#Hamuko answers;

[fatexbound]

@ochazos said: "You're...?" Of course, Makoto knew who she was. He hadn't seen Hamuko in a long time. At first glance, he didn't even recognize her. Grey eyes watch her, though there is no clear emotion on his face. "....Hamuko?"

Red headphones were out of ears the moment he spotted someone approaching her in the middle of Iwatodai Station. She was on her way home but wanted to make a quick stop to the Velvet Room and deliver a request for Theo first. Blinking twice, she stood with a hand on her waist.

"...Yes? Do I... know you? You look familiar, but... I can't put my finger on it."

A sense of familiarity for a boy that wasn't Pharos was certainly strange. She hoped she wasn't wrong.

[skullcula]

37/1000 violet kotone, or as i like to call her, hamlet

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

What we shoulda got instead

[nero-vanderwolf]

November 27, 2009

“I’m getting really worried about Junpei-kun. I haven’t seen him all week,” Fuuka said, breaking the heavy silence that had settled over everyone in the lounge.

Kotone couldn’t help the wince that came over her face. It was true that they had all been thinking the same thing, but Fuuka was the only one who dared voice it.

“I mean, I can’t really blame him. Chidori was precious to him...” Yukari mumbled, setting her magazine down on her lap.

“I’m gonna go check on him. Even if he’s okay... I’m still worried about him,” Kotone said, getting to her feet. Ken shifted the board game pieces so she wouldn’t knock them over as she stood up.

As she left, she heard Fuuka and Yukari discussing making him something to cheer him up.

She found him on the second floor, sitting in a chair and staring at the wall. Completely still and silent.

“Junpei, won’t you come downstairs? Ken and I are playing Sugoroku,” she asked, walking up behind him. He stirred, as though she had woken him up from a waking dream.

“Hm? Oh, uh... No thanks. Sorry- I shouldn’t be such a drag about Chidori, huh...?” He mumbled.

When Kotone looked at him, he looked terrible. His eyes were darkly circled and puffy, and his cheeks were rosy and tear-stained.

“...Junpei, look at me,” she said, standing in front of him and seizing his shoulders. It pained her to see her friend this way, but she needed him to know he could take as much time as he needed. None of them minded.

He looked at her after a moment. He looked like a dead man walking, with empty eyes devoid of spark.

“You let Akihiko and Ken grieve Shinji, right? He’s alive, and they still mourned, and you still gave them time. Right?”

He nodded slowly. Good.

“So why should you be any different? You held her dear to you, and she traded her life for yours. That’s not something to be taken lightly, or joked about. You’re allowed to grieve, Junpei, and if you don’t give yourself the time to process and mourn, I’m gonna kick your ass.”

Junpei’s eyes welled with fresh tears, and he pulled her close. She let him, wrapping her arms around his back. He shook under her touch.

“Kotone....” He mumbled, voice as tremulous as his shoulders as he sobbed into her shoulder.

“I’m making dinner for you tomorrow. Don’t try to argue,” she said. He hesitated for a moment before nodding.

“Are you sure? I don’t want to be-”

“If you call yourself a bother, I’m gonna pick you up and carry to bed and tuck you in so good you forget all about that word. Got it?” She threatened, and it got the intended result- he laughed weakly, pulling away to rub at his eyes.

She cupped his cheeks, wiping his tears away with her thumbs. When she was done, she didn’t move her hands.

“We love you, Junpei Iori. It isn’t just your life anymore, so... Take care of both of them, yeah?”

Junpei nodded, a small smile on his lips.

“Yeah. Thanks. I love you too, Kotone Shiomi.”

She pressed their foreheads together, and for just a moment, everything was okay.

YESSSSS JUNPEI GETTING THE COMFORT HE DESERVES!!!! gosh i love aggressive comfort. like SHUT UP AND LET ME TUCK YOU IN WITH WARM MILK AND A BLANKIE. junpei honey you're allowed to grieve you dont have to put on a brave face and suck it up just so you dont seem like a coward. it isnt bad to grieve. so just grieve and know that you're not a burden.

[feliichu]

3/31

[martritzvonmercie]

actually important serious ass question

who is the big spoon and little spoon, minako or mitsuru

HELLO FRIEND THIS IS a great question and obviously very important subject matter. i actually like to think that spooning is a bit too simple for a clingy girlthing like hamuko. my go-to thing for mitsuham is that hamuko usually lies on top of mitsuru and rests her head on her chest. mitsuru has an arm loosely wrapped around her and her fingers are always in hamuko's hair playing with it :)) THEY DO occasionally switch up so that hamuko is holding mitsuru when mitsuru is particularly exhausted and stressed and just wants to be held, but usually it works better for both of them the other way around!!

[toastermin-it]

minako:(about Ryoji) my last boyfriend turned into the moon. Joker: thats rough buddy

[ancient-day]

Persona 3 FEMC? For the Blorbo Blingus

our little sun shower

[a-sketchy]

hmmmmmmm now that i’ve finished p3p i guess my choices now are to watch the answer, start a ng+, or start p4g. i think i’m leaning towards that last one

[midnightclover]

so... nothing from p3p or p3fes are coming to the remake... remind me again why it exists?

[edelblau]

memories of us (in honour of the answer release; based on a twins au in which minato becomes the seal and leaves hamuko behind... though you can read it whatever way!)

ko-fi

[fatexbound]

@mjrarcana said: From Ryoji “ wow … your smile is breathtaking. “ / sorry!

random sentence starters | Accepting

"It's... nothing special, really." Modest as she was and trying to act cool about being complimented, she felt her cheeks warm up and she had to cradle her own face out of pure bashfulness. She may have been a badass now, but such honey-sweet words, possibly filled with venom, always got to her heart. Hamuko worked hard to get this far. So damn hard to start liking herself and not please others as much, although clearly, that got her to be on par with Yukari's popularity somehow. She didn't deserve that title, yet... she was still happy about it.

"...Don't you say that to every girl you see, though? Don't they all have breathtaking smiles?" She looked up at him, elbows touching her desk. He would take her somewhere today, she hoped.

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Timeline Preface

First of all, it's necessary to make clear which years will be used as reference for each game, for these years will dictate everything else in the timeline.

Persona 1 -> 1996

Persona 2 -> 1999

Persona 3 -> 2009

Persona 4 -> 2011

Persona 5 -> 2016

In total, we will be covering 20 years of in-game events plus a few here and there. The following is a list of the events that WILL NOT be considered canon in the timeline, just to keep it in mind:

Shin Megami Tensei: if... Gakuen no Akuma Tsukai

Shin Megami Tensei if...: Jin of the Expanse

Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn

Revelations: Persona (basically the americanized version)

Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen

Megami Ibunroku Persona: Shadow Maze

Megami Ibunroku Persona Digital Collection

Persona 2: Innocent Sin ~ The Errors of Their Youth

Persona 2 Tsumi: Lost Memories

Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu

Persona 2 Batsu: Infinity Mask

Persona: Tsumi to Batsu

Persona 3: Owari no Kakera

Persona 3: Shadow Cry

Persona 3: The Night Before

Persona 3 Portable

Persona 3 Portable: Velvet Blue

Persona 3 Reload

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Persona 3 Em

Megami Tensei Chaining Soul: Persona 3

Megami Tensei QIX: Persona 3

Persona 3 Broken Shadow

Persona 3 Illust Puzzle

Persona 3 Escape

Persona 3 Drama CD: New Moon

Persona 3 Drama CD: Full Moon

Persona 3 Social

Persona Ain Soph

Persona 3 FES: Alternative Heart

Persona -trinity soul-

Persona -trinity soul- Novel

Persona 4: Kiri no Amnesia

Persona 4 The Card Battle

Persona 4: Your Affection

Persona x Detective Naoto

Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

Persona O.A.

Persona 5: Mementos Mission

Persona 5 Tactica

Persona 5: The Phantom X

Persona Mobile Online

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth*

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth*

Vanilla Versions of P3, P4, and P5

Animation and Movie Adaptations

Manga Adaptations

Bad Endings

Comic Anthologies

Live Action and Stage Adaptations

Drama CDs unless specifically mentioned

Novel Adaptations

That weird promotional P4 flash game

The ones that WILL be considered canon and will be included in the timeline are the following:

Plus the Persona 2: Eternal Punishment PSP additional scenario.

Final Details

After each part, I will be including a "personal assumptions and headcanons" section. None of the things mentioned in said section are confirmed, in fact, some headcanons will be mentioned. Its purpose is just to enrich the canon already established by the timeline. You'll get it when you see it.

If there is a Social Link/Extra Scene/Additional Dialogue in another game/novel/CD that wasn´t in the list but enriches the story, those details will be included (glances at P3 Portable and Reload). A similar thing happened with PQ, which was almost included because of Chronos. Since everyone's memories were erased anyways, I just took Chronos and left them in their pocket dimension to live their non-canon adventures. Same thing happened with the P1 manga, since it offered extra details and more about Naoya. From Tsumi to Batsu I only took the extended Philemon lore.

Possible Questions

“Why wasn't X media included?”

It depends.

I would have been okay with Tsumi if it didn't overlap with what happens in the main game. Batsu did have some interesting elements, but I couldn't find a gameplay in a language I spoke.

I wanted to include Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu so badly, but also couldn't find it online.

I didn't include Vanilla P3 since it needed The Answer to feel truly complete. The same happened with Golden and Royal. Portable was already an AU the moment Minako was included (sorry, queen). Honestly, you can just ignore the extra content from the remastered games or change Minato's name to Minako/Hamuko/Kotone to get the timeline you want (if you want the full FeMC experience, also read Velvet Blue).

At the moment of this timeline's creation, Reload still hasn't launched their own version of The Answer.

Ask me for specifics about other media that wasn't included.

"You forgot X media, which wasn't on either list!"

PLEASE, LET ME KNOW! I know the wiki is incomplete (discovered this when I tried doing an iceberg years ago), and that some media slips through the cracks.

If you can provide a link where I can read/watch/hear it (either English or Spanish is fine), I would be eternally grateful (also if someone can give me a translation of the Naruhodona-SEES section of the Persona Stalker Club pretty please, I would kiss you).

Though if new media was released after March 2024, the year this timeline was made, then that's why it wasn't included.

"Are the timelines already done?"

Nope. They're still in progress, but I wanted to leave some things clear before I published them. If you have any proposals or recommendations, there's still time.

That's all for now. See you next week!

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Guide to Persona MC names

Just a small guide to help newcomers understand all the names and nicknames/fannames for their fav Persona MCs. Keep in mind this is main games/nameless MC's only (so I won't list Aigis in the P3 but I will mention Maya as well as the notes at the bottom, this is due to how I structured P2 vs P3 sections) (Edit: may add to this list later but it's pretty complete for now)(Edit 2: Note that Shunjiko translates as Protagonist/Hero/Main character):

Persona 1:

P1MC: shorthand for Persona 1 Main Character

(P1) Hero/Shunjiko: Japanese generic title

Boy with Earring: In-game moniker

Naoya Toudou: Manga name

Yuuya Narumi: (one of the) DramaCD names (note: other dramaCD is just labeled "protagonist")

Jihei Suzakuin: Novel name

Persona 2:

Tatsuya Suou: MC for P2 Innocent Sin, can be renamed and it'll carry over in EP (and Katsuya's last name will change as well)

Maya Amano: MC for P2 Eternal Punishment. Cannot be changed, just like Aigis

Kazumi Kiba: MC for the manga Persona: Tsumi to Batsu. (not really related to the games but it takes place right before P2EP, Edit: mentioned him because I've seen some people think he's suppose to be an adaptation of Tatsuya or something when he's just a different character all together)

Persona 3 (Male):

P3MC: Short hand for Persona 3 Main Character

(P3) Hero/Shunjiko: Japanese generic title

Kitaro: The Japanese Fanname, due to his resemblance to the main character Kitaro from Gegege no Kitaro.

Minato Arisato: Manga name

Makoto Yuki: Movie name (*gets adopted later into games)

Sakuya Shiomi: Stage Play Name

Leader: Generic Name for MC in Drama CDs and such

Roger: A name used in AtlusUSA marketing (maybe related to this line in the game?)

Door-kun: (English) Western fandom joke nickname, spoiler reasons.

Gettaro/Tsukitaro* Yamada: provisional name for P3MC in the movies' script. A play on Kitaro. (thanks @aliliceswonderland for reminding me, as well as the other's! TToTT)

Persona 3 (Female):

P3FeMC or just FeMC (sometimes/old variations FeShe or MShee): Shorthand for (Persona 3) Female Main Character. Since SMT if/Tamaki, Maya, and Aigis have fixed names (in Persona canon), this one is usually who people mean when they hear "FeMC." Though some might use this word as a "what if" for P4/5/6 having a female protagonist. But it's usually for the P3 one.

Leader: Generic Name for FeMC in DramaCDs and such

(P3) Heroine/Josei Shunjiko : Japanese generic title

Hamuko (Arisato): The Japanese fanname, IF Arisato is used, it's derived from the P3MC's manga name.

Minako Arisato: The Western Fanname, derived from Minato Arisato but making it "ko" since a lot of females use that name (note: Minato is actually a unisex name to begin with)

Makoto Yuki: P3MC's movie name. SOME adopted this name after the movie was release due to being a unisex name)

Kotone Shiomi: Stage Play Name (*only official name she's gotten, and unlike P3/4/5MCs whose names were taken from anime adaptions, she's the only one to have her's taken from the stage play).

Door-Chan: (English) Western fandom joke nickname, spoiler reasons.

Canon-chan/Non-canon-chan: (English) Western fandom joke nickname, usually in regards to her canon status. (answer: she is canon)

Lunako Gekko: Name used for Famitsu article

Persona 4:

P4MC: Short hand for Persona 4 Main Character

(P4) Hero/Shunjiko: Japanese generic title

Leader: Generic Name for MC in Drama CDs and such

Bancho(u): Japanese Fan Nickname (he's also called this in Arena's files, short hand for his Arena fighter title)

Souji Seta/Soji Seta: Manga Name

Yu Narukami: Anime Name (*was later used for games)

Various Stage Names: Unlike the P3MCs who have a fixed stage play name, P4's gimmick was to change the name each showing. The ones used in the DVDs are: "Yuuya Seta" for the first one, "Hayato Asakawa" for the second. (complete list, at least for the 2nd stage play coming soon)

Charlie "Chuck" Tunoku: Giant Bomb Endurance run of P4 (I think this is the more famous one)

Kenpachi Ramasama/Ramasama Kenpachi: Two Best friends play P4

Chad: (English) Western fandom joke nickname, something something blame the anime (originated around it's run) esp the scene with the King's game. He got all the chicks or something.

Persona 5:

P5MC: Short hand for Persona 5 Main Character

(P5) Hero/Shunjiko: Japanese generic title

Joker: His in-game code name

Akira Kurusu: Manga name

Ren Amamiya: Anime Name (*was later used for games)

Various Stage Names: Like P4, they adopted the gimmick of doing different names each showing. The ones used on the DVDS are: "Itsuki Onda" for the first one, "Naoki Toudou" for the second one, "Nozomu Akase" for the third one, and "Kaito Shinno" for the forth/last one. (complete list here)

Chair-kun: In reference to the original teaser for P5 (there were a lot of chairs)

Pego: Fan nickname for P5MC, usually english fandom from what I've seen. Stands for Pe(rsona) and Go (aka 5 in japanese). It's a very common one and I...literally forgot TT0TT

Akiren: Alternative fan nickname for P5MC, for fans that like both Akira and Ren's names but don't want to choose I suppose.

Persona 5 X:

P5XMC: Short hand for Persona 5X Main Character

(P5X) Hero/Shunjiko: Japanese generic title

Wonder: His In-game code name

Fun facts/other notes:

FeMC is the only one who breaks the streak of using anime names (due to not having an anime adaptations), it also causes P3 to cross between two different kinds of supplementary canon. (see more on this reblog)

Not all of P4's various stage names are known, namely (haha) the first stage play. If you dig you can find all of the 2nd ones (I should really post that list one day DX)

Despite P1MC not having a consistent chosen name, Atlus seems fond of Naoya, specifically using Naoya/Kazuya together (Devil Survivor 1 manga and P5 Mementos Quest mission) with characters. If you read the P1 manga you'd understand why they put those two names together.

Kitaro and Hamuko were used as place holder text for the P3MC and FeMC chars names for PQ2.

Banchou was used for P4MC's mocking title card in Arena/Ultimax, it was translated as "Kingpin" in english.

Some other chars I didn't listed as having "Leader" could very well be called "Leader" at some point.

Shin Kanzato is the MC to the anime Persona: Trinity Soul, a series that takes place 10 years after P3. It's in it's own separate canon from the P3 we know, Edit: but I'm mentioning him because of it being the original sequel of P3 for a brief period.

Aigis' name obvie can't be changed just like Maya, but she is the MC of both The Answer, as well as the Aigis: The First Mission cellphone game. (sometimes fans refer to her as a "toaster"...bc she's a robot)

Edit: Anna is the MC of P2's novel adaptations iirc, and Naoto and Yosuke are protagonists of their own books/novels/manga. There are most likely others but I will probs end it there (as I just wanna stick with games/original MCs and having Aigis/Kiba/Shin was a bit dicey)

Similar to Pego, P3MC may also be referred to as Pesan, and P4MC as Peyon. I haven't personally seen it (considering the other more prominent names they've had) but I wanted to list it just in case.

To update: Since I mentioned Roger, it's only fair I dig for all the other ones used for other characters (it's just Roger is the most popular, and it's not used often even at that).

[burningfaith]

okay, I haven't seen that one yet, so there's important question:

[itsmadeofwaffles]

No FES Answer content

No Portable content

No FeMC/Hamuko/Minako/Kotone

No Theodore

No Aigis social link

No social links that are exclusive to FeMC like Akihiko or Shinjiro

Play at least another version of the same game to get all of the story bits

How hard is to actually include all of the extra content from FES/Portable to have a complete experience?

Why is Atlus so scared of doing something different? Why they have to ignore the female player base that loves the Persona series but whishes to have a FeMC? Just to please the toxic males? Is that what scares them?

Even if they refuse to have another FeMC in the future at least they should let us have her