#ok but okumura tho

[vashtijoy]

The under appreciated shuake dynamic of Akira looking Akechi straight in the eye and telling him a lot of the people he killed probably deserved it.

*coughs in Okumura*

edit: Turns out Okumura isn't as bad as I thought, annoyingly since I still hate him very much. The localisation says that he's responsible for most of the mental shutdowns (which, ???).

This turns out to be a little inaccurate. Okumura is not responsible for most of the shutdowns, but for most of the "odd suspicious cases that aren't accidents or illnesses" that Sae was investigating—presumably things like the naked guy at Wild Duck Burger:

Yusuke 新島検事はまず、一連の連続事件のうち、明らかに事故や病気でない『不審なもの』を抜き出している。 niijima-kenji wa mazu, ichiren no renzoku jiken no uchi, akiraka ni jiko ya byouki de nai "fushinna mono" o nukidashiteiru First, Prosecutor Niijima has been looking into the continued cases of people suddenly collapsing. [lit. Public Prosecutor Niijima has, first of all, extracted odd suspicious cases that were obviously not accidents or illnesses from the continuing series of incidents.] First of all, Prosecutor Niijima has been looking into a subset of the incidents—the peculiar cases that obviously weren't accidents or illnesses.

Yusuke それらに共通点が無いかを探っていたらしい。 sorera ni kyoutsuuten ga nai ka o sagutteita rashii It seems she [was] searching for a common thread to tie them all together.

Yusuke 憶測の部分もあるようだが、過半数の事件で大きな利益を得る立場にあった存在を特定している。 okusoku no bubun mo aru you da ga, kahansuu no jiken de ookina rieki o eru tachiba ni atta sonzai o tokutei shiteiru Some parts seem to be speculation, but she has cited a beneficiary of the majority of these incidents.

... and that beneficiary is Okumura Foods and its CEO Okumura, of course.

Now, we know that Okumura was responsible for deaths—there's at least one case where a car overturns and all four passengers, including a VP of one of Okumura's competitors, are killed. (If you're keeping count for Akechi, that's four dead in one day alone.) Okumura is Thoroughly Unpleasant. He's just not "responsible for most of the mental shutdowns that went on for years" unpleasant.

I think I have this translation right. It makes sense, for one thing, that Okumura was responsible for most of the weird scandals. It doesn't make sense that he was responsible for most of the mental shutdowns.

[odpadki]

got a netflix notif theyr removing blue exorcist s2, something i had no idea existed lmao????

so i decided to watch it nd kinda fell back nto one of my og hyperfixations….i’ll always lov my son….

[eggs-can-draw]

BOOM POW MOTHER FUCKERS

Jokah

Leader of the thieves! Embodies their entire “Thing”

Black main with red and white accents

No notes! He’s perfect. He’s a perfect little thief boy.

Some stars would be cool tho,,, (Guy who said no notes and immediately makes a note)

Slapping this here cause it's a detail a lotta people forget when drawing him HIS PANTS ARE BAGGY AT THE TOP!! They like. Pumpkin out. INCREDIBLY SHAPED I absolutely adore it and how they use it in official art and stuff. They look so comfy I want a pair

Skull

Ryuji!! “Charge Commander” Whatever that is. Joker’s right hand man!! (according to google it means he’s the guy who actually Finds the missions and that makes sense. He does that.)

Black main with yellow and red (also some silver/metal accs)

Pirate Boy

Poifect!!

Ok a bit more his fit compliments joker while also doing his own thing so NICELY this is a solid win for pegoryu but also it makes me so mad that Ann doesn't match them that well. Joker and Ryuji look like they were made to be put next to each other and I love it. 

The yellow is spaced out while still feeling like His color so so so well I love him…AND THE RED!!! Ketchup and mustard looking boy he’s incredible

The kneepads are a reference to his knee injury. I can't be crazy. Guys. guys I can't be.

The only thing I’d want is a little more asymmetry but I think I just like asymmetry

Panther

Femme Fatale ok she's a femme fatale she she's SHE’S A FEMME LESBIAN FEMME FATALE–

FIRE TRUCK RED with some dark reds and pink

Oh god where did we go so wrong

Zipper and leather motif? We COULD cook w/ that instead of sexualizing the grooming victim guys. Just sayin.

I think she should have some visual ties with mona,,, since they’re both cats,,,,,just sayin

The cooch zipper evokes physical pain. But I like the tail. The tail is cute. I like how it’s like. Alive.

I think her mask should make the cat ears hair accessories and go under her bangs instead of giving her a 5-head. Just me tho.

Rest under the cut!!!

Fox

He make a the calling cards that's what he does

Dark blues and blacks with some whites and reds (also a little bit of dark gold accs)

Visually, he’s like if whatever Akechi had going on was in one design. And was good.

Traditional Japanese culture (is that what I should call it? He probably draws from a specific era but I unno what) vibe!! And he kills!! I love him!!

Very top heavy, but it's balanced out with his tail, he’s perfect.

Queen

She’s the getaway driver!!! That's why her third awakening is a car!! Also team strategist but also getaway driver!!

Blacks and grays and dark blues and a smattering of white but honestly. It all kinda melds together I don't like it

Bad and stinky I hate this outfit. The spikes are cool though. Istg she’s meant to have a like. 80s biker theme. Also her codename is a reference to Queen the band I can’t be crazy

BAD but they fumbled with Makoto a lot imo

I promise I like Makoto. I just have Issues with her fit. I’ve SEEN her serve (P5D) I know she can

Oracle

Little sister!! She’s the guy in the chair because if anything bad happened to her I’d fuckin hurt someone also cause she’s a smartie pants

Blacks and greeeeens and a smidge of red to help her hair not feel out of place (also some metalwork like Ryuji)

So I’m kinda conflicted on this fit. I REALLY like her whole vibe, she’s like if the song She Came From Outer Space from ahit was a fit,  but i don't like how form fitting it feels. I think it should feel a bit more. comfortable.

Very bottom heavy!! Her outfit proportions feel like a splatoon character. Also a very techwear cyberpunk vibe, I love her!!

Necronomicon shouldn't have had tentacles now Maruki steps on her toes, imo Necronomicon shoulda had a like. Tractor beam. So she can pick up innocent cows. Don't ask me how this connects to her design, it just does. Top ten things that should be changed when 5 gets the reload treatment.

I NEED her to have a little cow charm somewhere it’s a physical need. She's an alien. I lived in alien country. I'm a professional. ALSO THE BIG CLUNKY CROCS ARE SO PERFECT!!!! and the way they hook into her pants AGH

Noir

MY WIFE!! Her arc is when the thieves begin to get kinda big heads and all cocky, so she’s a more classic gentleman thief to  show how she thematically pulls them back to earth! Also she’s the best party member. She deal the big number. I love her. 

Mainly pinks and purples, with a tasteful amount of black! I love her so so much

The pumpkin pants were INSPIRED. She looks so cute and full of whimsy ALSO THE BIGASS FEATHER!! It makes her feel so PERFECT when put next to Mona they mesh so well.

Tails I miss my wife. I miss my wife tails.

Crow (Robin)

Perfect prince boy Goro Akechi ~✰ he’s their enemy, the detective hunting them down (the Ganymede to Joker’s Arsene, if you will)

The better of his two persona fits, let's be real. Be honest with me. Look me in my eyes. Despite the bar being in hell tho, this outfit is really good!! I love all the A’s in it, it really makes me sad! The way his pants are shaped and sit on him scratches my brain just right. He looks like he has a stick up his ass and genuine morals (which he does!! Robin is just as much his persona as Loki!! In this essay I will–!!)

White to contrast all the black of the thieves, but red to tie him back in with them!! Also some gold accs to keep the visual warmth wowie

Some better shoes could do him well methinks, also further the bird motif let that be his unifying thing since he keeps the codename with the black mask fit

Violet

She NEEDS two fits ok. She’s the Sumi no idea what her job is. She can do some cool flips and teaches joker to do some cool flips. Visually, her design is DEFINITELY copycatting on joker which is so fuckin cool cause like. Yeah. yeah ofc she copies her older sibling/mentor figure. I wonder if she’s ever done that before huh. It SUCKS too tho cause she doesn't match Cendrillon which is sick and twisted. Second fit when she truly awakens as Sumire that matches Cendrillon is the better timeline.

Black with reds and a bit of gold detailing. ALSO SILVER ACCS!! Also lotsa bows! Cause she’s a copycat! We could take this further. 

She has the whole gymnast vibe but I’ll be real the way it’s executed just feels a little………..gross. She’s like 16 guys wtf. Cover her up a smidge more.

The silver chain belt thing for her sword was inspired. Also her roses.

Crow (Loki)

WHAT DO I EVEN SAY. WHAT DO I SAY.

LOOK IN THAT FIT’S EYES AND TELL ME THERE IS A GOD.

Fuck gamers I like to think metaverse outfits change as the persona user grows up and their spark of rebellion grows and changes but this fit feels like DIRECT evidence to the contrary. I can see perfectly clearly a 15 y/o akechi wearing this and feeling  SOOOO COOL AND EDGY. and just continues to think it’s sooooo cool and edgy as he grows up only to be made fun of by the thieves (But who knows, maybe this outfit is the exception)

I like the belts. But I’m also a chronic belt adder. I like a good smattering of belts.

The cape feels like a fun callback to his Prince Cape so uhm. Points there

The buttons across the front are so fuckign silly to me. Bro is wearing his evil onesie. His nefarious pajamas.

Bro NEEDS some big chunky boots or SOMETHING his limbs don't feel right

The helmet is perfect with no notes. Zero. I only wish they kept the red tips on his Bird horn things he had in his engine room sprites. I really liked those…

The stripes are silly heehee nice tie to Loki

Don't talk to me about the toes. Dont. 

Mona

Mah fuckin cat

Black with yellow and white (also some blue)

Anime cat thief jesus if perfect what can I say. I can say I love him. Only three people out here defending Mona and it’s me, Haru, and Joker

gamers i just spent the past 3 hours analyzing the phantom thieves' designs do i post it

[w4yne4ndersen]

Reusing OCs is my passion haha,, But yeah this is Maria except she's like 75 years old and Echo's universe's Doc Ock, she's the CEO of Alchemax and her and Marlon's last name is Okumura (which was their father's but I never said it because I love keeping lore to myself) instead of Sanderson because y'know, starts with 'ok'. Oh, and she's an absolute bastard who makes Liv look nice in comparison. Next slide is her with Marlon, a frustrated artist with clinical depression who only became a scientist because his sister convinced him to but would've much rather pursued art. He's Echo's uncle Ben (they're not related tho), which means the poor guy doesn't get a break from dying even in an alternate universe

[bananafishdepression]

Kinda wishing there was Banana Fish the Musical

[daz4i]

oh man i’m thinking concepts. we know goro was originally supposed to have a palace and it got scrapped but like. what if he had a jail. what theme would it be

[luuxxart]

Terribly sorry about the formatting but that’s what happens when you copy paste from notes haha

* Ok so these ones are kind of angsty but let’s go

* so even tho I state up there that Makoto prefers he/him (because, I think like, during P5R and especially P5S, he’s starting to come into the idea that “oh shit I might be butch?”) I will be using she/her in this piece just so that I’m not constantly repeating names and stuff.

* Makoto is he/him in the same way your car mechanic is a guy. Like. It is the job , the living if you will, and it’s not performative, he’s certainly got his wits about him. He is very knowledgeable about many things

* Akira is also like. Very much into gender. he’s like. A gender collector if you will. But I don’t think makoto would find out about punishment cop for like. A while after they break up.

* Speaking of that I’m ngl. A lot of why I like them so much is because they really are just so fleeting. Imo they only date from the Kaneshiro’s Palace up until sometime mid-Okumura’s. This isn’t so Makoto can get with Haru or Akira Can get with Akechi it’s just. Naturally I think things would come to a boiling point.

* To me, They are like. Yknow. The good ex to each other. The one where they kind of miss the other. Replay events in their head for some fleeting nostalgia. Wonder what could’ve been if they stayed together, but are overall thankful that they didn’t. And, you know, they grew and learned about each other and more importantly themselves through the relationship.

* ((That being said I think Akechi would be flirting with Akira up to the point of the breakup and Akira is taking the stance of “I’m not flirting, just hot and talking.” But ofc when the shumako breakup happens, all the cards are back on the table and Akira becomes a hot mess of awkward funnyman flirting))

* Back to shumako tho

* I gotta talk about the funnyman flirting. I’m sorry but that is just so Akira’s modus of operandi. His whole thing is being an annoying little shit until he wears his partner down. It’s the pushback on his jokes that spurs him on further

* I mean , he’s harmless. It’s nbd at all

* And Makoto certainly enjoys giving him the run around, pretending not to give into his antics. It just brings a bit of light to her otherwise kind of boring world

* Akira, and by extension, the Metaverse is pretty much her only escape . I guess it really is for all of them. But I mean. Looking at Makoto as the Student Council President Vs Makoto as Queen is like. Daylight to dark really. One is obviously more repressed than the other

* She’s like, one character that would probably have benefitted a lot from confronting a shadow P4 style

* I think genuinely. She is just such a motorcycle guy. She is the motorcycle guy. By extension, she dabbles (knows way too much) in cars, especially sports cars.

* Like, if she and Akira end up seeing like. A really cool Maserati on the street she will absolutely just geek out and Akira is so there for it

* Akira is like that meme that’s like “here comes the most specialist boy ever and if you don’t cheer and clap for him I’ll fuckign blow this whole building up”

* I think she genuinely tries to get on Akechi’s level. Like . Outside of the Metaverse she wants to be the prince detective so bad you don’t understand . And Akira is like. Yeah go off queen that’s certainly a goal, while also trying to steer her more into her own thing

* Because for what it’s worth. Her analysis works well in the short term, and works well for what she knows to be true. But she’s not a big fan of change. She secretly assumes the worst in everyone because it’s easier than having to accept the grey undertones of the situation

* And speaking of change, I think Akira absolutely has his bouts of brooding and just overall off-putting silence. Which. Makoto has no idea how to handle. She just kind of dances around it until it goes away.

* Not that Akira is any better. If Makoto is having a moment where she is absolutely going through it, he will either try to joke through it or just get out of there. Because like. Gentle reminder they are teenagers and have the emotional maturity of a plum

* I think Akira is also super prone to relapses. If he and akechi are having a rough patch, his first thought is to go back to makoto and then she’s like “ok just wait it out bro fr”

* Because by the time he actually gets w Akechi fr, she has had a whole other gender awakening . Like. She has buzzed half of her hair off and now fully exudes “do not fuck with me” energy.

* They were unfortunately passing ships in the night at this point bc Akira would normally be down so bad

* Anyway I think that’s all I’ve got for the kind of angsty hcs

* So in terms of regular old nice and fluffy headcanons,

* I think Akira and Makoto sneak around a lot despite having absolutely no reason to do so. Sae does not give a shit. But Makoto is terrified that she does.

* Which leads to some funny antics like— calling back to Makoto following Akira on her investigation— they would hide in public behind comics and. Makoto is genuinely awkward enough to still be holding hers upside down.

* They always get found by at least one Phantom Thief (or future PT, i.e., Haru or Akechi who are just so confused. why are they doing this. the theatrics involved. it’s too much)

* I think Akira is one of the only non-family people in Makoto’s life who’ve ever heard her genuine laugh. It’s loud and raucous and it’s not pretty but he thinks it’s one of the best sounds in the world.

* Makoto’s sense of humor lies strictly in puns because she thinks she is just so clever. She manages to catch Akira off guard with them sometimes.

* I don’t think originally Makoto is a cat person, but Morgana hanging around kind of helps. Akira is definitely the king of cat cafes. He’s always taking Makoto to one. They joke about the cats being so silent compared to Mona.

* Hold on. I Am thinking. Perceiving . About Makoto trying to have a quiet reading time and Akira literally just pretzeling himself around her. It’s like. Still quiet but. With the added effect of— Akira is there. It’s a soothing thought for her, I think

* Actually fuck it they are like the kings of leg tangling they are never separated when they’re alone together. And Akira is always playing footsie with her in diners and restaurants. It’s like p3 said!!! Want to be close!!! Hell yeah!!

* Very powerful headcanon.

* sometimes I think they just stare up at the ceiling in quiet reflection just to see how long it takes for Akira to HAVE to break the silence with a strange comment

* They never last longer than five seconds.

* I think Akira has encouraged her to steal a car at least once. (It was Sae’s but still.)

* They made it a few blocks before Makoto panicked and put it back.

* Anyway I think Makoto shares increasingly intricate leather jackets with Akira and he shares increasingly weirder button ups with Makoto.

* Akira just walks into Leblanc one day fucking squeaking In this tight ass leather jacket with shoulder spikes up to his glasses and so many bedazzlings that ya boi is basically gleaming and morgana just goes “ok so. Let’s start with the stance.”

* Meanwhile Makoto comes home in a button up that is a little too long for her and is dotted with avacados that have speech bubbles coming out of them saying “holy guacamole” and Sae immediately asks what her GPA is right now currently as they are speaking to each other.

* Akira and Makoto look up apartment listings in their downtime and always speculate on what it would be like to live together. It always ends up with them deciding they’d have to partition of certain parts of the house from each other. And Akira doesn’t really take it seriously . He’ll say he wants a clown room and Makoto’s like “ok I can work with that. So we’ll call that your bedroom.”

* Ok final headcanon. Uh.

* Just. Akira encourages Makoto constantly to just get weird. Just be weirder.

* She keeps this encouragement in her back pocket until she drops out of college in her second year to just become a mechanic who is ripped beyond all human comprehension, and who exclusively drinks “loving your wife (her motorcycle)” juice and zilk that she gets by the caseload from Sendai.

Anyway thank you for coming to my Shumako Ted Talk and bearing with me . I leave you all with this

the colors of your recent shumako piece create such a atmosphere with such an amazing emotional tone !! If you’re up for sharing, would love to hear your shumako head canons? :)

Thank you anon!!! I’ve honestly been saving this ask for a rainy day when I was feelin shumako again so I’m v sorry it took me so long haha

anywayyyy I’ve talked a bit about how I think they got together (and subsequently broke up) in the tags of my first shumako post,,, and since im not super great abt coming up with spur of the moment headcanons,,,,

BAM

which is pretty much all you need to know aha,, (i put the blank bc my sprites obscure some of the text, and here’s the link to the original. also Akira is wearing an OriginalStitch pokemon button up. It’s the magma pattern)

but going off of that uh… yeah I can expand on this meme.

EDIT: Headcanons are in my reblog because this post glitched out bad and the only reason i can deduce that that happened was maybe the readmore function😈☢️

[ellie-tarts]

okumura walking into his room to declare to miyuki that he's going to steal his regular spot while miyuki just laughs and taunts him

[image id: jojo approach meme. a man in yellow with a blue aura struts towards a man in black and purple who is also jauntily standing. end id]

[cynamonowo]

if you’re still doing prompts then maybe... ‘lightheaded’ or ‘dizzy’ with yusuke and friends as wow does this boy need to eat more :

stupid boy agenda ft. haru

***

With a sigh, Haru steps away and gives Yusuke an appraising look. Her delicate features are still marred with a frown.

"Yu-chan," she says gently, and Yusuke feels even more guilt, "you truly should take better care of yourself, you know?" She sits by his side on the bench and presses her cool hand to his forehead. Yusuke can't help but lean into the touch.

"My apologies," he murmurs, eyes closing. "I did not want to trouble anyone."

"Oh, you truly should have," Haru says in a chiding tone. "I would much prefer that to you fainting during our walk!"

Yusuke grimaces to himself. Perhaps she is right. On the other hand, asking for help has always been anxiety-inducing, so he had been staying silent about the fact that he hadn't eaten anything for thirty-six hours. That is, he stayed silent until he got so light-headed and dizzy he ended up blacking out and scaring the crap out of Haru. 

He sighs. Yes, well. At least the walk has, so far, been quite fruitful in inspiration. Plus, Haru, after hearing the news, has got him a few snacks from the vending machines that he's currently munching on.

"My apologies," Yusuke says again, opening his eyes to glance at Haru. She's no longer frowning, thankfully, and gives him a little smile.

"Oh, Yu-chan," she says with a fond expression. "Next time just tell me, and I shall send you some vegetables." She pats him on the shoulder, then hands another bottle of water. "You're no longer so terribly pale, but let's rest for a few more minutes before going to my house to watch a few movies. How does that sound?"

Yusuke smiles back. "Very lovely. This is a wonderful plan."

[starryamber]

shorter is the third wheel that takes all their couple photos

[singeiji]

What are these nightmares that torment you so about? Is it about you killing Shorter? Or a bitter childhood memory I don't know about? Your almost cold-blooded leadership. Your fearless willpower… Is it all to cover up a fragile soul? If it’s, how cruel it all is. Ash, don’t die. You have to live!

[artificervaldi]

Some purse owner party members I love

[orcelito]

Ok I've been playing more persona 5. Almost done with okumura (as in I'm literally 1 day from the deadline, he's already dealt with). The boss fight with him wasn't nearly as bad as my first game of royal (see: me failing like 5 times b4 rage quitting for the night & then studying a strategy guide in the morning), BUT it definitely took more effort than basically Any fight in this game so far. Had to actually Strategize, couldn't brute force my way through (though I sure did use brute force for Some of it lol. Thanks Satanael)

The lack of akechi is fucking me up tho. I can't level my link with him until we get to sae's palace times, and I've just been going to kichijoji to look at him like a lost puppy before going and doing something else for the night

Fucking fascinating thing though. So I've got kawakami at max by now (big ugh, I know, but I wanted her skill + I'm trying to max all of them this game), WHICH MEANS I can get a massage to go out after metaverse things. So I took down okumura, got a massage, and then went out again.

AND I SAW HIM THERE...

Me, fresh out of defeating okumura. Akechi, fresh out of Killing okumura. And he did the line of like "I need to talk to you about something... but I don't have time right now." Looking all fake conflicted lol. It's just a little tidbit of timing that I've never gotten before, so I enjoyed that for Sure.

[adhdgoro]

Who has the brain cell during each of the arcs (royal spoilers):

Kamoshida: None of them has the brain cell. Not Ann, not Ryuji, and not Joker. Morgana acts like he does but really no one knows what the fuck is going on. They really said "we'll try not to kill him but if he dies whoops oh well haha 🤪🤪🤪"

Madarame: Still no brain cell in sight. At least they're pretty sure they wont kill him? If anything, Yusuke joining the group put them further into the negatives when it came to brain cell count. Also the whole thing with Ann modeling and her atrocious acting skills.

Kaneshiro: Finally, someone with a working brain. Or at least, a singular brain cell. Makoto, there's a reason they call you Queen. Still, made some very impulsive decisions there so its questionable where the brain cell was in those moments.

Futaba: Aha! Another brain cell, although this one only seems to know one thing. It's okay tho, her hacking really gets them out of trouble (except it totally doesn't). Minus points for keeping the calling card.

Okumura: Firstly i would just like to say FUCK this palace. Anyway, Futaba's brain cell does some work here. Makoto still has hers, even if it's not as prevalent. Also Haru for SURE doesn't have a brain cell. It's okay Beauty Thief i still love u.

Sae: Akechi came in and now we have 3 brain cells. Unfortunately it's not really 3 as Akechi is scheming against them, but it's okay because 2 is better than 1. GG pancake boy, you fucked up. Only reason I'm saying he has one is bc of the thing he did with the card to get them more chips.

Shido: You'd think that for having them for so long, Akechi and Makoto would keep better track of their brain cells. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Futaba is the only one here with a brain cell. It's ok tho, she's the only one that needs one rn, if everyone else was smart here things would get too chaotic too quick.

Yaldabaoth: while not technically a whole arc i still felt it was important to mention because i think its here where they get hit so hard they all lose their brain cells.

Maruki: yknow what i said about getting hit so hard they lost their brain cells? Akechi lost his when he got shot in the engine room. No one here has a fucking brain cell. Not a single person here thinks. "Akira this is fake im not really alive" bitch why didnt u disappear like okumura and wakaba did when haru and futaba realized this was fake!! And you didnt question this???? Also the fact the no one catches Sumire up on what the fuck happened between the group?? Why??? Also letting her fight while her Persona was being weird??? Really?? Dont even get me STARTED on the fact that Maruki and Joker's last fight was just them punching each other like akshakshsl bro u palace is already collapsing, give it UP!! ur all so stupid. I hate u...

[ryuji-ism]

Like, this is my second time playing P5R because I messed up and got a bed ending because I did everything in my power to avoid Akechi throughout the game really like it. This bothered me the first time I played it, but I needed to vent.

Spoilers for 9/13, even though this game is 4 years old at this point.

YO ok the way Morgana left made me so mad. Yes, I'm a Ryuji simp, but the whole scenario was extremely dumb.

I've looked into other people's opinions online, and many of them are saying the same thing: Morgana's reason he left was stupid as heck.

He's sad about being worthless? Cool, I get that. Isn't your whole thing... Talking? Shouldn't you, like... Talk to the team?

Oh, sorry, you want to be the big bad useful guy so bad that you rush into a brand new palace by yourself (when you couldn't even handle the first one) while dragging around this poor girl who is literally incapable of fighting on her own. Right, can't forget that even when you first reunite with the team and Yusuke LITERALLY says they were looking for you, you ignore that entirely for some reason.

Was Ryuji being needlessly rude even after they split? Yes. But has Morgana said ONE nice/neutral thing to or about Ryuji the ENTIRE time they had been together? No. If it's about Ryuji, it's always talking about how he's useless, stupid, loud, vulgar, etc. Ryuji would jab back every so often, but most of the time he just ignores it. God forbid Ryuji gets upset that you yelled at him for backing down (when the group isn't deciding unanimously, which is the agreement) on a topic you are just not discussing. And that's enough for you to dip. Ok.

It gets to the point that anyone even compliments another member, and Morgana gets pissy. That part didn't bother me much, though. I understand his feelings of uselessness personally and the resentment that comes with it.

What DOES piss me off is that his "tipping point" was the VERY first time the Phantom Thieves didn't unanimously agree on something. So what if they aren't all on the same page in the first official meeting about Okumura? Do some more research and convince them.

I distinctly remember Morgana not wanting to continue into Madarame's palace because he felt there wasn't enough evidence against him, even though they saw pretty much everything in the palace. But Okumura is mentioned and all you really know is that he has a palace? WhAt ArE yOu GuYs WaItInG fOr??????

It doesn't help that Yusuke and Ann agreed that all the hype around them got so big out of no where, which was proved later on was used to set them up, and Morgana ignores it. I'm sure he's making bad decisions to show how upset he is, but I really don't care at this point.

Don't even get me started on how we're properly introduced to Haru with him manipulating her with his emotions. When Ren and Makoto first approach her in reality, she says and I quote: "I can't cooperate with people who don't know what they want to do. What you're doing is unnecessarily causing a stir in the public" (which is isn't but ok) "Besides, the Phantom Thieves, who should be helping the weak, are not helping their own teammate." Sorry, Haru, I think Morgana conveniently left out the part that he ran away without a trace when he was telling you his sob story.

Morgana kinda always got on my nerves since he's a huge simp for Ann and a relentless bully to Ryuji. That trope was kind of ick to me, but I still enjoyed his presence. But this made me so angry, especially since you can't do ANYTHING until Morgana is back. No studying, no reading, no bonding with confidants. Nothing.

Ok I'm done. This is very unorganized since I was just rambling, but thanks for reading if you got this far.

[This is my third edit btw I just keep remembering things] But notice how once they got out of mementos and Morgana was calling for help, Ryuji was the FIRST one to fun towards them? Morgana still a b tho

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oh no is there p 5 discourse. the only discourse i will stand for is morgana discourse. he is black and white but his actions are so many shades of gray