Here are the stats for the complete Persona 4 cast!
The ship with the highest love it vote is Yu x Yosuke (79.8%)
The ship with the highest like it vote is Yu x Kanji (40.5%)
The ship with the highest neutral vote is tied between Naoto x Marie and Margaret x Eri (68.3%)
The ship with the highest dislike vote is Adachi x Eri (75.9%)
The ship with the highest polycule only vote is Kanji x Rise (12.9%)
The most overall popular ship is Yu x Yosuke (91.7%), with Chie x Yukiko (91.2%) and Kou x Daisuke (79.6%) following it.
Yu's most popular canonical romance option is Yu x Rise (42.5% combined)
The only Investigation Team member whose overall results are affected by the addition of the batch 2 results is Yu, whose most disliked ship is now Ayane x Yu (52.2%)
this event is purely for you guys to force me to finally write the poly headcanons i've been meaning to write for ages, hence the name. depending on how this one goes, i'll do the same for other fandoms (mha, danganronpa, etc.) or do a love triangle edition!
down below are some characters you can pick from! either comment them or send them to me via the ask box! everyone is allowed one pick at first, maybe more down the line, depending on how many people participate. the taken ones will be marked red. i'll post those poly headcanons additionally to my usual requests over the span of 2 week aka. 14 days, so there are 14 spots to take!
Remember the infamous poll on twitter? Well! I wanna know what tumblr thinks... So here is a newly shuffled best P4 Ship Poll! I wonder how this one will end! Here is the twitter one if you are curious!
Spoilers for Personas 3-5 (and their remakes FES, Golden, and Royal), PQ1 (Shadow of the Labyrinth), and the P4: Arena series below, as well as the Soul Eater and Soul Eater: Not! anime (and potentially manga? it’s been a while, so I forget)!
Cast (We = Weapon, M = Meister, H = Human, Wi = Witch, O = Other):
SEES:
Minato Arisato - M | Aigis - Multiform-We | Ryoji Mochizuki - We
Minako Arisato - M | Yukari Takeba - We | Ryoji Mochizuki - We | Aigis - Multiform-We
Junpei Iori - M | Chidori Yoshino - We (presently)
Akihiko Sanada - M or We? | Shinjiro Aragaki We or M?
Mitsuru Kirijo - We (Meisterless and badass; probably a rapier?)
Ken Amada - M | Koromaru - We (a non-human Weapon)
Fuuka Yamagishi - Wi (??? animal)
Investigation Team:
Yu Narukami - M | Teddie - We (potentially a non-human Weapon)
Yosuke Hanamura - M | Labrys - Multiform-We
Chie Satonaka - We or M? | Yukiko Amagi M or We?
Kanji Tatsumi - M? | Naoto Shirogane - We?
Rise Kujikawa - Wi (??? animal)
Phantom Thieves:
Ren Amamiya - M | Morgana - We
Ryuji Sakamoto - M or We? | Yuuki Mishima We or M?
Yusuke Kitagawa - M | Ann Takamaki - We (a whip)
Makoto Nijima - We or M? | Haru Okumura - M or We?
Goro Akechi - M | Robin Hood - We (a bow) | Loki - We (a greatsword)
Kasumi Yoshizawa - M | Sumire Yoshizawa - We (a ribbon wand)
Futaba Sakura - Wi (??? animal)
Etc:
Daisuke Nagase - We or M? | Kou Ichijo - M or We?
Rei - H
Zen - We, H, or maybe O?
Takuto Maruki - H
Sho - M | Minazuki - We (separate entities in this; Minazuki's a katana)
Shuji Ikutsuki - H
Takaya Sakaki - M | Jin Shirato - We | Chidori Yoshino - We (formerly)
Marie/Izanami-no-Mikoto - Wi (??? animal)
More Notes:
The 'Wild Cards' in this just have really good partnership/Resonance abilities with everyone in their groups, so they can work with any of the Weapons in their groups (and even outside of them a lot of times... looking at Ren and Loki for an example. xP) uncannily naturally.
The Navis in this are all Witches, but good-natured ones, and use their magic to support their respective groups/help make the world a better place. For example, Futaba would probably be able to 'hack' souls somehow with her magic, and also her reclusiveness in this would be at least in part due to being terrified of people finding out her true nature as a Witch. I'm not sure how welcomed/persecuted/the general climate of Witches are/is in this AU yet though.
The Arisato twins and Ryoji are all children of Death in this, with Ryoji being the older sibling and the twins being twins. Death is still Death like he is in SE-OG in this AU, more or less.
Ryoji and Aigis tend to float between Minato and Minako as their secondary partners, though Aigis tends to stick more to Minato as his primary partner and much less often swaps to Minako, while Ryoji shifts between his two siblings more frequently. Yukari swaps about as much as the rest of SEES's Weapons do among their Wild Cards, which is more or less situationally or for fun. Despite this, Aigis and Ryoji still don't get along particularly well with one another, only putting up with each other for their Meisters' sakes.
Strega did exist in this, though I'm not sure yet what their aim was, or the fate of its members. At the very least, they were some kind of rogue antagonist group, and Takaya used to be the Meister of both Jin and Chidori. Chidori ends up defecting to DWMA though, or whatever organization Junpei is a part of.
Aigis, maybe Ryoji?, Mitsuru, Labrys, and Minazuki are all Weapons that can fight without Meisters. Loki and/or Robin Hood might also be among them? I'm undecided.
Originally, I was considering having the cast have their Personas as their Weapon-partners, and just have them have personalities based off of their Shadow-selves' but more aligned with their accepted-selves, but I decided against it in the end. Akechi gets to be the exception, because he's Akechi.
Speaking of Akechi-- Robin and Loki are very powerful Weapons in this AU. Loki's 'chaos magic' would become an incredibly chaotic/maddening soul-wavelength that most others wouldn't be able to handle contact with on its own, as well as perhaps some Madness magic or abilities of some kind? Robin's soul meanwhile would be much calmer and help to counteract/cover-up Loki's from those who can sense souls, as well as perhaps provide some tactical abilities; I'm undecided on that for now. I'm not sure who's side Akechi would be on in this AU yet, like if he was being manipulated by a Shido-like person or not, and for what reason if so.
As for Robin and Loki's personalities and appearances in this... Well, the latter would be somewhat similar to their Persona forms probably, including some of the less-human traits given OG-SE characters (*stares intensely at Excalibur*), and the former would also be somewhat based off of those, as well as sort of how Akechi acts in relation to both of his 'masks'? So Robin tends to be calmer and more polite, though he still possesses a small amount of vengeful desire or bloodlust, whilst Loki is a lot more chaotic, hot-blooded, and very vengeful/aggressive. Both share a tendency towards showiness however, and sometimes get in small competitions with one another to up the other to impress their Meister or be the better Weapon among themselves (since they both might think already that they're superior to other Weapons in general? Unsure).
Also speaking of manipulated and abused children, Sho and Minazuki, alongside Ikutsuki, more or less replace Crona, Ragnarok, and Medusa in this. Not fully 1-for-1 however. Ikutsuki is very much a human, albeit a Mad or power-hungry one (still kinda looking to create a Kishin or otherwise bring about some kind of catastrophic destruction), and Minazuki is a separate Weapon, as opposed to how Ragnarok is Crona's Black Blood. Minazuki and Sho might be twins however, just with one a human/Meister and the other a Weapon. They look almost identical physically in this AU, even down to haircuts, but Minazuki lacks the iconic X-ish shaped face scarring that Sho possesses (and overall the two have a different patterning of scars across their bodies), and Sho's irises appear to be more gray while Minazuki's appear to be more blue. Weapon-form-wise, Minazuki looks like Sho's OG katanas, just in different colors and as a singular blade rather than a pair.
Ikutsuki is still forcing Sho and Minazuki to become stronger in similar methods to Medusa in some ways however, such as going out and obtaining/consuming great amounts of human (and maybe even Witch) souls.
Sho's a little less messed-up than Crona is, due to Minazuki being supportive of and dedicated to him as opposed to bullying him into submission like Ragnarok does to Crona. That being said however, I don't yet know why Minazuki hasn't yet defected from Ikutsuki. P: Other than that, Minazuki is kind of like Sho's impulse control and logical reasoning at times, due to being able to control when he transforms into his Weapon form and thus deny Sho access to his weaponry in times where he's being reckless or unreasonable. Soul-wavelengths-wise, too, Minazuki's soul just in general helps to keep Sho's soul/wavelength more stable probably?
Also in terms of replacing SE cast and plots; The IT replaces Maka et al for the sake of the main story most likely, with SEES being their upperclassmen or alumni and the PT being their underclassmen, if they even attend DWMA at this point anyways.
Lotsa dead people in OG are alive in this AU; Minato, Minako, and Ryoji, Shinjiro, Kasumi, etc.
Speaking of Kasumi; she fights kind of like Sumire does in Royal, that being making use of their gymnastics and priorly-athletic builds. Both sisters are gymnists in this still.
Alternatively, Sho and Minazuki's situations almost ended up reversed, leaving a highly impulsive/aggressive Weapon-Sho and a Meister-Minazuki who would have the kinda backwards idealology of trying to protect his Weapon partner in times where it would be best left to the Weapon to defend their Meister, but also really good at getting Sho to focus when wielding him as a weapon/in resonance (and can in general reign him in to some degree while others can't), making them an exceedingly deadly duo. I kind of prefer Minazuki as the Weapon however, as fun as the reverse could be, as it gives Ikutsuki a bit more leverage over Sho's situation I think? Also in that vein, it would make a lot of sense, given OG, for Minazuki to be more like a Black Blood entity like Ragnarok; however, I like Minazuki being able to have his own body in this, so that can be left for another AU perhaps. xP
Ikutsuki would infiltrate/be trusted by the DWMA in this AU at first, like Medusa was, but eventually get outed for his true intentions most likely. He might be a teacher or other kind of faculty rather than a nurse however?
Maruki meanwhile gets to play the role of school nurse in this. He's not a few screws loose like his Royal counterpart is though, he's just a humble nurse. However, he does still have his interest in researching dangerous subjects, though I haven't yet decided if that would be magic, Witches, Madness, Kishins, or what. It could potentially put him in knowing-contact with the Navis, if they aren't already known to be Witches by the DWMA anyways.
I'm not yet sure on what to do with Adachi or Nyx yet. Nyx might be some kind of Madness-related catastrophe, power, or individual perhaps however?
Rei and Zen are probably just civilians in this. Zen just happens to be really devoted to protecting/looking after(?) Rei still. xD
I'm undecided on if Marie should be amnesiac about her Witchhood or if she should be more like Izanami-no-Mikoto from OG in this.
Yusuke is still obsessed with artistry and beauty in this, so you can imagine what he's like as a Meister. He is still capable as a fighter and dependable when needed... more or less, but is also still easily distracted by, and places higher priority on, such things.
Ryuji kinda gets the short end of the stick because I didn't particularly know who to pair him with or what really to do with him at the moment. Mishima's a big tentative as his partner as a result of that, though I think it could prove to be an interesting relationship potentially.
I'm hoping to add more SL/Confidant and secondary/tertiary/background cast peeps eventually into various roles, but I'd need to do more refreshing/research on them first. I also haven't decided on if I should include Metis in this or not.
If the SE info is inaccurate, it's because I haven't seen the anime or read-up on it in like years. I might do clarifying/fact-checking research some day, but for now, nah. xP
You know... for all these salt stories over a liar, plus the crossovers with Persona 5...
Now that I’m thinking about it, it surprises me that there’s not much Persona 4 + Miraculous Ladybug stuff! One of the big themes is TRUTH, for crying out loud!
this was just a thing i wanted to do for myself and thought maybe other people would want to do it. the main goal of the challenge is to pick 1 character for each arcana listing that is your favorite and make an edit for them (or you could do a drawing or writing if you wanted, this is pretty loose).
the characters are from p1-p5 that have canon assigned arcanas, and for the cases in p3(p) where the slink does not match the arcana, the persona will be used for the main arcana, along with a few other minor changes to make the list more coherent.
under a read more since it’s a lengthy list! have fun y’all.
So, note, for a long time I was very interested in Kannao. But well, things are gonna be a little different in this AU.
Let us start with the fun facts.
If you shine a light of some sort on a spirit, you won’t be able to see them. However, in the dark, you can see their figure. Barely, but you can.
This fact I am not sure on whether or not I should include it, but they will look different than they were originally when they were alive. Like, it would look like they don’t have joints and are more elastic (if it does pass, I’ll mostly base minor details according to their personas).
Another fact that I won’t think would pass: each spirit has a specified ability (most likely based on their special attacks from P4G, like Shield of Justice).
Now for relationships!
There will be common ships here that I can find almost anywhere!
Yu Narukami/Seta Souji
Best Bud(s)- Most likely Daisuke and Kou
Related- Dojima (uncle) and Nanako (little sis)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Yosuke Hanamura
Yosuke Hanamura
Best Bud(s) - Chie and Yukiko (maybe for both)
Related- Teddie (work partner and slave)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Yu Narukami/Seta Souji
Chie Satonaka
Best Bud(s)- Yosuke (kinda?) and Yu/Souji
Related- Rise (lethal cooking partner)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Yukiko Amagi
Yukiko Amagi
Best Bud(s)- Souji
Related- Kanji (childhood aquaintance), Yosuke and Teddie (personal burn targets)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Chie Satonaka
Kanji Tatsumi
Best Bud(s)- Naoto & Rise
Related- Yukiko (childhood aquaintance) and Yu/Souji (BEST SENPAI KNOWN TO MANKIND)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Single as a Pringle
Teddie
Best Bud(s)- Nanako
Related- The girls (scoring targets) and Yosuke (Junes Boss)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Single as a Pringle
Rise Kujikawa
Best Bud(s)- Kanji
Related- Teddie (Navigation Buddy)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Naoto Shirogane
Naoto Shirogane
Best Bud(s)- Kanji
Related- Souji (second source of emotional support)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend- Rise Kujikawa
Any other characters are either friends or aquaintances.
Disclaimer: these polls are not representative of the fandom as a whole.
The ship with the highest love it vote is Kou x Daisuke (39.4%)
The ship with the highest like it vote is Kou x Daisuke (40.2%)
The ship with the highest neutral vote is Margaret x Eri (68.3%)
The ship with the highest dislike vote is Adachi x Eri (75.9%)
The ship with the highest polycule only vote is Daisuke x Yu (9.3%)
The ship people feel most positive about (combined love/like score) is Kou x Daisuke (79.6%), with Adachi x Dojima (57.7%) and Adachi x Izanami (45.7%) in second and third place.
The poll that had the most votes on it is Adachi x Dojima, with 234 participants. The poll that had the least votes on it is Eri x Izanami, with 85 participants. More detailed breakdowns are under the cut!
Honorable Mentions:
Other ships with significantly high love it votes are: Adachi x Dojima (32.5%) and Adachi x Izanami (22.3%)
Other ships with significantly high like it votes are: Kou x Yu (30.6%) and Adachi x Dojima (25.2%)
Other ships with significantly high neutral votes are: Eri x Sayoko (63.2%) and Margaret x Izanami (56.6%)
Other ships with significantly high dislike votes are: Sayoko x Dojima (62.2%) and Adachi x Margaret (58.1%)
Most Contested:
Adachi x Dojima and Adachi x Izanami are probably the most controversial ships in this batch, with approximately 20% or higher in most of their non-poly results.
By Character:
Kou's most popular (combined) ship is Kou x Daisuke (79.6%), and their most disliked ship is Kou x Chie (37.7%)
Daisuke's most popular (combined) ship is Kou x Daisuke (79.6%), and their most disliked ship is Daisuke x Ai (43%)
Ai's most popular (combined) ship is Ai x Chie (28.6%), and their most disliked ship is Daisuke x Ai (43%)
Yumi's most popular (combined) ship is Yumi x Ayane (22.4%), and their most disliked ship is Yumi x Yu (31.3%)
Ayane's most popular (combined) ship is Yumi x Ayane (22.4%), and their most disliked ship is Ayane x Yu (52.2%)
Naoki's most popular (combined) ship is Naoki x Yosuke (27%), and their most disliked ship is also Naoki x Yosuke (27%)
Adachi's most popular (combined) ship is Adachi x Dojima (57.7%), and their most disliked ship is Adachi x Eri (75.9%)
Margaret's most popular (combined) ship is Margaret x Dojima (18.6%), and their most disliked ship is Adachi x Margaret (58.1%)
Eri's most popular (combined) ship is Eri x Sayoko (20%), and their most disliked ship is Adachi x Eri (75.9%)
Sayoko's most popular (combined) ship is Sayoko x Izanami (25.2%), and their most disliked ship is Sayoko x Dojima (62.2%)
Dojima's most popular (combined) ship is Adachi x Dojima (57.7%), and their most disliked ship is Sayoko x Dojima (62.2%)
Izanami's most popular (combined) ship is Adachi x Izanami (45.7%), and their most disliked ship is Eri x Izanami (45.6%)
For some reason I was reminded again of a ‘top ... favorite anime openings’ video I made when I must’ve been about 16 years old. I put together a playlist of what what I think were 37 opening tracks by downloading youtube videos (and sometimes whole episodes) and then cutting clips from the opening for my video. I put a lot of effort into it, getting the audio in sync with the video, ... I think it took me a couple of days to get a result I was content with. The video was flagged right away, of course. I don’t think it was taken down, but I don’t think I’ll find it again.
I remembered that I put Lilium (Elfen Lied) in the 2nd spot. But for a while just now I could not remember for the life of me which song I put first.
So I went back to my old animelist, and found it again. I played it and relived some of my teenage spirit.
Looking at my anime list, I can guess what my top 10 probably looked like at the time. I think I made this around 2010? It was definitely before Attack on Titan.
Monoral - Kiri (Ergo Proxy) (If you’re not shouting along with the chorus then you’re not really living)
Kumiko Noma - Lilium (Elfen lied)
Oasis - Falling Down (Higashi no Eden)
Abnormalize - Ling Tosite Shigure (Psycho Pass) (Actually I cannot remember if this was in my list because it might have aired after I made it? It’s definitely not as old as most of the other anime in here.)
Hyde - Season’s Call (Blood +)
Bana - Shell (Witch Hunter Robin)
Kokia - Karma (Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom)
L’Arc en Ciel - Daybreak’s Bell (Gundam 00)
The Light Before we Land - The Delgados (Gunslinger Girl)
Kuniaki Haishima - Grain (Monster)
Boa - Duvet (Serial Experiments Lain)
Steve Conte - Stray (Wolf’s Rain)
Jacques Burnel - We Were Lovers (Gankutsuou)
Nightmare -The World (Death Note)
What’s up, People? - Maximum the Hormone (Death Note)
Yui - Again (Full Metal Alchemist)
Ally Kerr - The Sore Feet Song (Mushishi)
SPYAIR – Just One Life (Samurai Flamenco)
Juno Reactor - Guardian Angel (Texhnolyze) (I’m definitely cheating now because this song did not rate this high.)
Two-Mix - Just Communication (Gundam Wing)
Two-Mix - Rhythm Emotion (Gundam Wing)
Inori You Raise me Up - Lena Park (Romeo X Juliet) (Do not judge. Also, I’m 99% I ranked this much higher in my actual list.)
Yoko Kanno - Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)
Beat Crusaders - Hit in the USA (Beck)
Elisa - Euphoric Field (EF - a tale of memories)
Ono Daisuke - Key (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo)
Ritsuko Okazaki - For Fruits Basket (Fruits Basket)
SID - Ranbu no Melody (Bleach)
Miho Fujiwara - Florescence (Kanon)
One of the openings from Hell Girl, but I cannot remember which one it was.
ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D - In My World (Ao no Exorcist)
Ayaka - Last Regrets (Kanon 2006)
Okazaki Ritsuko - Morning Grace (Princess Tutu)
Uragiri No Yuuyake - Theatre Brook (Durarara!!)
Yosuke Sakanoue - Super Drive (Gravitation) (Yes this was in the list.)
Shuntaro Okino - Cloud Age Symphony (Last Exile)
Tori no Uta - Lia (Air tv) (I specifically remember this being the last song in the list)