadows. But once the person who created these spaces/images died, these two places shrunk in size, hence the smaller areas you see in-game. The smaller parts are like "cores" of these once larger areas that remain behind. The book likens the small spaces / "cores" to ghosts that haunt the spots where they died.

Magatsu Inaba and Magatsu Mandala: Unlike the other dungeons, which sprung from repressed thoughts, Adachi's Magatsu Inaba was intentionally created to lure in the Investigation Team and confuse them. From the yellow caution tape, you can sense that a part of him still knows he's a detective.

The bit about the caution tape, I think you can read it also as an explanation to why he sends you the letter about the true ending - there is still detective'ing to be done. But like, I'm just gonna pretend I didn't read that. The tape says CAUTION KEEP OUT WARNING because babygirl has a hard time with feelings and people. Fuck you Atlus. Also, I guess his place being "intentionally" created is related to why he got to pick the entrance being in Mayumi's room.

Shadows: The shadows in Persona 4 aren't really the same as Persona 3. The book tells you to think of them separately as the ones in Persona 4 don't really directly harm people - they remain in the unconscious rather than appear in reality and shank people. Shadows in the TV world attack Persona users because they sense danger from Persona users and just instinctively know to attack them. Compared to Persona 3, there are more silly shadows because the Midnight Channel is influenced by the people who watch it.

Mitsuo Kubo's backstory: Mitsuo was a student at Yasogami High until Morooka caught him messing around in a downtown area, after which he was suspended from school for a week. This wrecked his ego / pride so badly that he dropped out of Yasogami High and held a grudge against Morooka. Btw, Hashino also mentions in this long interview that Mitsuo was originally not going to kill Morooka.

References to the Kirijo Zaibatsu: When Dojima tries to reach Nanako in November, he gets a pre-recorded message about the KJ phone service and Nanako's phone being off. "KJ" stands for "Kirijo". Additionally, when Naoto mentions that she did research and found info about shadows becoming Personas, this info was leaked from a Kirijo research lab.

Did Kashiwagi seriously book the kids at a love hotel?: The love hotel on Shirakawa from Persona 3 was renovated (kind of) into a regular hotel by the time of Persona 4.

Yomenai Bookstore: Yomenai means "unreadable". The owner's last name is actually Yomenai, and they didn't realize their last name wasn't a good match for running a bookstore until after they opened up business. School kids started making fun of the store, which bothered Yomenai at first, but they left the store open and now stock mostly books related to their own hobbies. In other words, the majority of the books at the store are "unreadable" to regular people.

#persona club p4 #japanese mythology #yosuke hanamura #mayumi yamano #saki konishi #tohru adachi #mitsuo kubo #persona 4 #persona 3 #persona 4 golden #p4 #p4g

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readmeri · 8 years ago

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I think one of the main things people forget about fashion bloggers is that they love shopping. Some people think bloggers only blog because they want ‘free things’ but that’s not true – certainly not in my case. I was just doing so much shopping and putting together of outfits for my blog that it seemed inevitable that I’d take on ‘sponsors’ (not keen on that word, but hey) at some point.

I truly love the produce of all those guys I list on the left of the page and that’s why I blog them, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t other stores I love too and I wanted to share some of them with you.

When I put this outfit together (I shopped for purpose y’see) I had a distinct idea in mind of how I wanted it to look and it wasn’t til I saw it all together I realised – it was very 80s!

You might not think so if you always think of Ra-ra skirts and big hair, shoulder pads and heels, but the the 80s was also the beginning of a time when women wore more masculine cuts and a safari inspired look, due partly to all the 80s movies like Raiders of the Lost Arc and Crocodile Dundee. I’ve always thought it was cute.

I’ve put a collage together to show you some of the inspiration…

What to wear in Second Life today?

Visit | The Golden Wood Pose | Le Poppycock – Get Some Flat Feet (Le Poppycock Mainstore) Glasses | [Fetch] Mystic Sunglasses (Fetch Mainstore) Hair | Truth – Vixen Hair Blondes HUD (Truth Mainstore) Necklace 1 | =Zenith= Dream Catcher Tassel Necklace (Zenith Mainstore) Necklace 2 | Mandala Onliest Necklace (Mandala Mainstore) Socks | Maitreya Dahlia Socks Flat/Mid/High [Mait/ss] (Maitreya Mainstore) Shoes | Vale Koer Queens Runners (Vale Koer Mainstore) Shirt | Kitja – Rachel Shirt Blue (Kitja Mainstore) Shorts | The Secret Store – Audra Linen Shorts Taupe (The Secret Store)

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Ok so a mini review of the items is coming up 🙂 I love Vale Koer even though they are not the cheapest producers of great footwear, but it’s worth it. I splashed out for the fatpack so I could play with the colour combinations via HUD.

I’ve been a longtime Mandala fan too and own a good deal of what they have produced over the years. The Onliest Necklace shown is a part of a 3 necklace set, so you can wear them all or only part as shown.

Zenith’s Dream Catcher Necklace is oooold now, but so cute, I’ve always loved the colour and design. I often like Zenith’s clothing designs too but I find a lot of alphaing is required and then your body ends up looking an entirely different shape. I generally prefer clothes that look more real on, like I’m simply wearing something.

Kitja’s Rachel Shirt is adorable, I do love a casual tied up shirt look and this one is done especially nicely. It did need some alpha’ing but I felt it kept the essence of my shape pretty well!

The Secret Store Audra Linen Shorts are lush. I already had a pair that I think I picked up at Collabor88, but I couldn’t resist going to the mainstore and getting a couple of other colours too. Lovely fit, lovely style. If I had one wish, it’d be a HUD for the belt so you could remove it or change the leather colour, but hey ho… you can’t always have everything.

I often pop by Maitreya’s main store too. I mean, not only did they make the very body I stand up in, but they were responsible for some of my very early purchases in SL, particularly of shoes. It’s like returning to the mother planet. I love the quality and wish only that they were more prolific so I could get more stuff.

Here’s some more pics, including a ‘well lit, no shit’ shot…

And finally, of course, 80s music to dance along to while we test out that rigging.

#secondlife - I don't blog for you but... Meri shares Kitja, Secret Store, Truth, Vale Koer ++ I think one of the main things people forget about fashion bloggers is that they love shopping.

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