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Mitsuru and Junpei.
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Aug 23, 2017 03:20
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Mitsuru and Akihiko
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Aug 23, 2017 03:42
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Aug 23, 2017 04:11
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Mitsuru and Junpei.
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Aug 23, 2017 04:40
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Mitsuru and Junpei.
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Aug 23, 2017 05:29
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Take Mitsuru and Junpei because your job as party leader should be creating awkward social situations.
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Aug 23, 2017 06:09
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W.T. Fits posted:Mitsuru and Junpei. This sounds good to me.
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Aug 23, 2017 15:30
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W.T. Fits posted:Mitsuru and Junpei. Can't see any problems with this logic!
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Aug 23, 2017 18:52
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Aug 24, 2017 14:50
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Sorry-not-Sorry Aki, being a middle-of-the-road character is just begging to be killed off quickly. That and we can risk one-mores for higher damage output. Specially if you just equip Element Charms for Dodge Elements against their weakness.
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Aug 25, 2017 02:11
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I'm feeling the pull to pick this back up again. I never beat P3, I would always get to this dungeon and then fatigue would creep in. I own both P3fes and P3P (I picked the trigger on buying those after I discoveredand got really, really into P4), but I can't decide between the two. Is P3P fem route better than Fes male route? Too bad there's no FesFem route.
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Sep 1, 2017 04:55
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Earnestly posted:Is P3P fem route better than Fes male route? Too bad there's no FesFem route. Most of the social links are significantly less annoying and some of them have some nice depth. I liked it a lot better than FES's male route, but FES has much better presentation.
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Sep 1, 2017 05:22
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Yeah, I'm feeling that. I hear that fem route has better social link writing, but I'm worried the overall peppiness might hurt the tone of the main story for me. Also, and more importantly, controlling the other party members might break the game in terms of difficulty. How much does the maniac difficulty suck in p3p? Because if it's manageable, then that's my choice.
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Sep 1, 2017 05:29
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The characters do still have AI options in P3P, it's just that one of them is manual control. If you're worried about that you don't have to use the manual option.
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Sep 1, 2017 05:43
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Earnestly posted:Yeah, I'm feeling that. I hear that fem route has better social link writing, but I'm worried the overall peppiness might hurt the tone of the main story for me. Also, and more importantly, controlling the other party members might break the game in terms of difficulty. How much does the maniac difficulty suck in p3p? Because if it's manageable, then that's my choice. Yakumo posted:The characters do still have AI options in P3P, it's just that one of them is manual control. If you're worried about that you don't have to use the manual option.
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 Alright, so today is a Full Moon. I guess this is gonna be a long one...  An Unpleasant Premonition  Better than ever. Wow, you're amazing! We're going to have a quick meeting tonight about the operation. So, please return to the dorm immediately after school. > You should return to the dorm and prepare yourself. Unlike last time, we don't get a chance today to spend time on anything more low-key and relaxing beforehand.  Dark Hour Scouting The Voice Someone Calls  ...Just a moment... I found it! I sense a strong presence! Hey, we were right! Or so it would seem. It's located in Iwatodai... inside a building on Shirakawa Boulevard. Hmm, Shirakawa Boulevard...  In pairs... ...Oh, I get it.Lucia gets despawned at this point, since her job's done.   I've heard about it, but... That's where all THOSE hotels are. That explains a lot! You've heard about 'em, right Fuuka? Where people go to... you know...  The rooms are a bit fancier, that's all. Aw man, that's it? I don't know about this... Maybe I shouldn't go... You're just like a little kid, Yuka-tan... Wh-Whatever! Fine. Let's go.  I think given the context, you might wanna pick better words... So, who's gonna take the lead? I don't see any reason to change leaders now. And Yamagishi, I want you to handle support during the operation. I'll do my best! Alright, then I'll let you decide on the rest of the team. Let's do this. End Alright, now we get to pick our team for the operation for the first time. Yukari's forced herself into the party right out the gate, though...  And, like promised, she can't be removed. At least we can still change her gear now and give her that a Thunder Charm.   But, please be careful.As you'd expect, of course, Ikutsuki's just here for like moral support. Which is fine, really.  Anyway, Akihiko gets to go back on the bench for tonight. He's sort of used to it, but he's not got an injury to blame this time!  But there's no time to dwell on that. Let's begin the operation! A Deep Mentality   And we're just, like, immediately teleported to the first floor of the hotel. Sure, okay. Definitely can't complain about that.  We can find Room 101 immediately, but alas we can't put anything in there. It's also the only room on the first floor...  But, well, we can't go in any room really. There's nothing at all on the second floor, and the third floor is mostly empty as well.  The very visibly striking Hierophant's Chamber, between the chimes and the curtains and the golden door, is the only thing of note at all right now. So, we'll head on in, then... That Which Comes From The Darkness As the Fool continues his journey, he is over time exposed to beliefs and cultural traditions. Throughout his education, he meets the Hierophant - the wisened Papal figure who understands the knowledge and mysteries and can interpret them accordingly. Well, let's get this over with! V. Arcana Hierophantno portable video of this fight right now for, uh, reasons. its definitely not because i cant be arsed right now, honest Master of Shadow A clear religious figure, wearing clerical vestements, the Arcana Hierophant is the representation of the Reversed Hierophant. The misuse of knowledge and religion to trick people and gain followers...  ...In this case, representations of those ill-gotten followers are just part of his design. The stick-figure creatures are this representation and are not separate targets.  Anyway, uh, the Hierophant is definitely the hardest of the Full Moon fights we've had to contend with so far. A very high bar to cross, I'm sure. He's not exactly the most varied of folks to deal with, though.  He really likes Zionga, of course, but he can't kill anyone with a single use of it. Even Yukari survives (albeit only just), though that's not really a good situation to be in.  Oh, and he can just pelt everyone with Elec for good measure.  Yukari being forced in, and so kind of a liability here, is why I grabbed a Thunder Charm for her, yes.  He's very reminiscent of the Priestess, appropriately enough, in that his only real resistance is that he repels Elec. Not like this is something that's going to come up with this party but hey.  When it's a safe prospect, he'll use those cardboard cutout dudes to make basic Strike attacks. This is usually on a One More for, well, sensible reasons and so he can capitalise on someone (Yukari) being downed.  In that situation, it does real damage and is a bit of a nuisance but not really a real threat. It's not like it comes up much after all.  If he's not doing that, he can do whatever but he mainly ues Prophecy of Ruin.  An appropriately titled skill with a pretty simple, but effective, animation that...  Well, it's multi-target Fear. Much like when the Empress tried Fear, it's not because he can capitalise on it in a nasty way.  ...But it's multi-target and Luck is his best stat, so it can just shut-down your entire party entirely at random and thats just plain obnoxious. Especially when you remember that you take more damage AND are more likely to be critted.  If there are any buffs in play, at all, he can also just use Dekaja. It's not super-common with just the one but it becomes more and more likely the more there are.  He can also use Sukunda, and uh... that's it as far as debuffs go. Weird choice, really.  Finally, he can be a gigantic rudeboy and just use Swift Strike.  ...Which since he only ever did it to me while Fear was in play, means that its a massive ol' death sentence rather than a very mean move. Even though he only has 14 Strength.  Anyway, the strategy for this guy is dead simple. Auto-Tarukaja means we have a damage boost on Makoto out the gate. Rakunda gives that to everyone and boosts Makoto's damage further. Notable skill Getsu-Ei, which already has 120 base power, is kinda really good this early for obvious reasons I would hope.  But between the Tarukaja and Rakunda it averages 200dmg a hit (presuming its 10% base crit rate doesn't happen). The Hierophant has 1500HP, so this adds up quickly. The other 3 can add a little over 200 if they all attack, so it doesn't take too long.  ...Especially if someone manages to slip in a lucky crit since an AoA adds another ~350 damage easy.  So, the Hierophant still isn't exactly super-difficult but he can be a bit rude. His stats aren't super great at 14 Strength, 16 Magic, 16 Endurance, 15 Agility and 18 Luck but at least he's not super-boring unlike the rest of the Full Moon Shadows up 'til now.  But he still gives an Absurd Amount of EXP, and thanks to Fuuka getting a new skill, we CAN now see if buffs/debuffs are active and what they are. It's a default feature in later games (including Portable) but it's not a big deal really. End A Deep Mentality You succeeded once again. I'll be waiting outside for you.Kinda weird that it didn't just cutscene us out of the building after the fight, but whatever. We can just walk out ourselves, I guess.  > A strong force seems to be holding it shut.   It's not the same one you defeated! But... Where is it hiding?Well, let's take a look around I guess. I feel like another Shadow would be very apparent, but whatever.  Time to look around the room a bit, to see what stands out. The bed was pretty obvious as a focal point, but the Hierophant was there so the other Shadow couldn't really be.  So, I guess we'll just go around clockwise then. There's not much over here though.  ...Not here. But I would argue that having giant windows that let you see into the bathroom is itself pretty unusual!  This isn't remotely unusual, though. We are in the Dark Hour after all.  And the Shadow isn't hiding in the crapper. Well, that just leaves one thing...   Hm? Is it just me, or is there something strange about this mirror?Well, it doesn't seem to reflect us...  Oh and there was a screenflash so I'm going with "yes?" Under A Loving Moon Silence Welp, we're back in the land of animated cutscenes...  ...for a shower scene. Great. I'm sure this is what everyone wanted.  And, yeah, this is pretty much the entire reason Yukari gets forced into the party for this one. It's really dumb.  Thankfully, it's short. The Voice Someone Calls > You hear the shower running in the bathroom... > You don't remember why you are here... (Where was I?)> It feels like you had something important to do...  > A strange voice rings inside your head...  Something about this sure doesn't seem like Orpheus... Voice: Enjoy the moment... That which cannot be felt is merely a dream... The present is all we have. (That's not true...)Voice: The future is but a fantasy, memory a fabrication...  (I can't give in...)Voice: Pleasure is what you truly want. You stand before the doorway to bliss. You cannot deny you instincts... Embrace your desire... (Now's not the time...) > You have regained control of your thoughts... > The shower in the bathroom has been turned off.   *gasp*   Glad to see that Yukari's back to normal as well. Though, uh, it really could've been in a better circumstance.  Can you two hear me? What's going on? I'm sorry I couldn't contact you sooner... The Shadow was interfering with your thoughts... And you all got seperated... The enemy is still in the same room. Please regroup and hurry there. ...Did you hear that, Yukari? ...Uh, sorry... Yeah... I heard you. Um... Did something happen? No! Nothing! If you tell anyone... I won't ever speak to you again. End A Deep Mentality Its power is blanketing the whole building. I'm pretty sure it's in that one room you were in before... But, it somehow sealed the door, so I don't think you'll be able to get in. I'll try to find out if there's a way to break the seal... Please join the others. They're on the floor above you.We do get control back here, but there's nothing else that happens when we only have the pair so...   I didn't know there was another Shadow... Anyway, you okay? How about you guys? W-We're fine! Nothing happened! They're giving off the same energy as the Shadow! Maybe the seal will vanish if you break the mirrors... I remember this one mirror we saw on the 3rd floor was different from the others... When I stood in front of it, I felt kinda strange...Alright, so we just need to go around and break mirrors, huh?  Well, there isn't one in the room on the first floor so we'll start with Room 201 I guess. It's right there and all.  Naturally, there's a mirror right in here so we'll just give this a bit of a break.  It just... cracks, like immediately. A bit disappointing, but whatever.  But then we get this and shunted back downstairs.  So, it's not actually ALL mirrors. We can still break wrong mirrors, get sent back here and Fuuka'll give us more hints to it. But, really, it's not that difficult.  So, we'll go back to the second floor and try to find a mirror we are meant to break this time around. But, hey, there's smaller Shadows hanging around now that we beat the Hierophant.  ...Unfortunately, they're all massively outdated at this point.  Well, the mirror in Room 205 sure looks different. It's yellow and doesn't have our reflection in it. Mainly it's the creepy yellow that gives it away though.  That and the black gunk it oozes once broken. Can't say that helps either.  There's only one mirror to break on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The one up on 3rd is in Room 304...  And with that, we can head on back to the Hierophant's Chamber. Nice and easy. That Which Comes From The Darkness As the Fool matures along his journey, he comes across two new challenges different to that which he has faced in the past. His natural maturity leads to a powerful urge for sex with another. He realises that he desires a relationship... his journey leads him to attempt to become one of a pair of Lovers. Naturally, then, the Lovers card mostly primarily represents love and relationships. It also more generally can be attraction in all forms; a representation that something will cross your path. Whether it be a person, a new idea, a life-changing event... I had to come to this disgusting place! Now. you're gonna pay! VI. Arcana Loversyou probably cottoned onto why i skipped the portable versions of these by now, but since we'll CLEARLY be spending more time at this event in the future, it just made more sense to stagger 'em for once. Master of Shadow At first glance, the Lovers seems to be a pretty overly literal representation of their Arcana. But, remember the pattern; they have to be the Reversed Lovers. They already tipped a forced pairing with their antics seperating people before...  And looking at them clearer, it's easy to see why they split the way they did. They have no strong basis for their choices and instead focuses on the biological sex and nothing more. There is no true union to make a complete whole.  It's not super-apparent in most angles, but you can clearly see that inside their heart-shaped cage-like body, they contain the astronomical symbols for Mars and Venus. These are traditionally used to represent men and women, respectively. That's how you can tell that they made their choices on the most spurious of reasoning. Anyway, how are the Lovers in a fight? Well, resistance-wise you can see that they're very boring and have no apparent strengths or weaknesses.  ...In terms of actual attacks, the have Maragion of all things. It's kinda clever if you think about it, and it would disincentive using Mitsuru (since this is one you CAN avoid) if it happened with any degree of frequency.  As you would expect, their main assault is primarily ailment based. Pulinpa's not really the first one that comes to mind though, huh? Lovers have 19 Luck so it's not too bad an idea in theory.  ...Life Drain is a weird-rear end move for them to use. It deals 35 damage and heals them for the same amount. It's just so rare, it happened once in half an hour of trying to get them to use all of their skills. Oh, and they do also have Spirit Drain but that didn't happen at all and is even more irrelevant from their perspective.  This is a bit more like it, though! They can use Holy Arrow to be clever. Pierce damage AND Charm wrapped up in one.  The damage isn't a big deal, but the Charm is a major problem. Obviously.  It's a bigger problem in this fight in particular than most others, though. Especially because the AI has a dumb secret.  Yukari has Charmdi. She also has a few Dis-Charms in her personal inventory. The AI when told to heal prioritises HP over everything else. It does this in some weird nonsense situations as well.  Like this one. It seems "reasonable" since Makoto is at about half-HP but Yukari is casting Dia here on Junpei.  Yes. Really. If someone gets Charmed, its better to have Makoto heal it, even though that's a giant waste. If Makoto gets Charmed, then better hope Yukari is feeling co-operative to heal it otherwise that's effectively just a straight up game over. Why?  Because Lovers has a nasty Almighty skill called Heartbreaker.  It's pretty hard-hitting across the board regardless, but it deals 150% damage to anyone Charmed. It doesn't get used all the time, of course, but its very frequent.  Oh and naturally Lovers also have Marin Karin just for extra odds at proccing Charm.  Really, though, losing this fight is some really bad luck and nothing else. We'll deal with it the same way we dealt with the Hierophant but with the added bonus of Lovers not having Dekaja. They have 1500HP, 15 Strength, 16 Magic, 17 Endurance, 15 Agility and 19 Luck for quick reference. The Voice Someone Calls  Thanks for your help. The enemy was sly, but you did well. I did what I could. And you too, for withstanding the enemy's mental assault. Alright, let's call it a night.  About that thing you mentioned the other day... Fuuka nods.  Cool, tell me later. Alright! We should head back, too.  I didn't do much, really. Yeah, whatever... Who cares, anyway...?I'm gonna guess you do right now, since you brought it up? Hey, why do you have to be like that? Don't tell me you're jealous.  Shut up! What's up HIS butt? Silence > It seems like the trust between you all has grown... > You learned a new tactic!  Pretty much exactly what it sounds like, really. Just focus exclusively on blitzing something down, though it doesn't really focus on anything other than direct damage. Includng knock downs, even. There is a bit more of a focus on buffing than Assign Target, though.  But, wait, what's this?   That was quite a show.  Their fighting style is positively fascinating... And it seems they've gained new recruits, too.  Yes... That's an excellent idea. Considering that he shares our fate, it would be prudent to seek his opinion.  > You expect that there will be fewer victims for a while. > But, you are too exhausted to think about it now. > You decide to rest as soon as you get back to the dorm...
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Sep 4, 2017 21:50
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So now seems like a good time to link this from the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbNOPjD1jEI
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Sep 5, 2017 00:25
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Huh. I've played through that fight a bunch and never seen the Heartbreaker attack. I guess I've done enough of it on NG+ that I've been strong enough to blitz the thing before it can use that move a lot of the time, though.
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Sep 5, 2017 01:06
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A Deep Mentality is actually one of my favorite songs in this game.
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Sep 5, 2017 01:11
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What happens if you don't bring Mitsuru? They seemed to imply the other two got lovers brainwashed as well, but it doesn't seem like it would pair up two guys.
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Sep 5, 2017 11:10
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Taciturn Tactician posted:What happens if you don't bring Mitsuru? They seemed to imply the other two got lovers brainwashed as well, but it doesn't seem like it would pair up two guys. It does, and it's the route the manga uses: 
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Sep 5, 2017 16:19
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Petiso posted:
Man, Junpei gets bullied a lot in adaptations of this scene, huh?
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Sep 5, 2017 16:55
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Junpei comes off significantly worse in non Female-MC versions of this game, so I'm guessing it was seen more as 'comeuppance'.
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Poor, poor Stupei...
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Since we just had full moon antics, we're auto-tired which we're going to put to use today. And not for the normal reason we used to either. Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / TimeListening: Sounds cool to me! I wanna go to the sea, the mountains, everywhere! But, before that... we've got finals starting on Tuesday. Gossiping: Ugh, I'd forgotten about that. But that means a break is after the exams! And summer vacation is just around the corner! > The first bell has rung. Ah, right. Exams are coming up very soon now. Hmm. This is going to present a problem twice over - schedule issues, yes, but also we're gonna get a lot of classroom scenes this week. Eep. It's basic English grammar and even if you're not super great at something that you've never really thought about before, context makes it VERY obvious at least. Hurray! It's important to remember at this point that answering these correctly gives Charm points. That we, uh, don't need any more. Still gonna be getting them right because it's more useful to do so, overall. ...Or maybe we could just skip these scenes wholesale from now on, but that has some issues. Namely with how they help with exams which do matter still. Doing well on your exams IS important. I am now your mother, apparently. Anyway, we'll deal with that in the future. For now, we can see immediately that we need to reschedule stuff... is what I'd say if this wasn't a Wednesday. Kaz isn't around then. Whoops. But, yeah, week before exams so we can't do school S.Links anyway. So, first we're off to the Nurse's office to do a thing. Or, rather, to NOT do a thing. We have to be Tired (or Sick!) to not just get kicked out of the office immediately. If we are Tired/Sick, we get this option like normal and drinking Edogawa's hosed up experiment shuts us out for the day and means we can't do what we want until we come back when we're Tired/Sick again in the future. In short (too late), we're not drinking anything. Well, this is actively definitely harmful rather than just a terrible idea. What the gently caress, Edogawa? ...The only mercy here is that no one is going to be taking this medicine anyway. Decided to try the bathroom now to see if we'd luck out and get a status upgrade out of it. Now we can study tonight as well as do... whatever else we'll be doing. Oh, and this little sidestory has updated too. We're no longer on the roof and I guess "he is a dickhead who throws rocks at birds" and "picks his nose when he thinks someone isn't looking" is all we know about the other guy. Meanwhile, he's... well, he's definitely incredibly weird and probably not all that healthy either. It's really hosed that Edogawa is the school nurse, because clearly someone competent is necessary around here. It definitely would be, yeah. Old Medicine is really absurdly bad. At least our reward for giving Liz objectively terrible medicine is some rad medicine. Cures all ailments across the entire party. Possibly handy! My favourite dumb thing about this, by the by, is that the Megaten Wiki in its infinite dumbness seems to think these don't even exist. Yeah, I dunno. Anyway, it's interesting (to me) to note that we have access already to the next set of sidequests. Normally we don't get these until Liz gives us a call about Tartarus. Anyway, let's talk about some of these for a sec. We're gonna feed a cat! We're gonna feed the heck out of a cat! This is a bit more involved than it sounds, though... This one we can't do yet, because it requires a minimum level of 27 to do. Yes, really. But it's also the next one in a quest line so it was only unlocked by giving Elizabeth the awful medicine. And this one is... simple but interesting. It gives us a Bus Stop Sign which has a new icon we've never seen before on it. It's clearly a gag weapon, but it's... an axe...? We don't have any party members who can use axes... I guess Makoto's unique weapon type, along with his versatility, is an axe. That's kinda rad and also I wanna beat stuff up with a bus stop sign. So we WILL be going back to Gekkoukan to get some music in a moment, but first we have to buy some cat food. The pharmacy sells very fancy cat food purely for this one quest, which is cute and cool. We're buying 4 cans or whatever they are. Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / TimeSo, we want music from the school. Music room is a tempting idea for obvious reasons, but that's used for a club so that doesn't work here. Instead, we're going to the PA Room up on the 2nd floor (next to the Student Council). > You hear bizarre music playing inside. Male Student's Voice: ..."Gekkoukan Boogie"? Why does the school have music like this...? ...Must be a teacher's theme song or something. ...Crazy. *chuckle* Well, that's an interesting idea but I think this'll do the trick quite nicely. Male Student: Huh? This music? I have no idea what it's for, but it says "Gekkoukan Boogie" on it. Huh? You want it? ...Are you serious!? Sure, you can have it. We don't have any use for it, anyway... Here... Now, get out of here, before you get me in trouble. Alright, so before we take this back to Elizabeth, we're going to head to the Port Island Station for a moment because there's been a bit of a change there lately. When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars / Way of LifeUntil relatively recently, there was a barrier on the left-hand side that shut us out from the cafe area. And more importantly, those stairs in the corner. They let us get to a place that we've seen a couple of times before now, at last. More importantly, there's a cat hanging out here. > He seems to be very weak. Maybe he's hungry... We're gonna be giving 'em some top-tier Super Cat Food! > The cat slowly started to eat. Weak cat: Meow... Meowww... > The cat is purring loudly. It seems happy. That we can and DEFINITELY will do. Can only feed the cat once a day, so we're done here for now. Which means we go back to Elizabeth! Alright, NOW we're done with Liz for the time being. So, the Bus Stop Sign can only be used by Makoto and it's the latest "joke" weapon naturally. That means it's top-tier for the time being and is most likely going to be glued to Makoto for a long while yet. But for the here and now, uh, we can't do school S.Links so I guess we're off back to the bookstore for a while. > It seems Bunkichi and Mitsuko are counting on you. > Your relationship is stronger now! Well, uh, the next time probably won't be several months from now so that's reasonable! > After saying goodbye to Bunkichi and Mitsuko, you decided to go back to the dorm. So, I guess this is about that secret thing that Yukari asked Mitsuru to look into before. I really wanna know what that was... But, well, first we have everyone else to talk to. Junpei is acting really pissy right now. Joy... Sorry, Akihiko we can go to Tartarus tomorrow, but we won't be. Mysterious vandalism has occurred at the hotel Champs de Fleurs. Mirrors in the hotel rooms were shattered. Though the hotel had many guests, none of them saw the culprit. Some guests have also reported theft in their rooms. Police are currently investigating the incident. Depending on who looks into it, they might already know the answer but be unable to do anything about it. The girls are upstairs and man, Fuuka, you are REALLY bad at this. Like Akihiko said, Mitsuru's not around right now so all that remains to do something. Since it's a Wednesday, that means we go to the Arcade to play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire or something. And since we got lucky with the bathroom, that means we can double-down on our Academics gain today and get 6 points. Which is not even really all that close to enough for a level. But +6 is something we can only potentially do two days a week, so who knows when we'll hit the next rank right now. Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / TimeListening: It's because the building wasn't built that long ago, so everything is still gleaming. You know, I heard from my parents there was an explosion here 10 years ago. They replaced the building after that, but... There's more to it, too. Around that time, a lot of students stopped coming to school. Maybe that's why they put up the new building... To start with a clean slate... Gossiping: An explosion!? Did someone screw up in chem lab or something? That must have been a dangerous lecture... > The first bell has rung. I, uh... I genuinely have no idea. So, I'm just gonna guess.  So, now that we're done with school stuff for the day we need to do the most important thing. When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars / Way of LifeGotta feed the cat some more. It's still not done but it's slowly getting there day by day. Now that we've got the most important thing done, let's go be friendly to the elderly again. Which isn't for the last time. We need a lot more points than the previous scene could give... so much so that this didn't push us to the threshold either! I do believe that's the first time spending time as a non-event hasn't been sufficient for a rank up. Oh and NOW Elizabeth lets us know we can climb higher in Tartarus. We already had the sidequests available though, so okay I guess. I agree. I am definitely going to invest my time very wisely. Well, what time of it I can anyway. Exams do steal a week automatically which kinda sucks. Natto has become surprisingly popular overseas. Called "Miracle Beans" in foreign countries, they sell five times what they do in Japan. A well-known natto producer said, "Good thing I kept making it!" Natto sucks and is hella gross, sorry. You can disagree if you like, I won't stop you, but you're wrong. The girls are up on the... third floor. Huh. I think this is the first time we've stopped on this one. Alright, so now that we're done at the dorm we need to figure out what we're gonna be doing tonight. Hmm, let's see it's not a quiz night so we're not off to the Arcade... Tanaka isn't around on Thursdays... Wait, Thursday? I've got it! Mutatsu, my other old friend! Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting the chain-smoking, drunk old monk to the be The Tsundere and yet. > You saw through Mutatsu's harsh words and felt his kindness. > You understand Mutatsu better now. > You decided to go back to the dorm. Reminder that we're still about like 8 levels out from the first Tower persona. That seems really close, but it's still likely gonna be a bit of work to get there at the moment. And we're gonna keep on gettin' that free Academics boost because it's right here after all. Awkwardly, we don't even start exams until Tuesday. That might be useful though, thinking about it... Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / TimeOkay, in all seriousness here: the stuff Edogawa "teaches" is kinda genuinely interesting. Or, rather, it would be if it wasn't in one-sentence long text boxes that kinda go fairly slowly. And also if it wasn't just eyerolling and weird to have Edogawa be so consistently bad at his job. When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars / Way of LifeGotta feed the cat some more. He's slowly getting better thanks to the power of Expensive And Fancy Food. Awesome We could spend the day at the bookstore, but right now that's kind of a waste. We know we won't rank up yet and we'll get better timing to go back there later on. So, what to do... We haven't really spent time with Maiko since we gave her some takoyaki and cola. > Maiko seems sad. > Maiko seems to enjoy hanging out. > You got to know Maiko, the grade-schooler. > A mysterious voice rings in your head... > You decide to go back to the dorm. Man that's... pretty much the kinda thing I would expect from a small child's S.Link really. At least if it's a consistent through-line and not dropped after like rank 3 I mean. So, Junpei is actively avoiding us. That's... not really a good sign, huh? A miraculous flower which only grows once every 100 years has bloomed. It seems to be responding to the other strange events in town. I do like the implication that this isn't a year it was supposed to happen. It takes almost a month for the Dark Hour to amount to 1 day of time, though, so that can't very quickly or easily cause that kinda discrepency. Oh and Junpei is the only person with something new to say today. And it's new because it's nothing. Thanks, Junpei. And with today being a Friday, that means we can go hang out with Mutatsu again. Although we're still at the stage where no matter what, we'd need a scene-free time to get a rank up. Mutatsu is a bit awkward but he's a night link so it's fine since we don't really have much to do at night. Academics are still a thing, and still aren't Rank 4 which is kinda amazing. You'd think it would be by now. I reckon we've got enough time for one more day. Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / TimeMasakado was born in 903 and died in 940. So, uh, we skipped forward "a little" alright. Almost 300 years is only a footnote, right? > It's from Akihiko. > "He has something to tell us." > "We'll meet on the 4th floor as soon as everyone is back." So, I guess we'll have a small plot scene this evening. Alright, sure. But first! When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars / Way of Life> The cat is purring loudly. It seems happy. > The cat seems to have regained all its energy by eating the cat food. > It seems you won't need to come and feed it anymore. I'm glad that the cat is healthy again, but man it's a shame that now we just ignore it forever. It makes sense for Makoto specicially, sure, but it's still pretty awful! Masukukaja in an item form. It's, uh, nice I guess? There's no request we can do right now that doesn't involve going to Tartarus in some way, so we'll get around to that at some point I guess. ...Well, there's Vetala which I might be able to finagle a way to get but it's definitely easier when I have funds to use again. And, sure, Maiko's gonna be our main pre-exam week S.Link now. Makes sense to me! > You decide to take a trip to Wild-duck Burger. > Maiko is about to start crying. > Maiko is sobbing loudly. > Maiko is trying her best to smile. > Your relationship is stronger now! > You returned to the dorm after walking Maiko home. It, uh, seems like it's been relevant from before the start? Suddenly, we're in the anime-zone...? It, uh, it always feels weird having a scene that seems like it's the end of the day but whoops we have a bit extra afterwards. It's kinda jarring in a way. But, well, we can take advantage of this to ask Ikutski some stuff. Whew, that was a lot more optional exposition than I expected. Today's guest is Masao "Mark" Inaba, who is in a group of 2 whole people! He was in the original Persona game, as a playable character during the SEBEC route, who does not appear in either Persona 2 game since he is busy being an artist in New York. Which is a bit of a shame since he can dance funky. ...Right, and uh you definitely know about this but in Revelations: Persona (the US release of the PS1 version), this is Mark: Yes, this is real. And, yes, his dialogue was rewritten to be AAVE. Because obviously. Anyway, Mark's primary arcana was the Chariot and his default Persona was Ogun. An interesting choice for a main character's default but hey. I'm gonna mention this now because this is when I made the connection myself: the dates each episode of Who's Who has aired has been the relevant character's birthday. Go back and check if you want. Meanwhile, in 2009, Yukari, Mitsuru and Akihiko have all shut themselves up in their rooms. That's why we can't Tartarus today and instead are off to study via the Arcade. And, uh, actually studying. That helps too. But it looks like we're not getting to Academics 4 before the exams, which is unfortunate but not really a bit deal in the end. Hopefully. We could give it one last shot on Monday, sure, but that's definitely more of a "well if we have to" kinda thing. After all, that's a good time to go to Tartarus if we get the chance. Lotus Aura fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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I think the game probably should have had the "what the gently caress is going on here, you obviously know more than you're telling us" scene a while ago.
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Well it's because Yukari was taking the time to dig the information up. And Fuuka only joined last month, so it's not like she could have done it before.
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It was necessary for backstory, sure, but not so much for the "why the hell are we listening to you" questions. I'd think there'd be some conflict over receiving orders after being conscripted, without any explanation beyond the basics, but maybe it's just me.
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Mutatsu is the grumpiest. It's great. 
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You didn't think the origin of the Dark Hour was necessary information for people dealing with the Dark Hour? Especially when Itsuki knows that getting rid of these Twelve will fix things? 
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Ikutski only figured that out recently, he says its why he called the meeting in the first place.
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I thought the others didn't ask more questions because they were content with what they got. Akihiko gets to put his training to use fighting monsters, Junpei's in it to feel cool and special, Fuuka seems like she just wants to be out of her parents' grasp ASAP, and Makoto seems like he couldn't care less. I imagine Yukari's been stewing on this even before Makoto joined, and Fuuka getting pretty much press-ganged into joining was the last straw for her. And if Yukari's calling Mitsuru out, I hope she also stops to call out Ikutsuki on this current plan about the Twelve. Ikutsuki told them he's got evidence this would work, but what sort of evidence are we talking about here? It's just weird that in a scene that's about us not getting all the information we needed in the first place that we also don't get the information we need.
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amigolupus posted:I thought the others didn't ask more questions because they were content with what they got. Akihiko gets to put his training to use fighting monsters, Junpei's in it to feel cool and special, Fuuka seems like she just wants to be out of her parents' grasp ASAP, and Makoto seems like he couldn't care less. I imagine Yukari's been stewing on this even before Makoto joined, and Fuuka getting pretty much press-ganged into joining was the last straw for her. I think his main evidence is that after defeating the large shadows, there's a drop in the number of apathy syndrome cases. At least I'm pretty sure that was mentioned on the tv.
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 Welp, we're at our last two days of freedom before we run fullforce into a week of finals. Sign o' the Times Troubled  Hm...? Hmph... Why're you here? If you came here to try and convince me, then forget it. ...It's nothing like that. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Huh? It's been almost 14 years since we met at the orphanage...   Back then, it seemed like we had all the time in the world. Heh... You haven't changed one bit. If you wanna get all sappy, go do it with your other friends. ...What was that!? It's rare for you to think about the past. Usually, you just charge ahead like a drat fool. So obviously, there's something on your mind. ...... I do reminisce sometimes... But, what's the point?   ! No poo poo?Akihiko nods. To be honest, all I've been thinking about lately is getting stronger. But yesterday, someone made me question my reason for fighting... Your reason for fighting, huh...   ...I'm not like you. ...Man, I can't believe I'm the one getting lectured here. ...... Well, see ya around. Meanwhile, somewhere else but presumably at roughly the exact same time...   ...Can I talk to you for a moment? Senpai... Oh, please come in. No, I didn't skip over anything there. Mitsuru just walks in, sits down and immediately cuts right to being midway through a thought. Oh, I-I'm sorry for doing that without permission... Don't worry, you're not in trouble. But, I do have a special favor to ask of you. I want you to find out as much as you can about that incident ten years ago. But, very little was made public... You mean, hack into their system? That's illegal. I'll give you my ID and password. You'll be free from accountability. I want to know the truth, in detail.So, she's going to be using valid login credentials to normally log on and view the stuff that you could view on your own anyway... Senpai... Of course, I'll understand if you refuse. Okay. I'll see what I can do. Are you sure? ...I appreciate it. After all, despite my good intentions, I did drag you into this without fully explaining. Certainly, you must be a little angry with me... Not really.  That... answers nothing. It's not even remotely relevant, even! That's why they're so tough on me... It's really hard for me to be at home... But here, I feel important, and I can help you and the others... So, why should I be angry? You're right, Yamagishi. We do need you. No one can take your place. U-Um... Thank you... I'll see you later.Meanwhile, elsewhere again...  It's fairly close to where Akihiko went, though.  Tch! That's good... That's what we've been fighting for... So, why am I so pissed!? How nice of them to wear their uniform on a Sunday, so we could tell they were students even with the nameplate also telling us that. Really thoughtful of them, that. Friend: Seriously. But, at least we're seniors now... We won't be wearing these stupid uniforms much longer. Student: Yeah, I've had enough of this. I just wanna get accepted to college and start having some fun. Friend: That's IF you get accepted, don't forget.  I'M the reason... I was like, "Fighting is my duty." But hell, it's all I'm good for. If it weren't for that... I'd be worthless. Haha, my duty...? What a buncha bullshit. Dammit! Nothing I do is good enough! *sigh*Meanwhile, again... just one remains at this point after all...   Seems like my worst fears keep coming true... Am I stupid to believe in things like trust and friendship...? Dad... This old letter of yours... I must've read it a thousand times since it came last spring...  Tomorrow, I'll bring this letter to the opening ceremony for the Moonlight Bridge. It'll be stored in a time capsule, and sent to you ten years from now. Yukari... You're so small right now, but in ten years, you'll be sixteen. You'll be in high school. ...... I know you've been sad because I have to work so late, but you still always greet me with a smile.  I'll be starting on a big project soon, and I'm happy to be receiving so much recognition for my work... But, I swear to you that nothing is more important to me than you and your mother. Yukari... Are you remembering to enjoy life? Are you still bright-eyed and hopeful, like you are now?  ...Well, I hope this letter brings a smile to your face. Love, Dad ...... I won't turn my back. I won't be like Mom. Not ever... End Well, that was some... very disparate and different scenes of the rest of the gang. Junpei's was the most... filler-y feeling though, by far, which is a bit of a weird shame in a way. Current Net Price Tanaka But, hey, this IS our first Sunday since like the middle of June that we've been able to buy anything off Tanaka so let's see what he's got. A sweet new pair of boots! ...And some diet pills... for 10,000 yen. Yeesh. ...Well, footwear is what I seem to have the worst luck in getting in Tartarus (and I never bother buying equipment from the police station because I'm both a cheapskate and an idiot), so I'll take 'em! Iwatodai Dorm I appreciate this being upfront, but it's a Sunday and we never Tartarus on Sundays anyway. Also it's the middle of the day we couldn't Tartarus for hours. Everyone seems to be studying... I mean, I haven't seen anyone around, so they must be studying, right? I'm not sure... Yeah, neither am I. Maybe they're not just studying...  I feel like we've been punished by a divine entity in the most passive aggresively minor way possible at this point. It's just... every single time. Without fail.  Oh, and everyone else is in their rooms now. Except Akihiko who's outright nowhere to be found. How odd!  They don't have anything super-interesting to say though (that Junpei is actually studying is surprising). We'll take advantage of the peace and how we don't need to leave the dorm for once to just go back into our room to play a dead video game. Instead of, uh, leaping backwards through time a little bit to do that. Joy  nowadays i just log on to MMOs with bedhead and all (liek today lol) but when i was little, ppl said i was a real cutie -_-;; guess i missed my chance rite? nobody thinks i'm hawt ne more T_T ...do men only want younger women? be honest w/me =3 Guys like younger chicks. yeah, i thought so. everyone knows it but it sux to hear for real... orz T_T Considering what you've mentioned before, that's... not just "bad," that is actively a crime. > Maya seems pretty happy. but i didn't make sense? i should know better--i teach composition!! o_O;; mkay, i'll be calm. i'll compose my bitching carefully for you ;P one of my coworkers is really pissing me off. i'm trying to avoid her @_@ its been a while but that kinda thing sticks w/u, u know? ne way, she said she needed some advice, but then she just started bragging! >=( and she acts like its nuthing! omg, rite? i hate skanky hoes liek her! just give puppy-dog eyes and guys do whatever! she even stuffs her bra!! lol Just calm down. talk about fake, rite? what kind of woman has to use pads for her boobs? i'm fine w/ massaging in teh shower and drnking more milk. all natural   omg for reals, i saw Ms. K running in late one time, ok? ...theyre fake for sure >=) ...an my school is FULL of teachers like taht! -_-; man tatsuya, talkin to u is better than getting a massage =P : : complaining online is now an important part of my days off ^_^> Maya likes talking to you. > Your relationship is stronger now!    ...but after what i said, i might go to hell ne way o_O;; well... i rented sum DVDs, sooo... later, tatsuya! thx for chattinWait, DVDs?! The overdue fees on those things gets kinda ridiculous! I hope it's the first time, so they'll waive 'em... > Maya's player signed off. > You decide to log out as well. Alright, so that brings us along nicely to our last day before exa-- The Voice Someone Calls   So, how's life as a Persona-user? Something's missing. I wonder what... I hope you find it soon. I remembered something else about the coming of the end... Ten years ago, if I remember correctly. Hey... A Persona is like a mirror. Which means, a Persona-user can never escape from his true self. Regardless, I will stay with you...   Kinda... weird to get that from this, huh? Also, real nice of Pharos to tell us he remembered a thing happened in the past. But not what said thing was.  No matter, though. We've got one last day of freedom before we lose the rest of the week to finals. Joy. Want To Be Close (Reincarnation) / Time Listening: What am I going to do if I fail again? I wish the school wouldn't post our names... Gossiping: Yeah, that's the worst part. You get a bad grade, and everyone looks at you like your dog just died... > The first bell has rung.  I... uh... maybe...?  Summer vacation is just ahead, so study hard! Summer is beach season! Shaved ice! Wheeee! It's also the hottest season, so don't neglect your health, okay? Oh, by the way, there's a popular event in Japan in the summer that can be a little scary... It's a girl's chance to get closer to the boy she's interested in. It's called Kimodameshi! Anyway, enjoy your summer, and make sure you come out of it with some good memories! Still not another level... well, not much we can do about that now. But it's the last day before exams so our options are as limited as ever.  Fortunately, we DO have options so it's not a big deal! Joy  Have you seen Striped Shirt? We were playing tag, but... It's no fun if I can't find him. You don't look so good... Are you sick?  Huh? S-So, you are sick? Ha ha, no. I'm kidding. You're so easy, Maiko. No fair! I'm an innocent girl, so I actually believed you!  I'm Maiko's friend. So you're the guy she was talking about. I wondered what you were like... Are you "too old" to play with kids, or are you still young at heart? You can eat with us too, Striped Shirt! Nah, I'm okay, thanks. I'll see you guys around. He's gone... I ususally see him around the sthrine on Sundays. I see him on the way to cram school, too. Yay! It's takoyaki time!> You decided to go with Maiko to get takoyaki.  I remember one time Dad burned his mouth on this takoyaki! ...'Cause I put too many in his mouth at once. And then he snorted, sending me flying out of the encouter! > Maiko suddenly fell silent... Troubled ...Dad doesn't spend much time at home anymore these days. Oh! Do you think he'll come home for my birthday? Don't worry, he'll be there. Y-You really think so!? I mean, I know Mom will buy me presents, but still... ...She hasn't asked me what I want, yet.> Maiko fell silent again. ...If they really loved me, then they wouldn't get a divorce. > Maiko seems to enjoy spending time with you. > Your relationship is stronger now!   If I don't do laundry, the house will be a real big mess! See ya!> Maiko took off, so you decided to go back to the dorm. Summer Plans Silence  ......> An awkward silence fills the room...  Um... Y-You know, it's almost summer break. Do you have any plans? Man, it sure would be nice! Somewhere in the south, where the water is crystal clear!  But first, we have exams to worry about... Ugh, what a drag... Now, now. You'll be fine. But yeah, I'd love to go somewhere famous for its beautiful beaches, like Okinawa. Mr. Chairman... I didn't realize you were here. Mitsuru, your father will be vacationing in Yakushima during the break. He will...? You'll all have some time off after exams, right? Why don't you go and pay him a suprise visit? Joy YES! Beach babes, here I come! *sigh* Men. How about it, Mitsuru? But... my father is a busy man; I don't want to ruin his vacation. Haha, don't worry... No father would be upset with a daughter who came all that way to see him. You've all done a great job. You deserve to relax for a while. ...... Alright. I guess everyone needs a break now and then. Let's do it. Woohoo! Hmm, the beach...  I should design a special training regimen.> Everyone seems excited about the trip... Dude, I'm stoked! I have to go buy a swim suit. Hey, don't worry, I've got an extra pair you can borrow. Nice try, man. Are you going to swim too, Ikutsuki-san? I'm afraid I can't. I'll turn to dust if I'm exposed to d-- Silence Uh... Sorry about the other day... I got a little carried away... In a way, it's only logical that we go to Yakushima. The Chairman said that no one who was responsible for the accident is still alive, but... in reality, there is one witness who survived. There is? Senpai... EndGotta admit, it's nice to have a plan for the summer that isn't "um, hang out with old people and a grade schooler some more and also live in Tartarus." Iwatodai Dorm Now. you will all need to concentrate on your final exams... Um...? You're always cracking jokes. Hahaha... This is no time for humor. But, I'm happy to see everyone has a smile on their face. For extra luck. try wearing your shoes on the wrong feet! I dunno, that sounds both painful and awkward!  Anyway, Junpei's up on the second floor all alone. Right now, I have to concentrate. How do you stay so calm all the time? It seems like all you do is wander around and talk to people. And once again, the girls have shut themselves up in their rooms. Welp, so much for Tartarusing before the exams...  Which, as you can see, presents a bit of a problem! Money really isn't normally a bit deal or anything but Hard mode haemorrages the stuff at a disgustingly fast rate.  Fortunately, I had some trash I could sell to get Hua Po +3 Strength (the most meaningless and trivial of increases) but that's all.  We've always got free studying in our room at least, but that's not ideal... Fortunately, we have one - and exactly one - chance to go to Tartarus soon.  Yukari's spending a bit of time working on being a better general healer, I see. Her Magic is pretty okay for the time and she can heal everyone at once which is nice. Shame that her first Medium spell is single target healing but it's a good sign anyway.  Junpei is, well, Junpei. Notable is that he's got Great status so he can deal decent Phys damage AND has an improved Crit rate just for that little bit extra oomph.  Akihiko, likewise, is Akihiko'ing. He's the only person without a stat over 20, which isn't as big a deal as it sounds but it bugs me anyway. At least he can debuff and will be able to do so better soon. His healing skills have fallen pretty far behind though, just because he can only cure ~60-70HP on a single target which is woefully inadequate.  Mitsuru is Good. Her skillset is still small but focused and she's close to solving her own potential SP problem without needing to be fed items or returning to the first floor all the time. As before, and for maybe the last time, vote for  the one person who gets benched.
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It's interesting when we see the other dorm rooms and they're all heavily personalized. I don't believe we've seen Akihiko's or Mitsuru's yet, but they're equally detailed which is fascinating for the amount of time you actually see them, which is very very briefly. Even Chihiro gets a detailed bedroom for the exactly one time we see it. Then we have the protagonist's room and...it's completely barren. Even the shelves are bare. There's a generic bedsheet and some textbooks but the room may as well be unoccupied. I guess part of it is to not assume anything since he's supposed to be the player avatar but seeing it when you get so many bedroom scenes in a row and then you see the equivalent of a monk's cell makes the contrast impossible to miss.
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Let's have Mitsuru sit out this one.
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Bench Akihiko, having balanced stats is boring.
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Let's have Akihiko sit out this time.
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Lets have Mitsuru stay behind. Who wants to have the boss around all the time?
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