Yeah, it's weird. Yusuke doesn't have perverted thoughts about Ann later on. That guy would romance lobsters if he could.
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Persona 5 Social-Link/Confidant discussion |OT| Laughing Banana is Makoto's husbando
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Yeah, it's weird. Yusuke doesn't have perverted thoughts about Ann later on. That guy would romance lobsters if he could.
BassForever
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It's just the older ladies you can get locked out of and it's super obvious things like telling fortune girl you wouldn't date older girls.
Kawakami's is really short, though.
Plus I really don't care for that relationship at all, and I'm just doing it because I wanted to see absolutely everything....
How do you get different scenes? The only option I got was for Haru. I don't even know why, I hadn't even s-linked with her yet.
BassForever
Member
I think Haru's is the default one which doesn't have any requirements. Just like Ryuji is the default option for Hawaii.
I think they all require their social link rank to be pretty high. On my first playthrough I only had Haru and Makoto. Second playthrough I had most confidants at max by the festival, bar a few of the later unlocks. Plus I'd romanced everyone, so I got all the options. The options being
Ryuji, Makoto, Ann, Haru, and Kawakami
Crimsonlink
Member
Buddy don't worry. Same for anyone below rank 9 on any female. Rank 9 is romance time regardless of what you've said before unless im mistaken.
cj_iwakura
Member
Ah, it was earlier than 9 in earlier games, I thought.
Well I know for a fact that I had
Kawakami
Crimsonlink
Member
In p4g Moon was the only one i can think of that did it at rank 8 or something and its a trick too.
TheGamingBox
Banned
rise was rank 8
Persona 3 at the very least started a romance fairly early on, around rank 5 or 6. At that point you could get a reversal for hanging around with another girl. From what I remember of 3, girls didn't have a platonic path though...
Persona 4 I thought it was generally in the 7->8 rank up where the option came up, which is still a rank up earlier than 5. I'm not sure if golden changed that.
Considering how the scene plays out, it seems you needed to romance her. Thinking back, I also had
at max rank on my first playthrough by that point, but also didn't get the option.
I think
require you to be on the romance path too.
Persona 4 I thought it was generally in the 7->8 rank up where the option came up, which is still a rank up earlier than 5. I'm not sure if golden changed that.
Considering how the scene plays out, it seems you needed to romance her. Thinking back, I also had
Kawakami
I think
Makoto and Ann's
Mid-September spoilers:
What on earth is going on here? Everyone is being a massive dick, particularly Morgana and Ryuji. The quality in writing seems removed from what came before, especially considering the quality of Futaba's arc.
This whole thing just feels more contrived than anything else. At least Haru is amusing - her introduction especially - but man.
Factor in the filler school trip and this has easily been the worse segment of the game so far.
This whole thing just feels more contrived than anything else. At least Haru is amusing - her introduction especially - but man.
Factor in the filler school trip and this has easily been the worse segment of the game so far.
Got to rank 9 with Tae and Haru. Tae took the rejection in stride and as cool as you'd expect. Holy god am I sorry Haru, pretty much every other girl I've friend zoned eventually took it well and smiled but Haru was just devastated. Maybe hurt even more than rejecting Futaba honestly.
BassForever
Member
Its the weakest part of the game for sure. Some people think that there was another planned dungeon that was suppose to happen around that point of the game (we know hifumi was designed to be playable) considering how much time the player loses to padding scenes.
Crimson_Echidna
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Honestly, Haru's Confidant reminded me a lot of how Yukiko's S.Link was in 4. It has, IMO, probably the most "organic" transition where she actually show signs of crushing on the Protag before the rank where she actually confesses. That and I found the two the easiest to "headcanon" what their relationship would be like after the game (P4 Protag working as a Chef at Yukiko's inn, and P5 Protag running a Cafe together with Haru.) Turning her down is also just as gut wrenching. When you turn Yukiko down she actually runs away with tears in her eyes.
Ann doesn't even feel like a romantic option. I just got to her scene, and it doesn't feel romantic or leading up to romantic at all.
Both options feel like things a friend would say to a depressed friend. Not romantic at all.
You can tell her "you have me" or "you have all your other new friends" when she mentions she's all alone. "You have me" doesn't even feel romantic.
BRSxIgnition
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Okay - I've gotten Makoto, Haru, and Takemi all to Rank 8, and seen their confession scenes (Rank 9) with a test file. I've also seen their Rank 10 conversations.
I still can't decide who I should romance though.
Please do not divulge any spoilers past 11/25!
I still can't decide who I should romance though.
- In Makoto's case, I have loved both her and her original Persona's designs since the beginning, but I was greatly let down by her Social Link. (
)Too much worrying about Eiko, no real pressing character development, IMO.
- In Haru's case, I preferred her Social Link to Makoto's, as the
marriage/company stories added pressure for her to grow, making the payoff feel a bit more earned.
- In Takemi's case, I love her designs as much as Makoto's, and her Social Link was arguably my favorite of the three.
Her emotions surrounding her reputation and reactions to the reveals later on felt satisfying throughout. Also, that kiss & her dialogue during the Rank 10 scene are both stuck in my mind.
Does anyone else feel like crap when turning down Haru during her Rank 9 scene?
Please do not divulge any spoilers past 11/25!
Yusuke's social link is beautiful and reminded me why i decided to be a game designer/artist in the first place, i finished that about an hour ago and the tears are still falling from my eyes.
Dammit atlus, why can't i even hug this little bastard and take him home with meeeeee
Dammit atlus, why can't i even hug this little bastard and take him home with meeeeee
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Go with Haru. God knows there are already more than a million people lining up for both Makoto and Takemi anyways lol.
BRSxIgnition
Member
I mean... I can see why.
Legit question though, is there any content I'd miss out on (dialogue/scene/etc) by choosing a Confidant (Takemi) over a Party Member?
Please answer with as few spoilers as possible. (I'm at 11/25)
BRSxIgnition
Member
Both her and Futaba
seem to develop feelings for the protagonist
get confessed to & accept
NoctisCaelum
Member
Is it true you can't level moon arcana after palace 6 ?
Sounds about right.
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Completed both Sojiro and Futaba's S-Links today.
How the fuck y'all decide to date Futaba, I'll never know lol, because again,
the game does everything in its power to make you feel like you should stay far away lmao
the game does everything in its power to make you feel like you should stay far away lmao
BassForever
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Shadic7700
Member
I just started my first relationship in p5
easily my fav girl everyone else's seems too generic and bland
Futaba is best waifu bar none she's too cute!
Thanks. You just posted my feeling towards her Confidant. That dialogue line feels like something you'd say to a friend that's feeling down. My biggest problem with most "romance triggers" in the game, is that they make you feel like crap for no reason at all.
Tae's is certainly awful too. Your options are
I wanted to see you / I wanted the medicine. Is the game telling me I can't I tell somebody that I worry about them and I like the time we spent together without any romantic implications?
Ann felt much more like a friend than a partner to me. I would love to see her and Ryuji become a couple.
TBH, I've romanced Makoto, but I'd like to have a playthrough where I romance other characters. Futaba is one of my favorite characters, but I feel
her Confidant is written to appeal to a certain niche that I don't want to be part of. Dunno, she acts as a rather mature person at times, she is really funny and entertaining, but there are some moments where she felt too childish
working at Leblanc's together and eventually inheriting the Café. I was hesitant about romancing Futaba because I'd like the MC to keep close ties with the Sakura family, but now I feel Haru is the best outcome overall.
Plus, I love coffee.
Makoto's Confidant
is super lame compared to how good the writting up to the point where she joins your party was. Most of it is about her helping other girl with her own character development being an after thought.
You don't really feel that you are getting to know her a little better every rank, as opposed to other characters. Maybe most of her character arc was already handled during story scenes and they were driven into a corner for the Confidant stuff.
You don't really feel that you are getting to know her a little better every rank, as opposed to other characters. Maybe most of her character arc was already handled during story scenes and they were driven into a corner for the Confidant stuff.
I dunno I still liked it, I won't deny it could have been better though.
I mean you are still helping her through the Eiko stuff, in helping her with Eiko you're helping Makoto realise what she actually wants to do with her life. It's kind of a continuation of the main story scenes with Sae in which she questions what she's doing with her life.
cj_iwakura
Member
It's a shame that Yukiko's inn failed so badly that she had to change her name, take up drinking, and become a vice reporter.
I really need to do her confidant because she is dull as hell in the main story.
BassForever
Member
Haru and all of palace 5 was a rushed, underdeveloped mess story wise. It's at least merciful that Haru's slink is one of the best in the game.
cj_iwakura
Member
I'm considering it if only for her VA.
Ignored Devil entirely in my first playthrough (those perks were horrible). She joined my harem during NG+ though.
Was her confidant storyline that bad for you? I thought it was pretty good.
I mean, she's not dull as hell.
Her S Link is really nice though. She really comes through as this lonely girl with romanticised dreams.
BassForever
Member
I did but I'm romancing everyone. Her romance scene for rank 10 was one of my favorites (not saying much most are bad)
End up going with Makoto out of all the girls, was thinking about maid and doc but decided to go with the one could beat me to a pulp if she wanted.
Makes it even more hilarious if you decide to cheat on her. Endgame spoilers.
Ah I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that haha.
Makes it even more hilarious if you decide to cheat on her. Endgame spoilers.
Sojiro doesn't care you're cheating his daughter on Valentine's Day, he'll cover for you and give you a chocolate. Guess he really badly wants you to become his son in law.
Ah I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that haha.
BassForever
Member
It does lead to some story dissonance if you're doing her slink between
palace 5 and 6 when your popularity is tanking
Hah, that's probably true. I had her maxed by that point.
I think that's a big problem in general with the games structure though. How the social links don't change enough dialogue in the main story or vice versa.
BassForever
Member
Its a bigger issue in p5 because every confidant has ties into the phantom thieve story line at one point or another because every slink needs to give a meaningful boost to the gameplay. The ultimate irony is that by making the slinks more tied to meaningful gameplay improvements it made the fact they're disconnected from the main narrative a much bigger issue then past games.
I like her but her confidant rewards are by far the worst so she was ignored most of the game.
True, but at least she gives +3 charm so it's at least worth visiting her instead of the bathhouse if I wanna spend my evening. That's like the only perk that she had going for me when it comes to benefits
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