#chie's realm

[helloanthy]

your shapes are so fluid and soft and dynamic—it inspires me so much and i hope to someday reach the same level of skill in my own art ; U ; can i ask what your inspirations are? specifically for your shape language, but any general insp that contributed to your style would be super cool to hear about! thank you for sharing your beautiful art with us!! 💘

aaa thank u thank u so much for ur kind message ! 🥹 im honored you think so highly of my art and that it inspires you. the best compliment anyone could give me is that my art inspired them to make art too. and its really validating whenever im told my art is fluid and dynamic because i try very hard to make it so … drawing for me is kinda like carving marble i lay the initial sketch which is incredibly blocky and i spend an absorbent of the time trying to chip away at the edges make something rigid seem natural … pensive. i hope im understanding what ur asking correctly, but to quote ikuhara in regards to my shape language: "I think it's more beautiful when the body silhouette has clear contrasts (laugh)." i think its because i'v always been greatly inspired by fashion illustration & fashion editorial photography. runway and editorial makeup included in these i feel like also inform how i render eyes (yassified 💀) i started out drawing clothes and mimicking 20th century and 90s fashion illustration when i was little. in the salon i was always excited whenever we got new magazines so i could look at the celebrity fashion and red carpet sections. i also liked looking at the hairstyle lookbooks. late 90s and early 2000s so a lot of big/spiky/gelled/sprayed hair. and iv always loved haute couture especially sculptural clothing in the realm of guo pei, robert wun, heaven gaia, miss sohee, thierry mugler, schiaparelli, and richard quinn but i dont know if any of these influences translate here since the houses i named are heavily textiled and avante garde ... i try not to spend too much time rendering clothes bc at a certain point it becomes laborious which im trying to avoid feeling …… but i love sharing good art and these r my favourite designers 🥴 maybe this explains my silhouettes tho ? shrug mm perhaps more noticeable influences in how i shape fabric & clothing with my art here though would be houses like vivienne westwood, simone rocha and shushu tong besides fashion illustration & photography as i got older i got reallyyy into reading shoujo manga and that informed a lot of my style development too. particularly works of arine tanemura, matsumoto natsumi, ai yazawa, shinohara chie. and individually, mangas like kodocha, beauty pop, say i love you, kamisama kiss, kyo koi o hajimemasu (i dont remember a lot of these works plots only the art really but PLEASE do not read this last one i remember its really. really bad lmao) hononary mention of rosario vampire, which is not a shoujo but the first manga i read and was extremely attached to the art style artists who's interpretation of shapes and movement that i aspire to are kris anka, rené gruau, sara pichelli, j.c. leyendecker, hua sanchuan, and hisashi eguchi lastly iv never thought about my shape language explicitly in technical terms so i thought itd be interesting to try and put it into words. if it helps. so to me its kinda like

but also stylistic inspiration and aspirations aside, half of it is just the way my hand instinctually likes to move tbh. for example i drew out quickly what kind of lines make me feel the best and theyr like this

another contributing factor is probably that i really really dont like how it feels drawing straight lines. i like how they look and i wish i could Do them but hand tremors aside before even i still felt drawing straight lines was stifling and tedious like doing math. i love making a line that feels like a running rabbit i feel like for me at least in my art there is a lot that gets lost between inspiration—interpretation—execution—reception but i hope that i explained all this ok. its hard to put things into words haha. thank u again for the lovely message 🥲💗

[mermaidenmystic]

Sacred Realm by Chie YOSHII

[sleepythegh0st]

Persona In Real Time: April 12th

Persona 3 Reload

Makoto's slumber continues

Persona 5 Royal

Ren has another dream where he visits the Velvet Room. Igor is delighted to see that he has awoken his Persona, and gives him a little bit of insight on the Metaverse Navigator; a mysterious app he downloaded to Ren's phone which seems to be responsible for him visiting the castle yesterday.

Ren meets a first year girl who goes to Shujin on the way to school and defends her when someone sabotaged a good deed she did

Ren answers a question correctly in class, raising his Knowledge

Kamoshida warns the girl he picked up in his car yesterday, Takamaki, about Ren, not knowing he was in earshot

Ryuji stops Ren after school and discovers the Meta-Nav on Ren's phone, taking them back to the castle where they reunite with Morgana

Morgana teaches the boys that the castle is another realm that takes shape based on the real Kamoshida's distorted cognition. He calls such places "Palaces."

Upon discovering cognitive clones of students on Shujin's volleyball team getting abused, Ryuji reveals that Kamoshida physically abusing his students was already an existing rumour. He takes it upon himself to memorize the faces of the students so he can get their real selves to fess up and expose Kamoshida's crimes.

King Kamoshida catches the group and attacks Ren and Morgana, taunting Ryuji about his past as the star of the school's track team and how his fighting back against Kamoshida led to Kamoshida himself breaking Ryuji's leg, ruining the team and Ryuji's dreams in the process. This is what gave Ryuji his reputation as a trouble maker, since the school was on Kamoshida's side.

Ren and Morgana encourage Ryuji to stand up for himself, and Ryuji decides that since he can't change anyone's mind, he'll act like the trouble maker he is and take Kamoshida down for good, awakening to his Persona in the process

Ryuji and Ren go home, firmly solidifying their bond, giving Ren access to the Chariot Arcana

Finally, Ren tells Ryuji more about his past, making them feel they're more alike than they first thought

Persona 4 Golden

Yu has a strange dream where he is in an area flooded with fog, and a mysterious entity claims that if Yu pursues the truth, they will someday meet again

He discovers he's in the class taught by Mr. Mooroka, a teacher so disliked he's called "King Moron" by the students

Yu's classmate, Chie Satonaka, introduces herself and her friend, Yukiko Amagi, to Yu, and they ask to walk home together

On the way, a creepy boy from a different school asks Yukiko on a date, to which she declines

Chie tells Yu about how Yukiko is extremely popular, but she's never had a boyfriend, and her family runs the Amagi Inn, which is considered Inaba's pride and joy

The three are stopped at a crime scene where it turns out Mayumi Yamano, the announcer involved in the recent affair, was found dead on the roof of a building

[taldigi]

1. Are the trainhoppers sharong confidants between them or is only one of them getting all ~22?

2. This is saying the quiet part out loud for sure but since the midnight train isn’t actually the tv world, the rules for having a shadow would be different, so I assume Yuuko does in fact have a shadow conductor. What’s she like?

3. Outside of Yu’s Future StepdaughterYosuke’s daughter is there anyone of note who human!kid!Morgana will make friends with?

1) Yep! They are. It's a group effort. I don't know if the whole arcana would be present to contribute. But some P4 and some P5 and some "others". Most retain their Arcana- but Yu would be World and I'm thinking Chie as Strength (as Ryuji is Chariot)

2) Each Train is different. Initially, they are just exploring the trains. there isn't a drive to stop anything. It's just there, but if Momentos was anything to go by: any Cognitive Realm bullshittery is worth investigating. Each person who has a train is feeling something called Wanderlust. Wanderlust is usually used to mean an urge to travel, in this context it's an urge to be elsewhere, or to deviate from the path set before you. Ren wants to be back in Tokyo with his friends, Nanako wants to go and explore new places, and Morgana wants to be his own person with his own independence that his cat body cannot provide.

While the conductor of a train is that person's shadow: The big difference is that instead of accepting, you need to reject your shadow- because the train is like.. idk, a metaphor for the path your life is taking, and if you want things to change, you have to wrest control of your life back and such. Yuuko's train looks like a toy train. and her conductor is just as small and frail as she is- she is very young, after all. She just misses her family and wants things to go back to how they where. She has to reject her wanderlust by accepting that life changes, and people you love can leave you and you have to move on. Her shadow settles, but doesn't become a persona (unlike Nanako or Shiho.)

3) I can't really think of any other characters that could be at their age unfortunately. Maybe a Junpei/Chidori kid but I'm... not super invested in making a ton of fankids LOL

[rpking99]

Shadows Of Lust

OPEN RP

Somehow, while enjoying the peaceful town of Inaba... This had happened. You had been pulled into the TV world. An alternate realm where the Shadows, the inner thoughts and desires of people made manifest, existed. Their true feelings, thoughts even they don't think they have.

And that's how you ended up... Here. Standing before the shadows of Yukiko Amagi and Chief Satonaka. Their golden eyes, the eyes of a Shadow, gleaming down at you as they smirked

"Awww. Look. It's the cute one who's been unable to keep their eyes off us, Babe. Mmm~, I can almost smell how much they want us~" Chie's Shadow purred with a dark smirk and stretching to show off her toned abs and impressive breasts

"Mmm~. What a pervert~, I bet they've been thirsting after us for so long~" Yukiko's Shadow hummed while playing with her red thong, swaying her ass at your muse

The pairs eyes filled with a mix of lust and sadistic glee

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Akane Owari VS Chie Satonaka [Danganronpa Survivor VS Persona 4]

Hifumi: Akane Owari, the energetic Ultimate Gymnast with a Fiery Temper!

Leona: Chie Satonaka, the Spunky Dragon with Deadly Legs!

Hifumi: Both had an appetite for juicy meat, but both have MORE of an appetite for a hella-good scrap! But the question is which one of them is gonna come out on top!?

Leona: He's Hifumi and I'm Leona!

Hifumi: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, talents and skills, to see who will win a DEATH BATTLE!

Leona: Ok, let's just get this over with...Blah blah blah Ultimate Talents blah blah blah Hope's Peak blah blah-

Hifumi: Hey! I know we end up having to repeat the same things, but you need to get used to it! Besides, you're not the one who has to say it.

Leona: Well, just get on with it. Give us the quick version.

Hifumi: I'm afraid I can't do that. See, there are actually a few differences with this combatant than with our last two. But as for what you already know, Hope's Peak Academy was a prestigious school that only allowed the best to enroll in it. But in an attempt to use these students to create Ultimate Hope for the Future, the academy and it's student body were infiltrated by the Ultimate Despair, Junko Enoshima, and her sister Mukuro Ikusaba.

Leona: Yeah, we know all this. Revolutions, violence, war, destruction, ever horrible thing you could ever possibly imagined followed Enoshima's plot. 

Hifumi: But what we HAVEN'T mentioned up until now, is that besides Mukuro Ikusaba, Junko Enoshima didn't act alone in achieving her world-level destruction. By brainwashing the 77th Class of Ultimate Students, and showing them the tragic death of their most beloved classmate, Junko turned them into the group that we now know as the Remnants of Despair.

Leona: If I remember correctly, the Remnants went about causing destruction and despair of all kinds, making life a hellish nightmare for everyone until they were all captured by the Future Foundation. Then they were put in some kind of...virtual reality or whatever?

Hifumi: A virtual realm known as the Neo World Program, designed from the basis of Mr Fujisaki's research. A replica of the previously famous resort location, Jabberwock Island, was created, and the 77th Class were placed inside this virtual realm, with their memories being reset. The goal was to rehabilitate them; to reset them to how they were before Junko took their lives away. However, things took a drastic turn for the worst when Junko Enoshima herself returned, hacked the program, and kickstarted her twisted Killing Game all over again!

Leona: Didn't Junko...die though?

Hifumi: Yes. It was actually an AI copy of Junko Enoshima that was hacked into the program, infiltrated the code, and once again, took the form of Monokuma to host her second Killing Game. If things had gone to plan, she would have been able to take over the bodies of her old Remnant allies and turn them into her. "Operation Junko-fy All Mankind" as she called it.

Leona: It just gets worse! 

Hifumi: That it does. Of course, the one who put her in the system was Izuru Kamukura, and that same Kamukura, after remembering his previous life as Hajime Hinata, was able to boot her out again! Alongside Mr Hinata though, there were four others who were able to survive the deadly game right until the end. Sonia Nevermind, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Kazuichi Soda and...

Leona: Akane Owari!

Hifumi: Ms Owari is, to be frank, a little thick-headed. She lives life on passion alone, doesn't really think about things, nor really does she understand most basic principles. However, she's a thoroughly charming woman with headstrong morals and a kind heart!

Leona: And she has MASSIVE TITS!

Hifumi: I...won't comment on that...

Leona: Aw, c'mon Fumi! I've seen those cutouts in your room! You've got a thing for knockers, don't you!

Hifumi: Not if they're bouncing in my face in 3D form! Behind a screen is fine!

Leona: Alright, well, anyway, due to her fiery personality and love for strength and fighting, Akane quickly established herself as one of the muscles of the group, besides the likes of her classmates, Nekomaru Nidai and Peko Pekoyama.

Hifumi: This is most likely due to her fairly rough upbringing. It's widely unknown even to the Future Foundation where her family lived originally, but Ms Owari's family includes multiple younger and older brothers and sisters and they're not very well off. In her own words, it wasn't uncommon to wake up and find a dead body in the trash, and due to her lack of prior education, she struggles to learn basic things like names and numbers. Despite all that, Ms Owari caught the attention of Hope's Peak Academy for her skills with parkour, and her overall incredible agility.

Leona: Akane was inducted into the 77th Class as the Ultimate Gymnast. But...when I usually think of gymnasts, I usually think of people who dance gracefully around a stage with ribbons...Not whatever this battle hungry maniac is supposed to be.

Hifumi: It is indeed true that Ms Owari might be the furthest thing from your standard gymnast, but her skills speak for themselves. She's certainly agile and possesses enough stamina to pull complicated moves and techniques off. So much so that she's capable of sparring with overpowered people like Nekomaru Nidai, who also trained her to be a better fighter, as well as Sakura Ogami.

Leona: Wait, that happened in Danganronpa Summer Camp! Are we allowed to count that? It's not canon!

Hifumi: True, but it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. There aren't really any dramatic changes in power between the spinoff and the main series, so Ms Owari, Mr Nidai and Ms Ogami would be the relative strength they were during their academic years. Plus, Danganronpa S also reveals that the program doesn't change a person's physical condition, strength or speed, and assuming this fits in line with the program of Danganronpa 2, it's important to keep this in mind.

Leona: Fair enough...In that case, Sakura actually states in that game that if she were to ever stop training, it wouldn't be long before Akane surpassed her. And given that Akane shares a feat with Sakura in being able to survive an encounter with Monokuma and match him blow for blow, this might very well be the case.

Hifumi: Well...Yes and no. There are a few caveats we need to keep in mind with that feat.

Leona: Like what?

Hifumi: First of all, it's unclear what the strength difference is between Hope's Peak Monokuma and Jabberwock Island Monokuma, but it's heavily implied due to the nature of the digital world, the latter is stronger, and the only reason Ms Owari survived that encounter is because Monokuma was toying with her and her hotheadedness that made her want to challenge him in the first place. However, the fact that she survived relatively unscathed is indeed an accomplishment, even though it's implied that she was injured.

Leona: In fact, most of Akane's feats are exactly this. Despite how she's a relatively skinny thing and not packing nearly as much muscle as Sakura, Akane's biggest asset, besides her...y'know...is her abnormal defense!

Hifumi: Right! Not only did Ms Owari survive that encounter with Monokuma, her introduction scene in Danganronpa 3 paints this defense in a bright light. Nekomaru Nidai attacks her with enough force that it causes 3 explosions the SIZE OF THE ACADEMY BUILDING!

Leona: So let's do a couple calculations here. The main campus of Hope's Peak Academy is stated to be " approximately the size of four regular high-schools." The average size of a public high school is around 129,000 cubic feet, though these are just averages, and actual school building sizes can vary greatly.

Hifumi: But assuming the average is correct, that would give Hope's Peak's building a total measure of around 516,000 cubic feet. With our calculations, taking the power of one explosion then multiplying it by three, the total power of these explosions is, in the very least, around 12 Kilograms of TNT.

Leona: Speaking of Nekomaru, he and Akane have a pretty strong bond, and it's thanks to him that Akane knows a fair few techniques for fighting...even if they are fairly limited. They've sparred with one another on multiple occasions, and every time Nekomaru beats her up, Akane gets back up again real quick, raring to go another round!

Hifumi: Besides the incredible strength we mentioned just now, Mr Nidai is also, supposedly according to Mr Hanamura, able to kill a cow with his bare hands, tore the head off a giant robot, and took a bazooka head on just to protect the Gymnast. Yes, that killed him, but his body was only slightly bleeding, instead of having been blown to smithereens.

Leona: In what matches we've seen from then, one of them had them fight with so much force that it completely demolished the 77th Class's homeroom, and blew a giant hole in the wall, and Akane was also cratered into the wall and just got right back up again. In the other, Nekomaru lands a deadly punch straight to Akane's stomach, and it downs her for a minute at most.

Hifumi: Ms Owari, as she is now, is also more than capable of dishing out damage just as much as she can take it. If we scale her with other characters in the DR universe, she's most assuredly on the same level of strength as the likes of Mr Nidai, and in most materials, she's capable of launching people into the air with her punches, and in the Comic Anthology, accidentally breaks Ms Hiyoko Saionji's spine by simply pulling on the sash of her kimono.

Leona: And due to her gymnastics, stamina and athletic ability, is possibly faster than people like Genocide Jill, who is capable of dodging lightning. She climbed the Hope's Peak school building in a matter of seconds, ran so fast past Teruteru it created a force that spun him around, and then proceeded to catch knives in her teeth! In addition, her vitality and inner strength is so strong, as a Remnant of Despair, she didn't eat for what we assume is between 2-3 years and DIDN'T DIE OF STARVATION!(based on the supposed timeline of the Killing Games, with Danganronpa 2 taking place 1 year after Danganronpa 1, by which point the tragedy and the Remnants would have been around for 2 or so years) 

Hifumi: Plus, Mr Nidai states that Ms Owari is faster than any athlete he's ever seen. And as the  Ultimate Team Manager, he's has trained countless sports teams and track athletes, so a claim like this from him is a big deal! And this isn't even mentioning what is arguably her most impressive display of power so far...Her fight with Nagito Komaeda.

Leona: Now I know what you're all thinking... "Nagito's a frail wimp! And Akane almost strangled him to death in DR2! Of course she would win a fight against him!" But we're not talking about THAT Nagito Komaeda. We're talking about Nagito Komaeda from SURVIVOR, who thanks to Organization Zetsubou, took the Hope Serum and became a monster with unlimited talents, becoming an Ultimate Hope himself.

Hifumi: Granted, Ms Owari ended up losing that fight and her spine along with it, since Komaeda hadn't really awoken to his true latent abilities until that fight reached it's conclusion. However, even if we assume that Nagito Komaeda fought at around half the power of Hajime Hinata at that time, it's still an INCREDIBLE feat, especially since she was able to do significant damage AND outpace him!

Leona: AMD Especially since Hajime DID lost to Nagito in the fight they had just before that arc, even if he was massively holding back. Assuming Izuru Kamukura can reach the same relativistic speed as the likes of Mukuro Ikusaba, and Nagito at that time was half that, that's still speeds of around Mach 10! 

Hifumi: And she was able to punch his sickly body so hard, he hurtled and smashed through several stone pillars! This feat most certainly puts her on the same level as Mr Nidai's explosion feat. In fact, if we scale this feat similarly to Mr Naegi's concrete wall punching feats from our first battle, the energy required to smash Komaeda through one of these pillars is around 31.572 grams of TNT. And based on the number of crashes, we can surmise that he flew through a total of 12 pillars, effectively increasing that feat of strength to 378.864 grams of TNT, or at least a little under it!

Leona: In addition to all these amazing abilities, Akane herself possesses some traits unique to herself. It may have to do with her upbringing, but Akane has some very animal-like abilities, including sensitive ears, a bloodhound's sense of smell, and a natural danger instinct that allows her to sniff out powerful opponents. In fact, since we apparently are counting DRS and UTDP, she very almost figured out Mukuro Ikusaba's true identity by sniffing out her dangerous soldier aura...Too bad she rarely ever knows what to do with that information.

Hifumi: It's no secret that Ms Owari isn't very smart. As I mentioned before, she lives almost entirely off of passion and relies on her gut instinct. Because of this, she rarely ever has a plan and jumps into fights that she really can't win, and rarely does she think things through, come up with calculated battle plans, and she doesn't really have a unique fighting style, even with the one's Nekomaru taught her. It's part of this reason why she has such a terrible win : lose ratio compared to every other capable fighter we know.

Leona: Who cares? Neither does Kuripa, and we know how busted he is.

Hifumi: A very valid point! We will talk more about that when we get to his episode in a future season!

Leona: However, even if she is one to just fight with her fists and think with them to, it's not like Akane doesn't have her own unique equipment she can use to give herself the edge.

Hifumi: Indeed. Danganronpa 3 implies that eating food, specifically freshly prepared meat, not only increases Ms Owari's strength but restores her vitality too. Kind of like how food in RPG's does. And failing that, she also possesses a secret weapon...A Special Enhancement drug developed by Ms Seiko Kimura and Mr Teruteru Hanamura.

Leona: You're telling me she's got a final form!?

Hifumi: That she does! This is what's known as Doping Corn Soup. Granted, she's only used it twice, and both times have proved the serum puts her strength on a level either equal or above that of Mr Nidai's. Now, keeping in mind that Ms Owari DIDN'T use this during her scrap with Komaeda, and pulled off her multiple pillar feat without it. If we were to add that sort of power to the feats that she's already shown, can you imagine just how capable she could be?

Leona: Nekomaru, as a reminder, ALSO battled Nagito AFTER Akane, when he was at a higher level of power, and was able to hold out for a similar length of time. See what we were saying about him earlier for other feats of strength that Akane can now not only match, but possibly overpower. As a side effect, the soup also clearly heats up her bodies base temperature, as when she uses it for the first time in DR3, steam comes off her body in room temperature.

Hifumi: So yes...While Akane Owari may be a meat-loving meathead who's hungry for battle, and reckless to a fault, she indeed has the sheer power and capability to back up her bold claims. While once an enemy of the Future Foundation, one thing is clear now more than ever. We're happy to have her!

Leona: Shadows. According to Jungian psychological studies, they are innermost thoughts of man; specifically parts one would keep to themselves, and personalities one would wear as a mask to hide their true self. 

Hifumi: That was oddly inquisitive of you...

Leona: Well, I know this because of the importance of these studies in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.

Hifumi: You know, I think that might be the first time I've heard someone call Persona a Shin Megami Tensei game in a while. 

Leona: It ain't what it used to be. But back in the days of Persona 4, we were riding that hype train baby! But anyway, in the world of Persona, there are certain people who can take the power of these dark sides of themselves, and use them to help them fight in other worlds, combating the evil Shadows and upholding truth and justice in their universe! One of these groups is the Inaba Investigation Team!

Hifumi: In order to more properly become stronger, one must identify their own weaknesses and improve upon them. For the Investigation Team, this was taken into a very literal sense, by confronting beings made of the worst parts of themselves, and accepting them for who they are. Alongside those like the clumsy Yosuke Hanamura and the elegant Yukiko Amagi, one of the roughest and toughest members of this quirky group, is Ms Chie Satonaka!

Leona: At face value, Chie is your average short-haired, hyperactive tomboy. She watches kung-fu movies, chows down meat like a hungry lion, and regularly kicks delinquents in the balls for bothering her bestie...and Yosuke...a lot actually...For no real reason...

Hifumi: Living in the laid-back and easygoing town of Inaba, her life was fairly uneventful and with not much excitement...That is until Yu showed up.

Leona: Me?

Hifumi: No, not YOU! Yu, as in Y-U Narukami.

Leona: What a confusing name.

Hifumi: Anyone else could easily say the same thing about Hifumi or Leona.

Leona: Persona has a Hifumi too! And she's way hotter than you!

Hifumi: First of all...rude...Secondly...true?

Leona: On Yu's first day at Yasogami High, he was on a tour of the town with Chie and Yukiko, when the trio suddenly came across the scene of a crime, where a dead body had been found hanging from some telephone poles!

Hifumi: At the same time, rumors were going round about a mysterious phenomenon called the Midnight Channel, in which staring into a TV while it was turned off at midnight while it was raining would allow one to see one's soulmate. Narukami quickly found out that this was...partly true.

Leona: It wasn't your soulmate that appeared on the other side of the screen, but as Yu and co. discovered, it showed the image of whoever it was that was going to die next. Like when the channel showed the figure of Saki Konishi, and she turned up dead soon after. Just before this, Yu, Chie and Yosuke learned that Yu had the power to enter another world by traveling through a TV screen, filled with dangerous beings, which were these Shadows.

Hifumi: Fortunately, after they entered the TV for the second time in hopes of finding out the truth behind Konishi's death, Narukami and Hanamura, along with their new companion Teddie, a strange bear that lived in that other world, discovered they could wield the powers of Personas. Things unfortunately took a turn for the worst for Satonaka, when they found out that the next person to appear on the midnight channel was none other than her best friend, Yukiko Amagi.

Leona: Chie was...to put bluntly, a little upset, and ended up charging headfirst into the TV realm. This led to an encounter with her own Shadow, which she initially rejected, but then accepted after some soul searching, and once she did, she gained the power of the Persona herself, awakening to her spiritual guardian, Tomoe! Now, since we've gotten to this point, I have to ask. Throughout the course of the game, Chie's power evolves overtime, and as it does, her Persona gains new strength and new forms. So which one of Chie's Persona's are we going to be using for this fight?

Hifumi: Excellent question! As is the case with most party members in Persona 4 and 5, Satonaka's Persona has three evolutionary stages. The initial form is Tomoe, then that ascends into Suzuka-Gongen, and finally, Haraedo-no-Okami. For this battle, we will be giving Satonaka her initial Persona, Tomoe.

Leona: Aw, really!? We're gonna nerf her so heavily!? For shame Hifumi!

Hifumi: Now hold on a moment, there IS a good reason for this. Unlike the Persona 3 characters, such as Mitsuru Kirijo or Akihiko Sanada, Suzuka-Gongen and Haraedo-no-Okami are OPTIONAL forms that are unlocked by completing Satonaka's social link, whereas for those two, it was a mandatory evolution that carries on throughout the games. Additionally, the only iteration of Persona 4's franchise where Chie's Persona ascends to the level above is Persona 4 The Animation, and she doesn't do so until the fight with Ameno-Sagiri. In sequel chapters/games like Arena and Dancing, Satonaka continues to use Tomoe as her primary Persona, so we do have to take that into account. However, as to not dumb down her abilities, even if her Persona takes base form we WILL be giving her all of her ascended Persona's abilities, like the immunity to ice and Dragon Hustle.

Leona: Ok good. At least we got that cleared up. Anyway, now that she had the power to fight, Chie used her newfound abilities to help Yukiko do the same as she did; come to terms with her own Shadow, and together, they, as well as Yu and Yosuke, formed the Investigation Team with the goal of tracking down the dirty bastard that was killing everyone and kicking plenty of Shadow ass along the way...Huh...You know, it was on the tip of my tongue the whole time, but she really reminds me of Maya.

Hifumi: She really is similar to Ms Canzanilla now that you mention it...in the good AND the bad way...

Leona: What's that supposed to mean?

Hifumi: N-Never mind...Forget I said anything. What sets Ms Satonaka apart from the other members of her team is she's the only one who doesn't really use any sort of weapon, not even a steel chair like Tatsumi or a fan like Amagi. Instead, she relies on her own raw strength, and her mighty, and fine legs.

Leona: Don't be simping on main Fumi.

Hifumi: I'm just quoting the show!

Leona: Yeah, but seriously, from watching all those action-packed kung-fu movies, Chie learned how to really stick it to the Shadows, mostly with her powerful kicking abilities. For some extra oomph, she can also equip special kinds of boots to increase her attack power; the most powerful of which are the Moses Sandals, which also raises her critical hit rate.

Hifumi: As for her Persona, Tomoe is armed with a double-ended polearm, which allows her to skewer and slice Satonaka's enemies. And not only that, because of the magical power of her Persona, Satonaka is also capable of cryokinesis...However, her own brand of this power is limited compared to other ice users like Kirijo, Teddie and Kitagawa.

Leona: Chie does start off as the party's resident ice user, but as time goes on, she starts to drift away from those kinds of attacks as Teddie ends up taking that spot, choosing instead to specialize in raw physical power. This includes moves such as God's Hand, which summons a super powerful fist strong enough to pound a Shadow so hard, it obliterates the ground beneath it, Agneyastra, which is kind of a less-powerful meteor shower but STILL a freaking meteor shower, and Mind Slice, which can fuck with an opponents mind and cause them to panic.

Hifumi: If the need arises, she also has access to light skills that allow her to instantly KO opponents, though this doesn't work on particularly powerful opponents like bosses. And even in the case these powerful physical blows aren't enough to take her opponent down, Satonaka can use abilities like Tarukaja, which raises her attack power, Rebellion, which increases her critical hit rate, and Counterstrike, which can reflect strong physical blows right back at her opponent. 

Leona: And as we said before, at her max power, Chie can use her own signature move Dragon Hustle, which raises all of her stats, like her power, defense and speed. However, it should be noted that this doesn't last for very long. Three attacking turns at least. 

Hifumi: And assuming that a turn in combat is equal to a minute in real time, that would mean each effect lasts only 3 minutes. 

Leona: The Persona has a few other weaknesses as well. For example, even though it is a spirit, it can still be hurt by regular attacks, and if it takes too much damage, it can break, and thus becomes unusable for a short time. Also, since Tomoe is a part of Chie's soul, any damage done to the Persona is reflected back on Chie herself as mental damage. 

Hifumi: Also, using a Persona for too long induces this same break effect, and can tire out the user. Physical attacks drain health while magic attacks drain stamina. These can be replenished with spells and items.

Leona: However, these buffs would definitely last long enough to allow Chie to pull off her most extraordinary ability...the GALACTIC PUNT! A kick so powerful, it can send any opponent into the stratosphere!

Hifumi: That...might be a bit of an exaggeration. Given how little is explained about the move, it's only been shown to send enemies flying off into the horizon. It's never outright stated that Satonaka's kick can send enemies to space. Even so, a kick like that must have a power level equal to or around 770,000 Newtons, or 166 Grams of TNT. 

Leona: Ok, but what about bigger opponents that she's used the Punt on? Like Iron Tager or Blitztank?

Hifumi: Those, unfortunately, don't count. BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle may feature Ms Satonaka's moves from the Arena games, but it's not canon to Persona 4's storyline. If it's canon anywhere, it's the BlazBlue storyline specifically, so we can't take that into account. She HAS launched Shadows bigger than her into the horizon, but it's hard to lock down an exact weight for some of these Shadows. Even then, they can't be that much heaver or durable than the Investigation Team are themselves for this to be possible, and it's not like she can use the Galactic Punt on Boss Shadows like the Reaper.

Leona: But she's beaten the Reaper, right?

Hifumi: Yes, and opponents just as strong, if not stronger, like Izanami or Ameno-Sagiri. However, we need to make it perfectly clear here that Satonaka did not defeat these foes by herself. Frankly, due to her own set of weaknesses, it's very unlikely that she could. For example, she lacks any definitive way to heal herself, and given her focus on physical attacks which drain her vitality, this isn't an ideal scenario.

Leona: Also, Chie may be one of the physically strongest members of her team, but that's really the only leg she has up on her teammates...pun surprisingly not intended. She is blindingly fast, being able to dodge fire and lightning attacks from Shadows and Personas alike, but she's nowhere near the fastest member of her team, as Yosuke and Yu have been show to outspeed most of her attacks. But her biggest flaw in her overall stat pool is her defense.

Hifumi: Satonaka is what we call a "glass cannon", a term used in roleplaying games, board games or video games to describe a character or unit with strong offensive power but weak defensive capabilities. Her most impressive feat of survival is being able to directly withstand flaming attacks from Shadow Yukiko, despite her and her Persona having a crippling weakness to fire, but aside from that, she hasn't shown to be very physically durable, and can be taken down easily by a strong enough enemy.

Leona: But defense or no defense, Chie's got more than enough firepower and willpower to take her opponents down one at a time. And with the aid of Yu, Yosuke, Yukiko and everyone else, she was able to become the hero the quiet town of Inaba needed, solving the murderous mystery, and living the rest of her life with her head held high...And it turns out she found her calling in dancing not soon after!

Hifumi: I still shudder to accept that Dancing All Night is canon...

Hifumi: Alright, the combatants are set! Let's see which of our fighters comes out on top this time!

Leona: IT'S TIME FOR A DEEAAATH BAAATTLLLLLLEEE!

The scene opens to a peaceful day on a quiet street. A young adult Chie Satonaka walks down the street with her hands in her pockets, minding her own business.

Chie: {Hums to the tune of I'll face myself} Hm HM hm~ Hm HM hm~ Hm HM hm-HMMMGH!?

She freezes, her eyes widen, and her body tenses up as something within the window catches her eye. Inside the butchers, a perfectly prepared cut of juicy meet lies on display. Her tongue sticks out and she starts drooling on the glass like a dog.

Chie: Oh my gosh...! So thick...! So fresh...! Oh I can almost taste it from here! I gotta have it...! Wait...

She checks her pocket to see how much cash she has in her wallet. Her eyes light up when she realizes she has spare change.

Chie: Yes!

She brazenly barges into the store with a sunlight smile on her face.

Chie: Hey, Boss! I'll be taking that-HUH!?

As Chie reaches out to grab the fresh meat, a girl of taller stature than her and long brown messy hair reaches out for it at the same time. They stare at each other, their hands twitching as they reach out for their shared prize.

Chie: Excuse me...But this is mine, thanks...

Akane: Hey, I was here first, shrimp...Wait in line.

Chie: Grrrgh! WAATCHAH!

Akane: GUHUGH!

Akane snatches the meat from Chie, who responds in kind by karate kicking Akane through the butchers window. With some of the meat still in hand, Akane crawls to her feet and glares the girl down, as Chie adopts a fighting stance.

Chie: How about this!? We battle, right here and now! Whoever wins gets that meat!

Akane: Oh buddy...You don't know what you just started...HRGH!

*RIP!*

Akane tears off her shirt and skirt to show her training outfit underneath it, and pounds her chest competitively.

Chie: ...

For a moment, Chie looks embarrassed down at her own lacking chest, but shakes off that shame and goes in for the first attack.

Chie: HYATCHA! WATATATATATATATATATATATATA!

Akane: MUDADADADADADADADADADADA!

Or rather the first several...Chie opens with a flurry of kicks, which Akane does her best to parry, though the speed of the girls attacks make it fairly difficult. Chie then lands and goes for more precise kicks, which slowly overwhelm the Ultimate Gymnast.

Chie: Aw, what's wrong big girl!? Can't keep up!?

Akane: Hrgh...Cut it out, you damn pest! 

Chie: WAAGH!?

Akane grabs Chie's leg during one of her kicks and flings her over her shoulder, sending her flying back through the air. Chie skids along the ground, trying to retain her balance, and looks up fearfully as Akane rushes toward her at a superhuman speed, reeling up for a punch. However, a blue glowing tarot card appears in front of Chie in this dire moment, and knowing immediately what to do, she kicks it and breaks it.

Chie: Grr...TOMOE!

Tomoe appears above Chie and spins it's polearm, creating a blast of icy wind that hits Akane dead on. Her body slowly freezes over, slowing her down.

Akane: Gah...What the hell!?

Chie: Haha! Score 1 for...W-Wait!?

She suddenly whirls around to look up at Tomoe.

Chie: How am I doing that!? This is the real world, why is my Persona-?

Akane: HYAGH!

Chie: CHII! HAMAON!

Akane: Huh!? YAGH!

Having dropped her guard for a second, Chie is unprepared as Akane catches up to her, brushing off the ice and ramming into her head-first! Chie tries to activate her insta-kill bless skill, but Akane dodges it.

Chie: RAAGH!

Akane: Gegh! Agh! AHOOGH! OW! AGCCH! YAHOOO!

*SMAAASH!*

Chie quickly recovers despite the heavy blow, and chooses not to question things, as she and Tomoe start to combo Akane. Despite being able to hold a defensive stance until now, the duo of Persona and user overwhelm her pretty quickly. Tomoe spins it's weapon and smacks Akane so hard, she flies back and gets cratered into the side of a building.

Akane: Urgh...Not again...! H-Huh!?

Chie: Haha! HOPE YOU'RE READY! 

Akane shakes off her fatigue quickly and looks up to see Tomoe and Chie readying an attack. A huge golden fist appears propelled by rocket fire, and flies straight towards her.

Akane: Ggrrgh...OMPH!

Akane takes the cuts of meat she was able to pull off earlier and stuffs them in her mouth. As soon as she swallows them, her eyes twinkle with excitement.

Akane: Hell yeah! LET'S GO!

*KABOOOOOOOOM!*

Akane: EAT THIS!

*SHATTER!*

Chie: Aaaagh! 

Akane: DORYAAGH!

Chie: DAAGH!? OOF OOH ACK!

With the meat restoring her vitality and getting her on her feet faster, Akane is able to dodge out of the way of the God's Hand as it obliterates the wall behind her. She lunges into the air towards Tomoe and with one powerful swing, takes the Persona out! Chie collapses to her knees, clutching her head as the damage is reflected back onto her. Akane then lunges towards Chie and punches her in the jaw so hard, she skips along the ground like a stone on the water.

Akane: Fight me one on one like a man, cheater!

Chie: I'm not a man, moron! And neither are you! But alright...you asked for it...! HYUAGH!

Akane: YAGH!

Chie: WATCHAGH!

Akane: UHUGH!

Akane swipes at Chie with a sideways karate chop as the spunky dragon flies at her. She jumps over the chop and elbows Akane in the neck.

Chie: OOPH!

Akane spins around and kicks Chie in the mouth.

Akane: BLUAGH!

Chie lands on the ground, bounces back and haymaker's Akane's jaw.

Chie: GHUAGH!

Akane backflips, lunges forward and headbutts Chie in the face.

Akane: PHOOGH!

Chie kicks Akane in the stomach.

Chie: LEAGH!

Akane slaps Chie around the face.

Akane: AUUGH!?

Chie punches Akane in the...um..."assets"

Akane: BAHAGH!

Chie: BAHAGH!

Akane: AAUGH!

Chie: AAUGH!

Akane: UHUAGH!

Chie: UHUAGH!

Akane: DOOGH!

Chie: DOOGH!

And thus the cycle continues...Until the two kick each other in the face and spin backwards, distance being put between each other. 

Akane: Man, Legs...You are hard to put down...!

Chie: Alright...That DOES it...! DRAGON'S FURY!

Akane: ...!?

Chie: AGNEYASTRA!

Akane: AGH! OOH! UHUGH! N-No fair! AGHCK!

Having now bought enough time for her Persona to reform, Chie summons Tomoe again, and the image of a long golden dragon surrounds Chie as she powers herself up with Dragon Hustle. The pressure emanating from her is immense to the point that Akane can feel it even from a distance, and is barely able to react in time as several small meteors come crashing down on top of her, destroying the road around her.

Chie: Hrugh!

Akane: Uh oh...!

Chie stretches out her legs, and Akane is unable to react in time when she rushes forward at an increased speed and drops down.

Chie: Galactic...PUNT!

Akane: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!

Akane is just about able to block Chie's ultimate move, but the force of the kick still rockets her up into the air. 

Chie: Ok Tomoe...Let's finish this!

Tomoe holds out it's polearm and Chie stands on one end of it, letting her Persona fling her up into the air like a shotput.

Akane: (Ugh...This is bad...There's gotta be something I can...Huh?)

Akane tries her best to think of some kind of tactic, but reaches into her pocket and pulls out a bottle. Inside the bottle is a strange green mixture, and her eyebrows raise as she recognizes it.

Akane: Oh...yeah...I forgot I had this...Welp, no time like the present!

Chie: Huh?

Chie, now running up the wall of the skyscraper she smashed Akane into earlier to catch up with her, looks to see her opponent drinking a strange green fluid. She starts to panic as Akane's body grows in size; her muscles and veins bulge out, and her body starts to emanate something fierce.

Akane: HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHH!!!

Chie: Grr...TOMOE!

Tomoe blasts more ice at Akane with the intent of freezing her over, but this fails to do much due to the heat radiating off of Akane's bulky build. With an ear-to-ear smirk on her face, she crushes the bottle in her hands and smashes onto the side of the building, running back down it to clash with Chie.

Akane: This is it, coconut-head! YOU'RE GOIN' DOWN!

Chie: You mean YOU are, JERK! BEHOLD MY WRATH!

*BAM!* *WHACK!* *THUMP!* *POW!* *THUD!*

Akane: Agh! Dogh! Gagh! OHOGH! GRRGH!

Chie: Graggh! Ugh! Dagh! Gahagh! RAAAGH!

 *SLAP!* *BOP!* *BONK!* *BANG!* *PING!* *NUU-WOM!*

Chie: HOOOOOAAAAAAAAAGGH!

Akane: KURRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!

Akane and Chie: HA-CHAAAAAAAAAGGH!

*CRACK!* *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!*

After repeatedly hitting each other with immensely powerful punches and kicks to the face and chest, scaling the building the whole time and destroying the area around them with the sheer force of their attacks, Chie and Akane reel back a kick and a punch respectively, and clash. The force of the clash causes the entire skyscraper to split completely in half! But then...

*Sizzle...*

*Crack!*

Akane and Chie: Huh!?

Simultaneously, both of them power down. Chie loses her stat buffs as Dragon Hustle wears off, and Akane's muscles slowly retract and her body begins to it's normal size and strength. The two are alarmed by their sudden power decrease, and then become unfortunately aware of just how high up they are, as well as the fact that they're suspended sideways in the air, and just destroyed their only footing

Chie: Oh...

Akane: Shit...

Akane and Chie: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!

And just like that, they PLUMMIT! Chie waves her arms wildly and Akane's eyes widen in horror as they fall a long, long, LONG way down!

Chie: Grrrgh! TOMOEEE!

Akane: !!??

Though running low on fuel, Chie summons Tomoe again to launch her just like before. Chie soars towards Akane and grabs her by the collar, reeling back for another powerful kick!

Chie: GALACTIC PUUUNNT!

Akane: NOT THIS TIME, KID!

Chie is horrified as Akane dodges her superpowered kick, and screams in agony as she elbows her knee and breaks her leg!

Akane: That ain't a punt...! THIS is a PUNT! HYAAAAAAAAGGHH!

Akane in turn, grabs Chie by the shirt, throws her upwards, and volleyball slams her back down to the ground with every ounce of strength she has! Chie flies so fast she smashes through the image of her own Persona and rockets to the ground like a meteor!

Chie: AAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGH-

*KRAAAKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!*

*SMASH!*

Akane: Hmph!

Akane steadies herself and safely lands on the ground, the road beneath her shattering apart. Behind her, a ginormous cloud of some erupts as a city block is destroyed from the impact of Chie's volleyballed body.

Akane: Haaagh...Haagh...Haah...Huh?

*SMACK!*

A severed arm slaps down in front of the Ultimate Gymnast, holding a wallet with slightly charred money poking out.

Akane: Haha! Yes! That meat is MINE! Come home to mamm-Hah!?

Akane snatches Chie's wallet and turns to head back to the butchers...only to realize that it, and the meat inside it, was enveloped by the explosion and burned to a crisp.

Akane: NOHOHOHOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Leona: Now I know what you all must be thinking...Ahem... "WHAT!? HOW!? WHY!? WHAAAAAATT!?"

Hifumi: I know it sounds ridiculous, but-!

Leona: "ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW!?"

Hifumi: SHUSH! Hoo...Believe us, the results of this matchup were certainly a surprise! We all know Ms Akane Owari to be a rather foolhardy, not very delicate fighter, who flies headfirst into danger without really thinking about how outmatched she might be. And it's because of her mentality that she ends up falling short of victory more times than not...But THIS is NOT one of those times!

Leona: I think one of the main sources of confusion with the results is likely that people thought due to Chie's crazy mystical Persona-summoning powers, Tomoe was more than enough for her to score a victory, especially with it's ice powers and superpowered attacks, made stronger by how it can buff itself.

Hifumi: And that was indeed a legitimate possibility! If we were to run this match 100 times over, Satonaka would undoubtedly score quite a fair few victories, but based primarily on what the two fighters have been shown to be capable of, it's likely that Ms Owari can pull off the victory more times than not.

Leona: To start with, their respective stat pools were actually pretty even on most fronts. Chie is fast enough to dodge magical fire and lightning attacks from the likes of Akihiko Sanada or Shadows that use lightning abilities. However, given that Akane's base speed and agility has been confirmed to surpass most athletes trained and managed by Nekomaru, it's probable that she can match or even outspeed those like Toko Fukawa and Mukuro Ikusaba, who are capable of almost the exact same feat. Even if it is still likely that Chie is faster based on how SHE scales with speedy characters like Yosuke and Naoto, Akane would still be agile enough to keep pace with her. In the very least, she would be more than fast enough to dodge Chie's insta-kill light skills.

Hifumi: Ms Owari also had no definitive way to take down Chie's Persona, Tomoe. Sure, she was definitely tough enough to destroy it, which would have mentally damaged Satonaka and left her vulnerable, but the Persona wouldn't have stayed down for very long, certainly not long enough for Ms Owari to find an opening because...she doesn't really do that...

Leona: However, even though one of them actually has a proper education, the same is true for Chie. In truth, she's actually not that much smarter than Akane, and she also has a track history of jumping headfirst into dangerous situations, where she could easily end up outmatched. In that regard, these two are the exact same.

Hifumi: Another thing to consider is power. Satonaka did indeed have some powerful physical attacks from both herself, like the Galactic Punt, and even more from her Persona like God's Hand and Agneyastra. However, in the Persona 4 Arena Ultimax manga, Satonaka uses God's Hand on Hanamura, and he's able to dodge out of the way of it; causing the fist to smash into the floor and shatter apart the tiles underneath it. In contrast, Ms Owari has punched someone THROUGH multiple solid pillars, and she didn't even need to buff herself up to do that. Her feat of strength is undeniably stronger!

Leona: Even in their base levels of power, Chie could always use buffing spells to power herself up and increase her chance of landing a killing blow. But Akane had basically the same thing on an equal or even greater level. In Danganronpa Survivor, the effects of the Doping Corn Soup don't last for very long, but they most certainly last longer than any of Chie's damage and speed buffs, including Dragon Hustle. Also, as far as Chie's ice powers go, if Akane can break through solid stone like ice...well...then she can break through ice like it's paper! That, and given that the Corn Soup clearly heats up her body in some kind of way, she could probably just MELT the ice if she decided to use it.

Hifumi: But the real key to victory lied in one thing in particular...Defense and survivability!

Leona: That's two things...

Hifumi: But they fall under the same umbrella! The most potent feat of survival that Persona users have shown to exhibit in the core series is the...as Boomstick originally called it, the "Oh shit, we're dead!" explosion from Persona 3. However, given that Persona 3 and 4 are set in different realities and rely on different logic, the survival feats of the Investigation Team can't accurately be scaled with that of S.E.E.S, besides perhaps their Persona abilities in the Arena series.

Leona: Chie has beaten the likes of Akihiko in fights before but only in her own route of the P4A story, not really in any core canon material. To be frank, like we said before, Chie being a glass cannon means that her feats of survival simply DO NOT COMPARE, to Akane.

Hifumi: Ms Owari has survived being punched straight in the stomach by Mr Nidai, tanked a building-level explosion that completely blows Satonaka's Galactic Punt out of the water, got right back up after being cratered into a wall, and was able to sustain fighting against Nagito Komaeda while he was at half his power, who went onto completely obliterate her spine, which she later completely recovered from.

Leona: While it is true that Chie has aided in fights against literal gods, that feat can primarily be attributed to the team, not just her strength. To be honest, considering Chie lacks any sort of way to heal herself, unlike Akane who could somewhat restore her vitality and boost her strength just by eating meat, it's unlike she even COULD beat the likes of Izanami and the Reaper on her own. This is made even worse when you think about how Akane's stamina is godlike, and Chie's gets exponentially drained every time she uses her Persona to attack. And to top it all off, believe it or not with Akane's fairly lazy attitude; even if it is by only a few hairs, Akane IS the more experienced fighter of the two of them!

Hifumi: Since their Hope's Peak days, Ms Owari has continued to receive advice and training from Mr Nidai, who has most famously trained top athletes and fighters on an ABOVE professional level. Sure, she's a slow learning student, but by comparison, all of what Satonaka knows about fighting comes from simply watching action movies. An impressive enough feat on it's own to replicate those moves, sure, but not enough when compared to someone who has literally been trained by the greatest trainer in the WORLD.

Leona: And yeah, sure, Chie does technically get SOME advice from Akihiko, but this happens AFTER she's already defeated a god with her team, and even then, Akihiko is more of a life coach than a combat coach.

Hifumi: Chie Satonaka may have been immensely strong, had a much wider arsenal of abilities, and could definitely compete with Akane Owari, but in the end, the Ultimate Gymnast's feats of strength and durability sent the spunky dragon back where she came from!

Leona: It was nothing "Persona-l" Chie, just know Akane Owari is the strongest person you could ever hope to "meat!"

THE WINNER IS AKANE OWARI!

Next time:

You'd be hard strung to find a personal bodyguard better than these two, but will their personalities define your decision, or their strength? If it's the latter, then you'd best pay close attention!

[asterism-codex]

If the blog was a fighting game

(Coming from someone who don't play fighting games anymore.)

As the Ultimate Coach, it'd only be fitting that Chikako would be serve as the tutorial or the character that mascots the practice area. If you wanted to train against an AI the character you'd be fighting against would depend on the difficulty. Easy would be the likes of Alestria or Chie, one of her daughters, both of them are pretty inexperienced in combat but while Alestria's also stems from not exactly wanting to hurt others, Chie's comes from the fact that her moves are predictable. Not to say that she can't catch you off guard, but if you take the time to read her, you'll easily catch onto her fighting style.

Intermediate/Medium would be Chikako herself. She serves as the typical fighter, having plenty experience but because she's a master of all, she really doesn't go in depth with any fighting style. She has the knowledge of so many styles that she'd be able to use them to catch you off guard by quick switching between techniques.

Hard would easily be Akashi or one of her older students. She has plenty of students that have taken championships under her guidance so any of them would be an easy choice. But when Akashi fights as if it was a means of survival, a kill or be killed kind of thing. He's one of her children that didn't learn any sort of martial arts from her or pretty much anything.

Main Roster:

Mantaro

Einosuke

Chiyo

Isa

Essie

Ichika

Yuumi

Masaou

Alestria

Arina

Fushenshi triplets

'Gwendolyn'

Alice

Katsuki

And Idris

DLC Fighters:

Mayako (akin to this video)

Charlie Miyoshi (Isa's mother) [A puppeteer fighter with a focus on four of her little robots. Each of them do different things (map control, grappling, shooting (light) and shooting (heavy). Ability combo based but has very minimal close ranged abilities so if you can stick close you pretty much got her.]

Celia (Isa's aunt) [A well-rounded fighter with kick-boxing as her fighting style. She doesn't look like she can take a beating but she's much tankier than she looks. Shorter kick/punch combos but it allows her to get in and out if needed. Weak and weak to grappling abilities though and she needs to get close actually get value (like most melee/close range fighters ig). Has a dodge with a chance to counter as opposed to blocking/counter]

Hunter (Keiko's Best Friend) [A bait and punisher/trapping class with a main focus on his hunting rifle and animal traps he sets across the battle field. Slow in nature but can do pretty good damage if someone falls into his traps]

Priest Seika [A puppeteer character which is really that she has other people to fight and defend her. The point is that it's impossible to get to her physically but once you do she's a much easier fight than her followers. She does have a built in combo breaker pushback but she can only use it once per round. Made to be annoying/would be the fighter a lot of people hate to go against.] Seika [A 'glass cannon' fighter with a ritual knife. As opposed to her other version where she's mostly smiles and taunts the enemy from the sidelines, she stands alone and completely still. In terms of combos/abilities, this version has much more skill expression because she can do pretty big damage but since she's fighting for herself she can easily be overwhelmed by others when played in the wrong hands.]

Announcer Packs:

Chikako

Mayako

Idris

Ishin

Seika

Andrew

Ren

Potential Arenas (and who they're related to):

Classroom

School Grounds

Dojo (more than likely Chikako's)

Chikako's Backyard

Gym (Mantaro)

Downtown/Parade front (Essie)

Day/Night Forest (Ichika/Yuumi)

Vandil Society (intact/ablazed/ruins)

The UlterNova Holding facility (Alice/Arina/Alestria)

The 5th Dimension/The Realm Beyond (Arina/Alestria)

Backstreets

In front of Akemi's Cafe

The Citadel (Idris)

[tailsisfluffy]

So I am playing Persona 4 Golden for the first time. Keep in mind that the only other Persona game I have played is Royal. Right now I just finished the first dungeon.

A few thoughts and encounters:

-Yosuke is actually pretty smart. Thought he was going to be the unintelligent comic relief righthand guy that flirts with girls stereotype. And he felt like he started off that way. Granted, I was going to love anyways because I tend to love the best friend, i.e. Ryuji. But as soon as he became my partner, he just sobered up? Real detective vibes? Taking charge instead of charging for the most part? My dude, I wanted him to be the leader when he asked but of course that NO button is a lie.

-I need one of those volume UI that lets you control the volume of each specific person because Chie really needs to be turned down. Like, she is even louder than the music, and this music is loud. She's like a commercial between shows, volume twice as high.

-What the fuck are these teachers?

-Why, Why, do you show me more club doors and I only get to join two? I mean, I was a band kid in highschool, but I would have loved to join the Home EC club.

-Speaking of Home EC, Nanako over here making breakfast and warming up dinner. I thought she was like 12 but wiki says she's 6-7. What?

-Oh. I see the 6-7 now. She won't stop with the Junes. Please stop.

-So do all the Persona mascots have a crush on a human team member? Teddie over here not knowing about the romantic stuff until it suddenly struck him. He literally meets Yukiko once and suddenly knew everything on that.

-It was probably the wine, but I spent five minutes laughing at that lady in the store. It wasn't because she resembled a Ghibli character. It wasn't the eyes. It was those tiny ass glasses that she had on the tip of her nose. How is she seeing? Even if they are for decoration they make no sense. What!

-This dude really selling weapons under the "art" label, huh?

-Lady, I do not know what the "Sub-menu button" is. Why do I keep running into you? I know who you are but I can't stop."

-"I won't let you go out this late" Well, screw you. That first night I got that notification that I could sneak out, all I did was stand right outside the front door to prove I can. Nanako over here being a real one not saying anything. That's what you get for not being home, Dojima. Your charges are partners in crime now.

-Tiny Glasses lady is doing Ghibli things. She's a witch. No other explanation.

-Y-you're telling me that the only way to get anything is by the Shuffle? Which is only activated when you do an All Out Attack. Which you have to kill the Shadow during said Attack? 😭😤😞 I miss Royal mechanics already.

-*Sobbing and raging at just the first dungeon because I only have 3 Personas because I can't fuse anything because I can't activate enough shuffles.*

Well, I guess this was more than a few. 😅 Let's see how the game progresses.

-It feels like ranking up attributes is taking forever. I'm still at level 1 in all of them.

-The concept of time is really screwed here. "Did you see her interview from a few days ago-?" You mean last night? Teddie moaning about being left alone and I'm like "Dude, it's barely been two weeks and you've been in this realm your whole life by yourself. Even Yosuke called him out on that. Stop trying to guilt trip us.

[epitomees]

If Desmond ever goes into a realm with one of the persona users and hears chains:

[Actual Des reaction]

((NO NO YES!! I LOVE THIS GODDAMN MEME SO MUCH!!!

Desmond wouldn't be the only one who'd do it too. I can guarantee you Kotone and Chie would have the same kind of reactions even after they've seen the Reaper before.

Also for your entertainment:

[natsukachie]

Wedding mode!

[ophelia-network]

“We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ―Marianne Williamson

Sacred Realm by Chie Yoshii

[natsukachie]

Ok so I went to episode 8 because there’s a timeline in a blackboard in the background somewhere, and I found it.

No second World War nor Cold War so Russia doesn’t have as much hostility with the USA (although I wouldn’t call them allies allies, mostly thanks to everyone having Witch armies they end up trying to work together through their tensions) but we have a Chinese Civil War (later than IRL?) so maybe that’s where the hostility with China originated. Not sure about the Proxy Wars but since they last until the present, I guess they’re also part of it. My knowledge of History is... very lacking, I’m afraid.

Hopefully we get more answers in S2. But I like that the Indian witch in The Hague replied to everyone dissing China with “Unfortunate that China is not here to speak for themselves” so I think there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes and not everything is what it seems 🤔

russian and american military are allies? in what world?

[taldigi]

kickys feet! I love thinking about the shadow world and it's functions and how they can be reasonably linked together.

palaces never formed in the TV world because the fog would kill off the person before they grew into anything more than dungeons. Saki and Yamano's cognitive structures never grew very large because they didn't get very long to take root and spread before they died- and Yosuke and Chie never formed ones at all because they had only been in the shadow world for a few hours at most (manifesting within another's dungeon is probably another aspect of their failure to generate one too)

Palaces probably had years to fester and grow in complexity- which is why they are all unique and complex compared to dungeons. Adachi's dungeon seems to be well on it's way to becoming a palace, as he expresses control over it, and it has unique floors.

The unique feature of Momentos existing as "Everyone's palace" means that shadows can form even without the direct presence of someone in Tokyo's "Cognitive Realm". I wouldn't be surprised if this is linked to a dark hour-like event (Yalabaoth's manifestation would be a similar toggle to how it happened with Nyx) or possibly more of a magnetic pull that gleaned scraps of Tokyo's public unconciousness- which would be absolutely massive amounts compared to Inaba or Port Island.. Thus, forming Momentos: which is less of "Everyone's Palace" as it is "Everyone's dungeon" (thats why it's more like the structure of a Dungeon than it is like a palace or even Tartarus.)

After all, Shadows do form and they do manifest- the palace owners sure, but also Mishima comes to mind. The PTs awaken their personas from within, as their shadows never manifest because... the sheer power of palaces either dominate the cognition (which is how Futaba managed to reconcile with her shadow in the more classic way) or aren't as deeply rooted in the Cognitive Realm and thus can't draw shadows out as easily as they did in the TV world. Their shadows are still within themselves, and their awakenings are internal (their eyes do become yellow for a hot second, too!) which is prolly why they were so painful.

Only allowing access to the cognitive world via the metanav is most likely a safety measure. if the PTs had access to Tokyo's version of the TV realm, the game would have gone a LOT different.

Cant speak for jails. but I'm surprised the Kirijo Group (or at least the Nanjo Group) weren't at least referenced or related to Madicce in some way. Not that everything HAS to be connected or has to lean on the Kirijo Group, but it feels like a lost opportunity since the tech to develop AI with hearts and artificially induce persona bullshit seems like it should at least be addressed. But I suppose P5 does take more strides to be separate than the others have been.

[captain-astors]

001: Tokyo Ghoul and 003: Amon Koutarou? 🤔

Already did the first so here you go for amon!

How I feel about this character: He’s so normal. (affectionate) He has religious trauma and parental issues but don’t we all? Even after becoming a failed half-ghoul he retains the Just A Guy energy. I feel like I could find him in a Walmart looking through the egg aisle and inspecting them. This isn’t a bad thing I just think it’s funny that in this cast of absolute freaks the one decently rational if highly passionate character feels like an outlier.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: I don’t really strongly ship him with anyone. Seiakimon is a nice pairing and I’ve read some good fics with them but oftentimes the intrigue is more in the individual characters rather than them as a couple. I could see him with a lot of people but none of them invoke strong opinions, I know I'm pretty neutral about ships in this fandom but moreso than most.

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Takizawa, Akira, and Kureo all intrigue me for different reasons but I do like how he kept Takizawa going during their experimentation. Donato is fascinating to me but it’s not explored a lot. If I read a really good fic I might be swayed to this one, but I have to find the time to sit down, look for one, and read.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Turning him into a half ghoul is cool I suppose but it weakens the point he served in the story. Until towards the end of :re when they all set aside their differences, it kind of feels like the story’s saying in order to understand ghouls you need to become one or be in love with one, with Chie as the exception.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Other than that thing I mentioned I’m pretty happy with his arc, so just that he’d been a complete failure in the owl projects. 

Favorite friendship for this character: Probably Kureo. The other two dwell more in the “it’s complicated” realm, and I just think they'd have a fun buddycop dynamic if one of them wasn't. You know. Dead.

 My crossover ship: Still can’t think of anyone I’d actively ship him with even when not limited to a single universe but I’d like to put him and Wolfwood in a box because they’re vaguely similar but such opposites. I don’t think they’d fight but it’d be very awkward and one of them might get knocked out.

[archive-of-bones]

Addle pate

[Previously From Soil Comes Chalk]

[Established endgame: Albedo]

[Genshin Impact x reader the series]

[tags: Slow burn, isekai, reader has her own life that doesn't revolve around Albedo]

[People wanting to be tagged: @yostresswritinggirl ]

Prologue

[Name]'s life had turned a 360° angle in a single night.

She was just the resident gen Z stuck in the middle of a pandemic taking online classes and when she thought 2020 wasn't going to get worse, it did.

It wasn't every day you get to be sucked up into another world after buying some groceries, hopefully, she wouldn't end up like Subaru from Re Zero.

Even just the thought of the shit she could potentially go through and only she would remember it after dying sent a shiver up her spine. She seemed to be blessed enough to be found and taken to safety at least.

And to think that she once dreamed of being "isekaid", that feverish wish came true in the most unexpected of times.

She didn't like it and wished she could curse who in the ever-loving fuck had put her in a world she thought lovely but fictional, she had a family in the real world. Oh wait, could her world even be considered real if the world of Teyvat, a supposed fictional realm was now her reality?

Oh, how she wished she could just punch the god in the face to give her answers as to why they'd grant a wish that was supposed to be nothing but a good joke, aside from giving her existential crisis now of course.

Her brows furrowed as she continuously wiped the wine glass dry, she shouldn't even be stuck in that head-stuck state- they had customers, Diluc would be mad if she were ever to make them wait without necessity.

"Lad! Another round here!" One of the regulars yelled, raising a hand up so she'd know which table she'd be serving again.

Placing the order on three trays, she managed to balance all of them on herself and served it to the man who called earlier. Receiving thanks, she headed back to the counter to continue cleaning cups for the incoming clients.

[Name] does pay attention, the new world she had been subjected to was dangerous. She already had the burden of carrying information she wasn't supposed to know, what more couldn't hurt?

She listened even as she rearranged the delicate glass cups to make a rather fancy display, listening in to things and keeping them in mind in case something were to happen.

She saw a familiar sleeve from her peripheral vision, so she placed the rag down and smiled. "Hello Venti, I'm assuming the regular?" It was the Bard, Lord Barbatos the god of freedom himself.

His emerald eyes glimmered as he flashed a mischievous grin in her direction. "Yes, and thy payment shall be performance." He winked.

She shook her head gently. "I'm afraid that won't be enough of a payment." She chuckled and held her palm out.

Venti pouted and reached for what little earning he got from performing and handed it over to her, smiling in satisfaction she received it. "All of it would be equal to eleven glasses." She had to hold back a snort as to how the bard cheered with the said amount he'd get.

She did end up giving him an extra glass in the end though as a form of sorry.

Hours later, she closed the tavern as per usual in the few days she had started working there. She silently thanked Barbatos for making Mondstadt windy since she could finally get a breather from the thick air the tavern could only provide earlier.

Giving the keys to Diluc who somehow managed to return earlier from one of his vendettas, [Name] graciously bowed and went along her way.

A month, that was how long she had been stuck in this world and counting. She breathed through her nose and exhaled before knocking in a certain rhythm only Klee or Albedo would remember, it was a code of some sort.

The door opened and she was greeted with the face of the chief alchemist. "You're late again, Klee was looking for you." He said and moved to let her in, she entered the house they shared and plopped down onto the couch.

"Is she asleep?" She asked while giving him a glance through her back the best that she could manage, the blonde nodded and closed the door behind him, locking it.

He was one of the few characters she was glad to befriend- if that was the right word, it did feel weird since she thought he didn't actually exist, merely a creation of someone's beautiful imagination.

Sometimes she wondered what kind of luck she had to be living with one of her favorite characters. Alice, Klee's mother had taken a liking to her upon finding her outside of Mondstadt and decided to take her in as she did with Albedo, since she left with her partner she eventually decided to just leave Klee in hers and Albedo's custody while she travels the world.

[Name] does still feel the remnants of the awkwardness in the first days she had been left with the alchemist- not that it ever disappeared, she used to be an only child so living with someone she probably has to call her stepbrother all of a sudden after being ripped off of everything was a little overwhelming. Alice probably knew this and decided to get them stuck together in the means of Klee.

"Drink." Speak of the devil, there he was holding a cup of warm concoction to help her with the obvious stress. And sometimes, she's not very sure if he's either doing it out of his own will or he's doing these things out of politeness, maybe the latter; it made sense for his character the most.

It did hurt a little to think about it though, but she supposed it's the reality she would have to face now and then the days to come after.

She groggily accepted the cup and drank it in one go before repositioning herself to sit down properly, the chilly night air of Mondstadt passing their windows and gently caressed delicate-looking curtains before gingerly touching their faces.

"The stars are awfully nice tonight, ain't it?" [Name] remarked, Albedo's beautiful eyes gave the stars outside a glance. There was an awkward strain in there, but neither of them uttered a single word about it.

"I agree, they seem to shine brighter than last night." He admitted before his eyes diverted back to her.

"We should sleep, you've been tired as of late." He said this in an unblinking fashion, despite it only being a two week equivalent of living with each other, it was enough to let her know it was his way of saying that he cares(?).

At least she hoped he did, there was nothing wrong with a little assumption.

They quietly made their way to Klee after they changed into sleepwear. They slipped under the warm sheets and laid on either side of the little girl, facing each other; sometimes it felt a little too intimate and personal but it somehow managed to feel strangely comforting.

She has no time to think about how surreal everything is, of the weight that's on her shoulders.

Needless to say, they slept peacefully. Leaving only the sounds of soft breathing and the night breeze as a trail.

[aceredshirt13]

“Adachi has been granted all this immense power by the shadow realm, it’s gonna be a tough battle” y’know what that’s true my Inaba teen friends but you’re forgetting Chie Satonaka.

Chie is A. the only person who can fight in the realm without weapons and uses KICKS ALONE and B. can literally one-hit KO shadows by punting them into the sun as her follow-up attack when everyone else at best does a bit of damage and knocks them down

the shadow realm may favor Adachi but considering it also made Chie become fucking Saitama I don’t think the squad ever had anything to worry about