History HoYay / Persona3

* [[CreepyChild Pharos]] is [[{{PrecociousCrush}} so obviously crushing]] on Makoto, it gets vaguely squicky. I mean, the only times they talk are when Makoto is in bed, and Pharos is sitting on the end of the bed in what looks like pajamas...which is visibly reminiscent of [[OptionalSexualEncounter the other times the Social Link is sitting on the bed.]]

* Way back, in the beginning of the game, right after you fight the first Shadow, you'll meet with Yukari again before going to school. If you've acted nice to her up until that point, she'll ''blush'' as she says your given name for the first time.

* That doesn't even begin to cover it. A lot of the links for the [=FeMC=]are subtext-riffic. Her Hermit Link, Saori, could easily be read as having a crush on her, and there is a lot of hand-holding involved in the last few ranks. A lot of the holdover 'romantic' links have... interesting vibes too, like with [=FeMC=]/Fuuka- the Max event has the two of you baking a cake, taking it to Fuuka's room, talking about how you're going to be bonded forever (or in Fuuka's case, wanting the [=FeMC=] ALL TO HERSELF), and then you get the fadeout screen with the 'You spent a long time with Fuuka'- the exact same message you get when you max out romantically with a guy. For a game without an explicit lesbian option, they sure do cram in as many non-explicit ones as humanly possible. Also, the player can tell Fuuka to be glad to have met ''her specifically'' - to which Fuuka gets a LuminescentBlush like never before.

* That doesn't even begin to cover it. A lot of the links for the [=FeMC=]are subtext-riffic. Her Hermit Link, Saori, could easily be read as having a crush on her. A lot of the holdover 'romantic' links have... interesting vibes too, like with [=FeMC=]/Fuuka- the Max event has the two of you baking a cake, taking it to Fuuka's room, talking about how you're going to be bonded forever (or in Fuuka's case, wanting the [=FeMC=] ALL TO HERSELF), and then you get the fadeout screen with the 'You spent a long time with Fuuka'- the exact same message you get when you max out romantically with a guy. For a game without an explicit lesbian option, they sure do cram in as many non-explicit ones as humanly possible. Also, the player can tell Fuuka to be glad to have met ''her specifically'' - to which Fuuka gets a LuminescentBlush like never before.

TheProtagonist (Makoto Yuki) is pretty much the game's LauncherOfAThousandShips.

* That doesn't even begin to cover it. A lot of the links for the [=FeMC=]are subtext-riffic. Her Hermit Link, Saori, could easily be read as having a crush on her. A lot of the holdover 'romantic' links have... interesting vibes too, like with [=FeMC=]/Fuuka- the Max event has the two of you baking a cake, taking it to Fuuka's room, talking about how you're going to be bonded forever (or in Fuuka's case, wanting the [=FeMC=] ALL TO HERSELF), and then you get the fadeout screen with the 'You spent a long time with Fuuka'- the exact same message you get when you max out romantically with a guy. For a game without an explicit lesbian option, they sure do cram in as many non-explicit ones as humanly possible... [[YuriFan not that I'm complaining.]] Also, the player can tell Fuuka to be glad to have met ''her specifically'' - to which Fuuka gets a LuminescentBlush like never before.

** Aki/Shinji is the most complex relationship, and I swear there's more then enough HoYay. [[spoiler:All their scenes together, that Akihiko confronts Shinjiro about taking the persona suppressants, and that Akihiko holds Shinjiro during his death. It's far more then just random shipping.]]

** This might be a stretch, but Takaya and Jin are always referred to as [[InsistentTerminology partners]], which doesn't go without a double meaning; Akihiko in particular sounds scathing when he says it, but Jin doesn't care. Hmm...And while they're part of a trio, but they don't seem to care much for Chidori, especially since they [[spoiler: kill her.]]

** When Yukari has to wear a maid outfit for her club's school festival cafe the FeMC can tell her "I'm looking forward to it!"

** His threat to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny post a picture of you on a dating site for convicts]] also suggests ''they'd'' find Makoto pretty cute.

** Plus during December [[spoiler: when everyone is deciding whether to kill Ryoji or not]], Misturu comes into Yukari's room and they discuss things. They come to the same conclusion pretty quickly and they both sit on Yukari's bed [[spoiler:....but nothing ever becomes of it]]. Lampshaded perfectly in [[http://youtu.be/Xsiib7j18zk?t=5m29s this]] Let's Play.

* Junpei and Ryoji have no shortage of HoYay, oddly despite the fact that they're both ladies' men. Only a few weeks after Ryoji first shows up, he and Junpei are practically inseparable, to the point of [[spoiler:being out on the town together the night Junpei's girlfriend is kidnapped]].
** The New/Full Moon Drama CD series focuses more on their relationship and much of their dialogue can be interpreted as romantic.

* Kenji Tomochika (the Magician/Classmate Social Link) giving the protagonist a choker at the end of his Social Link because 'he doesn't look fashionable enough'.

* Yukari and Mitsuru have ''a lot'' of Les Yay.
** For starters, in the Male MC route during the fight in the LoveHotel, the team gets separated, and when you meet Mitsuru and Akihiko or Junpei again, Mitsuru will frantically insist that nothing happened. When you play the Female MC route, you can potentially meet up with Mitsuru and Yukari, and she'll insist the exact same thing.
** Mitsuru's resolution.
** Something of note about Mitsuru's resolution: From that point on, Mitsuru decides to start calling Yukari by her first name. The only other people worthy of this privilege? Akihiko (a close friend from years back) and the MC...at rank nine, long after the S-link has gone romantic. If that doesn't say something about how Mitsuru views Yukari after her resolution scene, nothing does.
** Plus during December [[spoiler: when everyone is deciding whether to kill Ryoji or not]], Misturu comes into Yukari's room and they discuss things. They come to the same conclusion pretty quickly and they both sit on Yukari's bed [[spoiler:....but nothing ever becomes of it]]. Lampshaded perfectly in [[http://youtu.be/Xsiib7j18zk?t=5m29s this]] Let's Play.
** Yukari crying into Misturu, and what looks like Mitsuru holding her to her chest during The Answer.
** "Well, that's settled, let's go have a bath!"

** Also, this is probably just a coincidence, but Takaya and Jin's names are similar to Tatsuya and Jun, a possibly canon Ho Yay pair in Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

-->'''Junpei''': Listen to me, man. We shouldn't go tonight. Besides, it would be just you and me there. You know, like, [[BrokebackMountain Brokeback Tartarus]].

* ''{{Persona 3}}'' suggests such a connection between Fuuka Yamagishi and Natsuki Moriyama, in the way that Natsuki gets ''really'' stressed out when she thinks her bullying may have hurt Fuuka a little too much. SEES has to keep Natsuki under constant watch because they think she might have some... [[PsychoLesbian issues]].

* Way back, in the beginning of the game, right after you fight the first Shadow, you'll meet with Yukari again before going to school. If you've act nice to her up until that point, she'll ''blush'' as she says your given name for the first time.
** When Yukari has to wear a maid outfit for her club's school festival cafe the FeMC can tell her "I'm looking forward to it!"

** Natsuki wasn't afraid here bullying might have hurt Fuuka a little too much. She was afraid her bullying may have KILLED Fuuka. Anyone would react as she did to the thought that a seemingly harmless prank may have accidentally killed someone.
*** It's still played straight after they become friends.

** Something of note about Mitsuru's resolution: From that point on, Mitsuru decides to start calling Yukari by her first name. The only other people worthy of this privilege? Akihiko(a close friend from years back) and the MC...at rank nine, long after the S-link has gone romantic. If that doesn't say something about how Mitsuru views Yukari after her resolution scene, nothing does.

TheHero (Minato) is pretty much the game's LauncherOfAThousandShips.
* [[CreepyChild Pharos]] is [[{{PrecociousCrush}} so obviously crushing]] on Minato, it gets vaguely squicky. I mean, the only times they talk are when Minato is in bed, and Pharos is sitting on the end of the bed in what looks like pajamas...which is visibly reminiscent of [[OptionalSexualEncounter the other times the Social Link is sitting on the bed.]]

** His threat to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny post a picture of you on a dating site for convicts]] also suggests ''they'd'' find Minato pretty cute.

* And don't forget Minato and Ryoji, which is the most popular HoYay ship in P3 for Japan.
** [[http://community.livejournal.com/gekkoukanhigh/83618.html#cutid1 Episode Luck]] [[ShipTease Seems to be hinting Minato/Ryoji]]

** The manga includes some intimate moments between the two of them, like when they [[http://i.imgur.com/Q8dmudq.png go shopping for headphones together]]. And when TheReveal of [[spoiler: Ryoji being Death]] occurs, Ryoji collapses and Minato [[http://i.imgur.com/5VZZBy4.jpg catches him]] in what looks like an embrace.

** More humorously, in the manga's rendition of the Lovers' full moon battle, Akihiko and Junpei end up in a similar situation as Minato and Yukari, and it ends with Akihiko punching Junpei in the face.

** The manga includes some intimate moments between the two of them, like when they [[http://i.imgur.com/Q8dmudq.png go shopping for headphones together]].

** The New/Full Moon drama CD series spells it out that the main reason Pharos became Ryoji, instead of going to fulfill his duty as Death, was because he wanted to continue spending more time staying by the MC's side.

* That doesn't even begin to cover it. A lot of the links for the [=FeMC=]are subtext-riffic. Her Hermit Link, Saori, could easily be read as having a crush on her. A lot of the holdover 'romantic' links have... interesting vibes too, like with [=FeMC=]/Fuuka- the Max event has the two of you baking a cake, taking it to Fuuka's room, talking about how you're going to be bonded forever (or in Fuuka's case, wanting the [=FeMC=] ALL TO HERSELF), and then you get the fadeout screen with the 'You spent a long time with Fuuka'- the exact same message you get when you max out romantically with a guy. For a game without an explicit lesbian option, they sure do cram in as many non-explicit ones as humanly possible... [[YuriFan not that I'm complaining.]]

** Said fangirl is also {{Yandere}} and AxCrazy, to the point of blackmailing over people for pictures of and items related to her.

* This Troper sees a hell of a lot between Minato and Akihiko too. Hell, Minato and the ''majority of the male leads'' have more likely pairings than the main female leads at times.
* Despite the little interactions, Akihiko and Minato has a hell lot of "chemistry".

** When you take Koromaru out on a walk with Akihiko, the conversation that follows was quite... ''suggestive''...
** How suggestive?

** This troper even had Akihiko comment that [=FeMC=] had been up with Fuuka for 'a long time'; the exact same comment he used after she had spent a 'long time' with Shinjiro.
*** He does this after the MAX Rank with Aigis, too. Make of that what you will. If you're lovers with him at the time, it seems almost accusatory.

** For starters, in the Male MC route during the fight in the LoveHotel, the team gets separated, and when you meet Mitsuru and Akihiko or Junpei again, Mitsuru will frantically insist that nothing happened. When you play the Female MC route, you meet up with Mitsuru and Yukari, and she'll insist the exact same thing.

** "Well, that's settled, let's go have a bath!"