#Takuto Maruki
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[Sandbox] A piece I drew for Feb 2nd last year, I post it here now. Happy 2/2.
#p5r#p5r spoilers#p5r fanart#goro akechi#akira kurusu#ren amamiya#p5 protagonist#takuto maruki#dr maruki#p5r maruki#2/2#akeshu#shuake
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sigh it's 2/2 again
#persona 5 royal#persona 5#goro akechi#akira kusuru#ren amamiya#akeshu#shuake#art tag#takuto maruki#almost forgot this guy#persona series
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temptation
i lowkey have too many notes to write down properly KDFHKDS but ill write them down for Future Cele so i can read it later and be like omggg past cele ur so fun and interesting
in general, the more "color" the scenes have, the closer it is to "real life" as opposed to the muted/hushed winter blues of maruki's reality
i.e. the dark frames w akira smiling and the very last panel are when reality sinks in: first for akira, then for goro
by the way this is long winter au but sumire is still brainwashed. this also works for canonverse but i just had long winter au in mind:o
youve heard of laundry and taxes now get ready for coffee and pastries
in every panel, akira is smiling! :) and goro is very much not smiling.
intentionally his face is hidden in the last 2 pages so its unclear whether it's the "ideal reality" already (akira/goro's daydreams/wants/desires), or if goro is still fighting akira on making sure he picks the right choice
the smoke from the first page kinda leads into the 3rd page omfg COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL BUT REALLY COOL LMAOOO
that's nameless and belladonna in jazz jin!!! i love them. I LOVETHEM. i miss them so bad is it obvious
the cafe is loosely based off of caffe strada @ uc berkeley LMAO. my parents used to take me there a lot as a little kid so that's the first cafe i think of when i imagine one. its like right on the streetside, basically on the sidewalk, so its very bustling and people are always walking by... probably a little disconcerting to see everyones summery bright smiles despite the bitter cold and snow
in long winter AU, the Ideal Reality starts before 1/1 so yeah they get to see the new years fireworks together (or something)
also intentional that they wear the same winter outfits in the whole comic although it Probably does not take place at the same time. in maruki's snowglobe, time seems frozen in place... but akira and goro are both acutely aware that the sands are running thru QUICK
goro's frustrated expression on page 3 is one also of disdain: "don't speak FOR me you fucking imbecile" type of expression.
goro, who's never lived a normal life and therefore doesn't know much abt "normalcy" nor really actively seeks it. this 3rd semester is basically purgatory for him and he doesn't care to try and go through the motions the way akira does. akira what do YOU know about the type of "normalcy" i deserve? how do YOU know if i "deserve" that?
im thinking that this is a naive akira who is mostly set on taking the deal because he feels hopeless... seeing all his friends with good happy lives while goro and himself are alive and miserable and shouldering the weight of the world during the horror of long winter......
oh but if he takes the deal they could all be good and alive and happy!!!.... and goro knows this. i feel like in any other universe (i.e. akira is 100% certain on not taking the deal and goro knows this) then goro would be happy and carefree to do these little indulgences for himself and akira's sake, to just enjoy the snowglobe world while it exists.
but this goro is discontent. he sees how akira is enjoying the snowglobe and knows maruki is depending on this. goro has to be the one to remind akira that none of this is his to keep........ in this fucked up world, routine is dangerous. becoming comfortable is dangerous. they cannot keep any of this.
on that note, goro says "i hate you" in a halfhearted sort of way (it's not true and akira knows that.) but he's trying to think of a way that he can dissuade akira from picking the wrong choice.....
and i think the thing is, goro thinks all of this, but he still falls into the rhythm of routine with akira anyway. in a way, goro feels hopeless too.
all of this is maruki's doing........ paralyzed by the inability to choose... whatever you do, you lose. goro needs to hold akira at arm's length so the stupid sentimental fool doesn't get too attached and falls into the wrong universe. akira needs to make a concentrated effort to detach himself from goro even though he wants the simplest thing in the world: just one more unremarkable day with him. it's lose-lose..........,
also i liked drawing the tentacles in the last pic the freaking blue lines on them were SO satisfying to draw
edit: also the last page: the blood flooding the panel….. the idea of the ideal world being built off of the blood and sweat and tears and bodies of the people who could have been. of those lost in the actualization, of those destroyed, of those stitched together and brought back to life. all just for a little false happiness. goro sees it but akira doesn’t, and it’s a grim sight.
#shuake#goro akechi#akira kurusu#persona 5 royal#cele draws#cele comics#last comic for 2 weeks ish probably bc ill be away frm my usual setup for a while:O will still be drawing tho!!!#long winter#takuto maruki
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The ideal and the real
#persona 5#p5#fanart#art#p5r#shuake#goro akechi#ren amamiya#sumire yoshizawa#takuto maruki#joker#akira kurusu#third semester#persona 5 royal#a lot to tag here huh.#yes this will be a blanket. check back in a few weeks bby#tapestry
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NG+ but only Maruki remembers what happened
#i cannot BELIEVE i havent posted this on tumblr yet#persona 5#persona 5 royal#p5r#maruki takuto#takuto maruki#akechi goro#goro akechi#shuake#akeshu#ann takamaki#ryuji sakamoto#akira kurusu#kurusu akira#persona 5 protagonist#persona 5 joker#liz art
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"I didn't want to make it seem like I was holding him hostage..."
#persona 5#goro akechi#takuto maruki#Maruki what were you thinking#based on this line alone Maruki is the kinda guy to say “no offense” and think that actually removes the offense from the comment /j#HAHAHA anyway this line was just really funny to me and never fails to make me give our local therapist a *look*
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p5r meme batch pt 4
memes masterpost
#persona 5 royal#persona 5#shuake#akeshu#goro akechi#p5#p5r#akira kurusu#ren amamiya#persona 5 memes#persona 5 meme#text post memes#takuto maruki#persona memes#persona meme#my p5r textpost memes
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The world is not around because of you
#p5#persona 5#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#takuto maruki#art tag#you know i’m not around because of youuu
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forever thinking about royal’s bad ending. my thing with it is that maruki doesn’t necessarily give anyone what they want most, he gives them what’s most appropriate for them to want within a maruki-approved framework. iirc there’s a really interesting text sequence in the game where he just straight up changes someone’s career because they’re not “good” at it, regardless of whether that’s what they actually want. why struggle at all? ever? right?
and so ultimately i don’t think goro akechi’s greatest wish is necessarily ren. i think it’s a wish for sure, but his greatest wish is his own agency. despite any regrets he has and the fact that shido and yaldabaoth treated him like a pawn, he's generally pretty adamant about owning his choices and their consequences. he doesn't want that erased. and instead, you end up with pleasant boy™ if you take maruki’s deal. maybe maruki (incorrectly) thinks sanding off all of akechi’s rough edges will make him easier for ren to love. but the crux of it is really that maruki has to essentially lobotomize him to preserve the illusion of his perfect reality, because their ideologies are so diametrically opposed that akechi would spend every waking moment fighting back.
this isn’t to undermine ren’s importance to akechi btw — he explicitly acknowledges that he wishes they had met earlier, and there are countless moments throughout their confidant that underscore how much it means to him that they mirror each other so well. he absolutely does want more time with ren, just not under these circumstances.
and that’s also what makes ren’s choice on 2/2 doubly devastating. he knows that either way he loses akechi. and if he takes maruki’s deal, he loses him knowing that his last moments with the real akechi involved the two of them being unforgivably out of sync.
#shuake#ren amamiya#goro akechi#takuto maruki#persona 5#DOES THIS MAKE SENSE#this has been on my mind for ages#siri play ideal and the real dot mp3#like the two of them happily playing chess together hits hard bc in another life they could’ve had that#but the thing is#neither of them want another life! they just want each other as is!#me for the millionth time: takuto maruki most interesting antagonist of all time#tired of all the one dimensional evil villains#give me the pathetic wet cat man who projects his issues w his ex gf onto u and turns ur bf into a stepford wife ❤️#will the real goro akechi please stand up#*#wishing i had the time to replay this game for 3rd sem alone but alas. capitalism strikes again. adulthood is a scam#so instead i am rotating these guys endlessly in my mind and throwing my thoughts out into the void#eta: have really been enjoying seeing ppl's tags on this!!!#thank u for rotating them in ur mind as well
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thats a door we don't need to open till we get to it
#digit's art tag#digit's p5r tag#ren amamiya#ryuji sakamoto#takuto maruki#yusuke kitagawa#yuuki mishima#futaba sakura#makoto niijima#makoto yuki#when this comic came to me I laughed so hard I blacked out for like a second no joke
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Some persona art dump
#persona 3#persona 5#persona 3 reload#persona 5 royal#minato arisato#makoto yuuki#ryoji mochizuki#takuto maruki#akira kurusu#ren amamiya#p5 morgana#it’s been a while since I drawn any persona related stuff heh
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Some textposts
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scott pilgram reference
#shuake#akeshu#joker persona 5#goro akechi#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#persona 5#p5 fanart#persona 5 fanart#sumire yoshizawa#persona 5 royal fanart#persona 5 royal spoilers#p5r#takuto maruki#luniise art
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*marukis your tl again* ohhh whoopsadaisy !!
#persona 5#persona 5 royal#p5#p5r#p5r spoilers#p5 spoilers#p5 royal#p5r fanart#persona#persona fanart#p5 royal fanart#dr maruki#dr takuto maruki#takuto maruki#maruki#maruki takuto#persona 5 royal fanart#persona 5 fanart#artianwen
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I forgot how much I love sketching with pencil!!! maruki, my love... he could fix (?) me.
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