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 Consoles: PS3, PS4 Release Dates: (JP) September 15, 2016; (WW) April 4, 2017 Persona is the 6th Entry in the Persona franchise that has now cannibalized Atlus' other game series. Persona 5 is a different game in a lot of ways from its predecessors, but it is also still very similar in others. The tone, setting, themes, characters and whatnot have all had a massive shift in both stakes and scope. I'm gonna keep this opening section short and simple so we can get to what's new and I can drop some tips for the game and whatnot. Story Persona 5 takes place in Tokyo, Japan and follows another Silent Protagonist during his year of attending Shujin High School after being put on probation for assaulting a stalker. During this time he will makes friends, allies, and stop authority figures in the abuse of their power through his nighttime identity of the Phantom. As the Phantom the protagonist and his allies roam around the night known as, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, and take the hearts of any wrongdoers in Tokyo. In doing this they must infiltrate Palaces and use their Persona to defeats their targets. Setting and Calendar System   The Persona series is no stranger to dank cities and Persona 5 ups the scope by bringing our main setting to the dankest of them all in Japan, Tokyo. In P5, you live in a small dinky cafe in some alley in Shibuya, Same as previous Persona games you spend your day to day life doing whatever the hell you want between defeating the hell beasts of the human psyche. Whether it be fishing, eating taiyaki, going to an amusement park, what the gently caress ever, just do it. In the image above this paragraph you will see the game's map of Tokyo. You can head to every location in that map, only certain ones are actually explorable though as everything else is either a mini-game or a place to hangout with your confidants. Your explorable locations are Shibuya, Yongenjaya, Shinjuku, Aoyama Itchome, and Roppongi. Not all of these locations are accessible from the start, they will open up as you progress through the game and you can open others through reading news articles on the train or books or just through general conversation with confidants. The calendar system works exactly the same as it has in P3 and P4, but due to now being set in Tokyo, the game has the most bustling night life of any of the games in the series. Beyond being able to roam around the city and night and do whatever, there are multiple night time exclusive confidants for you to interact with and get to know. Certain jobs you can take, eat burgers, and hell maybe even see a movie or two. In a game like this though, quick travel is essential and the game provides it from the start. Anywhere you head to in Tokyo you're able to quick travel to and this goes the same for dungeons as well. Dungeon exploration is still however relegated to daytime only and there are a lot of points in the game your character will not be able to perform night actions due to daytime events like dungeon crawling or story events following that night. Dungeons, Palaces, and Mementos   The Dungeons in P5 have received a massive change. Gone are the days of walking obliquely through a randomly designed small area. Modern-day Persona now has actual dungeon design, pulling the extravagances of location more from P1 and P2 with amazingly abstract architecture and platforming. The dungeons in Persona 5 are known as Palaces and they are twisted versions of their original image made by those with the strength of will to twist it to their innermost desires. A Palace is infested with shadows, the Shadow Selves of their creators, and cognitive existences, existences based on those the creator is familiar with in the real world, but twisted to their pleasure. Each dungeon is a reflection in some way of the creator of the palace in a similar way the Midnight Channel was to its creators, but on a much grander scale. Palaces will be the main battleground of the Phantom Thieves and in infiltrating they have some semblance of agility. The Phantom Thieves are able to leap from platform to platform, hop up onto ledges, and even be stealthy and tear the faces off of shadows. You will use all of these to overcome the Palace. Word to the wise though, Palaces are never finished once you reach the end of them. Once you get to the end you will be forced out until you call out the creator and then you will be able to confront the Palace Boss and finish it. Also, due to the larger structures of the dungeons in P5, there are now safe rooms. These safe rooms are effectively checkpoints that give you an area to save and you can quick travel from safe room to safe room once you get access to them. There are no hard guidelines by which palace's follow, they all have their own puzzles and gimmicks and it's up to you to traverse them and make it to the top. Also awaiting you is Mementos, a Palace of the collective consciousness of society. Did I say randomly-generated dungeons were gone? I lied. Mementos is an entirely random set of dungeons that unlock as you progress through the game in very much the same way Taratarus did in P3. Here you can level grind, obtain any demons you missed, and do requests. Mementos is very odd in that it doesn't seem very much like a key component of the game, but it actually is. Here is where you will spend time dungeon crawling to do missions to progress your confidants and move those further along. All of the demons in Mementos are ones you've already fought before as well, so you can get anything you missed from a Palace in here. Finally, the dungeon is plot critical as well, so the game is gonna want you to do it too. Do not slack off on Mementos or you are going to regret when the game inevitably forces you into completing it. Thankfully though if you are able to find exits you can fast travel to them and the rewards in Mementos are never so good you can't just speed to the exit if you want. Combat, Fusion, and Demon Negotiation     P5 combat at its heart is still the same, but it's made a lot of QoL changes and feels much smoother and fluid giving the game a nicer ebb and flow. The menu select is gone from basic choices, now all of your combat options are on face buttons or shoulder buttons. What this means is you just hit the attack button and select a target and confirm the attack or hit the Persona button and it brings up a list of Persona, etc. Persona 5 now has new elements, along with some returning ones. There have also been some changes to old stuff as well, the list of changes is long so I'm just gonna make a neat little list. -Old Elements now have status effects and advantages for other elements -Fire inflicts Burn which deals damage after actions and increases Wind and Nuclear damage -Ice can now cause Freeze which makes enemies inactive and kills their physical resistance for a turn. Increased damage on Physical and Nuclear attacks, wears off after the victim takes damage. -Electricity can cause Shock which stuns enemies for a turn and increases physical and nuclear damage. Using melee attacks on shocked enemies though has a chance of inflicting the attacker with shock, as well. -New elements in this game are returning from older Persona games and other Megaten ones: Gun, Nuclear. Psychic does more damage on enemies with psychologically inflicted ailments (Read: everything except Burn, Shock, Freeze, and one mystery ailment) and Nuclear does more to physical ailments (Aka everything else). -Light and Dark have been expanded upon. They are no longer instant death elements. but now have damage spells as well making them just like every other element. -A multitude of abilities granted by Confidants that will be mentioned in their specific sections -Everything gets up after being knocked down on its next turn. The only ways turns are skipped entirely now is through freeze or shock. -Baton Pass is a new mechanic that can be activated upon getting an extra turn after hitting an enemy's weakness. The rules are: -You can pass your extra turn onto another teammate -It buffs attack and healing -It can only be passed to a character once, no infinite passing -It multiplies as you keep passing it along the team -You can change Persona during the pass -All Out Attacks work a bit differently, but is mostly the same. -Once you knock down all enemies you will go into Hold Up. Once in Hold Up, three options will be presented to you. -All Out Attack -Demon Negotiation -If you feel the Negotiation is going south you can cancel into all out attack at any point and just end the fight as you normally would. -Cancel and go back into the regular fight. -MC game over is still around, but enemies WILL go in for the kill on him if you give them the chance to This game's still pretty easy, but it's also very feast or famine, especially when it comes to the MC. -There is an auto weakness target that will immediately select enemies with weaknesses you can exploit and go over to the ability it can hit the weakness with. With the MC it will even switch his Persona automatically too. -There is an auto-heal button out of battle that will take the most cost effective method towards healing your party (AKA pull SP from not main party members first). -The navigator has more in team relevance similar to Rise in P4G, but they become very prominent in combat even at base Confidant level. -There is a brand new ailment in this game that I will not say what it is because it's better for you to find out for yourself, but it is hilarious. -Guns have ammo and it is refreshed by leaving dungeons. It is generally better to save ammo for weakness targetting than random use. It's easy to tell what enemies are weak to guns though as they usually are winged enemies. -Your progress through dungeons is tracked and when you leave a dungeon the game will list what all you accomplished while there. -There is no Fox in this game so your SP healing in dungeons is much more scarce meaning you may have to leave a dungeon to regenerate once in a while. These are most of the combat changes + a few dungeon ones I felt fit here, but a significant amount of things has changed and for the better, I feel. On the fusion and demon negotiation side of things, P5 has brought Demon Negotiation back, but it's unfortunately more traditional SMT negotiation and not P1 and P2 "Hold a rock concert for a demon and imitate motorcycle noises" negotiation. It's pretty simply just talking to do the demons and recruiting them now as opposed to fusing them and getting them off of random cards, pretty easy stuff. The Fusion has change somewhat, you still have your multiple fusion types, but now you can feed other demons to level up your current Persona, or put Persona in solitary confinement for a while to give them extra abilities or even melt some demons into items and weapons. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts    Protagonist/Joker/Akira Kurusu (Manga) CV: Jun Fukuyama/Xander Mobus Persona: Arsene Arcana: Le Mat (The Fool) Weapons: Knives, Guns Element: Dark Trailer: JP, EN The main character of Persona 5, sent to live with his parent's friend in Shibuya after an incident in his hometown he comes across the Palace and seeks to stop those who would use it for their own gain. The Protagonist is a well meaning guy who got rounded up with a bad reputation for doing what he thought was the right thing to do. In doing so he is treated like garbage by the staff of Shujin High School and even ostracized by his classmates. It's not until he comes across Ryuji Sakamoto, another student regarded as a delinquent that he begins to not only make friends, but see through to truth of what is going on around him. He's characterized much differently from other protagonists in that he has a great flair about himself while in his Joker personality and even outside he absolutely does loves his crazy faces. His Persona, Arsene, is incredibly demonic but also at his side with a sinister word of advice at the ready.     Ryuji Sakamoto/Skull CV: Mamoru Miyano/Max Mittelman Persona: Captain Kidd Arcana: Le Chariot (The Chariot) Weapons: Blunt Objects, Shotguns Element: Electricity Trailer: JP, EN Former Track and Field ace and now High-School Delinquent, Ryuji has a big chip on his shoulder. Incredibly loud-mouthed and headstrong, Ryuji is a nice guy at heart, but is also embittered by the society he sees around himself. Teachers who treated him like garbage and his classmates who just left him to his fate, he just wants to see the entire system get its due. It's not until he meets the protagonist and gets pulled into the Palace that he sees what good they can do as the Phantom Thieves by bringing down the lovely adults that run society at large. Ryuji's abrasive personality also carry over into his gameplay style. He's a physical-based fighter with some electric powers, his specialty is his insane health and defense stats and by late-game Ryuji becomes the king of damage with his abilities. Confidant Starts Automatically 2: Baton Pass Passes One More turn to another ally. 3: Follow-up Attack After the protagonist attacks, performs a follow up that knocks down the enemy. This ability triggers randomly. 4: Yankee Talk If a negotiation fails, there is a chance Ryuji will talk down the enemy, and the player will be allowed to try negotiating again. 6: Paper Fan Recovery Removes negative status effects from a party member. This ability triggers randomly. 7: Insta-Kill When successfully ambushing a weak enemy, the enemy has a chance to be instantly killed without reward of experience or item, but grants the player a random Persona. Ryuji's presence in the active team is irrelevant. 8: Endure Survive a fatal attack once per battle with 1 HP remaining. 9: Protect Protect the protagonist from a fatal attack once per battle by taking the blow in his place. 10: Awakening Ryuji's Persona evolves from Captain Kidd to Seiten Taisei. Appearance Dates: All Appearance Locations: The staircase near your classroom or the Arcade Appearance Timings: After school, afternoon (off days) Weather: All     Morgana/Mona CV: Ikue Otani/Cassandra Morris Persona: Zorro Arcana: Le Bateleur (The Magician) Weapons: Swords, Slingshots Element: Wind Trailer: JP, EN Mysterious Cat that the Protagonist and Ryuji meet upon their trips into the Palace. He claims to be human despite looking and acting like a cat and having no memories of his life as a human. Morgana effectively acts as the brains of the operation, telling the group how Palaces and Shadows work and operating as the group's navigator into the Palaces for a while. He knows the way the other worlds work and does his best to help and find the truth to his identity. He's also a snarky cat who sits around in the Protagonist's bag whenever he's not in the Palaces and will feed him answers to tests sometimes. Morgana in gameplay serves as the game's central healer and a very good damage based magician as well. His strength is his large SP pool placed with his invaluable healing skills and high spell damage. Confidant* Starts Automatically 1: Infiltration Tool Recipes Unlocks beginner crafting recipes for use in the Palace. 2: Baton Pass When activating a 1 More during battle, you can press R2 to pass the turn to Morgana 3: Follow-up Attack After the protagonist attacks, performs a follow up attack that knocks down the enemy. This ability happens randomly. 4: Kitten's Talk When a negotiation fails, there is a chance Morgana will talk down the enemy, and the player is allowed to try negotiating again. 5: Pillage When the protagonist performs a normal attack, there is chance he will take an item from the targeted enemy. The chances of this happening increase at Rank 10. 6: All Infiltration Tool Recipes Unlocks every crafting recipe for infiltration tools. 7: Paper Fan Recovery Removes negative status effects from a party member. This ability happens at random. 8: Endure Survive a fatal attack once per battle with 1 HP remaining 9: Protect Protects the protagonist from a fatal attack once per battle by taking the blow in his place. 10: Awakening Morgana's Persona evolves from Zorro to Mercurius.     Ann Takamaki/Panther CV: Nana Mizuki/Erika Harlacher Persona: Carmen Arcana: Le Amoureux (The Lovers) Weapons: Whips. SMGs Element: Fire Trailer: JP, EN A classmate of the protagonist, Ann is a very troubled girl who is very reserved and doesn't make many friends. She's a quarter american which gets her more attention than she actually wants, especially from one particular teacher at school. She joins the Phantom Thieves when she is forced to finally confront how apathetic she was being towards the mistreatment going on at Shujin High when it directly hurts one of her friends. In this Ann shows her true colors, a girl who is very emotional and has fun with being a Phantom Thief, but also becomes very sympathetic towards the plight of others. As a teammate, Ann's abilities skew very heavily towards fire damage and status ailments. However, she will start to drop off on ailments after a while as they stop becoming very useful and she turns into a glass cannon of sorts. Confidant Starts Automatically (Need Rank 2 Kindness to Start) 1: Baton Pass Pass the One More turn to another ally. 2: Girl's Talk Ann will soothe the enraged target in conversation. 3: Follow-up Attack 5: Crocodile Tears When the enemy is holding hostage of another teammate, Ann tries to bargain the ransom. 6: Paper Fan Recovery Chance of curing another ally from any ailment. 7: Entice Makes enemies you're negotiating with more likely to agree to your terms. 8: Endure Survives one fatal blow with 1 HP remaining per battle. 9: Human Shield Cover the protagonist from one single-targeted fatal blow. 10: Awakening Ann's Persona evolves from Carmen to Hecate. Appearance Dates: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Appearance Locations: 2-D Classroom, Shibuya (Underground Mall) Appearance Timings: After school, afternoon (off days) Weather: Any     Yusuke Kitagawa/Fox CV: Tomokazu Sugita/Matthew Mercer Persona: Goemon Arcana: L'Empereur (The Emperor) Weapons: Katanas, Assault Rifles Element: Ice Trailer: JP, EN An honor's student of Kosei High School and student of a renowned painter, Yusuke is a bit of an odd ball. Yusuke has spent his life painting, living only for his art and his teacher. It's not until Yusuke notices Ann and invites her to an art exhibit that things begin to take a turn as he joins the Phantom Thieves and learns the truth about his life up until now. Yusuke desperately loves art to the point where he invades personal space constantly to examine people he wishes to use for his models. Despite this though, Yusuke is very graceful and intelligent. His grace is further exhibited in combat where Yusuke is a very speed based physical attacking character. Where as Ryuji dumps out damage in one attack, Yusuke's attacks do multiple hits and have increased chances for critical attacks knocking down enemies and following up on All Out Attacks very easily and he has plenty of full party attacks as well along with his ice spells to further compound on this. Confidant Can start on 6/14 (Need Rank 4 Proficiency to Complete) 1: Card Duplication Rank One Yusuke can duplicate any low level skill cards you have 2: Baton Pass When a 1 More activates, press R2 to pass the turn to Yusuke 3: Follow-up Attack After the protagonist attacks, performs a follow up attack that knocks down the enemy. This ability happens at random. 4: Artist's Talk When negotiation fails, there is a chance that Yusuke will talk down the enemy, and the player is allowed to try negotiating again 5: Card Duplication Rank Two Yusuke can replicate any mid level skill cards you have 6: Paper Fan Recovery Remove negative status effects from a party member. This ability happens randomly. 7: Card Duplication Ultimate Yusuke can duplicate any high level skill cards you have 8: Endure Survives a fatal attack once per battle with 1 HP remaining 9: Protect Protects the protagonist from a fatal attack once per battle by taking the blow in his place 10: Awakening Yusuke's Persona evolves from Goemon to Kamu Susano-O. Appearance Dates: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Appearance Locations: Shibuya (Underground Walkway) Appearance Timings: After school, afternoon (off days) Weather: Any     Makoto Niijima/Queen CV: Rina Satou/Cherami Leigh Persona: Johanna Arcana: La Papesse (The Priestess) Weapons: Tekko, Revolver Element: Nuclear Trailer: JP, EN The Student Council President of Shujin High, she more than anyone else in the school has to put up with the faculty's horseshit. Makoto's older sister is the district attorney, she has had to spend most of her life being told how to act by adults and then see those same adults never practice what they preach. It's not until she joins the Phantom Thieves at the end of a really bad week that she finally takes matters into her own hands and starts fighting back. Makoto acts as the brains of the group after she joins, making the plans of the group's heists and approach up and keeping everyone aware of who their targets are and how to get to them. Makoto's combat style compliments her intelligence though by being very well rounded. She has a good number of nuclear spells, physical skills, healing skills, and buffs to compliment the group she's in. Confidant Can start on 6/24 (Need Rank 3 Knowledge to Start, Need Rank 5 Charm to Complete) 1: Shadow Analysis Reveals enemy's skills and item drop in analysis page. 2: Baton Pass Passes One More turn to another ally. 3: Pedant's Talk If negotiation fails, Makoto will talk down the enemy and the player is allowed to try negotiating again. This ability triggers randomly. 4: Follow-up Attack After the protagonist attacks, preforms a follow up that knocks an enemy down. This ability triggers randomly 6: Paper Fan Recovery Remove negative status effects from a party member. This ability triggers randomly. 7: Deep Shadow Analysis When analyzing the enemy, view the elements the enemy nulls, repels, and absorbs. 8: Endure Survive a fatal attack once per battle with 1 HP remaining 9: Protect Protect the protagonist from a fatal attack once per battle by taking the blow in his place. 10: Awakening Makoto's Persona evolves from Johanna to Anat. Appearance Dates: Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays Appearance Locations: Outside the Student Council Clubroom, or at the school gate Appearance Timings: After school, or in the afternoon on off days Weather: Any     Futaba Sakura/Oracle (Nabi) CV: Aoi Yuki/Erica Lindbeck Persona: Necronomicon Arcana L'Hermite (The Hermit) Trailer: JP, EN Sojiro's isolated daughter and the navigator of the Phantom Thieves. Futaba's spent a good portion of her life feeling alone and separate from others. She doesn't know how to deal with her own problems and spends a good portion of her time on her computer developing her hacking skills rather than talk to anyone, go to school, or leave the house in any way. It's not until she reaches out to the Phantom Thieves herself for their help that she finally has friends and leaves her home. Futaba is the game's Navigator, but she has a lot of stake in combat herself as she will interrupt to drop buffs on teammates or nuke enemies. Confidant Can be started on 8/31 (Need Kindness 4 to start) 1: Moral Support Roughly every 3 turns, Futaba will cast a Ma-kaja buff, a full-party Heat Riser, or heal the party for a small amount at random. 2: Mementos Search When accessing a new floor of Mementos, Futaba may reveal the floor plan of that floor. 4: Position Hack If the party is ambushed by the enemies, Futaba may turn the tide and prompt 'Hold Up' instantly. 6: Active Support Expands Moral Support to include Ultra Charge (Power Charge + Mind Charge) and small SP recovery. 7: Treasure Recover After battle, stolen items from glowing treasure spots have a chance of respawning 9: Emergency Shift When two active party members are knocked out, the player has the option of switching them with reserve members. 10: Final Guard Futaba will nullify all damage to the party once per battle if the attack from an enemy would be fatal to any party member. Awakening Futaba's Persona evolves from Necronomicon into Prometheus. Appearance Dates: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Appearance Locations: Outside Le Blanc Appearance Timings: After school Weather: Sunny and cloudy days only     Haru Okumura/Noir CV: Haruka Tomatsu/Xanthe Huynh Persona: Milady Arcana: L'Imperatric (The Empress) Weapons: Axes, Grenade Launchers Element: Psychic Trailer: JP, EN A third year at Shujin High and the daughter of Okumura Food Inc., Haru has been sheltered and told what to do her entire life. She is currently in arranged marriage that she hates and her father is very demanding of how her life should be run. It's not until she comes across Morgana and is brought into the Palace that she finally has a chance to do for herself what she cannot do in the real world, change. Haru is pretty weird in combat. Her psychic abilities are invaluable, but she also comes with reflects that have very situational use. At the same time though she comes with the only full party gun in the game which makes her a must for taking down full parties of winged enemies. Confidant Can be started on 10/30 (Need Proficiency at Rank 5 to start) 1: Vegetable Cultivation Cultivate vegetables with Haru on the school's rooftop 2: Baton Pass When you get a 1 More during battle, you can press R2 to pass the turn to Haru 3: Follow-up Attack After the protagonist attacks, preform a follow up that knocks the enemy down. This ability triggers randomly 4: Celeb Talk If a negotiation fails, Haru will talk down the enemy, and the player is allowed to try negotiating again. 5: Selective Breeding Raises the number of vegetables you can cultivate with Haru 6: Paper Fan Recovery Removes negative status ailments from a party member. This ability happens randomly. 7: Soil Improvement Reduces the number of days vegetables take to grow 8: Endure Survive a fatal attack once per battle with 1 HP remaining 9: Protect Protects the protagonist from a fatal attack once per battle by jumping in and taking the blow in his place. 10: Awakening Haru's Persona evolves from Milady to Astarte. Appearance Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Appearance Locations: School rooftop Appearance Timings: After school Weather: Clear and cloudy days only   Goro Akechi/Crow CV: Soichiro Hoshi/Robbie Daymond Persona: Robin Hood Arcana: La Justice (The Justice) Weapons: Laser Swords, Ray Guns Elements: Light, Dark, Almighty Trailer: JP The Second Coming of the Detective Prince with a face as handsome as it is punchable. Goro works very closely with Makoto's sister and has a very strong sense of right and wrong, but with a bit of sense of humor as well. He joins the Phantom Thieves when he realizes they are the best way to solve a recent murder case even though he fundamentally disagrees with what they're doing with. Goro's place on the team is based in a lot of things, he's very versatile. On top of his instant death skills his magic damage is good and his physical attacks are really powerful with high critical chances and almighty attacks that can wipeout an entire enemy group in no time at all. Confidant* Starts Automatically 6: Baton Pass Pass 1 More Turn to the protagonist or any ally who has this skill unlocked. Detective's Talk If a negotiation fails, Goro may revert to the last question. Follow up Attack After the protagonist attacks, Goro may perform a follow up attack that knocks down the enemy. Paper Fan Recovery Goro may cure any status ailment of one party member right before his active turn. *-Confidant progresses automatically through the story. Confidants The game's replacement for S. Links, Confidants are all conspirators with the Phantom Thieves in some way or another. Also differentiating Confidants from S. Links, even non party member Confidants have gameplay benefits in some form or another. All of the women sans those of Strength and Judgment are possible to romance and there are no gay options, so get used to dealing with that.   Igor CV: Masane Tsukayama/David Lodge Arcana: Le Mat (The Fool) Unlock Method: Starts and progress automatically The Proprietor of the Velvet Room through the whole series, Igor has returned. His role this time is much less friendly as he is in charge of the Protagonist's rehabilitation in the Velvet Room's new form, that of a prison. He oversees the protagonist's journey in fighting against the corruption of the world and looks forward to its outcome. 1: Wild Talk Unlocks negotiation with Shadow during Hold Up. Arcana Boost When fusing Persona, bonus EXP is granted per the current rank of Confidant of the respective Arcana. 2: Third Eye Unlocks vision of hidden object and enemies in the field by holding L1 or R2 buttons. 3: Power Stock Increases the protagonist's stock capacity of Personas to 8. 5: Super Stock Increases the protagonist's stock capacity of Personas to 10. 6: Arcana High Boost Gain even more exp depending on the current rank of Confidant of their respective Arcana. 8: Ultra Stock Increases the protagonist's stock capacity of Personas to 12. 10: Arcana Full Boost Gain even more exp depending on the current rank of Confidant of their respective Arcana.   Sojiro Sakura CV: Joji Nakata/Jamieson Price Arcana: Le Pape (The Hierophant) Unlock Method: 4/20, Story block after Rank 4 until 8/22. Need at least Rank 5 Kindness to finish it. The owner of Cafe Le Blanc, Sakura's Father, and your guardian for the next year. Sojiro is a rough man with a heart as bitter as his coffee, but he eventually warms up to the Protagonist after a while and even teaches him how to make coffee. 2: Coffee-Lover Brew coffee that restores a little SP. 4: Le Blanc Curry Recipe Cook curry that restores a little of your entire party’s SP outside of battle 6: The Essentials of Coffee Brew coffee that restores more SP. 9: Le Blanc’s Secret Curry Recipe Cook curry that restores more of your entire party’s SP outside of battle 10: The Essence of Le Blanc Cook curry that restores a great amount of your entire party’s SP outside of battle Appearance Dates: Everyday except Wednesday Appearance Locations: Le Blanc Appearance Timings: Night Weather: Any   Chihaya Mifune CV: Miyu Matsuki/Sarah Williams Arcana: La Roue De Fotune (The Wheel of Fortune) Unlock Method: 6/22, need to spend 5000 yen, then 100,000 yen, then do a mission in mementos for her to start. A street fortune teller who is rumored to be the genuine article. She has a very bright and cheery disposition about her, but her predictions are always on point. It's when she read's the Protagonists fortune and notices differences between predictions that she takes an interest in him and lets him sit in on her predictions with others. 1: Good Luck Fortune-Telling Gain Attribute points in the parameter of your choosing (5000 yen) 3: Monetary Fortune-Telling Gain extra money in battle when you defeat enemies with All-Out Attacks 5: Fate Fortune-Telling View the next achievable Co-op ability of a target partner of your choosing (5000 yen) 7: Compatibility Fortune-Telling Gain Co-op points with the partner of your choosing (5000 yen) 10: Secret Technique: Destiny Fortune-Telling View all achievable Co-op abilities of a target partner of your choosing[/b] Appearance Dates: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Appearance Locations: Shinjuku Appearance Timings: Night Weather: Sunny and cloudy days only   Munehisa Iwai CV: Hisao Egawa/Kaiji Tang Arcana: Le Pendu (The Hanged Man) Unlock Method: 5/6, Need at least Rank 4 Guts to start and Rank 5 Guts to finish. Munehisa is the owner of military shop, Untouchable. He is the dude that provides the Phantom Thieves with their guns and weapons. He's into some pretty shady business and takes up the protagonist as an accomplice once he begins to show interest in exchange for supplying the real stuff. 1: Gun Customization Level 1 Gain the ability to power up your guns 3: Gun Customization Level 2 Customize mid-level guns 5: Price Down Get a discount when shopping in the Military Shop 7: Gun Customization Level 3 Customize high-level guns 10: Gun Customization Special Class Customize special guns Appearance Dates: Sunday, Thursday, Saturday Appearance Locations: The Military Shop on the Central district in Shibuya Appearance Timings: Night Weather: All   Tae Takemi CV: Yuka Saito/??? Arcana: (The Death) Unlock Method: 4/18, Needs Guts at Rank 2 to Start, Charm at Rank 4 to finish Tae is the owner of Takemi Medical Clinic near Le Blanc. She believes in her own way of helping patients and will even sell barely legal prescriptions to her patients. She's very analytical and blunt and it's not until the protagonist takes her up on an offer to be her guinea pig for drugs she's making that she begins to take an interest in him. 1: Recovery Medicine Unlocks recovery medicine sold at the clinic 3: Sterilizing Medicine Unlocks additional medicine sold at the clinic 5: Preventive Medicine Unlocks additional medicine sold at the clinic 7: Discount Get a discount on all medicine purchased at the clinic 10: Revival Medicine Unlocks additional medicine sold at the clinic   Sadayo Kawakami CV: Mai Fuchigami/Michelle Ruff Arcana: Temperance (I don't need to seriously parenthesis this do I?) Unlock Method: As soon as you clear the second dungeon which can be as early as 5/24, after an even with Ryuji and Yuki you go to the Faculty Office and talk to her and speak with with her and then you call her to start. You will need Rank 3 guts to start though, every call requires 5k yen. Sadayo is the protagonist and Ann's homeroom teacher, a woman as burdened by Shunjin's myriad of problems as she is her own. She initially treats the protagonist as if he is a burden put upon her, but after he stands up to a teacher at the school she realizes he's actually someone who was given a bad rap for no reason and allies with him. She also moonlights as a part-time rental maid named Becky. 1: Sabotage Play hooky during Sadayo’s classes 3: House Cleaning Sadayo can make coffee for you or do your laundry for 5000 yen (Note: typically making coffee or doing laundry would cost you one evening) 5: Full Sabotage Sadayo will help you play hooky during other teacher’s classes as well 7: Super House Cleaning Sadayo will make infiltration tools and curry for you for 5000 yen 10: Special Massage Going to the Palace will only take half a day instead of a full day. Services are now free of charge. Appearance Dates: Friday and Saturday Appearance Locations: Le Blanc (Call herm, need to pay 5000 yen for every time) Appearance Timings: Night Weather: All   Ichiko Ohya CV: Yumi Uchiyama/Amanda Winn Lee Arcana: Le Diable (The Devil) Unlock Method: She'll call you to meet her in July/August Paparazzi and frequent patron of the Newcomer Bar in Shinjuku, Ichiko is a master bullshiter. She writes whatever stories she wants, doesn't matter how much she has to lie or how clickbaity it gets. Her news is so plagued with the lack of research or care that she has enough time to go out and drink whenever she wants, which is when she meets the protagonist. 1: The Rumored Scoop Makes it easier for your alert level to drop in Palaces 4: The Shocking Scoop Makes it even easier for your alert level to drop in Palaces 7: The Frightening Scoop Makes it even easier for your alert level to drop in Palaces 10: The Legendary Scoop Your alert level in Palaces will always be zero Appearance Dates: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday Appearance Locations: The bar “Newcomer” in Shinjuku Appearance Timings: Night Weather: All   Shinya Oda CV: Aki Kanada/Barbara Goodson Arcana: Le Maison Dieu (The Tower) Unlock Method: Can start at 9/4, it's a whole process to unlock him so here are steps 1.Get the name of a criminal in the Shibuya arcade, and fight his shadow in Mementos 2.Speak with Oda in the Akihabara arcade 3.Speak with Futaba in Sangenjaya 4.Go to the arcade in Akihabara in the afternoon and speak to Oda Master of online gun games and frequenter of Gigolo Arcade, Shinya admires the strength of the the Phantom Thieves and looks up to them. After easily beating the Protagonist at the arcade and mentioning them he learns of the Protagonist's true identity and takes up to teaching him how to game. 1: Knock-down Shot Fires all remaining bullets to guarantee knocking down the target regardless of resistance. 2: Random Fire At the beginning of the player's ambush attack, rapidly smash the firing button so all party members fire at all enemies randomly. 3: Warning Shot Unlocks the negotiation option to intimidate the target so it is more likely to join instantly. 5: Bullet Up Increases capacity of bullets. 6: Preserve Shot Decreases bullets used in Knock-down Shot. 8: Electric Barrage Increases power of Random Fire. 10: Shinya Special Protagonist’s shots cannot be nullified, absorbed, or reflected by enemies Appearance Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Appearance Locations: The arcade in Akihabara Appearance Timings: After school, afternoon Weather: Sunny and Cloudy only   Hifumi Togo CV: Tomomi Isomura/Eden Riegel Arcana: L'Etoile (The Star) Unlock Method: 6/25, go to Kanda (Need Rank 3 Charm to start and 5 Knowledge to finish) Female Shogi Champion and fellow student of Kosei High School. She is described as a champion too beautiful for Shogi and she plays for the sake of her mother and the world of shogi. She becomes interested in the protagonist after she ices his rear end in shogi and they have a conversation about the philosophy of shogi. 1: Koma Judgment Allows the protagonist to swap between reserved and active combatants in battle. 3: Beat Up When the protagonist knocks down an enemy, any reserved ally may perform a follow-up attack. 5: Pinch Escape Fleeing is feasible when being ambushed. 7: Gold Promotion Doubles the money earned from battle if begun with preemptive turn. 9: Resign Guarantees instant escape from regular encounter. 10: Togo System Allows other active combatants to swap with reserved ally in battle. Appearance Dates: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Appearance Locations: Kanda Church Appearance Timings: Night Weather: Sunny and Rainy only   Yuki Mishima CV: Daisuke Sakaguchi/Sean Chiplock Arcana: La Lune (The Moon) Unlock Method: May 6th (You will need to do a decent amount of Mementos Requests to Finish this), every time you talk to him he levels up regardless of how you answer his questions or if you have a Moon Persona. Classmate of the protagonist and general Shujin High School punching bag. Yuki was a tool used by one of the school's teachers to mete out punishment to students and used a target himself by the same teacher. It's not until the Phantom Thieves show up that he sees meaning for something else. Yuki then becomes obsessed with the gang to the point where he makes a website that polls for public opinion on them. 1: Yuki's Cheering Reserved combatants receive a fraction of EXP. 3: Yuki's Earnest Cheering Boosts EXP gain. 5: Yuki's Diehard Cheering Boosts EXP gain of reserved characters. 7: Believer's Cheering Boosts EXP gain even more. 10: Wish for Salvation Reserved combatants receive same amount of EXP as active combatants. Appearance Dates: Varies wildly Appearance Locations: Ikebukuro (Central Area), Shinjuku, Akihabara, After a while he will literally disappear from the game and you have to wait for SNS calls to progress Appearance Timings: Night Weather: Sunny or Cloudy   Toranosuke Yoshida CV: Keiichi Noda/??? Arcana: Le Soleil (The Sun) Unlock Method: 5/6, this dude also has a process of poo poo to do so here is the steps 1. Speak to him in front of the train station at Shibuya 2. Do the Gyudon Part-Time Job twice, he will speak with you in the shop 3. Speak with him again in front of the train station at Shibuya, and choose the options "I'm very interested." and "I'd like to help you." 4. Speak with him again the next day He levels up every time you talk to him regardless of the answers you respond with and if you have any Sun Persona. A passionate politician that no one has listened to in 20 years. Toranosuke gives amazing speeches and on rare occasions people listen to him, but due to his temper and political scandals he's considered a joke by most. He is deeply concerned with Japan's future and the protagonist can choose to aid him on his soapbox speeches outside of Shibuya Station. 2: Art of Negotiation After asking for money or item from the target, the player may make an additional request instead of ending the negotiation immediately. 3: Fundraising Unlocks negotiation option for asking for greater amount of money. 5: Impression Manipulation Unlocks negotiation option for asking for rare item. 8: Mind Manipulation Unlocks negotiation option for instantly asking for joining. 10: Charismatic Speech Allows asking shadow of higher level than the protagonist to join. Appearance Dates: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Appearance Locations: In front of the train station at Shibuya Appearance Timings: Night Weather: Sunny and Cloudy only   Caroline and Justine CV: Aki Toyosaki/Carrie Keranen Arcana: La Force (The Strength) Unlock Method: 5/18, Confidant is progressed through fusing specific persona with specific abilities The Wardens of the Velvet Room and perpetual tortuers of the Protagonist. Caroline is rude and doesn't put up with anyone's poo poo but her own. She will actively berate and threaten you and even insult Justine. Justine meanwhile is a bit nicer, but still thinks you suck. They are here to make sure your rehabilitation is successful and perform your fusions along with offering you different options for the Velvet Room. They seriously do not like you. 1: Group Guillotine Gain the ability to fuse 3 Personas together 3: Solitary Confinement Gain the ability to put Personas in Solitary Confinement, that allows them to lose their weaknesses over time 5 Guillotine Booster More Personas fusions are unlocked for Group Guillotine 8: Special Isolation Powers up the resistance skills Personas learn in Solitary Confinement 10: Preferential Treatment Pay money to fuse Personas of a higher level than yourself Requested Persona Rank 1: Jack Frost with Mabufu Rank 2: Shiisaa with Freyr Rank 3: Matador with Magaru Rank 4: Flauros with Tarukaja Rank 5: Ame no Uzume with Null Telekinesis Rank 6: Neko Shogun with Dekaja Rank 7: Lachesis with Tetraja Rank 8: Hecatoncheir with Masukunda Rank 9: Bugs with Samarecarm Rank 10: Seth with High Counter Appearance Dates: All Appearance Locations: The Velvet Room Appearance Timings: Night (Palaces/Mementos’ also OK) Weather: All   Sae Niijima CV: Yuko Kaida/Elizabeth Maxwell Arcana: Judgment Unlock Method: Starts and progresses automatically Public Prosecutor of the Special Investigation Department and Makoto's older sister. Sae tries very hard to live up to the expectations of her peers and sisters, but she is perpetually stressed and has a bad habit of sticking her foot in her mouth. Special Edition and DLC  P5 is coming to both US and EU with a special edition that contains all this good stuff right here priced at about 90 bucks USD. There's also a decent amount of DLC costumes, music, and Persona that I will list in a second post. gently caress dryzen for pointing out i missed yusuke's name Captain Baal fucked around with this message at 10:42 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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DLC Here is the scheduled dlc for US release so far along with prices April 11 Izanagi and Izanagi Picaro Set – $2.99 Orpheus and Orpheus Picaro Set – $2.99 Persona 3 Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Mass Destruction, Victory BGM - After Battle) Persona 4 Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Time to Make History, Victory BGM - Results) April 18 Kaguya and Kaguya Picaro Set – $2.99 Persona 2 Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Battle Theme PSP, Victory BGM - Battle Results PSP) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - A Lone Prayer, Victory BGM - Dream of Butterfly) Thanatos and Thanatos Picaro Set – $2.99 April 25 Persona 4: Dancing All Night Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Reach Out To The Truth -Dancing on Persona Stage-, Victory BGM - Results -P4D-) Persona 5 Swimsuit Set – Free Shin Megami Tensei IV Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Normal Battle -Tokyo-, Victory BGM - Battle Results) May 2 Catherine Costume and BGM Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Obelisk, Victory BGM - At More Choice) Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha Costume and BGM Special Set – $6.99 (Battle BGM - Battle ~Raidou~, Victory BGM - Level Up) DLC not announced yet: Casual and Uniform Costume set, Shin Megami Tensei if... Costume and BGM set, Magatsu-Izanagi and Magatsu-Izanagi Picaro set, Persona 4: Ultimax Costume and BGM set, Ariadne and Ariadne Picaro set, Asterios and Asterios Picaro set, Tsukiyomi and Tsukiyomi Picaro set, Messiah and Messiah Picaro set, "Challenge" difficulty, Maid and Butler Costumes, various avatars and themes and Morgana car decals that I'm not listing because why Trailers Confidants Sojiro Sakura JP EN Chihaya Mifune JP EN Munehisa Iwai JP EN Tae Takemi JP EN Sadayo Kawakami JP EN Ichiko Oya JP EN Shinya Oda JP EN Hifumi Togo JP EN Yuuki Mishima JP EN Toranosuke Yoshida JP EN Caroline and Justine JP EN Japanese Trailers WINTER 2014 Actually it's 2015 PV1 from Feburary 2015 PV2 from June 2015 PV3 from Setepmber 2015 PV4 from May 2016 Atlus USA Trailers and Hype Vids Xander Mobus Interview Erika Harlacher Interview Max Mittelman Interview Cassandra Morris Interview Cherami Leigh Interview Erica Lindbeck Interview Xanthe Huynh Interview Daily Life Trailer Story Trailer Palace Trailer Velvet Room Trailer Sizzle Trailer John Hardin and his Cringe Squad play 2 hours of P5 Erika Harlacher yells at Persona 5 A loving PS4 controller skin video are you serious Take Your Heart Edition Unboxing HERE IS THE PS3 AND PS4 COMPARISON STOP ASKING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbMW9lPwq4 Basically there's a few less people in the city and loading times are a bit longer, that's p much it. SOCIAL STAT TIPS AND EATING MY rear end IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS -Go to the theaters only once a month each one drops a +3 on the stat that it enhances. Going to the diner on a rainy day is a good idea since you get +3 knowledge which can turn into +4 if you have Chihaya stuff and a + to another stat of your choice as well. Big Bang Burger gives a nice generalization of stats as well, but will emphasize courage. -Doing certain confidants also gives a large amount of stats. You can get kindness by doing Hierophant and Tower, Proficiency for Hanged Man, Courage for Death, Charm for Devil and Sun, and Knowledge for Star. This is with every rank up though so be mindful of that. -Finally, Proficiency and Kindness are some of the more difficult stats to level up. For the former doing the beef bowl job, making thief tools, and going to the batting cages is not a bad idea. For the latter you can do the Flower Shop job and feed your plant which is a free action -Go to the underground walkway every sunday to spend 5k on a juice that will give you a stat boost, this is a free action and worth doing. -Getting Fortune to about 3 is also worthwhile since you can give her 5k, pick a stat, and any action you do that involves that stat will get an increase. Be mindful it only really works on +1 things, but you can use this in conjunction with going to the diner on a rainy day or studying in the library and maximize what you get for the day. That's most of the advice I can give. IT'S OUT FUCKERS    erg's bad 
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Mar 8, 2017 05:28
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Baal is this game good
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Mar 8, 2017 05:30
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yeah sure bud
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Mar 8, 2017 05:33
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Captain Baal posted:Roppongi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0pnoTsvWPs
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Mar 8, 2017 05:42
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Lol there's already review copies of this game out in the wild, they really overestimated the amount of time they'd need huh
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Mar 8, 2017 05:44
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I am surprised we are just now hearing about review copies
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Mar 8, 2017 05:45
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Just from the slight inconsistency, I'll be expecting Goro to either die, or turn heel.
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Mar 8, 2017 05:52
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drat it! Edit: Also just seeing all the official art again reminds me how much all the Persona in this game rule (at least the party's persona). Seriously they're fantastic.
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Required viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrQ5mOKwirE
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Mar 8, 2017 05:55
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No Kamen Rider Zenigata, no sale. I'll get it as soon as it comes out
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This is gonna be the best persona game, cause I finally get to bang my teacher
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I, too, am excited for this game to come out in 2014 Winter.
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Mar 8, 2017 06:34
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Ha, the arcade kid gives you pierce gun. I assume the character's 'talk' abilities only work when they match up with the demon's personality?
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I'm so goddamn excited for this game even with the constant delays teasing me
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I'm surprised that fit into one post Also gently caress you
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Mar 8, 2017 06:51
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Wow that is a detailed op. Nice
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Mar 8, 2017 06:51
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I was doing a really good job avoiding thinking about this game.
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DalaranJ posted:Ha, the arcade kid gives you pierce gun. No, they're just random
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This game kind of sounds like exactly what I hoped it would be, bringing back some of the battle complexity of the older Persona games and demon negotiation while modernizing JRPG features and iterating on the incredibly stylish art and design work of P3/P4. Of all the badass stuff coming out in Q1 and Q2 2017 this is at the absolute top of the list
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Captain Baal posted:No, they're just random My dream of having an crotchety old man as a playable Persona character will never be fulfilled.
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I bought a PS4 for P5, FFXV, and Nier:A, no regrets. However, I do wish DLC costumes were cheaper...
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Persona 4 was mostly a lamer version of Diamond is Unbreakable, is this game a lamer version of Golden Wind?
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this game wont be as good as tales of berseria
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Endorph posted:this game wont be as good as tales of berseria You're right it will be far better.
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berseria is OK
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I've never played a Persona game before, is this a good a place as any to start?
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Captain Oblivious posted:You're right it will be far better. Let's not go to far
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Axetrain posted:I've never played a Persona game before, is this a good a place as any to start? All the games are self-contained, so yes
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Arist posted:Lol there's already review copies of this game out in the wild, they really overestimated the amount of time they'd need huh Atlus has very recently had a policy of "give reviewers a fuckload of time to review this poo poo". They mentioned it on Reddit a while back that they were planning on giving out review copies for Apocalypse a month in advance and I'm not surprised it's happened here as well.
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It's not gonna be the shortest game, March is a busy month, playing video games is not the only thing they're going to do and I somehow doubt that they're worried about spoilers because the game's been out for 6 months already. A month doesn't seem over the top by any stretch.
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neko ja ne yo
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Looks like a good waifu selection.
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Game looks bad. Think I'll stick to P4G. e: Can I date boys in this game?
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Sadly no.
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Lame. No sale, Atlus. 
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Poofy hair is my friend
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Sakurazuka posted:Looks like a good waifu selection. only 2 babes i dont care about, an amazing ratio
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