#mod maruki

[imagine-the-phantom-thieves]

Hey what if I revived this blog

Haha, just kidding

…Unless?

[personaparadise]

Slug it out, boys! 👊👊💥💥 - Mod Velvet

*this isn’t an edit or a screenshot, this is 3D fanart*

[headcupsy]

You thought Akechi was the cause of the mental shutdowns?

Guess who was bored again, so i drew another concept for two Mario's Madness songs that being Oh God No and I Hate You.

here's the original Sketches:

for some reason, i drew Maruki as Mario but you can imagine any member of the phantom thives as Mario.

If you (somehow) want to make it into an actual song/cover you can do it as long as you credit me for the concept and art (if you use it)

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

Would Takuto Maruki from Persona 5 Royal be an avatar of The Eye?

[phantom-thieves-official]

[235uranium]

akechi's role in yaldy's game is genuinely so fucked up. given the power of the wildcard at 15 with no guidance, with a skillset tailored to solo-ing and the power to induce psychosis, for the sole purpose of increasing distortion in the public.

... because he was an angry, traumatized child with no support system who wanted the world to burn as a result.

[hubrisbracket]

Hello, I have some Maruki propaganda...

See, his ass literally thought he could solve everyones problems by becoming god and forcing them to be happy and live in his reality, which was going to completely erase the old one! and he gets soso confused when the phantom thieves are against this. He's literally just like "But why wouldn't you want to live in a reality completely controlled by me that you have basically no choice but to accept? 🥺🥺🥺🥺" + he gave the phantom thieves therapy which. A. kind of sucked, and B. got into their heads through this therapy, which essentially is what caused him to literally become god

Anyways. I love him he is my wife i need to make out with him sloppy style. sorry

fascinating. i am studying him under a microscope

[the-kinfesssional]

We love randomly having your worst kinmems come to you when you are trying to sleep. Love remembering how much it hurt to be shot. (Thrice may I add)

Coming from that, I remember both sides. So, I remember Ren's POV - being trapped on the other side of the partition and swearing to keep the promise of a duel when we meet again, but the more horrific part would be Akechi's.

Ah yes, I sure do love being shot three times (I went down fighting mind you). That cognitive version of me was such a bitch, his aim was rather bad. To be far, I know I survived that (Something to do with Metaverse cognition) but the wounds scarred.

I'm not going to go into detail about how I felt during that, it's far too morbid.

In other news, I'm kinsidering Takuto Maruki. You know, the guy who threw us into a dreamworld for third semester.

-Ren and Akechi / maybe Maruki? (All Persona 5 Royal)

Aw man, I hope the kinmems don't do that again

On the other side, wow, kinsiders are weird.

[cloudrifto]

Maruki's fistfight aftermath but I use Protagonist Sumi mod and put "Glimpse Of Us" over it instead.

[erebus-the-answer]

Will Power shouldn't have been Akechi's final theme(+ how Maruki did it better)

Persona 5 was my first smt game, but even in my first playthrough it bothered me. While I do think that Persona 5 has a problem with reusing tracks (I'm looking at you, Rivers in the Desert), when comparing it to the other games + animes, Goro's fight theme being Will Power becomes unacceptable.

Underneath the cut I will compare the secondary/social link boss themes from Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5

Spoilers for all three games/animes/movies under the cut

Persona 3:

so in persona 3, I would say that the closest thing to a party member boss fight would be the meeting and little tiff that happens with Ryoji on the bridge with Aigis.

So, in the game this is an animated cutscene and the song that plays is a slightly~ different version of Unavoidable Battle. (Don't get me started on Unavoidable Battle being used for the ??? fight lol)

Persona 3, especially during The Answer has a real problem with beating Unavoidable Battle into the ground until it's deader than dead. But... I feel that they rectify this in the movies with Light In Starless Sky

This is one of my favorite tracks from the Persona 3 Lineup (P3, P3FES, P3P, and the P3 movies) Even though Ryoji doesn't technically have his own boss battle, I felt like he was deserving of his own theme for such a big moment and such a "betrayal" from a character that you grow to love and care about. In theory anyway, I don't very much like Ryoji.

Persona 4:

So obviously in Persona 4 the secret twist villain or whatever you'd like to call him is Adachi. I was one of the many people unfortunate enough to get into the game with this twist already spoiled. That being said, with the expectation that Adachi would be a final boss sort of deal (even if he is third to last), it was really disappointing to me that he and Namatame share the same boss theme. I understand that we are supposed to believe that Namatame is the killer (even though he really obviously isn't IMO), but to hear the same theme twice made it extremely underwhelming to me. Also Adachi was not a hard fight lol

Luckily, this gripe that I have with the game can easily be fixed with this mod, which adds Yin Yang from the Persona 4 Golden anime to the game in the place of New World Fool during Adachi's boss battle. This was perfect to me because honestly this is such a jaw-dropping song to me. It perfectly explains the type of dynamic that Yu and Adachi have with one another. love love love love Yin Yang, and even though Persona 4 is my least favorite game from the series and Adachi is then by default my least favorite villain, I think this track being in the game and just existing in general really helps with the music aspect of the game.

I fucking love The Almighty and The Fog though, even if I did feel that the amount of fakeout-twist villains was a little bit annoying. (Do not get my started on I'll Face My True Self -Marie version)

Persona 5:

So, as I mentioned at the beginning of the post, I feel like Persona 5 has a real problem with reusing tracks. Persona 5 was my introduction to the series, and when I said that it made me so excited that I felt my heart beating out of my chest and I was sick to my stomach (in a good way), I mean it.

In Persona 3, I feel like Master of Tartarus and Master of Shadows were fitting themes for the type of battles that we were having. The Full Moon shadows were just that. Shadows. They didn't really have any discernible personalities and they were just Shadows that needed to be killed for the sake of being shadows. I sort of wished that Strega had their own theme, but again whatever.

In Persona 4, even though we were fighting all sorts of different versions of different people, at the end of the day they all were facing their true selves, their shadow selves, so it makes sense for them to use the same battle theme when they are doing the same thing.

My issue with Akechi's theme being Will Power is that yeah, sure, his boss fight is technically an awakening, it's just been overused and beaten into the ground.

Now, I will say that it is better than his theme being Blooming Villain, the theme that EVERY SINGLE palace ruler uses, but it is still way too overplayed.

Like I said, P5 and ESPECIALLY P5R have some amazing tracks, but after the 4th time in a row hearing Rivers In The Desert, it starts to lose its spark.

In a stark contrast to the way that Akechi's battle solidified that they beat Will Power until it was dead, I'd like to take a moment to talk about Takuto Maruki, one of my favorite characters of all time.

I love Akechi as much as your average Persona 5 fan, but when it comes to how the music of the story drives home the point of their character, Akechi has nothing on Maruki.

I remember shaking in excitement when I first went on Spotify to look at the names of the songs from Maruki's palace and see what they were called (I am very particular about my music when it comes to persona games, my friends will let you know that I do not play when it comes to music spoilers).

The titles alone bring so much light into what Maruki was trying to accomplish. Gentle Madman, for example, is probably the most obvious one. It's who Maruki is. He's kind, sweet, he wants what's best for everyone, and yet he's on a complete wrong path. Something about the light piano mixed with the dark (???????????) sounding instrument really adds to it. It sounds clinical in a weird way, honestly, and it totally matches the aesthetic of the palace.

Out Of Kindness is one of the ones that makes me the most excited because it's such an awesome double entendre. He is doing it out of kindness, yet at the same time he has no kindness left to give! Beautifully, beautifully written! My God!!!!!!!

anyways, Keep Your Faith and Throw Your Mask Away. Need I say more? If you've played it then you know.

Of course I'm not saying that I expected Akechi to have an entire 5 hour long palace and half a soundtrack dedicated entirely to him. At the end of the day he isn't a final boss, he isn't the secondary boss, and he isn't the tertiary boss(at least in Royal anyway). Which I find to be... Disappointing. I mean he literally tries to kill the player character and thinks he succeeds! I know that Shido is the big bad, but I feel like Akechi deserved a bit more than what he got.

My idea would be perhaps Akechi got his own theme that he shared with the Holy Grail? I absolutely hated the fact that Shido and the Grail shared the same thing. It was so beautiful and amazing when we fought Shido and it transitioned between Rivers In The Desert instrumental and the vocal track. Almost threw up, so awesome.

They were kinda beating it already when it came to the Grail. I understand why, but to overuse such an awesome track really ruins it for me. and then when you fight the twins too? Jeez, give me a break.

Jaldaboath was an ok track, I'll probably talk about it in another post.

ANYWAY, my point is that I feel like Akechi deserved a better, more tailored theme, and it disappoints me that even in the anime he doesn't get it. The anime is even worse because he only gets Awakening? How annoying is that? There is a fanmade Akechi Palace theme, but that is a palace theme and not a boss battle. I guess we can only dream.

[arcplaysgames]

ZETTAI

UNMEI

MOKUSHIROKU

also like for real this should be playing for this climb, its the BEST VERSION of ZUM, fucking fight me

I am gonna learn to mod this game just to put this in there.

Hello, I love this man, he is now my second favorite villain in any video game, we made it, we are there. I love this horrible soft-voice motherfucker.

yes i love the understanding between Reverie and Maruki

LIKE! THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. ALL OF IT. Should recontextualize the entirety of the game for returning players.

I still VIVIDLY remember when Morgana was explaining the mechanics of stealing treasures and shit with Kamoshida and I was like "I... am unsure I am comfortable with this?" And like the game knew I would be, ten minutes later The Shiho Thing Happened to basically force me as the player to justify the action.

And it's been an ethical rollercoaster since then and I am certain you are all sick of me bitching about it, i'm SURE.

But I feel like Royal, this bonus campaign, is forcing the question on you. What is your line? What level of collateral destruction and pain does it take for you to decide it's okay to take someone's mind and change it?

Because that's what the Thieves have been doing this whole time! Call it distorted desires or hearts or whatever you want, but also remember that Reverie sat across from Sae and changed her without touching her Treasure.

And think about Maruki and good intentions. He is right that if you stop looking at the small pictures and look at the Big Picture of the world, everyone is suffering under oppressive systems.

He is literally the Thieves, he just got a key to the world's heart. What have the Thieves been doing but imposing their own ethics/morals/cognition over top of other people's?

I already have an idea about how in a perfect world I would have restructured Persona 5 as a whole to make it a masterpiece, someone remember to ask me later.

maruki honey i'm trying to make a pitch for how you're the best villain of all time, what are you-- you know what, it's fine. I have seen worse and it suits you.

(Also, I have looked up Happy Science since we started and WOW THAT'S A REFRANCE HUH. The main scenario person for Royal fucking hates this cult huh. Good for them!)

/turns off "Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku"

/turns on "Red Signal"

Y'ai 'ng'ngah yog-sothotoh h'ee-l'geb f'ai throdog uaaaah

Interesting that Maruki's Persona is an outer god who is lulled by the madness around him. It doesn't tend to, like, give a shit. So if it's a facet of Maruki, does that mean he really does intend to work his eldritch magic to "fix" the work and then walk away, standing separate, not participating in the world he's made?

That's supported by the way he left Rumi to her happy like and the way he leaves the Thieves in the bad end, actually. That's interesting.

oh. oh okay.

oh this fight is gonna suck huh.

This is the first fight in a While that I have had trouble with, and it only just entered phase two. So. Okay this may be a bit.

but also lemme say: my HOURS OF WORK in making Athena into a fucking MONSTER of a persona has paid HUGE dividends. fuck Izanagi, I have level 92 Athena and she is going to spike a spear to the core of the world.

[imagine-the-phantom-thieves]

The homework went well!

Okay so here’s the official request now that it’s been approved! What Pokémon team would you give Akira/Ren (I forgot what the official name given was) if he was living in Pokémon world like an au?

What region would you assume he grew up in/lives in currently? (Up to you to pick which region and which time of his life you want to specify on to answer this.)

Have a great day, and I hope your returning to this blog brings you as much joy as I get from reading your writing.

Technically Ren is the 'canon' name, but Akira is also official and it's the one we use here because it sounds better :)

But as for his team, I'm thinking something like this?

I could see Honchkrow being his Ace, even if Honchkrow itself is often described as a bad boss to its Murkrow flocks, contrary to Joker. Ditto for Falinks and Bisharp, I appreciate a good 'leader of the squad' motif.

Kecleon has Colour Change, which I feel like fits to the adaptability that Persona protagonists come with on principle.

Klefki feels obvious. Y'know, lockpicking, keys, you get it.

And Purrloin. Like, duh, right?

As for region, I could see him growing up somewhere more quiet and podunk like Johto or Hoenn before being shipped off to a bigger city. Tempted to say Lumiose in Kalos, but Castelia in Unova also sounds correct

Also there were a few other Pokemon I considered that didn't quite make it. Tinkaton was tempting for the predatory nature it has on Corviknight, which in my head is Akechi's Ace, but I also don't like Tinkaton very much so *eh*

Something from the Impidimp line also feels on brand, because I feel like a Fairy/Dark type would vibe for Akira, but I just straight up hate the Impidimp line.

And then Zorrark also felt like a good fit, but A), I wanted Akira's team to have at least a little bit of type diversity, and B), upon thinking about it more, Zorrark really feels more like an Akechi Pokemon than an Akira one, yk?

[megaderping]

You know that RP chat you linked on one of my asks. I have been spending a lot of time reading the RPs and debating on if I should try to get in on the fun.

Though If do, I will either RP a base Yu or a Ren based on the Timeline of 'The Phantoms of Gotham' fanfic both sound like it would be fun though I'm leaning towards Yu because of the sheer amount of Ren/Akira's even if Trying to navigate Tokyo or any of the Japan locations when Ren is from the Crime capital of the dc universe, and having the other people I'm RPing with having to decide if the DC comics exist in their universe and if so react to the fact that this Ren goes from being accused of assault, to being pretty much adopted(unknowingly) by Batman, to Phantom thief within the span of a month or two. Would be stupid levels of fun. Ren would be so godamn lost

But anyway, I have to say the RP with Tiny Baby Ren was freaking cute, adorable, also very cringe on behalf of older Ren. Also for the life of me can't find the RP where Raven gets Loki been searching it for the past three weeks I know it has something to do with Sparrow's shadow because accidentally got spoiled. Can you help pleeeeeease???

No worries! I can get that thread. It's a fun one. First, context: Meeting with the Shadow of a Maruki Ending Akechi. And the BIG THREAD that includes him awakening to Loki and also a lot of cute and stupid stuff between both the P4 and P5 versions of my Akechi and Magpie (Vashti's canonkechi). But thanks for the interest! As far as joining goes, it is invite-only mostly to keep the community from ballooning outta control (easier to moderate), but I brought up your interest in the mod channel, and we're discussing how we ought to handle interest via tumblr and other outside spheres, since a lot of our player recruitment has come via Discord servers we're a part of or just people we happen to know. We don't want to seem unwelcoming to interested parties, but we also want to make sure we coordinate and are on the same page, since we're a rather small group. Once I have a better idea of how we're handling things, I can give you an update! What I will say is that when it comes to RPing from someone else's fic or fanwork, you'll wanna ask the author first and get a screencap to prove you got the okay. It's mostly just so we avoid issues because we have a few fic authors in our community, and we never know who will wanna join us, etc.

[headcupsy]

Melancholy (Round-A-Bout Persona Mix)

hey im back, i was working on this. I like how it turned out.

(In the second phase, it was supposed to be Maruki but i accidentaly made it look like Joker/Ren (or akira).

If you want to make this into an actual song/cover, you can do it.

[phanficlovep5]

Arête

Author Name: TearoomSaloon

Rating: T

CW/TW: Brief mention of alcohol.

Mod Rating: 12/10 (A pancake was spotted)

Two-Sentence Summary: During Maruki's reality in January Haru seeks out Akechi so she could get closure after her father passed. They realize they're not as different as they thought and Feelings happen.

Do you love Haru? After this fic you will, because you'll fall in love with her along with Akechi. The writing is wonderfully sweet, poetic and beautiful, the tentative moments of softness between them made my heart ache. Haru and Goro's relationship starts as apprehensive and guarded, they're capable of easily pressing each other's sore spots. But as the story progresses so do their understanding and blossoming feelings.

I had lots of favorite moments in this fic but if I had to pick one I'd choose the entirety of the last chapter. It was sweet, domestic, cozy and heartwarming. This bad boy can fit so much YEARNING in it.

Submitted by: Karma.

Reviewd by: Sirin.

[daigo-rikuto]

Introduction-

Hi! I'm Daigo Rikuto, a student in Tokyo. My good friend Yuuki told me I could try out this whole ask blog thing, so...here I am.

I'm not sure what you could ask me, since there isn't a lot about me, but I'll gladly answer. I'm all ears :)

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(Ooc under cut)

Ooc notes-

You couldn't have gotten on this blog without knowing me beforehand, but I'm still gonna say it. Mod is @jellyfish-grave and uses he/they, just like Daigo does.

Daigo is a persona 5 protagonist whose main difference to the original is that he has severe depression and no spirit of rebellion! He lost his status of wild card and persona user, and he generally doesn't have the best relationships with the Phantom Thieves and Sojiro. As said above, his main friends are Yuuki and Hifumi, with the more recent addition of Goro and Yusuke.

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I will be tagging every trigger I think of, but if you want to be warned beforehand, this blog has references to suic*dal tendencies (rarely but it's here), direct talks of underage drinking, and s*lf-harm.

#ooc post <-self explanatory

#hifumi bff <-Hifumi related posts

#yuuki bff <- Yuuki /// ///

#goro dumby <- Goro /// ///

#René <- René /// ///

#the flower thingy <- Sergio /// ///

#dumbass <- /// /// ///

#buttercup my arc nemesis <- Snow/Flower /// ///

#marucillor <- Maruki /// ///

Current RP lore:

René (@ton-ami-rene): Daigo first met her when he saw her smashing her head against the wall and taking a picture. They get along pretty well and sometimes even platonically kiss, but they haven't talked much overall.

Sergio (@se-venden-flores): Daigo met him through meeting René. They have petty fights all the time, so don't worry if you see them argue about socks or whatever. Daigo has a one sided crush towards Sergio, while he mostly doesn't give a fuck about the other.

Snow/Flower (@buttercup-flower-x): A sort of... frennemy of Daigo's. They get along but mostly just insult each other. He's the one who drew some of Daigo's profile pictures, by the way! :)