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[Royal stuff]
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This LPer is so gay for Makoto and I love it.
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(More properly bi for Makoto, since Iwai elicited comments about hot anime men. XD)
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"My favorite characters are Sojiro, Ryuji, Makoto... Futaba... Kawakami... BASICALLY EVERYONE"
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And then she had the requisite brain short-out on 'max Kindness required to proceed > get Kindness for finishing scene.'
Infychu
I see she is a woman of culture as well. Iwai is an excellent DILF.
Infychu
That IS the stupidest fucking thing though.
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IT IS
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There's a scene in P4's Tower link (which requires max Understanding) where you can... get Understanding.
Cerise ♢
Infychu
Honestly, I hate stat gating in GENERAL, but that scenario especially is stupider than usual.
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Yeah, when you get the thing you literally needed to have in order to be here...
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"See, Makoto agrees. That's why I love Makoto that's why I'm gonna marry Makoto that's why me and Makoto are gonna have babies."
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"Good thing we didn't do that. Support for the Phantom Thieves would've really dropped if we had!"
"...Mishima have yo Useen the rankings lately..."
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Pompous Dude: WOW SHIDO'S SO GREAT
me: ...everyone else in Leblanc would like to shoot you right now, I'm sure.
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(BECAUSE AKECHI IS THERE)
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(AND JOKER AND SOJIRO AND MONA)
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Hifumi being wonderful and on point: Sometimes retreating is a valid strategy to land a better attack with your next move.
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SHE IS THE BEST
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Akechi: Oh, everyone's all here!
LPer: Ak-- WAIT what do you mean 'everyone's all here'???
Infychu
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...Yusuke does not understand the purpose of therapy in the slightest. XD
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On the other hand, he like. Immediately called out the problem with Maruki's mindset. "If you're the one leading them to the conclusions, did they really choose that path themselves?"
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Akechi: I must ask that the Phantom Thieves disband after this.
LPer: ...Now you're asking too much. What do the cops do? We gotta kill him.
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Oh no, Sumi's little dance break was adorable.
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"Leave this toxic work environment, queen."
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"I wonder if Black Mask is the dude who got us in trouble at the beginning of the game."
I mean, yes, but also no.
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(She has predicted he's an endgame Palace!)
Infychu
Shido, you mean?
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Yep.
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Sojiro: Unless you're caught red-handed...
LPer: You know, I'm pretty sure I made a joke about that and Joker's gloves at the beginning of the game.
Infychu
LMAO I mean. Pretty sure that was intended.
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Probably. XD
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PTs: /agree to push back against the trap, but the how hasn't been revealed
LPer: Use Akechi!
me: They will! Just not the way you think!
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"I'm just saying, we could just kill Akechi."
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Sae: A man at the arrest told you you were sold out, correct?
LPer: Probably Akechi. I don't trust him.
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"Did we intentionally get ourselves arrested, then???"
Cerise ♢
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This is her first true suspicion of Akechi, which is impressive in its own right.
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And she's half figured out the reason for the silent transitions.
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"Isn't this the casino where we get caught at?"
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Akechi: Oh, our clothes haven't changed so we're not perceived as a threat yet, right?
LPer: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT
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LPer: Not sure I trust Akechi. Mans is blackmailing us.
me: ...Makoto also blackmailed you.
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pfffft she finally internalises 'do the calling card ASAP to free up time to hang with your party' ON THE PALACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO THE CALLING CARD AT THE TAIL END
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Which I mean, at least after you try everyone's available to hang, but...
Infychu
LMAO
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Man, she really DID though, it's kind of impressive nobody holds a grudge against Makoto OR Futaba.
Infychu
Cause both of them absolutely fucking toyed with the group, even if they did have good reasons for it.
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Futaba, I suspect gets excused as 'general lack of social skills.'
Infychu
Yeah, probably.
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But seriously, more people hold Yusuke's 'nude modeling or bust' against him than they do Makoto literally threatening to report them as the PTs.
Infychu
But even if I forgave her, not sure I'd be entirely ready to be congenial with Makoto right off the bat.
Infychu
They really do. The nude shit was pretty clearly a defensive "They WON'T accept this, so they'll back off." tactic, too.
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(Meanwhile, "That back tattoo? Hot. The backless dress? Hot. The thigh-high fishnets? HOT.")
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I see she's a woman of culture as well.
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Both 'they won't accept it and thus will leave me alone' and 'nude modeling isn't sexual, it's for ART, it's fine!!!'
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Yuuuuup
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(I also suspect Madarame was pushing for 'oh so you found a model? have her pose nude!')
Infychu
Entirely possible
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But either way. I admit it's especially awkward right on the heels of Kamoshida, but more people are upset about that than 'do what I say or I'm calling the police on you and telling them you're the PTs.'
Infychu
Yeeeeeeah
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You can have sympathy for the pressure Makoto's under and not forgive that quickly.
Infychu
They are kinda targeted harassing him, in his eyes. She goes on the offensive.
Infychu
Definitely
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yep. Yusuke's just like 'I told you there's no problem because there's nothing I can hope to do to change it, take that for an answer and leave me be.'
Infychu
Also as much as I like her as a character, I feel like she's one of the few whose social link actively makes me like her LESS? And that's like 90% because of the implications of the stat gating, honestly.
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How lovely for Ryuji that he had the luxury of blowing up at his abuser.
Infychu
Right? JFC
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That's legit.
Infychu
Just. She can't even ass herself to TALK to you unless you're studying enough to meet her standards, and then you're not pretty or charming enough to even FAKE date?
Infychu
Why are this asshole we don't like's expectations so important to her when we're trying to bust him?
Cerise ♢
:/
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Hifumi's stat block makes sense. She needs a strong intellect to bounce that problem off of.
Infychu
It's not MEANT to reflect on her character, but she comes off as judgy as fuck regardless.
Infychu
Yeah
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::nods::
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Iwai's stat block is obnixious but makes sense. (Both times.)
Infychu
Yep
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The most annoying thing about Sojiro's is that you can still get Kindness from that scene.
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*o
Infychu
LMAO right
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Haru's... is IC but poorly times.
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*d
Infychu
Haru will never NOT suffer from literally EVERYTHING surrounding her being poorly timed TBH
Cerise ♢
haru for earlier team member in AU?
Cerise ♢
/fluffs her
Flash Bastard
I have definitely pondered that before.
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Might result in Kaneshiro being the mental shutdown sacrificial lamb instead of her dad.
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Like, her dad's still in jail, but...
Infychu
Switch Haru and Makoto around, I know I talked about that with SOMEONE before.
Cerise ♢
yeah. she gets something.
Cerise ♢
It would make sense with the leadup to 'buttering Sae up' and stuff...
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oh no a Haru-Makoto double attack
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