#RYOJI LOOKS SO CUTE IN RELOAD

[saewokhrisz]

ryojis out of atlus' basement lets fucking go !!!!

redraw of the kawoshin piano scene :')

[wildflowercryptid]

my 16 year old self has escaped from the recesses of my soul and is losing it over persona 3 again

[adachimoe]

P3R Collab Stuff in Japan

I was in Japan this past week and FUCK YEAH I did cringe P3R shit.

Gigo Taiyaki

There were custard cream taiyaki being sold of Koromaru, Aigis, and the protag at the Gigo arcade. I got Koro and Aigis.

Wendy's

The best item on the menu was definitely Aigis's mango tapioca. The protagonist burger was seriously just a baconator with a flag on it lol. Mitsuru's spaghetti kinda had a slightly spicy aftertaste? The fries were fun too - you shake the bag around to spread the seasoning.

Sea Paradise (S.E.E.S Paradise?)

We bought the special Reload entry pass which gives you an all day pass plus a SEES Wristband and a stamp rally card. The stamp rally took you to multiple sections of the park where you would go through the exhibits then find stamps and they had a syllable there for the keyword you put together. For completing the stamp rally, you got a random sticker; I got Mitsuru and traded her away to friends and wound up with Aigis and Koromaru.

One of the things for the collab was that Aigis made multiple announcements around Sea Paradise - some of them were outside, one was at the viewing tower, and she also narrated the sardine show. I laughed at the sardine one because she's like, "Omg look at the power of the bonds between the sardines!" Okay, Yu Narukami, chill.

There were also large cardboard cutouts of the characters located around the park. E.g. Protag and Ryoji were across from one another in the dolphin exhibit and Liz was in the back (she is babysitting those gays, 100%). Also, some little kid was throwing hands with Fuuka in the aquarium.

We also happened to be there at the same time as Mitsuru's JP VA, Rie Tanaka, who was as disappointed as we were when we realized they were sold out of the cute collab art merchandise lol.

Keio Train

I'M SO FUCKING MAD I SAW THE P3 RELOAD TRAIN CARD BEING SOLD SO I WENT AND BOUGHT ONE AND GOT ON THE INOKASHIRA LINE TOWARDS KICHIJOJI TRYING TO FIND THE DECAL TRAIN WITH AIGIS GIVING ANNOUNCEMENTS (I LOVE MAAYA SAKAMOTO I'M A SIMP) AND I FOUND IT THEN WAITED FOR IT TO LOOP BACK AROUND AND I RODE THE TRAIN ALL THE WAY TO SHIBUYA AND I NEVER HEARD AIGIS DOING A SINGLE TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENT AALSDFKLKL;234KL;32K4L;

[flyfish1999]

for your "send a character", I think minato arisato/p3 protag would be interesting!

gwaaaa tysm anon !!!!!!!!!! i can't believe it, but i don't think i talk about minato as much as i want to ^_^;; so thanks for the opportunity :D !!!

favourite thing about them: im suuuuuch a loser for silent protagonist investigation . i mean like, figuring out what type of guy the protagonist is from the options you're given and the options you're not !!!! like, the doylist reason you save yukari at the start is because it's a persona game and you fight and that's fun. but the watsonian reason ?!?!? when he can only just hold on long enough to fend the shadows off before he collapses ?!?!?!? he wants to make sure she's safe above him . even minato may think he's a blank slate but he's not ^_^ hope this helps

least favourite thing about them: ummm ^_^;; difficult much ... i have my complaints about the movie version of him, but i feel kind of bad that i cant really think of much else !! as you can see i can go on forever about what i like about him though ehehe ;; ! i suppose i really don't like his render for portable ! it doesn't really look or feel like him with the body language in my opinion. there is better art of minato holding cards :p

favourite line: in RELOAD, in june i believe, the dialogue for interacting with the mirror changes to: I see myself reflected in the mirror. I look more alive than ever. i had to turn off the game and go for a walk outside when i saw it for the first time lol

brOTP: the 2nd year SEES trio ^_^)/ !!!! yukari and junpei (esppp in the answer my god.) are everything to me !!!!!!! but also ... shinjiro + minato :] i like their quiet understanding of each other + what it might mean for minato after he's gone

OTP: looks up from my keyboard to stare directly at the ryoji and minato nuis holding hands on my desk. ryomina ....

nOTP: i'm not sure if i really have one ..! he fits cutely with everyone i tend to see him with in some type of way i think .

random headcanon: he put so many viruses on the dorm computer using limewire + going on those sketchy sites he got from the guy in escapade lol ...

unpopular opinion: i do not want him to come back from the seal. at all. yes i love him, yes it would be super interesting. but i think p3 has a perfect (imo very happy) ending, and it would be cool to see an elizabeth who cannot solve something with her brute strength, who has been forced to move on !

song i associate with them: odd one but line of best fit from death cab for cutie's you can play these songs with chords. funnily enough i got into dcfc from seeing someone on some random forum say minato looked like he'd listen to them, and i searched them up and became a fan ^_^;; maybe they were right ... lmao

favourite picture of them: sogabe ruined my life forever. glasses minato

thanks for the ask ^_^)/ !!!!!!!!!

[blissfullyapillow]

Your yosuke hanamura x reader series is perfection!!! I loved it! If you're comfortable, are you able to write a Ryoji Mochizuki x reader relationship headcanons?

Yuri lowenthal voices only the best boys

┃Ryoji Mochizuki x reader relationship headcanons

₊˚⊹♡Ryoji Mochizuki x gn reader

₊˚⊹♡‎wc: 534~

₊˚⊹♡warnings: flirty Ryoji but I feel like that’s implied with his name alone lol

₊˚⊹♡notes: I love Yuri Lowenthal so much as a VA, he literally voices two of my favs (Yosuke & Makoto/Minato). Persona 3 fes is my favorite game of all time, and Minato is my all time favorite character, but I don’t know if I’ll be getting reload. Idk, I’M CONFLICTED GUYS lol

₊˚⊹♡Main Masterlist

Ryoji is more than a bit of a flirt, and that’s how you wound up meeting each other. He tried his hand at flirting with you.

Whether you were openly receptive to his flirting or not, you two wind up becoming an item. You regrettably couldn’t resist his charm. 

He’s secretly a big softie, and he’ll randomly bring you cute little trinkets or buy you things he knows you’ll enjoy.

Very shameless, will happily engage in PDA with you if you’re comfortable with it. If you’re not he’ll understand, but once you two are alone he’s very eager to make up for lost time with his lingering touches

Will adamantly deny ANY advances made towards him. He makes it abundantly clear his eyes are on you and you alone.

You felt a tad bit bad when he openly made a look of disgust towards a girl who kept pushing herself onto him, going as far as to wrap her arms around him to pull his body into hers. Of course, I say only a tad bit bad since he is yours after all, as you are his. He makes damn well sure everyone knows that after all.

Whatever the occasion is, he’s always doing some sort of romantic gesture for you.

Valentine's day? Prepare to feel pampered, loved, and everything in between. {{And vice versa of course!}}

You two spend Christmas together? You’re cuddling in front of the fireplace as fresh flakes of snow touch the ground, and the fairy lights strung along the ceiling cast a magical glow upon the two of you. 

Can be surprisingly profound and extremely deep. He loves to have conversations about the meaning of life, humanity's inherent goodness (or inherent evil, he wants to know what you believe in that regard), and if humans have a purpose they’re here to fulfill. He’ll be visibly over the moon if you engage him in these deep conversations, but if not, he’ll appreciate you lending a kind ear his way when he gets all sentimental with you.

Whenever you have rough days, he’s there. He’s already picked up on the signs you weren’t having the best of days. Your body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions were all too obvious to him. He’s all too quick to perform acts of service for you, helping you out so you can rest easy for the remainder of the day.

Self care king. He’ll help you destress, take care of you, and ensure not only your body but your mind is cared for as well.

Surprisingly Gives the best massages.

He gets super flustered whenever you flirt back with him, especially when you catch him off guard. You got him so good one time that he hid his face in the crook of your shoulder as you ruthlessly continued your assault of tender praise and sweet compliments.

He vowed to get you back for that, and he made good on that vow. You enjoyed it though, trust me.

Honestly, you won’t find a guy more dedicated than him. Sure, maybe he’s not exactly who he appears to be, but for you, he’ll be exactly what he wants to be. Your loving, devoted partner.

[bobzora]

more reload thoughts, this time on the characters, heavy spoilers under cut (for p3 content, and also spoilers on some of the new stuff!!)

akihiko and mitsuru got arena era characterization blasted it's actually really sad he is not protein. she is not a helicopter mom. they are equals and friends who respect each other. please get the memo. most of the others' characterization seemed fine but man they got the worst of it

it's really funny that akihiko has gone from best to worst party member. i'm thankful to be free from the shackles that forced me to use him. i beat nyx with junpei aigis yukari. ken and yukari i swapped between for other fights.

yukari is one of my favorites. and she still is. i'm kind of bummed they made her nicer though

this is my first time actually saving chidori. ok time to mention junpei's new english va did a banger job. most of the cast in general killed it. shoutout to yuko (strength sl) ? for an unexpected banger of a natural sounding voice? anyway junpei's second theurgy. goes hard.

i still dont care about koromaru nothing could make me care about koromaru he's cute. i guess. lol. i like that you can pet him.

i love you aigis! there's nothing notably new for me to say about her but i lvoe her i love her i love her. she matters so much if you even care. crazy how i actually used orgia mode in reload

KEN AMADAAAA. ken. ken. ken. ok FIRST of all he's usable now! yay! i love having non-instakill light and dark skills. SECOND of all oh my god the first couple ranks of his not-SL drove me crazy. i went Uh. Uh. Um. it's like awww he likes featherman :) oh. yeah. this ten year old is actively planning a murder-suicide. he wants you to look after his hamster named hamburger if (when) something happens to him. i have such a big soft spot for ken he is my favorite child soldier. jesus christ. slightly sad that they removed some relevant dorm dialogue. i dont have the fes screenshots on me those are on my old laptop. but trust that they are missed.

i'm not a true shinji-er, frankly i mostly care about him (and akihiko) just through his relationship with local justice kid ken. it was nice hanging out with him though...jumpscared by his smile. his last hangout event (the post-mortem one) was good. oh yeah he's such a strong battler i wish i could keep him around. his theurgy is over the top with the bloody tear but i love that lol.

ryoji mochizuki voice "I know I said I wanted us to be friends, but... I actually want to be something more."

not being able to say "same":

they actually fucking did it. dude. they actually fucking did it. throughout the hangout i was like okay which 5 royal writer was working on this because this is some pretty good bait. and as it progressed i was like there's no way they're actually going for it, right? man they went for it. ryoji makes good on his word that he would love mc whether girl or boy. love wins. or loses i guess. good fucking content. movie ryomina is still on top but well that is the movies and this is video game. and this is the first time minato and ryoji can actually hang out in a video game. i love you bisexuality

i prefer "that was my name for a time. i didn't mind it." over the version in reload but man that's just me being attached to lines lol. also nyx (avatar) gets he/him-ed. shoutout detransitioned ryoji ( :( )

i wish i could put aigis in a butler outfit.

i miss femc.

[greetings-inferiors]

ALL OUT ATTACK FINISHERS (including quotes that are in the background like in 5 and reload (they’d probably have multiple lines they could say, apart from Shin who always says enemy dispatched)):

Kouki: Wipes the shadow liquid (or whatever) off his sword in one motion before swinging his sword and posing heroically. “We’ve still got a lot to do.”

Miyuki: Pulls her lance out of a shadow before twirling it around into resting it across her shoulders (like that one fanart of ryoji in sees with his scythe) as she looks down smugly. “Better luck next time.”

Safie: She’s on top of a shadow beating it to death with her shield before she finishes, stands up, rests on her shield and wipes her brow (with a dramatic flare). “Ooh, That was fun!”

Magician (I’ll name him soon I swear lmao): Sends out a spell that bursts the end of his wand, and when he turns around to try to twirl the split end back together, the massive explosion he caused makes him jump. “Ah! Sorry ‘bout that!”

Shin: He starts out in a sick ass pose with his scythe having just sliced shadows into mincemeat before getting up and just standing there at the ready. He scratches his head, unsure why everyone’s looking at him expectantly. “Enemy dispatched.”

Yoshie: She recovers from a punch, absolute demented fury on her face, before collecting herself, wiping her skirt, and smiling cutely as she makes a heart over her rose where her heart would be. “Die quieter for me, ‘kay? <3”

Tsuneko: After the party’s all out attack, she rips off her blindfold and calls Nimue to ravage the battlefield with a tidal wave that doesn’t affect the party, and the water swirls in the centre and she jumps out gracefully, before the blindfold appears around her eyes again and she collapses to the ground landing on her ass. “Yawwwwwnnn…”

Johnny: He swirls around shooting arrows that fly towards the shadows, then drops his crossbows and pulls out a bottle of cola that is opened by a homing arrow as he reclines onto a chair made of swirling wind, and he drinks it triumphantly as the shadows are turned into pincushions. “So long, partner.”

[flyfish1999]

For the character thing P3PHeroine?

thanks elle-p !!!!!!!!!! good luck with my character too ^_^)/ !! i feel like i totally don't talk about her (or tbh anyone outside of ryoji ...) as much as i should .. ! im gonna work to change that \o/ ! starting here :]c putting this one under a cut because it actually got suuuper long ^_^;; whoops !

favourite thing about them: she exists !!!!!!!!!!!! and she's so cool . she's like, devastatingly cool . both in her concept and just .. herself .... move over chad narukami losers !!!!!!!!!! especially in her exclusive links, her kindness and kick-ass-ness and depth comes out in full force and i love her so much for it. i know i'm a ryominahead, but i miss her everyday !!!!!!!!

least favourite thing about them: not her fault AT ALL . but aside from how underrepresented she is, i am still a firm believer that she should've received her own ryoji ... it's so sad, because i absolutely adore how they open up to each other, but i've talked to others before about how ryoji in her story as seemingly HER mirror just feels wrong, like he's transplanted from another place (which he literally is .. he's created in minato's image). i would've loved to see how her ryoji could've been more specifically shaped and changed by her quirks + her approach to her trauma

favourite line: "but, when i first saw him... he didn't feel at all like a stranger to me." "i can't explain it well, but it was almost like nostalgia.... or some kind of closeness." "i'm him, and he's me...?" it's criminal that q2 left it at this.

brOTP: junpei and hamuko is especially special to me ... more so than minato and junpei really . they bounce off of each other so well, + the extended/enhanced arc where junpei is kind of misogynistic to her alongside the leader jealousy and how that develops is so cool T_T

OTP: HAMUAIGIS 4EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aigis im so sorry yr girlfriend is still in the vault . can you imagine femc the answer . would destroy my soul .

nOTP: her + junpei . .. maybe im a little hater but the GAME doesnt even let you do it lmao ...! it means a lot to me that they're best friends . other than that, i'd say she fits cutely with nearly everyone else just like minato does !

random headcanon: okay lets be real . am i stupid ? where does her mp3 player attach ? it just kind of hangs out in midair while minato obviously hangs it on a lanyard . i like to think she's a bit more crafty with it !!! clipping it onto the zipper of her uniform or her scarf or keeping it on a wristband etc ^_^

unpopular opinion: gwa ........... i should just own this i think, even if people disagree !! in my opinion ... femc is supplementary content. and that means you should not be playing her route as your first experience in persona 3. just like how i believe you shouldn't read the manga or watch the movies before playing the game. you need to play the male route first. the way she presents the game's themes through her character and modified story is designed to be in direct opposition and contract with minato's route, and enhances both routes to that effect and can totally change your experience when viewing your previous playthrough of the male route and your current route as her through the lens she teaches the player. in a sad sort of way, i am kind of happy reload hasn't enforced this idea that femc is just one of two ways to experience p3 . this isn't a character select .. she's more like a perfect ng+ to me .

song i associate them with: back to the lighthearted stuff ! cop car by mitski ^_^ easiest answer so far !

favourite picture of them: either this [below], the cover of persona compilation II, or either of the persona music live/tour 2009 and 2010 artworks ! i'm a shin apologist though, so take that with a grain of salt ;] i really love how she's shown in opposition with narukami here, how he's looking straight at her but she's not meeting his eye . i would really love to see these two together more !