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* CombinationAttack: Like in Royal, the Phantom Thieves are able to create Showtime attacks where two characters work together to hit the enemy with a more powerful attack. [[spoiler:The fight with Compyshiro/Piggytron ends up being won due to one such attack from Nanako and Ann, called "Seki-ha, Love and Friendship, Tenkyouken".]]

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* CombinationAttack: Like in Royal, the Phantom Thieves are able to create Showtime attacks where two characters work together to hit the enemy with a more powerful attack. Thus far, we have four: Joker and Angel, Joker and Skull, the canon one between Mona and Panther, and Panther and Angel. [[spoiler:The fight with Compyshiro/Piggytron fourth one ends up being won due debuting to one such attack from Nanako and Ann, called "Seki-ha, Love and Friendship, Tenkyouken".]]defeat Compyshiro/Piggytron]].
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 365. A major diversion from canon comes with the reveal that [[spoiler:Wakaba Isshiki confronted and accepted her Shadow with Teddie's help]], because Persona-users cannot suffer mental shutdowns. We also get confirmation that Teddie is [[spoiler:being held captive on the orders of Shido's conspiracy.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 365. A major diversion from canon comes with the reveal that [[spoiler:Wakaba Isshiki confronted and accepted her Shadow with Teddie's help]], because Persona-users cannot suffer help, though it's unclear if it became a Persona afterward]]; this heavily implies that death by mental shutdowns.shutdown is no longer possible. We also get confirmation that Teddie is [[spoiler:being held captive on the orders of Shido's conspiracy.]]
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** Mitsuru and Yukari are married, whereas in ''Persona 3'' they were both potential romance options for the male protagonist but not the female protagonist.

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** In Chapter 316, it's revealed that Mitsuru and Yukari are married, whereas in ''Persona 3'' they were both potential romance options for the male protagonist but not the female protagonist.

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* AlternateUniverseFic: Not just concerning Nanako's intervention. The longer the story goes on, the more it becomes clear that certain past events are different from what happened in the original game.
** At the end of the second, third, and fourth parts, we see reports from Wakaba Isshiki about her cognitive psience research, not only explicitly referencing the events of the previous four games but heavily implying and later outright confirming that the primary source of her information is [[spoiler:Teddie]], whom Futaba meets and gets along with. By far the biggest impact on the story comes in the last report, wherein Wakaba says that [[spoiler:she faced and accepted her Shadow, making her canonical death by mental shutdown no longer possible]].
** It's unclear exactly what kind of relationship Sojiro has with Ren's parents, but it's implied to go far deeper than in canon. Later, it also comes to light that he knew Yusuke's mother before she died.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Makoto comes up with a plan to take down Compyshiro involving [[spoiler: having the Phantom Thieves engage the B.O.A.R. while Morgana plants a bomb on the computer tower nearby, which Makoto (correctly) theorises to be Compyshiro's actual body.]] The only other people she tells about the plan are Ren and Morgana to avoid accidentally tipping off Compyshiro.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Makoto comes up with a plan to take down Compyshiro involving [[spoiler: having the Phantom Thieves engage the B.O.A.R. while Morgana plants a bomb on the computer tower nearby, which Makoto (correctly) theorises theorizes to be Compyshiro's actual body.]] The only other people she tells about the plan are Ren and Morgana to avoid accidentally tipping off Compyshiro.



'''Ren''': [[ArmorPiercingResponse I just did what I thought you would've done]].

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'''Ren''': [[ArmorPiercingResponse I just just...did what I thought you would've done]].

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* NonSequiturThud: A tragic example in Chapter 229 is when we see Yusuke's mother having the seizure that led to her death, and she starts babbling nonsense before she collapses. Or is it nonsense?
-->'''Fujiko''': After all the mix of masks and the gunpowder could bring about the right mixture of friends and pigment.\\
'''Madarame''': ''(DoubleTake)'' What?\\
'''Fujiko''': I said that the fallen angels of the mind will break palaces in the future and...I...gabble...shmababble...''(collapses)''



* SignificantNameOverlap: Subverted. In Chapter 168, Ren gasps quietly when he hears the name 'Sayuri.' But in Chapter 170, it seems to be just a coincidence, as Sayuri is his mother's name in this story and she has no connection to the art piece.

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* SignificantNameOverlap: Subverted. In Chapter 168, Ren gasps quietly when he hears the name 'Sayuri.' But in In Chapter 170, it seems to be just a coincidence, as it's revealed that Sayuri is his mother's name in this story and story. And in Chapter 229, the last coherent phrase that Yusuke's mother ever says is that she has no connection to named the art piece.picture after a dear friend of hers, hoping that that friend's strength would rub off on her as she raised Yusuke.
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** In Chapter 229, which features a flashback showing Yusuke's mother's death, the chapter description is "The Days My Mother Was There," which is the name of the soundtrack for the fourth Palace in the original game.

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** Wakaba Isshiki developed the Metaverse Navigator app based on information [[spoiler:received from Teddie.]]

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** Wakaba Isshiki developed the Metaverse Navigator app based on information [[spoiler:received from Teddie.]]Teddie]].
* ArcWords: Contradictions. Specifically, the contradictions of the human psyche, how two apparent polar opposites can exist in harmony in someone's heart.
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* UnstoppableMailman: The delivery services of Aiya's Nikudon remain ridiculous. To prove a point to Ryuji, Ren places an order from Tokyo for three beef bowls and then sprints randomly through Yongen-Jaya's backstreets with him and Nanako in tow. [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Aika Nakamura]] still shows up on her moped and delivers the order with impossible speed, despite Inaba being several hours away by train. Later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as it's revealed [[spoiler:Aika has access to both the TV Realm AND the Metaverse, [[MundaneUtility which she uses to make her deliveries faster]]]].

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* UnstoppableMailman: The delivery services of Aiya's Nikudon remain ridiculous. To In Chapter 194, to prove a point to Ryuji, Ren places an order from Tokyo for three beef bowls and then sprints randomly through Yongen-Jaya's backstreets with him and Nanako in tow. [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Aika Nakamura]] still shows up on her moped and delivers the order with impossible speed, despite Inaba being several hours away by train. Later [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as it's revealed [[spoiler:Aika has access to both the TV Realm AND the Metaverse, [[MundaneUtility which she uses to make her deliveries faster]]]].
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler: Adachi has been approached by Akechi for information on his role in the serial killings of Inaba in the hope of some insight on the Metaverse. In return Adachi receives prison favors, and better living conditions.]]
* BrickJoke: Near the beginning of the story, Nanako helps Kanji on one of his craft livestreams and offers her suggestions to what he's making. By the end, he's made her a small charm of a blue samurai fox wearing a black jacket and white robe. A few hundred chapters later when Yusuke joins the Thieves, he asks Nanako why she has a charm of [[ContrivedCoincidence his Metaverse self]] on her bag, flustering her to hell and back.

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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler: Adachi [[spoiler:Adachi]] has been approached by Akechi [[spoiler:Akechi]] for information on his role in the serial [[spoiler:serial killings of Inaba Inaba]] in the hope of some insight on the Metaverse. In return Adachi return, [[spoiler:Adachi]] receives prison favors, favors and better living conditions.]]
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* BrickJoke: Near the beginning of the story, story's beginning, Nanako helps Kanji on one of his craft livestreams live streams and offers her suggestions to for what he's making. By the end, he's made her a small charm of a blue samurai fox wearing a black jacket and white robe. A few hundred chapters later later, when Yusuke joins the Thieves, he asks Nanako why she has a charm of [[ContrivedCoincidence his Metaverse self]] on her bag, flustering her to hell and back.
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* SignificantNameOverlap: Subverted. In Chapter 168, Ren gasps quietly when he hears the name 'Sayuri.' But in Chapter 170, it seems to be just a coincidence, as Sayuri is his mother's name in this story and she has no connection to the art piece.
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'''Ren''': So you think I’m calm? I’m not. I’m pissed. I’m pissed off at him, at the system, at all of Japan and the society it supports. I live with this rage with me all the time. It’s become this quiet friend that lurks in the background. And every once in a while, it threatens to over take me and cause wanton destruction. If I’m screwed in society anyway, I might as do whatever I want, right? But I don’t. I control it. I tell it to back off and release itself at the right moment. When I swing my knife, when I dodge behind a couch, when I fire my gun, when I summon Arsene…these moments are little explosions of my rage. I measure it out. I target it. I use it as a tool. When the anger comes too strong, I always ask myself the same question. Do I want to get angry…Or get even?”\\

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'''Ren''': So you think I’m calm? I’m not. I’m pissed. I’m pissed off at him, at the system, at all of Japan and the society it supports. I live with this rage with me all the time. It’s become this quiet friend that lurks in the background. And every once in a while, it threatens to over take me and cause wanton destruction. If I’m screwed in society anyway, I might as do whatever I want, right? But I don’t. I control it. I tell it to back off and release itself at the right moment. When I swing my knife, when I dodge behind a couch, when I fire my gun, when I summon Arsene…these moments are little explosions of my rage. I measure it out. I target it. I use it as a tool. When the anger comes too strong, I always ask myself the same question. Do I want to get angry…Or get even?”\\even?”

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* ThatCameOutWrong: In Chapter 101, during a flashback of Kamoshida's past, when a coach was inviting him to join volleyball in middle school:
-->'''Coach''': Come on, let’s stop moping around about whatever dumb chick broke your heart and let’s get you some balls!…er, that came out wrong.



* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is [[ButNotTooForeign mixed race]] and is in love with Shiho which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush on Shiho means that she is bisexual or a lesbian).

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is [[ButNotTooForeign mixed race]] and is in love with Shiho Shiho, which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush on Shiho means that she is bisexual or a lesbian).
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* TranquilFury: Discussed in Chapter 97, when Nanako tries to get Ryuji and Ann to take control of their anger. Ann tries to wave her off, saying her anger is her weapon, and Ryuji says they can't be calm like she and Ren.
-->'''Ren''': Calm? You think I'm calm? I’m not calm. You’ve all heard the rumors about my past. My criminal record. Well, it’s true. I do have a criminal record. But it’s an unfair one. I was trying to protect someone. The aggressor was drunk and fell, but he blamed me for it. He got me arrested for assault, and the judge bought it. I was kicked out of school, my parents sent me to live with a man I don’t know…my whole future in society is at risk because I tried to do the right thing.” \\
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'''Ren''': So you think I’m calm? I’m not. I’m pissed. I’m pissed off at him, at the system, at all of Japan and the society it supports. I live with this rage with me all the time. It’s become this quiet friend that lurks in the background. And every once in a while, it threatens to over take me and cause wanton destruction. If I’m screwed in society anyway, I might as do whatever I want, right? But I don’t. I control it. I tell it to back off and release itself at the right moment. When I swing my knife, when I dodge behind a couch, when I fire my gun, when I summon Arsene…these moments are little explosions of my rage. I measure it out. I target it. I use it as a tool. When the anger comes too strong, I always ask myself the same question. Do I want to get angry…Or get even?”\\

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* VillainousBSOD: Nanako manages to cause one in Kaneshiro when [[spoiler:she leads him to the day care where his ex-girlfriend's daughter goes, forcing him to confront the happy life he threw away in his endless obsession with money]].

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* VillainousBSOD: Nanako manages to cause one in Kaneshiro when [[spoiler:she leads him to the day care daycare where his ex-girlfriend's daughter goes, forcing him to confront the happy life he threw away in his endless obsession with money]].



* WhamEpisode: Chapter 365. [[spoiler:Wakaba Isshiki confronts and accepts her shadow with Teddie's help. Now that she has a persona, it'll be impossible for Akechi to kill her the way he did in canon, setting up a major divergence. We also get confirmation that Teddie is being held captive on the orders of Shido's conspiracy.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 365. A major diversion from canon comes with the reveal that [[spoiler:Wakaba Isshiki confronts confronted and accepts accepted her shadow Shadow with Teddie's help. Now that she has a persona, it'll be impossible for Akechi to kill her the way he did in canon, setting up a major divergence. help]], because Persona-users cannot suffer mental shutdowns. We also get confirmation that Teddie is being [[spoiler:being held captive on the orders of Shido's conspiracy.]]
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* RedPillBluePill: In Chapter 27, immediately after being knocked out by [[[[VideoGame/Persona5 the knights of Kamoshida's castle]] for refusing to dress in lingerie, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret confronts Nanako]] in a dream and warns her that she's on a path she was never meant to follow. Her choice comes in the form of two tarot cards. The Blue Pill is Justice, representing her bond with her cousin Yu Narukami, will erase the memories of the past month and return her to the happy, peaceful, mundane life in Inaba she was meant for. The Red Pill is The Fool, the mark of the Wild Card, will maintain her current path of life-risking confusion and fear. Despite her reservations, Nanako refuses to turn away from Ren and takes the Fool card, whereupon Margaret grants her just enough power and instruction to escape the castle.

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* RedPillBluePill: In Chapter 27, immediately after being knocked out by [[[[VideoGame/Persona5 the knights of Kamoshida's castle]] castle for refusing to dress in lingerie, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret confronts Nanako]] Nanako in a dream and warns her that she's on a path she was never meant to follow. Her choice comes in the form of two tarot cards. The Blue Pill is Justice, representing her bond with her cousin Yu Narukami, will erase the memories of the past month and return her to the happy, peaceful, mundane life in Inaba she was meant for. The Red Pill is The Fool, the mark of the Wild Card, will maintain her current path of life-risking confusion and fear. Despite her reservations, Nanako refuses to turn away from Ren and takes the Fool card, whereupon Margaret grants her just enough power and instruction to escape the castle.

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* RedPillBluePill: When Nanako meets Margaret, the latter offers two possible paths for her: The path of Justice and the path of the Fool. Justice would bring Nanako back to Inaba to spend her second year at Yasogami rather than Shujin, with all her memories of the past month replaced with those of a happy and normal school break. The Fool would allow Nanako to continue on the path she's on, which Margaret warns will not end well for her. Despite this, Nanako decides to reach out for the Fool and stay in Tokyo.

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* RedPillBluePill: When Nanako meets Margaret, In Chapter 27, immediately after being knocked out by [[[[VideoGame/Persona5 the latter offers two possible paths knights of Kamoshida's castle]] for her: The refusing to dress in lingerie, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Margaret confronts Nanako]] in a dream and warns her that she's on a path of Justice and she was never meant to follow. Her choice comes in the path form of the Fool. Justice would bring Nanako back to Inaba to spend two tarot cards. The Blue Pill is Justice, representing her second year at Yasogami rather than Shujin, bond with all her cousin Yu Narukami, will erase the memories of the past month replaced with those of a happy and normal school break. return her to the happy, peaceful, mundane life in Inaba she was meant for. The Fool would allow Red Pill is The Fool, the mark of the Wild Card, will maintain her current path of life-risking confusion and fear. Despite her reservations, Nanako refuses to continue on turn away from Ren and takes the path she's on, which Fool card, whereupon Margaret warns will not end well for her. Despite this, Nanako decides grants her just enough power and instruction to reach out for escape the Fool and stay in Tokyo.castle.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is mixed race and is in love with Shiho which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush on Shiho means that she is bisexual or a lesbian).

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is [[ButNotTooForeign mixed race race]] and is in love with Shiho which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush on Shiho means that she is bisexual or a lesbian).

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* DeconReconSwitch: The fic seems to deconstruct the idea that it's possible to meet the love of your life as a teenager. Yu dated Rise for a year in high school, but they broke up, partly because of her jealousy issues. Yu then got so close with Naoto that they got engaged, but ultimately broke it off due to their personal and professional lives getting too intertwined.
** However, about a year before the fic begins, Yu reconnects with Rise. Having both matured a lot, their relationship goes much better this time, to the point where Yu is willing to risk another engagement. The takeaway seems to be that while intense young love won't inevitably last forever, it still can, as long as both lovers are willing to work on their flaws and grow together.

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* DeconReconSwitch: The fic seems to deconstruct the idea that it's possible to meet the love of your life as a teenager. Yu dated Rise for a year in high school, but they broke up, partly because of her jealousy issues. Yu then got so close with Naoto that they got engaged, but ultimately broke it off due to their personal and professional lives getting too intertwined.
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intertwined. However, about a year before the fic begins, Yu reconnects with Rise. Having both matured a lot, their relationship goes much better this time, to the point where Yu is willing to risk another engagement. The takeaway seems to be that while intense young love won't inevitably last forever, it still can, as long as both lovers are willing to work on their flaws and grow together.

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* GoodParents: Downplayed with Ryotaro. He can be quite strict and overprotective of Nanako ([[AloneWithThePsycho for]] [[VideoGame/Persona4 good]] [[MissingChild reason]]) and at one point even shouts at her when she reveals that she intends to follow Ren to Tokyo on her own, but it is made clear that he acts this way because he genuinely cares about her and he and Nanako have a good relationship.

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* GoodParents: GoodParents:
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Downplayed with Ryotaro. He can be quite strict and overprotective of Nanako ([[AloneWithThePsycho for]] [[VideoGame/Persona4 good]] [[MissingChild reason]]) and at one point even shouts at her when she reveals that she intends to follow Ren to Tokyo on her own, but it is made clear that he acts this way because he genuinely cares about her and he and Nanako have a good relationship.



* LipstickLesbian: Ann. She occasionally works as a model and ends up in a relationship with Shiho. Downplayed in that Ann is not sure if she is bisexual or a lesbian.

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Ann. She occasionally works as a model and ends up in a relationship with Shiho. Downplayed in that Ann is not sure if she is bisexual or a lesbian.

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* BadDate: Yosuke and Mika’s date (arranged with the help of Nanako and Ann) does not go well at all -- Mika was convinced that Yosuke's father was the owner of the entire Junes corporation, not just the manager of one branch. Even so, Yosuke thanks Ann and Nanako for giving him the courage to date again, and hopes the next one will go better.

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* BadDate: BadDate:
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Yosuke and Mika’s date (arranged with the help of Nanako and Ann) does not go well at all -- Mika was convinced that Yosuke's father was the owner of the entire Junes corporation, not just the manager of one branch. Even so, Yosuke thanks Ann and Nanako for giving him the courage to date again, and hopes the next one will go better.
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** It’s also revealed that in this story’s universe Kotone romanced Akihiko.
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** Mitsuru and Yukari also qualify as they married each other sometime after the events of ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
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* ChickenAndEggParadox: Wakaba Isshiki finds that her research into the Metaverse is this.
-->'''Wakaba''': Are the beings of the Metaverse waiting for us on the other side? Or are they created when we enter, shaped by our own subconscious energy? Were we created by gods, or did we create them?
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* InconsistentSpelling: Sano's first name has been spelled as either Satoichi or Satoishi whenever it's been brought up. When asked which spelling was correct, the author said that it was "probably" Satoichi.
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** Shiho goes from Ann's driving force to her best and closest friend at Shujin. They later go through a RelationshipUpgrade after Ann discovers her sexuality.

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** Shiho goes from Ann's driving force to her best and closest friend at Shujin. They later go through a RelationshipUpgrade after Ann discovers her sexuality.[[LGBTAwakening sexuality]].
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** Mitsuru and Yukari are married, whereas in ''Persona 3'' they were both potential romance options for the male protagonist.

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** Mitsuru and Yukari are married, whereas in ''Persona 3'' they were both potential romance options for the male protagonist but not the female protagonist.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is mixed race and is in love with Shiho which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush for Shiho means whether she is bisexual or a lesbian).

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ann. She is mixed race and is in love with Shiho which makes her non-heterosexual (Ann is not sure if her crush for on Shiho means whether that she is bisexual or a lesbian).
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* MarriedInTheFuture: It is revealed that Mitsuru and Yukari got married at some point after the events of ''[[VideoGame/Persona3]]'' and are still together as of 2021.

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* MarriedInTheFuture: It is revealed that Mitsuru and Yukari got married at some point after the events of ''[[VideoGame/Persona3]]'' ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and are still together as of 2021.
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* MarriedInTheFuture: It is revealed that Mitsuru and Yukari got married at some point after the events of ''[[VideoGame/Persona3]]'' and are still together as of 2021.
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The story is split up into very short chapters, usually by different parts of the day. This leads to it having a large chapter count. As of this writing, the fic is currently 370 chapters long.

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The story is split up into very short chapters, usually by different parts of the day. This leads to it having a large chapter count. As of this writing, The most recently completed arc, the fic is currently 370 chapters long.
Bank of Gluttony, concluded on August 19, 2023 with Chapter 365.

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