History Fanfic / Persona5HoshiToBokuraTo

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the game, Sae was a cold woman who occasionally lashed out at Makoto before undergoing a DefrostingIceQueen HeelFaceTurn during her interrogation with the protagonist. Here, she is significantly nicer, but no less stern as she was originally. In the interrogation sequences, she also refers to Akira as "Akira-kun," in contrast to the "Kurusu-kun" she addresses him with during the flashbacks.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the flashback showing Akira's meeting with Shido for the first time, he's visibly shocked by what he had done and weakly apologizes for busting open the guy's head. [[{{Subverted}} He's not so sorry after Shido throws his life down the toilet after he sues him]].

* PetTheDog: In the "Hierophant" Confidant chapter, Sojiro treats Akira somewhat more nicely, as he's introduced to him as someone asking for a job, not a burden like Sojiro thought he was in canon.

** Makoto goes from being one of the later members of the Phantom Thieves to one of the founding members, awakening her Persona alongside Ryuji and becoming a member of the team in their first ever mission of stealing Kamoshida's heart.

->'''Igor''': [[ForWantOfANail Welcome to the Velvet Room]], [[WhamLine my dear young man.]]

** Lavenza serves as the Velvet Room attendant from the start of Akira's journey.
** Makoto goes from being one of the later members to one of the founding members, awakening her Persona alongside Ryuji and becoming a member of the team in their first ever mission of stealing Kamoshida's heart.

** [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Minato/Makoto]] make an appearance. The latter asks why Akira seeks power and gives him Orpheus. The former watches on before quietly asking Akira to look after Orpheus before taking her leave.

* ClusterFBomb: While he does occasionally do his "eff" censoring, Ryuji is far more prone to actually dropping the F bomb.

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4 anime]], Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. It's even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsène is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

** Yaldabaoth's control over the Velvet Room, fake Igor and all. WordOfGod assures everyone that he still has a major role to play in the story.

** WordOfGod reveals that Hifumi Togo will be joining the Phantom Thieves, as she was meant to before being DemotedToExtra in the final game.

* DefrostingIceQueen: In accordance with her AdaptationalNiceGuy, Sae's a bit thawed out, but she still makes it clear to Akira in a rather subtle manner that the "only" reason she accepted she would look after him was because their parents were old friends and nothing more. That said, in the interrogation sequences, she's visibly concerned about him when she sees that he's been brutally interrogated, even saying that she was hoping he wasn't a Phantom Thief.

** Rather than Sojiro being the one to take in Akira, who asked by the friend of his parents, his father instead asks Sae, who's father he was once friends with, to take care of Akira. This not only leads to Akira "befriending" Sae earlier, but also becomes acquainted with Makoto.

* ShoutOut: In the 18th Heist, Ryuji compares the Phantom Thieves' mission to ''VideoGame/SlyCooper''.

->'''Igor''': Welcome to the Velvet Room, my dear young man.

* DefrostingIceQueen: In the present day sequence, Sae usually refers to Akira by his last name. In the interrogation scenes, she calls him "Akira-kun" and even expresses concern for his wellbeing after seeing his beat up state, as well as sadness. She even outright admitted she didn't want to believe Akira was the leader of the Phantom Thieves.

** Akira is living with the Niijima sisters, rather than Sojiro. How this works into him learning about Futaba Sakura when the Medjed Arc rolls around is still up in the air.
** Makoto shows him the way to Shujin Academy, which leads to him meeting with Ryuji and Ann much later. It also means he arrives on time, rather than get to school late thanks to being dragged into the Metaverse by accident.
** Akira enters the Metaverse after school with Makoto and Ryuji coming along for the ride, in no small part thanks to Ryuji and his big mouth.
** Mishima, Shiho and an unnamed member of the Volleyball team tell the three that everyone in the school already knows about the abuse and is covering it up, rather than Mishima telling it to Akira and Ryuji after being confronted.
** Ryuji confronts Kamoshida after Shiho's attempted suicide with Akira holding him back. Mishima is absent, as he is still reeling in grief.
** Ann joins the gang when Ryuji and Makoto decide to join Akira and steal the Treasure, despite being told how dangerous it is.
** In the Confidant Chapters, Akira meets Sojiro through Sae, who appears to have a more stable relationship this time around.

** Akira's record is still leaked to the school, thanks to Kamoshida.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12456736/1/Persona-5-Hoshi-to-Bokura-to Persona 5: Hoshi to Bokura to]]'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction story, written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4746382/Starlight-s-Poet Starlight's Poet]], formerly called Demons Anarchy of Pride. It is an AlternateUniverse story and novelization of the game, but with the inclusion of minor changes to the story and scrapped ideas from the game.

Following the incident that ruined his life, Akira Kurusu is forced to move to Tokyo. Now living under the care of his probation officer - Sae Niijima - and her younger sister, Akira now finds himself involved in the strange mysteries that hide underneath Tokyo's surface.

** Ann also gets in on the action. Her mother, named Satsuki Takamaki, was a model of some renown in Japan and her father was a former writer.

* AdaptationalDumbass: [[spoiler:The fight with Asmodeus is considerably different in the game proper, due to the Shadow being more like a thrashing berserker throwing a tantrum after having it's Treasure stolen. It never talks and just flails around as it tries to kill the Phantom Thieves.]]

** Igor and Lavenza are in charge of the Velvet Room when Akira first ends up there.
** {{Inverted|Trope}}. Sojiro is introduced right off the bat in the game. He's not introduced in the story proper until the first Confidant chapter.
** Played straight with Kaoru, Iwai's son. It takes a while for the protagonist to get enough Guts to initiate Iwai's Confidant, so Kaoru isn't introduced to the players until much later in the game. Kaoru appears during the Kamoshida Arc when Ryuji suggests they get weapons, as alternatives to them relying on their Personas, shown being bullied until saved by Akira. He even introduces them to Iwai, who immediately hits it off with the former.

** Yaldabaoth. Or at least his fake Igor form. [[invoked]] WordOfGod assures everyone that he still has a major role to play in the story.
** Since never Yaldabaoth never took over the Velvet Room, Lavenza was never split into Caroline and Justine.

** [[invoked]] WordOfGod reveals that Hifumi Togo will be joining the Phantom Thieves, as she was meant to before being DemotedToExtra in the final game.

* AudienceParticipation: On a few occasions, the author asked his readers opinions on certain changes or inclusions, such as changing Akira's name to Ren Amamiya following the announcement of the P5 anime and dancing game and the inclusion of the DLC Personas.

* CurbStompBattle: Subverted. Unlike most stories where after getting a Persona, Akira is shown to struggle on his own. In one chapter, after getting Arsène, his Persona is impaled by Bicorn, and in another chapter, his Persona - and by extension, him - gets strangled by a Silky.

* CurbStompBattle: Subverted. Unlike most stories where after getting a Persona, Akira is shown to struggle on his own. In one chapter, after getting Arsene, his Persona is impaled by Bicorn, and in another chapter, his Persona - and by extension, him - gets strangled by a Silky.

** Arsene and Orpheus. The narrative has Arsene encouraging Akira to pursue the life of a Phantom Thief and usually bolsters his more raw emotions, such as his anger. Orpheus is the opposite, as he tries to placate Akira to prevent him from acting too wildly.

* GuardianEntity: Par the course for the Personas, who interact with their users in the form of a "pulse," usually to comfort them or to nudge them in the right direction. Arsene seems to be the most active, acting as the devil on Akira's shoulder as it tries to have him pursue the life of a Phantom Thieve, mildly even suggesting that no one would miss Kamoshida if he died.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Orpheus is presented as the [[RedOniBlueOni calmer, cooler counterpart]] to Arsene, [[spoiler:but he's just as outraged and disgusted as the later when Akira discovers Kamoshida sexually assaulted Shiho]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Arsene, who encourages Akira to act on his raw emotions, is the red. Orpheus, who encourages Akira to be more levelheaded, is the blue.

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4 anime]], Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. It's even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsene is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

* {{Foil}}: Arsene and Orpheus. The narrative has Arsene encouraging Akira to pursue the life of a phantom thief and usually bolsters his more raw emotions, such as his anger. Orpheus is the opposite, as he tries to placate Akira to prevent him from acting too wildly.

* ShoutOut: In the 18th Heist, Ryuji compares the Phantom Thieves' mission to ''[[VideoGame/SlyCooper]]''.

* AdaptationExpansion: Some characters have received additional details to their backstories. Akira and Sae's fathers were old friends as it turned out, thus offering a reasonable explanation why Sae would be tasked with looking after him as she was meant to in the cut content.
** Akira's father was an accountant at a bank firm, who taught Akira to be independant. His mother, on the other hand, insisted that he had to work hard to get ahead in life. As a result, his parents argued and got worse after he was arrested, eventually leading to a divorce.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Inverted. Sojiro is introduced right off the bat in the game. He's not introduced proper until the first Confidant chapter.
** Played straight with Kaoru, Iwai's son. It takes a while for the protagonist to get enough Guts to initiate Iwai's Confidant, so Kaoru isn't introduced to the players until much later in the game. Kaoru appears during the Kamoshida Arc when Ryuji suggests they get weapons, as alternatives to them relying on thier Personas, shown being bullied until saved by Akira. He even introduces them to Iwai, who immediately hits it off with the former.

* AdaptedOut: Yaldabaoth. Or at least his fake Igor form. WordOfGod assures everyone that he still has a major role to play in the story.
* AscendedExtra: WordOfGod reveals that Hifumi Togo will be joining the Phantom Thieves, as she was meant to before being DemotedToExtra in the final game.
* AudienceParticipation: On a few occasions, the author asked his readors opinions on certain changes or inclusions, such as changing Akira's name to Ren Amamiya following the announcement of the P5 anime and dancing game and the inclusion of the DLC Personas.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Akira and Makoto. They're pleasant enough, but pissing them off is not recommended. Unless you want to be ripped apart by a pair of sharp claws or run over by a supernaturally souped up motorcycle.

--> '''Ryuji''': ...okay, dude. I know a few guys who eat a lot because of high metabolism and all that, but...''how the hell are going to eat all '''that'''?!''

** [[VideoGame/Persona4 Tohru Adachi]] is mentioned during Sae and Goro's meeting discussing the Mental Shutdown cases. After pending several years in prison, he's finally being released.
* CarFu: Well, more like Bike-Fu. Like what she does in game, Makoto fights with her Persona by riding on it.

* CurbStompBattle: Subverted. Unlike most stories where after getting a Persona, Akira is shown to struggle on his own. In one chapter, after getting Arsene, his Persona is impaled by Bicorn, and in another chapter, his Persona - and by extension him - gets strangled by a Silky.

** In the Confidant Chapters, Akira meets Sojiro through Sae, who appear to have a more stable relationship this time around.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the changes, there are still a few things that end up occuring as they did in canon.

* MoodWhiplash: The ''16th Heist'' ends with the Phantom Thieves and an unawakened Ann encountering Shadow Kamoshida and Cognitive Ann, leading up to Ann's awakening. The two chapters afterward, however, are [[TimeSkip time skips]] at different points in the story, focusing on Confidants.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Ann's Awakening is this full stop. Mix of MadBomber and PyroManiac leads to Shadow Kamoshida shitting his pink speedo.

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4 anime]], Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. Its even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsene is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

** Akira's father was an accountant at a bank firm, who taught Akira to be independant. His mother, on the other hand, insisted that he had to work hard to ahead in life. As a result, his parents argued and got worse after he was arrested, eventually leading to a divorce.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Minato/Makoto]] make an appearance. The latter asks why Akira seeks power and gives him Orpheus. The former watches on before quietly asking Akira to look after Orpheus before taking her leave.

** Shiho's attempted suicide. What makes it even worse is that Makoto and Akira ''both'' could have prevented it. Akira saw Shadow Kamoshida in the same cell as Shiho's cognitive self, no clothes on and marred with bruises. Akira knew something bad was going to happen, he just didn't expect it to happen so soon. Makoto's was even worse, as she encountered Shiho as she was making her way up to the roof. The whole thing leads to her having an ItsAllMyFault moment.
* MoodWhiplash: the ''16th Heist'' ends with the Phantom Thieves and an unawakened Ann encountering Shadow Kamoshida and Cognitive Ann, leading up to Ann's awakening. The two chapters afterward, however, are [[TimeSkip time skips]] at different points in the story, focusing on Confidants.

* AbortedArc: As early as ''Third Heist'', the true Igor and Lavenza are shown to be in control of the Velvet Room, meaning that Yaldabaoth either didn't take it over or wasn't able to in this story.

** Akira is living with the Niijima sisters, rather than Sojiro.

* BloodierAndGorier: The viciousness that Akira displays at times invokes the trope to full effect. In the chapter following his Persona awakening, he kills a Bicorn by ''breaking off its horn and then gouging it into its eye before killing it''.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Ann's Awakening is this full stop. Mix of MadBomber and PyroManiac leads to Shadow Kamoshida shitting his pants.

* Synchronization: Much like the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4 anime]], Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. Its even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsene is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: Akira is this to [[spoiler:Minato/Makoto]], signified by his obtaining Orpheus. [[spoiler:Elizabeth]] even recognizes him as such.

* ClusterFBomb: While he does occasionally his his "eff" censoring, Ryuji is far more prone to actually dropping the F bomb.

* Foil: Arsene and Orpheus. The narrative has Arsene encouraging Akira to pursue the life of a phantom thief and usually bolsters his more raw emotions, such as his anger. Orpheus is the opposite, as he tries to placate Akira to prevent him from acting too wildly.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12456736/1/Persona-5-Hoshi-to-Bokura-to Persona 5: Hoshi to Bokura to]] is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction story, written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4746382/Starlight-s-Poet Starlight's Poet]], formerly called Demons Anarchy of Pride. It is an AlternateUniverse story and novelization of the game, but with the inclusion of minor changes to the story and scrapped ideas from the game.

DeadpanSnarker: Akira tends to have his moments.

Requires some WikiMagicLove. Also, '''be warned for unmarked spoilers for the game'''!

Requires some WikiLove. Also, '''be warned for unmarked spoilers for the game'''!

* GuardiantEntity: Par the course for the Personas, who interact with their users in the form of a "pulse," usually to comfort them or to nudge them in the right direction. Arsene seems to be the most active, acting as the devil on Akira's shoulder as it tries to have him pursue the life of a Phantom Thieve, mildly even suggesting that no one would miss Kamoshida if he died.