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** "A Game of Cat and Mouse" averts this trope for Yu as he is just as lost as the Phantom Thieves regarding the Jails.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Yu has a strong love for cats and this love of cats is what started his interaction with Ren, as Yu notices Morgana and approached him.
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: The story has no hints of romance, with the major focus being the friendship between the Thieves and Yu.
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* AdaptationalDeviation: In ''A Game of Cat and Mouse'', the Thieves interacted with Zenkichi's shadow first instead of physically bringing the real Zenkichi to the Shibuya Jail.
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** One side story in "Curiosity Killed the Cat" has Yu fighting in the real world to protect civilians when shadows started popping up out of nowhere, meeting Mishima, Iwai, and Sae along the way while the thieves are busy fighting Yaldabaoth.
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** One side story in "Curiosity Killed the Cat" has Yu fighting in the real world to protect civilians when shadows Shadows started popping up out of nowhere, meeting Mishima, Iwai, and Sae along the way while the thieves are busy fighting Yaldabaoth.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: ZigzaggedTrope regarding Akechi. While his fate is unknown in the main scenario, the "Cat's Cradle" WhatIf collection has one story where Akechi survives due to Yu CuttingTheKnot early, while another story in "Cat's Cradle" has Akechi KilledOffForReal.
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* StoryBreakerPower: Briefly discussed by Yu to explain why he can't join the Phantom Thieves full time. Yu tells the group that he'd hinder the Phantom Thieves own growth if he interfered. The Phantom Thieves gracefully accept but had him join as a HonoraryTrueCompanion instead.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Councillor's Anomaly'' majorly focuses on Maruki's point of view regarding the events of the third semester and of his interactions with Yu.
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* TemptingFate: At one point in Ren's "Confidant" wtih Yu, Ren mentions in his narrative that "It seemed silly to have a “Phantom Thieves Without Jack” chat, a “Phantom Thieves With Jack” chat, and the “Phantom Felines” chat where they all posted copious amounts of cat pics". Later, when Akechi joined with intentions of betraying and selling Ren out, the thieves agreed to keep Jack out from being noticed by Akechi so the separate chats are necessary.
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* SurpassedTheTeacher: The pen-ultimate "Confidant" between Ren and Yu has Yu talk about how the "Jack" used to be the strongest card in the deck until the "Joker" took over it as Yu talks of how far Ren had come since their first meeting.
* TemptingFate: At one point in Ren's "Confidant"wtih with Yu, Ren mentions in his narrative that "It seemed silly to have a “Phantom Thieves Without Jack” chat, a “Phantom Thieves With Jack” chat, and the “Phantom Felines” chat where they all posted copious amounts of cat pics". Later, when Akechi joined with intentions of betraying and selling Ren out, the thieves agreed to keep Jack out from being noticed by Akechi so the separate chats are necessary.
* TemptingFate: At one point in Ren's "Confidant"
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-->''Yu sees a high school boy carrying a cat in his school bag. Then the cat talks.'' - ''The Cat's out of the Bag'' Summary
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-->''Yu sees a high school boy carrying a cat in his school bag. Then the cat talks.'' - ''The '''The Cat's out of the Bag'' Bag''' Summary
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* HeIsAllGrownUp: Ren's reaction once he realized that the Akechi look alike he met in Sendai is a grown up, older Ken.
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* HeIsAllGrownUp: Ren's reaction once he realized that the Akechi look alike he met in Sendai is a grown up, older Ken.Ken in ''Phantom Felines''.
-->'''Cat Burglar''': Wait\\
'''Cat Burglar''': YOU’RE the guy we talked to in Sendai???\\
'''Ken''': Yes.\\
'''Cat Burglar''': I didn’t even recognize you! You were like 10 the last time I saw you! You look so different when you’re our age!\\
'''Yukari''': Wait, how did that happen?\\
'''Cat Burglar''': I’ll tell you in the non-cat chat.
-->'''Cat Burglar''': Wait\\
'''Cat Burglar''': YOU’RE the guy we talked to in Sendai???\\
'''Ken''': Yes.\\
'''Cat Burglar''': I didn’t even recognize you! You were like 10 the last time I saw you! You look so different when you’re our age!\\
'''Yukari''': Wait, how did that happen?\\
'''Cat Burglar''': I’ll tell you in the non-cat chat.
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* WhatIf: The "Cat's Cradle" serve as one for the series with these WhatIf:
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* WhatIf: The "Cat's Cradle" serve as one for the series with these WhatIf:alternative scenarios:
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-->''Yu sees a high school boy carrying a cat in his school bag. Then the cat talks.'' - The ''The Cat's out of the Bag Bag'' Summary
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* PointOfDivergence: The point of change is Yu becoming the Phantom thieves BigBrotherMentor and how this affects several interactions and relationships.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Referenced in "A Game of Cat and Mouse", due to Ren not knowing that the head of the Shadow Operatives is Mitsuru despite Ren himself being under RippleEffectProofMemory in regards to the events of [=Q2=], Ren and the rest of the thieves spent much of their time not fully trusting the Shadow Operatives due to them technically being part of the government. When Ren later learned in the finale that Mitsuru was the head, Ren laments that it would have saved much of the miscommunication and mistrust he had of the organization had he knew that Mitsuru was the head of the organization then.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Referenced in "A Game of Cat and Mouse", due to Ren not knowing that the head of the Shadow Operatives is Mitsuru despite Ren himself being under RippleEffectProofMemory in regards to the events of [=Q2=], Ren and the rest of the thieves spent much of their time not fully trusting the Shadow Operatives due to them technically being part of the government. When Ren later learned in the finale that Mitsuru was the head, Ren laments that it would have saved much of the miscommunication and mistrust he had of the organization had he knew known that Mitsuru was the head of the organization then.
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Ren's reaction once he realized that the Akechi look alike he met in Sendai is a grown up, older Ken.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The story titles are cat-themed and named after cat-related phrases.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The story titles are cat-themed and named after cat-related phrases.phrases with the Maruki-centric story (The Councilor's Anomaly) being the lone exception.
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** Briefly [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] when Nijima introduces herself by her given name in Phantom Felines (which is framed as chat log between all three teams) and the Shadow Operatives talk about her sharing their former leader’s name.
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** Briefly [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] when Nijima Niijima introduces herself by her given name in Phantom Felines (which is framed as chat log between all three teams) and the Shadow Operatives talk about her sharing their former leader’s name.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The story titles are cat-themed and named after cat-related phrases.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Ren and those that have resided in the Velvet Room are the only ones to remember the events of Persona Q2. When Ren later learns that Mitsuru is the current head of the Shadow Operatives, Ren points out that it would have saved a lot of grief and distrust if he had known earlier.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Ren and those that have resided in the Velvet Room are the only ones to remember the events of Persona Q2. When Ren later learns that Mitsuru is the current head of the Shadow Operatives, Ren points out that it would have saved a lot of grief and distrust if he had known earlier.
