#p3 mitsuko

[persona-game-info]

P3 Artbook- Character sprites

[zipsunz]

hierophant // justice

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[personachampions]

Let's do it to it! Round 1 continues with Matches 21-25!

VOTE HERE!

[dullorangepulp]

whenever sakuya connects with another person, he moves his hair out of his face. almost like he's trying to put in the effort to not hide from the world, to not plug his ears or cover his eyes like he usually doesfdssdfkjfdsjkgjk

symbolism

[loitersack]

3 more social link playlist covers + ryoji!!

Kamiki - Bunkichi & Mitsuko

Miyamoto - Ryoji

Playlists are not completed, like at all. Kaz literally has one song in his so far 💀

[newsonashipopinionpoll]

[adam-sadmon]

Lemme preface this first by saying P3 Reload is my first foray into Persona 3 and I'm about 15 hours in, so any context for how the original game handled SEES and its S.Links are beyond me.

So while, admittedly, the P3-make must be doing something right since I've thus far clocked 15 hours on it (first time playing P3 btw) I'm having a major issue of really not connecting with the SEES team.

Which is funny because the writing in this game IS pretty good...ya know when it's the S.Links. Bebe (my beloved), Mutatsu, Bunkichi and Mitsuko, MAYA, I genuinely enjoy their S.Links, and while (so far at least I haven't got any of them above level 5) they don't have the thematic relevance for befriending you like the confidants of Persona 5 did I still feel a genuine sense of camaraderie between the P3 protag and them.

I can't say the same for the SEES team. For a team I live in the same dorm as and fight shadows every night with I know nothing about them. The one who's opened up the most to you by this point in the game, Junpei, is a loveable idiot but what do I even know about him? Heeeeee...is in my class? Uh...he plays videogames?

I don't know, I genuinely do hope that my connection to SEES grows, this game is damn good so far and I'm still enjoying it more than I did Persona 4.

[all-pacas]

anyway i feel like p3's social links are a bit all of the place - later games definitely polish them better - but since i've been playing the remake i've been trying to figure out why.

tonally, they are all over the place, and i think later games do a much better job with tying the Tarot Theme to the storyline. all social links always require you telling the person what they want to hear, but p3 is silly about it. tell the jock to ignore his health and injuries! encourage the friend to break the law! -- between that and the tonal whiplash, it's just. weird.

but i think i figured out the theme, and i don't know why i even had to think about it, because it's the same theme of the entire game: Accepting Ends.

accepting change. accepting death. it comes up in every social link in one way or another. a character is living or acting in a certain way, and either they have to face a huge change, or they're living in reaction to it without accepting it.

Kazushi and Mamoru both want to excel in sports, and are in denial over the fact that for both of them, those dreams are ending. Kazushi's injury can't keep going untreated; Mamoru's family needs him to work.

Maiko is in the midst of her parents divorce, and doing everything she can to prevent and ignore it.

Bebe has to leave Japan, but thinks that if he works really hard, he can stay.

Keisuke is torn between the path he's expected to take and the path he really wants, although interestingly, the two swap places completely during his story.

Other times, the change has already happened: Bunkichi and Mitsuko have already lost their son, but are still struggling with it and clinging to his memorial.

Mutatsu lost his family, and is pretending he doesn't want them back.

Nozomi is drowning himself in food and denial instead of coping with his brother's (food related) death.

It's a bit more subtle here and there. Yoko's "accepting of change" is actually a positive (as fits the Strength arcana): she's discovering her calling, even if she's slow to embrace it. Kenji and Maya both think everything is going great, only to discover the truth at the last second and that the story isn't what they believed.

Akinari is actively dying and knows it, but is struggling with accepting it. He's more or less the thesis statement of the game in social link form: you WILL die, things WILL end, sometimes none of your dreams work out and you have to ADAPT. Make the best of it. Memento Mori!

[best-persona-arcana]

Been seeing stuff with characters of the same arcana interacting and thought this would be neat.

Tournament where the best "arcana" wins, this being judged by how much people like the characters associated with that arcana.

Wanted to put out a survey first to get some feedback on what characters should be included (ex. spin-offs or no) and how long the tournament should be. I'll close the survey May 23 10PM EST

Current roster under cut, feel free to check if anything is wrong or missing

Fool [0] | P3 Protag, P4 Protag, P5 Protag Magician [1] | Yuka (P1), Kenji (P3), Junpei (P3), Yosuke (P4), Morgana (P5) Priestess [2] | Maki (P1), Fuuka (P3), Yukiko (P4), Makoto (P5) Empress [3] | Yukino (P1-2), Mitsuru (P3), Margaret (P4), Haru (P5) Emperor [4] | P1 Protag, Hidetoshi (P3), Akihiko (P3), Kanji (P4), Yusuke (P5) Hierophant [5] | Nanjo (P1-2), Bunkichi & Mitsuko (P3), Shinjiro (P3), Dojima (P4), Sojiro (P5) Lovers [6] | Lisa (P2), Yukari (P3), Rise (P4), Ann (P5) Chariot [7] | Masao (P1), Kazushi (P3), Rio (P3P), Chie (P4), Ryuji (P5) Justice [8] | Hidehiko (P1), Katsuya (P2), Ken (P3), Nanako (P4), Akechi (P5) Hermit [9] | Toriumi (P3), Saori (P3P), Fox (P4), Futaba (P5) Fortune [10] | Jun (P2), Keisuke (P3), Naoto (P4), Chihaya (P5) Strength [11] | Yuko (P3), Koromaru (P3), Kou (P4), Daisuke (P4), Caroline & Justine (P5) Hanged Man [12] | Baofu (P2), Maiko (P3), Naoki (P4), Iwai (P5) Death [13] | Eikichi (P2), Ryoji (P3), Hisano (P4), Takemi (P5) Temperance [14] | Bebe (P3), Eri (P4), Kawakami (P5) Devil [15] | Reiji (P1), Tanaka (P3), Sayoko (P4), Ohya (P5) Tower [16] | Mutatsu (P3), Shu (P4), Shinya (P5) Star [17] | Ulala (P2), Mamoru (P3), Teddie (P4), Hifumi (P5) Moon [18] | Maya (P2), Gourmet King (P3), Ai (P4), Mishima (P5) Sun [19] | Tatsuya (P2), Akinari (P3), Yumi (P4), Ayane (P4), Yoshida (P5) NON STANDARD Judgement + Aeon [20] | Eriko (P1-2), Sae (P5), Aigis (P3fes), Marie (P4G) Jester [0] + Hunger [11] | Adachi (P4G) Councillor [1] | Maruki (P5R) Faith [-] | Sumire (P5R) Apostle [6] | Zenkichi (P5S) Hope [-] | Sophia (P5S)

Prioritizing the Arcanas in the OG P3 over P3P because of themes, also I have a friend that will kill me if I do otherwise

I know the Arena games also have characters associated with some of the arcanas, but want to hear feedback on including spin-offs first as well as hear from people more knowledgeable about them

[social-link-showdown]

SOCIAL LINK SHOWDOWN, P3 EDITION ROUND 1, PART 1!

MItsuru Kirijo (Empress) VS Bunkichi and Mitsuko Kitamura (Hierophant)

[persona-game-info]

Character portraits for the second wave of social links

[ct-multifandom]

Y’all know Bunkichi and Mitsuko would be real disappointed by some of the shit y’all post online.

[babypandawrites]

Silent Conversations

Pairing: P3 Protagonist x GN Reader Warnings: Hospital Mention, Amnesia Word Count: 460 Summary: Oftentimes when you were with Makoto, silence would fill the air rather than conversation. It never bothered you, but standing silently next to him in the bookstore did something that scratched at your brain and tensed your muscles. (In other words, Makoto starts your Social Link)

Note: Cross posted on my Ao3

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"Do you come here a lot?"

You hadn't noticed Makoto snuck up behind you until he spoke up, his sudden appearance spooking you just a bit.

Offering a nod, you glanced at him as he moved to stand next to you. "Yeah."

He didn't offer a response, which wasn't unusual. Any conversation- if you could even call them that -you had with Makoto were typically short lived, you would exchange a few words every once in a while but most moments were spent in silence when it was just the two of you. He wasn't much of a talker, and neither were you apparently.

While the silence that followed him around seemed to bother Yukari and Junpei, you never minded it. But today, something about it felt off putting. You couldn't exactly tell what the problem was, and that only proved to bother you more.

"Around this time last year, I woke up in the hospital with amnesia." You started talking without thinking, absent mindedly running your finger tips over a books spine. "I'm not sure why, but after my first day back at school I came here."

Makoto raised an eyebrow, looking at you curiously. "Muscle memory?" He suggested.

You offered a shrug. "Probably. Bunkichi-san and Mitsuko-san recognized me, but your guess is as good as mine. This was the only place I didn't feel lost in, so I would come here everyday after school."

"It must be hard- Not remembering."

"It was, but I've gotten used to it." You sighed out a tense laugh. "Sorry, I'm not really sure what got into me. I didn't mean to go babbling about my past."

Or lack thereof. You'd thought, but didn't say out loud.

"It's okay." Shifting his gaze to one of the stores book shelves, he slipped his hands into his pockets. "I don't mind."

"You might want to pick your words more carefully Yuki-kun, or else I might bother you talking about all the things I don't remember." You joked, gently nudging him in the arm.

He shook his head softly, a fleeting smile tugging up the corner of his lips. "Oh no."

You pulled a book off the shelf, hugging it to your chest. It was a fairytale that was probably meant for kids, but the golden trim of the spine was alluring and you couldn't resist. "I'm gonna go ahead and go back to the dorm, I'll see you later?"

"Yeah, later." He returned the wave you gave him with a small nod, before turning his attention back to the many books filling the store.

You got the book for rental as you usually did- never being able to find it in yourself to commit to an actual purchase -before making way back to the dorms.

[uselesslesbiab]

Any favorite P3 social links?

This is not in any ranked order this is just the order they popped into my head

Saori

Yuko

Junpei

Ryoji

Tanaka

Shinjiro

Yukari

Maiko

Akinari

Bunkichi and Mitsuko

Bebe

[cantfoolajoker]

favorite persona arcana list edit challenge

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.

0. FOOL — - P3MC - P3FeMc - P4MC - Joker - Igor

I. MAGICIAN — - Yuka Ayase - Kenji Tomochika - Junpei Iori - Yosuke Hanamura - Morgana

II. PRIESTESS — - Maki Sonomura - Fuuka Yamagishi - Yukiko Amagi - Makoto Niijima

III. EMPRESS — - Yukino Mayuzumi - Mitsuru Kirijo - Margaret - Haru Okumura

IV. EMPEROR — - Boy with Earring/Naoya Toudou - Hidetoshi Odagiri - Akihiko Sanada - Kanji Tatsumi - Yusuke KItagawa

V. HIEROPHANT — - Kei Nanjo - Bunkichi and Mitsuko - Shinjiro Aragaki - Ryotaro Dojima - Sojiro Sakura

VI. LOVERS — - Lisa Silverman - Yukari Takeba - Rise Kujikawa - Ann Takamaki

VII. CHARIOT — - Masao Inaba - Aegis - Kasushi Miyamoto - Rio Iwasaki - Chie Satonaka - Ryuji Sakamoto

VIII. JUSTICE — - Hidehiko Uesugi - Katsuya Suou - Chihiro Fushimi - Ken Amada - Nanako Dojima - Goro Akechi

IX. HERMIT —  - “Maya”/Isako Toriumi - Saori Hasegawa - Shrine Fox - Futaba Sakura

X. FORTUNE — - Jun Kurosu - Keisuke Hiraga - Ryoji Mochizuki - Naoto Shirogane - Chihaya Mifune - Labrys

XI. STRENGTH — - Yuko Nishiwaki - Koromaru - Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase - Caroline and Justine

XII. HANGED MAN — - Baofu/Kaoru Saga - Maiko Oohashi - Naoki Konishi - Munehisa Iwai

XIII. DEATH — - Eikichi Mishina - Pharos - Hisano Kuroda - Tae Takemi

XIV. TEMPERANCE — - Bebe - Eri Minami - Sadayo Kawakami

XV. DEVIL — - Reiji Kido - Tanaka - Sayoko Uehara - Ichiko Ohya

XVI. TOWER — - Mutatsu - Shu Nakajima - Shinya Oda

XVII. STAR — - Ulala Serizawa - Mamoru Hayase - Teddie - Hifumi Togo

XVIII. MOON — - Maya Amano - Nozomi Suemitsu - Ai Ebihara - Yuuki Mishima

XIX. SUN — - Tatsuya Suou - Akinari Kamiki - Yumi Ozawa and Ayane Matsunaga - Toranosuke Yoshida - Sho Minazuki

XX. JUDGEMENT — - Marie - Sae Niijima

XXI. WORLD — - S.E.E.S/Nyx Annihilation Team - Investigation Team/Seekers of Truth - Phantom Thieves of Heart

??. BONUS — - Takuto Maruki (Councillor) - Tohru Adachi (Jester/Hunger) - Sumi Yoshizawa (Faith) - Sophia (Hope)

[ffamranxii]

Finally updated my playables and arcana!

All relevant info under the cut! (There be spoilers)

UPDATED ARCANA

All confidants/social links from P3, P4, and P5. Also included the arcana for P1 and the P2 duology because I can never remember who’s what. Arcana did not exist in this framework for Shin Megami Tensei If...

FOOL

P3: - (technically this is SEES, but I did not include groups) (also the protagonists for P3-5, Elizabeth, and Aigis)

P4: Tohru Adachi. (Adachi technically holds two arcana, though he starts as one and becomes the other: the Hunger Arcana, which does not exist in a standard tarot deck, but comes from the Thoth deck. I did not include it because he switches from one arcana to the other)

P5: Igor

MAGICIAN

P1: Yuka Ayase

P3: Kenji Tomochika (male protagonist)/Junpei Iori (female protagonist)

P4: Yosuke Hanamura

P5: Morgana

COUNCILLOR

P5: Takuto Maruki (does not exist in standard tarot, from El Gran Tarot Esoterico) (Royal only)

HIGH PRIESTESS

P1: Maki Sonomura

P2: Maki Sonomura

P3: Fuuka Yamagishi

P4: Yukiko Amagi

P5: Makoto Niijima

EMPRESS

P1: Yukino Mayuzumi

P2: Yukino Mayuzumi

P3: Mitsuru Kirijo

P4: Margaret

P5: Haru Okumura

EMPEROR

P1: Naoya Toudou (P1 protagonist)

P3: Hidetoshi Odagiri

P4: Kanji Tatsumi

P5: Yusuke Kitagawa

PRIEST

P5: Zenkichi Hasegawa (does not exist in standard tarot deck, from Thoth deck) (Scramble only, no art available for card at time of posting)

HIEROPHANT

P1: Kei Nanjo

P2: Kei Nanjo

P3: Bunkichi and Mitsuko

P4: Ryotaro Dojima

P5: Sojiro Sakura

LOVERS

P2: Lisa Silverman/Ginji Sasaki

P3: Yukari Takeba

P4: Rise Kujikawa

P5: Ann Takamaki

CHARIOT

P1: Masao Inaba

P3: Kazushi Miyamoto (male protag)/Rio Iwasaki (female protag)

P4: Chie Satonaka

P5: Ryuji Sakamoto

JUSTICE

P1: Hidehiko Uesugi

P2: Katsuya Suou/Hidehiko Uesugi

P3: Chihiro Fushimi (male protag)/Ken Amada (female protag)

P4: Nanako Dojima

P5: Goro Akechi

HERMIT

P3: Isako Toriumi (male protag)/Saori Hasegawa (female protag)

P4: Fox

P5: Futaba Sakura

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

P2: Jun Kurosu

P3: Keisuke Hiraga (male protag)/Ryoji Mochizuki (female protag)

P4: Naoto Shirogane

P5: Chihaya Mifune

STRENGTH

P3: Yuko Nishiwaki (male protag)/Koromaru (female protag)

P4: Kou Ichijo (protag joins basketball)/Daisuke Nagase (protag joins soccer)

P5: Caroline and Justine

HANGED MAN

P2: Baofu/Yasuo Inoe

P3: Maiko Oohashi

P4: Naoki Konishi

P5: Munehisa Iwai

DEATH

P1: Reiji Kido*

P2: Eikichi Mishina/Hiroki Sugimoto

P3: Pharos

P4: Hisano Kuroda

P5: Tae Takemi

TEMPERANCE

P3: Andre Laurent Jean Gerraux

P4: Eri Minami

P5: Sadayo Kawakami

DEVIL

P1: Reiji Kido* (Reiji is the only canonical non-protagonist to hold more than one arcana at the same time. He is both Death and the Devil in P1, and makes a minor appearance in P2, where he is still Death and the Devil. However I didn’t have enough space to squish him into the Death slot for P2)

P3: President Tanaka

P4: Sayako Uehara

P5: Ichiko Ohya

TOWER

P1: Takahisa Kandori

P2: Anna Yoshizaka

P3: Mutatsu

P4: Shu Nakajima

P5: Shinya Oda

STAR

P2: Ulala Serizawa

P3: Mamoru Hayase (male protag)/Akihiko Sanada (female protag)

P4: Teddie

P5: Hifumi Togo

MOON

P2: Maya Amano

P3: Nozomi Suemitsu (male protag)/Shijiro Aragaki (female protag)

P4: Ai Ebihara

P5: Yuuki Mishima

SUN

P2: Tatsuya Suou/Tatsuya Sudou

P3: Akinari Kamiki

P4: Yumi Ozawa (protag joins drama)/Ayane Matsunaga (protag joins band)

P5: Toranosuke Yoshida

JUDGEMENT

P1: Eriko Kirishima

P2: Eriko Kirishima

P5: Sae Niijima 

AEON

P3: Aigis (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck)

P4: Marie (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck) (Golden only)

FAITH

P5: Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Royal only)

HOPE

P5: Sophia (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Scramble only, no art available at time of posting)

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ALL PLAYABLE AND IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

PERSONA 5 SCRAMBLE: THE PHANTOM STRIKERS

Sophia, Zenkichi Hasegawa

NOTE: P5S was released in Japan in February 2020.

PERSONA 5 THE ROYAL

Kasumi Yoshizawa 

TRIVIA: Kasumi’s real name is Sumire. She assumed the identity of her twin sister Kasumi after Kasumi’s tragic death.

PERSONA Q2

Hikari

PERSONA 5

Ren Amamiya / Akira Kurusu, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Morgana, Yusuke Kitagwa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Goro Akechi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Ren Amamiya in the anime and Akira Kurusu in the manga. Futaba’s codename is Navi in Japanese and Oracle in English.

PERSONA 4 ARENA ULTIMAX

Labrys, Sho Minazuki

PERSONA 4 / PERSONA 4 THE GOLDEN

Yu Narukami / Souji Seta, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi, Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujikawa, Teddie, Naoto Shirogane

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Yu Narukami in the anime and Souji Seta in the manga. Teddie is named Kuma in Japan.

PERSONA Q

Zen, Rei

PERSONA 3 FES

Metis

PERSONA 3 PORTABLE

Minako Arisato / Hamuko Yuki / Kotone Shiomi

TRIVIA: The female protagonist has no canon name, but has been called Minako Arisato and Hamuko Yuki by fans, and Kotone Shiomi in the stage play.

PERSONA 3 

Minato Arisato / Makoto Yuki / Sakuya Shiomi, Yukari Takeba, Junpei Iori, Mitsuru Kirijo, Akihiko Sanada, Fuuka Yamagishi, Aigis / Aegis, Koromaru, Ken Amada, Shinjiro Aragaki

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Minato Arisato in the manga, Makoto Yuki in the anime, and Sakuya Shiomi in the stage play. Aigis’s name is spelled Aegis in Japan.

PERSONA 2 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

Maya Amano, Ulala Serizawa, Katsuya Suou, Baofu, Tatsuya Suou, Eriko Kirishima, Kei Nanjo

TRIVIA: Maya was a playable character in the first Persona 2 installment, as was Tatsuya. Eriko Kirishima and Kei Nanjo return from Persona 1.

PERSONA 2 INNOCENT SIN

Tatsuya Suou, Maya Amano, Lisa Silverman, Eikichi Mishina, Yukino Mayuzumi, Jun Kurosu

TRIVIA: Yukino Mayuzumi returns from Persona 1.

MEGUMI IBUNROKU PERSONA

Naoya Todo / Yuya Narumi / Jihei Suzakurin, Maki Sonomura, Masao Inaba, Kei Nanjo, Hidehiko Uesugi, Eriko Kirishima, Yuka Ayase, Reiji Kido, Yukino Mayuzumi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is only referred to as “the pierced boy” (Japanese)/”boy with earring” (English) within the games themselves; in the manga he is Naoya Todo, in the drama CD he is Yuya Narumi, and in the novel he is Jihei Suzakurin. Along with Maki, the protagonist makes a minor appearance in Persona 2, while Eriko, Kei, and Yukino return in P2 as playable characters once again.

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IF…

Tamaki Uchida, Nobu Akiyama / Jin Aoki, Reiko Akanezawa, Yumi Shirakawa, Shinji Kuroi, Ideo Hazama, Akira Miyamoto

TRIVIA: SMT If… was released only in Japan and is considered the originator of the Persona series. The series features a protagonist whose gender is decided by the player, something not seen again until P3P, though the female protagonist is canon in the games and the male protagonist is canon in the manga. Tamaki makes a cameo appearance in P1 and P2. The male protagonist is called Nobu Akiyama in both the manga and its sequel and Jin Aoki in the novel.