#god i love shibusawa i wish there was more content with him

[dreamsicle262]

it doesn't sit right with me how shibusawa only got a minimal amount of attention within bsd, so i come to you and present an idea: fashion designer shibusawa. the basic premise is that he somehow gets revived (again) and instead of trying to cause any sort of trouble, he simply resorts to a normal and completely mundane life... mostly. this involves like at least two of my headcanons for him, one being that he's technically immortal due to being a dragon (because let's be real here he isn't human obviously and i even have a follow-up hc that states that he can either fully or partially transform into a dragon at will if he wants to but he's usually more comfortable with his more humanoid form) and that he'd probably have a LOT of hobbies and trades he's picked up on over the years in his pursuit to get rid of his eternal boredom. you name it, he's most likely learned it in order to fill that void within him.

so this fashion store just pops up out of nowhere. no explanation, no one's really seen the owner leave much, it's just there. and oh boy are the sales great. everything from just this one store that isn't even a fashion chain business is high quality, not to mention the prices range from dirt cheap to pretty expensive, meaning that no matter someone's budget, they'll find something they like. everything also seems to be of exceptional quality and handmade by the elusive store owner (not to mention sole employee, as he refuses to hire anyone else) himself, using materials from his own personal belongings (which he had to painstakingly hunt down and get back prior to opening his own business). fittingly, this store would be called The Dragon's Hoard or smth. pretty sure some of his customers would suspect him of being a dragon at some point anyways.

but of course, this new business would have someone keeping a close eye on it, as well as the person who runs it. after all, shibusawa can only do so much to change his appearance. like he'll have an outfit change but that's pretty much it, because there's no way he'd cut his hair. the person in question could very well be dazai too, because i have a very specific mental image or scene or whatever of him casually walking into the store when it isn't busy and there's like no customers there in order to have a little chat with shibusawa. whether or not it's friendly or not depends on what dazai figures shibusawa's intentions are. i dunno i just think this would be a neat idea although i don't know any specifics regarding the plot yet.

[drangues]

Fukuzawa is great and I truly wish we got to see more of him. I wanna see him go feral in defense of all his disaster kids. And! I’m glad you found the idea of Dazai with OCD interesting- Figuring our what mental disorders a character might have has always been a weird interest of mine, so it’s nice to be able to share those thoughts. But yeah, Dazai will always mess with Kunikida, and then he’ll drag Atsushi into it via affection because he knows Atsushi’s weakness, haha. (Nyanon, 1/7)

As for the doggo- Don’t see why it couldn’t be a Siberian Husky or something like it! Though something tells me that Dazai wouldn’t get along very well with the service dog, at first... Mini arc where they work together to rescue Atsushi, perhaps? Also, what would the dog’s name be? That’s very important, after all- But let’s move on to a Nyatsushi Concept for now: When Atsushi is content and trusts the people around him, he sprawls out on his bike like a cat! (Nyanon, 2/7)

At the ADA, it’s just as common to see him with his stomach and neck bared as it is to see him curled up in a tiny ball. It shows that he trusts them not to let anyone hurt him like that! Anyways, as for my AUs... Hm. I don’t wanna ramble on about something that might be boring... Oh! How about I give you a one sentence summary of each of the ones I listed, and if one of those interests you, you can ask about it? Hopefully that’s okay! (Nyanon, 3/7)  

So, to start with... “Stray Cats” is a universe where Atsushi gets switched with Oda in Dazai’s life- Except, unlike Oda, Atsushi had a certain crazy dragon experiment on him as a child, so he may be around more than people think. “Mafia Black” is a universe where both Soukoku are swapped- I’m just not sure if Atsushi would be better switched with Chuuya or Dazai, since the first has very much a villain!Akutagawa, and the latter has clingy jealous formed apprentice!Chuuya. (Nyanon, 4/7)

“Saccharine” is a universe where, after the Hammer Incident, Atsushi has enough and runs away from the orphanage, learning about the tiger in the process- One year later and with a bit more control, he meets a sixteen year old Chuuya who takes one look at him and decides that (A) People with hard-to-control abilities should stick together, and (B) This kid is too bad cute to leave on his own. (Nyanon, 5/7)

“Crazy Cat Man” is a universe solely meant to indulge in my desperation for Fukuzawa adopting Atsushi from a young age- Also, there are tiger cub shenanigans. “Feral Stray” (title pending) is another universe where Atsushi runs away, but something goes wrong, and he basically gets stuck as a feral half-tiger who gets run off the streets and is forced to live under Yokohama- He functions as a sort of king or god to the local animals, though. (Nyanon, 6/7)

“Monochromatic Moonlight” is a universe where, thanks to Shibusawa’s experiments when he was a child, Atsushi ends up stuck in his halfway form with a BEAST-esque collar he can’t get off and gets run out of the orphanage- Along the way, he ends up picking up unwanted or stray kids like himself, such as Lucy and Kyouka. (Nyanon, 7/7)

Dude i agree as well it’s so interestng to like, talk about the additional trauma a character could have from their fucked up childhood. owowowo the siberian husky’s name could be something really cute!!! something that makes ppl go “Oh must be a pomerian/chihuahua” but N O it is a Large Doggo with a Deep Woof

dazai and the dog not getting along at first but then forcing themselves to when having to rescue atsushi is so CUTE. i think the reason why the dog doesnt like dazai is because the dog was at the office before dazai knowing that it’s atsushi’s service dog and so he did a mean trick on the poor doggo which made him distrust dazai Ever Since

AAAAAAAA THE NYATSUSHI CONCEPT IS SO CUTEEEEE I LOVE ITTTT and n O youre Not boring smh stop assuming stuff but feral stray seems VERY interesting to me owo, does dazai and the others find him cus they hear about a rare white humanoid tiger?? does dazai use his powers to revert atsushi back to his human form?? tELL ME MORE

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P5R Liveblog (13/?)

Haru arc

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Oh...? Are you hung up on Wakaba, too, Doctor?

Oh, Rumi. ...Who's Rumi?

IS IT KASUMI'S SISTER??? bc you know there's weird stuff going on there

Probably not but this is for wild guessing anyway

If we can believe Kasumi then her sister is younger than her

And that'd be pretty weird to talk about in a romantic context

The problem is if kasumi is to be believed

she's dead I know she's dead I don't think she knows she's dead but she's super dead

Or in a coma I guess but let's be real here

I don't trust Shibusawa in the slightest. He's definitely going to try to take that research. I wouldn't be surprised if he was one of those men in black suits, either. He's rich - he goes to the Wilton on a whim, with his "buddies" - he could definitely be one of Shido's men.

OMFNDJD THIS LES MIS KNOCK OFF FILLS ME WITH JOY

Hoo boy. Maruki... I don't think you'll be very pleased with our answer. I do think you have good intentions, now, but you will definitely be an antagonist here.

I'm still really impressed with Chihaya. She really thought that the protag would hate her once she told her story, that her fortune said he was supposed to hate her, and she "never thought [he] would overturn even that fate". And yet, she told him anyway.

A Yusuke & Ann showtime!! : D I wonder what it'll be like?

THATS SO INCREDIBLY ANIME I LOVE IT

Haru idolizing superheroines vs Ann idolizing lady villains fight

I cannot waittt to see what they do with cognitive Haru, if they decided to make her this time around

YUSUKE CAN DUPLICATE IN PALACES?!?!?

A Will Seed with lasers barring the way? Interesting.

FUTABA FINISHING TOUCH FUTABA FINISHING TOUCH!!!!

Huh, it's kinda goofier than I was expecting.

"When a person is continually faced with oppression, they come to welcome its presence." Yusuke : (

"Such psychological trickery is being used here. I... experienced it first-hand for many years." YUSUKE : C

It's kinda nice that those workers are being blocked by lasers instead of us being too intimidated by their number to just go after them. ...Am I remembering this correctly?

Oh, Noir... I'm glad I get the option to ask if she's okay.

The Yumizuki High uniform really does suit Yusuke.

I wonder if there's a way to talk to people about their outfits.

Does Futaba's thing happen in place of Joker's, now? That's kind of a shame

HEY DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE FUTABA SHOWTIMES?!?????

Airlock time.

Man I want to see robot/cyborg Haru so badly come on Okumura I know she's here

This stuff about being okay for 30 sec as long as you close your eyes and mouth sounds wrong but I don't know enough about the condition of the human body in space enough to dispute it so okay I fuess

Anyway this is run by clap your hands if you believe kinda magic so it doesn't really matter anyway (also, thank god for Futaba saying that it'd work)

It's interesting - space factories/stations aren't a typical heist target (nor are castles, tbh, but museums, banks, pyramids, casinos? Naturally) (space stations in general can be, in the right genre. But this is set up a bit unusually for that). Corporate offices of shady companies, however...

Spaceeeeee ahdskdjs this is SO COOL

what the fuck what the fuck was something else going through the airlock?!?!

Ugh, how aggravating. I had been able to get the Will Seed the entire time until I pulled the lever that allowed me to progress

What is this shadow???? I'm not sure I know it! "Pagan savior", huh?

No, guys, there's another airlock room. Stop saying 'the treasure is just beyond that door!' when there is a whole other area/floor to go through. Especially since you have a map

Futaba gets motion sickness...oh no I'm so sorry ;u;

I...actually remembered the first half of the solution to the transfer line. I got out of there in practically no time. Heck yeah!

"Thou hast to awakened to the ultimate secret of the Sun, granting thee infinite power..." Yoshida...! TAT

I always end up maxing him right around the end of Okumura's Palace. I feel so bad. His newfound popularity is gonna absolutely tank soon. ;-;

Man, who even gets elected after the populace starts caring again? I don't know how Japanese politics works, really, like at all, honestly, but probably he has a subordinate who can take his place. But like, his whole crew's gotta be corrupt, right? Especially someone who'd be his replacement. Though honestly, considering how paranoid he got by the end, he probably chose someone weak-willed in order to prevent

Oh wait hold on I just looked up how this works. Apparently, uh...

Huh. I'm not sure if the cabinet resigns if the prime minister does usually or if that's just if the house passes a vote of no confidence. But, the prime minister appoints the ministers, so if the prime minister changes then there could be an issue there, probably?

But anyway. Looks like the Diet would immediately try to vote for a different person once the prime minister seat is vacant.

Huh, I wonder who gets voted in, then. Well, we only know of 2 candidates other than Shido, and Yoshida doesn't have the funding or even (yet) the popularity to become prime minister, so Matsushida is really the only other choice unless they pick someone we haven't heard about.

Oh my GOD I hate the school. They're being such assholes to Kasumi. She got 3rd place!!! That's amazing!!! This isn't even a school specializing in gymnastics!!!!!! YOU SPECIALIZED IN VOLLEYBALL AND EVEN IF THAT WERENT THE CASE YOURE TERRIBLE

*ahem* Anyway.

You can tell that Maruki is quietly pissed and honestly? Valid. Super valid. Same, Maruki, same.

She's not gonna get that text, with how her phone is.

"we took in those sisters to improve Shujin's standing, but at this rate, we're only going to end up suffering for it." Oh??? Oh??????

"not only have we lost one of them, but the other ones not doing us any good. Talk about a waste of effort..." Hooooly shit you asshole

Wait, hold on, it's October already????!? November's just a month away!! I have less than 3 months for social linking! And I still haven't maxed knowledge or kindness! (Or guts, but whatever) I've only maxed 1 person! Although I'm close to maxing Ryuji & Ann & Yusuke. And some npcs

AHHHHH CUTSCENE CUTSCENE!!!!

So the keywords - lab, stadium, and ... Either Maruki or Kasumi for the person. OH MAN AND EITHER WAY IM ALREADY IN MY PHANTOM THIEF CLOTHES

ONE OF THEM DOESNT TRUST ME

It's probably Maruki, right? Bc of the lab... But also I thought the whole wish fulfillment thing was going to be his cogpsi project... With the help of Jose, maybe...

Speaking of Jose, Jose looks like a toy, especially with that hair and those ears. I wonder what material he's supposed to be? Based on the ears I'd say plastic, maybe, but the hair looks more ceramic to me.

Anyway, back to the relevant FUCKING PALACE WOOHOO

I haven't even sent a calling card for Okumura yet so we're not dealing with this anytime soon

Ooh, this music... <3

Oh man, I totally forgot I had Morgana in the maid costume. I gotta get him into something more serious

Why is dancewear not the p5dsn costume??

This is...really empty...

I am suddenly really scared at what the people are going to look like

There are pigeons here...

But wait, if this is Maruki's Palace, then this is bc of all his grief... He doesn't want anyone to hurt, ever again. The people will be their ideal selves, probably...

...I'd love to see a cognition of myself, tbh. That won't happen, but I'd love it.

This place is really beautiful... With the music it seems like a sad place...

Look at all these wires

That's probably the sister, right?

Unless that's the cognition of Yoshizawa when she was alive and her current self is her ideal self.

The shadow attacked the cognition???!?!

YUP this is definitely Maruki's Palace

Hmm. Interesting.

Oh, Cendrillon really is perfect for her, huh.

SHES DOING A MAGICAL GIRL TRANAFORMATION WHAY

WHAT

WHY????

IM NOT UPSET ITS JUST A LITTLE WHAT????

Does her outfit look like mine a little bit bc she's using me as a role model for her source of confidence - confidence that she is using/interpreting for her inner rebellious spirit?

Wait, lost my train of thought

Aww, I mistimed that. I was hoping to get a Kasumi finishing touch

MORGANA-SENPAI

It is definitely an unfair consequence

Oh, so that's why, narratively, her phone sucks. It's to prevent us from figuring out whose Palace it is.

Yeah, this time it's entirely on you, Morgana.

... it's because of gymnastics? And not because you disagree with us on an ideological level? ...okay. sure. Whatever.

Hoo boy. This is gonna suck when Okumura has his mental shutdown. I wonder how she'll react.

She is of the Faith arcana, whatever that means. Maybe she'll keep faith in me? I did max her half-confidant

It's cool, Kasumi. I really didn't do much. You may have a debt of gratitude or whatever but like you don't actually need to repay it. Just keep being my friend and maybe one day you'll quit keeping score

*sigh*

If only. Too bad you're probably dead.

SHOWTIME WITH HARU? SHOWTIME WITH HARU? PLEASE?

Oh, Mona-chan. I figured as much, but I was still hoping...

Anyway, Haru&Mona showtime still very good!

Man, I would kill to hear their explanations for what they're doing.

...this is incredibly violent, isn't it? I anticipate it with bated breath

Oh man, can you imagine a showtime with Kasumi? Maybe with Akechi, if Atlus isn't going to give me one

Which, fair enough, from a gameplay standpoint

Still. : (

"the Phantom Thief Basic Training"?

Oh, good, we're actually addressing cognitive people with Haru.

Oh, this is either gonna suck if they address the implications, or we're gonna see cognitive Haru. >: 3

Dream world, huh...

THE YUSUKE-HARU FRIENDSHIP IS SO UNDERSTATED AND UNDERRATED I WANT MORE CONTENT

THERE SHE IS!!! THERE SHW IS!!!!

Oh, man, I had a lot of feelings during that fight. That time limit though

I like how they updated this fight

Although I think I'm a little underleveled, potentially. I could not destroy her before she self-destructed, and it took me a while to beat the chief directors and executive director. Oneshotted Okumura himself, though.

OH MAN I SHOULD HAVE READ THIS BILLIARDS BOOK EARLIER

I DIDNT REALIZE I COULD INCREASE MY TECHNICALS????

I already thought that technicals were beefed up from how they were - I guess this is part of that!

Wish I had another book on kindness, ugh.

SO THATS HOW THEY CHANGED POSITION HACK

Ann & Haru have such similar colors. I wish they would have darkened Haru's a little bit more

Wait I never got to see the Haru-Mona showtime

I even had both in my party : (

GOD IWAI YOU'RE SO SHADY

I forgot to start his social link until now whoops

Although I've only had my guts high enough for past ~2ish weeks so there's that at least

Guh, I have to get to Mementos and start up Shinya's...

How many part-time jobs does this have? Like, 5? Maybe 6, if you count him helping out Sojiro? The convenience store, the beef bowl place, the flower shop, Crossroads, and now the gun shop. Anything I'm missing? I feel like I'm missing one.

Desire & Hope is really pretty. The Desire underneath is kinda weirdly desaturated compared to the hope, though. Not sure if it actually works as well as Desire did by itself. Idk. They're both good, but I liked how Desire looked a bit more. I understand that D&H has personal meaning, though. Who knows, maybe in person I would feel differently

I kinda really like that Yusuke tends to go more abstract with his stuff, even if he does try out a bunch of different styles

Maxing Yusuke. And thank god for Affinity Readings. Finally got Ryuji at a point where I can max him.

Oh. I had forgotten how Kamu Susano-o looks. ...

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P5R Liveblog (15/?)

School festival!

This is such a bad idea.

I really do think they should 1) invite Akechi, as the vote called for, through legitimate means (aka via Sae or potentially through me since, y'know. we hang out. We have a social link. I don't remember if I have his contact info but I think I remember seeing that brown square at some point so I think I do even if he usually doesn't contact me.

That said.

I also think that if we wanted to get Intel from him, as Phantom Thieves responding to his broadcast, we should 100% do an Alibaba and contact him that way. Why are we not doing that. WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THAT????

YOU REALLY DONT NEED HIM TO DO IT PLEASE JUST ALIBABA HIM

Also, thank you for recognizing that I have his chat id, game

This is a lot to put on Makoto. Can't we at least brainstorm it a little bit to ease the pressure?

YOSHIZAWA THANK GOD IVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW ARE YOU DO YOU STILL TRUST ME

It seems like she's worried about my well-being; that's good...

Oh man can I hang out with her at the festival please

It's kind of funny; I've only ever managed to hang out with Haru or Ryuji at the festival.

I've dated Hifumi, Makoto, and Haru in my 3 playthroughs of p5. Wait, hold on, I've actually done 4 playthroughs, haven't I. Because I dated Hifumi twice...

The learning at school music is playing but also IS THAT FRIEND FROM COLLEGE SHIBUSAWA BC

Oh. Oh no. False memories, huh...? Now, is that false memory yours or Kasumi's? Atm I'm leaning Yoshizawa bc she's got a lot of weirdness mixed up with her and her circumstances

Man, I'm so annoyed. I was one gaming session away from maxing out my Knowledge and getting the highest grade. Guess I'll have to settle for top 10. It's not like I need the charm, anyway. All I really need at this point is Guts. But I haven't really been hanging out with Takemi or Iwai, so it makes sense. Oh well. At least I can hang out with Hifumi more now.

In my first playthrough of p5, I got through to rank 3 proficiency really quickly, made some tools to quickly bypass Yusuke's thing, and then completely disregarded it afterwards until Haru needed it, and then I prioritized everyone else since I wanted to finish as many people as possible and starting on a stat to start someone new would have sucked. Iirc I did get to rank 2 or 3 with her, enough to get baton pass and maybe something else, but I was very frustrated

...Where was I going with this? Oh well

Shut up, pompous male customer

Hey! I have max knowledge, Sojiro!

Haru is so down at all times to try weird stuff. I love her. She's always up for new experiences

Another reason why she & Yusuke should hang out more

LMAO I love this bit

Yusuke is on top of things as usual. : )

I LOVE YUSUKE WITH MY ENTIRE HEART

YUSUKE THIS ISNT HOW YOU TALK TO PEOPLE

SDJDJDJSJ I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

Oh, this is an extremely interesting counseling session, actually.

"However, if you are the one leading them to their conclusions, are they truly making the choices for themselves? Isn't that just submitting to another person's will?"

"In all honesty, I'm sure there are people out there who think that... But life in this world confines people to certain frames of mind sometimes, and without them even realizing it. If I can help lift the weight off their shoulders and free their minds, I believe the results are worth it."

Fascinating.

"I would wish... For the world to see my mother's painting the masterpiece that it is, no matter how briefly." ...Yusuke...!

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"And if at all possible, I would also wish to meet a wonderful master - one who would take me in and guide my brush with care." YUSUKE...! TAT

JESUS I remember playing this part for the first time. my heart was pounding. I could barely tear my eyes away from the screen I was so nervous like what was gonna happen?!

The tension is still high even after the fifth time seeing this scene but damn that first time was something special

I wonder how he scheduled that phone call

All right, Pancakes.

It's weird seeing the PE Faculty office from this angle

Now THIS was an interesting bit

...wow, nobody invited me to the post-festival party. Not even Haru... I'll have to look up how that works later

Hey, it's Kasumi! Hmm. Maybe it's just that the default changed from Haru to Kasumi.

Kinda sucks for Haru, though. Now we get even less content of her so far. I thought the talk after the festival was actually very interesting stuff for learning about her character.

AHH SHE LITERALLY DRAGGED ME SHES SO NEAT

Members of the dance club? Um. Okay? This is new

IT'S SHOWTIME

...and he just stands there. Dammit

WAIT I TAKE THAT BACK I LOVE HIM

This is such a high school genre thing

Those shoes look really uncomfortable to dance like that in

YES DO IT YOU COWARD

Please be canon good dancer please be canon good dancer please be canon good d

ATLUS YOU COWARDS

Dating this girl would be a tragedy dating this girl would be tragic dating this girl c'mon she's dead you know she's dead and will disappear probably when you break the illusion come on don't do it you know it's a bad idea

But what if I dated her in this playthrough

Hmm? Now they're giving me the option to go to the post-festival party? But I just went? Huh?

HOO BOY

I know that this is an optional event, but damn if I didn't wish it started a whole new subset of rumors

IM SORRY FOR EMBARRASSING YOU

I wonder if you can hang out with Futaba at the festival. That'd be nice

The dissonance between Morgana being like 'we should tell the others about Boss!' And 'nah we'll hold off on telling them about Kasumi' is kinda getting to me.

God, this all happened in one day. What an emotional rollercoaster for our Thieves.

Sojiro...

<3