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Funky Valentine posted:Bench Ken forever.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Anime, like Ken, was a mistake.
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Wonder if it's a good idea to ever tell Akihiko about that 'special' night you spent with Shinji.
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Ken's fine. Making him a romance option though? That was a mistake. What the hell Atlus.freshlybaked posted:Wonder if it's a good idea to ever tell Akihiko about that 'special' night you spent with Shinji. This part of Akihiko's link only opens up after 10/4 too. FeMC has a pretty interesting love life.
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Boy MC is an enabling sociopath, Girl MC is a cradle-robber trying to hook up with the kid that put her last boyfriend in a coma.
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Honestly? If they'd nixed the romance option for Ken, it'd be a pretty decent link. A kid who's in a hurry to grow up, noticing all the little things that people like Yukari and Junpei are doing for him, and is scared of acting his age. That's not bad for a SL. Too bad they had to add... well, that.
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Honestly, did people even liked Saori's social link? It's bad enough that 8 out 10 scenes involves her passively letting other people poo poo on her, but her resolution of not letting others push her around is kind of ruined since she lets herself get pulled out of school by her parents. Like if it ended with her convincing her parents they got the wrong idea and that she loves it in Gekkoukan then that'd be fine. But in the end, it just feels like she just gave up and decided not to rock the boat. Honestly, this also bugs me with Mamoru and Keisuke's links. It reminds me of how P4 handled the Investigation Team's issues. ApplesandOranges posted:Honestly? If they'd nixed the romance option for Ken, it'd be a pretty decent link. A kid who's in a hurry to grow up, noticing all the little things that people like Yukari and Junpei are doing for him, and is scared of acting his age. That's not bad for a SL. Too bad they had to add... well, that. Agreed. It would also help if we saw other members of SEES in his scenes, so we'd be shown how others treat him like a kid, instead of Ken telling us all about it.
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amigolupus posted:Honestly, did people even liked Saori's social link? It's bad enough that 8 out 10 scenes involves her passively letting other people poo poo on her, but her resolution of not letting others push her around is kind of ruined since she lets herself get pulled out of school by her parents. Like if it ended with her convincing her parents they got the wrong idea and that she loves it in Gekkoukan then that'd be fine. But in the end, it just feels like she just gave up and decided not to rock the boat. Saori loves it in Gekkoukan? News to me. The ending seems good to me. Our rear end in a top hat teacher gets shown up again. Saori, after realizing how her approach allowed others to screw her over, settles things with the school that betrayed her and gets a fresh start somewhere else. Happy end!
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amigolupus posted:Honestly, did people even liked Saori's social link? It's bad enough that 8 out 10 scenes involves her passively letting other people poo poo on her, but her resolution of not letting others push her around is kind of ruined since she lets herself get pulled out of school by her parents. Like if it ended with her convincing her parents they got the wrong idea and that she loves it in Gekkoukan then that'd be fine. But in the end, it just feels like she just gave up and decided not to rock the boat. Her name and rep is ruined beyond all hell at that point. Transferring out of the school would probably have been the safest option. But I still half-agree with you; this link was like watching Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V in the sense of "How hard can we kick this person in the teeth while maintaining viewer interest?"
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Tactless Ogre posted:Her name and rep is ruined beyond all hell at that point. Transferring out of the school would probably have been the safest option. But I still half-agree with you; this link was like watching Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V in the sense of "How hard can we kick this person in the teeth while maintaining viewer interest?" They failed.
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 Three days to go, huh? Well, let's get to it then.  An Unpleasant Premonition  Let's give it everything we've got. Of course. ...After this is all over, let's celebrate. Today is incredibly brief, it seems. We'll be spending it with Yuko naturally.  Which is a necessary evil that we waste the day on it being a minor moment. Gotta do this to have the time to get it maxed relatively soon. I did double, and even triple, check to make sure there wasn't anything else for us to do today and nope. We've only got three outstanding quests for Elizabeth and none of them are doable right now. Iwatodai Dorm  I can go to Tartarus whenever you're ready...We went to Tartarus not too long ago. We have no reason to bother going back anytime soon.   They will either try to stop us outright, or secretly set a trap for us. What do you think they will do, Yuki? Try to stop us. Yes, I agree. They will most likely try to stop us outright. Even if they were to set a trap, Yamagishi would be able to detect.  Well, I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm going to give them hell in return for what they did to Shinji.  But, we should all try to relax... We'll need to remain calm if we want to win the last battle.  But I know that everyone will be giving their all in this battle... ...and so will I. This will be the last time we fight, so we must do our very best.  Well, we're almost done. After we kill the last Shadow, I'm gonna go straight to the hospital!  I'm getting so nervous. I need to stop thinking about it and just relax...  But, I don't care... I'm going to avenge Shinjiro-san... Newscaster: Particularly at the Moonlight Bridge in Minato-ku... It's a weird ol' day when we technically spend more time in the dorm at night than doing anything else throughout the day.  Especially when we're closing out the day by taking Koromaru out for a walk.   *pant* Yikes, it's hot... ...... We can do it!> You spoke with Ken for a while.   Let's do our best, too. Two days left of whatever we can find the time for... Iwatodai Dorm Since it's a Sunday, we'll check Tanaka's show and a second Berserker's Seal is nice especially for sub-40k. Gonna buy that without any hesitation. Nothing else in the dorm, so... When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars (Reincarnation) / Way of Life -Deep Inside My Mind- ...we'll step on out to find that for the first time in months we can talk to some folks hanging out in town!  Man, this one's going to be a killer. We better bring the ultimate equipment for it! All I need is some equipment to match, and I can't lose....There's only the two of 'em though, so I guess we need to find something else to do.  Akinari's perfect for that, since today IS Sunday and all.   I know it probably looked pretty bad last time, right? ...I had been reading a book before you came that day. I got so absorbed in the reading that I forgot to close the window, and I didn't realize how chilly it was. ...Do you read many books?Well, Makoto doesn't read normal ol' books but he does seem to really like textbooks (at least with the way we did things) so... It all depends on the book. Ha ha ha ha... I can definitely relate to that. A bad book is a really big waste of time because you have to get so far into it before you write it off... I read a lot of books these days. I find that they're the easiest ways to spend my time... ...since I can get lost in a book's private world. ...Do you read books all the way to the end? If it's boring, I stop reading. I don't read the endings either though I think our reasons for doing so are different. I really get into the story and usually reach the end quickly, but... I never want to finish it. ...Because if I finish the story, I'll be stuck here, again. Alone in this room. ...As Akinari, the person who can't escape his fate. Those're the kinds of books I read. So hopefully, if I do decide to finish reading them, I'll feel happy at the end when I come back here.> Akinari smiled weakly... > Your relationship is stronger now!   I hope we have another chance to talk.> You decided to go back to the dorm. Iwatodai Dorm  It's been a long journey, but we're finally here. We're the only ones who can defeat it, so don't let your guard down until the very end.  *sigh* I'm being ignored... Well, I guess they're too focused to enjoy my jokes... But, I am unable to understand his humor. My mind is already filled with thoughts... ...of the last Shadow... the Dark Hour... and The Lost...Oh wait, I nearly forgot!   Eating more than Yellow Owl isn't really that big of a deal, honestly. Newscaster: ...And now, the news. Footage shows that the shopping mall is filled with...  Once again, we'll be taking Koromaru out for a walk.   I bet you're having fun, though... Alright, knock yourself out!  ...... Just two days left... I'm getting more anxious about it... ...... Everything'll work out, I'm sure...> You spoke with Yukari for a while.  Haha! You look pretty pleased with yourself, Koro-chan. Why don't we start heading back? So, this is it then. Our last day before the final battle... An Unpleasant Premonition Well, tomorrow's the day. I'm ready. Good. I'll be counting on you! I'm positive a Shadow will appear tomorrow. Strega may be up to something as well... Anyway, please be prepared!I'm pretty sure we're as prepared now as we could realistically be.  Since today's Monday, we can't spend today with Yuko. So, I guess Yukari it is; we've been spending a bit more time with her lately, so it makes sense.  But, like with Yuko before, it's just a brief relaxing moment required to benefit us in the future. A bit too late for that, though...  A Brief Reflection Troubled Yeah... We've been through a lot this last six months... Don't ya think? It went by quickly. ...Yeah, huh. Besides, we made some new friends. ...Yeah, I guess. Well, it's all been worth it, if you ask me.  Sanada-san... Woof! I was asleep for much of the time, so I have not been in operation for very long. How 'bout you, Mitsuru-senpai? You started before Akihiko-san, right? Of course, back then, SEES didn't exist, and this was just a regular dorm. Did the Chairman recruit you? No... I've been aware of the Dark Hour since I was a child... One time, my father's research team was attacked by Shadows.  That's what happened...? ...It seems I was the first.   Senpai... It would've happened to someone eventually... Besides, the enemy can't just be ignored. ...... I suppose that's true. EndIt's really not much of a scene in the end, but I'm still sorta glad its here. Iwatodai Dorm Let's do our best in the last battle. I'll probably just stay home and rest, though... We've got the last operation coming up soon. I'm going to fight for my mom... and Shinjiro-san. Along with the Dark Hour, Tartarus, and everything else...? But, what my dad did... Newscaster: For even more luck, try removing a bookmark from a book you're still reading! It makes sense that the news is still continuing along being weird and disconnected overall from what's happening. There's no way for anyone involved there to really know, so even if it feels weird its still completely internally consistent. So, the Totally Definitely Final Battle is all that's left huh?  Yukari's just as lopsided as ever and picked up Magarula for her capstone spell in the interim. Since there's only one Shadow left, how useful that is is pretty debatable of course. Nearly 50 magic is pretty ludicrous for someone who's stats we cannot manipulate outside of equipment bonuses.  Junpei is, well, Junpei. Blade of Fury is nice in that it finally gave him a MT attack. Hurray! It's not exactly a great skill though, with a base power of 100, but it makes up for it by hitting 1-3 times. Plus he has the Laevateinn which is just really nice in general. Marakukaja might come in handy, too, I guess.  Akihiko's a mixed-bag like always. He finally got rid of Sonic Punch as of level 50 and learned Fist Master in its place. [Weapon] Master skills are weird, since they double the damage dealt with that weapon. They naturally therefore only apply to basic attacks and are of questionable-at-best use most of the time. Still, he has debuffs, and is able to throw out Boosted+Amped spells even if they're not necessarily as effective as what most other folks with that ability can do.  Mitsuru's only 1 point of Magic behind Yukari but is functionally better in every way outside of healing. She has her elemental boost by default, and the amp via accessory usage. Combine that with Mind Charge and her damage just straight up wins, no questions asked, outside of any resistance shenanigans. Of course this IS up to the whims of the AI which doesn't always consider Mind Charge to be worth it despite it being straight up better than just casting the spell twice. The AI isn't exactly perfect despite it being leaps and bounds better than everyone else seems to give it credit for. Honestly, I am genuinely disappointed that she decided to drop Marin Karin when she learned Mind Charge. That really doesn't make sense to me, and having a full eight skills would've been fine.  Aigis is a pretty decent tank and can cast Masukukaja and other ST buffs which is alright. We have access to Auto-Mataru and Auto-Maraku now, so her lacking them isn't a big deal in practice and Junpei has Marakukaja anyway.  Koromaru remains Koromaru. ...Okay, fine. His offensive stats are straight up the worst. He has Masukukaja so he overlaps with Aigis a bit (though that's still better than Vanilla where he had the Fear ailment spells instead of Suku buffs), Agidyne is nice since he's still the only non-Makoto character who gets to Boost and Amp a Dyne, even if his Magic hampers its effectiveness. Mudo and Mamudo are Very Bad at this point, to say nothing of how they won't help at all for a boss fight anyway. Counterstrike is pretty nice, but the Berserker's Seal gives someone High Counter which is just plain better.  Ken is still really, really bad. He's gotten sorta better, but only in terms of pure numbers since you last saw him. Hamaon is not gonna be useful at all with a boss fight, unless we suddenly have a return to some randoms beforehand. Recarm is sorta nice I guess, but if we really need it then I imagine something will have gone wrong. Base Zionga with no buffs, unless we use his accessory slot for it, with Magic that is only 1 point higher than Akihiko's is... a thing, I guess? So, yeah, for the first time in a few months we can use whoever the hell we want here! Hurray!  So, which three are we bringing?
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Mar 11, 2018 13:55
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Yukari, Junpei, Koromaru. The three most sensible party members, all things considered (Mitsuru's had way too many pitfalls managing Ken).
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Mar 11, 2018 14:31
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Why not Akihiko and Ken since they've been in the forefront of the plot, lately? And uh, Koromaru because I can't think of anyone else.
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Mar 11, 2018 14:37
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Yukari, Mitsuru, and Junpei to steamroll the final Shadow.
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Mar 11, 2018 15:07
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Never not vote for Dog, Robot and Mitsuru
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Mar 11, 2018 15:20
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Throwing out my usual Aigis, Ken, and Mitsuru vote.
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Mar 11, 2018 15:34
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Slaan posted:Never not vote for Dog, Robot and Mitsuru This even seems like the "correct" vote this time.
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Mar 11, 2018 17:15
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Aigis, Mitsuru, and Junpei seems well-rounded. Sorry Koro, but you have the dark specialist curse of "not actually that useful against bosses."
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Mar 11, 2018 17:36
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Let's bring Aigis, Akihiko and Ken, not like the full moon is ever challenging.
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Mar 11, 2018 22:24
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Dog and Bot. And the corpse of Shinjiro. I'm sure there are mods for it.
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Let's bring Yukari, Mitsuru and Akihiko Lotsa magic + the two most experienced persona users
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Mar 12, 2018 01:27
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Yukari, Mitsuri, Junpei I'm looking forward to them finally getting to this full moon so we can get whatever plot reason for them to extend the game. It was getting kind of grating for them to keep drilling in that 'this is totally going to be our last operation, no really'. I haven't even played this game before or know anything about the plot and I can easily tell poo poo's not over yet.
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Mar 12, 2018 02:07
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Aigis, Akihiko, and Mitsuru.
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Mar 12, 2018 02:20
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Yukari, Mitsuru, and Aigis.
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Mar 12, 2018 10:48
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Slaan posted:Never not vote for Dog, Robot and Mitsuru Pro choice
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Mar 12, 2018 11:47
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Slaan posted:Never not vote for Dog, Robot and Mitsuru 
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Mar 12, 2018 23:25
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quote:Never not vote for Dog, Robot, and Aigis Fixed that for ya
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Earnestly posted:Fixed that for ya We've only got the one robot (until the spinoffs anyway) anyway Akihiko, Mitsuru, Junpei
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Mar 13, 2018 05:39
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MightyPretenders posted:Saori loves it in Gekkoukan? News to me. Tactless Ogre posted:Her name and rep is ruined beyond all hell at that point. Transferring out of the school would probably have been the safest option. But I still half-agree with you; this link was like watching Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V in the sense of "How hard can we kick this person in the teeth while maintaining viewer interest?" Oops, you're both right. I kind of conflated Saori liking being in the FeMC's company with her liking being in the school.  I guess it just bugs me that Saori's link has her basically being run out of school. Maybe it would've been better if the S.Link removed a couple of scenes of her being kicked down by others. Like, move the school broadcast scene in the middle of the link so that the rest could be Saori getting along better and actually befriending other students. At least then something else could break the monotony of the link. But anyway... Slaan posted:Never not vote for Dog, Robot and Mitsuru
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 So, here we are. The final full moon, huh? We'll just do the usual and just spend the day doing [scene missing] until the Dark Hour arrives. ...That we got to do things on the same day as the second full moon operation was a really weird outlier, in hindsight. Odd how that happened. The Voice Someone Calls  The 12th and final Shadow. Hmmm. This is it... And as we expected, there are two Persona-users nearby... They know this is their last chance. Even though we were expecting this, we should still be careful. Those bastards... Hmph. Saves us the trouble of looking for them. You've all done a fine job up to this point. This will be our last operation. Let's all come back safely.> The final battle is here... > The last Shadow and Strega await you. > Strategy weighs heavily on your mind as you prepare to select your allies... So, here's the loosest and simplest outline of my strategy here.  Here's Barong. Say "hi", Barong! Barong is nice enough to naturally learn Auto-Marakukaja. When we fused him a while back (which you probably don't remember but that's fine) he was nice enough to give us Auto-Matarukaja via a skill change. The general use of these is debatable overall, but I sure do like 'em since I'm fairly lazy and anything that makes me take less time is better. We'll be starting off with him active as a result of this.  Anyway, we're going to tackle tonight with the ultimate team of president, robot and dog. Koromaru's getting the Agni Bracer off of Junpei, and Mitsuru and Aigis have specially made new weapons from the Antiques store. They're not unique or anything, so you didn't really miss anything. They're just decently high attack and have +evasion for their weaknesses.  Please be careful.Alright, well, we're all done here. Let's begin the operation!  Okay... Be careful. ...Let's go! In the Shadow of a Bewitching Moon > But first, there are two powerful adversaries you must contend with.   You claim you hunt the Shadows to prevent the disaster they bring... Yet, countless lives are lost each day without their intervention...   So why don't you just admit it? You do not wish to eliminate the Dark Hour... You are merely deceiving yourselves... Who cares? Who cares?   You are indeed foolish children... Erasing the Dark Hour is the same as erasing yourselves. Tch. Is even that beyond your comprehension? As I believed, our goals are irreconcilable. That Which Comes From The Darkness  Forget these maggots. Fate shall decide who will prevail. ...Come.  Strega (Portable) Unavoidable Battle  Strega. We've crossed paths several times now. They've had some questionable and borderline pointless plans, some actual effective moves and their entire introduction gimmick of the revenge request thing was dropped just as suddenly as it came.  Strega is a weird name for the trio, since it's just an Italian word that literally means "Witch." Insofar as we know, it has no deeper meaning here.  Despite having Makoto's awakening theme as the battle theme, Strega are not really all that impressive in combat. Which I guess is fitting, since they weren't even all that impressive out of combat either.  You might think dropping Thunder Calls on them for nearly 500 damage and guaranteeing a Stun is excessive and having that capability at all means we're overlevelled. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.  Mitsuru's not much of a physical fighter, but she can certainly leave a mark between the Tarukaja, guaranteed Crit and her rad new sword.  ...I mostly just did this because it shows off Jin's really cool animation for getting up, though. Jin has some nice breakdancing/capoeira-esque movements despite holding a briefcase and tossing a grenade up and down like a baseball the entire time.  Let's be honest, though, opting to not AOA them was kinda showing mercy where it was maybe not needed. If we really tried, we could cut through these guys in no time whatsoever.  Takaya Sakaki is statistically not all that impressive, doesn't have many moves and his lack of any real resistances is a bit of a disappointment.  Takaya has 1500HP and... a lot of SP. He has 35 Strength, 35 Magic, 35 Endurance, 31 Agility and 30 Luck.  Attack-wise, Takaya is incredibly simple as well. Sure, he can leverage his strength for a Pierce elemental attack...  But he's mostly just a straight forward mage.  It's honestly really kinda odd and feels out of place.  He can utilise all four single target dynes, naturally.  He also apparently has both Mind Charge (of course) and Megido giving him something he can do that's MT but good Lord does he not like using either of them. I even threw up a Magic Mirror and he didn't even try to Megido.  After losing approx. 1/3rd to half his health, Takaya makes a little quip before attacking again.   Astonishing... Perhaps I misjudged your strength.He does the same around the 2/3rds mark...  And once again if he manages to get a turn while in critical HP.  Takaya's Persona is Hypnos of the Fortune arcana. Hypnos is the personification of sleep itself (which makes Takaya being a bit murder-happy an interesting way of depicting that), and he lives in the underworld with his brother, Thanatos. Of course, Hypnos has many, many, many other siblings including Nemesis (Ken's original Persona, so there's some intended symbolism right there).  Jin Shirato is both really similar to Takaya (to the point that he manages to confuse Juno and get the wrong arcana to display) and yet also different enough to be technically more difficult... maybe. Sorta. Sometimes.  He repels Fire which already gives him an advantage, but he also has 1500 HP, A Lot of SP, 35 Strength/Magic/Endurance, 31 Agility and 30 Luck.  Jin is both a little less and little more varied than Takaya in terms of what he can do. Since his weapon of choice is a grenade, it's cleverly Fire elemental. This means Magic Mirrors are actually really good at negating almost everything in this fight, since they affect this too. Takaya's gun is the only thing that isn't repelled by Makarakarn. Neat!  Unlike Takaya, Jin has a direct buff but no Charge skill. Also unlike Takaya, Jin remembers to use his.  Jin's only skill that deals direct damage is Maragion. It's... really not that impressive even without Marakukajas, honestly.  His other skills are Mudo and Mudoon. I guess they might be a bit threatening if you somehow don't have Curse resistance and don't have any Homunculi.  Much like Takaya, Jin gets a bit chatty after you wail on him for a bit. It's really funny seeing him be cocky and overly-arrogant when he's on the ground, stunned.  And then again after you hit him around some more.  Jin's Persona is Moros of the Hermit arcana. Moros is one of the many siblings of Hypnos mentioned above, which combined with their Expel/Curse resistances gives an interesting yin/yang effect to the pair. Moros is the personification of doom itself and is thus considered the "leader" of the Moirai as a result of this. But hell, who cares about that. Lookit that actual animation that Moros gets when doing stuff. That ain't fair that Jin gets something like that! Also note how Moros only has a left arm. That's kinda clever; Jin's clearly left-handed since he's always holding that silver case in his right hand while doing everything else with his left.  Since the pair are both level 53, the are worth an honestly disgusting amount of EXP. Surt even gets Ragnarok out of this! The Voice Someone Calls  Is their power THAT different than ours...? Different?  Didn't your pal tell you? So it was you who was giving Shinji those pills. You guys don't have the slightest clue what will happen if the Dark Hour disappears, do you? It won't matter for normal people, since they don't remember anything anyway... But for us-- That's enough.  ...but not tonight. Silence This body, as ephemeral as it is... It is worthless without my power.  Don't be so reckless! Jin!? ...Sorry. But... those are your words, not mine. You win... Looks like you'll get your wish...  Crisis I'd rather die than surrender to you! Take a good look! This is how we live! So, Jin just stopped Takaya from... shooting himself in the head,telling him to not be reckless. So that he could drag him back, over the railing and off the bridge. Well, that's one way to end their involvement in stuff, I guess. > Jin and Takaya disappeared into the blood-red sea below... Silence  What the hell were they thinking!? They chose their own fate. Don't let it faze you. ...The operation has only begun. Our true adversary is waiting... Focus on that, alright? End The Voice Someone Calls  It'll be all over if you can defeat it.I do like how you can see the Shadow hanging out in the sky here, for once. Every other time before the fight they've been implied to be visible but never for the player. Nice to get that here.  Anyway, we get a bit of a break here if you wanna change the party around any at this point. I did, ever-so-briefly, consider switching everyone out for the next 3 in line but nah. They'll do fine for this, since we get a free full heal between fights anyway for... some reason. You'd think this'd mean Strega would've gotten to be a difficult fight but alas, nope. The Final Shadow That Which Comes From The Darkness So, as we approach, the Shadow is hanging out way off-screen and there's only three glowy statues here instead.  ...And yet, as the Fool continues on his journey he comes to a challenge that is too difficult for him to manage. He is overwhelmed and must surrender. As he feels defeated, he truly believes in that moment that he has sacrificed everything. And yet, despite this, when he stops trying to fight for control, he learns the support of his inner-self. The Fool feels that he has become The Hanged Man: suspended for a moment, free of all pressure.  I'll do everything in my power to help you. Just promise me that you'll be careful! XII. Arcana Hanged Man (Portable) Master of Shadow It's out of your attack range... Give me a minute... I'll see what I can find out. So, despite Aigis having a gun for a hand and everyone firing literal magic from their mind, we can't hit the Hanged Man right now. Instead, we can only deal with these Statues.  They're all really boring and dull too. They all have 250HP, 28 in every stat and cast a single-target mid-tier spell. The left-most one does Agilao, the middle one does Bufula and the right-most one does Zionga. They also nullify their respective element (see: above).  If you somehow don't kill 'em all in one turn, then the Hanged Man still gets turns which he just uses right now to mainly summon extra adds.  In this case, he summons a.. Maya shadow. He can also recreate any missing statues if he really wants.  If this happens, then something's probably gone wrong somewhere (like say the AI not wholly cooperating for some arbitrary reason) and Fuuka decides to hint that maybe you should destroy the statues.  After they're all broken, the Hanged Man falls from the sky hitting the bridge, taking no fall damage but he is Knocked Down.  Provided he's alone/any other Maya adds are also down, this is enough for an All Out Attack to be triggered. He can still take turns and stuff when he's on the ground, but there he's more like on all fours rather than splayed out like this. There's even a mini-animation for him getting up to that position. It's... a really good idea to take this though; makes the fight quicker.  Stat-wise, the Hanged Man is a little bit dull. Of course he is. He's an Arcana boss. He has 5400 HP, which gives him more than the Reaper even, and 33 in every stat. Boooooring.  When he's on the ground, the Hanged Man can and does actually bother to attack some. Akasha Arts is simultaneously his most and least dangerous attack.  It hits everyone 1-2 times for quite a bit of Strike elemental damage. It has a base power of 350, but has 85% accuracy and a 10% crit rate.  His only other attack is God's Hand, which is hands down (...no pun intended) the straight up strongest Strike skill.  A giant golden fist descends from the sky and smashes into the target. It has a base power of 600, and has a 90% accuracy and 10% crit rate. It's absurdly good, yes.  As the represenative of the reversed Hanged Man, the Arcana Hanged Man an be seen as overly egotistical and selfish. By spending most of the fight in the air, it shows a refusal to help others as well as overall indecision.  Its selfish nature can be seen with how it leaves everything to a bunch of rigid statues and the Mayas that it summons.  Unfortunately for the Arcana Hanged Man, summoning more of these statues is probably the worst option for it. It lets us deal ~1000 damage for free on an All Out Attack after all!  Doesn't take much punishment to actually drop him, and bring this fight to a close. It's an interesting attempt to vary up the fight a bit, but it just makes it take a bit longer than it would otherwise. The Voice Someone Calls ...Is it over? Yes... It's finally over... I believe a celebration is in order. What will be our victory cheer? Hip hip hooray! Haha! What was that? So, um, Senpai... You're gonna throw us a party tomorrow, right? Ooh! In that case, how 'bout sushi!? Sushi, huh... It's been a while...   Oh, then I call the fatty tuna. Um, we're divvying it up already? In that case, save me the salmon roe. Hey, wait a minute... You can't do that! Hey! That's not fair! You don't even eat! You should all be ashamed of yourselves, fighting over sushi.  Um, how old are you again? Okay, okay. I'll have the very best delivered tomorrow. Don't get too excited, Junpei. You're getting the leftovers. What!? But, it was my idea in the first place! Even though it seemed like a curse, for some reason I'm reluctant to let it go. Yeah... We really did it, didn't we...? Yes...  
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Good job finishing the LP, or at least the main half. Still gotta do the other PC!
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Dragonatrix posted:
Between this and the refusal to admit liking Featherman non-ironically, Ken is well on his way to becoming a huge hipster.
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Yeah Hanged Man was not the greatest boss but still: Great game, great LP! So glad to see we got all the way through, major props to you Dragonatrix.
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"THIS IS HOW WE LIVE!" *jumps* "Like idioooootsss"
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