#[ in character. ZENKICHI HASEGAWA ]

[crocrubies]

Persona 5 pathetic old men my beloved 🫶🫶

[velvet-gloom]

[hypogryffin]

where are they atlus. atlus give them back atlus

[palecryptid]

haven’t drawn dad-kichi in a while

[fieryraptorcreative]

Random stage by stage I did.

Fanart of Zenkichi Hasegawa from Persona5 Strikers. (Hopefully I spelled his name right?)

Dramatic dad-man for the win.

[ask-the-phantom-thieves]

Hello and welcome to the Phantom Thieves official tumblr!

We are the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, here to answer your questions and concerns.

Some important things to note are that we will not answer anything that could identify us in any way, nor will we be discussing our methods. Otherwise, we are an open book!

In order to know which of us are answering which question, look for our respective signatures!

🃏: Joker, the leader! 🐈‍⬛: Mona, the infiltration specialist! ☠️: Skull, the muscle! 💘: Panther, the firecracker! 🎨: Fox, the artist! 👑: Queen, the strategist! 🔮: Oracle, the navigator! 🌸: Noir, the supplier! 🪻: Violet, the trainer! 🗡️: Crow, the tactician! 👾: Sophie, the AI! 🐺: Wolf, the contact!

Wolf, Crow, and especially Violet, all have very busy lives, but will still try to answer as many questions as they can, so don't be afraid to send them in!

//Heyo, mod here. I was bored and decided this might be a fun blog to make!//

//no particular rules on what you send in, if it goes against the thieves' rules they'll still answer it, so don't worry.//

//this blog mostly adheres to both royal and strikers canon, except for the fact that Akechi is alive.//

//as for ships, it's akeshu, sumitaba, makoharu, shihoann, and ryukita.//

//joker never uses his real name, so feel free to picture either ren or akira, whichever you prefer!//

//mod uses he/him//

//happy asking!//

[0heartangel0]

Pt. 3: YOU'VE ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!

We're skipping to the aftermath of Alice's defeat; all of the desires are brought back to their rightful owners, Alice has a change of heart of her own and apologizes on live television over what she's done, and Ann feels remorse for her, since Alice is gonna be suffering a fallback that might take a long while to recover from. However, questions still hang in the air on how Jails work, or how Alice was able to do what she did with EMMA. If only they could get into contact with her to look into her phone and see for themselves-

GASP

IT'S OUR ☆~QUEEN~☆!!!

After Futaba starts one of the funniest running gags in this game,

Zenkichi congratulates the thieves on a job well done, citing the intel he gave them as part of the reason for it. And so, because of it, he comes in today expecting to get something similar back in return - the response to the deal he offered about three days ago (once again, they don't owe him anything in return for something he gave willy-nilly, but whatever. Gaslight away, my man). He even tosses in "a lil' bonus" to his offer, which is getting answers from Alice for them.

(This dude, I swear... even after the thieves pop in from another alternate reality, he still manages to find and eavesdrop on them. Alternate title to this arc is 'Man Stalks A Bunch Of Teenagers For Three Days Straight'.)

The PT point out that this deal is unnecessary, because they've already cleared their names, for Alice has confessed and is going to pay for her crimes.

It is here, where Zenkichi finally reveals to the Thieves - and us the audience - that he has tricked them, he has decieved them, and, most assuredly, he has bamboozled them.

As it turns out, Alice isn't an isolated incident, for this Change of Heart epidemic is happening "aaaall over the country."

This is where I finally reveal the plan that I've been foreshadowing for two posts now.

If you recall when I told you to put a pin on the whole Alice interview incident, I'm pulling the pin off, and presenting it to you now.

Back when Zenkichi was first talking about this epidemic with the thieves, he was only referring to the stuff going on with Alice, and not any other incident outside of Alice that would still relate to the epidemic. He intentionally left out this detail to throw them off, and think that they're only dealing with the one case with Alice. And even then, he only mentions the interview incident, and not any of the other weird behavior from other people that involves Alice (buying out her stock, obsessing over her, etc.).

And he knew there were other cases prior to Alice, for we hear about them in the opening scene in the police meeting. And Alice wasn't even a talking point during that meeting. In fact, Zenkichi arrives in Yongen Jaya the day the interview happens. We know this, because right as you're leaving for the interview, Zenkichi is seen (and heard) at the booth eating curry!

Why the Hell would he intentionally leave out that detail? Was it to put them into a false sense of security, thinking this wasn't gonna be as big of a deal, so they'd just go about their usual thievery? Probably, because he then reveals soon after that their calling card for Alice only made them look even more suspicious to the police, especially since, as was stated, this is happening everywhere.

So, in just letting the thieves do this, Zenkichi made it so the police now are more gung-ho to arrest them, forcing them to come crawling back to him. Thus, explaining his little smirk during the calling card sequence.

It's perfect. It's downright genius.

Let's also not forget that when telling them about the whole Alice thing, Zenkichi claimed that it was the police who were suspecting the thieves originally. He, however, states that he doesn't believe that they're the culprits, even after dropping the other shoe that is the Change of Heart epidemic. He even claims that to be the reason he's making this deal in the first place.

BUT, looking back once again at the police meeting scene, when the men in the room are questioning the logistics behind all of these cases of people going looney, it is Zenkichi who pipes up, and brings up the PT as suspects, with the presenter confirming that he might be right on that suspicion.

So, while Zenkichi says it's just the police that are suspicious of the thieves, and not him, we know that this is total horse-honkey. This is just a further tactic of him trying to get them to work with him, because while the police as a whole don't seem trustworthy, he is!

He even tries to scare them a bit by giving them a weird wake-up call to the situation by saying:

He's practically stating there's no choice in the matter when it comes to taking his deal, because it's the safest option to make. Any other one results in their arrest. He kind of left them with no other alternative.

After he puts down his suspicions of there being another culprit, the gang kick Zenkichi out for a bit to discuss (bet you ten bucks he was still eavesdropping). Long story short, as I've pointed out, they have no choice in the matter. Even Futaba looks through the web and finds that Zenkichi really wasn't lying about the Change of Heart epidemic after all. The only real problem that they can't avoid is having to explain to Zenkichi how they do what they do. It's here where Makoto suggests just taking him to the Metaverse physically. They reluctantly agree, since there's no other way around it, and Joker's freedom is on the line here. The thieves invite him back in, and take him to the bridge in Shibuya, while also explaining the Metaverse to him on the way there.

By the time they get there, Zenkichi is all but convinced that they're on drugs. However, the thieves, Makoto especially, aren't having any of it and drag him into the Metaverse. What proceeds is one of the funniest moments in the game, where we get to watch a middle-aged man lose his God dang marbles, somehow never falling off the building in sheer shock and horror.

I think the best part about this scene is us the players finally getting the satisfaction of watching Zenkichi getting taken down a peg for the first time. All throughout this arc, he's been nothing but smug and thinking himself above you. He even seems to be a few steps ahead when you think you got a running start. So, getting to watch him finally being put in his place is nothing short of gratifying. And funny.

I love this game.

Also, he says this:

This just tells me two things:

He's confirmed to drink alcohol.

Apparently, after the Alice calling card, he proceeded to go out to drink for some reason, and doesn't remember to what extent. Interesting.

So after successfully traumatizing the poor man, they take him back and have him ruminate on this life-altering knowledge for a hot second, where he says he'll "strive to understand."

A little detail I love is that when Makoto brings the topic back to their deal, Zenkichi immediately switches back to his cool and collected demeanor, almost like he's blocking out what he just found out, and is grasping for anything that he can at least wrap his head around.

Zenkichi then lays out the deal, saying this:

This is the part where I tell you to put another pin on this. A big, GIANT pin. This is gonna be on the test.

Afterwards, you have some optional responses to this, and while everyone picks the last one, because it's funny ("Get along with the talking cat"), I'm more interested in the middle response ("If you screw us on this..."). The reason is due to Zenkichi’s response to it, which I've always found fascinating:

There's so much to unpack here with that line alone. The way Zenkichi immediately jumps to that conclusion, assuming the thieves would have no qualms doing something like that, his delivery sounding less terrified, and more-so just stating it matter-of-factly, and most interestingly, something he ends up admitting to himself later on at the end of this arc that I will cover (so add this as another pin (somehow relating to the other pin)).

Zenkichi goes on to explain that the thieves will be meeting with him in Sapporo on the 8th, since one of his main suspects won't be back until then. In the meantime, they can't use public transportation out of fear that since they've made it public that they personally took down Alice, other Monarchs might be scrambling to try and take the thieves down by potentially brainwashing one of their drivers (I always found it interesting how Zenkichi immediately clocks in on that, despite admitting his confusion on this "cognitive mumbo-jumbo"). Zenkichi himself can't provide a ride either, since that could potentially link back to their deal, and he can't have anyone knowing about it or the case.

And with that, Zenkichi leaves, while muttering that "this is real, Zenkichi..."

I'll be concluding everything in the next part, so get hyped!

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

Pt. 4

[wyrdle]

rare zenkichi and shuji scribble in a different au lmao (i have so many disjointed ones lmao). Anyway Shuji about to make Zenkichi pop a vessel whilst trying to goad him into inflicting police brutality

[pikabysss]

Similar haircut, same energy

(Okay, why are their pose so similar too. I'm dying XD)

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I'm dying even more now... ;w;

I remember being like: oh, those guys (left ones) reminds me of someone and it was those guys (right ones)

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Zenkichi Hasegawa…

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[true-deru]

My favorite Persona 5 party members (including the ones in the Spin-offs) and what Yugioh decks I think they would have (Headcanons)

So I bought Persona 5 Tactica when it first came out, but it's just now that I've been able to get around to playing it, and I got inspired to make this~

Ryuji Sakamoto - U.A. or Masked Hero

Ann Takamaki - Lunalight or Windwitch

Yusuke Kitagawa - The Weather or P.U.N.K.

Haru Okumura - Aroma or Rikka or Rose Dragon

Hikari - Abyss Actor

Sophia - Virtual World

Zenkichi Hasegawa - Magical Musketeer

[sparkingspider]

[elmasinthetree]

some incoherent rambling abt konozen since i love them

cannot stop thinking about how they would respond to eachother post canon because what do you even say. so much has happened. they are not enemies but there is too much tension to talk normally. he put your daughter in danger and collaborated with your wife’s killer but he looks like a kicked puppy right now. wha

Does Konoe bear a silent grudge? does he admire him from a distance for embodying something he wasnt able to become? he feels guilty, that i know for sure, but how does he handle it? can he look at this guy and not feel immense guilt? does he look at any opportunity to help to somehow make up for what he did, despite that never going away? going insane in repentance over here.

it hangs over them like a piano being lifted in the air like a cartoon and i need them to just have a moment

^anyways have this shitty doodle i made.

[queen-ofsunflowers]

Monsters and Magic: The Phantom Thieves, Part 2

Eldritch!Futaba and Dhampir!Haru

Witch!Akechi and Fae!Sumire

Werewolf!Zenkichi and ???!Sophia

[icespur]

Atlus, I just wanna talk

Come here, come on, this won't take long, no, GET BACK---(pulls them back) Get over here!

Why do only the Phantom Thieves and Zenkichi have official birthdays?

Look, I'm not asking for official birthdays for every other supporting Confidant because that's just unreasonable. But how could you disrespect Sojiro like that?

The Hierophant father figure in P4 got an official birthday and year but Sojiro isn't good enough?! But you let sequel father figure in Strikers have a birthday????

At least give Sojiro, Sae Niijima, and Takuto Maruki official birthdays. Show them some love, they deserve to be appreciated.

[feldsparite]

i've been contemplating nemesis as a second awakening of zenkichi's, but there's just something so suitable about valjean i can't bear part with him. it's the just some guy of it all. Wait actually i lied there's more to it

like yeah the everyman aspect is indeed important, because a huge part of zenkichi is his supposed normalcy. he's lived ordinarily all his life, and he's been content to be prescribed the ordinary lifestyle, not rising to change the status quo even when it actively harms him. rebellion is something that's seemingly unnatural to who he is, and it's only because he appears so benignly normal that makes it so satisfying when he finally snaps

but it's also the fact that lesmis and the whole valjean/javert thing fits him so well. it's how his arc borrows valjean's guilt and valjean's love for his daughter, but javert's conflict- his loss of faith in the law. i've said it before, and i'll say it again: zenkichi's arc is like javert became besties with the barricade boys instead of drowning in the seine. and in the overt choice of valjean, the criminal, instead of javert, the character who shares zenkichi's title of inspector, as zenkichi's persona, there's the implication that the character traits belonging to valjean- most notedly his devotion to his daughter- are what defines him, over anything else. and no other persona can imply this much! it just says so much!!!!