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** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
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** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase catchphrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
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*** Later in the same chapter, she also says the CatchPhrase "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
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*** Later in the same chapter, she also says the CatchPhrase catchphrase "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
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* DevastatingRemark: Yuri Hikawa weaponizes these, using them against rival gymnasts just before their routines in order to break their composure. For example, she calls Sumire Yoshizawa a "murderer" over what happened to Kasumi.
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"Prisoner of Glory" is a currently-in-progress ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic and TroperWork written by Tropers/{{SpyHunter29}}, with proofreading and support by Deathmanstratos and [=SupremeKnight3=], authors of ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms''.
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"Prisoner of Glory" is a currently-in-progress ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic and TroperWork written by Tropers/{{SpyHunter29}}, with proofreading and support by Deathmanstratos and [=SupremeKnight3=], authors of ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms''.
''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms''. The first chapter was posted on March 25th, 2021, with the final chapter posted on August 25th of that same year.
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** Shadow Yuri Hikawa uses ice attacks similar to Mariko Hyodo, the boss from the actual ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' whom she replaced.
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** Shadow Yuri Hikawa uses ice attacks similar to those used by Mariko Hyodo, the boss from the actual ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' whom she replaced.replaced.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: At the end of chapter 11, Yusuke says he wants to tell the Phantom Thieves something, and that it's not what they think it is. Given events during the chapter, they would have thought he was coming out as gay. But not Futaba...
--> "Aww, I would've loved to see you become a {{contortionist}}, Inari!" Oracle complained. The other Phantom Thieves stared at her, confused about her unexpected remark. "...What? That's what I was thinking," she added in defense.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: At the end of chapter 11, Yusuke says he wants to tell the Phantom Thieves something, and that it's not what they think it is. Given events during the chapter, they would have thought he was coming out as gay. But not Futaba...
--> "Aww, I would've loved to see you become a {{contortionist}}, Inari!" Oracle complained. The other Phantom Thieves stared at her, confused about her unexpected remark. "...What? That's what I was thinking," she added in defense.
* AuthorAppeal:
** This fic goes into great detail about the flexible moves performed by characters during training, competitions, and battles, due to the author's vast love of {{contortion|ist}}.
** Sumire performs her ribbon final to "You Know My Name", Chris Cornell's theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. The author is an avid Franchise/JamesBond fan, as he explains in the chapter's notes.
* BagOfSpilling: In ''Strikers'', any evolved Personas that Ren or the other Phantom Thieves may have obtained over the course of ''P5'' / ''Royal'' are reverted back to their [[StarterMon starter forms]], and in this fanfic, Sumire's own Cendrillon is no exception. Her visit to the Velvet Room in chapter 3 establishes that this is due to the bonds they had all formed with each other weakening in the time between the two games. This goes double for Sumire herself with her emotional baggage. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, however, her faith in her friends and herself has been restored enough [[SubvertedTrope to re-evolve Cendrillon back to Ella, its third-awakening form.]]]]
** This fic goes into great detail about the flexible moves performed by characters during training, competitions, and battles, due to the author's vast love of {{contortion|ist}}.
** Sumire performs her ribbon final to "You Know My Name", Chris Cornell's theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. The author is an avid Franchise/JamesBond fan, as he explains in the chapter's notes.
* BagOfSpilling: In ''Strikers'', any evolved Personas that Ren or the other Phantom Thieves may have obtained over the course of ''P5'' / ''Royal'' are reverted back to their [[StarterMon starter forms]], and in this fanfic, Sumire's own Cendrillon is no exception. Her visit to the Velvet Room in chapter 3 establishes that this is due to the bonds they had all formed with each other weakening in the time between the two games. This goes double for Sumire herself with her emotional baggage. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, however, her faith in her friends and herself has been restored enough [[SubvertedTrope to re-evolve Cendrillon back to Ella, its third-awakening form.]]]]
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** In chapter 9, Futaba plays videos on a website called "[=YouChan=]", named after Website/{{YouTube}} and [[ImageBoards 2chan]]
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** In chapter 9, Futaba plays videos on a website called "[=YouChan=]", named after Website/{{YouTube}} and [[ImageBoards 2chan]]2chan]].
* CallBack: ''Prisoner of Glory'' includes multiple nods to the author's previous work, ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'':
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
** In chapter 19, when asked about Ayame and Yuki, the two dancers whom Ryuji and Yusuke asked out at the end of ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', Yusuke answers that the girls broke up with them [[IncompatibleOrientation in order to be with each other]].
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
** In chapter 19, when asked about Ayame and Yuki, the two dancers whom Ryuji and Yusuke asked out at the end of ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', Yusuke answers that the girls broke up with them [[IncompatibleOrientation in order to be with each other]].
* CastFullOfGay: This fic features or sets up four lesbian pairings: Makoto with Haru, Ann with Shiho, OriginalCharacter Yuliya Krylenko with her coach Valeria Petkova, and Ayame and Yuki from ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling''. {{Subverted|Trope}} with Yusuke, however; despite his duel in chapter 11 giving a few indications that he might be gay, he instead reveals that he has a hetero-romantic crush on Yuri Hikawa.
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* ClusterFBomb: Yuri Hikawa unleashes (a censored) one, at her own mother, no less, when she flubs her ribbon routine during her practice session in chapter 16.
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* ClusterFBomb: Yuri Hikawa unleashes (a censored) one, at her own mother, no less, when she flubs her ribbon routine during her a practice session in chapter 16.
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** ''Prisoner of Glory'' includes multiple nods to the author's previous work, ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'':
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
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** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up
* DCupDistress: When Sumire walks in on the female Phantom Thieves' breast-comparison conversation in chapter 5, she nervously covers up her modest chest so as not to get dragged into the matter.
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* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is a SlippySlideyIceWorld version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers''), and her Monarch / Shadow form [[AnIcePerson uses ice-magic attacks]].
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* ElementalMotifs: ElementalMotifs:
** Yuri Hikawa's character is based aroundice. ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is a an SlippySlideyIceWorld version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers''), and her Monarch / Shadow form [[AnIcePerson uses ice-magic attacks]].
** Yuri Hikawa's character is based around
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* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup (formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]]) is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.
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* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup (formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]]) is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.
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* IKnowMaddenKombat: Cognitive rhythmic gymnastics.
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* IKnowMaddenKombat: Cognitive In cognitive rhythmic gymnastics.gymnastics battles, the apparatuses from the real sport are turned into deadly weapons, and tricks and techniques are used to charge up physical and magic attacks.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Shadow Yuri says this when she transforms into her Monarch form.
--> "I am Yuri Hikawa, the world's greatest rhythmic gymnast!" she announced, posing dramatically. "And in the name of the Hikawa family, I will crush you!"
--> "I am Yuri Hikawa, the world's greatest rhythmic gymnast!" she announced, posing dramatically. "And in the name of the Hikawa family, I will crush you!"
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: As ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'' did for Futaba, the first chapter of ''Prisoner of Glory'' was released on 25 March 2021, Sumire's 20th birthday.
* MisplacedRetribution: This is why Yuri hates Sumire so much; because Kasumi, Yuri's OnlyFriend, died saving Sumire, Yuri blames her for Kasumi's death and her very existence is a BerserkButton for her.
* MisplacedRetribution: This is why Yuri hates Sumire so much; because Kasumi, Yuri's OnlyFriend, died saving Sumire, Yuri blames her for Kasumi's death and her very existence is a BerserkButton for her.
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: As ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'' did for Futaba, the first chapter of ''Prisoner of Glory'' was released on 25 March 25th, 2021, Sumire's 20th birthday.
* MisplacedRetribution: This is why Yuri hates Sumire somuch; because much. Because Kasumi, Yuri's OnlyFriend, died saving Sumire, Yuri blames her for Kasumi's death and her very existence is a BerserkButton for her.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Yuri's personal coach, Lyudmila Voronina, was directly inspired by the RealLife rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, as confirmed in the author's notes of chapter 18.
** Yuri's personal coach, Lyudmila Voronina, was directly inspired by the RealLife rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, as confirmed in the author's notes of chapter 18.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
**NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Yuri's personal coach, Lyudmila Voronina, was directly inspired by the RealLife rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, as confirmed in the author's notes of chapter 18.18.
* OriginalCharacter: Many of the gymnasts Sumire faces in the Madicce Cup are the author's original creations:
** Yuri Hikawa, the main antagonist, comes from a wealthy Sapporo family and has albinism.
** Yuna Seong, who becomes a friend and ally of Sumire, comes from a mixed Korean/Japanese family.
** Larisa Lebedeva, the guardian of the first Prison Keep, is a part-time ballerina from Russia.
** Yuliya Krylenko, the guardian of the second Prison Keep, is a part-time circus contortionist from Ukraine.
** Ayelet Weiss, the guardian of the third Prison Keep, is an Olympic bronze medalist from Israel.
** Elena Plisetskaya is an Olympic gold medalist from Russia.
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* OriginalCharacter: Many of the gymnasts Sumire faces in the Madicce Cup are the author's original creations:
** Yuri Hikawa, the main antagonist, comes from a wealthy Sapporo family and has albinism.
** Yuna Seong, who becomes a friend and ally of Sumire, comes from a mixed Korean/Japanese family.
** Larisa Lebedeva, the guardian of the first Prison Keep, is a part-time ballerina from Russia.
** Yuliya Krylenko, the guardian of the second Prison Keep, is a part-time circus contortionist from Ukraine.
** Ayelet Weiss, the guardian of the third Prison Keep, is an Olympic bronze medalist from Israel.
** Elena Plisetskaya is an Olympic gold medalist from Russia.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Ryuji, when facing down the Shadows trying to kick the Phantom Thieves out of the gym in chapter 8, says "Let's get gym-nasty!"
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* TheRival: Yuri Hikawa is this for Sumire.
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* TheRival: Yuri Hikawa is this for Sumire. [[spoiler:She remains this way after her Change of Heart, but on much friendlier terms.]]
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Part of the reason why Yuri is so dead-set on winning first place, whatever the cost, is her belief that first-place winners are the only athletes who get any respect. This view is {{deconstructed|Trope}} as she comes to understand that people, like Yusuke and Futaba, can enjoy certain gymnasts not because they win all the time, but because they bring something unique to their performances.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Part of the reason why Yuri is so dead-set on winning first place, whatever the cost, is her belief that first-place winners are the only athletes who get any respect. This view is {{deconstructed|Trope}} as she comes to understand that people, like Yusuke and Futaba, can enjoy certain gymnasts not because they win all the time, but because they bring something unique to their performances.
*** Fox's moves during his duel with Yuliya are based on Spanish mens' RG routines, in particular from Ivan Fernandez, except for one move borrowed from Yulia Barsukova's ball routine in the 2000 Sydney UsefulNotes/OlympicGames.
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** Later in the same chapter, she also uses the "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" CatchPhrase from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
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** The final battle in chapter 17 includes a few movie quotes:
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** In chapter 17, Shadow Yuri's TransformationSequence into her Monarch form seems to come straight out of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', complete with an InTheNameOfTheMoon statement at the end. The narrator even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this when describing how it "wouldn't have looked out of place in a MagicalGirl action anime, as either a hero or a villain".
** The final battle in that same chapter17 includes a few movie quotes:
** The final battle in that same chapter
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** Sumire uses "You Know My Name", the theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', for her ribbon final. This also serves as a shout-out to RealLife rhythmic gymnast Sumire Kita, who used the Franchise/JamesBond theme for one of her own ribbon routines.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji.
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** Sumire uses "You Know My Name", the theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', as the music for her ribbon final. This also serves as a shout-out to RealLife rhythmic gymnast Sumire Kita, who used the Franchise/JamesBond theme for one of her own ribbon routines.
** In chapter 20's mock competition, the leotard Yuri wears for her ribbon routine is heavily based on Elsa's dress from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', and she also uses "Let It Go" for her music.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Yuna in chapter 19 when she calls Ryuji almost as vulgar as her.
** In chapter 20's mock competition, the leotard Yuri wears for her ribbon routine is heavily based on Elsa's dress from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', and she also uses "Let It Go" for her music.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Yuna in chapter 19 when she calls Ryuji almost as vulgar as her.
* TransformationSequence: Shadow Yuri has one when she morphs into her Monarch form.
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*** [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/418989731 One commenter]] also compared it to the plot of ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight''.
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*** [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/418989731 One commenter]] also compared it to the plot of ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight''.''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight''.
* WinterRoyalLady: Yuri Hikawa exhibits strong ice motifs and, although not actually royalty, comes from a very wealthy and influential family.
* WinterRoyalLady: Yuri Hikawa exhibits strong ice motifs and, although not actually royalty, comes from a very wealthy and influential family.
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* BerserkButton: Yuri is prickly enough already, but bringing up her albinism is an excellent way for her to turn said prickles on you.
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* MisplacedRetribution: This is why Yuri hates Sumire so much; because Kasumi, Yuri's OnlyFriend, died saving Sumire, Yuri blames her for Kasumi's death and her very existence is a BerserkButton for her.
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* SourOutsideSadInside: As with most Monarchs, Yuri Hikawa; ostracized for her albinism, her first friend was none other than the real Kasumi Yoshizawa...and then Kasumi died saving her sister from a car accident, which combined with some ''extremely'' thoughtless words, caused her to plummet past the DespairEventHorizon and make a deal with EMMA, turning her into the foul-mouthed AlphaBitch she is now.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Yuri, as with most other Monarchs, was originally an alright person, before EMMA's influence brought out her worst traits.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yuri learns this the hard way when she competes in the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yuri learns this the hard way when she competes in at the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix.Prix. Despite her being the top-ranked rhythmic gymnast from Japan at the time, she is thoroughly outclassed by other international champions, much to her shock and chagrin.
* AnIcePerson:
** Yusuke/Fox, and his Persona Goemon, as per canon.
** Shadow Yuri Hikawa uses ice attacks similar to Mariko Hyodo, the boss from the actual ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' whom she replaced.
* AnIcePerson:
** Yusuke/Fox, and his Persona Goemon, as per canon.
** Shadow Yuri Hikawa uses ice attacks similar to Mariko Hyodo, the boss from the actual ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' whom she replaced.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: During the final battle, when Monarch Yuri ensnares Skull with her ribbon attack and nearly crushes his chest, he is rescued when Panther drops a chandelier on her head.]]
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* ButNotTooForeign: Yuna Seong was born in South Korea, to Korean and Japanese parents.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers and ribbon finals, respectively.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers and ribbon finals, respectively.
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* ButNotTooForeign: ButNotTooForeign:
** Yuna Seong was born in South Korea, to Korean and Japanese parents.
** Sakiya Archambeau, who makes a cameo appearance in chapter 18's finals, is half-French and half-Japanese.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers andribbon finals, respectively.
** Yuna Seong was born in South Korea, to Korean and Japanese parents.
** Sakiya Archambeau, who makes a cameo appearance in chapter 18's finals, is half-French and half-Japanese.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers and
* CheatersNeverProsper: Yuri Hikawa relies on mentally crippling her opponents to gain an advantage for herself, especially after gaining the power to steal peoples' Desires with EMMA, but when her actions wind up drawing the attention of the Phantom Thieves, [[spoiler: their HeelFaceBrainwashing causes her to forfeit the Madicce Cup out of grief.]]
* ClusterFBomb: Yuri Hikawa unleashes (a censored) one, at her own mother, no less, when she flubs her ribbon routine during her practice session in chapter 16.
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** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
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** ''Prisoner of Glory'' includes multiple nods to the author's previous work, ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'':
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', ''Futaba's Unveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
* {{Contortionist}}: Given the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves when training in the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in
** [[spoiler:When Panther rescues Skull from Monarch Yuri's ribbon attack, he brings up the time when he saved her during the Shadow Aramaki battle.]]
* {{Contortionist}}: Given the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves when training in the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.
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* {{Contortionist}}: Given the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves when training in the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.
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* {{Contortionist}}: Given CurseCutShort: Skull and Panther have this exchange after the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves final battle, when training in they face down the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.defeated Shadow Yuri:
--> "Now ''you'' know what it feels like to be cheated, ya [[CountryMatters c--]]" \\
[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption "Calm down, Skull!"]] Panther quickly interrupted.
--> "Now ''you'' know what it feels like to be cheated, ya [[CountryMatters c--]]" \\
[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption "Calm down, Skull!"]] Panther quickly interrupted.
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* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is an ice-covered version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers'').
* ElectricTorture: Any technical fouls committed during cognitive gymnastics duels, such as dropping one's apparatus, stepping out of bounds, or attacking with one's bare fists, suffers a penalty in the form of a brief electric shock, delivered through their own leotard.
* ElectricTorture: Any technical fouls committed during cognitive gymnastics duels, such as dropping one's apparatus, stepping out of bounds, or attacking with one's bare fists, suffers a penalty in the form of a brief electric shock, delivered through their own leotard.
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* DefeatEqualsFriendship:
** Yuri Hikawa took second place behind Kasumi Yoshizawa at their first All-Japan Championship together, but they became friends nonetheless.
** [[spoiler:After going through her [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Change of Heart]], Yuri apologizes to Sumire and drops out of the Madicce Cup, vowing to restart their relationship with a FriendlyRivalry.]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Kasumi Yoshizawa's death was this not only for her sister Sumire, as in canon, but also for Yuri Hikawa, since Kasumi was the only friend Yuri had made at the time.
** Yuri gets a second one from the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix. After consistently winning for so long in her home country, being outclassed by more advanced gymnasts from other countries shocks her once again, and leads to her gaining control of Sapporo's Jail.
* DrivenToSuicide: This fanfic re-interprets Kasumi's HeroicSacrifice as a suicide attempt by Sumire, [[DespairEventHorizon once her inferiority complex reaches its breaking point]]. When Yuri calls her a murderer during the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix tryouts, [[HeroicBSOD this triggers Sumire to recall her intentions from that day, and subsequently fail her routine.]]
* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail isan ice-covered a SlippySlideyIceWorld version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers'').
''Strikers''), and her Monarch / Shadow form [[AnIcePerson uses ice-magic attacks]].
** To a lesser extent, [[spoiler:Sumire's second leotard bears a theme of fire from its [[ThePhoenix phoenix]] design motif]].
* ElectricTorture:Any Anyone who commits a technical fouls committed during cognitive gymnastics duels, such as dropping one's apparatus, stepping out of bounds, or attacking with one's bare fists, suffers a penalty in the form of a brief electric shock, shock delivered through their own leotard.
** Yuri Hikawa took second place behind Kasumi Yoshizawa at their first All-Japan Championship together, but they became friends nonetheless.
** [[spoiler:After going through her [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Change of Heart]], Yuri apologizes to Sumire and drops out of the Madicce Cup, vowing to restart their relationship with a FriendlyRivalry.]]
* DespairEventHorizon:
** Kasumi Yoshizawa's death was this not only for her sister Sumire, as in canon, but also for Yuri Hikawa, since Kasumi was the only friend Yuri had made at the time.
** Yuri gets a second one from the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix. After consistently winning for so long in her home country, being outclassed by more advanced gymnasts from other countries shocks her once again, and leads to her gaining control of Sapporo's Jail.
* DrivenToSuicide: This fanfic re-interprets Kasumi's HeroicSacrifice as a suicide attempt by Sumire, [[DespairEventHorizon once her inferiority complex reaches its breaking point]]. When Yuri calls her a murderer during the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix tryouts, [[HeroicBSOD this triggers Sumire to recall her intentions from that day, and subsequently fail her routine.]]
* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is
** To a lesser extent, [[spoiler:Sumire's second leotard bears a theme of fire from its [[ThePhoenix phoenix]] design motif]].
* ElectricTorture:
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* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup, formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]], is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.
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* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup, formerly Cup (formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]], Cup]]) is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.in.
* FireIceDuo: [[spoiler:Sumire becomes this with the ice-themed Yuri when she debuts her phoenix leotard at the Madicce Cup finals.]]
* FireIceDuo: [[spoiler:Sumire becomes this with the ice-themed Yuri when she debuts her phoenix leotard at the Madicce Cup finals.]]
* FriendlyRival: Yuri Hikawa and Kasumi Yoshizawa were this, until the latter's passing. [[spoiler:By the end of the fic, Yuri and Sumire have become these with each other as well.]]
* IceQueen: Yuri Hikawa, in terms of both personality and ElementalMotifs. [[spoiler:She becomes a DefrostingIceQueen after her [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Change of Heart]].]]
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Cognitive rhythmic gymnastics.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Yuri Hikawa. SubvertedTrope when she meets, and befriends, Kasumi at her first All-Japan Championship. [[DoubleSubversion Of course, this doesn’t last for long, given Kasumi's]] HeroicSacrifice.
** [[spoiler:Subverted yet again during the Madicce Cup. Empowered by EMMA, she competes seeking only to win, but when her Change of Heart forces her to forfeit, she decides to make a new start by befriending Sumire.]]
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Sumire is the insecure protagonist, still grappling with the after-effects of Kasumi's death and her own status as a gymnast. Yuri is the arrogant antagonist.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Cognitive rhythmic gymnastics.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Yuri Hikawa. SubvertedTrope when she meets, and befriends, Kasumi at her first All-Japan Championship. [[DoubleSubversion Of course, this doesn’t last for long, given Kasumi's]] HeroicSacrifice.
** [[spoiler:Subverted yet again during the Madicce Cup. Empowered by EMMA, she competes seeking only to win, but when her Change of Heart forces her to forfeit, she decides to make a new start by befriending Sumire.]]
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Sumire is the insecure protagonist, still grappling with the after-effects of Kasumi's death and her own status as a gymnast. Yuri is the arrogant antagonist.
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* IceQueen: Yuri Hikawa, in terms of both personality and ElementalMotifs.
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* IceQueen: Yuri Hikawa, ItsPersonal:
** Sumire insists on taking part interms of both personality the Lock Keeper fight in order to learn more about Yuri's past trauma and ElementalMotifs.understand her better.
** Yuri, through a misunderstanding and her unwillingness to accept the truth, believes that Sumire directly killed Kasumi, who was her only friend, and will do anything to ensure that Sumire's gymnastic career ends in disaster.
** Sumire insists on taking part in
** Yuri, through a misunderstanding and her unwillingness to accept the truth, believes that Sumire directly killed Kasumi, who was her only friend, and will do anything to ensure that Sumire's gymnastic career ends in disaster.
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* MindRape: During her duel, Noir finishes off the cognitive Larisa by employing a Psy-type attack while she is enraged, leaving her brain-dead.
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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Sumire finishes her ribbon final routine "as if she was declaring to the world, 'My name is Yoshizawa. ''Sumire'' Yoshizawa.'" Fitting this Franchise/JamesBond reference, her performance music is from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. In this case, however, the emphasis is on the "Sumire" part, in order to highlight her stepping out of her sister Kasumi's shadow.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Yuri's personal coach, Lyudmila Voronina, was directly inspired by the RealLife rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, as confirmed in the author's notes of chapter 18.
* ThePhoenix: No direct examples of phoenixes appear in this fic, but [[spoiler: the leotard Sumire wears for her ribbon final bears a phoenix motif, representing her metaphorical rebirth from all of her past trauma.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: Two examples in the final battle:
** Skull, before unleashing his Showtime attack on Shadow Yuri:
---> "On your mark, get set... DIE!"
** Afterwards, when Yuri is defeated, Joker says this when he points his gun at her:
---> "You're disqualified, Yuri."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Yuri's personal coach, Lyudmila Voronina, was directly inspired by the RealLife rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova, as confirmed in the author's notes of chapter 18.
* ThePhoenix: No direct examples of phoenixes appear in this fic, but [[spoiler: the leotard Sumire wears for her ribbon final bears a phoenix motif, representing her metaphorical rebirth from all of her past trauma.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: Two examples in the final battle:
** Skull, before unleashing his Showtime attack on Shadow Yuri:
---> "On your mark, get set... DIE!"
** Afterwards, when Yuri is defeated, Joker says this when he points his gun at her:
---> "You're disqualified, Yuri."
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Chapter 18 was written during the 2020 Tokyo UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, during which Linoy Ashram upset Russia's Dina and Arina Averina to win the rhythmic gymnastics individual finals, while Simone Biles withdrew from multiple artistic gymnastics events for mental health reasons. The author's notes for this chapter acknowledge the similarities between these RealLife events and various story beats involving Yuri Hikawa. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that the author planned his story well in advance of the Olympics, but they nonetheless influenced a few minor details.
* RealMenWearPink: Despite rhythmic gymnastics being a largely female-oriented sport, the male Phantom Thieves take to it well when they have to train and fight in Yuri's cognitive version of the sport.
* RealMenWearPink: Despite rhythmic gymnastics being a largely female-oriented sport, the male Phantom Thieves take to it well when they have to train and fight in Yuri's cognitive version of the sport.
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** Many of the routines described in this fic are based on examples from RealLife gymnasts:
*** Sumire Yoshizawa: Takana Tatsuzawa and Sumire Kita.
*** Yuri Hikawa: Chisaki Oiwa.
*** Yuna Seong: Chaewoon Kim.
*** Larisa Lebedeva: Yeon-jae Son.
*** Yuliya Krylenko: Viktoriia Onopriienko and "pretty much every [[{{Contortionist}} super-flexible rhythmic gymnast]] from the early 2000s".
*** Ayelet Weiss: Linoy Ashram.
*** Elena Plisetskaya: Dina Averina.
*** Sumire Yoshizawa: Takana Tatsuzawa and Sumire Kita.
*** Yuri Hikawa: Chisaki Oiwa.
*** Yuna Seong: Chaewoon Kim.
*** Larisa Lebedeva: Yeon-jae Son.
*** Yuliya Krylenko: Viktoriia Onopriienko and "pretty much every [[{{Contortionist}} super-flexible rhythmic gymnast]] from the early 2000s".
*** Ayelet Weiss: Linoy Ashram.
*** Elena Plisetskaya: Dina Averina.
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** The final battle in chapter 17 includes a few movie quotes:
*** Joker says [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "Skull... smash."]] when planning with his teammates before the fight.
*** Oracle says [[Film/GoldenEye "YES! I AM INVINCIBLE!"]] after [[spoiler:completing her hack to disable the Castle's cognitive spell]].
*** Shadow Yuri says [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby "If you're not first, you're last!"]] to explain her SecondPlaceIsForLosers mentality.
** Sumire uses "You Know My Name", the theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', for her ribbon final. This also serves as a shout-out to RealLife rhythmic gymnast Sumire Kita, who used the Franchise/JamesBond theme for one of her own ribbon routines.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji.
*** Joker says [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "Skull... smash."]] when planning with his teammates before the fight.
*** Oracle says [[Film/GoldenEye "YES! I AM INVINCIBLE!"]] after [[spoiler:completing her hack to disable the Castle's cognitive spell]].
*** Shadow Yuri says [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby "If you're not first, you're last!"]] to explain her SecondPlaceIsForLosers mentality.
** Sumire uses "You Know My Name", the theme song from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', for her ribbon final. This also serves as a shout-out to RealLife rhythmic gymnast Sumire Kita, who used the Franchise/JamesBond theme for one of her own ribbon routines.
* SirSwearsALot: Yuri Hikawa, especially in later chapters, can cuss up a (censored) blue streak to rival Ryuji.
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* TranslationConvention: By default, everyone in this fic speaks Japanese in-universe, despite being written in English for the reader. When characters are meant to speak other languages, such as Russian, their dialogue is italicized.
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* BlandNameProduct: This fanfic mentions anime series such as "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure YoYo's Bizarre Adventure]]" and "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Renka One-Half]]".
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* BlandNameProduct: {{Ballet}}: In addition to Haru having dabbled in ballet when she was younger, one of the cognitive champions, Larisa Lebedeva, performs as a professional ballerina in-between gymnastics competitions.
* BlandNameProduct:
** This fanfic mentions anime series such as "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure YoYo's Bizarre Adventure]]" and "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf RenkaOne-Half]]".One-Half]]".
** In chapter 9, Futaba plays videos on a website called "[=YouChan=]", named after Website/{{YouTube}} and [[ImageBoards 2chan]]
* BloodSport: The cognitive gymnastics duels in Yuri's Jail turn rhythmic gymnastics, a benign non-combat sport, into this.
* BlandNameProduct:
** This fanfic mentions anime series such as "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure YoYo's Bizarre Adventure]]" and "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Renka
** In chapter 9, Futaba plays videos on a website called "[=YouChan=]", named after Website/{{YouTube}} and [[ImageBoards 2chan]]
* BloodSport: The cognitive gymnastics duels in Yuri's Jail turn rhythmic gymnastics, a benign non-combat sport, into this.
* CampStraight: Yusuke's mannerisms, and his participation in the duel with Yuliya, have him called by some homophobic insults by Shadow Yuri, but after the fight, he confesses his romantic infatuation for her.
* CheckpointBluff: Sumire gets the Phantom Thieves into the Metaverse training gym for free by claiming to be her team's captain and presenting a membership card they stole from a defeated group of Jack Frosts.
* ContinuityNod:
** Before Madicce bought the naming rights to the Madicce Cup, they were previously held by [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes]].
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
* CripplingTheCompetition: {{Discussed|Trope}} as something Yuri is rumored to have had done to another rival in the past.
* CheckpointBluff: Sumire gets the Phantom Thieves into the Metaverse training gym for free by claiming to be her team's captain and presenting a membership card they stole from a defeated group of Jack Frosts.
* ContinuityNod:
** Before Madicce bought the naming rights to the Madicce Cup, they were previously held by [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes]].
** In chapter 8, Futaba says "ret-2-rock", a CatchPhrase she had previously used in ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', which was in-universe taken from a [[BlandNameProduct Persona-verse pastiche of]] VideoGame/{{Shantae}}.
* CripplingTheCompetition: {{Discussed|Trope}} as something Yuri is rumored to have had done to another rival in the past.
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* DanceBattler: The "cognitive rhythmic gymnastics" battles featured in this fic translate the tools and moves of the real sport into weapons and Persona skills, applying this trope to all who take part.
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* DanceBattler: The "cognitive rhythmic gymnastics" battles featured in this fic translate the tools and moves of the real sport into weapons and Persona skills, applying this trope to all who take part. This goes double for Haru and Larisa, who have practiced {{ballet}} and incorporate it into their style [[TruthInTelevision (which is frequently true of actual rhythmic gymnastics, as well)]].
* ElectricTorture: Any technical fouls committed during cognitive gymnastics duels, such as dropping one's apparatus, stepping out of bounds, or attacking with one's bare fists, suffers a penalty in the form of a brief electric shock, delivered through their own leotard.
* IShallTauntYou: One of the tactics Yuri uses to gain an advantage in her competitions is to insult the other gymnasts and ruin their concentration.
* MeaningfulReleaseDate: As ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'' did for Futaba, the first chapter of ''Prisoner of Glory'' was released on 25 March 2021, Sumire's 20th birthday.
* MuggedForDisguise: The Phantom Thieves get into the Metaverse training gym for free by beating up a pack of Jack Frosts and stealing their membership card.
* PrivilegedRival: Yuri Hikawa, who comes from a rich ''[[MegaCorp zaibatsu]]''-owning family. Her parents even founded her own gymnastics team themselves.
* MuggedForDisguise: The Phantom Thieves get into the Metaverse training gym for free by beating up a pack of Jack Frosts and stealing their membership card.
* PrivilegedRival: Yuri Hikawa, who comes from a rich ''[[MegaCorp zaibatsu]]''-owning family. Her parents even founded her own gymnastics team themselves.
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* SheFu: Both Yuri’s champions and the female Phantom Thieves fight in such a manner during their cognitive rhythmic gymnastics battles.
* ShoutOut: Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and ending poses. Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part 1)"]].
* ShoutOut: Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and ending poses. Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part 1)"]].
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* TheRival: Yuri Hikawa is this for Sumire.
* SheFu: BothYuri’s Yuri's champions and the female Phantom Thieves fight in such a manner during their cognitive rhythmic gymnastics battles.
*ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and endingposes. poses.
*** Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part1)"]].1)"]].
** Futaba shouts "Allez gymnastique!" in chapter 8, a CallBack to her [[Series/IronChef "Allez cuisine!"]] quote from ''Strikers'' itself.
** Later in the same chapter, she also uses the "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" CatchPhrase from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
** After being downed during her duel with Larisa, Haru recovers with a slow sit-up, a la Wrestling/TheUndertaker. The author's notes for chapter 10 mention that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he planned to add a few more wrestling references, but let go of them as he started writing the chapter]].
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sapporo Jail, as in the real ''Strikers''.
* StockShonenRival: Yuri Hikawa serves as a DistaffCounterpart version of this to Sumire.
* SheFu: Both
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** Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and ending
*** Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part
** Futaba shouts "Allez gymnastique!" in chapter 8, a CallBack to her [[Series/IronChef "Allez cuisine!"]] quote from ''Strikers'' itself.
** Later in the same chapter, she also uses the "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing" CatchPhrase from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
** After being downed during her duel with Larisa, Haru recovers with a slow sit-up, a la Wrestling/TheUndertaker. The author's notes for chapter 10 mention that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he planned to add a few more wrestling references, but let go of them as he started writing the chapter]].
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sapporo Jail, as in the real ''Strikers''.
* StockShonenRival: Yuri Hikawa serves as a DistaffCounterpart version of this to Sumire.
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!This page contains unmarked spoilers for ''VideoGame/Persona5'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' and, to a lesser extent, ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers''. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
"Prisoner of Glory" is a currently-in-progress ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic and TroperWork written by Tropers/{{SpyHunter29}}, with proofreading and support by Deathmanstratos and [=SupremeKnight3=], authors of ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms''.
Taking place during, and replacing, the Sapporo Jail arc of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' [[note]]August 8th to 13th, 20XX[[/note]], this fanfic stars Sumire Yoshizawa at the onset of her senior-level rhythmic gymnastics career. Several months after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Yuri Hikawa, a manipulative rival, Sumire re-emerges to compete in a new tournament in Sapporo. At the same time, the Phantom Thieves arrive in the city and learn that a new Metaverse Jail has been created with Yuri as its Monarch.
This story may be read on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30266571 Archive of Our Own]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/spyhunter29/gallery/78261281/fanfiction-prisoner-of-glory deviantART]], and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13848107/1/Prisoner-of-Glory FanFiction.net]].
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!! Prisoner of Glory contains examples of the following tropes:
* ACupAngst: Chapter 5 opens with female Phantom Thieves' breast-comparison conversation. When Sumire arrives, she covers up her relatively petite figure so as not to get dragged into the matter.
* AlbinosAreFreaks: Yuri Hikawa's albinism made her a social outcast for much of her school life.
* AlphaBitch: Yuri Hikawa is rich, an ace at gymnastics, and acts devastatingly mean to anyone who gets in her way.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yuri learns this the hard way when she competes in the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Yuri Hikawa is this for rhythmic gymnastics.
* BlandNameProduct: This fanfic mentions anime series such as "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure YoYo's Bizarre Adventure]]" and "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Renka One-Half]]".
* ButNotTooForeign: Yuna Seong was born in South Korea, to Korean and Japanese parents.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers and ribbon finals, respectively.
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Hanako originally had more scenes in some of the earlier chapters, but her parts were replaced with original characters like Yuri Hikawa and Yuna Seong.]] In the authors' notes for chapter 6, he jokes how Hanako has become [[TheOtherMarty the Eric Stoltz to Yuna's Michael J. Fox]].
* {{Contortionist}}: Given the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves when training in the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.
* DanceBattler: The "cognitive rhythmic gymnastics" battles featured in this fic translate the tools and moves of the real sport into weapons and Persona skills, applying this trope to all who take part.
* DefeatAsBackstory:
** Sumire Yoshizawa, at Japan's tryouts for the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix, in the opening prologue chapter.
** Yuri Hikawa, at the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix itself.
* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is an ice-covered version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers'').
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Futaba admits she became interested in learning about rhythmic gymnastics after developing a "girl-crush" on Sumire. Chapter 5 also adapts the bathhouse cutscene where she admires Ann and Haru's figures.
* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup, formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]], is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.
* FloralThemeNaming: In addition to Sumire, meaning "violet", the original character Yuri Hikawa was named after the Japanese word for "lily".
* GenkiGirl: Yuna Seong. According to chapter 6, "nothing [can] break her spirit".
* GoshDangItToHeck: As with ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', the author's last major ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic, strong language is either censored or mentioned indirectly. Unlike the previous story, a few instances of mild language are left in this time around.
* HalfBreedAngst: Yuna Seong. Being of a mixed South Korean and Japanese family, she has been the victim of bullying and discrimination when living in either country, [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan due to long-standing historical enmity between the two]]. {{Downplayed|Trope}}, however, as she used her prowess in sport to make a better name for herself.
* IceQueen: Yuri Hikawa, in terms of both personality and ElementalMotifs.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: DownplayedTrope. The villain, Yuri Hikawa, has red eyes due to her albinism, but frequently wears colored contact lenses to make them appear brown.
* SheFu: Both Yuri’s champions and the female Phantom Thieves fight in such a manner during their cognitive rhythmic gymnastics battles.
* ShoutOut: Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and ending poses. Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part 1)"]].
* TrainingMontage: Chapter 3, for the Madicce Cup competitors, and chapter 8, for the Phantom Thieves.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Yuri Hikawa, the villain, has white hair due to her albinism.
* WholePlotReference:
** The plot of Yuri disabling her competitors by stealing their Desires is, as Futaba describes, [[Film/SpaceJam "just like that movie where the aliens stole all the talent out of those basketball players"]].
** The concept of cognitive rhythmic gymnastics duels echoes the "martial-arts rhythmic gymnastics" battle from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', as pointed out both by the author and the characters themselves.
*** [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/418989731 One commenter]] also compared it to the plot of ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight''.
"Prisoner of Glory" is a currently-in-progress ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic and TroperWork written by Tropers/{{SpyHunter29}}, with proofreading and support by Deathmanstratos and [=SupremeKnight3=], authors of ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms''.
Taking place during, and replacing, the Sapporo Jail arc of ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' [[note]]August 8th to 13th, 20XX[[/note]], this fanfic stars Sumire Yoshizawa at the onset of her senior-level rhythmic gymnastics career. Several months after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Yuri Hikawa, a manipulative rival, Sumire re-emerges to compete in a new tournament in Sapporo. At the same time, the Phantom Thieves arrive in the city and learn that a new Metaverse Jail has been created with Yuri as its Monarch.
This story may be read on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30266571 Archive of Our Own]], [[https://www.deviantart.com/spyhunter29/gallery/78261281/fanfiction-prisoner-of-glory deviantART]], and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13848107/1/Prisoner-of-Glory FanFiction.net]].
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!! Prisoner of Glory contains examples of the following tropes:
* ACupAngst: Chapter 5 opens with female Phantom Thieves' breast-comparison conversation. When Sumire arrives, she covers up her relatively petite figure so as not to get dragged into the matter.
* AlbinosAreFreaks: Yuri Hikawa's albinism made her a social outcast for much of her school life.
* AlphaBitch: Yuri Hikawa is rich, an ace at gymnastics, and acts devastatingly mean to anyone who gets in her way.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yuri learns this the hard way when she competes in the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Yuri Hikawa is this for rhythmic gymnastics.
* BlandNameProduct: This fanfic mentions anime series such as "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure YoYo's Bizarre Adventure]]" and "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Renka One-Half]]".
* ButNotTooForeign: Yuna Seong was born in South Korea, to Korean and Japanese parents.
* TheCameo: Hanako Natsuki and Sakiya Archambeau from ''Fanfic/LotusVioletAndCherryBlossoms'' have featured routines in the qualifiers and ribbon finals, respectively.
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Hanako originally had more scenes in some of the earlier chapters, but her parts were replaced with original characters like Yuri Hikawa and Yuna Seong.]] In the authors' notes for chapter 6, he jokes how Hanako has become [[TheOtherMarty the Eric Stoltz to Yuna's Michael J. Fox]].
* {{Contortionist}}: Given the nature of their sport, many of the rhythmic gymnasts in the Madicce Cup demonstrate above-average flexibility, as do the Phantom Thieves when training in the Metaverse. Yuliya Krylenko, one of the cognitive champions, goes the extra mile by performing as a circus contortionist in-between competitions.
* DanceBattler: The "cognitive rhythmic gymnastics" battles featured in this fic translate the tools and moves of the real sport into weapons and Persona skills, applying this trope to all who take part.
* DefeatAsBackstory:
** Sumire Yoshizawa, at Japan's tryouts for the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix, in the opening prologue chapter.
** Yuri Hikawa, at the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix itself.
* ElementalMotifs: Yuri Hikawa's character is based around ice. Her name includes the kanji for "ice", her performance leotards and music incorporate ice or winter-related themes, and her Jail is an ice-covered version of Sapporo (as in the real ''Strikers'').
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Futaba admits she became interested in learning about rhythmic gymnastics after developing a "girl-crush" on Sumire. Chapter 5 also adapts the bathhouse cutscene where she admires Ann and Haru's figures.
* {{Expy}}: The Madicce Cup, formerly known as the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Junes Cup]], is a fictional counterpart of the AEON Cup, a RealLife rhythmic gymnastics tournament held annually in Japan, with some elements of the FIG World Cup series mixed in.
* FloralThemeNaming: In addition to Sumire, meaning "violet", the original character Yuri Hikawa was named after the Japanese word for "lily".
* GenkiGirl: Yuna Seong. According to chapter 6, "nothing [can] break her spirit".
* GoshDangItToHeck: As with ''FanFic/FutabasUnveiling'', the author's last major ''VideoGame/Persona5'' FanFic, strong language is either censored or mentioned indirectly. Unlike the previous story, a few instances of mild language are left in this time around.
* HalfBreedAngst: Yuna Seong. Being of a mixed South Korean and Japanese family, she has been the victim of bullying and discrimination when living in either country, [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan due to long-standing historical enmity between the two]]. {{Downplayed|Trope}}, however, as she used her prowess in sport to make a better name for herself.
* IceQueen: Yuri Hikawa, in terms of both personality and ElementalMotifs.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: DownplayedTrope. The villain, Yuri Hikawa, has red eyes due to her albinism, but frequently wears colored contact lenses to make them appear brown.
* SheFu: Both Yuri’s champions and the female Phantom Thieves fight in such a manner during their cognitive rhythmic gymnastics battles.
* ShoutOut: Hanako's ball routine is one long homage to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from the music to her starting and ending poses. Its [[BlandNameProduct parody title]], "[=YoYo's=] Bizarre Adventure", also comes from a WebVideo/PersonaMemeverse video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUOcn76dQ "Persona 5 Strikers in a Nutshell (Part 1)"]].
* TrainingMontage: Chapter 3, for the Madicce Cup competitors, and chapter 8, for the Phantom Thieves.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Yuri Hikawa, the villain, has white hair due to her albinism.
* WholePlotReference:
** The plot of Yuri disabling her competitors by stealing their Desires is, as Futaba describes, [[Film/SpaceJam "just like that movie where the aliens stole all the talent out of those basketball players"]].
** The concept of cognitive rhythmic gymnastics duels echoes the "martial-arts rhythmic gymnastics" battle from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', as pointed out both by the author and the characters themselves.
*** [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/418989731 One commenter]] also compared it to the plot of ''VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight''.
