#Shinjiro Akihiko and Mitsuru don't have one

[almoststedytimetravel]

During the typhoon, Fuuka stole all the S.E.E.S members' DS' and jail broke them.

[frickingnerd]

our little secret

pairing: shinjiro aragaki x gn!reader

summary: while shinjiro shows off his new tattoo, he accidentally lets it slip to the others that you've got a tattoo of your own. a very well hidden one, that he shouldn't even know about…

tags: suggestive/hints at smut at the end, silly & wholesome fluff, shinji & reader fucked (fwbs, hook ups or secret relationship)

“did it hurt?”

the residents of the iwatodai dormitory were gathered around shinjiro, who begrudgingly let them admire the new tattoo he got. he sat there, keeping his mouth shut and only answering when asked something.

“no, not really…”

shinjiro kept his answers brief, trying to cut the talking short and take the first opportunity presented to him to retreat back to his room. but whether it was fuuka asking one question after another about his tattoo, akihiko and mitsuru scolding him for ruining his body with all that ink or junpei who told him how cool he looked, they all just wouldn't stop talking to him. 

“it looks really dope! next time we should get a tattoo together, shinji!”

junpei playfully bumped shinjiro's arm with his fist, trying to get the boy to agree to take him with him the next time. 

“don't encourage him to get another one, junpei!” you chimed in. “shinji already got enough tattoos! a body covered in tattoos doesn't look good…” 

“ha, says the one with the heart tattoo!”

shinjiro cocked up his eyebrows and glanced over at you, giving you a knowing glance. just because he had a few more tattoos didn't mean you two weren't in the same boat. 

“wait, you've got a tattoo? where?”

shinjiro's comment seemed to have sparked the curiosity of your friends. especially mitsuru and akihiko seemed quite surprised that you had one, since you seemed to share their views on the topic. only one other person in the room knew about that tattoo of yours, since you told her about it once… 

“how do you know about that tattoo, shinjiro? it's pretty well hidden…”

yukari's face was slightly flushed as she asked that question, as she seemingly seemed to know the answer already. she knew exactly where that tattoo was, since you told her about it. and she knew that it was nearly impossible to see it by chance…

the others slowly started to turn their heads, looking at each other and trying to see if anyone else understood what was going on. slowly, the wheels in their head began to turn. and then, one after another, they began to realize what yukari must be thinking right now. 

“wait, don't tell me…”

mitsuru was the first one who said something, but quickly cut herself short, as her cheeks began to burn up as well. a look at shinjiro and you was enough to see that her theory was correct. those flushed cheeks and that awkward smile on your lips gave you two away…

“alright, i won't tell then…”

shinjiro was more than happy not to go into detail about the sort of relationship he had with you. and you didn't need the whole team to know what you two were doing alone at night in his room. or your room. and occasionally even in the lounge, if nobody was around…

[randoimago]

Ah heya! Can I request general relationship hcs for Persona 3 confidants like Mitsuru, Akihiko, Shinjiro and Junpei?

General Relationship Headcanons

Fandom: Persona 3

Character(s): Akihiko, Junpei, Mitsuru, Shinjiro

Type of Request: Headcanons

Note(s): You got it!

Akihiko

Definitely wants to go to the gym with you. Or go on jogs in the morning with you. He's very active and wants to do various exercises with his S/O. Won't push you if you don't want to, but you better at least be a cheerleader for him (he'll be so flustered if you actually cheered for him though).

Constantly makes sure you've eaten. Will ask if you've had breakfast, lunch, dinner, and some snacks. Akihiko just wants to make sure you're taking care of yourself. Doesn't even care if you mention your weight (unless it's something you're serious about), he wants to make sure you eat.

Akihiko isn't the most affectionate boyfriend, but he does check up on you and see how you're doing. Your safety and happiness mean a lot to him and so he wants to make sure you're both.

Junpei

God he's an ass. Obviously he loves you and everything. But he'll tease you, he'll call you "dumb" or small, silly insults he doesn't mean like that. Will also playfully push you too. Just a bit of bullying and he fully expects you to bully him back.

The type of boyfriend that will brag about things you two do. Will smirk and give Akihiko a smug grin as he mentions how you two kissed or made out or something with a bit too many details.

Is a protective boyfriend even if he's a little mean. Maybe too protective at times. Especially if you're more feminine, he'll say that it's his job to take care of you and keep you safe.

Mitsuru

She wants to buy you presents but she doesn't know what to buy. She could just buy something super expensive, but is that really what you want? Will ask everyone in SEES what gifts she should get because she just doesn't know (she's amazed when she finds all the gift recommendations to be pretty cheap).

Mitsuru has a list of common dates she wants to try. Picnics, going to the movies, cheesy cliche things like those. While she could just rent out a fancy restaurant for the two of you, she wants to go on all the classic dates.

Lots of study dates between you two. She's in student council and always tries to be top of her class. So she's constantly studying, but she also wants to spend time with you so you don't feel neglected. Study dates just seem perfect. And if you start doing better in your own classes then that's a bonus!

Shinjiro

Like Akihiko, he makes sure you've eaten constantly. Just because he doesn't take care of himself doesn't mean you can't. Shinjiro will make you sit your ass down so he can cook you something if you haven't eaten.

You definitely have scary dog privilege with him. If anyone gives you trouble or says anything that upsets you then Shinjiro will gladly glare at them (which is usually enough for them to back off - he has a scary face).

He constantly ponders about how he managed to date you. Just how did he get so lucky to actually be in a relationship? He's pushed others away from him, accepting his fate to one day die for his sins. But now he has you and he doesn't understand why he's so lucky. (in reality, you probably pestered him to date you cause he would never ask you out himself because he doesn't deserve it 😒)

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@reo-the-leo

[thaisibir]

SEES members react to period pain simulator

(Go here for "Phantom Thieves react to period pain simulator")

Makoto: sits through every level from 1 to 10 with a straight "I don't care" face, but silently hopes that Mitsuru won't get any ideas to use it for some execution

Kotone: keeps saying it's fine and smiles through the pain, even when she's crying inside by level 8

Yukari: giggles hysterically even up to level 10 because she finds it ticklish, almost falls off the dorm sofa from rolling around on it so much

Junpei: thinks it can't be any worse than a kick to the balls, promptly proven wrong when he starts bawling and begs to stop it at level 4

Mitsuru: reacts to every level with hand to her chin and a thoughtful pensive "hmm," comes away inspired by many creative ideas to use it for some execution

Akihiko: treats it like taking punches to the gut in a boxing match, makes it to level 10 looking strained and sweating, asks where he can buy the simulator so he can use it for his core strengthening regimen

Fuuka: blessed with baseline level 0-1 cramps, makes it to level 6, expresses much sympathy for girls who have to deal with high level cramps

Ken: tolerates up to level 5 before he can't put up a brave face anymore and bails, in utter disbelief when told that periods can hit girls as early as his age

Koromaru: reaction not known or recorded, no one has the heart to stick on the pads and put him through fake pain

Aigis: lacks pain receptors to process real pain, but through connecting the pads to her circuitry she gets the closest approximation to it, concludes that menstrual cramps are indeed an unpleasant aspect of the female experience

Shinjiro: had a Shadow-inflicted abdominal wound from his middle school fighting days with Akihiko and Mitsuru, a sensitive area to this day, so he doubles over swearing and wincing from the simulator

[kotoneshiomiofficial]

one thing that gets on my nerves when it comes to persona 3 lore (but i cant correct people on or i look like the nerd glasses emoji) is that shinjiro doesnt actually need persona suppressants. strega has always needed them ever since they awakened due to EL experiments, and assuming that theyre roughly the same age as the seniors, they've been using for about 10 years. and while the side effects will kill them in ~2 years (see chidori's convo with junpei about what he'll be doing in two years), not taking them will make their personas kill them in a matter of days, if that.

meanwhile, shinjiro has never needed them because he awoke naturally, not artificially like strega. strega guilt tripped him into taking suppressants after he accidentally killed ken's mom. akihiko says he "lost control for a moment" but we don't know what precisely he means by that. the answer clarifies shinjiro accidentally hit ken's *house*, so i interpret that as shinjiro missing a shadow with an attack, and akihiko not being able to cope with it in any other way, rather than his persona going berserk. (the movies may have portrayed this differently, im talking strictly about the game) we also never see him lose control of his persona again, its an isolated incident.

i really think that what happened to ken was just a freak accident, and i like it better that way. arguing shinjiro literally lost control of his actions takes away his responsibility for what happened despite it being unintentional, which is a really important part of his character, not to mention akihiko, mitsuru, and ken's! as well, it ties in much better with p3's themes of feeling burdened by and guilty of the past, and moving forward by learning to live with them and allowing others to help you carry your burdens.

[whentvsfly]

S.E.E.S, but Pokemon. (Kudos to those who can tell who's who without the readmore)

More info after the cut!

Tried to make everyone look like themselves without adding clothing/accessories. More difficult than expected, but a nice challenge!

I imagine either only persona users can use their moves (at all, or effectively, not entirely sure which) or when they use their personas (personamon?) they appear as an altered version of their fully evolved forms. Kinda like the second one better, as a way to use more powerful attacks and keep in theme with Persona games

Tried to keep them with their elemental affinities:

Mitsuru Kirijo: Sneasel. It just had the right vibe for her, and I curled the tail (feathers?) to make it look like her hair (although Akihiko is standing in front of most of them).

Akihiko Sanada: Pawmo. I needed electric type, and with his affinity for boxing and being fit, I figured an electric/fighting type would work well for him! Didn't want to do Pawmi because it wasn't yet fighting type (maybe he evolves sometime after The Fire) and didn't want to do Pawmot because no one else is evolved, so having him be max evolution would feel *weird*.

Shinjiro Arakgaki: Scraggy. A solely phys skill user HAS to be fighting type. There were several choices for him - Mankey was one, I believe - though something about Scraggy's appearance made me go with it.

Minato Arisato / Makoto Yuki: Castform (Sunny). I like to make the wild cards pokemon with several forms, or the ability to transform in some way. His 'base' form in Tartarus is Sunny, since Orpheus has fire attacks, but he shifts with whatever element he's using.

Yukari: Ducklett (Shiny). She was just going to be normal ducklett, but then I remembered the shiny was pink, and it makes her more 'special' and talk of the school, so I decided that's fine haha. Flying is the wind equivalent, here, so it was hard to Not make her some sort of bird. It works though, I think!

Junpei Iori: Charcadet. Needed a fire type, and charcadet seemed spunky enough to be him, out of the ones available. After Chidori [redacted], his personamon changes from an Armarouge-equivalent to a Ceruledge-equivalent.

Fuuka Yamagishi: Psy attacks don't exist in p3, though they do in p5, who I also already pokemoned, but Psychic still fits both psy attacks and navi abilities, so I'll let them overlap. She was able to avoid being killed in Tartarus for 10 hours, so she would have been using teleport to keep herself safe, as well as other psychic moves to detect where shadows lurked. Wanted a pokemon not usually known for attacking, to fit more with the navi role.

Aigis: Iron Valiant. Another phys-heavy user, so I wanted fighting type, and Iron Valiant happened to be just that. Looks like Gallade/Gardevoir (*is* Gallade/Gardevoir but in the future/ an alternate dimension?) but is also distinctly Robotic. Luckily most people pin the oddness about her as 'why is she fully evolved and in highschool' rather than 'hey, that's not a pokemon I know, what the hell'.

Koromaru: Houndour (Albino). There are not too many fire/dark pokemon, to go along with Koro's fire/curse attacks, and one of them just Happened to be a dog. I had to. I also made up an 'albino' coloration, based off of real albino dogs. If shiny, as a genetic mutation exists, then others can as well!

Ken Amada: Dedenne. Very similar to Koro, there are exactly two (2) pokemon that are electric/fairy, as I equate bless to fairy type, and one of those was a legendary. So Ken is Dedenne. It oddly works out, since he looks up to Akihiko, and they're both small, rodent pokemon (who happen to be their pkmn generation's equivalent of pikachu :P)

I have Many more thoughts on this crossover, if anyone wants to talk about it! I have a few more P3 characters planned out (Strega, pharos, ryoji, nyx avatar), P4's Investigation team, and P5's Phantom Thieves, though I need to actually Draw them all.

[starclast]

✨🌒 Moonlight Island AU 🌘✨

Soooo...I probably haven't mentioned this enough for people to know it but: ...I LOVE farming sims. harvest moon is one of my favorite franchises (...even if I haven't really played their new entries 😅) and I really enjoyed playin Stardew Valley and similar titles (P.S: Fields of Mistria is calling me from afar... 👀✨). Aaaand since recently I fell over a little hit of nostalgia and yearning to play a new one...I kinda came up with this peculiar AU idea!! 😉✨

Soooo first, lets talk about the protagonists!! 🤗 At the start of the game, you see a little cinematic about a distant memory of two kids (which...I'm gonna talk more about in a different post 🤫) and then you choose the one you want to play as: Makoto or Kotone. After you choose one of them, the other will later appear in the story as their childhood friend and becomes one the bachelor/bachelorette options for the player. You can change the default name of your protagonist, input your birthday, favorite color and a little nickname you want people to call you.

The main objective of the *game* is to discover what happened to the Night goddess, who was the one that created Moonlight Island and keep the land healthy. You will have five years to discover the truth with the help of different *spirits* and some of the villagers, but as each year goes by, it will be more and more difficult to keep the land healthy due to the banishing blessings of the goddess.

...Now that you have the basics, lets talk more about all the bachelors and bachelorettes!! 😘 If you play as Makoto, you can romance Yukari, Mitsuru, Fuuka, Aigis or Kotone; and if you play as Kotone, you can romance Akihiko, Shinjiro, Ryoji, Junpei or Makoto.

Each of them have a total of 10 *heart events*. The first seven are more like *friendship* events but with certain romantic dialogues options included. At the start of the game or in the preference menu, you can enable or disable an option that shows you what dialogue options are the *romantic* ones. Once you end the 7th event for a character, you will be able to buy a *blooming flower* to confess to them OR, if you wait a little more and the character has enough affection points because you chose enough romantic options, they will confess to you instead. Of course, you will have the option to accept or decline it, and don't worry, you can continue their events even if you don't give them/accept the flower; just take into account that in that case the rest of the events will automatically return to *friendship* ones and replace the special romantic ones that come after.

To advance and reach each new event is necessary that you decide to hangout or later *go on a date* with these characters, as well as talkin to them often enough during the different weeks and seasons, increasing their *familiarity* with you by your choices. They all have their respective busy times during the day so they might invite you to hangout when they are the ones free instead, either by a letter they left in your mail at the start of the day or asking you in the spot if you talk to them in their *free time* . On hangouts, dates outside of their heart events, a few festivals and such, you can also give them gifts to increase their familiarity with you. So, once you are sure you finished you chores at the farm...why not pay everyone a visit in between the daytime, afternoon and nighttime? Make your time worth it! Your dear one might fall from someone else if you take too much time!!! 😅👍

Junpei is the mailman in town. he is not actually from here but he came to live in the island two years ago. he is always busy delivering letters around all town, but he wouldn't mind to stop to chat for a bit 🤗 Since he moves around so much, you can easily spot him if you pay enough attention during the day or sometime find him playin with the kids in the afternoon. he flirts a lot with the young ladies in town...but since the first summer, his affections might change a bit 😉

Yukari works part time at Shinji's restaurant as a waitress, part time at the flower shop and sometimes even helps around the inn. She is quite busy but that's to be expected since she lives alone and has to take care of the rent 😅 Whenever she has free time, she likes to spend time chatting with Fuuka and the other girls or takin a little stroll around the forest. She is really nice, but please take into account that if you're playin as Kotone, she will be your rival for Makotos affection 😉✨

Akihiko works at the animal shop and mostly do the tough work. he is not really that busy, but since he likes to spend his free time running and doin exercises he might be a little hard to spot around town 😅💦 he respects the policeman Kurosawa and actually helps him sometimes with certain matters. he also makes sure to always take a break to eat at Shinji's restaurant so that would be your best time to try your luck and ask him to hangout! 👍✨

Mitsuru is the daughter of the major and the sole heir of the Kirijo company. She is studying to inherit the family business, but there is still so much more she needs to learn. She wants to make Moonlight Island known again and bring back a bit of that *spark* the place had so many years ago. She gets along pretty well with Aki and he even acts as her *bodyguard* sometimes, so take for sure she will be a tough rival to beat 😬

Shinji is the owner of a small but well known and loved restaurant in town. You can always find him at the restaurant, and whenever he is not there, you can either find him takin walks with Ken and Koromaru or talkin to Akihiko at the inn. If you ever feel tired, why not stop by a bit to eat? 😘

Your *rival* in this case is Fuuka. She works part-time at the machine shop were you can fix and ask about different work items. She likes to spend her time reading books at the library or tending to the Inns flowers with Yukari and the others...but she might have more troubles than what she lets on 🤫 ...What would that be? That's for you to discover! 👀✨

Ryoji appears at the start of fall of your first year once you discover the dying magical forest. he is a spirit and son of the night goddess, but he doesn't remember much apart from his name (...he doesn't use his real one because he feels it would cause trouble 🤫), still, he is more than eager to help! he stays at the inn and works as an *apprentice detective* tryin to find clues about his mother...thou people in town just think he is a rich kid that was pushed out of his mansion 😅 You can practically see him all around town in different moments of the day and he is always free to talk to you!! :D ...Still, if you are playin as Makoto, you will find him as your rival for Kotone's affection 😶

Aigis on the other hand is a special *companion* robot built by a certain scientist in town. She was built pretty recently so she still has so much to learn, but she is prepared to accomplish any job you ask her for! From farming to socializing, there's nothin that can stop this jirl in her journey of self-discovery! 🤗 You can also find her helping everyone on different moments of the day, but since she is always busy helping, please come to help her too if you see she needs it 🙏

Both of them are *special* romance options so you don't have to worry about any rivals that can come your way 👍✨

Aaaaand last but not least, we have to mention Chidori 👀✨ She is an aspiring artist who moves to the island at the start of summer. She is obviously Junpei's love interest, but contrary to the others, she is the only one of the *rivals* who cant be romanced by the player (...since she only has eyes for Junpei 😅). You can usually found her drawing near a quiet fountain in town or relaxing with a cup of tea at Shinjiror's restaurant in the afternoon. She usually doesn't speak much, but surprisingly, you can often see her talkin to Junpei and Fuuka on certain days of the week. (By the way...yeah, Jin and Takaya are also in town. I just...haven't drawn them yet 😅💦)

I still have many, MANY more details to mention about it but...that would be all for now so, see ya soon! 😘

[kaisertheadvisor]

Alright, I'd thought I'd share with you all my "Persona 3 Holy Grails" of media that I'd like to see show up someday. Who knows? Maybe one day we'll get some of these high quality assets. But for now, we'll have to rely on scans, Internet Archive, upscales, and various social media posts till then. But let's get started!

#1. The high quality, uncompressed cutscenes.

While fan upscales do exist for the OG cutscenes, and people were generous enough to extract many of the Reload cutscenes and post them in high quality (thank you PC version), I would like to see the original masters for many of these cutscenes. We know they do exist, since Atlus has used them in promotional material, but when we will see them, is unknown. (If they ever do an English release of the P3 Movies, they better include these cutscenes as a bonus feature, just saying.)

#2. Highest quality character renders.

In order to promote Persona 3 on various material, Atlus would use various renders of the characters that I'm sure many P3 fans are familiar with.

However, there are some characters that don't currently have such high quality versions of their character renders. So far, high quality scans of Elizabeth's render and a rare Ikutsuki render (used on the original version of the P3 website, the games OST booklet, the manual, several trading cards, magazine articles, print ads and the booklet for "A Certain Day Of Summer") have been preserved for example, but I'd kill for the high quality assets to be found one day.

However, the most notorious case of characters not having high quality render assets are the entirety of Strega. The renders do exist online, it's just that, their quality is much to be desired.

Again, would kill to see high quality assets release someday.

#3. Unreleased character sheets for cutscenes.

If you have the P3 Artbook, they have the model sheets for the Protagonist, Yukari, Junpei, Mitsuru, Akihiko, Fuuka, Aigis, Koromaru, Ken, Shinjiro, Ikutsuki, Takaya, Pharos and Ryoji used in the anime cutscenes.

However, we don't have the model sheets for the characters casual wear (used in the Yakushima trip cutscene and several scenes in The Answer), Kotone (for the P3P opening as well as several in game CG's), Aigis's Answer armor, blue dress, and school uniform, Elizabeth and Theodore, Metis, Igor, Natsuki (used during Fuuka's awakening, albeit VERY brief), and Takeharu (used during 11/4's events). Granted, since those characters were sparingly used in the anime cutscenes, they may have not had their model sheets published, but again, who knows?

It should be noted that some frames and drawings from the anime cutscenes were used in some promotional material (for example, the P3 website used silhouettes of Yukari, Junpei, Akihiko, Mitsuru and Fuuka taken straight from the opening), so we'll have to wait and see what comes forth.

#4. Original Persona Assets

So far, Atlus managed to give us the high quality assets for the initial Persona's that were used in FES and were reused again for Reload's promo's.

Not only that, but many of the high quality assets for the ultimate Persona's were also preserved online, thankfully.

However, there is also the "original shading" versions of the Persona's, which last I checked, were used in the 2023 port of Persona 3 Portable, and so far, the high quailty rips of them are cropped.

I'm also hoping we can get even higher quality versions of the renders of Polydeuces (promotional pose), Juno, Messiah and Psyche. (though I am betting we're gonna get a high quality Psyche render for The Answer DLC, mark my words)

And of course, we still need the high quality official art for Strega's Personas as well.

#5 Ad Scans (or even better, high quailty digital versions of this material)

If anyone has some Japanese magazines, I'd love to see high quality scans of many a Persona 3 Ad.

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[safeworksrender]

Recently finished another 100% Social Link playthrough of this game and took *a lot* of screenshots and clips along the way.

These are just some of the lines that resonated with me (though I don't just love the game for it's narrative. I think it's tremendous from a gameplay perspective as well, especially since Reload fixes all the gripes I had with the original on PS2):

Mutatsu's monologue about the idea of constantly working hard for a lifestyle that we'll barely get to experience really hit me on a personal level, and I'm sure it's something that a lot of "Nine to Five" or "paycheck-to-paycheck" workers can relate to as well. In a way, it doubles down into my belief that it's never about the destination and always about the journey (as corny as it may sound). Also, I just absolutely love this social link in general (I laughed out loud at Mutatsu's suggestion to have Makoto go bald)

Shinjiro confessing to Makoto that his life is pretty much nothing but a ticking time bomb is a very obvious foreshadowing of his eventual death on 10/4. Still, I also found it gut-wrenching because it finally made me realize that he probably didn't want to return to school as he knew he would never be able to fulfill the promise he made with Akihiko and Mitsuru during the early days of S.E.E.S. He was either going to die at the hands of Ken or Strega, or die from the side effects of the suppressants that he took

Akinari's perspective on what ultimately gives our lives meaning is very powerful and I feel like it's something that a lot of us younger folks can learn from. We live in a day and age where a lot of people don't consider their lives to be worthwhile unless they reach a certain amount of fame or wealth, but it's important to remember that life is and always has been about the little things that we get to experience along the way (at least that's what I believe)

Mitsuru telling Makoto that she needs him in her life just a couple of days before his death is obviously a real gut punch. But the reason I like this line a lot is because I think it perfectly encapsulates the fact that she isn't the stoic character that she is presented to be in the early to mid stages of the game. She ultimately just needed someone to see things from her perspective and lend her an ear to vent out her frustrations about her sheltered upbringing and lifestyle (which is implied just a few lines before this one, as she teases Makoto about the fact that she would not have anyone else to lean on when she needs to vent about her problems)

With all that said, I can write a whole essay about the many little things that I enjoyed so much about this game (and the idea is quite tempting), but I don't think any sane person would want or care to read that.

[eternalfarnham]

The core of Aigis's crisis, in The Answer, is that she has exactly two invested human relationships, one of which only half-counts because it's with a dog, and the other just died.

Note that in the post-Nyx "epilogue" month, where relationships formed via SEES kinda-sorta persist (MC-Yukari-Junpei trio, Ken and Shinjiro, etc.), no one remembers Aigis besides the protagonist, or even mentions her unless she's right there. She's some girl in their dorm. This influences her self-perception and indecision in the Abyss – Metis is the way she is, fixated on a single person and incapable of caring about anyone else, because Aigis was that way.

Compare/contrast Yukari – she ends up putting herself back into the position of "enemy of SEES," contesting them for the sake of achieving (the truth behind her father's death/the MC's resurrection), failing to acknowledge her relationship with Mitsuru (who takes her side partly due to the history between them, and who reminds her of that fact).

Aigis... just genuinely doesn't have anyone in the way she had the MC, not like Yukari does. The question of suicide via sacrifice is a real and legitimate one for her; it's why she gets Metis in the first place! Metis is both her capacity to care (the part of her that wasn't mechanical and rote) and her fatal flaw, her failure to recognize that there are other people to care about in her life, represented pretty directly by Metis insisting on being Aigis's "sister" and living exclusively to protect her. Aigis turned herself into an Arisato (complete with Wild Card!) and generated an Aigis to never, ever let her go like she wished she could've in the first place!

This is part of why I think Junpei's point, that they are nowhere near guaranteed a win in a rematch with Nyx, is so much more thematically potent than Akihiko's "respect MC's decision to sacrifice himself, because changing the past is wrong!" The world is full of people. Everyone's alive. "Accept loss" falls flat for me, considering the whole Great Seal thing and also, just, my entire understanding of life, but "there is no quantity of losing others you can experience that can make life stop mattering as a general case, because the world is full of people, and the best way to keep going is to keep caring about people and finding people to care about" works for me.

And this is absolutely not a tack any other Persona game could take about its MC! It's been noted that SEES aren't quite friends as a group, just psychodrama paramilitary coworkers, but it's that awkwardness and growing into imperfect relationships with one another that lets them live without the MC. Yu Narukami is more of a "most important person" to the Investigation Team – Yosuke, obviously, and Teddie, and arguably Rise – but they do at least have dynamics with one another, kinda, Chie-Yukiko and Naoto-Kanji.

Joker is the person who matters most to every single Phantom Thief, absent dead family members and NPCs who spend most of their time offscreen, and Royal makes it clear that they don't have the same "any cost" dedication to any of those dead family members or NPCs that Aigis and Yukari had for P3MC. Does Ryuji even hypothetically have more important dynamics with anyone? Certainly not Akechi. Not Yusuke. The Phantom Thieves would risk killing the world for Joker's sake. It isn't even really a question!

P3 was just so thematically aberrant compared to the rest of modern Persona that I can't help but admire it. I disagree with many of its takes, but by god does it have them.

[houndfaker]

OK OK. So.

The Arisato Twins are both the Gods of Life. something something they were the same entity at one point but split, leaving behind

Ryoji, the God of Death (who could've seen that coming?) Anyway they split Kyurem style and used to be one entity. He controls the speed at which lobsters die.

Yukari, the Goddess of Wind and Muse of Acting

Junpei is the God of Fire and Stories (Junpei's Believe It or Don't but he's recounting this world's equivalent of the Odyssey)

Akihiko is the God of War and Strength, and also Patron of Sporting Events

Mitsuru is the Empress of the Gods, The Goddess of Fortune, and Matron of Executions

Fuuka is the Goddess of the Forge and Muse of Innovation

Aigis is the Goddess of War and Weaponry. She was previously a mortal who fearlessly led a group of warriors, but ascended to godhood after death

Koromaru is a Cerberus, of course.

Ken is the God of Justice; Goro is the God of Revenge. Together they make the Retribution Brothers

Shinjiro is the God of the Dead and Patron of Feasts. He does not control the speed at which lobsters die

Strega is a group of Sorcerer Nymphs that Ryoji favors

Metis is Aigis's sister but did not become a god; She does follow Aigis around a lot though, as a spirit.

Yu is the God of Lightning and Storms

Yosuke is the God of Commerce and a Messenger God

Kanji is the Muse of Fashion

Rise is the Muse of Song

Chie, Yukiko, Teddie, and Naoto = ????

Marie is the Goddess of the Harvest

The Phantom Thieves, sans Morgana, Akechi, Sumire, and the Spin-Off Thieves are a group mortals who a certain two Godly offspring have an interest in

Morgana is the God of Hope

Sumire is the Muse of Dance. Kasumi is a mortal. (This will be a problem when Sumire starts to actually realize Kasumi's mortality)

YES YAAAAAEAAAAAH THIS IS SO NEAT!!?! i love ur choices and ur reasonings ... huge fan of aigis and metis's deal. love what u did with strega and sumire and kasumi are so OAUGH.. inchrested to see what you decide to do with this au buddy :333

[almoststedytimetravel]

Please oh please may I hear a scrap more of your thoughts on the Arena designs?

Well I mean if you insist...

First Ken and Koromaru. Koromaru design is peak and not just because he's a dog. Koro is wearing Ken's old hoddie which is peak but also does a little bit of story telling via design since it had to be Ken who adjusted the old hoddie and sewed on the wings, telling us that in between Persona 3 and Arena Ken has developed some sewing skills (and has likely worked on more practical skills because he doesn't have anyone who can do it for him).

Now Ken himself... His design is just the Gekkokan uniform with the student council arm band and evoker+holster. Which is boring, Ken's design is boring however, if I am to play devils advocate for a moment, I can kinda get what they were going for. Ken is doing his best to act like a normal middle schooler who has never experienced the horrors, meaning the lack of customisation in his uniform is reflective of his trying in fit in. Now, everyone has seen this design.

This is one of Ken's concept designs and while this graphic only points out the Shinjiro Peacoat and the Akihiko Sweater Vest, you may also note that Ken has a pocket watch around his neck (a reference to the pocket watch from Shinjiro's portable link). While the way his collar is open is the same way Junpei's was in P3. his jacket is also undone which is a trait shared by both Makoto and Junpei (since neither Akihiko nor Shinjiro wear the school jacket in the fist place). This design also has Ken wearing gloves like Akihiko. This concept design is peak but if I has to guess why they didn't go with it, that's likely because the large coat would make Ken's animations really hard to read, specifically, it'd be really easy to lose track of Koromaru since Koro would blend in with the coat that would also cover the screen. Ken and Koro are already one of the best fighters in Arena they don't need to be made even more difficult to fight.

Now then Akihiko Sanada, he needs to be put down. That's the only adequate way I have to describe him. First of all, why does he have a knife? Second, Why is his evoker on the right side of his body in his offical art but on the left in his actual battle sprite? Third, and this one isn't character design related but, WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HASN'T CALLED KEN IN ALMOST A YEAR?! I can get over his yapping about body building like, god forbid men have hobbies, (half of the examples people get mad at isn't even Aki talking, it's the illusion the "Protein, protein, and more protein" line is just Naoto hearing things). But, why does he look like that?! you're telling me that mr Dorky sweater vest wearer who halls around his blazer instead of wearing it is going to start dressing like this?!

Oh and he is also supposed to be 65kg. If you want my 2 cents on how I would redesign Akihiko, personally I would put him in his epilogue clothes but with his blazer over his shoulders (and made a little longer to be both reminiscent of a cape and of Shinjiro's coat, heck maybe even make it Shinji's coat).

Yukari, Junpei, and Fuuka all look great but I don't have much to say about them, since there is nothing egregious about them. Like I said, Junpei's cross necklace is a gift from Chidori and it's a really cute reference. Junpei and Yukari are both in their "work clothes" since they both came straight from their jobs, while Fuuka is in more casual clothes, because she was with Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Aigis.

Mitsuru... She's in a skin tight battle suit with a fur coat. She's in high heals, her rapier's blade is blood red, if anyone else was dressed like that they's look so fucking ridiculous but Mitsuru pulls it off. She's serving cunt and I respect it.

Aigis switching her ribbon for a tie is kinda funny but I didn't even notice it in my play through of Arena and only noticed it when I was watching a playthrough of Q2 and the Robot who was modeled after Aigis was called Ribbon and I went "Wait a minute" and booted up Arena to check, only then did I notice the tie

[frickingnerd]

dating the members of s.e.e.s.

pairing: makoto yuki x junpei iori x akihiko sanada x shinjiro aragaki x gn!reader x kotone shiomi x yukari takeba x mitsuru kirijo x fuuka yamagishi x aigis

tags: wholesome & silly fluff, polyamorous relationship, sees!reader, supportive!sees members, leader!makoto & kotone, akishinji, yukamitsu, obviously NO ken & koromaru

there's a palpable tension between the members of sees when you join, as ALL OF THEM quickly end up falling for their lovable and sweet new team member!

sure, there might be some jealousy here and there, but everyone quickly agrees that the best possible outcome would be to simply share you and let everyone date you!

some of them quickly jump at the idea of dating you, like junpei, yukari or kotone, while others are more reluctant to share you with someone else, like akihiko, shinjiro or aigis

it'll take at least a month or two for your relationship to fall into place and become something that is long term sustainable

there are certainly little groups within sees forming when it comes to who gets to go on dates with you or who gets to do certain activities with you

for one, there are akihiko and shinjiro, who quickly warm up to the idea of sharing you with one another. they'll help each other out, whether it's about presents for you or solving any troubles coming your way

mitsuru occasionally is part of their little dynamic as well, helping the boys when they reached their limits, while also joining them on dates with you!

though mainly, mitsuru and yukari have an alliance going on. those two make the perfect girlfriends for you, always supporting each other, as well as the other girls around them!

fuuka and aigis are new to relationships and struggle a bit with having their first relationship be a polyamorous one, but yukari and mitsuru, as well as kotone, always help them out

fuuka and aigis are the ones most likely to take you on dates with nobody else joining, as they need to get a feel for how dates work, before they feel comfortable sharing you with the others on group dates

junpei is also the type to enjoy lone dates with you, but mainly because he's a bit jealous of everyone else at first and wants to keep you to himself. but as he opens up over time, he'll join yukari & mitsuru or akihiko & shinjiro on dates with you, teasing and annoying them playfully

and lastly, there are the two leaders of sees: kotone and makoto! those two are quite similar, despite their differences

kotone quickly latches onto you and she'll spend every free second with you. she doesn't mind if the other girls are around as well or if it's akihiko and shinjiro who go on a date with you and her

meanwhile makoto is more reserved. you might think he's not a fan of sharing you with others or might even believe he doesn't enjoy dating you. but he just takes some time to adjust to a relationship with you, especially when it comes to sharing you!

makoto and kotone are both incredibly protective of you, which you'll mainly see in battle! but even outside of tartarus, you'll notice them scaring off anyone outside of sees who dares flirting with you

after all, you are dating them! you're sees's partner and while they don't mind sharing you with their friends, they don't enjoy seeing strangers flirt with you!

[randoimago]

hi i hope ur doing well ^.^!! is it okay if i request Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Shinjiro with an S/O who’s so super physically clingy, like to the point they can be annoying about it? - 🐰 Fee

Fandom: Persona 3

Character(s): Akihiko Sanada, Mitsuru Kirijo, Shinjiro Aragaki

Note(s): Original request was pretty long so I shortened it to this. I hope you still like what I wrote, anon!

Akihiko

It's very time and place for Aki. Not to mention he gets flustered super easily so to just hear you calling his name in the hallway and then pulling him into a hug makes him immediately red.

A bit pouty about PDA just because he doesn't want to upset others (which isn't saying a lot considering all his fangirls - they could do with a bit of upsetting).

Probably prefers to stick to hand holding or hugging in more public settings. Even if it does fluster him a lot.

When you're both alone, he can appreciate the affection more. Just cuddling with you in bed or listening to you ramble compliments to him is nice, but be careful because he might have a heart attack from how sweet it all is.

Mitsuru

She's more on the reserved side so it's very much a surprise when you both start dating and she's greeted with a big hug from you. She doesn't mind it, but it takes her a back a bit.

Might ask that you don't engage in so much PDA with her. She will be fine with hand holding or giving you a pat on the head as a reward, but she'd like if anything else can wait.

Honestly all the affection can be a bit overwhelming too and she might need a break from it.

You two can be alone at the dorms and you can be hugging her a lot and she'd ask if she could leave for a bit of air. Will tell you that she's not upset with you, just so you don't worry, but she needs a bit of a breather.

Shinjiro

Also someone that it's very time and place for. It's funny too because he does give off grumpy cat vibes when you attempt to give him affection, but he's secretly thriving.

Big sighs when you wrap your arms around him while he's cooking. Makes a comment or two about how he can't get anything done because of you.

Might flick you in the forehead, causing a pout on your face, but you can easily see the small smile on his.

Not one to handle praise very well. You can hug him and praise him, but his thoughts kind of spiral a bit. You're able to snap him out and help ground him, but it really does take him a long time to be able to handle any praise or believe he's worthy of your affection.

Taglists: @reo-the-leo

[marasschino]

hi! I noticed that aigis looks taller than minato in your drawings. might I ask about your height headcanons regarding SEES + Ryoji pretty please 🙏🙏 love all your doodles btw! akechi looks stunning in your art style. you have such a good feel for using expressions & colours to set a mood (sorry for my wacky english, good god)

oh anon I am so sorry it took me forever to get to this. I forgot this was in my inbox 😭 BUT YES I can give you my height headcanons.

Putting this under a cut bc I used hikaku sitatter to compare my headcanon heights months ago + my reasoning

so I'll start out with the ones that didn't change from their canon heights: Yukari, Akihiko, Ken (he is a child and also I couldn't fit him on the chart. it was max 10 people unfortunately), and Koromaru (dog). For Yukari and Akihiko I feel like their canon heights suit them in my very biased opinion.

For Junpei: He just gives tall guy that just had a growth spurt and doesn't know what to do with the extra like 6cm he's acquired. so I went with his height that is canon for P4AU (177cm) instead of his P3 canon height (170.5cm).

For Mitsuru: Her canon height is actually 166cm, but I refuse to believe that. She's still shorter then the guys (excluding Minato) but she is their height by proxy because she always wears heels and boots. It adds to her aura I think.

For Aegis: she is physically a battle robot, built to fight supernatural beings born from the heart. and also her hooves. I actually always thought she was taller than average instead of 163cm just because she was a robot (I've played more P3P then P3fes so I always imagined her to be tall). She was built to be a protector and a tank. There is a lot of juxtaposition in her being a tall robot made of metal and her soft human heart underneath that. Also she needs to be taller than Kotone AND Minato. It's a requirement.

For Fuuka: she is canonically 150cm. I think I made her 154cm because I felt bad that she was so much shorter then everyone... she is still the shortest (not including Ken) but its a smaller gap.

For Shinjiro: his canon height is 177cm. I don't know why I made him 178cm. maybe because I felt he deserved to be at least 1cm taller than Junpei. But you can come to your own conclusions for this.

For Kotone: I never imagined her as being super tall but at least taller than Fuuka and Yukari. And she is a short menace but not a 160cm short menace to me. She stole 5cm from Minato as comeuppance. Also I think it's funny when Minato and Kotone are the same height. not because of the twin headcanon but just because

For Minato: Kotone stole 5cm. and he needs to be shorter than Aegis or its Incorrect. Also considering how inconsistent P3 character heights are displayed (looking at you P3DAN) I kind of default to the way Sogabe draws Minato. Tiny.

And for special-est boy Ryoji: as far as I know I have never found a canon height for Ryoji (which is fine) and I often go off vibes for character heights anyway + I used screenshots from the P3 movies just to get a general idea of Ryoji's possible height. which is probably about 180cm to Minato's canon 170cm (for the movies). I thought it was funny if I kept Ryoji the same (approximate) height despite making Minato shorter. Also there's something endearing about Ryoji being ridiculously tall AND taller than the rest of SEES. godspeed to him. he has probably knocked his head on plenty of doorframes in the span of two months.

And that's all!!! again sorry for taking so long to get to this anon I love getting asks like this but the executive disfunction sometimes makes me forget that people actually send me asks. I'll do better next time o7

[cryptid-catnip]

okay so if someone turned persona 3 into an mspfa and everyone was a troll here's what they would be [as far as i can think and according to their official birthdates]

Junpei: purple

Yukari: teal

Akihiko: jade

Mitsuru: bronze

Fuuka: also purple

Aigis: self-imposed jade

Koromaru: rust, given his eyes in the game

Ken: lime

Shinjiro: olive

Takaya: cobalt [no official birthdate so i had to do something]

Jin: indigo [same here]

Chidori: rust [dammit atlus just drop their birthdates]

Now regarding the Arisatos, given they are basically alternate world versions of each other [unless and until retconned to be actual siblings] i would instead make the two a cherub but with a difference

1: Minato would bear a deep blue blood instead of nuclear green

2: neither twin would hate each other, and minako would be more of a chaotic good

3: in fact, they don't even know the other exists until after predomination, where they have no contact with each other

4: due to fact 2, external forces are what trigger the predomination [particularly the death entity]

Minako would also come from a doomed timeline that she was forced to bail on and be a part of Minato's session, and her first meeting with Minato would be a tearful one

and for the record each player's sign would be a stylized version of their arcana numbers, with Minato bearing 0 and Minako bearing XXII

This is super cool I love this