#hikari iyashi

[personaconcept]

Could you give more depth to the social links,most of them only Focus on Their disease

Well, for most, I don't have a solid idea. But I can give an idea for what's going on for the main cast, and a couple others. And I'll focus on just their links with the MC (if you'll reference the post the other day about everyone having links with others as well), because I haven't actually come up with ideas for those sorts of links yet.

Sayaka and Yudai aren't hard set yet. For Sayaka it's because any big, character defining moments would happen near the end of the story, in association to her dungeon. I imagine for her, it would be very vague allusions to how she felt going through so many foster families. Yudai's will prooooobably focus on teaching the MC to cook, helping out at his family's diner, how he's different from the expectation of him. (In the way that the natural perception of big people is that they're lazy, uncool, etc.)

Miyako's I have a little clearer picture of. The first rank is story unlocked right after her dungeon, and you find out about her older brother committing suicide six years earlier due to his own mental issues. Throughout the links, one of Miyako's aunts comes to Kamida to try to convince her to move to the city to be with her distant family. Miyako debates on it, until she finds out why her parents never had contact with their extended family. They're terrible people, basically, and didn't want their children to grow up around that. So she stays in Kamida.

Masahiko is another one that I'm not totally sure of the entire thing yet. I think I'd like it to explore his relationship with his dad, and the comparison there. Masahiko is a narcissist, but it was something encouraged when he was younger and now, after his dungeon, he's actively seeking help. His father on the other hand does the whole "I'm in the right, everyone is wrong, everything has to go my way or no way at all) gaslighting thing. Masahiko was on the receiving end of that in his childhood now, and despite his 'holier-than-thou" attitude towards most everyone else, he's very... timid isn't the right word, but it's close enough, when next to his father. Though, now taking a second look on various social links in the different Persona games, that might just be subtext through various social links.

Hoshiko's is going to have her dealing with her bullies. Getting manipulated into doing others' homework, taking over their cleaning duties, giving them money, free items from her father's store. By the end of it, Hoshiko stands up for herself.

For Jun, I'm thinking he goes to the MC, asking them to come over to his house and lie to his siblings for him. He's trying to make his older brother worry less about him. He keeps his princely persona up even at home, to avoid his brother worrying about him. Until his latest stint that got him suspended, his brother had been under the assumption that Jun was a well behaved, straight A student. He wants you to back up his story about that. Throughout it you find out the fight that actually got him suspended from school was started because some jerks were harassing a mama bird and her eggs, throwing bricks at them and shit, and managing to break a couple before Jun stopped them. While his reaction was totally out of line, seeing that had triggered his explosive episode. (Jun was very protective of these birds. I haven't come up with the reason for that yet) Anyway, by the end of his link with the MC, he comes clean to his brothers on what really transpired and what goes on during school. To which both brothers are like "Yeah, we already knew, you knucklehead." Jun's apologies to the people he needs to apologize to will happen in their own separate links. Which I will get to in just a minute.

In Shinju's link, the MC starts out tasked to help her with general, everyday things. Getting up to the classroom on the third floor, getting through the admittedly cramped house they live in, going grocery shopping. But while Shinju does admit to certain things she's scared of (being caught on the third floor of the school if it catches on fire, being her biggest fear), she's not invalid. There's plenty she can do on her own and doesn't need help for, no matter what other people say. This one isn't about Shinju learning anything about herself, it's just proving to everyone else what she already knows. This one I've mentioned is story locked, ranking up on certain days after you've completed certain events. And right near the end of it is her dungeon, in which she is rewarded with a more practical wheelchair, specifically made for her, making it even easier to get around and do things on her own. During one of the ranks, the MC moves some of the kitchen things around so Shinju can reach them better, but that's all I've got on specificies. (If you haven't been ranking up with Yudai at all and getting his cooking lessons, she'll tease you for being a better cook than you.)

Avis/Baby Avis are functionally two different characters... except for this. They'll both take the MC to explore the Endless Forest, explaining Shadows and Corruptions and trying to find the source of the MC's unique healing ability. One of the paths they take will lead to seeing the other MC in passing, though no direct conversation. (Depending on when you play through that link, a new player might not yet know the MC used to have a twin and the other one is dead) Nearing the end, like at the 7th rank, you'll also meet a girl who's a few decades from the past. She isn't a Persona user, but found she has a similar ability to the MC's. She's also been looking for the answer, and swears to meet the two of you again once she find it. However, she isn't there in rank 8, nor in rank 9. Rank 9 all you'll find is a note nailed to a tree, signed with the letter M. There's not much to learn about Avis herself. She's a phoenix. She was born and reborn in the Endless Forest. She's a guide for Persona users like the MC, those specially chosen. But she is one and only and cannot be everywhere at once, hence the reason she's only appeared in front of this MC.

I don't really have a clear cut thing for... really any of the side characters with the MC, but as I was writing these down, ideas for some side social links came to me, so I'll those here.

Hoshiko/Jun: After their unfortunate fallout in middle school, they've struggled to reconnect, especially after Jun's poor attitude after Hoshiko rejects him. Jun starts out with an apology. Several times. Because Hoshiko is too scared of him at first to believe him. Then there's the eventual awkward rekindling. Then an event that sparks Hoshiko's hidden nagging/sarcastic streak, and something from Jun's side too but it's late and I don't know. After that, they're back to being good friends.

Shinju/Jun: Shinju is one of the few people Jun has never been a dick to. He routinely is the one to carry her to her classroom at the beginning of the day. Despite the fact they don't act much like friends until Jun joins the team, he's not a dick. Which is to say, their social link doesn't start off with him apologizing. And when I say "never been a dick" I mean "never before this social link" because he does call Shinju out for "acting weak and helpless when that's bullshit" in a not so nice way. Theirs is a lot of... back and forth, nothing really deep. Some hangouts between rekindled friends. (I think this one would be locked until Hoshiko does accept his apology and forgives him, because despite having never done anything to Shinju, Hoshiko is her best friend)

Miyako/Jun: Miyako wants Jun to help her study, because he's consistently the first in class grade wise. Jun says he's never studied a day in his life, so he's no help. Miyako finds out this is true after a failed study session, in which Jun ends up failing their next quiz because of, proving it did the opposite effect. Miyako ends up having to teach Jun how to study and apply himself, while Jun is doing his own teaching of "it's really not that deep"

Jun/Masahiko: Assholes being assholes to each other. Jun tries to out-asshole Masahiko with his princely person, but Masahiko is actually that elegant and eloquent, so ends up failing. So they end up going to head to head with their own unique brand of assholery. Masahiko finds a new appreciation for Jun's true self (and perhaps a little crush) if cards are played right, as Jun does go and chew out Masahiko's dad for the way he treats Masahiko. (This would probably be the only time something like that happens, as in Masahiko's link with the MC, Masahiko would confront his dad himself)

And... yeah. That's all I've go floating around right now. They need refined, some need thought off. If you think of these in forms of drafts, this is Draft 0. General, mostly nonsensical ideas. I hope that was somewhat satisfactory.

[morimyulyrics]

For Op5, I plan to do everything by order! First up, the opening songs. Interestingly, the lyric booklet labeled William singing a part of Op. 2's "Kono sekai wo" as M0. Wonder why👀 We'll see by the end, maybe?

Meanwhile, M1 is a medley of songs from Op. 1 to 4. When I watched Op. 5 for the first time, it simply took my breath away, seeing the entire story (albeit summarized) happen right before my very eyes. Morimyu truly is such a masterpiece, from its actors, to its costumes, to its stage, to its lyrics and music. Every little detail is just chef's kiss. Anywhoo, without further ado.

I'll change this world

M0 この世界を | Kono sekai wo Characters: William James Moriarty

Concierto of light and dark

M1 光と闇の協奏曲（コンチェルト）| Hikari to yami no concherto Characters: entire cast

M0

この命　果てても この世界を　変えよう 傷つく者に　癒しを 怒れる者と　友に涙を

すべての優しき　者のために　この世界を…

M1

Op.1「大英帝国」リプライズ ここは大英帝国　雄々しき栄華のその陰で 嘆き果て　ただ息ひそめ　地獄を生きる我ら 産めよ増やせよ家畜共　卑しき命捧げよ

ここは大英帝国　悪魔の造りし檻のなか ただ祈る　はかなき願い　どうか地獄に光を

Ahー

Op.1「三兄弟の秘密」リプライズ 共犯で　同志で　家族 僕たちは　こうして　生きていく

Op.1「誓い」リプライズ 悪魔が消え去れば　人の心は澄み渡る 呪いは解ける　この国はきっと美しい この国はきっと　美しい

Op.2「Catch Me If You Can」リプライズ Catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes 私を捕らえられるなら　捕らえてご覧なさい ミスター・ホームズ

Op.2「真実」リプライズ ひとつひとつ　可能性を潰しいけば どんな有り得なさそうなことでも それが　真実なんだ　それが　真実なんだ

Op.2「I hope/I will」リプライズ 俺が暴く（Catch me if you can） 俺が捕らえる（Catch me you can do） 幻の先の（Catch me if you can） お前を（Catch me you can do） I hope I will 深き謎の　霧の彼方で 謎の彼方で

Op.4「罪の衣を身にまとい」リプライズ Ahー 我らの　ホワイトリー　殺すなど 消して　許せぬ　悪の所業 犯罪協　お前は　市民の敵 貴族を　殺した　噂もある それが　まことなら　犯罪協 お前は　貴族　全ての敵だ 逃すな　捕らえろ　大罪人を！

Op.4「緋色に染まる」リプライズ Ahー 俺は覚悟を決めた　俺はジョンを救う リアムの望みのため　俺はこの引き金を…！

Ahー

Romaji M0 Kono inochi hatetemo Kono sekai wo kaeyou Kizutsuku mono ni iyashi wo Ikareru mono to tomo ni namida wo

Subete no yasashiki mono no tame ni kono sekai wo…

M1 Op.1 Daiei Teikoku (reprise) Koko wa Daiei teikoku ooshiki eiga no sono kage de Nageki hate tada iki hisome jigoku wo ikiru warera Umeyo fuyaseyo kachikudomo iyashiki inochi sasageyo

Koko wa daiei teikoku akuma no tsukurishi ori no naka Tada inoru hakanaki negai douka jigoku ni hikari wo

Ah

Op.1 Sankyoudai no himitsu (reprise) Kyouhan de doushi de kazoku Bokutachi wa koushite ikiteiku

Op.1 Chikai (reprise) Akuma ga kiesareba hito no kokoro wa sumiwataru Noroi wa tokeru kono kuni wa kitto utsukushii Kono kuni wa kitto utsukushii

Op.2 Catch me if you can (reprise) Catch me if you can, Mr Holmes Watashi wo toraerareru nara toraete gorannasai Mister Holmes

Op.2 Shinjitsu (reprise) Hitotsu hitotsu kanousei wo tsubushi ikeba Donna arie nasasou na koto mo Sore ga shinjitsu nan da sore ga shinjitsu nan da

Op.2 I hope/I will (reprise) Ore ga abaku (Catch me if you can) Ore ga toraeru (Catch me you can do) Maboroshi no saki no (Catch me if you can) Omae wo (Catch me if you can do) I hope I will Fukaki nazo no kiri no kanata de Nazo no kanata de

Op. 4 Tsumi no koromo wo mi ni matoi (reprise) Ah Warera no Whiteley korosu nado Keshite yurusenu aku no shogyou Hanzaikyou omae wa shimin no teki Kizoku wo koroshita uwasa mo aru Sore ga makoto nara hanzaikyou Omae wa kizoku subete no teki da Nogasu na Toraero Taizainin wo!

Op. 4 Hiiro ni somaru (reprise) Ah Ore wa kakugo wo kimeta ore wa John wo sukuu Liam no nozomi no tame ore wa kono hikikane wo…!

Ah

English M0 Even if this life ends I will change this world I will give comfort to those who hurt I will cry with those who are angry

For all those who are weak, I will change this world

M1 Op. 1 The Great British Empire (reprise) This is the Great British Empire. In the shadows of their heroic splendor, We hold our breaths, grieving until our ends, we who live in hell Go forth and multiply, heathens. And dedicate your vulgar lives to us

This is the Great British Empire. A prison made by the devil himself We can only pray, with fleeting dreams, for light to shine upon this hell

Op. 1 The secret of the three brothers (reprise) Accomplices, comrades, and family This is how the three of us will live from now on

Op. 1 Oath (reprise) If the demons disappear, then the people’s hearts will become perfectly clear It would dispel the curse, and this country will become so beautiful Surely, this country will become beautiful

Op. 2 Catch me if you can (reprise) Catch me if you can, Mr. Holmes If you can, try and catch me Mister Holmes

Op. 2 The Truth (reprise) If you take apart every possibility No matter how impossible it may seem You’ll find the truth. That’s the truth.

Op. 2 I hope/I will (reprise) I will expose you (Catch me if you can) I will catch you (Catch me you can do) You there (Catch me if you can) past the illusion (Catch me you can do) I hope I will In the clearing of this thick mist At the end of this mystery

Op. 4 He who bears the cloak of sin (reprise) Ah You killed our precious Whiteley A demonic deed, never to be forgiven Lord of Crime, you are the enemy of the people And yet, there are rumors of you killing noblemen If all this is true, Lord of Crime Then you are the enemy of the nobles, of everyone Don’t let him get away! Catch him! This great sinner!

Op 4. Tainted in red (reprise) Ah I’ve decided. I’ll save John And for Liam, too I will pull this trigger…!

Ah

[vstranslations]

Kvi Baba - Tired But Fine (Remix) - Lyrics

song (spotify) Japanese/Romaji/English lyrics under the cut

生きる事に疲れ果てでもまた その先に待つ喜びがあるから 雨の後 晴れわたり 暗闇に光を見る そこでしか見れない物があるから

出口のない日々の中 生き方も死に方も知らずのまま 疲れては天を仰いでいた 安らぎはそこにあるのかって 繰り返しの世界を得て幸せが 何かを知れる事が出来るなら 繰り返しの世界をいつの日かの未来の 優しさと癒しへと変えることが出来るなら

生きる事に疲れ果てでもまた その先に待つ喜びがあるから 雨の後 晴れわたり 暗闇に光を見る そこでしか見れない物があるから

戦っているみんな 孤独の闇の中 いつなったら浴びれるの光は 雲間から差し込む それは希望であり生きる糧となる 喜ぶ為 今辛い呼吸 戻せない針とわかってるからこそ[tbm1]  大切なこと 見失わずGo とろけるようにFall 心地良い風と ここにいる意味も見つけに行こう だいぶ長い冒険 自分を探すLong Way 過去のキズが癒えて前に進むOn My Way もう解けなそうな不思議な時を過ごしたら 君の幸せが僕の幸せになる未来

生きる事に疲れ果てでもまた その先に待つ喜びがあるから 雨の後 晴れわたり 暗闇に光を見る そこでしか見れない物があるから

まだ遠くへ 息を引き伸ばして まだ遠くへ まだ遠くへ まだ遠くへ 息を引き伸ばして

生きる事に疲れ果てでもまた その先に待つ喜びがあるから 雨の後 晴れわたり 暗闇に光を見る そこでしか見れない物があるから

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Ikiru koto ni tsukare hate demo mata sono saki ni matsu yorokobi ga aru kara ame no nochi hare watari kurayami ni hikari o miru soko de shika mirenai mono ga aru kara

Deguchi no nai hibi no naka ikikata mo shinikata mo shirazu no mama tsuakrete wa sora o aoideita yasuragi wa soko ni aru no kana tte kuri kaeshi no sekai o ete shiawase ga nanika o shireru koto ga dekiru nara kuri kaeshi no sekai o itsu no hi ka no mirai no yasashisa to iyashi e to kaeru koto ga dekiru nara

Ikiru koto ni tsukare hate demo mata sono saki ni matsu yorokobi ga aru kara ame no nochi hare watari kurayami ni hikari o miru soko de shika mirenai mono ga aru kara

Tatakatteiru minna kodoku no yami no naka itsu nattara abireru no hikari wa kumoma kara sashi komu sore wa kibou de ari ikiru kate to naru yorokobu tame ima tsurai kokyuu modosenai hari to wakatteru kara koso taisetsuna koto miushinawazu Go torokeru you ni Fall kokochi ii kaze to koko ni iru imi mo mitsuke ni yukou daibu nagai bouken jibun o sagasu long way kako no kizu ga iete mae ni susumu on my way mou tokenasouna fushigina toki o sugoshitara kimi no shiawase ga boku no shiawase ni naru mirai

Ikiru koto ni tsukare hate demo mata sono saki ni matsu yorokobi ga aru kara ame no nochi hare watari kurayami ni hikari o miru soko de shika mirenai mono ga aru kara

Mada tooku e iki o hiki nobashite mada tooku e, mada tooku e mada tooku e iki o hiki nobashite

Ikiru koto ni tsukare hate demo mata sono saki ni matsu yorokobi ga aru kara ame no nochi hare watari kurayami ni hikari o miru soko de shika mirenai mono ga aru kara

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I’m so fucking tired of living, but I know happiness is waiting for me just up ahead After the rain, the sky will clear In the darkness, you’ll find the light There’s something you can only see at that point

Amid these inescapable days, I didn’t really care how I lived or died I just looked up at the sky in exhaustion and wondered if I’d find peace up there If only I could take hold of this unchanging world and figure out what happiness is… If only I could alter this unchanging world and make it so our future could one day be full of kindness and healing….

I’m so fucking tired of living, but I know happiness is waiting for me just up ahead After the rain, the sky will clear In the darkness, you’ll find the light There’s something you can only see at that point

Everyone fighting in the dark depths of loneliness will one day have light shine on them from between the clouds That’s what’s known as hope; encouragement to live I’m suffering now so I can be happy someday I know I can never come back this way, so I won’t lose sight of what’s important to me when I go I fall as if put under a spell, a nice breeze blowing over me I’m gonna find my reason for being here It’ll be a big journey; it’s still a long way til I find myself I let my old wounds heal, then move forward on my way After this strange, unsolvable period has passed, I’ll enter a future where your happiness becomes my happiness too

I’m so fucking tired of living, but I know happiness is waiting for me just up ahead After the rain, the sky will clear In the darkness, you’ll find the light There’s something you can only see at that point

We still have far to go Hold your breath as long as you can We still have far to go, still far to go, still far to go Hold your breath as long as you can

I’m so fucking tired of living, but I know happiness is waiting for me just up ahead After the rain, the sky will clear In the darkness, you’ll find the light There’s something you can only see at that point

[mytherbalegwladys]

Toujours brisée mentalement et bouleversée par la disparition de Nya, Cora Chin se repose paisiblement au clan Bijin avec Hikari et Mei. Mais, elle a du mal à surmonter son traumatisme et ses tourments qui sont en train de la tuer lentement. En découvrant que Cora est la descendante et réincarnation de l'impératrice Sakura, Hisaki a trouvé un moyen de guérir son esprit. Mei accompagnée des autres ninjas albinos (Rita, Iyashi, Yuka, Ketsueki et Aoi) et de Skylor, emportent Cora avec eux dans une aventure périlleuse pour trouver Neuro. Durant l'aventure, Cora commence à voir l'esprit de Sakura dans son sommeil. Cette dernière va l'encourager, la guérir et l'aider à libérer son véritable potentiel.

Lors de l'assaut à Ninjago, Cora est mortellement blessé en sauvant Lloyd. Heureusement, l'esprit de Sakura apparaît de nouveau et fusionne avec Cora pour la ressusciter. En réveillant son véritable potentiel, elle s'en prend à la seule personne qui lui avait brisé mentalement, Vangelis. Après la bataille finale, Cora est enfin guérie et retrouve ses amis et les albinos. Elle avoue à Lloyd qu'on reste amis, tandis que Ren avoue enfin son amour à Cora. Ensemble, ils aident pour le nettoyage.

[nightshadedawn]

Persona 6, anyone?

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PERSONA 6 CONCEPT PART 1

You ever just get an idea that you HAVE to put into words? Well, that happened. And now I have put myself into a miserable position considering I’m not on the Atlus team. And you all have to suffer with me.

Before I get into this, check out this video because it’s where most of my ideas, the grounds for me thinking about this in the first place, started from. With that in mind, I changed a few things because I didn’t like them or thought they didn’t make the greatest sense. With that out of the way, click to read more if you’d like to see what I’ve come up with! (Very long, mind you)

I do recommend you watch the video first because there’s a lot my brain just decided that the reader should KNOW, and it’d be hard to amend what I’ve written at this point.

The Mechanics

Main Character - This time around, you’ll be able to choose between being male and female. For a new spin, you will be a third year.

Battle - Battle mechanics will remain the same as Persona 5, including negotiations, baton pass, and Shadow negotiations. 

Romance - With both male and female options for a main character, there are male and female options for love interests. Out of the 22 Major Arcana, there are 10 available love interests. 5 male, 5 female. You will be able to date everyone, no matter your gender.

Harem Romance - Unlike previous games, if you date more than one person, there is the chance of them coming together to make it a triad, allowing for group dates. However, if you choose to date all ten love interests, none of them will be happy with you. It also requires select grouping to allow for triads. Moon-Sun; Magician-Lovers; Hierophant-Tower; Star-Death; Hanged-Devil. If you manage to date both before select days and get the communication across to form the triad, there may be special scenes to include both (ex: school trip, Valentine’s, Christmas, school festival, ect)

The Velvet Room - It’s a hospital this time around. That’s really all I’ve got to say on it for now.

Setting

Characters

MC - Will be able to choose your gender. As a girl, her placeholder name is Hikari Iyashi, derived from the ‘light’ meaning for Hikari and ‘healing’ for Iyashi. As a male, the place holder name will be Hikaru Iyashi for the same reasons. Unlike previous MC’s, this MC is a third year. They moves to a small town to live with their estranged father and younger sister, two people they has not seen since before they can remember, after their mother’s tragic death due to an incurable illness. If you are male, it will be commented that you look like your mother, while if you are female, they will comment about your similarities to you father. It will be exclaimed that after the MC’s parents separated, their mother took back her maiden name and changed the MC’s to that to avoid confusion while they were growing up. Their first Persona will use wind and healing spells. This Persona is possible to be either Achelois or Persephone, and whichever one it isn’t, will likely be a Persona you can later pick up.

Melee: Mace

Ranged: Bow/crossbow

The Arcana

The Fool Arcana - Igor joins once again by incorporating the Fool Arcana. He warns MC of a mysterious illness infecting the town that will not only continue to infect it, but eventually spread to infect the rest of Japan, the world, and every other world in existence.

Upright - Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit

Reversed - Holding back, recklessness, risk-taking

Confidant Ranks

1 - 10 Unknown

The Magician Arcana - Masaru Kazama will be available to talk to at the beginning of the game, though his social link will only be available at night. The closer you get to him, you will discover that he is college age, but was unable to attend anything after graduating high school due to lack of money and resources. He suffers from insomnia, and several meet ups will result with him falling asleep on you because he feels comfortable enough to do so. He is a romance option. 

Upright - Manifestation, resourcefulness, power, inspired action

Reversed - Manipulation, poor planning, untapped talents 

Confidant Rank

1 - 10 Unknown 

The High Priestess Arcana - Persona 3 had a dog, Persona 4 had a bear, Persona 5 had a cat. So why can’t Persona 6 have a bird? Avis will be the MC’s guide through the other world in the beginning. In the real world, she appears as an elegant green parrot with golden trimmins, while in the other world she’s a silver phoenix with green trimmings. She is confident, elegant, and wise. She is easily capable of leading the party through difficult battles or where to go next. Unlike previous counterparts, she is neither cocky nor condescending. Her link will raise as the story progresses.

Upright- Intuition, sacred knowledge, divine feminine, the subconscious mind

Reversed - Secrets, disconnected from intuition, withdrawal and silence

 Confidant Ranks

1 - 10 Unknown

The Empress Arcana - Either their father’s girlfriend or their stepmother doesn’t matter, but Haruka is the new woman of the house and there to stay. She’s a writer, famous for her theories on other worlds and the supernatural. But she doesn’t know how to be a mother. She can’t replace the MC’s own mother, but as they grow closer, she can grow to be a second one.

Upright - Femininity, beauty, nature, nurturing, abundance

Reversed - Creative block, dependence on others

Confidant Ranks

2 - Occasionally asks for more money or items during negotiations.

5 - Allows you to ask for large amounts of money during negotiations.

8 - Makes Shadows less way of you, so it lessens security level increases, and decreases security level more overnight.

10 - Allows you to form contracts with higher-level Shadows.

The Emperor Arcana - Yuuki Kawaguchi is the MC’s estranged father; a stern, hardworking teacher at the high school, and the MC’s English teacher. He has a notoriously weak immune system and tends to forget to get rid of his teacher facade at home and outside of school. The closer you get to him, the more you’ll find out about why he and the MC’s mother split and why the MC went with their mother and their sister stayed with their father. He will also start to loosen up and be not as strict.

Upright - Authority, establishment, structure, a father figure

Reversed - Domination, excessive control, lack of discipline, inflexibility

Confidant Ranks

1 - If you ask him at night, he will make you an extremely unhealthy bento for the next day (it will be shit and not do much for health, but it works for the beginning of the game)

2 - Allows lax study time in class to do something else

4 - Later curfew, allowing you to do more than one thing at night

6 - Gets other teachers in on lax study time

8 - Will make a better, healthy bento, which will greatly up your SP and HP.

10 - Will occasionally allow you to play the ‘sick card’ for ‘personal reasons’ and giving you the ability to do more during the day.

The Hierophant Arcana - Sayaka Ito will be the MC’s first friend, and first possible romantic interest. She’s carefree and kind, and much unlike all of the others of the town the MC will first meet. It’s quickly found out that this is because she is also a transfer student and was moved into a foster home in the town. Part of a small band/music club. She admits that she suffers from Imposter Syndrome from time to time, only lately, it’s been getting worse. 

Persona: Atlanta

Skills: Ice and physical

Melee: Axe

Ranged: Dual wield pistols

Upright - Spiritual wisdom, religious beliefs, conformity, tradition,institutions

Reversed - Personal beliefs, freedom, challenging the status quo

Confidant Ranks

1 - Baton Pass: Allows Sayaka to use Baton Pass

2 - Follow Up: Allows Sayaka to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

3 - Mediation: Allows Sayaka to step in when an Shadow Negotiation fails

5 - Hypnotic: Allows Sayaka to change the course of negotiation with a song

6 - Harisen Recovery: Allows Sayaka to remove party ailments

7 - Song of Memory: Allows you to recall skills for a short period

8 - Endure: Allows Sayaka to endure fatal attacks with one hit point remaining.

9 - Protect: Allows Sayaka to take a fatal attack for MC

10 - Transforms her Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Lovers Arcana - Akemi Sonoda will not be available right away, but you first be able to meet her over summer vacation. The closer you grow, you will find out that she’s a university student from the city, back for the vacation. However, she isn’t sure she wants to return. You’ll find out that she’s bulimic, in the early stages now, and part of your link with be helping her overcome this. She is romanceable.

Upright - Love, harmony, relationships, values alignment, choices

Reversed - Self-love, disharmony, imbalance, misalignment of values

Confidant Ranks

2 - Sphere of Prettiness: Shadows will be more likely to give more valuable items

4 - Charming: Allows you to have an easier time obtaining Shadows

6 - Schmoozer: Makes it easier to tell which dialogue you Confidants want to hear

8 - Beautiful Heart: Shadows will give you rare and valuable items

10 - Beguiling: Shadows will become yours before even asking.

The Chariot Arcana - Tsubasa Himura is a coach over at the dojo in town. You will be able to buy different armors and melee weapons from him. During the day, he will also give lessons on martial arts that will boost your HP and SP. The higher you go through his rank, you will begin to unravel his past and see his PTSD and how it’s affecting him, but also help him through it. He is not a romance option.

Upright - Control, willpower, success, action, determination

Reversed - Self-discipline, opposition, lack of direction

 Confidant Ranks

2 - White Belt: Raises how much HP and SP you’ll gain from training (applicable anywhere)

3 - Yellow Belt: Unlocks new weapons and armor

4 - Orange Belt: Bring a party member to train with to raise their HP and SP

5 - Green Belt: White Belt to a greater degree

6 - Blue Belt: Lowers price of weapons and armor

7 - Purple Belt: Unlock new weapons and armor

8 - Red Belt: Green Belt to a greater degrees

9 - Brown Belt: Greatly lowers the price of weapons and armor

10 - Black Belt: Red Belt to a greater degree, increases accuracy, evasion, and defense (you can now train to increase them as well)

The Strength Arcana - Shinju Kawaguchi is the MC’s little sister and was raised by their father. She will be the last to join the MC’s party. She is disabled, and cannot walk, having to move around in a wheel chair. She has a crush on Masahiko in the beginning of her social link, but slowly grows past that while learning to truly accept herself as she is. As she is the MC’s sister, she is not available as a romantic social link. 

Persona: Hephaestus

Skills: Fire, buff

Melee: Her chair

Ranged: Cannon

Upright - Strength, courage, persuasion, influence, compassion

Reversed - Inner strength, self-doubt, low energy, raw emotion

Confidant Ranks

1 - Baton Pass: Allows Shinju to use Baton Bass

2 - Follow Up: Allows Shinju to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

3 - Bedtime Gossip: Allows Shinju to step in when a Shadow Negotiation fails

4 - Lil’ Sis, All Ears: Allows you to see skills and potential items drops on the analysis screen

6 - Harrison Recovery: Allows Shinju to cure party ailments

7 - Kids Talk: Allows you to see Null, Repel, and Drain on a target in battle

8 - Endure: Allows Shinju to withstand a fatal attack with 1 HP remaining

9 - Protect: Allows Shinju to take a fatal attack aimed at MC

10 - Transforms her Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Hermit Arcana - Hiroki Hisakawa will be available to talk to after you hear rumors of him at the theater. After you go to the forest, you’ll find him alone in his hut. Throughout your time with him, you’ll learn of his alcohol addiction and help him overcome this while helping him with his yard. He will make you a special ranged weapon at the end of every rank and will sell his wooden models of guns.

Upright - Soul-searching, introspection, being alone, inner guidance

Reversed - Isolation, loneliness, withdrawal

Confidant Ranks

1 - Opens gun sales to you

2 - Increases the amount of weapons for sale

3 - Allows you to make your own weapons

5 - Decreases money for weapons

6 - Increases the amount of ammo

8 - Increases amount of weapons

9 - Allows you to craft higher level weapons

10 - Decreases money for weapons

The Fortune Arcana - Mizuki Kazama will be available after some time is spent in the hospital. During her social link, you’ll be acting as a volunteer in the hospital and you’ll be spending time with Mizuki as she goes through chemo for her cancer and comes to terms with her deadly illness. You’ll inspire her to not give up hope by the end and try to live her life again. She is not a romantic social link. 

Upright - Good luck, karma, life cycles, destiny, a turning point

Reversed - Bad luck, resistance to change, breaking cycles

Confidant Ranks

1 - Allows you to swap current party with backup members during MC’s turn.

3 - Chance for a follow-up by a backup member if MC downs an enemy.

5 - Allows you to attempt to escape, even when surrounded by the enemy.

7 - Earn double money if a battle is won in one turn after a successful ambush.

8 - Decreases turn delay to zero, allowing you to instantly escape battle.

10 - Allows you to swap current party with backup members during anyone’s turn

The Justice Arcana - You’ll meet Dr. Ren Ueda shortly into the beginning of the story, as he’ll be the one to examine the MC and their family for symptoms of the virus. With the MC being the only one that’s clean, he jokingly asks if you’d like to do some volunteer work around the hospital since they’re severely understaffed. His first link will be available the first time you volunteer at the hospital. The biggest plot to his link is trying to find a cure for the virus. Throughout his social link, you will learn how he lost his right arm and how he learned to live without it and despite its loss is still a good doctor. Sadly, there’s probably some dark secret he’s trying to hide. 

Upright - Justice, fairness, truth, cause and effect, law

Reversed - Unfairness, lack of accountability, dishonesty

Confidant Ranks

1 - Will give you healing items under the pretense of you handing them out to your family

3 - Increases the selection of healing items he’ll give you

5 - Adds more healing items to the selection

7 - Adds support items to the inventory at the selection.

9 - Decreases the price for all items sold at the selection.

10 - Increase the selection of revival items at the selection.

The Hanged Man Arcana - Masahiko Oshiro is a transfer student sent to this grimy, rural town by his father after his greed and arrogance get the better of him. At first, the only one he has any sort of good opinion of will be the MC, as they are from the city too. Sayaka is too… wild for him to like even though she’s also a city kid. Masahiko will be very quickly affected by the virus spreading throughout the town and will almost succumb to it… but instead awakens his Persona and becomes the fourth to join the team. He is a second year. He’ll be the team’s navigator throughout the rest of the playthrough. Throughout his social link, you will open his eyes to the fact that all people deserve respect and that the world these people in the town live in isn’t so bad, even if it’s neither rich nor glamorous. He will be a romantic option, though will struggle to admit his feels if the MC is male.

Persona: Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld and wealth

Skills: Navigation

 Upright - Pause, surrender, letting go, new perspectives

Reversed - Delays, resistance, stalling, indecision

Confidant Ranks

1 - Chance to cast Kaja or party-healing magic during battle.

3 - Chance to instantly Hold Up enemies when starting a battle.

4 - Moral Support may now Charge or recover SP.

5 - Chance to revive search objects in the area after battle

6 - Harrison Recovery: Change to cure party ailments

8 - Chance to swap current party with backups when two or more people are KO’d.

9 - Protect: Change to guard MC from a fatal attack

10 - Transforms his Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Death Arcana - Miyako Fujimori will be the second female party member added to your team after Sayaka. She will be depressed and have almost succumbed to the virus and take her own life. She is a second year. Throughout her social link, you will help her come to terms with her depression, what caused it, and help her look into healthy ways of dealing with it with the end goal of getting better. She will be a romantic option.

Persona: Osias

Skills: Curse, ailment

Melee: Sais

Ranged: Throwing knives

Upright - Endings, change, transformation, transition

Reversed - Resistance to change, personal transformation, inner purging

Confidant Ranks

1 - Baton Pass: Allows Miyako use Baton Pass

2 - Follow Up: Allows Miyako to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

3 - Heart-to-Heart: Allows Miyako to step in when a Shadow Negotiation fails.

4 - Fearful Expression: A chance to go directly into an All Out Attack after a successful ambush

5 - Extends the reach to jump into an ambush

6 - Harrison Recovery: Allows Miyako to cure party ailments

7 - Chance to instantly win a battle after a successful ambush.

8 - Endure: The chance to survive a fatal attack with 1 HP remaining

9 - Protect: The chance to sheild MC from a fatal attack

10 - Transforms her Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Temperance Arcana - Hiroko Ikeda’s social link will be available after you work for her three times. It will quickly become evident that she’s got dementia and can’t really remember things. She’ll never remember your name, and instead call you by the name of one of her grandchildren. However, she’ll eventually admit that she’s lost so many memories of her family since they stopped visiting her while witing for her to die, and now the only person she truly remembers is you.

Upright - Balance, moderation, patience, purpose

Reversed - Imbalance, excess, self-healing, re-alignment

Confidant Ranks

1 - Allows you to grow and harvest vegetables in her garden

3 - Unknown

4 - Increase how many crops you’ll get from a single harvest

6 - Doubles the amount of land you can use to grow vegetables

8 - Decrease the amount of time it takes to cultivate vegetables

9 - Unknown

10 - Unknown

The Devil Arcana - Jun Sanada will be the next to join the party after Hoshiko. You will first meet him while he’s hitting on Hoshiko about a week after her dungeon crawl, and gets violent when she rejects him. You’ll step in the way of his hit while the others tell him off (seeing as the MC’s are generally quiet and all). You will get the chance to help him work through his anger issues and learn appropriate responses to things as you go through his link. At rank nine, you will accompany him as he apologizes to Hoshiko along with other women and people he has wronged along the way of learning to be better. At the end of this rank, he will become available as a romantic partner, though like Masahiko, will struggle with admitting his feelings if the MC is a male. His initial persona is Lyssa, and he will use electric and almighty spells. 

Upright - Shadow self, attachment, addiction, restriction, sexuality

Reversed - Releasing limiting beliefs, exploring dark thoughts, detachment

Confidant Ranks

1 - Baton Pass: Allows Jun to use Baton Pass

2 - Follow Up: Allows Jun to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

3 - Passive Aggression: Allows Jun to step in when a Shadow Negotiation fails.

4 - Unknown

5 - Unknown

6 - Harrison Recovery

7 - Unknown

8 - Endure

9 - Protect

10 - Transforms his Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Tower Arcana - Yūdai Shinoda is a third year and will be join the party immediately after Sayaka. He will be hesitant to join at first, because it’s a lot of work he just doesn’t want to do. But he will eventually agree, and become part of the party. Throughout his social link, he will try different things to lose weight in order to be a better fit for the party. However, none of them will work. He comes to admit that he just likes food. Likes eating it, likes cooking it, he just likes it. By the end, he makes the decision to becomes a chef. He will be your first male romanic option. His initial Persona will be Hidaru-gami, and he will use debuff and nuclear spells.

Upright - Sudden change, upheaval, chaos, revelation, awakening

Reversed - Personal transformation, fear of change, averting disaster

Confidant Ranks

1 - Home Meal: Teachss MC to cook a meal that will slightly recover HP

2 - Baton Pass: Allows Yūdai to use Baton Pass

3 - Follow Up: Allows Yūdai to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

4 - Reknown Chef: Teaches MC to cook a meal that will moderately recover HP

5 - Peace Offering: Allows Yūdai to step in when a Shadow Negotiation fails

6 - Harrison Recovery: Allows Yūdai to cure party ailments

7 - Culinary Genius: Teaches MC to cook a meal that will fully recover HP

8 - Endure: A chance to survive a fatal attack with 1 HP remaining

9 - Protect: A chance to protect MC from a fatal attack

10 - Transforms his Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Star Arcana - Hoshiko Akiyama is a first year student and will join the party after Masahiko. She suffers from extreme social anxiety and will hardly be able to say a word to anyone outside of the MC for some time. The bright red of her hair often subjects her to bullying, and is part of the reason for her anxiety. Besides this, she is kind and this kindness is often used but never repaid, which leads her to become hateful, something you will have to help her overcome. Through her social link, you will help her obtain the confidence to stand up for herself and no longer be treated as inferior. She is a romantic option. She will be the first (perhaps only) to mention in the main storyline (outside of confidant links) that she likes both boys and girls.

Persona: Cerberus

Skills: Physic

Melee: Dagger

Ranged: Sniper Rifle

Upright - Hope, faith, purpose, renewal, spirituality

Reverse - Lack of faith, despair, self-trust, disconnection

Confidant Ranks

1 - Scanner: Allows Hoshiko to scan and print simple skill cards to duplicate them.

2 - Baton Pass: Allows Hoshiko to use Baton Pass

3 - Follow Up: Allows Hoshiko to use a Follow Up Attack if MC doesn’t down the enemy

4 - Breathing Exercise: Allows Hoshiko to step in when a Shadow Negotiation fails

5 - Printer: Allows Hoshiko to scan and print adept skill cards to duplicate them.

6 - Harrison Recovery: Allows Hoshiko to cure party ailments

7 - 3D: Allows Hoshiko to scan and print master skills cards to duplicate them.

8 - Endure: A chance to survive a fatal attack with 1 HP remaining

9 - Protect: A chance to sheild MC from a a fatal attack

10 - Transforms Hoshiko’s Persona into a Mythological Fighter

The Sun & Moon Arcanas - The Sun and Moon arcanas will effectively act as two different social links, and both will be datable options. However, as you will discover after reaching the sixth rank of both, they are efficiently the same person. Rather, the same body. The Sun Arcana, Natsuki Yamauchi, will be the first you meet as a classmate and member of the theater troupe you can join in town. The Moon Arcana, Yota Sonohoka, will be meetable after Natsuki’s first rank. Throughout their social links, you’ll discover that they have DID, dissociative identity disorder, that came from Natsuki’s abuse when she was small. Throughout it, the MC will help them learn to accept one another and coexist. Both are separately romanceable, and if you so chose to date them both, one or the other will come out during romantic outings with a possibility of them fighting for your attention.

Moon

Upright - Illusion, fear, anxiety, subconscious, intuition

Reversed - Release of fear, repressed emotion, inner confusion

 Confidant Ranks

1 - 10 Unknown

 Sun

Upright - Positivity, fun, warmth, success, vitality

Reversed - Inner child, feeling down, overly optimistic

Confidant Ranks

1 - 10 Unknown

The Judgement Arcana - Sayuri Shimizu is a young girl in elementary school who is blind. She has a seeing eye dog named Momo that leads her around. She’s only got Momo and and older sibling that takes care of her, both parents having been taken by the virus some time ago. She tries to be strong, but she can tell how much stress she’s putting her sibling under, trying to take care of and accommodate her on top of working several different jobs. Though she can’t see Avis, she can hear her, and thinks she’s just another human. 

Upright - Judgement, rebirth, inner calling, absolution

Reversed - Self-doubt, inner critic, ignoring the call

Confidant Ranks

1 - 10 Unknown

The World Arcana - The Plague will act as the main villain for this game and will exclusively be seen in the other world and in the MC’s nightmares. He looks like a Plague Doctor, and acts as though he’s doing something good, though treats the town like his own personal playing ground and somewhere to conduct his research. He has an immense, almost obsessed, fascination with the MC, the only one who seems perfectly immune to his virus. 

Upright - Completion, integration, accomplishment, travel

Reversed - Seeking personal closure, short-cuts, delays

 Characters without Arcana

Teachers - Mr. Hayashi (Homeroom), Ms. Kita (Social Studies), Ms. Maki (Science), Mr. Nakamura (Math)

Kyo Shimizu - Sayuri’s older sibling who works endless hours. Will be met during Sayuri’s route, and will apologize, needlessly, for Sayuri bothering the player. 

Hana-chan - A very pretty second year at the high school. Unfortunately, she’s a right bitch and one of Hoshiko’s bullies. 

Asuka Himura - An old classmate of Akemi’s who also goes to university. She seems polite enough, but made some snide, pointed, and extremely rude comments about Akemi that really put her down. “Oh my, Sonoda-chan, you’ve really lost weight! You’re not fat and stupid anymore! Well, maybe not fat.” Also a bitch.

Ryūnosuke Oshiro - The father of Masahiko. He’s hot-headed, stubborn, and it’s easy to see where Masahiko got his entitled streak. He shows up just as Masahiko starts enjoying his time in the country (and feelings are evidently being felt) and intends to fuck everything up. 

Lucius/Gilbert - He will be the Velvet Room attendant this time around. He’s anything but serious, and a total flirt. He will unabashedly flirt with the MC no matter the gender every time they enter the Velvet Room. When they first wake up in the Velvet Room, the MC will be woken by a kiss, to which he will teasingly ask if it was their first. I just haven’t decided on a name.

Tomomi Miyamoto - A fellow student who offers to walk the MC to school that first day. He is the second death because of the virus, and what sets the MC off to go battle the Shadows of the Plague. He is also a good friend of Natuski and Miyako. It’s implied in either Natsuki’s or Yato’s links that he was the only other one to know that Natsuki and Yato are one in the same.

Plot/Playthrough

The first cutscene of the game will start off with a flashforward/nightmare. It’s in the other world, at the edge of a cliff. Everything is painted in blacks and dark greens and is completely in ruin. A large, panning shot shows this all off. The view tilts up to look away from the edge of the cliff and The Plague comes to a stand still, appearing smug as all fuck (though his face is hidden behind his mask). He will mock the person across from him, asking if this was what they desired, if they were happy with their work. He certainly is. After all, they are the cause of all this. The camera will shift, and all that’s seen is the back of the MC, merely a black shadow in the darkness.

And then the MC wakes up on the bus. 

Scenery passes by as it’s shown the only two people on the bus are the MC and the bus driver, and passing farm fields. 

The bus will quickly come to a stop and the MC gets off on the bus stop. They look at their phone, a message telling them to wait there to be picked up. So they sit, and they wait. And they wait. And it’s dark before a car pulls up and the window rolls down. Yuuki pokes his head out and calls for the MC to get in.

Not a lot is discussed on the way to the house, just Yuuki explaining that he had to go to set up at the school before the semester started and din’t get finished until late, and also him reprimanding the MC for not trying to contact him when it started getting too late. 

Once at the house, you’ll meet Haruka and Shinju, both trying a little too hard to welcome you into the house. The next morning, Yuuki will take you to the school to meet the other teachers and get signed up. This is where you’ll input your chosen name.

After you’re freed from your father while he finishes things up, you’ll meet Tomomi Miyamoto, a neighbor. He is in the theater club and happy-go-lucky. After a while of talking and Tomomi showing you around the school, your father will drop the two of you off back home, and Tomomi promises to make sure you get to school alright the next day. 

He does so the next morning. Drops you off at your classroom before heading to his own. Introductions are made and blah blah blah. At lunch you’re assaulted by Sayaka Ito, a girl who sits close to you in class. She says that you’re lucky to have gotten the protagonist seat and blah blah blah. And because of certain seating arrangements, she’s totally supposed to be your best friend. She also points out that due to anime seating arrangements, Yūdai Shinoda is supposed to be your love interest, but the reasons for why that likely won’t hold up will differ from gender to gender. (If you’re a guy, it will be stated it’s because you’re both boys, but you’ll have the option to say you’re into men too)

Anyway, now that the day’s over, you’ll go home with Tomomi. Once Yuuki and Shinju come home, Haruka will talk about the news she heard that day while she was cleaning. The virus going around the town seems to have doubled overnight. It slightly worries Haruka at the quick spread, but Yuuki isn’t bothered, saying that the virus has been around for years and if nothing, it’s only making the people of the town more immune and stronger for it. Haruka relents, but still reminds Yuuki to wear his face mask when he goes out because of his weak immune system in the first place.

The next day, the whole town is abuzz with the news that an old lady died. She suddenly got very sick, symptoms of the virus harsher than ever, but no one really minds too much. After all, she was old, and it couldn’t be the sickness. No one’s died from it before. She was going to die soon anyway.

As the MC and Tomomi walk to school together, everything seems to darken, like a cloud passes over the sun blots out the light. Everyone looks like nothing more than still-frame shadows, a bright green orb floating over their chests. The MC looks over to Tomomi and sees that his is tinged in black, and vine like tendrils are reaching for the center of the orb. 

Tomomi shakes MC out of the daze and everything goes back to normal. He smiles at the MC before coughing but claiming he’s fine, he just forgot his face mask. He tells the MC they’ll need to get one too, because they’re ‘the fashion accessory of the country.’ 

Sayaka meets MC in the classroom and the day goes forward as school would… save for the fact that Yūdai has the same blackened orb as Tomomi. After school, Sayaka drags MC out to town for treats and points out several different places to hang out. The Mom-and-Pop Shop that acts as a burger joint, cafe, and icecream parlor. The antique shop. The music store. The bookshop. The dojo. 

Then Sayaka drags the MC to the forest and off the beaten path with the intent of showing them her favorite place. Unfortunately, her short cut gets them lost. Fortunately, the MC is apparently attracted by pretty things and follows a glowing blue butterfly that leads them to a magnificent waterfall (which Sayaka now proclaims that this is her favorite spot). 

The butterfly leads them down a path to under the waterfall. In the cave is ten doors of all different colors. Red, blue, purple, green, white, yellow, pink, black, gold, and silver (not necessarily in that order). There is also a large round table with eight seats around it in the middle of the cave.

The butterfly flies through one of the doors (any but the blue and black will do) and it swings open. The other side of the door will be… something very, very strange. It will act as this game’s “Palace.” 

They go in, end up confronting The Plague, who is in the middle of doing something… sinister. They barely make it out alive, only doing so through pure luck and the MC awakening their first Persona. But they have no clue what happened, and it’s confusing as fuck, and it’s kinda just agreed that they’re not going to talk to anyone about it. So they part ways and go home. 

In another scene, we see Tomomi start coughing and choking and nothing is able to help. He pulls his hands away from his mouth, and they are absolutely covered in blood. He collapses on the ground as people shout around him. But it’s too late. The next morning, the MC will receive the news that Tomomi is dead.

But first, they will dream.

They’ll be woken up by a kiss to this dream world, Igor’s assistant giggling and backing away to go stand by Igor, who sits behind a desk to the far side of the room. The MC will sit up, only to find themselves in a hospital bed and in hospital clothes and hooked up to an IV. Confusion may be expressed at this point. 

Igor goes on to explain the Velvet Room and everything and such, and how he didn't expect there to be another visitor so soon. He’s a cryptid as ever, but explains that The Plague will be a deadly force if he’s allowed to continue, and he requests the player to stop him, now that the MC has awoken their Persona. No matter if you say yes or no, the game will continue. The Velvet Room dream ends with Igor’s assistant blowing you a kiss and a wink and a key in the MC’s hand.

The next morning, everyone receives the news that Tomoni died in the hospital last night, due to the virus in town. Sayaka will drag you back to the waterfall from the day before, claiming that the thing The Plague was messing with before looked like Tomomi. She wants to go back and figure out why. 

So you do, shit happens, Sayaka awakens her own Persona so you’re not fighting alone anymore. This will also be the day you meet an injured Avis and discover a shape that looks like Yūdai. Avis will not fight, but she will help guide you in the coming fight and out of the door. 

Explanations will be made about the The Plague, you’ll investigate the doors and the cave and find that the black door has eight key holes, and is extremely locked. So in there is where Avis needs to go. Like, desperately. Doesn’t know what’s beyond it, only that that’s where The Plague makes his base, and it needs to go. So the MC and Sayaka agree to go and try to find the keys to open the door.

Shit happens, as it does, with Sayaka talking to you during class and within earshot of Yūdai (about him) and the Shadow and his corrupted core (that she can now see due to her awakened Persona). They gotta save him, she says, so what happened to Tomomi doesn’t happen to him. He overhears, ends up going after them to figure out what’s going on. 

And I’ll end this here because you don’t want the entire thing in one post, do you?

If people are interested, I’ll even make a part 2. (Edit: Guess what? I made a Part 2)

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白銀薔薇奇譚 translation

Artist: 妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku; Fairy Empire)

Song: 白銀薔薇奇譚 (Shirogane Bara Kitan; Mysterious Story of Silver Roses)

Album: SHADOW CORPS[e]

Year: 2015

枯れた庭の隅蝶を追いかける 黒い猫と白銀(しろがね)瞳の少女

Kareta niwa no sumi chou wo oikakeru

Kuroi neko to Shirogane Hitomi no shoujo

In the corner of a withered garden, chasing a butterfly,

are a black cat and a girl with silver eyes 蜜を探し疲れ羽を癒やしに 舞い降りた蔦の這う屋敷の窓

Mitsu wo sagashi tsukare hane wo iyashi ni

Maiorita tsuta no hau yashiki no mado

With its wings tired from searching for nectar

It landed between the crawling ivy on the mansion’s window 灯りの消えた薄暗い部屋 薔薇が落ちていた

Akari no kieta usugurai heya

Bara ga ochite ita

Light had disappeared from the dim room

A rose fell 遊び疲れ　少女と猫は 屋敷に戻り 母親の姿を探せど 嗚呼、何処にも居ない

Asobi tsukare shoujo to neko wa

Yashiki ni modori

Hahaoya no sugata wo sagasedo

Aa, doko ni mo inai

Tired from playing, the girl and the cat

went back to the mansion

They looked for mother

Ah, she doesn’t seem to be anywhere

 火の気のない暖炉のそばで

疲れてる眠る少女 猫が悲しそうに鳴いた

Hinoke no nai danro no soba de

Tsukare teru nemuru shoujo

Neko ga kanashi-sou ni naita

Next to the cold fireplace

The girl fell asleep

The cat cries a sad song ある日少女と猫はついに見つけた 屋敷の奥錆びついた扉の部屋

Aru hi shoujo to neko wa tsui ni mitsuketa

Yashiki no oku sabitsuita tobira no heya

One day the girl and the cat coincidentally found

a room with a rusty door in the back of the mansion

蜘蛛の巣���揺れるフリル天蓋の ベッドに沈んで母親は寝ていた

Kumo no su ga yureru furiru tengai no

Beddo ni shizunde hahaoya wa nete ita

Sunk in the bed with ruffling spider webs on the canopy

The mother was sleeping 喜んだ少女駆け寄ると胸で 薔薇が枯れていた

Yorokonda shoujo kakeyoru to mune de

Bara ga karete ita

Overjoyed, the girl rushed to her chest

A rose withered ママどうしてお胸が赤いの ねぇ薔薇のよう ママわたしはお腹がすいたの ねぇ起きてよママ

Mama doushite wo mune ga akai no

Nee bara no you

Mama watashi wa onakagasuita no

Nee okite yo mama

Mama, why is your chest red?

Hey, it’s like a rose

Mama, I am a little hungry

Hey, wake up mama 少女の運命を嘆いて 母親は命絶った 猫が寂しそうに泣いた

Shoujo no unmei wo nageite

Hahaoya wa inochi tatta

Neko ga sabishi-sou ni naita

Mourning over the girl’s fate

The mother took her life

The cat cries a lonely song “絶望が生への執着を露呈させる 私は生きているの？　私は死んでいるの？ ここにいるのは本当の私？ 私は闇　私は光 私は風　私は誰 痛みだけが私の存在を証明する”

“Zetsubou ga sei e no shuuchaku wo rotei sa seru

Watashi wa ikite iru no? Watashi wa shinde iru no?

Koko ni iru no wa hontou no watashi?

Watashi wa yami Watashi wa hikari

Watashi wa kaze Watashi wa dare

Itami dake ga watashi no sonzai wo shoumei suru”

Now I know this, my obsession to live causes despair

Am I alive? Am I dead?

Is the real me here right now?

I am darkness, I am light, I am the wind

Who am I?

I only have this pain to prove my existence ママお庭に薔薇が咲いたわ ねぇ綺麗でしょ ママ私は独りじゃないわ ねぇ平気よママ

Mama wo niwa ni bara ga saita wa

Nee kirei desho

Mama watashi wa hitori janai wa

Nee heiki yo mama

Roses are blooming in mama’s garden

Hey, isn’t is beautiful?

Mama, I am not alone

Hey, it’s alright mama

 朽ちた屋敷永遠を生きる

少女のそばに 白銀(しろがね)の瞳を細めて 黒猫は寄り添って 甘えるように鳴いた

Kuchita yashiki eien wo ikiru

Shoujo no soba ni

Shirogane no hitomi wo hosomete

Kuro neko wa yorisotte

Amaeru you ni naita

Living in the rotting mansion for eternity,

next to the girl

Squinting its silver eyes

The cat snuggled up

Crying like a spoiled child

Translators’ Note:

When they first released the tracklist I just fell in love with the title. But the song really surprised me. Not in a bad way, tho. It just feels so different from their older songs. And that is what SHADOW CORPS[e] is about; A lot of new combined with a lot of old. If you know what i mean.

[forgetfulsubs]

Otome Games and Drama CDs ~ Summary for January 2017

Happy new year! Heres to 2017 being a good year for otome!

This list has CDs first then Games, all listed chronologically with short translated info/themes for each entry! links to animate, stellaworth and CD japan for buying

[Last month’s here] [Next Month TBA]

Image heavy post beneath cut!

Hello this list is basically just supposed to be a monthly release list, with info for english speaking fans if none is available 

Entries for already covered series/well known series will tend to be shorter / not covered series will be longer to hopefully get some interest in them !

This list does not have R18 CDs on it as dauriculaire already does a list just for those !

Ctrl F will help you if you’re looking for a specific voice actor

Tell me if I miss anything!

without further ado…

On the 6th

V.S☆Rhapsody!! Vol.2 レナード (leonard)

☆CV : Keitaro Fujitani ☆LABEL : Citrolarme ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆SUMMARY/THEMES :“Miracle music” that would be, mysterious sheets of music holding magic powers… apparently if someone is to play the music written down on them, their every wish can be granted

Searching for the “Miracle music” scattered in this world, from another world came the “secret society of evil (temporary name)” and various would-be heros, and… you who unexpectedly got caught up in their fight… and as it turns out you’re actually a pretty rare human who has the ability to read the “miracle music”…?” This volume stars Leonard who is, in summary, a chuunibyou

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

On the 18th

「√HAPPY+SUGAR=VACATION」 4th 宙 (sora)

☆CV : Yūki Kaji ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : The second sequel / third season of Happy Sugar Darlin, this time it features the going on the titular vacation with the characters, In this one you go to New York with Sora

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「Dance with Devils-EverSweet- 」 Vol.4 シキ (shiki)

☆CV : Daisuke Hirakawa ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : Drama CD series for Dance with devils, takes place after you start dating the starring guy, in the CD he gets cursed so “If he doesn’t get love everyday… he dies?!”

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「クリミナーレ！X」Vol.4 ルチア Criminale!X vol.4 Lucia

☆CV : Takashi Kondō ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY :Mafia, The third season of Criminale, following CriminaleF

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

ミッドナイトキョンシー 天頂遊戯 第参ノ封印 Midnight Jiangshi ~ Tenchou Yuugi ~ Third Seal

☆CV : Ryōhei Kimura ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : Bloodsucking, youkai, Sequel to the original midnight jiangshi series, it’s about… Jiangshis

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「ディア♥ヴォーカリスト Riot」 エントリーNo.4モモチ “Dear♥Vocalist Riot” Entry no.4 momochi

☆CV : Toshiyuki Toyonaga ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : idols, music, Sequel to the dear vocalist series, here they have to put on a successful full house live show together… Or be broken up… The cd has 2 music tracks and 3 situation tracks

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

新撰組暁風録 勿忘草  第拾巻 Shinsengumi Gyoufu-roku Wasurenagusa volume ten

☆CV : Daisuke Hirakawa ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : A series that probably needs no introduction, Shinsengumi, pain and sadness this is the 4th(?) season of this series, an info post about it in general can be found here

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

明治吸血奇譚 月夜叉 紅 睦月の巻 レイガ Meiji Kyuuketsuki Kitan “Tsukiyasha kurenai” jan volume Reiga

☆CV : Hiro Shimono ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : Bloodsucking, meiji/history, Sequel to Tsukiyasha, later volumes have new characters! the volumes are numbered by the lunar calendar as opposed to… numbers interestingly

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

永遠花火～一途な想い、導く光～ -ACTORS ANOTHER SIDE- Eien Hanabi ~ Ichizu na omoi, Michibiku Hikari~

☆CV : Takuya Satou ☆LABEL : Exittunes ☆PRICE : 2100yen ☆INFO/THEMES : Actors is a drama cd series with situations based on vocaloid songs (wow something I have expertise in) this one is based on eien hanabi 

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

悠久のティアブレイド -Lost Chronicle-ドラマCD Happy Birthday [EVE] yuukyuu no tierblade -lost chronicle- drama CD Happy Birthday [EVE]

☆CV : Takuma Terashima, Kaito Ishikawa, Takashi Kondō, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tetsuya Kakihara ☆LABEL : otomate ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : Drama cd for the game yuukyuu no tierblade lost chronicle

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

On the 25th

恋色始標 FILM.1 小鳥遊 聖 Koiiroshihyou Film 1 Takanashi Hijiri

☆CV : Tomoaki Maeno ☆LABEL : Otomate ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : Sweet love story, “being dyed in his colour of love” this one features the school “prince” Hijiri!

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

RUNLIMIT ―CASE1 片桐 連―

☆CV : Kaito Ishikawa ☆LABEL : Otomate ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : Set in 2045, the goverment has began an experiment “runlimit” -- intended to remove human need for rest. You were randomly selected as a test subject but your 6 childhood friends join instead to protect you.... Runlimit ended up being called one of “histories worst experiments” the test subjects would lose their minds when night fell, and eventually die; with a “time limit”.

5 years later, you, now a supervisor of the project obtain a medicine to stop it...

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

渇望メソッド、梟は夜に哭く 一ノ仔 染谷 泉

☆CV : Tetsuya Kakihara ☆LABEL : Otomate ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : Sequel to the original Katsubou Method, I wouldn’t trust the cover

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「グリム街の王子様」 第四夜 スリーピ “Grimm no Oujisama” 4th Night Sleepy

☆CV : Yūto Uemura ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : inspired by the Grimm fairytales “in the town of Grimm, there’s a strange rumor that the fairy tale princes are living there. You meet them, and in the world of fairy tales, fall into a dangerous love… What should you do to awaken from this nightmare…?” 

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「CHU♥LDK」 Vol.4 氷真 Hyoma

☆CV : Takuya Eguchi ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES :Living alone for the first time, Due to certain circumstances, you end up staying under the same roof as one of the guys from your neighbourhood~  “Situation CD about staying over at his house♥”

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「THANATOS NiGHT」 Vol.3 オリバー (oliver)

☆CV : Morikubo Shoutaro (ooomg I didn’t notice he was in this) ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : About fallen angels’ feast -Gig-, it has a large focus on the music aspect and is supposed to stimulate your senses~

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「大正黒華族」 第三章 ルリヤ “Taishou Kuro Kazoku” Third act Ruriya

☆CV : Daisuke Kishio ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : Kemonomini, Taisho, Sad… For recuperation you, the daughter of a Zaibatsu family end up moving to “Shirayuri Estate” there, you meet 6 youths and end up “rearing” them…

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

「シアボイス-Rich Tropical-」 Vol.4 ユマ Cia Voice -RichTropical- Vol.3 Yuma

☆CV : Sōichirō Hoshi ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : Iyashi, “whisper CD”, “Situation CD where he heals you, tired, with a sweet voice~”

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

世風靡-逆転大奥恋絵巻- 第四幕 辰巳 Isseifuubi-Gyakuten Ōoku Koi Emaki- 4th Act tatsumi

☆CV : Tomoaki Maeno ☆LABEL : Rejet ☆PRICE : 2000yen ☆INFO/THEMES : “Situation CD about near drowning in love with a first rate handsome man” (oh my), set in the Edo period in the Ōoku

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

幻妖綺~狼ノ宝モノ～ Genyouki ~the wolf’s treasure

☆CV : Maeno Tomoaki ☆LABEL : Team entertainment ☆PRICE : 2000yen + tax ☆INFO/THEMES : Genyouki a fairly long lasting series about boys who turn into youkai, this one starts a wolf/ookami a returning character in the genyouki series. This was on last month's list as well, but turns out it got delayed late in december :(

Official website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

On the 27th

『壁ドン！ SONG♪』シリーズ9th Kabe-don song - series 9th

☆CV : Kazuyuki Okitsu ☆LABEL : Iris Quartz ☆PRICE : 2200yen ☆THEMES/SUMMARY : KABE-DON, CD has 2 situation tracks and 3 song tracks (one is an instrumental)

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

On the 31st

翼の十字軍 ～【好き】を言えない世界で【好き】を～ Tsubasa no Crusades ~ suki o ienai sekai de suki o

☆CV : Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yoshinobu Sena ☆LABEL : CUCURI ☆PRICE : 1800yen ☆SUMMARY/THEMES : Spinoff CD for the manga of the same name, set in a world where romance is outlawed for everyone between the ages of 6-18. The subtitle translates to "saying "I love you" in a world where you can't say "I love you"

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

Games

On the 19th

花朧 ～戦国伝乱奇～ Hana Oboro ~Sengoku-den Ranki~

☆CVS : Shintarō Asanuma, Kishō Taniyama, Hiro Shimono, Takahiro Sakurai, Daisuke Namikawa ☆LABEL : Otomate ☆PLATFORM : PSvita ☆INFO/THEMES : Historical, Fantasy, Vndb can be found here!

*both a regular (通常版) and limited edition (限定版) are both available

Official Website | Animate | Stellaworth | CD JAPAN

[avytranslates]

空と鳥と天使の少女 en translation

“The sky, birds, and the angelic girl“

so i’m not so sure on some of these lines but i really like this song here is the nicovideo link at sm29714324

idk about that title either so rip im rusty

working on translyrics but i’m not done yet

瞬きをする間にもう 夜は過ぎ去ってく 白い髪がなびいたら 静かに腰掛けた mabataki o suru ma ni mou yoru wa sugisatteku shiroi kami ga nabiitara shizuka ni hoshikaketa Before you could even blink, the night passes away As white hair fluttered in the wind, I sat quietly.

鳥とともに舞うのは 人が込めた願い Tori to tomo ni mau no wa hito ga kometa negai As they danced with the birds, they made a wish

鮮やかに煙る朝は 悲しみを癒すでしょう 数えきれない想いが 私の頬を撫でて 新しい道を繋ぐ Azayaka ni kemuru asa wa kanashimi o iyasu deshou Kazoekirenai omoi ga watashi no hoho o nadete Atarashii michi o tsunagu The brilliant, smoky morning will heal our sorrows Countless feelings stroke along my cheeks Connecting a new path

私には翼がない 空を飛ばないように 私には行き場がない 汚れに触れないように Watashi ni wa tsubasa ga nai sora o tobanai you ni Watashi ni wa yukiba ga nai kegare ni furenai you ni Since I do not have wings, I cannot fly in the sky Since I don't have a place to go, nobody would touch this filthy me ((any help on this line??))

世界の悲しみを 癒し紡ぐ天使 Sekai no kanashimi o iyashi tsumugu tenshi The world's sorrows shall be healed by the angel

彼方を映した光 どこまでも続く空 果てしない時の上で 私は何を願う この雲の上一人で Kanata o utsushita hikari doko made mo tsudzuku sora Hateshinai toki no ue de watashi wa nani o negau The reflected light from beyond shall last to the ends of the skies Up above with endless time, what shall I wish for? On this cloud alone

指先で鳴らす 独り言のような音 届くかな ここにいる 私はここに Yubisaki de nurasu hitorigoto no you na ne Todoku kana koko ni iru watashi wa koko ni Resounding on my fingertips is a sound like a soliloquy I wonder if it shall reach, that I am here, I am here.

何も映さない瞳 透き通るような肌 想いが照らす世界が 悲しみに満ちてても Nanimo utsusanai hitomi sukitooru you na hada Omoi ga terasu sekai ga kanashimi ni michite temo In these eyes that don't reflect anything, with this skin that seems to be transparent My feelings shine upon the world even with its sorrows

羽ばたいた鳥の羽根に 喜びを放つのさ それが私の幸せと 信じて目を閉じるよ この空の上一人で 新しい道を繋ぐ Habataita tori no hane ni yorokobi o hanatsu no sa Sore ga watashi no shiawase to shinjite me o tojiru yo On the wings of flying birds, I shall deliver joy Because I believe that is my happiness, I close my eyes Up above the sky alone, I shall connect this new path

[carsinoska]

Vision -誓約の閉回路 桎梏の乙女-

Album: Vision -Seiyaku no Heikairo  Shikkoku no Otome- Artist: Shoujo Byou

Fujun Futou Distortion

fujun futou no kiri ni kyosuu wo kazoeta   sakuiteki ni aozameta koe hajimaru kono monogatari wa   aru shoujo ga mita Vision————

shoujo ga umare motta sono hitomi wa   rei no sugata made mo toraeru koto ga dekita shoujo wa ten kara   amata no shisha no kotoba sae kikitoru mimi wo sazukatta

hitorikiri kakuri sareru you ni mura kara hanare tatazumu <<palace>> teire mo mama naranu yakata wa   fukai kiri ga ooi subete wo kyozetsu shite

Verdict of Guilty   rifujin ni shinpan wa kudasareta hosoi hitei no kowane wa korosarete Not Guilty   daremo rikai shite wa kurenai   tada ikite iru dake nanoni

"akuryou tsuki” to yobarete kirawarete hayari yamai mo tensai mo   shoujo no sei de okita to nonoshirare tsumi wo oshitsukerarete iku hibi…

soredemo shoujo wa nani ga atte mo   hitobito wo urami mo nikumi mo shinakatta

osanai koro   ima no you ni gokai wo sarete shimau made wa zutto futsuu no ko mitai ni sesshite ite kureteta koto wo wasurete inai kara————

Verdict of Guilty   fui ni shinpan wa kudasareta negau kokoro no sakebi wa todokazu ni Not Guilty   daremo furimuite wa kurenai   ikite itai dake nanoni

samayoi madoi mayoi otozureru no wa   kono yo ni miren aru mugaina rei dake nayami wo imi wo tsumi wo uketomete   meikai e yasashiku okuridasu

tomodachi no inai shoujo “Kuuderika” wa kurikaesu chiisana soushitsu wo   ah...   tomedonaku itsuka wa karera mo   kono basho kara kanarazu tabidatte iku no dakara

"zutto isshoni wa irarenai……. wakatteru" sabishisa wo ah... nomikonda keredo tama ni yume wo mite shimaunda dareka to tomo ni kurasu gensou wo   ushinatta ano hibi wo——————

Cemetery lure

All my friends are ghosts All my friends have lost their lives But they are my precious friends

I will see out their voice I urge them to make their choice One of the ghost says to her

"What do you like?" I adore my Mother who loved flowers and this village... I want to become like her who I respect "That makes it easier"

"All I saw, all I know I just wanted to let you know Look up the cemetery-colored sky Watch the black snow pile up high Yes, it looks like Hades...therefore... Won't you come with me?"

All my friends are lonely All my friends are wandering souls So I think that I've been here

I will grant their wishes I'll wish for their happiness One of the ghost says to her

"What is your wish?" To meet my Mother, and... To make lots of friends someday What can I do to grant my wish? "That makes it easier"

"All I saw, all I know I just wanted to let you know Look around the dense and white fog, and Watch the solitude rising high Yes, it looks like Hades...therefore... Won't you come with me?"

"Won't you come with me? Your beloved mother will be expecting you at any moment Would you play with me? Then, how glad I am! That makes it easier"

"All I saw, all I know I just wanted to let you know Look up the cemetery-colored sky Watch the black snow pile up high Yes, it looks like Hades...therefore... Do you hear me...?”

"All I saw, all I know I just wanted to let you know Look around the dense and white fog and Watch the solitude pile up high Yes, it looks like Hades...therefore... Oh, I beg you"

But she never nods She smiles lonesomely Then she said, "I'm, sorry...I can't go with you... Good bye my friends..."

Noir Embryo

mura hazure ni tsudzuku   Rupinasu no michi sono oku ni tatazumu furui yakata ni wa

fushigina me wo motsu haha to ko ga kurashite odayaka ni sugiru jikan wo aishita

sono me wa kono yo ni nai sonzai wo utsushite samayou tamashii wo ukeireta jiai ni michita haha wa karera no koe ni mimi wo katamukete wa kokoro iyashi   soshite saigo ni wa ikubeki sekai e to okuridashita——————

soumeina kanojo ni   kogareta otoko ga ita saigen naku   kongen naki yokubou wa hatenaku kanawanu koi to shiru hodo ni "kobamu me mo koe mo aa… subete wo kono te ni shitai"

sono me wa kokuu no naka   kyouki no iro utsushi kokuhaku na shoukei tsunoraseru ware wo wasureta   kare wa mayou koto naku koukotsu to shite keiyaku wo kawasu   subete yokubou no tame… akuma e tamashii wo uriwatashita——————

futo totsuzen ni   haha no ashi ga motsureta kao wo yugamete   chikara naku hiza kara kuzure ochiru me wo mihiraite   mogaki aegu shikai no saki takaraka ni otoko ga waratte ita

sono me wa nanimokamo wo   tsumetaku mioroshite norowareta kotoba wo nagesuteru "tomo ni samenai   yume wo miyou ja nai ka?" yagate haha wa kono yo wo sari   musume no hitomi wa nigori mura wa are   noumu ga ooi kakushita——————

Shiawase no Kara no Tokashikata

shinkokyuushite ippo fumidasu   keredo kotoba wa kawasarezu shisen dake ga sakeru you ni   fushizen ni kawasareta

mura ni deru tabi ni yuuki wo furuu kedo   aite ni shite wa kurenai

tsunagu saki no nai ryoute de mizukara wo   tashikameru you ni dakishimeta kowakatta… jibun de jibun no sonzai wo shinjirare naku narisou de

kaimono no tame otozurete mo   meiwaku sou ni kowagarare shinamono dake oshitsukete wa   kiete hoshii to iu suburi

kyou mo kawarazu ni omoi ashidori de   sabishiku hitori kaeru'nda

keredomo shoujo wa   dore dake kurikaeshi kizutsukerarete utomarete mo itsudatte shita wa mukanai de   egao wo tayasazu   aruite——————

'doushite zu-tto waratte irareru no? tsuraku wa nai no?' to rei ni toware   shoujo wa kotaezu hohoende   sora wo aogu——————

"nakitaku naru hodo setsunai hi mo aru yo. sonna toki ni wa okaa-san no yuigon wo, me wo toji nandomo nandodemo hansuu suru'nda"

'shiawase no kara mo itami no nekko mo, egao ga ne, tokashite kureru yo' sono kotoba wo shinjite iru kara   waratte sono hi wo tada… machitsudzuketeru

Kokoro Shoku Aporia

kazoekirenu hodo no yoru wo koeta   kodoku no kabane owaranai aporia―――――

nandome no arashi darou mado wo tataku amaoto   hibiku raimei heya ni utsuri komu   <<silhouette>> wa itsumo hitorikiri kokoro made nijimu amatsubu

sonna aru yoru ni tobira tataku dareka no koe ga kikoeta yakata no mae ni wa   hitori no shounen ga teikan daita kao de tatazunde ita

shounen no nozomi wa "ningenrashii seikatsu" "kanaete wa kurenai darou ka?"

miezaru te ni   michibikarete iku you ni shoujo wa shounen wo ukeirete   hohoemi atta futatabi hajimatta dareka ga iru hibi kagami ni utsuru sugata ga   hitori da to shite mo donna sabishisa mo gomakaseta

nandome no tsukiyo darou kuttaku no nai <<Sesu>> no egao ga mitakute heya ni chirabatta   hon wo yonde kikaseru tabi ni mune ni tomotte iku nukumori

keredo aru yoru ni nomerikomu Kuu wo shinpai shita rei ga taekirenaku nari   futari no aida wo saegitte tamerai nagara sasayaita

"damasarete wa dame. genwaku ni higarenaide ――――――itsuka kaette kore naku naru yo?"

miezaru te ni   tsuyoku senaka wo osarete shoujo sae shiranai gekijou ni   karare sakenda "doushite sonna hidoi koto wo ieru no? anata ni nani ga wakaru no……!?"

osae kirezu ni hajiketa kanjou wa muon ni tada haguruma wo mawashite

kaze no taeta yakata ni mou hoka no rei wa konai tozasareta sekai ni futarikiri de "moshi kare ni kirawarete, mata hitori ni nattara……?" sono saki ga hidoku kowai…

miezaru te ni   karame torareteku you ni shoujo wa shounen ni izon shite   torawarete itta yumemita atatakana toki ga tsudzuku you ni kono mama sameru koto naku   nemuri tsudzukete itai――――――

Mugen Rensa no Boukyaku Jishou

utsukushii keikan nado   ima de wa miru kage sae nai kouhai ga jinshin ni oyobu koto wo tomeru shudan wa naku

koi kiri wa matataku ma ni   nibuku shikai wo kumorasete yomitorubeki shinjitsu wo ooi kakushite shimatta

ikiba no nai nikushimi to fuan no hokosaki wa subete   awarena shoujo ni mukerareta

ikiru koto ga tsumi nara   watashi sono mono ga muide muimide sonna kanashimi ga atte ii wakenai

mou jouzu ni waraenai   kore made wo hitei suru you de tsurai kedo egao ja norikirenai genjitsu mo aru to shitta――――

hidane ni natta jishou wa   zenrei no nai shi no yamai 'wazawai no genkyou dearu akuryou tsuki no, iya, akuma no iki no ne wo tomeru koto de fu no rensa mo konzetsu dekiru' sono mougen ni sugaru hodo   hitobito wa shousui shikitte…

Kuuderika wo akuma da to nonoshiri sagasu koetachi ga   satsui wo motte chikadzuita

'kimi ga akuma nanka ja nai koto wa ore ga shitteru. shinjiteru' shounen wa sukumu   shoujo e to sasayaku

koraete ita namida ga   sono kotoba de mou afuredeta hitori demo kamawanai   tomodachi ga dekita koto ga ureshikute

ikiru koto ga tsumi nara   watashi sono mono ga muide muimide sonna kanashimi ga atte ii wakenai

mou jouzu ni waraenai   kore made wo hitei suru you de tsurai kedo egao ja norikirenai   genjitsu mo aru to shitta――――――

Evil Flames

She's a victim Lost in a nightmare, in purgatory a long time ago She's a symptom The crossed truth has been wavering in a heat haze forever

But there's no one there to help her up People shout and curse her And there's no remorse or no redemption Like voice from abyss... Ringing

"Here she is" "Here is the heretic" "We should execute her right now!" All of them joined in to swell the chorus "Go! Kill her! Kill her! Burn all of her! Shout!!"

She's a puppet Lost in a nightmare, in a curse of envy by one ghost She's a symptom The village had follen into a serious state of decay... oh...

But there's no one there to help her up People say she's a sinner And there's no truth or no righteousness Like spiral staircase... wheeling

"Here She is" "Here is the devil" "How on earth can we restore those days?" They screamed madly with roaring flames "Go! Kill her! Kill her! Burn all of her! Shout!!"

But there's no one there to help her up People want to break her vision And there's no happiness or no bravery Like an ant lion's pit... falling

"Here she is" "Here is the heretic" "We should execute her right now!" All of them joined in to swell the chorus "Go! Kill her! Kill her! Burn all of her!"

"Here She is" "Here is the devil" "How on earth can we restore those days?" They screamed madly with roaring flames "Go! Kill her! Kill her! Kill! Burn!!"

Seiyaku no Heikairo   Shikkoku no Otome

moe ochiru zangai wo   houshin suru you ni tada nagamete ita shinjiyou to shite ita koto   nanimokamo ga matataku ma ni kaijin ni kisu

chiisana te ni yuiitsu tsunagi nokotta hikari wa kabau you ni shinjitsuite kite kureta kare dake

nomikomareru   yoru ni kurayami no soko ni utakata no you ni hakanaku kieru <<Vision>> umarete kuru koto mo   shi ni yuku koto mo kanarazu nanika no imi ga aru'nda

shoujo ga asu ni motte ikeru no wa   omoide to hikari dake

kanojo kara mienu you ni   shounen wa kao yugame waratte ita kyokou wo hagi totta sugata wa   otoko no rei to no keiyaku wo rikou suru akuma

naki haha ni mukerareta   ozomashii ano noroi wa hahaoya no subete wo tataki kowasu tame no mono de

te ni hairanai no nara kowashitai, nante kodomojimita wagamama ga unda <<Vision>> noroi no taishou wa   "kanojo no subete" aisuru Kuuderika mo fukumarete——————

koroshi wa shinai   tada jikkuri to kurayami e tsukiotosu

sono akuma wa   mizukara wo rei to katari   shoujo no kegare naki kokoro ni hairikonda kanojo wa torawarete ita   deguchi no nai <<Vision>> no naka ni

'mada owarase wa shinai. kore kara motto motto tanoshiku naru yo? kimi ga akuma na wakewanai. datte…… akuma wa―――――― ore no hou nanda'

nomikomareru   yoru ni kurayami no soko ni utakata no you ni hakanaku kieru <<Vision>> umarete kuru koto mo   shi ni yuku koto mo kanarazu nanika no imi ga aru'nda

gangu to shite no imi wo ataerare   tada Vision ni umore yuku

tsunagu hikari ga   kuroku hikatte iru koto ni mo kidzukazu ni――――――

[personaconcept]

Revisiting Social Links

"Art imitates art." YES. Irrefutable fact. Very few things these days are fully one's own creation. That being said, let's restructure a previous idea I had. With some context.

Lately, I recently bought a switch, and with it, Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It's a lovely game, I love the music, story, characters designs (could have done without the bits that reminded me too much of religious trauma and could have much more gay, but one step at a time). But what I especially loved was that the characters got to have relationships with each other outside of the main character or off screen scenes.

I would like it to be the same for Genesis. I wouldn't go as far as having full social links for every character, especially since some of them already have history with each other so relationships don't need established. But I'd like to give them each at least five ranks.

I hear in earlier Fire Emblem games, relationships between characters could be made and have an impact on story. The one who's wiki I looked into even had children appearing in game (I do not remember which game this was). Of course, Genesis doesn't take place over a period long enough for that to happen, but that's besides the point.

The point is: If I did go down this route, with the confidants also having social links with each other, where they are in your social link will influence the ones they have with others. And in turn, where they are in that social link will influence the main story. In subtle ways. For example, not doing a Masahiko/Miyako social link would have them at odds for the entirety of the story, but going all the way through it, they'd still make snide remarks at each other, but it would be more teasing and fond than otherwise.

Speaking of the end, some characters will have the opportunity to confess to other social links. Considering that everyone in the main team gets close to each other, anyone could reasonably end up with everyone. But some of the characters could end up with other social links instead. Using Miyako again, she could possibly end up with Natsuki or Yota. Instead of doing the Fire Emblem thing of "first come first serve" or "whoever has the highest rank", let me give you an example of what I'd do, because I think that'll get the point across best.

Let's say you go through Hoshiko and Shinju's confidant link. At the end Hoshiko confesses. Instead of an immediate answer, Shinju would ask for some time to think about it. Depending on when the rank was done (day or night), Shinju would either ask you later that day or the next what she should do. Depending on your answer of accept or don't accept, Shinju would respond to Hoshiko accordingly, and their final rank would change. with them becoming girlfriends or staying friends. And that would happen for all characters, unless one is already dating, in which case, the confession scene wouldn't happen at all, so there's no need for the question to be asked.

But I supposed this also begs the question of: how does the harem fit into all this? And, shocker, it doesn't. I was never fond of the harem idea anyway? Like, it kinda weirded me out. And the idea I had never really fit into the Persona style anyway, in my opinion, so, no harems. Poly is still possible, though. Once you get into a relationship, you're in that relationship, so you have to think carefully about that first. But you can join a couple who have already gotten together.

Realistically, I don't know how feasible this is, but I did like the idea of this. Of the characters growing closer to each other without outside influence… for the most part. You still get a degree of control in who dates who. Though it might come across as annoying for your team to consistently come asking you for relationship advice, think about the fact lots of characters don't come until later in the story. Sayaka and Yudai are the first two team members you meet. If a relationship just happens without your input, either you end up dating one of them or they'll probably end up with each other before you can get either of them ranked up with anyone else.

And before anyone disagrees with this idea, it would also give more screen time to characters who don't get a lot in the beginning because they come later. Imagine if they'd had this system in Persona 5 and Haru would have been able to be explore more thoroughly. Or Akechi or Futaba or Sojiro. Pick your poison, really.

But anyway, that's all for this rant, thanks for humoring me.

[personaconcept]

So, I've been thinking about the plain black masks I gave the team. I think I should probably think about getting different options for them. Thought I'd source out to what you guys think. I'd probably give each character just a few designs, two or three more for the main team. I'll get to side characters after a time.

But for now, let's start with our MCs! Don't know who I'm talking about? Well, follow the links and take a look, then come on back. I'll keep it simple for options, and probably keep them having identical masks, but tell me specifics if you'd like!

[personaconcept]

Was fucking around on the internet, found this group chat creator, decided to roll with it. This conversation was one I'd played around with some time ago.

I don't think I've revealed it before, but yes, their group would be called The Dásos Society! This is probably not how the conversation would go in story, hopefully getting to this point BEFORE Shinju, though not a guarantee. With each new character they would try a different name, but I think Masahiko would probably broach the idea of a society as soon as he was asked for an opinion.

[personaconcept]

Some of you celebrate Christmas, and I’m sure some of you don’t. Whatever you celebrate, I hope you have a happy holiday! Thank you so much for reading through and enduring my concept through this hard year, and I hope that in some way, I managed to put a smile on your faces.

Once again, a gigantic thank you to @ichigomaniac​ for doing such an amazing job, on this work and all of the previous ones. You’re an amazing artist.

I’ll end this here before I get too sappy. So Merry Christmas to all, and Happy Holidays to boot!

[personaconcept]

Persona 6 Master Post

I should point out that this is a secondary blog to my main tumblr, NightshadeDawn, and I originally posted these on my primary. I have no desire to go through the work of trying to get them all over here. All further posts on the matter will be on this tumblr.

Mechanics and Timeline

Part 1 - Entering the Game

Part 2 -  Yūdai‘s Dungeon

Part 3 - Miyako’s Dungeon

Part 4 - Masahiko’s Dungeon

Part 5 - Hoshiko’s Dungeon

Part 6 - Jun’s Dungeon

Part 7 - Shinju’s Dungeon

Part 8 - Sayaka’s Dungeon

Part 9 - The Final Battle

Characters

Female Protagonist

Male Protagonist

5 - Hierophant Card

8 - Strength Card

12 - Hanged Man Card

13 - Death Card

15 - Devil Card

16 - Tower Card

17 - Star Card

Maps

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Extras

Possible Layout

Main Character Outfits (+Menu)

Shitty Opening Animatic and Voice Headcanons

Music Playlist

Confidant Outfits

Confidant Information

[personaconcept]

Script Teaser

So I’ve mentioned several times how I’m WORKING on the script, but I don’t really have a lot to show for it, ya know? So I thought I could share little teasers of what I’ve got, just to prove that I’ve got ‘em. I’ve also got a bit of an announcement at the bottom, if you wanna look out for that.

Opening scene

You’ll notice throughout this that everything that pertains to the male MC is bolded. This is guide home that this is really written with a female MC in mind, and the male is the extra.

Day 1

As of this moment, you wouldn’t have been able to choose your name yet, hence the Girl/Boy usage. I might eventually do some minor rewrites to change this.

Day 2

We have a moment between your father and Tomomi. I kinda really like both of these characters.

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

That’s all I’ve got for ya for teasers, but now onto my announcement!

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I’m looking for help. That’s... yeah, that’s basically about it. That about sums it up. I went into this being like “Oh, it shouldn’t be too hard, right? Get the characters, write the script. We’ll just skim over battles and focus on story, make it a VN! It’ll be easy!” Guess what it’s not?

Okay, joke aside, there seem to be several people who are interested in this, and if it got any further, I’m sure the interest would grow. Hence, I don’t want to leave people disappointed. This decision to ask for help is influenced by two major things, both of which I had been pretty excited for at one point. 

The first is a certain game about a yandere we will not go into further detail about, but it fueled my desire to actually want to finish this... and not take ten years to get the first part out. That would be lame.

The other is, very specifically, a post I saw from someone who had complaints about the Yosuke romance mod for Persona 4 Golden. It talked about how the modder wasn’t listening to people, and how it felt wrong to have a straight person writing a gay romance. 

This got me to thinking about the different characters I have, and their mental illnesses. The only one I would feel completely okay with writing would be Miyako, who is ace and has depression, both of which I can understand. I can also understand insomnia, anxiety, obesity, and inferiority, having experienced all of those at one point in my life or another. But things ADHD, DID, anger issues, bulimia, physical disabilities... I have no clue, and I want people who have experienced those to have the best representation, so I think someone who does have those would be the best choice to write those characters.

Things I would still be doing if I got help in this matter:

- Writing, of course. I have some outlines for social links, and I would prefer that they were stuck to, but with communication, things could be changed around. An emphasis on communication so things don’t contradict.

- Getting art. I think like, actual emotions from each character is out of the question at the moment (will be gotten to eventually), but I want to get a basic lineup like I’ve done for previous characters for all the social links. Backgrounds would probably come next after that.

- After a while, I want to find a music composer to write songs for this. The ones I really want are the opening, ending, and themes for the two MCs. 

Things I have no idea how to do:

- Actually make a visual novel. I’m going to play around and keep people updated, but if I can’t figure it out... I may just end up finding someone to do the technical stuff for me.

- ...Actually work with a team to do this. If you do want to help me, know that I have no idea what I’m doing. Whenever I was given the option of working in a group project or working alone, I usually worked alone. So, uh, yeah.

Anyways, thank you for reading this far into my rambling, so thanks a bunch. Until next time!

[personaconcept]

Persona 6 Concept: Female Protagonist

All the wonderful art for this project goes to @ichigomaniac​ and many thanks for doing such an amazing job on it.

Master Post

Placeholder Name: Hikari Iyashi

Grade: High school 3rd year

Persona: Achelois (will use wind and healing spells)

Melee Weapon: Mace

Ranged Weapon: Bow

Master Post