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Persona 5 Social-Link/Confidant discussion |OT| Laughing Banana is Makoto's husbando

if they haven't hooked up now and were largely ignoring each other until you got there, why would they hook up later? Just because two people have opposing genitals and are close to each other doesn't mean that they can't ever meet new people and fall in love with others. I went for Ann because believe it or not, close guy and girl friends CAN exist.

Plus if Morgana was annoying you, you get a great little 1 second scene of Morgana when
Valentines day
happens where
Sojiro and Morgana walk out of the store, and Morgana looks back all sad/depressed and sighs

That's right cat. I

DRINK

YOUR

MILKSHAKE
 

DNAbro

Member
if they haven't hooked up now and were largely ignoring each other until you got there, why would they hook up later? Just because two people have opposing genitals and are close to each other doesn't mean that they can't ever meet new people and fall in love with others. I went for Ann because believe it or not, close guy and girl friends CAN exist.

Plus if Morgana was annoying you, you get a great little 1 second scene of Morgana when
Valentines day
happens where
Sojiro and Morgana walk out of the store, and Morgana looks back all sad/depressed and sighs

That's right cat. I

DRINK

YOUR

MILKSHAKE

I'm looking forward to that.
 

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Haru's all out attack pic is the best:

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Nice pic of everyone together:

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Astrael

Member
if they haven't hooked up now and were largely ignoring each other until you got there, why would they hook up later? Just because two people have opposing genitals and are close to each other doesn't mean that they can't ever meet new people and fall in love with others. I went for Ann because believe it or not, close guy and girl friends CAN exist.

Yep, I've had this exact relationship RL, that's why I never once bought into Ann and Ryuji being a thing and was surprised how many read it this way here. The Lovers arcana hasn't done me wrong yet. I really liked that she was so inexperienced with dating that she's just eating it up once she's in a relationship. Shiho mentioning how much Ann had talked about you being reliable was all the proof I needed that she was into you before she realized it herself.

I do gotta agree though that there are way too many scenes that don't integrate well with your relationship status in scenes. Hope next time they address that better.
 
Isn't futaba the same age/grade as Rise from P4? Futaba should be a first year in hs but isn't because of her circumstance, she did finish middle school and is what 15-16? The mc is 16-17 why exactly if we're role playing as Joker would it be an issue? If we're gonna split hairs most people posting on gaf going after Ann as well are jail baiting since she's 16-17 right?

The thing that makes me avoid Futaba is that I viewed her as my younger sister, her personality lends itself to that more than romance option. Sojiro is the Coffee Dad, MC is the Coffee Son, Futaba is the Coffee Daughter. We're a happy family.

Makoto eventually gets married into the Coffee Family and we can adopt Coffee Aficionado Haru as well.

Ryuji doesn't get invited to family events because he has the palate of a child.
 
i dont see them ever addressing it. It especially bothered me in one of the beach scenes when Ann and the girls are all
"they can steal treasure, yet they suck with the ladies

Im like :'(
 

Cess007

Member
Makoto's super-cute when
you enter Soujiro's house and the lights go out
. I think she's overcoming Tae as my choice.
 

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
The thing that makes me avoid Futaba is that I viewed her as my younger sister, her personality lends itself to that more than romance option. Sojiro is the Coffee Dad, MC is the Coffee Son, Futaba is the Coffee Daughter. We're a happy family.

Makoto eventually gets married into the Coffee Family and we can adopt Coffee Aficionado Haru as well.

Ryuji doesn't get invited to family events because he has the palate of a child.

LOL you gotta sneak in Makoto in there although she has no business in the whole Coffee thing :p

Get Haru in there to fit the theme better and kick Makoto out!
 

galvenize

Member
I do gotta agree though that there are way too many scenes that don't integrate well with your relationship status in scenes. Hope next time they address that better.

Too many to count. Ann l
eaning on Ryuji
in the beach anime cutscene and at the last palace where
she's crying over ryuji thinking he died
are the worst offenders. Don't push your shitty pairings on me Atlus.

Here I thought chie/yosuke in p4 was bad enough.
 

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Too many to count. Ann l
eaning on Ryuji
in the beach anime cutscene and at the last palace where
she's crying over ryuji thinking he died
are the worst offenders. Don't push your shitty pairings on me Atlus.

More egregious example is Ryuji's answer about the type of women he prefers during the Hotel scene :p

It's like, lol, they're trying to be subtle with it or what?

Bad Banana is bad.

Am I wrong? :p
 
Too many to count. Ann l
eaning on Ryuji
in the beach anime cutscene and at the last palace where
she's crying over ryuji thinking he died
are the worst offenders. Don't push your shitty pairings on me Atlus.

Here I thought chie/yosuke in p4 was bad enough.

lmao neither of those are fucking pairings.

they're friends people. One is a friendly thing of people who have known each other for a while, the other is a fucking emotional scene for everybody.
 

Astrael

Member
Too many to count. Ann l
eaning on Ryuji
in the beach anime cutscene and at the last palace where
she's crying over ryuji thinking he died
are the worst offenders. Don't push your shitty pairings on me Atlus.

Here I thought chie/yosuke in p4 was bad enough.

I'm not as bothered about
the crying bit since almost everyone was crying, Ann just is the most outwardly emotional of the group so she took it out on him haha.
. But that whole beach sequence is totally cold
until you get to see Ann alone later
, ugh.
I know she's just teasing cause she's pretty and knows it, but still.

Man I totally forgot about the Chie/Yosuke scenes... maybe it's time to replay P4G again.
 

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
lmao neither of those are fucking pairings.

they're friends people. One is a friendly thing of people who have known each other for a while, the other is a fucking emotional scene for everybody.

Well Ryuji's answer to his ideal woman is a "person with a hot bod", remind you of anyone? :p

It's like they are trying to be subtle about it but failing rather miserably about that, hahah.
 

galvenize

Member
That said, many scenes go into MCs favor regarding Ann. Their first meeting, the cafeteria scene where Ann talks about her troubles and at the end where Ann
welcomes you back in an endearing way after you get out of prison
.

So I guess it cancels out.
 
Well Ryuji's answer to his ideal woman is a "person with a hot bod", remind you of anyone? :p

It's like they are trying to be subtle about it but failing rather miserably about that, hahah.

Of course Ryuji wants to fuck Ann he's superficial and 'person with a hot bod' isn't entirely like a specific answer considering every girl in this game is a model besides like Futaba. But even if so, she's the only close girl friend he really has.
 

Laughing Banana

Weeping Pickle
Of course Ryuji wants to fuck Ann he's superficial and 'person with a hot bod' isn't entirely like a specific answer considering every girl in this game is a model besides like Futaba. But even if so, she's the only close girl friend he really has.

Hahaha.

Well I suppose I kinda just want to throw the kid a bone a bit. His Valentine Day is so devastating and the way the girls don't even give him friendship chocolate even though they have been through so much life-threatening situations together is just wayyyyyyyyyy too cruel, hahaha.
 
I won't disagree the girls treat him more shitty than a supposed group of close friends do. My understanding of anime is that you at least give like friends chocolates to your close male friends and give the best one to your romantic interest.


But to be fair during the fireworks festival he's all
yo bro let's ditch these girls who are taking too long and try to shack up these stranger girls top kek

So jokes on him for being kind of a prick as well. Not to mention short tempered and an idiot. He's loyal, but jesus what a pain. I'd rather hang out with Morgana
 

R0ckman

Member
Looking at Hifumi it really seems obvious that she was originally a planned character. Way too much detail and care in her appearance compared to the other confidants.
 
The thing that makes me avoid Futaba is that I viewed her as my younger sister, her personality lends itself to that more than romance option. Sojiro is the Coffee Dad, MC is the Coffee Son, Futaba is the Coffee Daughter. We're a happy family.

Makoto eventually gets married into the Coffee Family and we can adopt Coffee Aficionado Haru as well.

Ryuji doesn't get invited to family events because he has the palate of a child.

I don't think the whole family dynamic works when *end game spoilers*

The MC moves back to his hometown and basically leaves everyone he met over the year behind.
 

Verder

Member
MAX CHARM BITCH! Makoto here I come.

No seriously . I wanna know now . am I wasting my time with pursing makoto? About to hit 5 on charm and it's been such a turn off having to raise it for such a shitty s link . Like she's a great character but WASTED S LINK potential .

To be honest i wish they give you the option to be say "WELP I'm dating yo sis Sae"

Cause honestly tae, kawakami , hifumi are so much better s LINK wise . Haven't even got to haru yet
 

Shengar

Member
No seriously . I wanna know now . am I wasting my time with pursing makoto? About to hit 5 on charm and it's been such a turn off having to raise it for such a shitty s link . Like she's a great character but WASTED S LINK potential .

To be honest i wish they give you the option to be say "WELP I'm dating yo sis Sae"

Cause honestly tae, kawakami , hifumi are so much better s LINK wise . Haven't even got to haru yet

Makoto S-Link is downright mediocre but her interaction outside of it is pretty good, so I don't think she's a bad choice overall.

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Anyway, here's a various degrees of Kawakami fanart. Sorry if it had been posted before.

 

Astral

Member
I just finished Ohya's SL. I really like her personality. I don't get the hate. She just needs to dress better. And damn was she not subtle at all with suggesting sex. I love it.
 
No seriously . I wanna know now . am I wasting my time with pursing makoto? About to hit 5 on charm and it's been such a turn off having to raise it for such a shitty s link . Like she's a great character but WASTED S LINK potential .

Cause honestly tae, kawakami , hifumi are so much better s LINK wise . Haven't even got to haru yet

I wouldn't say you're wasting your time... but definitely don't go in expecting anything on the level of Tae or even Kawakami's S-Links. Once you get to the Eiko arc, that's all it is from there until you confess.

Haru is better S-Link wise but like Shengar says...

Makoto S-Link is downright mediocre but her interaction outside of it is pretty good, so I don't think she's a bad choice overall.

It's really a toss up.

Makoto gets more time to shine and is better written in-story. Haru & Takemi have better S-Links, and the former even ties into Leblanc & Sojiro to an extent if they're your jam.
 

Verder

Member
Just got to
Hawaii
and misclicked on walking with makoto and ended up being with ryuji

Bros before hoes ???
NAH RELOAD
 

Sayad

Member
I'd say between the three, Tae definitely has the best Rank 10 scene. Makoto's Christmas Eve date flows the best with the story. Haru's just a sweetie all around lol.
Another reason why Haru is the best is that she looks more serious about the relationship with MC than the others and
the only one with a realistic plan on how to continue being in a relationship with the MC after the events of the game.
Edit: end game not so spoilerly spoiler.
 

Mendrox

Member
Too many to count. Ann l
eaning on Ryuji
in the beach anime cutscene and at the last palace where
she's crying over ryuji thinking he died
are the worst offenders. Don't push your shitty pairings on me Atlus.

Here I thought chie/yosuke in p4 was bad enough.

What? That is no way pairing or anything like that... more like being really good friends. Reminds me of my years back then too. Exactly the same thing. Except for the crying part
 

Kthulhu

Member
Finished P5. Romanced Futaba. Enjoyed a sweet relationship of head patting and hand holding. No regrets.

Started NG+. I will now ascend to the legendary land of the pimps! May Valentine's Day have mercy on my soul, for like Icarus, I fly higher then Man is meant to fly.
 
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