#Jakurai is such a wonderful character and his investment in interesting people could be perfect angst potential

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I got recommended a whole bunch of Persona 5 fan palace themes so I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Hypmic characters having palaces, so I thought I’d make a short list of who I think could/would have one.

Ichiro, I feel like his palace could be created at two points in his life, around the time his brothers still hated him, or when his brothers started to idolize him. He definitely is a good person at heart so I can’t see it growing from any malice intentions but rather just an inflated ego. I could see his palace being all of Ikebukuro but a distorted vision of it being his own stage, with his name and face plastered everywhere as their hero, everyone walks around cheering for him, waving glow sticks. There is no palace per say but rather intertwining streets turned into stages that lead to his home. His brothers would too fall victim to his distortion, turning them into loyal yes-men, his hype men, following him where ever he goes, reminding everyone that they should be lucky just to be in his presence.

Saburo, his palace would likely start to manifest around the time Rei came to reveal himself as their father. During this time he’d have to take a step back, Ichiro had lied to him, both of them about their father. Jiro could live, but I don’t think Saburo could, he doesn’t have much outside of Ichiro. Ichiro and Jiro are their own people, but Saburo is young and he hasn’t figured that part out for himself just yet, so I think he’d push everyone away, maybe be a lot more malicious with his hacking so he can force a name for himself. His palace would be a distorted illusion of his room, the place he feels most comfortable and safe. It would take on a futuristic, almost cheesy hacking style with a mix of more classic imagery such like pianos, organs, and sheet music. With intelligence being Saburos only saving grace it’s built like a puzzle, reliant on tons of trivia. Safe rooms would be Ichiro and Jiros own rooms. His treasure would be his mic, in a backroom filled with Ichiro and Buster Bros merchandise. Once his palace is defeated his treasure turns into a copy of Ichiro’s TDD era belt loop cord. 

Samatoki, I’ll be real I have no idea

Jyuto, once with humble beginnings Jyuto slowly started to compile blackmail and got involved involved with higher powers with his control over the police and even the yakuza. It would slowly get to his head before he eventually considered all of Yokohama under his own jurisdiction. A cop turned into a godlike judge that people offered everything they had to appease him from staining their name with whatever dirt he had found on them. His police station would turn into a temple with his likeness imprinted on tapestries and stained glass, a dictator of his own beliefs that his ideology is beyond the law. His treasure is hidden away in the temple’s evidence room as a huge binder of names and blackmail that turns into his badge upon returning to the real world.

Ramuda, an obvious choice I have no ideas for

Jakurai, again I can see two points where Jakurai could develop a palace, during his time as an assassin and his split with TDD. I’m pretty sure both would be drastically different, so Im mainly focusing on the idea of one based after TDD break up. Jakurai loves to involve himself with interesting people, which was his original reason for getting involved with Ramuda, however, we can also look at this from terrible angle, one where Jakurai drops people once they stop being interesting. After losing the people he considered friends, he took on more interesting patients, but he would contentiously drop them the moment he’d lose interest. His palace would distort his hospital into a showcase room, where his patients are shown off like dolls, trying their best to keep his interest out of fear of him throwing them away. At the end it leads to a giant stage and throne where he watches his patients in action and at his side are the distorted versions of Hifumi and Doppo, his current favorite subjects. They act as beyond over exaggerations of their typical personalities, Hifumi being literally two faced with him and Gigolo and Doppo cowering, constantly on edge. His palace would require a lot of outside interaction to get it to open up, maybe the time limit being until he loses interest in whoever they set as the dummy.

Hifumi, but specifically, Gigolo. A moment where he’s able to take over Hifumi almost entirely, jacket or not. His ego inflates quickly and he abandons Matenrou, specifically Doppo, so he can delve his entire life into his job and the Shinjuku night life. His club unsurprisingly changes into his own chateau, rooms filled with champagne towers and near blinding chandeliers. The women who loiter around the halls are also it’s defenders. His treasure is hidden in the master bedroom, a bottle of his very own champagne brand and transforms into his jacket outside of his palace.

Rei, I don’t care enough about Rei, most likely an open market where he’s free to scam as many people as he pleases.