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** Because ''Waking the Dreamer'' was written before the author played ''Royal'', Kasumi's characterization is based on trailers. For example, she doesn't awaken to her Persona until half a year past the confrontation with Yaldabaoth in the fic, when in canon she awakens in early October. She's also ''actually'' Kasumi, having been {{Retcon}}ned into the real one when [[AdaptedOut Maruki's non-prescence]] meant Sumire had no reason to believe she was her dead sister.
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** Because ''Waking the Dreamer'' was written before the author played ''Royal'', Kasumi's characterization is based on trailers. For example, she doesn't awaken to her Persona until half a year past the confrontation with Yaldabaoth in the fic, when in canon she awakens in early October. She's also ''actually'' Kasumi, having been {{Retcon}}ned into the real one when [[AdaptedOut Maruki's non-prescence]] non-presence]] meant Sumire had no reason to believe she was her dead sister.
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** The opening of ''Time's End Labyrinth'' plays with this. There's a variation on the main timeline's {{bookend|s}} -- "It was the last day of the year, the world was ending, and all [Minato] wanted to do was sleep" -- and the summary borrows some wording from other installments' summaries: "[they] find it's much easier to face the apocalypse together than apart" from ''Hours at the End of the World'', "one [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from the two ''Cascade'' summaries, and "may the strongest side win" from ''Heir Apparent''.
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** The opening of ''Time's End Labyrinth'' plays with this. There's a variation on the main timeline's {{bookend|s}} -- "It was the last day of the year, the world was ending, and all [Minato] wanted to do was sleep" -- and the summary borrows some wording from other installments' summaries: "[they] summaries:
*** "One [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from ''Butterfly Cascade'' and ''Monarch's Cascade''
*** "The cards have other plans" from ''Catch Perfect''
*** "Two gods stand before them now and invite them to play a game" from ''Intermezzo''
*** "A heart damaged, broken, and torn" from ''Patchwork Hearts''
*** "They find it's much easier to face the apocalypse together than apart" from ''Hours at the End of theWorld'', "one [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from the two ''Cascade'' summaries, and "may World''
*** "May the strongest side win" from ''HeirApparent''.Apparent''
*** "One [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from ''Butterfly Cascade'' and ''Monarch's Cascade''
*** "The cards have other plans" from ''Catch Perfect''
*** "Two gods stand before them now and invite them to play a game" from ''Intermezzo''
*** "A heart damaged, broken, and torn" from ''Patchwork Hearts''
*** "They find it's much easier to face the apocalypse together than apart" from ''Hours at the End of the
*** "May the strongest side win" from ''Heir
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* LethalChef: Downplayed by Akira. If he follows a recipe, he's brilliant. The one time he tried to freestyle, Sojiro banned him from the kitchen for two days.
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* LethalChef: Downplayed by Akira. If he follows a recipe, he's brilliant. The [[NoodleIncident one time he tried to freestyle, freestyle]], Sojiro banned him from the kitchen for two days.
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* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Deep down, Akechi just wants friends and a family. [[spoiler: His Palace]] explores this, between all the attention he gets from fans of the Detective Prince, his jealousy over Akira's seemingly effortless attraction of others, and the acknowledgement he wants from Shido and the lengths he goes to get it before killing him; it all culminates in [[spoiler: Akechi's Shadow taking the form of his lonely childhood self.]]
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* IChooseToStay:
** Yu decides to finish his third year of high school in Inaba.
** Akira decides to finish his third year of high school in Tokyo.
* IdiotBall: Quoth Dojima:
-->'''Dojima:''' I love my nephew, but [[spoiler: announcing he's a Shadow Operative and expecting Kurusu-kun not to bolt]] was kinda stupid.
* IHaveYourWife: In ''Monarch's Cascade'', [[spoiler:it's revealed that the Akechi that has accompanied Akira throughout the fic is actually a cognition created from his memories since Maruki's powers only extend to Tokyo and the real Akechi is outside the city. The real Akechi accidentally wanders into Maruki's Palace and is captured, and despite Maruki trying not to frame it that way he still makes it clear that he can't guarantee his safety if the Palace comes down with him in it.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: Akechi's Shadow takes the form of his child self, and deep down he just wants friends and a family.]]
** Yu decides to finish his third year of high school in Inaba.
** Akira decides to finish his third year of high school in Tokyo.
* IdiotBall: Quoth Dojima:
-->'''Dojima:''' I love my nephew, but [[spoiler: announcing he's a Shadow Operative and expecting Kurusu-kun not to bolt]] was kinda stupid.
* IHaveYourWife: In ''Monarch's Cascade'', [[spoiler:it's revealed that the Akechi that has accompanied Akira throughout the fic is actually a cognition created from his memories since Maruki's powers only extend to Tokyo and the real Akechi is outside the city. The real Akechi accidentally wanders into Maruki's Palace and is captured, and despite Maruki trying not to frame it that way he still makes it clear that he can't guarantee his safety if the Palace comes down with him in it.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: Akechi's Shadow takes the form of his child self, and deep down he just wants friends and a family.]]
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* IChooseToStay:
**IChooseToStay: Yu decides and Akira choose to finish his stay in Inaba and Tokyo respectively for their third year years of high school school, given that all the people they've shed blood, sweat, and tears for and with are in Inaba.
** Akira decides to finish his third year of high school in Tokyo.
those places.
* IdiotBall:Quoth Dojima:
Yu picks up an idiot ball on the way to talk to Akira and confronts him in the least subtle way possible, leading to a completely expected outcome and some light ribbing:
-->'''Dojima:''' I love my nephew, but[[spoiler: announcing he's a Shadow Operative and expecting Kurusu-kun not to bolt]] bolt was kinda stupid.
* IHaveYourWife:In Late in ''Monarch's Cascade'', [[spoiler:it's [[spoiler: it's revealed that the Akechi that has accompanied Akira throughout that's been with the fic Thieves during January is actually a cognition created from his memories since Maruki's powers only extend to Tokyo and the real Akechi is outside the city. Akira's memories. The real Akechi accidentally wanders Akechi, having left Iwatodai out of concern over not hearing from Akira,]] went into Maruki's Palace and is got captured, and despite Maruki trying not to frame it that way dancing around the issue he still makes it clear that he can't guarantee his Akechi's safety if the Palace comes down with him still in it.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: Akechi's Shadow takes the form of his child self, and deep down he just wants friends and a family.]]
**
** Akira decides to finish his third year of high school in Tokyo.
* IdiotBall:
-->'''Dojima:''' I love my nephew, but
* IHaveYourWife:
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: Akechi's Shadow takes the form of his child self, and deep down he just wants friends and a family.]]
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Yu realizes that the gas-station attendant had called him by his name, despite him not having told it to her. He has forgotten this by the next morning.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Akechi struggles with his feelings for Akira and his need to complete his plan.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Akechi struggles with his feelings for Akira and his need to complete his plan.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Yu realizes that the gas-station attendant had called him by his name, name despite him not having told it to her. He has forgotten this by her, before just as quickly forgetting about it until the next morning.
eleventh hour.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Akechi struggles with his feelings for Akiraand versus his need for revenge against Shido and the looming possibility that he'll give the word that the Phantom Thieves need to complete his plan.[[DeadlyEuphemism disappear.]]
* InLoveWithTheMark: Akechi struggles with his feelings for Akira
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** On the Other Side, people often call Ren "Renren".
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** On the Other Side, people Ren's friends and family often call Ren him "Renren".
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** ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' is not covered by the series because the only real difference is that the Shadow Operatives are present when everything goes tits up.
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** ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight'' is not covered by the series happens entirely off-screen because the only real difference is that the Shadow Operatives are present when everything goes tits up. up.
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Akechi's HeelFaceTurn is born from the choice to abandon his desire to kill Shido in favor of making him pay for his crimes the right way. When all is said and done, Shido gets the death penalty anyway.]]
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Akechi's HeelFaceTurn is born from from]] the choice to abandon his desire to kill Shido in favor of making him pay for his crimes the right way. When all is said and done, [[spoiler: Shido gets the death penalty anyway.]]
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* ItsPersonal: Discussed. After Akechi hears the stories of how the Phantom Thieves joined the group, he asks if they only went after their targets because they went after them personally. They say that it's the other way around; they were already looking into the targets when they were threatened.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Uniquely inverted. Futaba tells Zenkichi that he can unload his sidearm, as due to the cognitive properties of the Metaverse he can still fire it as long as his enemies believe it's loaded.
* IveComeTooFar: Akechi's mentality as he gets further and further involved with Shido.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After [[spoiler:Philemon]] says his piece at the wedding in ''As the Bells Toll'', Sho calls him "kind of a bitch" and asks who the hell he is to crash the party and tell them they screwed up reality.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: Wakaba's opinion on meta-space. In contrast, Mitsuru and Kei are both keenly aware of the potential ''dangers''.
* KilledOffscreen: Naoya Toudou is one of the casualties of the end of the world in ''The Other 25th Hours''. Masao Inaba and Yuka Ayase die offscreen perhaps even more subtly than Yuya's pre-incarnation: Sumaru City's expansions are named Inaba and Ayase, and Yuya meets two kids named [[GenerationXerox Masao]] Katashi and [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Yuuka]] Nonaka.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Uniquely inverted. Futaba tells Zenkichi that he can unload his sidearm, as due to the cognitive properties of the Metaverse he can still fire it as long as his enemies believe it's loaded.
* IveComeTooFar: Akechi's mentality as he gets further and further involved with Shido.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After [[spoiler:Philemon]] says his piece at the wedding in ''As the Bells Toll'', Sho calls him "kind of a bitch" and asks who the hell he is to crash the party and tell them they screwed up reality.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: Wakaba's opinion on meta-space. In contrast, Mitsuru and Kei are both keenly aware of the potential ''dangers''.
* KilledOffscreen: Naoya Toudou is one of the casualties of the end of the world in ''The Other 25th Hours''. Masao Inaba and Yuka Ayase die offscreen perhaps even more subtly than Yuya's pre-incarnation: Sumaru City's expansions are named Inaba and Ayase, and Yuya meets two kids named [[GenerationXerox Masao]] Katashi and [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Yuuka]] Nonaka.
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* ItsPersonal: Discussed. After Akechi hears the stories of how each of the Phantom Thieves joined the group, he asks if they only went after their targets because they went after them personally. They say that it's the other way around; they were already looking into the targets when they were threatened.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Uniquely inverted. Futaba tells Zenkichi that he can unload his sidearm, as due to the cognitive properties of theMetaverse metaverse he can still fire it as long as his enemies believe it's loaded.
%% (ZCE) * IveComeTooFar: Akechi's mentality as he gets further and further involved with Shido.
%% ("the work or characters within the work must acknowledge that the jerkass is right" and unfortunately the only people who respond to sho are yu and yukari, both of whom respond negatively) * JerkassHasAPoint: After [[spoiler:Philemon]] says his piece at the wedding in ''As the Bells Toll'', Sho calls him "kind of a bitch" and asks who the hell he is to crash the party and tell them they screwed up reality.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When Wakaba explains her interest in using meta-space for helping people change their distorted cognitions, Adachi remarks that marching into someone's head and literally changing their mind sounds ''really'' morally dubious, to which Kei interally notes that he does unfortunately have to agree with the murderer on this one.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: Wakaba's opinion onmeta-space.meta-space is that it has a lot of potential application in helping people that traditional therapy methods can't. In contrast, Mitsuru and Kei are both keenly aware of the potential ''dangers''.
* KilledOffscreen: NaoyaToudou is one of the casualties of the end of the world in ''The Other 25th Hours''. Masao Inaba and Yuka Ayase die offscreen perhaps even more subtly than Yuya's pre-incarnation: Sumaru City's expansions are named Inaba and Ayase, and Yuya meets two kids named [[GenerationXerox Masao]] Katashi and [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Yuuka]] Nonaka.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Uniquely inverted. Futaba tells Zenkichi that he can unload his sidearm, as due to the cognitive properties of the
%% (ZCE) * IveComeTooFar: Akechi's mentality as he gets further and further involved with Shido.
%% ("the work or characters within the work must acknowledge that the jerkass is right" and unfortunately the only people who respond to sho are yu and yukari, both of whom respond negatively) * JerkassHasAPoint: After [[spoiler:Philemon]] says his piece at the wedding in ''As the Bells Toll'', Sho calls him "kind of a bitch" and asks who the hell he is to crash the party and tell them they screwed up reality.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When Wakaba explains her interest in using meta-space for helping people change their distorted cognitions, Adachi remarks that marching into someone's head and literally changing their mind sounds ''really'' morally dubious, to which Kei interally notes that he does unfortunately have to agree with the murderer on this one.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: Wakaba's opinion on
* KilledOffscreen: Naoya
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i got distracted
* ArcWords:
** "One choice can destroy, and one choice can save", or some variation. The two adaptations of ''Persona 5'', ''Butterfly Cascade'' and ''Monarch's Cascade'' use these words in their summaries, referring to the occasions where Akira can make this kind of decision -- taking or rejecting [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth]]'s deal in ''Butterfly Cascade'', and the same of [[spoiler: Maruki's deal for a utopian reality]] in ''Monarch's Cascade''.
** On the Other Side, "Sumaru City will never fall, so long as it has its Sun". Tatsuya and his Persona Apollo, whose Arcana is The Sun, are someone who the post-apocalyptic Sumaru City of the Other Side believe in immensely and this power of cognition is what allows the Persona-users to fight off the end of the world every full moon. It foreshadows the disarray Sumaru City falls into when Tatsuya [[spoiler: and Jun get pulled back to This Side by the events of ''My Kingdom for My Heart'']]; Ren and Goro at one point try to lessen the strength of this cognition to make it easier for Ren [[spoiler: and his Shadow]] to cope with his father's fame.
** The opening of ''Time's End Labyrinth'' plays with this. There's a variation on the main timeline's {{bookend|s}} -- "It was the last day of the year, the world was ending, and all [Minato] wanted to do was sleep" -- and the summary borrows some wording from other installments' summaries: "[they] find it's much easier to face the apocalypse together than apart" from ''Hours at the End of the World'', "one [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from the two ''Cascade'' summaries, and "may the strongest side win" from ''Heir Apparent''.
** "One choice can destroy, and one choice can save", or some variation. The two adaptations of ''Persona 5'', ''Butterfly Cascade'' and ''Monarch's Cascade'' use these words in their summaries, referring to the occasions where Akira can make this kind of decision -- taking or rejecting [[spoiler: Yaldabaoth]]'s deal in ''Butterfly Cascade'', and the same of [[spoiler: Maruki's deal for a utopian reality]] in ''Monarch's Cascade''.
** On the Other Side, "Sumaru City will never fall, so long as it has its Sun". Tatsuya and his Persona Apollo, whose Arcana is The Sun, are someone who the post-apocalyptic Sumaru City of the Other Side believe in immensely and this power of cognition is what allows the Persona-users to fight off the end of the world every full moon. It foreshadows the disarray Sumaru City falls into when Tatsuya [[spoiler: and Jun get pulled back to This Side by the events of ''My Kingdom for My Heart'']]; Ren and Goro at one point try to lessen the strength of this cognition to make it easier for Ren [[spoiler: and his Shadow]] to cope with his father's fame.
** The opening of ''Time's End Labyrinth'' plays with this. There's a variation on the main timeline's {{bookend|s}} -- "It was the last day of the year, the world was ending, and all [Minato] wanted to do was sleep" -- and the summary borrows some wording from other installments' summaries: "[they] find it's much easier to face the apocalypse together than apart" from ''Hours at the End of the World'', "one [choice] that could destroy or one that could save" from the two ''Cascade'' summaries, and "may the strongest side win" from ''Heir Apparent''.
* {{Bookends}}: ''Hours at the End of the World'' opens with "It was January 9th, the world was ending, and Minato couldn't sleep". The original finale, ''As the Bells Toll'', opens its last chapter with "It was December 3rd, the world was not ending, and Minato and Ryoji were wide awake".
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* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: Akechi's confidant with Sojiro gets reset to rank 1 after he learns that Akechi was responsible for the mental shutdowns.
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* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: Akechi's confidant with Sojiro gets reset to rank 1 after he learns that Akechi was responsible for the mental shutdowns.shutdowns.
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-> ''It was December 3rd, the world was not ending, and Minato and Ryoji were [[{{Bookends}} wide awake]].''
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-> ''It was December 3rd, the world was not ending, and Minato and Ryoji were [[{{Bookends}} wide awake]].''
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i'd say i took a break from working on crosswicking this b/c i had assignments but i actually still have assignments i'm just ignoring them now
* BecomeARealBoy: Like in canon, Morgana believes he WasOnceAMan and wants to become human again. At the end of ''Butterfly Cascade'', [[spoiler: the FixFic [[AdaptationDeviation kicks in]] and Igor grants Morgana his wish to become a proper human, [[DownplayedTrope albeit]] one who's a LittleBitBeastly in the metaverse.]]
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: Mitsuru sees no reason to involve the Shadow Operatives with the Inaba murders, despite knowing that the culprit behind them is a Persona user.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Akira is this after Akechi is presumed dead following Shido's Palace.]]
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Defied when [[spoiler: Akira chooses not to steal Akechi's treasure, as doing so could result in him being driven to suicide from the guilt of his actions.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Akira is this after Akechi is presumed dead following Shido's Palace.]]
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Defied when [[spoiler: Akira chooses not to steal Akechi's treasure, as doing so could result in him being driven to suicide from the guilt of his actions.]]
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: Mitsuru sees no reason to involve the Shadow Operatives with the Inaba murders, murders despite knowing that it's a Persona-related incident, believing Minato and Ryoji to be enough to handle it.
--> '''Minato:''' Not theculprit behind them is point, Mitsuru-senpai. I had to stare down a Persona user.
goddess ''again''. Once was enough, thank you.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Akira takes [[spoiler:Akira is this after Akechi is presumed dead following Shido's Palace.]]
Akechi's presumed]] death really hard, blowing up at his parents over the phone and sinking into a depressive fog.
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Defied when [[spoiler: Akira chooses not to steal Akechi'streasure, treasure]], as doing so could result in him being driven to suicide from the guilt of his actions.]]
--> '''Minato:''' Not the
* HeartbrokenBadass: Akira takes [[spoiler:
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Defied when [[spoiler: Akira chooses not to steal Akechi's
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** [[spoiler: Goro Akechi is ultimately redeemed and convinced to steal Shido's heart instead of murdering him outright.]]
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** [[spoiler: Goro Akechi Akechi]] is ultimately redeemed and convinced to steal Shido's heart instead of murdering him outright.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Sojiro decides not to investigate further into Wakaba's apparent suicide for (justified) fear of this happening to him.
* HereWeGoAgain: By the time of ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Phantom Thieves come off as being just plain ''done'' with having to deal with maniacs with god-complexes trying to merge the Metaverse and reality to remove free will.
* TheHeroDies: ''Sunset'' focuses on the death of [[spoiler:Tatsuya Suou, the hero of ''Persona 2'' and the Other Side arc]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Akechi sacrifices himself to ensure that the Phantom Thieves can escape from Shido's Palace. Fortunately, he survives.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** Akechi, Sumire, and Minato get their own Jail to explore separate from the core Phantom Thieves.
** The Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fan of both Naoto Shirogane (the first Detective Prince) and Yukari Takeba (an actress on Featherman). [[spoiler: When he meets them at Iwatodai, much squeeing ensues.]]
* HoneyTrap: Morgana assumes and tells the rest of the Phantom Thieves that Akira is getting close to Akechi to lower his guard and string him along for information. Akira himself is horrified at the implication.
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Butterfly Cascade'', Igor finally grants Morgana his wish to become a proper human.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: By the time of ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Phantom Thieves come off as being just plain ''done'' with having to deal with maniacs with god-complexes trying to merge the Metaverse and reality to remove free will.
* TheHeroDies: ''Sunset'' focuses on the death of [[spoiler:Tatsuya Suou, the hero of ''Persona 2'' and the Other Side arc]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Akechi sacrifices himself to ensure that the Phantom Thieves can escape from Shido's Palace. Fortunately, he survives.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** Akechi, Sumire, and Minato get their own Jail to explore separate from the core Phantom Thieves.
** The Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fan of both Naoto Shirogane (the first Detective Prince) and Yukari Takeba (an actress on Featherman). [[spoiler: When he meets them at Iwatodai, much squeeing ensues.]]
* HoneyTrap: Morgana assumes and tells the rest of the Phantom Thieves that Akira is getting close to Akechi to lower his guard and string him along for information. Akira himself is horrified at the implication.
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Butterfly Cascade'', Igor finally grants Morgana his wish to become a proper human.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Sojiro decides not to investigate further into Wakaba's apparent suspicious suicide for (justified) a not-unwarranted fear of this happening to him.
whoever killed her coming after him and Futaba.
%% (wrong trope) * HereWeGoAgain: By the time of ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Phantom Thieves come off as being just plain ''done'' with having to deal with maniacs with god-complexes trying to merge the Metaverse and reality to remove free will.
* TheHeroDies: ''Sunset'' [[DeadlyDistantFinale focuseson on]] the death of [[spoiler:Tatsuya [[spoiler: Tatsuya Suou, the hero of ''Persona 2'' and the Other Side arc]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Akechi sacrifices himself to ensure that the Phantom Thieves can escape from Shido's Palace. Fortunately, he survives.arc.]]
*HeroOfAnotherStory:
** Akechi, Sumire, and Minato get their own Jail to explore separate fromHeroicSacrifice: During the core Phantom Thieves.
** The Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fansinking of both Naoto Shirogane (the first Detective Prince) and Yukari Takeba (an actress on Featherman). Shido's Palace, [[spoiler: When [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Akechi]] helps tip the ladder to the lifeboat controls so Ryuji can make it back to the boat safely,]] meaning he meets them at Iwatodai, much squeeing ensues.can't make it back himself before the cruiser goes under. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed that his death in the metaverse meant [[DisneyDeath he ended up in the Velvet Room]].]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: During ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails and investigating potential incidents in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing, with only a passing conversation to tell us it's happening.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fan of both Naoto as his predecessor as Detective Prince, and Yukari, who plays Feather Pink Argus in ShowWithinAShow ''[[{{Sentai}} Phoenix Ranger Featherman Victory]]''. When [[spoiler: he meets them at Iwatodai]], much squeeing ensues.
* HoneyTrap: Morgana assumesand tells the rest of the Phantom Thieves that Akira is getting close to Akechi to lower his guard and string him along for information. information and tells the rest of the Phantom Thieves as such. Akira himself is [[AvertedTrope horrified at the implication.
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Butterfly Cascade'', Igor finally grants Morgana his wish to become a proper human.]]implication]].
%% (wrong trope) * HereWeGoAgain: By the time of ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Phantom Thieves come off as being just plain ''done'' with having to deal with maniacs with god-complexes trying to merge the Metaverse and reality to remove free will.
* TheHeroDies: ''Sunset'' [[DeadlyDistantFinale focuses
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Akechi sacrifices himself to ensure that the Phantom Thieves can escape from Shido's Palace. Fortunately, he survives.
*
** Akechi, Sumire, and Minato get their own Jail to explore separate from
** The Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fan
* HeroOfAnotherStory: During ''Patchwork Hearts'', the Shadow Operatives are quietly picking off Jails and investigating potential incidents in the background while the Phantom Thieves do their thing, with only a passing conversation to tell us it's happening.
* HeroWorshipper: Akechi is a fan of both Naoto as his predecessor as Detective Prince, and Yukari, who plays Feather Pink Argus in ShowWithinAShow ''[[{{Sentai}} Phoenix Ranger Featherman Victory]]''. When [[spoiler: he meets them at Iwatodai]], much squeeing ensues.
* HoneyTrap: Morgana assumes
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Butterfly Cascade'', Igor finally grants Morgana his wish to become a proper human.]]
