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* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted. Another [[{{Action Girl}}one]] had her name retconned to Natsuko.

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* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted. Another [[{{Action Girl}}one]] Girl}} one]] had her name retconned [[{{Ret Con}}retconned]] to Natsuko.
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* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted.

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* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted. Another [[{{Action Girl}}one]] had her name retconned to Natsuko.
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* {{Butterfly Of Death And Rebirth}} - [[{{Persona 2}} Philemon]]. He appears to the party after the first {{Curb Stomp Battle}} against the angels, [[{{Seeking Sanctuary}} granting them the Butterfly Room]].


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* {{Character Blog}} - A large part of the game takes place posted on these.

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* {{Adults Are Useless}} - Not a single persona-user is older than 18. Guess who are the sole group actually doing anything about the murders and disappearances?



* {{Angrish}} - Maeko has a tendency to devolve into saying "stupid stupid stupid" and variations of such when angered sufficiently.



* {{Breaking The Fellowship}} - The team's meltdown after Kiriko's dungeon, which nearly gets them killed when Maeko's shadow [[{{Face Heel Turn}} sells them out]] to the murderous angels.



* {{Broken Bridge}} - The lighthouse staircase in Toshimi's dungeon.



* {{Collective Groan}} - The typical response to Misaki's {{Friendship Speech}}es.



* {{Cultural Posturing}} - Half of what [[{{Jerkass}} Kouchisei]] has to say is about the obvious superiority of Japan.
* {{Destination Defenestration}} - Done in ''reverse'' to Kozue by Reizo in an attempt to enter a locked dorm room.
* {{Digging Yourself Deeper}} - Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[{{Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today}} heterosexuality]].



* {{Dumbass Has A Point}} - The easiest way to sum up Kiriko's interactions with Keiichi (when they're positive.)



* {{High School}} Like all Persona Games

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* {{High School}} Like all Persona GamesGames.



* {{Info Dump}} - Seiji delivers one after his {{Heel Face Turn}}.



* {{Laser Guided Amnesia}} - If a character [[{{Put On A Bus}} rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise.



* {{Malicious Slander}} - Slung left and right. This is {{High School}}, after all.



* {{New Transfer Student}} - Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]][[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].

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* {{Never Speak Ill Of The Dead}} - Invoked with the deaths of Shingo, Kei, Seiji, and Mr. Aomori.
* {{New Transfer Student}} - Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]][[{{Running to]] [[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].



* {{Precision F Strike}} - Masami said "fucking?" She's definitely gone shadow.
* {{Purple Prose}} - Kazuya's [[{{Love Letter Lunacy}} horrible love poems]].



* {{Reading The Stage Directions Out Loud}} - Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on [[{{Yaoi Guys}} Toru and Kazuya's]] first date.



* {{Room Full Of Crazy}} - Kiriko's dorm room after she goes shadow.



* [[{{Screw You Elves}} Screw You Angels]]
* {{Seeking Sanctuary}} - The Butterfly Room cannot be entered by malicious shadows, or so it seems.
* {{Seinfeldian Conversation}} - The Gossipers, full-stop.



* {{Snooping Little Kid}} - Emi and Kozue, who attempt to spy on the Anti-Bullying Club and end up getting dragged in to being persona-users when they're caught.



* {{Ten Minute Retirement}} - Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae.
* {{The Reason You Suck Speech}} - Commonly delivered by shadows before being [[{{Shut Up Hannibal}} rejected]].
* {{The World Is Always Doomed}} - Only a few years after [[{{Persona 3}} Nyx]] and [[{{Persona 4}} Izanami]], a group of young are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they?



* [[{{Think Happy Thoughts}} Think About Your Persona]] - What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[{{Dirty Coward}} Kanaye]] out of the void in Renju's dungeon.



* {{Troll Bridge}} - The kendo teammates' questions in Masami's dungeon.



* {{The Verse}} - Set in the same continuity/universe as {{Persona 3}} and {{Persona 4}}.

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* {{Utopia Justifies The Means}} - The angels and their Millennium City.
* {{The Verse}} - Set in the same continuity/universe as {{Persona 3}} and {{Persona 4}}. And apparently {{Hellsing}}, according to {{Word Of God}}.


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* {{World Of Cardboard Speech}} - Features heavily in {{Character Development}} at the end of/after dungeons.
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* {{Ret Con}} - Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[{{Berserk Button}} Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]]

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* {{Ret Con}} - Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[{{Berserk Button}} Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]]]] Reizo never commented on Yoshimi's [[{{Bland Name Product}} Bland Name]] {{Kingdom Hearts}} panties because she doesn't own any.

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[[caption-width:350:Arc Words, anyone?]]



It has a wiki at: http://www.kettledragon.net/couch/index.php?title=Main_Page.

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* {{Ragtag Bunch Of Misfits}} - The Anti-Bullying Club/investigation team.


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* {{Shut Up Hannibal}} - Happens during the boss battle with Hikaru. Toru and Tom don't feel like dealing with a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}, it seems.


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* {{Subcultures In Japan}} - In spades.


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* {{Too Dumb To Live}} - Anybody who picks a fight with Reizo.
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** Punch him, puncher!
** "Kanaye's dungeon is definitely next!"
** Kiriko x Giant Bag of Money OTP
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* {{Madness Mantra}} - peelpeelpeel. Also, S!Renju's Buddhist chants.


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** The Kondo Hole and Kondo Sack
** Peelpeelpeel
** ALL RIGHT, I'M PUMPED NOW!
** "possibly homosexual, must investigate further"
** Bromonade
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* [[{{Why Did It Have To Be Snakes}} Why Did It Have To Be Cars]] - In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a hit-and-run right before her eyes.

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* [[{{Why Did It Have To Be Snakes}} Why Did It Have To Be Cars]] - In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a hit-and-run car accident right before her eyes.

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* {{Arc Words}} - "Millennium City".

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* {{Arc Words}} - "Millennium City".City", "Disappear", "Paradise".



* {{Four Is Death}} - There are four angels. They appear in the technical fourth dungeon. In one more humorous example, Kai repeatedly fails his Zio spells by rolling fours in combat.



* {{GIRL}} - Kiriko prefers to play as male characters in MMORPGs. So does [[{{Jerkass}} #4]].



* {{Jigsaw Puzzle Plot}} - Comes with the fragmented nature of the storytelling.



* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted.



* {{Slice Of Life}} - The non-plot character threads.

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* {{Ret Con}} - Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[{{Berserk Button}} Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]]
* {{School Festival}} - It cannot end well.
* {{Sempai Kohai}} - Used heavily in character interactions.
* {{Shirtless Scene}} - Reizo gets several, in order to... [[{{Fanservice}} erm]]... highlight his yakuza tattoos.
* {{Slice Of Life}} - The non-plot character threads.threads, which deal with club activities, video games, dates, chance encounters, and other mundane interactions meant to flesh out the characters.
* {{So Bad Its Good}} - The Christmas story, which was a bad {{Final Fantasy VII}} fanfiction with the names replaced.


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* {{Talking Is A Free Action}} - Most obviously during dungeons and boss fights.
* {{Tanabata}} - Heralds Misaki's disappearance into Paradise.


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* {{There Are No Therapists}} - Ever. If there were, the cast likely wouldn't have to fight their shadows!
* {{Throw It In}} - The couch/Butterfly Room were never originally in the plan for the game, but then the couch dodged [[{{Kill It With Fire}} fate]] and set the circumstances leading up to its home in motion.
* {{Touched By Vorlons}} - Being thrown into Paradise seems to have activated the characters as persona-users.


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* {{The Verse}} - Set in the same continuity/universe as {{Persona 3}} and {{Persona 4}}.


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* [[{{Why Did It Have To Be Snakes}} Why Did It Have To Be Cars]] - In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a hit-and-run right before her eyes.
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* {{Fan Disservice}} - [[{{Crossdresser}}Mara]][[{{Mad Artist}}-chan]].

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* {{Fan Disservice}} - [[{{Crossdresser}}Mara]][[{{Mad Artist}}-chan]].[[{{Crossdresser}} Mara]][[{{Mad Artist}} -chan]].
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* {{Chekhov's Gun}} - Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.

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* {{Chekhov's [[{{Chekhovs Gun}} Chekhov's Gun]] - Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.

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It has a wiki at: http://www.kettledragon.net/couch/index.php?title=Main_Page.



* {{Breather Episode}} - Essentially everything that isn't the overarching plot, an investigation, or a dungeon.



* {{Character Development}} - Integral to the plot of the game is the maturation of the teenage cast.
* {{Chekhov's Gun}} - Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.



* {{Contemplate Our Navels}} - Introspection and self-links are this.
* {{Dream World}} - Paradise.
* {{Dramatic Wind}} - Featured in Toshimi's dungeon. It's actually important to the plot.



* {{Fan Disservice}} - [[{{Crossdresser}}Mara]][[{{Mad Artist}}-chan]].



* {{Flashback}} - Heavily featured in many dungeons.



* {{Giant Space Flea From Nowhere}} - The initial arrival of the angels appeared to be this.
* {{Hands Off Parenting}} - Except for where they actively feature in the individual plotlines of characters, most parents are conspicuously absent. Toru's are extremely glaring examples.
* {{Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today}} - THIS IS A NO-BUTTFUCK ZONE!
* {{Heel Face Turn}} - Seiji betrays the other angels in order to assist the team. It doesn't end well for him.
* {{High School}} Like all Persona Games
* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...



* {{High School}} Like all Persona Games.
* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...



* {{Masquerade}} - Both persona-users and angels alike.



* {{Nakama}} Reluctantly.

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* {{Nakama}} Reluctantly.- Reluctantly.
* {{New Transfer Student}} - Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]][[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].



* {{Ojou}} - There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[{{Kendo Team Captain}} Masami]], [[{{Manipulative Bitch}} Kiriko]], [[{{Screw The Rules I Have Money}} Kajiko]], [[{{The Libby}} Tamiko]], and [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. [[{{They Fight Crime}} They commit crime.]]



* {{Put On A Bus}} - Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)

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* {{Put On A Bus}} - Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)



* {{You Can't Thwart Stage One}} - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.

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* {{You Can't Cant Thwart Stage One}} - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.
* {{Zero Wingrish}} - The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon.

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* {{Bonnie And Clyde}} - Kiriko and Reizo.



* {{Slice Of Life}} - The non-plot character threads.



* {{Translation Convention}} - The game is supposedly set in Japan, and is thus technically in Japanese, but written out in English.



* {{Useless Useful Spell}} - Status skills and Light/Dark spells.




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* {{You Can't Thwart Stage One}} - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.
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* {{Player Punch}} - Seiji's death, the fact that Sato Kei was the original persona-user.

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* {{Longest Prologue Ever}} - The predungeon investigations are often quite lengthy.



* {{Mega Corp}} - NakaCo.
* {{Memetic Mutation}} - Several noteworthy examples:
** The sweet couch.
** Reizo's junk.
** Reizo's slim hips.
** This is a no buttfuck zone!
** Danger at the rear!
** Winged asses.
* {{Mirror Boss}} - Shadow Seiko, literally.



* {{Next Sunday AD}} - The game is set in 2013.
* {{Nightmare Fuel}} - Many of the dungeons and bosses, but most obviously Renju's and Reizo's.



* {{Posthumous Character}} - Sato Kei and Shingo Furukawa.



* {{Summon Magic}} - It's a Persona game!
* {{Tarot Motifs}} - Seriously. It's a Persona game!

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* {{Summon Magic}} - It's a Persona game!
The personae.
* {{Tarot Motifs}} - Seriously. It's a Persona game!One for each major player character.


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* {{Urban Fantasy}} - As per the game's basis.
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* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda)...

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* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda)...(kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...

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* {{Beach Episode}} It's coming.

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* {{Arc Words}} - "Millennium City".
* {{Beach Episode}} It's coming.- It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's {{Nietzsche Wannabe}} shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse.



* {{Fan Nickname}} - "OMGels", for the angels, S![name] for characters' shadows.



* {{Fountain of Memes}} - Reizo and #4.



* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...

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* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...(kinda)...



* {{Kill It With Fire}} - Attempted upon the Couch.



* {{One Winged Angel}} - The boss shadow forms of characters. Some more than others...



* {{Put On A Bus}} - Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)




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* {{Winged Humanoid}} - The angels.
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* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda)...

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* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda)...(kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...
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* {{Killed Off For Real}} - Mr. Aomori, Seiji


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* {{Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant}} - Seiji and Kouki.
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* {{Light Is Not Good}} - While Shadows are common enemies, the real villains of this story are a group of angels.
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* {{Violence Really Is The Answer}} - A belated discovery in Toshimi's dungeon, when confronting the Gene/Ginji shadow.
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* {{Big Damn Heroes}} - Featured in practically every dungeon.


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* {{Butt Monkey}} - Keiichi.


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* {{Villainous Crossdresser}} - Noriko Kojima.
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* {{High School}} – Like all Persona Games.

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* {{High School}} – Like all Persona Games.



* {{Nakama}} They're working on it!

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* {{Nakama}} They're working on it!Reluctantly.
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* {{Nakama}} – They’re working on it!

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* {{Nakama}} – They’re They're working on it!



* {{Summon Magic}} - It’s a Persona game!
* {{Tarot Motifs}}
* {{Team Pet}} - Tom’s puppy Max.

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* {{Summon Magic}} - It’s It's a Persona game!
* {{Tarot Motifs}}
Motifs}} - Seriously. It's a Persona game!
* {{Team Pet}} - Tom’s Tom's puppy Max.
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** {{Camp}} {{What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs}} {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.

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** {{Camp}} {{What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs}} {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.
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** {{Camp}} [[{{What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs}} Lady Gaga-esque]] {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.

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** {{Camp}} [[{{What {{What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs}} Lady Gaga-esque]] {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.

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* {{Beach Episode}} – It’s coming.

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* {{Beach Episode}} – It’s It's coming.


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** {{Camp}} [[{{What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs}} Lady Gaga-esque]] {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.
** {{High School Dance}} meets {{Love Hotels}} - Kozue
** {{Survival Horror}} - Reizo
** {{Dystopia}} - Keiichi
** {{Wedding Day}} - With bombs. Kiriko

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Describe Disappeared here.

{{Persona 4}} [[RecycledINSPACE with an]] [[DysfunctionJunction even more screwed up cast]] that [[TeethClenchedTeamwork absolutely hate each other.]] [[TheyFightCrime They fight shadows.]]

{{Hilarity Ensues}}.

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Describe Disappeared here.


{{Persona 4}} [[RecycledINSPACE 4}}, RecycledINSPACE, with an]] an even more [[DysfunctionJunction even more screwed up cast]] that [[TeethClenchedTeamwork absolutely hate each other.]] engaged in TeethClenchedTeamwork. [[TheyFightCrime They fight shadows.]]

{{Hilarity Ensues}}.
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