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2[[caption-width-right:180:The official cover[[note]]…depicting [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]] to the left holding the card representing the Servant Saber class and [[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Avenger]] to the right wearing a headband, both dressed in Yasogami High's winter uniforms. [[TeasingCreator The author refuses to elaborate]].[[/note]]]]
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4->''"[[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Welcome to Inaba, Yu Narukami]]... or should I say [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]]?"''
5-->-- '''Summary's closing line'''
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7''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8872034/1/Fate-Reach-Out Fate/Reach Out]]'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' crossover by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/446354/Vegeta-the-3rd Vegeta the Third]] (also known as Kishou, a fellow troper). The project has been collaborated partly with Nameless Flame Wielder of ''Fanfic/FateBlackReflection'', but has since been excused from the project due to conflict of work and time.
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9[[FandomSpecificPlot Borrowing from similar plotlines]] of [[MultipleChoicePast Shirou's pre-fire identity]], Shirou Emiya was once known as Yu Narukami, who was thought to have died together with his parents in the Fuyuki Fire. His guardian Taiga Fujimura decides one day to find his living relatives so he could cope and move on with the loss of his stepfather Kiritsugu. With time, diligence, and the timely help of a [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} blue butterfly]], she locates the Dojimas.
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11In hopes to build a family connection, Taiga reluctantly allows Shirou to spend a year long stay with them in Inaba. But a dark cloud looms over the once quiet town. With the help of his new friends, mysterious benefactors, and the power of Persona, Shirou faces his first great trial as an Ally of Justice: the Inaba Serial Murder Case.
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13This story is also hosted on three different sites in addition to Website/FanFictionDotNet: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-reach-out-f-sn-smt-p4-crossover-story-thread.245101/ Spacebattles]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/fate-reach-out-f-sn-smt-p4-crossover.3517/ Sufficient Velocity]], and [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/5392-Fate-Reach-Out-%28Fate-Stay-Night-x-Persona-4%29 the Beast's Lair]], each with their own dedicated fan following and updated at the same time.
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15!!This Fanfic has examples of:
16* AdaptationalUpbringingChange: Shirou was originally Yu Narukami. Instead of being TheAce and a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, he's somewhat familiar with supernatural events already and aims at being a Hero of Justice. He also suffers from intense hidden SurvivorGuilt and lives with his guardian and surrogate sister Taiga Fujimura until she introduces him to his birth family.
17* AccidentalMisnaming: Marie can't remember Adachi and Dojima's names very well, calling them [[VideoGame/Persona5 Akechi and Niijima]] instead.
18* AccidentalPervert:
19** Teddie. In his defense, he really didn't know how to hold an unconscious girl.
20** Shirou, when he trips and crashes into Izumi Aoyama [[FunbagAirbag face-first]]. His knee-jerk reaction is to push himself away from her, which of course [[ThanksForTheMammary only makes things worse]].
21** Yosuke, who ends up crashing into a woman much like Shirou above. He ends up rambling about how that sort of thing happens in anime and usually ends up getting the guy knocked out, only for her to instead ask him out.
22* AccidentalTruth: Right after watching Shirou across the street getting along with a voluptuous unknown girl, an envious Yosuke sarcastically asks him if he had "another miraculous recovery or some bullshit luck" and somehow ended up copping a feel. [[AccidentalPervert Shirou guiltily winces]].
23* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
24** After getting into a FunbagAirbag accident, Shirou is berated by the busty girl in question who accused him of possibly being a stalker from her old school in Tokyo despite the fact they are in Okina City at the time. Shirou snarks back that if asked he will "tell the jury that he got lost in the Aoyama Twin Towers"[[note]]formally known as the Shin-Aoyama Building, "Aoyama Twin" are two identical 300ft tall office buildings and a distinctive feature of Minato-ku, Tokyo[[/note]], which made her smile for a moment (probably it helped that he [[AccidentalTruth accidentally got her surname right]]) before remembering she was supposed to be upset with the AccidentalPervert.
25** Yosuke too after another FunbagAirbag incident. He goes on rambling that this sort of thing tended to end poorly in anime and was lamenting his bad luck before the girl in question starts laughing at how hilarious it was.
26** Igor's reaction when Pixie asked him and Margaret whether they poop or not.
27* AdaptationalCurves: Downplayed. While Shirou is still fit for someone his age, his musculature is noted as not being "ripped" due to being a teenager. This is in contrast to various new material that shows that Shirou does posses an incredibly well muscled body even in his teenage years. In a way, it's a similar comparison to his [[https://i.imgur.com/TzMEte7.jpg 2006 DEEN adaptation body style over anything recent that has come out]].
28* AdaptationDyeJob:
29** Izanagi's appearance is slightly different to his canon portrayal to match his user. [[spoiler:This apparently works on the same principles that morphed Adachi's Persona into Magatsu-Izanagi in canon.]]
30** The Persona Angel sports the demure design from ''Shin Megami Tensei'' instead of the Gnosticism-based and bondage-inspired appearance canonical to ''Videogame/Persona4''.
31* AdaptationNameChange: In the canon game Mitsuo's dungeon was named "Void Quest", but here it's called "Moon Voidainia".
32* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: The reason Shirou isn't so hot on the Social Link system is because, as a magus, he sees the enormous abuse potential inherent in it. Through the bond and with the help of a Persona of the matching Arcana, he can know exactly what the other person is feeling and what to say to get them to feel better, and later at higher Ranks, to do what he wants. In other words, even with the best intentions in mind, if Shirou is not very careful with what he says and does, he can emotionally abuse or manipulate them into pretty much anything. Yosuke, in rare moment where he isn't [[OpenMouthInsertFoot placing his foot into his mouth]], tells him it's most likely that [[BadPowersGoodPeople this fear of abusing said power is why he got it in the first place]].
33* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Mitsuo's]] death is played as being rather tragic, as [[spoiler:even if he'd killed someone, he was being manipulated by Satsuki, and dies unable to understand how his "big sister" would do what she is to him.]]
34* AlmostKiss: Shirou and [[spoiler:Shadow Chie]]. Unlike most examples, this is to Shirou's benefit.
35* AlphaBitch: Chie sees Ai Ebihara like the quintessential example of this trope.
36* AlternateCharacterReading: [[TheNicknamer Marie]] calls Shirou "Four" after hearing his name the first time because she thought it's written with the kanji for "Fourth" and "Son". He explained that his name can be read as "samurai warrior" instead, but she stuck to her first choice because it's "not as catchy."
37* AmbiguousGender: {{Subverted}}. Teddie noticed right away that the Mysterious Fox was female. Just to be sure, Shirou asked her about it and she confirmed it with a nod.
38* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Velvet Room residents as in canon. Shirou was rather alarmed when he heard from Marie that Igor and Margaret never leave, just sitting there for days or even weeks between his visits.
39* AmnesiacResonance: [[spoiler:The Mysterious Fox can't remember her real name, but became euphoric when Teddie proposed calling her "Tama-chan" (meaning "ball" or "jewel") for the time being because of how she looked when all curled up, hinting that the epithet stirred some strong emotion in her.]] See MythologyGag [[MythologyGag/FateReachOut page]].
40* AmnesiaMissedASpot: [[spoiler:[[MemoryWipingCrew Kirei]] went around erasing memories of Shirou being chased by Wraiths, but he missed two things: First Kaede, one of the Track Club girls, who got lost looking for her friends and was spared from the [[TheMasquerade Masquerade-mandated]] LaserGuidedAmnesia by pure luck and second, the fact that Makidera's friend Himuro had snapped a photo that she later won't remember ever taking. Both inconsistencies made Rin suspect that something Magecraft-related was going on and, as Fuyuki's Second Owner, she set about finding out what it was.]]
41* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler:Shirou and Chie by mutual agreement. After her Shadow confessed to him against her conscious wishes, Shirou basically proposed a do-over where he'll pretend that ThatDidntHappen until she feels ready to act in her own accord. Chie observed that Shirou was avoiding the issue in his own way, but she appreciated the fact he wasn't judging her from all the dirty secrets that her Shadow revealed, as well as the chance to have more time to sort things out.]]
42* AndTheRest: At first Rise had trouble remembering there ''was'' more people than just Shirou who came to her rescue. A DefiedTrope soon after as she realized this and made a point of befriending the entire Investigation Team.
43* AngerBornOfWorry:
44** During her MotiveRant, Shadow [[spoiler:Taiga]] angrily complained how much Shirou's tendency to let himself get strung along in [[ChronicHeroSyndrome his unhealthy willingness to help others]] worries her. [[spoiler:Interestingly, Taiga uncomfortably noted that her Shadow sounded a lot more like a concerned girlfriend worrying about her significant other rather than his older sister of sorts or legal guardian.]]
45** Taiga through... well, all of Chapter 26. It's a miracle Shirou didn't give her a heart attack.
46** The Persona Pixie ''really'' didn't take kindly the harm and pain that Shirou has inflicted on himself during the last five years due to his improper magecraft self-training.
47--->'''Pixie:''' He's a bloomin' idiot! For years he got the wrong method down and hasn't gotten anyone to correct him because of mage paranoia! He made impish bad magic by smoldering his own nervous system! I reiterate! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis HE TURNED! HIS NERVES! INTO! A]] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis CONDUCTOR]]'''! And he needs someone to teach him the RIGHT way so he doesn't STUPID himself to death again! ''[glares at an embarrassed Shirou]'' Dumbass!
48* AnimalStereotypes: When Investigation Team realizes that the Fox would be charging them money for the healing leaves.
49-->'''Chie:''' ''[sighs]'' I guess the myths are true. Foxes really are tricky little sneaks.
50* AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Shirou's Personas have their own personalities and behave accordingly to their myths, even though they're aware of their nature as figments of his psyche. In Izanagi's case, as ''the'' creator god in Japanese mythology and Shinto, well...
51-->'''Shirou:''' ''[to himself]'' Thank God for small favors.\
52'''Izanagi:''' [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Thou art welcome.]]\
53'''Shirou:''' [[SilentSnarker ... Was it just him or was his first Persona more vocal lately?]]
54* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Izanami to a somewhat greater extent in canon. She actually finds that she's rooting for Shirou to win her game...so in order to remain impartial and give him a challenge, she removes her own compassion and moral restraint. This has additional purposes, as she gives the aspect of herself she removed form as Marie (thus providing the role of someone for Shirou to eventually save), and putting herself in the role of the villain Shirou ultimately has to overcome to pass her test.]]
55* ApatheticCitizens: Yosuke rightfully complains that people in Inaba were more disappointed that Yukiko didn't turn out to be the next victim of the serial murder case than relieved that she returned home safe and sound after being missing for 5 days.
56* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Shirou loses his left arm in the BossBattle against Shadow Kanji.]]
57* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Naoto asks Taiga if there's a difference between not wanting friends and can't find them the latter answers it depends and whether Naoto gave up or not. Then proceeds to tell the detective that coming from someone who wishes they were a teen again, not to rush headfirst into growing up. Note that this response follows two [[ArmorPiercingQuestion questions that had Naoto floundering]].
58* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:When confronting him, Shadow Mitsuo tries to get his human self to answer several basic questions about their "sister" Satsuki, like asking him when her birthday is or what her eye color is, and he's unable to answer.]]
59* AscendedExtra: The Mysterious Fox has its role expanded compared to the game, where it's mostly a helpful {{NPC}}[=/=]TeamPet. In this story, [[spoiler:"Tama" becomes a non-combatant team member in her own right and helps the Investigation Team both in and out the TV World.]]
60* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: During Golden Week, the group sans Shirou had to chase Teddie into Yukiko's Castle. There was a monstrously powerful shadow (Contrarian King) that was able to NoSell their techniques, so they turned tail and ran.
61* AwfulTruth: Kotomine bluntly tells Shirou the type of person Kiritsugu was before he found him in that fire.
62* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:Kotomine]] and Shirou when going against Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome.
63* BadassBookworm: Shirou picked up a reading habit after Taiga gave him a lot of books as a send-off gift after his trip with the Dojimas to Fuyuki and from then and on he can often be found with his nose in a book. He also does well enough in school to score among the top ten ranking sophomores during the first set of midterms at Yasogami.
64* BadassBystander: [[spoiler:Taiga Fujimura]], who pulled off a [[CarFu Cavalry Attack]] ''outside'' of the TV World with a [[KleptomaniacHero "borrowed"]] motorcycle to stop an ATM robbery by crashing the side of the thief's escape car. [[spoiler:She]] then proceeded to drag him out of the driver seat and beat him up until the guy was practically thanking the cops for arresting him and ending his misery. It's every bit as awesome as it sounds.
65* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: The Investigation Team seems to have a fondness for this trope and GetAHoldOfYourselfMan. In their defense, the considerable MagicEnhancement they get to their physical abilities as Persona-users in the TV World makes {{Slapstick}} a lot more palatable to the reader. For particular examples:
66** During the fight against Shadow Yukiko, [[spoiler:Yosuke slapped a Fear-inflicted Shirou to his senses.]]
67** In chapter 31, [[spoiler:Chie breaks a Charm spell on Yosuke via GroinAttack.]]
68* BerserkButton:
69** Chie reacts strongly to anything that might threaten Yukiko, especially if that something is rookie detective Adachi suggesting that the then-missing girl could be the serial killer. [[spoiler:He got ''tackled'' to the wall for that one before Yosuke managed to hold Chie back.]]
70** When Shirou thought [[spoiler:Shadow Yukiko killed Yosuke]], he outright ''lost it''.
71** Taiga hates being called "Tiger". [[spoiler:Her Shadow didn't just gleefully push this trigger, but rather tap-danced on it.]] She's slowly growing out of it and can take it in stride if a student calls her like that by mistake -- "slowly" being the key word here. Pro tip: don't try your luck.
72* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Investigation Team is well aware that Shirou's polite and accommodating to a fault, however he ''won't'' tolerate any nonsense from any of them that could put the team's lives in danger as the BossFight against Shadow Rise well demonstrated.
73* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Shirou makes good acquaintances with "Nami", the gas station attendant, during his part-time job at MOEL.]]
74* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Kotomine]] to Shirou against Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome.
75* BigFancyHouse: The Dojimas were positively flabbergasted at the sheer size and classic Japanese style of the Emiya Residence in Fuyuki.
76* BigGood: [[spoiler:Philemon]] kickstarted the plot by betting that Shirou would win against the evils of the Fog.
77* BigNo: Shirou ''and'' Yukiko herself to Nanako when the latter asked for a taste of the LethalChef's handmade lunch.
78* BirdsOfAFeather:
79** Romantic issues aside, Shirou gets along with Chie the best in the Investigation Team mainly because of their strong sense of justice and their high regard of the ideals of heroism.
80** The rapport between Chie and Taiga was as strong as it was immediate. Shirou and Dojima SweatDrop at the sight.
81* ABirthdayNotABreak: Rise had to perform for a big concert in Okina City as part of her tour on her birthday, June 1st. [[spoiler:The fact that none of her staff, not even her manager, remembered it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and made her take the decision of abandoning her "Risette" persona and the stage.]]
82* BondOneLiner:
83** [[spoiler:The Persona Lilim]] after the MiniBoss fight of Marukyuu Striptease dungeon. See DoubleKnockout below.
84** Shirou signaled his finishing blow against [[spoiler:Shadow Rise]] just like practitioners of Japanese archery calls their on-target shots, as if saying that [[ButForMeItWasTuesday it was just another]] bull's eye [[ImprobableAimingSkills for him]].
85* BoobBasedGag: Izumi Aoyama has a huge chest, prompting a very flustered Shirou who just [[AccidentalPervert acquainted himself]] with them [[FunbagAirbag face-first]] to remark "How do you have a ''spine''?"
86* BorrowedCatchphrase: Once Rise finds out that Morooka was mean to Shirou on his first day in Yasogami, she declares that the teacher is "''so'' on [her] shit list".
87* BrainsAndBrawn: [[GuileHero Yosuke]] and [[IdiotHero Shirou]] as the Brains and Brawn respectively. As a partial inversion, Shirou does better at school than Yosuke.
88* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Yosuke when describing his first girlfriend:
89-->'''Yosuke:''' I'm telling ya man, I'm on cloud nine whenever I'm with her! She laughs at my jokes, is really friendly, and even made two coworkers break down in tears with just a few words!\
90'''Shirou:''' That's… that last part is hardly a quality to praise someone for.\
91'''Yosuke:''' Yeah, but [[AssholeVictim these two were a constant pain in my ass]].
92* BreakThemByTalking:
93** Shadow Selves' whole M.O.
94** [[spoiler:Kirei attempted this after realizing Shirou's obvious desire to continue Kiritsugu's dream. Before Shirou could gather the wherewithal to retort, Taiga [[DynamicEntry suddenly stepped in]] and [[ShutUpHannibal made Kirei shut up]] with [[TalkToTheFist her fist]]. After he left, Taiga hugged Shirou and only then he allowed himself to break down into tears.]]
95* BreatherEpisode:
96** [[ADayInTheLimelight Fuyuki Gaiden]] chapters usually comes after particularly tense developments, especially emotionally charged ones such as battles against someone's Shadow, as it was the case with Yukiko's and Rise's.
97** The aptly titled "Calm Before the Storm" is a mostly humorous chapter interspaced with a few reactions to Kanji's reappearance in the Midnight Channel. [[SubvertedTrope Then everything took a turn for the foreboding]] when [[spoiler:Yosuke ran into a then-unidentified female character -- later revealed to be [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Satsuki Yumizuka]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' who asks him out on the spot.]]
98* BroFist: Yosuke and Shirou the first time they refer to each other as partners. This and other {{Handshake Substitute}}s are likely to occur when either of them pull off something particularly nifty in the TV World.
99* BrokenHero: Shirou is his usual distorted, emotionally-damaged self. This raises some alarm bells with his allies because of his lack of self-preservation during critical times.
100* BromanticFoil: Yosuke as in canon. {{Deconstruct|ion}}ed here in that hanging out with a CluelessChickMagnet like Shirou who unwittingly hogs most of the girls' attention isn't fun at all, prompting Yosuke to try harder in order to not be passed over, [[YouWereTryingTooHard which doesn't really help him]] as it was the case with his [[EpicFail "Operation Up Close and Personal"]].
101* BrownNote: The Fear status effect acts like this in the story by inducing frightening hallucinations on its victim. It caused Shirou to become paralysed by his memories of the Fuyuki Fire until Yosuke [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slapped him out of it]]. [[spoiler:When Yosuke himself was the target later on, [[FallingChandelierOfDoom things didn't work out so well for him]].]]
102* BusmansHoliday: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Dojima thought he was going to have to deal with police work during the family trip to Fuyuki when he heard a crash followed by some yelling inside Shirou's house and suspected that a thief had just snuck in. [[spoiler:It was [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Taiga punching Kotomine across the room]]]]
103* ButterflyOfDoom: Shirou is told of his still-living relatives in Inaba. The [[PowerOfFriendship Power of Social Links]] are just the start of things to come in conflict with his ideology. Made more literal as it is a butterfly [[spoiler:actually [[VideoGame/Persona1 Philemon]]]] that starts the ball rolling.
104* CabinFever: Marie calls the trope by name when she complained about always having to stay in the Velvet Room. When she realized that Margaret occasionally leaves the Room with Shirou for his magecraft lessons, she all but invited herself to tag along.
105* CallBack:
106** When Chie tried to get Yukiko to stop calling the fox "Usagi" (Japanese for "rabbit") after already settling on a different name, she said "let's not turn this into another Chosokabe". This is a reference to an easy-to-miss [[http://yosukesheadphones.tumblr.com/post/64050982610/dungeon-conversations-part-2-chie "dungeon" conversation]] between the girls where Chie complained that her dog, named "Muku" to everybody except for Yukiko who insists on calling him "Chosokabe", seems to like the latter more than his owner.
107** In chapter 34, Yosuke had an AccidentalPervert moment that almost exactly mirrored Shirou's SuggestiveCollision with [[ProductionForeshadowing Izumi Aoyama]] two chapters prior, but with reversed reactions. That is, whereas Izumi berated Shirou for it like a {{Tsundere}} heavy on the "tsun" is wont to as his dialogue became increasingly snarky and she slowly warmed up to him, Yosuke profusely apologized to the girl he ran into, who found the whole situation and his reaction in particular ActuallyPrettyFunny and even asked him out on the spot. His unusual stroke of good fortune was in fact an indication of the opposite when it turns out the girl in question is, of all people, [[spoiler:''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Satsuki Yumizuka]]'', in full Dead Apostle mode, apparently having skipped town during the events of Tsukihime to seek refuge in Inaba and obviously up to no good]], making this also an example of CerebusCallBack.
108* CallForward: A hint to the events of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' is dropped when [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie calls Moon Voidania as a "Palace", capital letter included. Later, Satsuki says that by rejecting his Shadow to the point of nonexistence, Mitsuo was due for an imminent mental shutdown even if she ''hadn't'' killed him]].
109* TheCallPutMeOnHold: For the cast of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' except Shirou who got to answer a different CallToAdventure in Inaba. Due to [[spoiler:the agreement between Philemon and Nyarlathotep]], the Holy Grail War was postponed for a year time past its canonical start.
110* TheCameo: Izumi Aoyama is a character from the unreleased ''Harem Protagonist'' visual novel, which the author of ''Fate/Reach Out'' personally helped work on.
111* CannotTalkToWomen: [[CluelessChickMagnet Shirou]] ''thinks'' he's an example. Yukiko doesn't buy it.
112-->'''Shirou:''' I'm sure if someone took the time to get to know you, you'd be more comfortable around other guys. I can understand how difficult it is interacting with the opposite sex.\
113'''Yukiko:''' Really? Why's that?\
114'''Shirou:''' Because I'm not very good at talking with girls.\
115'''Yukiko:''' ''[[[{{Beat}} blinks]]]''\
116'''Shirou:''' ''[[[{{Beat}} blinks back]]]''\
117'''[[TheHyena Yukiko]]:''' ''[fights valiantly a losing battle against a laughing fit]'' Pffffffffffffffffahahahahahaha! Ahahahahaha! ''[some time later]'' You-ohohohoh... You are ''such'' a liar! Hahaha!
118* CantArgueWithElves: From chapter 19, right after Yosuke had been rendered unconscious during battle.
119-->'''Pixie:''' (...) Granted, this is a good thing since humans have been known to exploit stuff, and as the fairy godmother once told me: 'Humans are the reason we can't have nice things.' Because they're greedy jerks and lose our stuff, [[spoiler:like this sheath here]], but still! Of course, what would I know, I'm just a figment of some--\
120'''Shirou:''' Pixie. Yosuke?\
121'''Pixie:''' Oh. OH! Right.
122* CarFu: "Cavalry Attacks" are a thing in this story. A thing that happened once ''outside'' the TV World (see BadassBystander above).
123* CartwrightCurse: Yosuke has a really rotten luck with his LoveInterests. Saki Konishi not only didn't return his feelings, but there's the strong implication that she died hating his guts. His best friend is a CluelessChickMagnet who unwittingly keeps most of Yosuke's female friends from thinking of him as boyfriend material. [[spoiler:For the hat trick, the one girl that showed a romantic interest in Yosuke turns out to be a literal monster with unrevealed intentions involving him.]]
124* TheCasanova: Shirou often gets mistaken for one. Taiga had a hilarious FreakOut when a OneDialogueTwoConversations phone call made her think he was already a womanizer, Yosuke's wondered whether he was actually [[CharmPerson using magic to get so popular with the opposite sex]], and Rise straight-out asked him what he was really aiming for, if anything, by getting along so well with each and every the girl in the Investigation Team. For the record, the answer to all this is the same: he's definitively ''not'' trying to get into anyone's pants, but that doesn't make much of a difference for a CluelessChickMagnet like him.
125* CasanovaWannabe:
126** Yosuke as in canon, but here he takes it even further by trying to make a pass at ''Shadow Yukiko''. At least his logic was somewhat sound: if he could appease her by appealing to her desire for a "prince", the I.T. might have been able to rescue Yukiko without a fight. In the best-case scenario, he gets the real Yukiko as a girlfriend. What actually happened was that Shadow Yukiko failed to remember him and when she did, she dismissed him as an "another peasant suitor".
127-->Motivated by both noble and selfish intentions, [Yosuke] stepped forward with an eager smile and spoke in his best British accent. "Allow me, my princess! I shall be the dashing hero who will whisk you away by the powers love and magic!"\
128Chie was gobsmacked by his sudden charisma, but passed as she picked up the intentions. "Love and--''Hanamura!''"
129** He tried to do "Operation Up Close and Personal" (aka Operation Babe Hunt 2.0 from ''Golden'') by himself after Shirou decided exploring Okina was a better use of his time. After failing miserably, he finds [[CluelessChickMagnet Shirou]] getting [[TheCameo Izumi Aoyama]]'s phone number[[note]](actually the contact info of the kickboxing class she attends to, but the implication of her wouldn't mind seeing Shirou again was clear enough still)[[/note]], much to his mortification and jealousy.
130* CatchAFallingStar: Shirou to Chie the second time she falls into the TV World, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome even if he consciously knew she didn't hurt herself too badly the first time]].
131* CaughtInTheRain:
132** How Shirou and Chie [[MeetCute first met]]. On the way to his first school day at Yasogami, Shirou noticed a then-unknown girl sheltering from the rain under a gazebo. He offered to lend her his umbrella, but she politely refused, saying that she didn't want him to get soaked for her sake and that a friend (Yukiko) should pass by soon enough and let her share her umbrella. Chie then received a text message from her friend saying that she was already at the school and Shirou offers to share his umbrella with her as a compromise, [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to the [[UmbrellaOfTogetherness romantic implications]] Chie was [[LuminescentBlush well aware of]].
133** Played unromantically later on. Yukiko took refuge from the rain under the same gazebo while dressed in her work kimono when an unknown high school student (Mitsuo) suddenly appeared behind her and insistently asked her out despite her refusals and obvious uneasiness, the rain and her confining clothes making it difficult for her to simply leave. The weather and the hour also made it unlikely for anyone else to show up, but somebody did arrive (Shirou and Chie, going home after a trip into the TV World) and made Mitsuo leave.
134* CharmPerson:
135** {{Discussed|Trope}}. Yosuke outright asks Shirou if he's got [[{{Glamour}} "some sort of innate magecraft sorcery"]] after witnessing Chie giving "probably the most over the top {{moe}} reactions possible" when he offered to help her studying. Yosuke is [[WrongGenreSavvy mistaking this]] for [[CluelessChickMagnet an entirely different trope]].
136** ''Fate/Reach Out'' incorporates the "Charm" StatusEffects from ''Videogame/Persona3's'' battle mechanics. [[MiniBoss Amorous Snake]] from Rise's dungeon successfully inflicted the ailment on [[spoiler:Yosuke]], who almost managed to stab [[spoiler:Yukiko]] in the back while under its control. [[spoiler:For just desserts, one's of Shirou's Personas -- [[HotAsHell Lilim]] -- did the same with Rain Wheel, commanding the enemy Shadow into running over Amorous Snake for the party's sake.]]
137* ChekhovsBoomerang: In chapter 7, Shirou tried to Trace a normal katana to [[spoiler:defend himself from Ghoul]] in that dream the protagonist of the game had during his first night in Inaba. Instead, he gets a half-sword, half-polearm that [[{{Foreshadowing}} six chapters later he will discover]] is his first Persona's weapon, the naginata Ame-no-Nuhoko. Later on in chapter 32, [[spoiler:Shirou purposely Traces Izanagi's spear and wields it as javelin to deliver the finishing blow to Shadow Rise.]]
138* ChekhovsClassroom: using Kantian Philosphy, not only is Morooka able to give an ArmorPiercingQuestion to Shirou's desire to be a hero, but also sums up the problem surrounding [[spoiler:Mitsuo's belief in that he's a hero. As well as Adachi and Nametame's motives for their actions during the Inaba Murders.]]
139* ChekhovsHobby: During the second trip to the TV World, Shirou mentioned that he wanted to cast Reinforcement on Yosuke's clothes but dismissed the idea because, if he got it wrong, the botched spell would just break them instead. Twelve chapters later, [[spoiler:Shirou ''deliberately'' over-Reinforced the swords he used to stab Yomotsu-Shikome so the weapons would explode ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill inside]]'' his enemy.]]
140* ChekhovsSkill:
141** Unlike [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight canon]], Shirou managed to dodge metal-poster-wielding Taiga's counter because his battle experience in the TV World translates to real one together with the extra awareness and advice provided by his Personas even though the ability to summon them does not. [[spoiler:This fact allowed him to keep himself alive during Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome's attack in Fuyuki until help arrived.]]
142** In chapter 27, Yosuke rhetorically asked Shirou whether he could discern any specific conversation among the typical racket of Junes' food court in an effort to prove the [[HiddenInPlainSight effective privacy]] of their "special headquarters". It turns out that his magus self-training allows him to do just that, almost refuting the point Yosuke was trying to make. The next chapter, this skill was put to good use to [[spoiler:follow Kanji around unnoticed in order to guard him from the kidnapper.]]
143* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Shirou as usual.
144* CigaretteOfAnxiety: In chapter 33, Ryotaro felt he really needed a smoke after his only lead on the whereabout of then-missing Rise Kujikawa and potential breakthrough in the serial murder case was destroyed, and to make thing worse, every attempt to identify the amnesic Marie didn't pan out either. {{Subverted|Trope}} only because he was about to visit the latter at the hospital and thus a strictly non-smoking area.
145* ClarkKentOutfit: The [[HeroicBuild fruits]] of Shirou's years of physical self-training aren't obvious at all in his usual clothes. A swimsuit or battle-related ClothingDamage is [[StupidSexyFriend an entirely different story]].
146* ClassicVillain: Given that the Shadow Selves are everything their originals deny, with the increased characterization this fic gives them, all of them fit this trope.
147** Shadow Yosuke represents Envy, Wrath, and Pride.
148** Shadow Chie represents Envy and Lust.
149** Shadow Yukiko represents Envy, Lust, and Sloth.
150** Shadow [[spoiler:Taiga]] can be considered an {{Aver|tedTrope}}sion. Being born from [[spoiler:an adult psyche with long-standing unresolved problems]], this Shadow Self can't be easily explained away via SingleIssuePsychology and doesn't act as a clear-cut foil of their progenitor. [[spoiler:Because of this, Taiga actually manages to accept her Shadow without rejecting her first.]]
151** Shadow [[spoiler:Teddie]] represents Sloth and Wrath, believing that IgnoranceIsBliss and that one should stop caring about seeking the truth, viewing [[spoiler:Satsuki's]] vistory as inevitable, as well as desiring to kill [[spoiler:Teddie's]] friends so as to drive him into even more despair.
152* ClosetGeek: Naoto is apparently a closet ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' fan, to the point of creating their own "Spirit Gun" by painting runes onto their hand.
153* ClothingDamage: Oddly inverted. After a trip into the TV World, clothes are restored to the same condition they had before entering. Injuries and other battle damage remain unchanged.
154* CluelessChickMagnet: Shirou, of course. There is Sakura from canon, Chie already has a crush on him by the time her Shadow appears, [[spoiler:Taiga was confronted with her not-so-sisterly feelings by her Shadow]] and Yukiko's slowly growing an attraction to him. Then he wins Rise's heart through an unintentional DeclarationOfProtection. And on top of the "canon" girls, he got [[TheCameo Izumi Aoyama's]] phone number without even trying. Yosuke even wondered if this trope was the result of "some sort of innate magecraft sorcery".
155* CombatClairvoyance: Shadow Rise thanks to her ''Supreme Insight'' skill. [[spoiler:Partially {{Subverted|Trope}} thanks to Shirou who became a major SpannerInTheWorks during her BossFight because his magecraft acted as a WrongContextMagic for her.]]
156* CombatParkour: Jiraiya, who combines DoubleJump and FlashStep to bounce off everything and attack from blind spots, and to a lesser extent Yosuke.
157* CombatPragmatist:
158** Subverted. [[spoiler:Yosuke tried to beat Shadow Chie before it could gather power with Chie's rejection. However, as long as Chie doesn't reject it, attacking her Shadow [[{{Synchronization}} also hurts her in the process]].]]
159** Done more successfully later [[spoiler:during the BossFight against Shadow Chie. Being the manifestation of Chie's insecurities made her an easy target of Yosuke's [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] and her "throne" doesn't make the best place to sit on during battle from a tactical standpoint.]]
160** This is how [[spoiler:the Persona Lilim]] became the MVP of the MiniBoss fight in Rise's dungeon, who took advantage of [[spoiler:Amorous Snake's usage of Stagnant Air to boost her Marin Karin skill and Charm Rain Wheel into finishing off the already weakened Shadow and then directed the lion-shaped chariot into attacking Rain Leg Musha, who managed to pull off a TakingYouWithMe on its former ally, ending the fight.]]
161** On the antagonists' side, Shadow Rise fought a lot smarter than her predecessors, which caused no end trouble for the Investigation Team. [[spoiler:She targeted [[ElementalRockPaperScissors elemental weaknesses]], used her [[DanceBattler superior agility]] and [[CombatClairvoyance Supreme Insight]] for all they were worth, and even took advantage of Rise's trademark SensorCharacter skills as a Persona User to keep tabs on the I.T. as they make their way through the dungeon in order to learn more about them. Shadow Rise also realized that Shirou was by far her most problematic opponent and focused on him from the start of the battle, which marked him as the preferred target of both her attacks and her ''words'', making every effort to get under his skin and rile him up into making a mistake. This Shadow knew how to improvise when in a disadvantage too, resorting to tactics like using Rise as a HumanShield, powerful NonElemental {{Desperation Attack}}s and even trying to [[TakingYouWithMe assure her mutual destruction with the I.T.]] in the end.]]
162** This is also how [[spoiler:Shadow Kanji]] turns the tables on the Investigation Team. [[spoiler:Taking advantage of Shirou being Poisoned (and thus having his attack power reduced) and having a Pixie (a support Persona with very low physical stats) equipped, Nice Guy used [[StatusBuff Heat Riser]] on itself and then snuck on him, catching him on an immobilizing hold that the shadow knew he didn't have the strength to break away on his own at the time. Shadow Kanji wasted no time in hitting Shirou as hard as possible, severing his arm. The only reason Shirou didn't die there and then is that the NearDeathExperience brought his mind back to the Fuyuki Fire and that made him summon, or likely [[DemonicPossession get possessed by]] mother-effin' ''[[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Kagutsuchi]]''.]]
163* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Taiga bides Shirou (and Nanako) goodbye with a peck on the cheek, then turns to Ryotaro who looks at her with obvious surprise in his face at her actions[[note]]this happened just the day after he asked Taiga if she "loved [Shirou] that way"[[/note]] and she says to him "You're not getting one".
164* TheConfidant: Yukiko for Yumi Ozawa, once the latter's father returned to her and her mother's lives. Somewhat {{Subverted|Trope}} in the sense Yukiko wasn't sure how to help her friend the first time Yumi told her about her family problems and her advice, while on point, wasn't something Yumi was ready to hear just yet.
165* TheConsigliere: Shirou might be TheLeader, but Yosuke is the one who stops him from DiggingHimselfDeeper due to his lack of social graces.
166* ContinuityNod:
167** A throwaway comment from Igor implies that the story follows the events of the female route of ''VideoGame/Persona3 [[UpdatedRerelease Portable]]''. Later on it's revealed that [[CanonName Kotone Shiomi]]'s fate left Theodore heartbroken and made Elizabeth abandon her duties as a Resident of the Velvet Room in search of way to rescue her despite of her reduced interaction with the previous Wild Card.
168** When Chie is advised to join a [[JapaneseSchoolClub school club]], she discovers that Yasogami used to have a female tennis team, but the lack of members make them disband for the year. Given the above point, it follows that [[FanNickname the FeMC]] most likely joined the tennis club at Gekkoukan High School and she, [[Characters/Persona3SocialLinksAndNPCs Rio, Yuko and Kazushi]] visited Inaba as part of sports fellowship at Yasogami two years ago.
169** During the Dojimas' visit to Fuyuki, Taiga draws father and daughter's attention to the "new and improved" Hyatt Hotel as an example of the redevelopment effort over the last ten years. The previous incarnation of the same hotel was destroyed with demolition charges by Kiritsugu Emiya in ''Literature/FateZero''.
170* ContractualPurity: Rise is an InUniverse example and once [[DiscussedTrope lambasted the hypocrisy]] of marketing an IdolSinger as both a sex symbol and a wholesome role model.
171-->'''Rise:''' ''[to her manager]'' Oh, that's right! I can't talk about sex because I'm supposed to be an innocent stereotype and role model for young girls! It's completely unrealistic! And every idol company has been doing this same crap for, what, thirty years now? If idols are supposed to be role models, then we shouldn't play onto some escapist fantasy!
172* ContrivedCoincidence: Shirou's MobstacleCourse started a highly unpredictable chain of events that ended up with [[spoiler:Tohsaka figuring out that he is a magus.]]
173* {{Corpsing}}: There is an InUniverse example in the second Fuyuki Gaiden, where Rin mightily struggles to not laugh herself sick in front of Kotomine at the realization that [[spoiler:Shirou basically wants to use his powers as a magus for "world peace".]]
174-->'''Rin:''' ''[InnerMonologue]'' I'm not going to laugh. I'm not going to laugh in front of the damned fake priest! I'll laugh all I want at this stupid, ridiculous goal later in the comfort of my home, but damn it not now!
175* CovertPervert: In the game, Yukiko's hidden perverted side mostly came out if she was DrunkOnMilk or in a relationship with the protagonist. Here it's a tad more obvious because a) sometimes the story is told from her point of view, and b) her StupidSexyFriend Shirou and stupidly manly things he does when his ChronicHeroSyndrome is triggered make it easier for her to entertain more off-color thoughts involving the guy.
176* CowerPower: Referenced. When Mitsuo's bravado falls apart in front of Kanji after he tried to start a fight with the alleged delinquent, the latter mockingly asks him if his sister is going to come up and make apologies for him again.
177* CrashIntoHello:
178** How Shirou and Naoto met in chapter 23. Also an EarlyBirdCameo for the latter.
179** It happens again in chapter 27 at Tatsumi Textiles, after which Shirou and Naoto finally introduce themselves.
180* CrazyPrepared: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Rise. After working as an IdolSinger in high demand, she got used to being constantly on the move and to always carry what she calls the "essentials" on a trip. Fortunately for Chie and Yukiko at the school campout, this includes a zipped-up bag full of silicone earplugs (for Hanako's snoring) and some snacks and bottled water (greatly appreciated after [[LethalChef they utterly ruined their group's dinner]]).
181* CruelToBeKind: Shirou [[BrutalHonesty doesn't mince words]] to tell Yukiko just how bad her cooking is in order to help her improve. Given her stated plans to leave Inaba after graduation, it really couldn't go any other way.
182* CryForTheDevil: [[invoked]] Once defeated, [[spoiler:Shadow Chie]]'s cries elicited this reaction in- and out-of-universe.
183-->[[spoiler:'''Shadow Chie:''' Please, Don't leave me… Yukiko. All I wanted was to feel needed, to feel like I belonged with someone, somewhere. If you're gone… what will happen to me? All the years together, all the laughs we shared, doesn't it matter Yukiko? Why do you want to leave me? Yukiko…]]
184* CryIntoChest: PlayedForLaughs. Yukiko to Shirou after coming out of denial about how much of a LethalChef she is.
185* CuddleBug: Rise is more touchy-feely than Shirou is used his friends to be. The first time she hugged him and accidentally(?) caused a BaitAndSwitchSentiment moment, he briefly went into [[PostKissCatatonia "shutdown mode"]].
186* CurbStompBattle: Pissed off Kanji vs. Biker Gang. They never had a chance.
187* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Satsuki "Sacchin" Yumizuka]] is as cheerful and cute as she is utterly bonkers. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in Chapter 35 has her happily cooking dinner for her little "brother" while encouraging him to follow through with his homicidal fantasies.
188* CutenessProximity: Rise had to restrain herself from "[jumping] up and [squeezing] the cute out of [Ayane]" when she met her.
189* CuteSportsClubManager:
190** Chie was encouraged by the teachers into becoming one for Yasogami's soccer team. A bit of a {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion because most of the soccer team is so unmotivated and lazy that they ended up bringing out her inner "dominatrix bananahead", prompting Chie to pick up the slack for their overworked and often absent advisor and basically take over as their ''de facto'' coach.
191** Ai Ebihara is even a harsher {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion, who outright told the basketball team that she wasn't going to lift a finger for them despite being assigned as their manager.
192* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Taiga threatens [[spoiler:Kotomine]] to keep himself away from Shirou and his family or she will "kill [him] with [her] shinai, unfeminine roar, and high heels."
193* DamnedByFaintPraise: Shirou's compliment of Yukiko's first attempt at cooking a boxed lunch. Their conversation briefly delved into SnarkToSnarkCombat due to his choice of words.
194-->'''Shirou:''' But I didn't pass out. That's a good sign of progress.\
195'''Yukiko:''' Thanks, that makes me feel so much better.
196* DamselInDistress: {{Discussed|Trope}}:
197-->"Well then," Yosuke smiled. "Now we have a plan; Emiya fights, Teddie supports, I investigate, and Satonaka…" he paused as he stared at the lone girl of their party. "Well, try not to get kidnapped, alright?"\
198"Ha-ha, very funny," said lone girl deadpanned.
199* DanceBattler: Shadow Rise.
200* DarkIsNotEvil: Shirou initially feared summoning the Persona Eligor due to his demonic roots as a Duke of Hell from the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'', but he proved to be completely {{noble|Demon}} and badass during the Shadow Yukiko fight.
201-->'''Eligor:''' [to [[MookMedic Charming Prince]]] If [[[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe thou calls itself]] royalty, [[PreMortemOneLiner than accept death with dignity]]!
202* DartboardOfHate: A variant. In the third Fuyuki Gaiden, Ayako's practicing at Homurahara archery dojo and, annoyed at the [[CluelessChickMagnet mistaken but not totally incorrect]] idea that Shirou is too careless with his popularity with the opposite sex, she visualizes him as her target to shoot at, scoring a bullseye and [[RuleOfSymbolism delivering her arrow to the dead center]] of [[ShipTease his imagined heart]].
203* ADayInTheLimelight:
204** The first "Fuyuki Gaiden" (right after chapter 21) is focused on [[FunPersonified Taiga]] (with expected results).
205** The second one (after chapter 26) follows Rin around.
206** The third Fuyuki Gaiden (after chapter 32) is narrated by Ayako.
207** The first ''Inaba Chorus'' is narrated by Yosuke, Yukiko, Rise, and Chie. Each of their sections focusing on themselves and Naoki, Yumi, Ayane, and the club captains Daisuke and Kou, respectively.
208* DeadManWalking: According to [[spoiler:Satsuki, even if she hadn't killed and devoured Mitsuo, his repression of his Shadow into nonexistence would have led to an inevitable mental shutdown.]]
209* DeadpanSnarker: Yosuke, probably even more than his canonical portrayal.
210-->'''Yosuke:''' ''[after seeing [[{{Dominatrix}} Shadow Chie's rejected form]]]'' And I thought ''I'' had issues.
211* DeathByAdaptation:
212** Yu Narukami's parents died in the Fuyuki Fire.
213** Technically, Yu as well, since the fire [[DeathOfPersonality effectively turned him into the]] BlankSlate Shirou emerged from.
214** [[spoiler:Satsuki kills and devours Mitsuo after he fails to reconcile with his Shadow and unlock a Persona.]]
215* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:According to Nyarlathotep, Philemon shot an impressive one at him when he mentioned [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Tatsuya Suou]] in the context "letting people making their choices by their own accord".]]
216* DeathOfPersonality: Except for his body, the Fuyuki Fire consumed everything Yu Narukami ever was, leaving only BlankSlate of a child that eventually grew into the person known as Shirou Emiya.
217* DeathSeeker: When the Team watches the Midnight Channel in Chapter 54, [[spoiler:they see Satsuki's Shadow in what looks like a dungeon, wearing prison clothes, and ignoring the camera, outright begging for someone to kill her before she ends up killing someone else.]]
218* DeclarationOfProtection:
219** Shirou to Yukiko in chapter 28 to try to allay her fears of encountering her kidnapper again, mirroring a similar DialogueTree choice from the game. The fact that [[ChronicHeroSyndrome he absolutely meant it]] while [[ThinkNothingOfIt remaining matter-of-factly about it]] made Yukiko's skip a beat, blush and stammer all together.
220** Shirou to Rise during the fight against her Shadow, even though he didn't quite phrase it like that. His words greatly impressed her despite being the very first thing he said to her mere seconds after they met because her [[TheSocialExpert social skills and ability to read people]] told her he was completely honest about it and that his confidence wasn't feigned.
221* DeconstructionCrossover:
222** Shirou's initial misgivings on the Social Link system are {{discussed|Trope}} in later chapters. After he tells Yosuke about it, the latter comments on the practicality of getting stronger without the risk of having to fight Shadows all the time by simply mingling and making friends, to say nothing of how easy would be to get a girlfriend if Shirou's Personas can simply [[EarpieceConversation coach him]], [[PlayingCyrano Cyrano-style]]. Shirou instead points out how easily the power of the Wild Card [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength can be abused]] and [[DrunkWithPower go to the wielder's head]] even way before taking combat into consideration.
223--->'''Shirou:''' Yosuke, you're missing the point. Say you had this power, and you used it to get closer to Satonaka. Your Chariot Persona would resonate with her, telling you what she feels and be a clue as to what to say to make her happy, and get closer to her. Then when the bond is strong enough, you go to the next person, like Amagi-san, and use a new Persona all over again. I did some reading, and if Social Links are really represented by the Major Arcana, then that means you could link with 22 different people representing an Arcana, not counting Thoth or Hermetic equivalents. So, if you want to make Links with all 22 people, what do you do?\
224'''Yosuke:''' ''[smiles]'' I get their respective Personas and then tell them exactly what they want to hear. ''[realization hits, smile vanishes]'' Oooooooh.
225*** Yosuke then argues that it won't happen because Shirou must've been given the ability because he ''wouldn't'' abuse it, thinking it more as an example of "Potentially BadPowersGoodPeople".
226*** This didn't go unnoticed InUniverse. It's implied that one of the reasons why Margaret insisted on forming a Social Link with Shirou is because she realized his reluctance towards the "Power of Bonds", which could have serious consequences later on in his journey. Shirou was impressed at her request, as he never expected "her of all people to put her money where her mouth was", and it seemed to work too as he didn't show any real reluctance to form a Social Link with Teddie the next chapter.
227** In the same vein ''Videogame/Persona4'' [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype deconstructs the protagonists' Character Archetypes]], this story does the same with [[spoiler:Taiga Fujimura]] and shows some of the inherent issues lurking just below such a typical anime-like personality if translated to real life. [[spoiler:Specifically that someone with a SenseiChan personality would be viewed as kind of pathetic rather than endearing.]]
228* DelayedReaction:
229** During the phone call where Dojima convinces Taiga to not bring Shirou back to Fuyuki after she learns about the first death of the murder case, he argues that Shirou is not in more danger than any of his friends in Inaba. Taiga hangs up and the narration veers in a different direction for a little while until she suddenly notices how odd it's for Shirou to make friends so quickly. She immediately phones back and finds out that he was walking home with two ''girls'' (Chie and Yukiko) after his first day at Yasogami, which prompts a ''second'' DelayedReaction where she realizes that, even though Shirou's close acquaintances around his age are few and far between, most of them ''are'' good-looking girls, herself (shamelessly) included. Cue an OhCrap reaction and [[INeedADrink heavy drinking]] at the idea of him growing up to be a womanizer.
230--->'''Taiga:''' …Oh who the hell am I kidding?! SHIROU'S A WOMANIZER! THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!
231** From the second Fuyuki Gaiden, right after Rin's calm façade slips when she hears news of Shirou due to the negative effect that his absence has been having on Sakura so far.
232--->'''Ayako:''' Whoa, slow down there. You seem rather excited to see your boyfriend again.\
233'''Rin:''' ''[InnerMonologue]'' Well, I wouldn't exactly-- BOYFRIEND?!
234* DeliberateInjuryGambit: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Kanji realized that Mitsuo was trying to get beat up by him on purpose. He instead decided to leave him unharmed, [[CruelMercy but not without]] calling the guy out with a short but scalding ReasonYouSuckSpeech.
235-->'''Kanji:''' You're not worth beating up. There's no fun in pushing around a weakling, and I'm already in enough trouble as it is. Then there's probably the fact that you're trying to play martyr by getting me to fight you. Get beat up, call the cops, spin some sob story to them and blame everything on me, right?
236* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler:Mitsuo ends up having his role as the DiscOneFinalBoss supplanted by his "sister", Satsuki, due to him working under her orders. While his Shadow is still fought in it's respective dungeon, it's downgraded to just being a powerful MiniBoss much like Shadow Teddie in the aforementioned dungeon.]]
237* DesignatedVillain: {{Invoked|Trope}} [[spoiler:Izanami does this to herself. She creates Marie in order to remove her bias towards Shirou's victory in order to be an impartial judge and the villain Shirou needs to defeat in his desire to be a hero. She is also aware of Philemon and Nyarlothep's newest bet, yet she plays along because having Shirou in her [[HumanityOnTrial test for mankind]] suits her plans.]]
238* DestroyTheEvidence: [[spoiler:Dojima had a hunch that Rise's kidnapping might have gotten caught on tape by the outdated yet still functioning street cameras of the Yasoinaba Shopping District. He's proven right, but Adachi "accidentally" pushed the record button and taped over the relevant portion of the footage and the only clue Ryotaro was left with is the fact that the kidnapper drives a van.]]
239* {{Determinator}}: [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Shirou]] as always, which is not always a good thing, like when persisting in finishing a DungeonCrawling run despite he and the rest of the team being too tired to continue. Thankfully, he does listen to reason if nobody is in immediate danger.
240* DialogueTree: {{Parodied|Trope}}. When Morooka orders Shirou and Yosuke to help the Student Health Association, the latter sees three options in his head: [[DistinctionWithoutADifference "Punch him", "Punch harder", "Kick him in the nads."]]
241* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: [[FirstPersonSmartass Shirou]] and [[TheDitz Teddie]] at times.
242* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Kanji was incredulous that Mitsuo would think him stupid enough to fall for a DeliberateInjuryGambit so he could get attention by PlayingTheVictimCard.
243* DirtyOldMan: Among [[BunnyEarsLawyer Yasogami's unique faculty]], Shirou's least favorite teacher is not Morooka, but rather Mr. Yamada. Unlike [[InSeriesNickname King Moron]] who is a SternTeacher whose caustic advice basically boils down to "work hard and don't blow it", the Geography teacher's flattery of his female students -- especially Yukiko -- skates too close to sexual harassment for Shirou's tastes.
244* DiscontinuityNod:
245** Unlike the game, Margaret doesn't ask for money to recall a Persona from the Compendium. She does so the first time as a joke, though. Apparently, she simply wanted to see Shirou's reaction and his flabbergasted face didn't disappoint.
246** While Rise didn't manage to summon her Persona right away after accepting her Shadow, she still had a much easier time at in than Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko before her.
247* DivingSave: [[spoiler:Chie to Yosuke, pushing him out of the way of his Shadow's attack.]]
248* DontGoInTheWoods: {{Exploited|Trope}}. The forest near Miyama is widely believed to be haunted and only thrill-seekers would likely go there. This is precisely the reason why Shirou [[spoiler:fled to the forest when chased by Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome. That way the fight could break out without {{Innocent Bystander}}s being caught in the middle.]]
249* DontThinkFeel: [[spoiler:Taiga Fujimura]] didn't know what to do with herself and her newfound romantic feelings when [[spoiler:saying goodbye to Shirou after his visit for Golden Week]]. In the end she advised herself to forgo conscious thinking and ended up [[spoiler:kissing him on the cheek]].
250* DopeSlap:
251** Yosuke's go-to admonishment when Shirou is acting too [[IdiotHero Shirou-like]]. It started when the team leader had a StayInTheKitchen moment with Chie to keep her out of the TV World.
252** Does it again when Shirou's ChronicHeroSyndrome regarding the wishing ema gets the better of him.
253** Shirou returns the favor in order to get Yosuke's head back in the game after getting distracted with [[spoiler:his girlfriend, unknown to the both of them, laid some heavy hypnosis on him.]]
254* DoubleKnockout: During the MiniBoss fight of Marukyuu Striptease, [[spoiler:the Persona Lilim [[StatusEffects Charmed]] Rain Wheel into attacking Rain Leg Musha, who refused to go down without a fight and leading both Shadows into their simultaneous defeat.]]
255-->[[spoiler:'''Lilim:''' [[BondOneLiner And that, my duckies, is what happens]] when [[UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject an unstoppable wheelie meets an unmovable samurai]]. The. End.]]
256* DramaticIrony:
257** Readers knowledgeable with ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' will notice right away why [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Shirou]] spending a year away from Sakura is a '''bad''' idea.
258** Related to the above, Shirou is absolutely convinced that he's never done anything to warrant a girl's romantic interest. [[ObliviousToLove About]] ''[[CluelessChickMagnet that]]''…
259** Dojima asked Sakura about her parents once and things immediately got awkward. If you know about ''Literature/FateZero'', you'll realize that his faux pas was a lot bigger than he knew.
260** As it happened in [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight canon]], recurrent conflict in the story stems from the fact that people surrounding Shirou only slowly come to realize how truly distorted and borderline ''in''human his ChronicHeroSyndrome really is. Any reader who previously played the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route of the game may appreciate exactly how fitting and plain ''wrong'' is for a person [[spoiler:with an unique and highly-functional personality disorder that makes him derive happiness only by helping others, especially by saving them from immediate danger,]] like Shirou to be in the shoes of the protagonist of VideoGame/Persona4.
261** Tohsaka is honestly impressed and a little jealous how easily Sakura can put on a cold and distant façade to keep normal people away as a magus is wont to, not having a clue why that's the case.
262** There is a more lighthearted example in chapter 22, where Shirou promises to teach [[LethalChef Chie]] how to prepare a lunchbox. The poor unsuspecting fool.
263** In chapter 31, [[spoiler:Adachi "accidentally" taped over the street footage of the kidnapper taking an unconscious Rise into a van]]. Although unstated in the text, readers who played/watched ''Persona 4'' to the end know there's no way that didn't happened on purpose.
264** The third Fuyuki Gaiden reveals that [[spoiler:Taiga is planning on taking a leave of absence for the rest of the school year and moving to Inaba as soon as she can set her businesses in order in Fuyuki]]. Shirou and the rest of the town don't suspect a thing.
265** [[CasanovaWannabe Yosuke]] finally [[ThrowTheDogABone gets a girlfriend]]! Too bad she's [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Satsuki]] "[[CuteAndPsycho Sacchin]]" [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Yumizuka]]]] and he doesn't have a clue the mess he's in.
266* DreamWalker: Shirou experiences dreams involving his active Social Links just like the PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/Persona4''. In this story and to his great chagrin, his Personas of the matching Arcana can see and remember all the rather silly/embarrassing stuff that tends to happen in them, like him rescuing Taiga from a Kotomine-styled dungeon and Chie from a [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIIIWailmerToDeoxys Flygon]] ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer really]]).
267* DroppingTheBombshell:
268** Margaret casually dispels Shirou's misconception about her and Igor being magi.
269** Rise announces her retirement from showbiz [[spoiler:to a large live audience during her concert in Okina City.]]
270* DudeWheresMyRespect: While he understand the need for secrecy, Yosuke would rather people to know about the supernatural heroics he and his friends get up to. Interestingly, this isn't less about him being a GlorySeeker and more about a desire for his normal life [[ThrowTheDogABone to give him a break for once]] for all the danger he faces in the TV World.
271* TheDulcineaEffect: {{Discussed|Trope}} and unsuccessfully {{invoked|Trope}}. After Shirou ran away from her and the Dojimas without any apparent reason at all, Taiga followed after him but she lost his trail once he walked into a forest. Then she improvised to lure him out.
272-->'''Taiga:''' ''[loudly]'' Dammit Shirou this isn't funny! You made Nanako-chan cry, you jerk! ''[thinking]'' It was probably a stretch of the truth, but Shirou always had a weakness for sad young girls. It was a hero thing.
273* EarAche: [[spoiler:How Yukiko defused the fight between Kanji and Shirou in chapter 28 before it could really get started. To say that Kanji and his ear weren't amused would be a gross understatement.]]
274* EarlyBirdCameo:
275** In chapter 14, while the initial three are waiting for Shirou to complete his Magic Circuit they hear rattling chains, signifying the possible appearance of a Reaper.
276** Naoto makes an early appearance in chapter 23, a little after the start of Golden Week in the game's timeline. Shirou [[CrashIntoHello bumps into]] the [[PrivateInvestigator P.I.]] because he let Nanako drag him around during the girl's first visit to a train station as big and crowded as Fuyuki's.
277** Rin's DayInTheLimelight in the second Fuyuki Gaiden can be considered one of her.
278** The Shadows Nice Guy and Tough Guy appear at the entrance of Kanji's dungeon, but they don't really hamper their advance at this point.
279* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Everyone has elemental weaknesses and strengths, so as a whole the party tries to cover one another when an enemy attempts to use it against them.
280* EmbarrassingNickname: Turns out that Rin's WalkingTechBane status isn't a very well kept secret from Ayako, who gives her the appropriate nickname of Analog.
281* EmptyChairMemorial: The spare chair next to the kitchen table at the Dojimas', as Shirou discovered the first morning the three of them ate breakfast together. After an uncomfortable moment, Ryotaro defused the situation by reminding Nanako that her late mother surely wouldn't mind Shirou, her nephew, using it.
282* EntertaininglyWrong:
283** Shirou tries to explain the many supernatural phenomena he finds in Inaba with his limited knowledge of [[FunctionalMagic thaumaturgy]]. For example, he mistook the TV World for an extensive Boundary Field and [[SpiritAdvisor Igor]] for a magus.
284** It's not only Shirou. [[spoiler:Sakura and Kirei thought that the entities that attacked Shirou during Golden Week (Yomotsu-Shikome and Yomotsu-Ikusa) were [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Wraiths]].]]
285** From her phone conversations with Dojima and Shirou, Taiga thinks Shirou has become a ''womaniser''. This causes her to [[INeedAFreakingDrink start drinking heavily.]] [[spoiler:It only gets worse when she mistakes Shirou's description of Chie for ''herself'' (see IHaveThisFriend below for the details).]]
286** Tohsaka's poorly thought-out excuse for her interest in Shirou's return to Fuyuki and the Archery Club -- actually due to how badly Sakura has been missing him -- made Ayako come up with the theory that they dated before he moved to Inaba. See MistakenForRomance below.
287* EpicFail: "Operation Up Close and Personal" manages to be even a bigger fiasco for Yosuke than in canon, which is impressive considering that his scooter ''doesn't'' get totalled this time around. Unlike Yu Narukami, Shirou saw his friend's plan for the waste of time it was and decided to shop around Okina Station and acquaint himself with the town's layout instead. Not only Yosuke made a bigger fool of himself standing alone by his [[InsistentTerminology "motorcycle"]], but also the next thing he knows of Shirou is when he catches sight of a cute and well-endowed girl their age pushing a piece of paper into the redhead's hands and giving him a "call me" hand gesture.
288-->'''Shirou:''' Are you okay?\
289'''Yosuke:''' ''[too emotionally drained to raise his voice]'' Just peachy. After all, I sat under the sun doing nothing for three hours, and you were invited to go kickboxing with a girl. Guys do not just get invited to kickboxing with total strangers.\
290'''Shirou:''' ''[fights back the urge to point out the obvious [[HypocriticalHumor hypocrisy]]]''\
291'''Yosuke:''' But I guess it's okay. I mean, she's beautiful, young, and full. Soooo full. And unless you had another miraculous recovery or some bullshit luck, there's no way you could have touched her breasts or something, right?\
292'''Shirou:''' ''[winces guiltily]'' [[AccidentalTruth Uh, well, about that...]]\
293'''Yosuke:''' ''[EyeTwitch]'' I hate you. I hate you so… soooo… ''soooo'' much.
294* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The very first thing the Persona Lilim does after Shirou Fused her was try to seduce him without a care for Igor and Margaret unconcernedly watching the whole thing. The same scene also serves as this trope for the Persona Angel, whose first known action in the story is to summon herself to play cockblock and advise Shirou against debauchery.
295* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Kou Ichijo's crush on Chie. PlayedWith in that she does notice how nervous and awkward he's around her, but given that she and Yukiko hang out together pretty much all the time and how much of a DudeMagnet the latter is, Chie wrote him off as yet another "Yukiko fanboy" and mistakes any sign of his attraction to her as one for Yukiko.
296* EvilLearnsOfOutsideContext: [[spoiler:Satsuki was originally unaware of the TV world and Personas, but once she and her "brother" end up in it, she quickly plots to use it to her advantage and try to awaken his Persona after dealing with the Investigation Team.]]
297* {{Expy}}: The Persona Pixie is a huge one to ''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]]'' and pretty much a homage to every bratty FairyCompanion ever.
298* FacePalm: Yosuke, often because of Shirou.
299* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Probably as a [[DiscontinuityNod nod to the game]] where Chie is used to {{Railroad|ing}} the MC into [[CharacterSelectForcing teaming up with Yukiko]] for the first stakeout, she realizes in chapter 28 that she can either a) accompany Shirou to Okina City to follow Kanji around and leave her best friend in [[CasanovaWannabe Yosuke]]'s company or b) stay with Yosuke and miss her chance for an investigation-justified date with her crush. In the end, she picks the latter.
300* TheFairFolk: Shirou's second Persona, Pixie, is one of these, and she can think and talk on her own. As a magus, Shirou's well aware of the non-{{Disneyf|ication}}ied myths surrounding entities like her and considers Pixie as the closest thing he'll ever meet to a well-meaning fey -- even though she's rather fond of calling him an idiot. [[spoiler:And because she is one of the Fair Folk, ''she knows about Avalon.'' She even has a YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe moment when she realizes that it was in Shirou's body this whole time and he didn't even know about it.]]
301-->'''Pixie:''' Well, the best way would be to [[spoiler:[[WhamLine take that golden sheath out of your body and put it in your friend!]]]]\
302'''Shirou:''' ''[blinks in confusion]'' What [[spoiler:golden sheath]]?
303* FairyCompanion: The Persona Pixie genuinely ''tries'' to fulfill the role and be helpful, but she tends [[TheDitz to get sidetracked on her own musings]] and [[CantArgueWithElves complain about humans]].
304* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Satsuki used her [[MagicalEye Mystic Eyes]] to make Mitsuo believe she's his sister and that his parents are away in a second honeymoon.]]
305* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Shadow Yukiko used one of these in her fight [[spoiler:to take Yosuke out of it.]]
306* FandomNod: [[ShrinkingViolet Ayane]]'s BlushStickers reminds Rise of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]], which is a common InJoke among the ''VideoGame/Persona4'' fandom, resulting in quips like "Ayane, I choose you!"[[note]]a reference to the fact the player has to choose between her and Yumi as the Social Link of the Sun Arcana[[/note]] or that Ayane is about to "evolve" whenever she [[LuminescentBlush actually blushes]].
307* FastballSpecial: Chie does this to herself by having her Persona boost her up for a high kick against Shadow Kanji.
308* FatalAttractor: Yosuke. He discovered that Saki (probably) hated his guts after she died, two girls he's been at least physically attracted to (Yukiko and Rise) only have eyes for his best friend, and when he finally gets a RelationshipUpgrade, it turns out that his first girlfriend is [[spoiler:a freaking ''vampire''.]]
309* FeeFiFauxPas:
310** Yosuke [[DopeSlap chastises]] Shirou for trying to keep Chie from going back to the TV World to rescue Yukiko with the line [[StayInTheKitchen "That world is no place for a girl"]]. [[spoiler:Actually something of a {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion. Chie was naturally annoyed with Shirou for coddling her, but a bigger part of her was overjoyed that someone was treating her with the same care and deference that guys usually reserve only for Yukiko.]]
311** During the family trip to Fuyuki, Dojima asks Sakura if her parents are really okay with her staying so late at Shirou's house and she explains that her brother and grandfather won't mind as long as she gets back before dinnertime. Dojima takes the hint and decides to avoid the topic of her parents from then and on. [[DramaticIrony If you know her backstory]], you'll realize it's a ''whole lot'' worse than that.
312* FemaleGaze: In Chapter 34, when Shirou strips for a swim.
313-->When that was done, Shirou then bent over to remove his shoes and sweat pants, revealing a pair of orange trunks underneath. Stopping above his knees, they allowed a good view of his strong calves. Chie was stuck staring between his leg muscles and his rear end, but stuck to the latter as he bent lower. Another thought circled her overheating head, and it was ''"Huminahuminahuminahuminahuminahumina…"''
314* FirstNameBasis:
315** In the heat of the moment, Shirou called Rise by her first name as he reassured her that the Investigation Team was [[DeclarationOfProtection going to save her from her Shadow]], making quite an impression on her because people are usually only interested in "Risette". Afterwards he kept doing it without giving it much thought as it's also the case with Sakura, which Rise took as her cue to call him "Shirou-kun" in return.
316** It must be noted that a guy calling a girl by her given name or vice versa is [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics a pretty big deal in Japan]] and it's usually done only between lovers or family members, something that Chie and Yukiko awkwardly pointed out to Rise at the campout. The fact the former idol not only was A-OK with this, but also considered being on first-name basis with Shirou a point of pride, didn't do Chie's self-esteem issues any favors.
317* FirstPersonSmartass:
318** Shirou in [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the visual novel]], ''especially'' [[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia the sequel]]. Increasingly {{Subverted|Trope}} here as hanging out with the Investigation Team and their colorful and [[HilarityEnsues silliness-prone]] personalities brings more and more of his snark from his narration to his dialogue.
319** Being his "Other Selves", Shirou's Personas took after the guy and are a TalkingToThemself version of this trope, basically providing him with a whole mental peanut gallery of [[SnarkyNonHumanSideKick Snarky Non-Human Sidekicks]] that only he can hear in the real world.
320* FlatWhat:
321** Shirou, Yosuke and Chie's reaction to Shadow Yukiko's Midnight Channel special.
322** Shirou's reaction to summoning a Duke of Hell, [[Literature/ArsGoetia Eligor]] of the Chariot Arcana.
323* FluffyTheTerrible: [[TheDragon Charming Prince]] gets nicknamed "Prince-kun" by Yukiko.
324* {{Foil}}: Shirou and Mitsuo of all people. [[spoiler:They both have messed-up ideas of what it means to be a hero, but while Shirou cares nothing for recognition and is surrounded by normal people who keep him grounded and work together with him to rescue people, Mitsuo is an AttentionWhore who has the support of a LadyMacbeth and literal monster encouraging him to make his fantasies a bloody reality by exterminating the "villains" he thinks the world is best without.]]
325* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: While following after Shirou who was running away without apparent reason at all, Taiga encountered the same blue butterfly that previously led her to find proof of the identity of Shirou's biological parents. Trusting her gut, she broke into a mad chase after it that ended with her [[WatchOutForThatTree meeting a tree, shoulder first, losing conciousness]] [[spoiler:and waking up in time to be attacked by her Shadow Self.]]
326* FoodAsBribe: Shirou treats Izumi Aoyama to udon after their AccidentalPervert moment in chapter 33. Her GrowlingGut didn't leave her with much room to refuse.
327* TheFool: The Wild Card, as expected of the {{Tarot Motif|s}}. Shirou matches the archetype particularly well in social interactions, where his painfully honest and oblivious ways accomplish quite a lot, which is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero not always for the best]]. Following the TarotMotifs, it's been suggested by WordOfGod that Shirou can be considered a ''Reversed'' Fool and that part of Shirou's CharacterDevelopment will be righting himself.
328* {{Foreshadowing}}:
329** The first time Shirou fully summoned Izanagi, he had a vision of Igor and Margaret just like Yu in the anime, but he also caught a glimpse of "a glowing sheath surrounded in darkness, and a girl standing in an open green meadow", which are [[spoiler:Avalon and Saber just like Shirou oneirically saw them in the visual novel pre- and post-dream cycle, respectively.]]
330** When Shirou stuck his head into a TV for the first time, the landscape morphed into a FieldOfBlades.
331** The Persona Pixie, as one of TheFairFolk, recognized [[spoiler:Avalon's presence in Shirou's body.]]
332** Taiga tends to overreact at the idea of Shirou becoming a [[TheCasanova womaniser]] and get annoyed at the suggestions that their relationship doesn't really look like one between siblings nor one expected of a legal guardian and her ward. [[spoiler:Later on her Shadow revealed that Taiga's feelings for Shirou aren't a clear-cut example of familial affection.]]
333** The fox reacted with utmost joy when given the name "Tama-chan" by the Investigation Team. See MythologyGag [[MythologyGag/FateReachOut page]] for a possible reason why.
334--->'''Shirou:''' ''[aloud]'' It ''does'' have a nice ring to it. ''[thinking]'' Tama the fox. It actually sounded familiar, but [he] couldn't remember why.
335** Shinji Matou, with his usual [[{{Narcissist}} charm]], commented in chapter 5 that Shirou may have a chance with the ladies now that the redhead will be away from him, but that "it would be a rainy day in Inaba before [Shirou] could snag someone like Risette, let alone any other babe". Twenty-seven chapters later, [[spoiler:Shirou meets Rise in Inaba/TV World (on a rainy day to boot) and makes such a [[BigDamnHeroes powerful first impression]] on the girl that Yosuke was left enviously snarking about why didn't Shirou just went and proposed to her for good measure.]]
336** Teddie has a surprising good understanding of magecraft. He learned Reinforcement by watching Shirou and once called magi "technologically repressed fuddy-duddies", which caught the magus' attention because he never quite mentioned that trait of their culture around the bear.
337** Naoto apparently had a habit of making a "Spirit Gun" as a kid by painting runes on their hand.
338* ForgottenBirthday: The last straw that pushes Rise to retire is that the only person who remembers her birthday is her grandmother.
339* ForWantOfANail:
340** WordOfGod says that Chie's presence during the second trip to the TV World on April 15th [[spoiler:(the fight against Shadow Yosuke)]] will have consequences throughout all the storyline.
341** In the game, Ryotaro Dojima had to cancel the family outing on Golden Week because of an unsolved ATM robbery. Here, the thieves were captured before they could flee (see BadassBystander entry above), allowing the trip to take place as planned. Their chosen destination ended up being Fuyuki city.
342** Unlike canon, Kirei Kotomine meets Shirou well before the Holy Grail War at a time when it's obvious that the adoptive son of Kiritsugu Emiya is foolishly yet earnestly following the latter's ideals[[note]]this takes place not long after Yukiko's rescue, the first big achievement of the Investigation Team[[/note]]. [[spoiler:The sight of it seems to rub Kirei the wrong way to the point he can't resist [[DroppingTheBombshell telling him]] about [[AwfulTruth Kiritsugu's past as the Magus Killer]]. [[BreakThemByTalking His words affected Shirou a lot]], but Kirei also [[NiceJobFixingItVillain clued him in]] on several things he didn't have much chance of finding out on his own and paved the way for Taiga to become more than the UnwittingMuggleFriend.]]
343** Shirou's magus skills made him an obvious choice to stalk/guard Kanji unnoticed, which ended up inverting the line-up for first stakeout operation. This time Chie and Yosuke watched Tatsumi Textiles while the team leader and Yukiko followed Kanji and Naoto around. [[spoiler:[[InSpiteOfANail They still got caught]] but only because the detective spotted Yukiko and recognized her from her speculated involvement as a surviving victim of the murder case]].
344** Rise getting kidnapped and rescued before Kanji allowed her to enroll into Yasogami early enough to attend to the school campout. For his part Kanji opted for skipping it as he tried to in the game, and thanks to the fact he didn't miss three full weeks of school because of the TV World this time around, the teachers didn't force him to participate as in canon.
345** It seems Shirou makes for a better [[spoiler:"vessel" for [[Videogame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Kagutsuchi]] than Teddie or Sho Minazuki]], his presence alone in Inaba seeming sufficient for him to change his plans from the ones in the game. FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize their "births" makes them no different from each other, even though they took completely opposite lessons from the experience.
346** Because of Shirou's actions, [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie isn't encountered until Mitsuo's dungeon, having thrown his lot in with Satsuki, and by the time he appears he's already encountered Teddie and had him reject him.]]
347* TheFourLoves: Referenced by one of Shirou's Personas after Taiga gave him a goodbye peck on the cheek before he took the train back to Inaba.
348-->'''Cu Sith:''' Amore, Cu Shirou. Hints of love and affection are evident in the one you call sister. It's all kinds as well. Family Storge is most evident, followed by platonic Agape, affectionate Phileo, and... is that a hint of Eros I smell?
349* FreakOut: PlayedForLaughs. Taiga had three of these, each episode more severe than the one before, during her DayInTheLimelight in the first Fuyuki Gaiden at the mistaken realization that: 1) Shirou could grow up to be a womanizer, 2) ''already'' be one and 3) [[spoiler:might have just tried to "womanize ''her''".]]
350* FreudWasRight: Shirou notices in Chapter 35 that the Shadow Selves the Investigation Team has met so far consistently express their interest in "over the top sexcapades into the unknown," which he encapsulates into the line [[CallBack "libido issues"]].
351* FromBadToWorse: Played for laughs. Class 2-2 realizes that as much as they didn't like Morooka, they ''really'' don't like Kashiwagi. Some even seeing it as LaserGuidedKarma for some wanting the beligerant teacher dead.
352* FusionFic: Shirou takes the place of the SilentProtagonist of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' who [[TraumaInducedAmnesia "died"]] in the Fuyuki Fire this time around.
353* GameplayAndStoryIntegration:
354** Similarly to the Servants' status menu in the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight visual novel]], Shirou can visualize information about one of his Personas as a [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall RPG-like status screen]] by using Structural Analysis on the Persona Card.
355--->'''Shirou:''' [[LampshadeHanging It feels like I'm in some sort of video game…]]
356** In the [[VideoGame/Persona4 game]], bringing a Persona of the matching Arcana to a Social Link event speeds up its development. In this story, this is because said Persona can actually speak and advise Shirou in his head or, as it happened with Pixie in chapter 20, let him know when he's messing things up.
357** When the Investigation Team tried to fight the [[GoddamnedBoss Contrarian King]] without Shirou, things got so bad that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they had to scram]]. [[FridgeBrilliance This makes a lot of sense]] once you consider how the battle plays out in the game: Contrarian King is immune to wind, absorbs fire and resists physical attacks, meaning that the only way a Yosuke/Chie/Yukiko party of that level could efficiently hurt him is Chie's ice attacks, which the boss is weak to in the UpdatedRerelease. ''Videogame/Persona4'' being an Creator/{{Atlus}} game, this is in fact a bad strategy because Chie's Persona is a MagicallyIneptFighter with a low Magic stat and Contrarian King's AI is coded to use his ThatOneAttack more frequently if knocked down by a weakness.
358** Persona Users with a low LuckStat have a higher chance to be inflicted with a StatusEffects. This could explain why [[spoiler:Yosuke can fall for Satsuki's HypnoticEyes, whereas Shirou and Taiga can't be hypnotized by her and Kotomine, respectively.]]
359* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
360** Shirou was in the receiving end of this trope during Yukiko's rescue. Twice. Yosuke and then Chie slapped him out of his HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler:The first time, Charming Prince used a Fear-inducing skill that forced his memories of the Fuyuki Fire to resurface. With the experience still fresh in his mind, he suffered a similar episode later at the sight of a big conflagration caused by [[PlayingWithFire Shadow Yukiko]].]]
361** In ''The Inner Child'', [[spoiler:Kirei [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks threw one of his Black Keys]] at Shirou during their BackToBackBadasses fight to snap him out of the Fear-inducing trance right before Yomotsu-Shikome could finish him off with a [[OneHitKill Mudo]] spell.]]
362* GoneHorriblyRight:
363** Shirou's [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre encouraging words]] to Chie were so effective that they worked ''against'' the Investigation Team during their confrontation with her Shadow because [[spoiler:it was ''[[LoveInterest him]]'' saying them. As an unfiltered outlet of her feelings, Shadow Chie positively relished the fact Shirou didn't think ill of her because of the dirty secrets she already revealed, making her crush on him all too obvious and prompting Chie to freak out at the thought of Yosuke and Teddie figuring it out too]]. As a result, Chie's rejection of her Shadow soon ensued. Unsurprisingly, Shirou took the hint and minded what he said for the rest of the fight.
364** PlayedForLaughs in the third Fuyuki Gaiden. Homurahara UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} [[JapaneseSchoolClub Club]] needed a sparring partner above their level to improve their swordsmanship and one of their members decides to ask the "Tiger of Fuyuki" for help, realizing too late why nobody else did just that before. Taiga heeds the request earnestly and basically takes over of the club's captaincy to shape them up with her characteristic shinai-wielding enthusiasm.
365--->'''Kendo Club Member 1:''' This is all your fault, you know.\
366'''Kendo Club Member 2:''' My fault?!\
367'''Kendo Club Member 1:''' You had to blab out loud that Fujimura-sensei is a kendoka, and now she's running us ragged in these sessions!\
368'''Kendo Club Member 2:''' Well, Sensei was upset about our last match and really wanted us to shape up. I didn't think the rumors around "The 'T' of Fuyuki" were true!
369* GoodAngelBadAngel: Angel and Lilim have this interpersonal dynamics going on and, among other things, they disagree on Shirou's love life. Notably his Personas sure know how to pitch their cases to the aspirant hero -- Angel argues that "heroes of the past have an unfortunate track record of acting on impulse than chastity" and Lilim points out that a big part of a hero's mystique is how sexually attractive they are.
370* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Invoked by [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie]] when he tells Shirou that he's determined to stop him from uncovering the truth about the murders. When Shirou asks wjhy he'd stop them and just stand by while innocent people die, [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie]] notes that Shurou really has to ask, he wouldn't understand it even if told.
371* GoodCounterpart: Though probably not intentional, Yosuke comes off as Shinji Matou's, he's basically what Shinji would be if he was actually redeemable or even vaguely likeable. When Yosuke even ''learns'' about Shinji, he ''immediately'' approves of Shirou decking the bastard in the face in retribution for bruising Sakura.
372* GotVolunteered: Shirou and Yosuke into helping with Health Week at Yasogami. All courtesy of King Moron, of course.
373* GratuitousSpanish: How Taiga greets the Dojimas to [[BigFancyHouse Shirou's house]] in chapter 23. Considering that the characters speak Japanese and Taiga's an English teacher, this is probably also an example of KeepItForeign.
374-->'''Taiga:''' We're here! Casa de Emiya!
375* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:In the prologue we find out that [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Nyarlathotep]] has taken [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Angra Mainyu]]'s place in the Holy Grail via LoopholeAbuse]].
376* GreenEyedMonster:
377** Many of the early Investigation Team members are secretly envious of certain trait of another member. Their Shadows ''love'' spilling the beans.
378** {{Defied}} by Shirou who decided to never let Shinji know that he's now friends with Rise.
379* GroinAttack: Probably due to their size and in retribution for almost strangling her, Chie consistently aimed at Shadow Kanji and his EliteMooks' groins during the BossBattle against them.
380* GrowingUpSucks: In a rather depressing scene, [[spoiler:Shadow Taiga reveals that she would rather stay in the best years of her life, which was during high school and before her maturity was called into question. That's part of the reason why she became a teacher, only to discover that even teenagers think poorly of her and her antics.]]
381* GrowlingGut:
382** The trigger of the RomanticSpoonfeeding scene below.
383** Izumi Aoyama wanted to complain about Shirou's attempt to use FoodAsBribe against her, but her tummy accepted his invitation in her stead.
384* GuardianAngel: The Persona Angel is a self-proclaimed example for Shirou and wants to lead him down the path of righteousness. Also very fond of Nanako, but too much of a prude by Lilim's standards. Then again, most people are SourPrudes by [[HotAsHell Lilim]]'s [[ReallyGetsAround standards]].
385* HandsomeLech: As mentioned in CasanovaWannabe, Yosuke is a would be ladies' man, the problem is his canon "pure disappointment when he opens his mouth" which immediately removes any real suitors from following up and he would even mess up with shallow girls as noted by both Lilim and Rise.
386* HappyEndingMassage: [[EliteMooks Tough Guy]] certainly made it sound like Shirou knew how to use his hands, as the girls in the team definitely noticed.
387* HaremGenre: {{Discussed|Trope}}. The [[TokenReligiousTeammate Persona Angel]] has very strong negative opinions on the genre for obvious reasons. [[HotAsHell Lilim]] likes to compare Shirou's life to one but isn't that fond of it either. According to WordOfGod, Lilim doesn't like how such [[StatusQuoIsGod stories gets stuck]] in the WillTheyOrWontThey instead of having the protagonist have his way with his LoveInterests.
388* HaremSeeker:
389** [[HotAsHell Lilim]] is one by proxy who wants Shirou to MarryThemAll -- or at the very least [[SexualEuphemism "snag"]] them all. The interesting part is that she's one of Shirou's Personas, meaning that probably there ''is'' a deeply buried part of his mind that wishes for such a thing.
390** On the other hand, [[TokenReligiousTeammate Angel]] in an {{Inversion}} who hates the HaremGenre with a passion and exhorts Shirou to aim for a monogamous relationship. Being also one of his Personas, it could be that another, more vocal part of his mind rejects the idea of him playing the field.
391* HeadsOrTails: How Chie opted for becoming the CuteSportsClubManager of the soccer team instead of the basketball team at Yasogami.
392* HealingFactor: As in canon, Shirou has one by virtue of Avalon. [[spoiler:Pixie points out that this is all that's stopped him from killing himself for the last five years by healing the damage done to his nerves whenever he forges a Magic Circuit.]]
393* HearingVoices: How Shirou interacts with his Personas in the real world. Interestingly, they can't hear his thoughts unlike other {{Spirit Advisor}}s in fiction, so to talk back to them he actually has to speak aloud or at least whisper loud enough for them to listen his voice through his ears.
394* HeelRealization: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Yukiko had one when she realized just how [[LethalChef horrible her cooking really was]] when Shirou insisted in her tasting her own handmade lunch, and how bad was for her and Chie to insist in having him and Yosuke eat their (even worse) curry during the campout.
395* HehHehYouSaidX: [[InnocentInnuendo The way how]] Shirou promised to cure Chie and Yukiko of their LethalChef tendencies got [[HotAsHell Lilim]] giggling.
396-->'''Shirou:''' ''[in full SeriousBusiness SupremeChef mode]'' ''However'' I do agree that last night was the worst meal I have ever eaten. I vow to later pound out any bad habits and fill you up on proper techniques so that you may pass as adequate cooks. Is that understood?\
397''[Chie, Yukiko and even Rise blush]''\
398'''Lilim:''' Teeheehee! Get it, Angel? He said "pound"!\
399'''Angel:''' Yes, Lilim, I heard.\
400'''Lilim:''' And in the same sentence, he even said "fill--"\
401'''Angel:''' Yes, yes, I heard that too.
402* HeirToTheDojo: The Mitsuzuri family has a great tradition of martial arts with a history that goes back to several {{samurai}} clans around the Heian Period. Ayako is the current heir apparent and her specialties in decreasing order of prowess are [[NaginatasAreFeminine naginatado]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Archery}} kyudo]] and more recently UsefulNotes/{{kendo}}.
403* HelplessGoodSide: [[spoiler:Satsuki's Shadow is to this to her regular self. Given It's [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be what remains of her humanity, its existence reveals that deep down she is ''horrified'' by what she has become [[MyGodWhatIHaveDone and the amount of people she's killed]] to the point of [[DeathSeeker longing for someone to finally finish her off]] before she takes another life.]]
404* HeManWomanHater: Daisuke Nagase, the captain of Yasogami's soccer team, as in canon. Although he gets along just fine with [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Chie]], their new CuteSportsClubManager, because he sees her as OneOfTheBoys and can't help but appreciate how her DrillSergeantNasty routine helps to whip the team into shape.
405* HeroicBSOD: PlayedForLaughs when Yosuke saw [[CampGay Shadow Kanji]]'s Midnight Channel Special.
406-->'''Yosuke:''' So, uh… dude. Yeah, like… dude! What I mean is… DUDE!\
407'''[[DeadpanSnarker Shirou]]:''' Meet up tomorrow at Junes? Dude?\
408'''Yosuke:''' Huh? Y-Yeah, sure, du- I mean, yeah, see you tomorrow.
409** Played more seriously and also downplayed when [[spoiler:Yosuke finds out that his new girlfriend, Satsuki, is a vampire. He's not outright in denial about it, but until Shadow Teddie outight confirms it, he's still hoping that it wasn't actually the case.]]
410* HeroicBuild: While no description has been given yet, Shirou is stated to have a toned body that can be [[ClarkKentOutfit easily hidden]].
411* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Teddy has a case of this when it comes to his worth. When he can't help the group, it gets worse.
412* HeroWorshipper: Rise towards Shirou, who uniquely within the Investigation Team got to know him first when in full {{Determinator}} ChronicHeroSyndrome mode, which made quite the impression on her and she even privately called him "Hero-kun" before getting used to his name. Interestingly for this trope, Rise seems to admire Shirou ''because'' he tries to help people despite his shortcomings and not only as result of the awesome things he pulled off while fighting her Shadow.
413* HitlerAteSugar: It's revealed to the reader in chapter 26 that [[spoiler:Yomotsu-Shikome and Yomotsu-Ikusa's attack against Shirou]] was a case of guiltiness by association and LoopholeAbuse. [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep "poked some bitter souls" to act on their ancient grudge on ''Izanagi'' (i.e. not Shirou, therefore fulfilling the letter of his non-interference agreement with Philemon) and they attacked him only because he's his host of sorts as a Persona User.]]
414* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[MiniBoss Amorous Snake]] used Stagnant Air to make it easier for it to Charm one of the party members and turn him or her against the rest of the Investigation Team. [[spoiler:Lilim took advantage of the fact the Stagnant Air affects foe and friend equally to return the favor and Charmed another Shadow into defeating Amorous Snake for her.]]
415* HomoeroticSubtext: [[SubvertedTrope Sans the "sub-" part]] unlike canon. With the characteristic subtlety of her kind, Shadow Yukiko outright stated that if Chie were her "prince", she'd be "willing to try something new". Everybody present, even ''[[ObliviousToLove Shirou]]'', turned to the real Yukiko for clarification but then Shadow Yukiko dismissed Chie as unfit for the role for reasons similar to the ones from canon plus what she learned from Shadow Chie's confessions (the latter due to the events of the altered timeline).
416* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Just when it looks like Chie managed to accept her Shadow without a fight, the latter breaks into a knowing smirk and systematically tears apart her confession, denouncing how Chie was mostly paying lip service to acquire her own Persona instead of being motivated by genuine acknowledgement of her repressed feelings.]]
417* HormoneAddledTeenager: Except for Shirou and his "shonen hero"-level [[ObliviousToLove denseness]], the whole Investigation Team as of chapter 34 is this. Kind of unavoidable given that they're all mostly normal 16-17 year old high schoolers or a CasanovaWannabe of a bear.
418* HorrifyingTheHorror: [[spoiler:Kotomine]] actually drives fear into Yomotsu-Ikusa during their battle.
419* HotAsHell: Lilim, dangerous sex demons from Judeo-Christian lore. As Shirou's Persona and just like [[NobleDemon Eligor]], Lilim has his best interests in mind, giving her a more DarkIsNotEvil characterization. However, given [[BlueAndOrangeMorality her particular sense of values]], what she considers best for Shirou happens to involve him having his way with "any and EVERY girl he could want", which doesn't sit well with the guy.
420-->'''Lilim:''' I think I'll hang around if your life is like an episode from a harem show.\
421'''Shirou:''' My life is not a harem show!
422* HouseHusband: Yukiko remembered a dream of Shirou as this trope to her during the girls' SlumberParty at the school campout.
423* HowDoIShotWeb:
424** During his first battle after obtaining Jiraiya, Yosuke discovered that summoning one's Persona wasn't as easy as Shirou made it look. And no, CallingYourAttacks doesn't really help. On the bright side, even when unsummoned the possession of a Persona grants a considerable [[MagicEnhancement enhancement to his physical skill]], [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration particularly true for speed and reflexes in his case]], which allowed him to get by until he figured out how to summon.
425** Shirou himself struggles with performing Persona Fusions on his own, but he doesn't really complain because he's used to [[MagikarpPower Magikarp his way up power]]. For example, when his first attempt to fuse Ippon-Datara resulted in a Fusion Accident that got him [[Myth/HinduMythology Sarasvati]] instead, he was just glad to obtain a Persona of the High Priestess Arcana for Yukiko's Social Link.
426* HumanShield: [[spoiler:Shadow Rise falls back to this when Shirou and his [[WrongContextMagic magecraft]] pushed her into a corner.]]
427* TheHyena: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Yukiko is prone to laughing fits at the oddest of times, something that once put the whole team in danger during the fight against Shadow Rise. Shirou tersely chewed her out for getting distracted in a life-and-death situation and to bring her attention back to the battle, but by then the damage was already done. Her loss of focus made her waste a precious opportunity to heal Yosuke and Chie and forced Shirou to fight the Shadow practically on his own for a while in order to keep the enemy from targeting the rest while they were still vulnerable.
428* HypercompetentSidekick: Yosuke comes off as this to Shirou, especially in social and detective situations.
429* HypnoticEyes: [[spoiler:Satsuki has them as part of her [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Dead Apostle]] skill set. Notably, she used them to give Mitsuo FakeMemories, like making him believe she's his sister and that his parents are away in a second honeymoon.]]
430* HypocriteHasAPoint: While a CasanovaWannabe and HormoneAddledTeenager like Yosuke probably shouldn't be giving relationship advice, he's not wrong when he told Shirou that doing nothing while Chie, Yukiko and Rise keep pining for him wasn't a good idea (not that [[ObliviousToLove Shirou]] had even ''realized'' the situation until that moment). Lampshaded by Pixie:
431-->'''Pixie:''' For once, Yosuke has a point.
432* HypocriticalHumor:
433** Shirou's remarks on Naoto after their first meeting. Taiga, naturally, [[LampshadeHanging couldn't let that one go]].
434--->'''Shirou:''' ''[about Naoto]'' What a strange boy.\
435'''Taiga:''' I don't know. He kinda reminded me of you.\
436'''Shirou:''' Don't be ridiculous, Fuji-nee.\
437'''Taiga:''' Polite, blunt, a workaholic--\
438'''Shirou:''' [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject Let's just hurry home.]]
439** After "Operation Up Close and Personal" crashed and burned, Yosuke gets mad at Shirou because the CluelessChickMagnet just went and got a beautiful girl's number. Never mind the fact he invited Shirou to Okina City with the stated purpose of picking up girls.
440** Chie, Yukiko and Rise found it [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels wrong on many levels]] when Yosuke tried to convince them to wear the swimsuits he brought for them for the School Campout. They turned to leave without a further word when Shirou simply started to strip down to his swimming trunks because their StupidSexyFriend and team leader was actually on board with the idea of taking a dip in the mountain river. The girls wordlessly did a complete 180 and snagged all the swimsuits out of the other guy's hands and change into them because they realized the playing along with Yosuke's hormone-addled plan meant that ''they'' could stay and [[EatingTheEyeCandy indulge themselves with the eye candy]] too.
441** Shirou once commented on the unsubtle sexual imaginary invoked by Shadow Selves and chalked it up to "libido issues." The Persona Lilim -- who's for all intents and purposes a succubi that sprung forth from his own subconscious -- retorted that's rich coming from the team's "[[ChickMagnet magic stud]]."
442* IdentityAmnesia:
443** Shirou, who completely forgot that he was once known as Yu Narukami prior to the Fuyuki Fire.
444** [[spoiler:Marie as per canon for ''Videogame/Persona4: [[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]'', who was found first by the police instead of the Velvet Room this time around.]]
445* IGaveMyWord: Shirou promises to give Shadow Kanji's EliteMooks -- Nice Guy and Tough Guy -- a massage if they let the Investigation Team explore the Steamhouse unimpeded. Let's just say Yosuke wished Shirou wasn't a man of his word.
446-->'''Yosuke:''' How the hell did ''I'' get roped into this?!
447* IgnoranceIsBliss: [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie]] strongly promotes this view, even dropping the trope name and mentioning how the Clock Tower and Church do whatever it takes to keep their secrets hidden from the masses.
448* IHaveThisFriend: Chapter 22 has an amusing {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion. [[spoiler:Taiga called Shirou to check on him and, at her insistence, he asked her for advice on this ''love'' problem of his where he accidentally discovered that a girl had a crush on him in less-than-ideal circumstances. Reluctant to outright say Chie's name or speak of the other things he learned from her Shadow, but aware that Taiga needed a least a little bit of information on her to work with having never meet Chie before, Shirou gave his surrogate sister a rough description of the girl that happened to match ''Taiga's'' almost spot on. This created an OneDialogueTwoConversations situation where Taiga thought Shirou heard some off-color gossip about her and himself going around due to all the time she spends at his house and that he was using this trope as a roundabout way to make her confess or deny the rumors. Cue [[PlayedForLaughs hilarious]] FreakOut involving the phone call being cut short and [[INeedAFreakingDrink lots of booze]].]]
449-->[[spoiler:'''Taiga:''' ''[screaming in her mind]'' I REFUSE TO BE WOMANIZED!]]
450* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
451** [[spoiler:Yomotsu-Ikusa runs Kotomine through with a spear. The man pulls it out and breaks it.]]
452** [[spoiler:Shirou finishes off Shadow Rise with the BoomHeadshot version of this trope.]]
453* IndirectKiss: {{Defied|Trope}}. After sharing some of her instant noodles with Shirou, Chie realizes that this trope will come into effect the moment she puts her chopsticks in her mouth. After Yosuke mentions the new meat menu at Junes, she jumps at the opportunity to eat [[TrademarkFavoriteFood steak]] and gives the rest of her soba bowl to Shirou.
454* InexplicableTreasureChests: The Investigation Team is surprised to find these in Yukiko's Castle. Noticing the obvious parallels to videogames, Yosuke is at first excited at the possibility of finding new weapons or valuables, but the spoils turned out to be real world stuff that somehow find its way into the TV World for the most part.
455* InformedAbility:
456** {{Averted|Trope}}. Taiga's CharacterDevelopment [[spoiler:after confronting her Shadow and taking a step away from her GrowingUpSucks mindset]] incidentally makes her MasterSwordsman status take a more prominent role than in the visual novel where it comes to the fore maybe once per route and [[TheWorfEffect only serves to underscore just how superior Saber's skill is compared to normal people]]. Notably, she becomes the de facto captain's of Homurahara's UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} Club and [[PassionateSportsGirl Ayako]] takes the opportunity to learn swordsmanship from her.
457** Also {{Averted|Trope}} with [[spoiler:Satsuki Yumizuka's [[MagicalEye Mystic Eyes of Enchantment]]. In ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', the fledgling vampire barely used her then-unnamed HypnoticEyes once when she unsuccessfully tried to make Shiki hers, and only in some of the routes. Here, Satsuki relies on them for UndeadTaxExemption purposes, like making Mitsuo believe she's his sister so she can have a place to stay in Inaba, and even uses them to make the shadows in Mitsuo's dungeon obey her. Later she demonstrates how powerful she is by using them on the Investigation Team, forcing them to unhand Mitsuo.]]
458* InnocentFanserviceGirl:
459** Shirou is the SpearCounterpart of this trope due to his CluelessChickMagnet tendencies and his compete obliviousness to the effect his trained physique has on the fairer sex ([[MemeticMutation and Yosuke]]).
460** Marie's NoSocialSkills shine through more than her blunt manner of speech, like her lack of acquired behaviors a girl of her apparent age would have such as sitting in a way that won't give a guy (Shirou) an upskirt view the first time she meets him.
461* InnocentInnuendo:
462** Shirou, still leery of the implications of having a Social Link with Nanako (see DeconstructionFic above), gets hit with this contextless request:
463--->'''Nanako:''' I'm sorry to wake you, but... Can I sleep with Shirou-nii?\
464'''VirtualSoundtrack:''' ''[RecordNeedleScratch]''\
465'''Shirou:''' What?!\
466'''Nanako:''' I'm sorry. But your house is so big and scary. I tried sleeping on my own, really, but I just can't get used to it.\
467'''Shirou:''' ''[sighs in relief]''
468** When Margaret proposed to form a Social Link with Shirou, she stated that "she wishes to be entangled in his fate, and do anything he asks out of her" (paraphrased). He blushed as he noticed the innuendo and the fact that an AmbiguouslyHuman entity like her may or may not have meant it that way. In the end, Shirou opted for diverting the conversation in a different direction.
469** Shirou was at the other end of this trope for a change when he promised Chie and Yukiko to pound and fill them up... as in, pound any bad cooking habits out of them and fill them up with on the proper techniques, that is. His Persona [[HotAsHell Lilim]] found his choice of words pretty funny.
470* InnocentlyInsensitive: At one point when Shirou is talking about his magic to Teddie, Chie, and Yosuke, he notes that one of the only things that he can do is Projection Magecraft, which he calls effectively useless to disparage his nature as a third-rate magus. Thanks to Shirou having compared Teddie's ability to create things like the glasses to Projection early on, which Chie overheard, Teddie starts disparaging his ''own'' skills before Shirou clarifies that the bear's item creation abilities are vastly superior the Projection.
471* InsistentTerminology: Yosuke doesn't call and won't let others call his ride a "scooter". It's a ''motorcycle'', [[DistinctionWithoutADifference "just, you know, smaller"]].
472* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact Shirou doesn't form Social Links with the same people like Yu did in canon, the characters that got passed over still get their storylines explored because other members of the Investigation Team doing it in his place, with one exception:
473** Morooka [[GotVolunteered "volunteered"]] Yosuke and Shirou into helping out the Student Health Association where they meets Naoki Konishi, with them realizing that Saki's brother isn't holding himself together very well after his sister's murder.
474** Chie becomes the [[CuteSportsClubManager club manager]] of Yasogami's soccer team and starts to hang out with both Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase after practice.
475** Yukiko joins the DramaClub and becomes the one person Yumi Ozawa decides to confide in about her problems with her father.
476** Rise joins the music club and becomes interested in helping the shy Ayane Matsunaga to come out of her shell.
477* InstantCosplaySurprise: Doubles as a ShoutOut. Before the fight against Shadow Yukiko, she uses her powers to morph Shirou, Yosuke and Chie's clothes into something more princely: [[Anime/CodeGeass Zero (sans mask), Suzaku (pre-R2) and Cornelia]]'s outfit and dress uniforms, respectively. Also a bit of an InJoke among VideoGame/Persona4 fans, given that most of their Japanese voice actors had roles in both series.
478* InstantExpert: Rise had a much easier time learning to summon her Persona than the previous members of the Investigation Team. This seems to be a nod to how she was able to act as the party's support immediately after accepting her Shadow.
479* InstantSedation: [[spoiler:Rise gets kidnapped via drugged Rag the moment she steps through the door to her Grandmother's place.]]
480* InsultOfEndearment: Mitsuo doesn't like when his "sister" call him "Mitsy", but tolerates it because she's the only person who treats him well.
481* InterfaceSpoiler:
482** A rare non-videogame example in chapter 22, a.k.a. Taiga's DayInTheLimelight, where [[spoiler:the title has the words "The Sun" in bold letters. Considering how unlikely is for Shirou to join a [[JapaneseSchoolClub cultural club]] in Yasogami, this probably means that Taiga will eventually become the eponymous Social Link. Confirmed in chapter 26.]]
483** There is a similar example in the second Fuyuki Gaiden, hinting that [[spoiler:Rin will become the Tower Arcana Social Link.]]
484** The hat trick: The third Fuyuki Gaiden hints [[spoiler:Ayako Mitsuzuri will be The Moon.]]
485** A downplayed version of this trope is ''italicized'' words denote the deeper hidden thoughts that the Shadows will exploit.
486* InternalReveal: By the end of the Golden Week arc, [[spoiler:Shirou spilled the beans about Magecraft and the murder case in Inaba to Taiga. He kept the stuff about Personas to himself because he thought it'd be just too much to shallow at once for her.]]
487* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Shadow Rise's battle was basically a one-sided version of this, a constant stream of innuendo even as she tried to kill them. [[spoiler:The fight ended up with her being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Shirou. Make of that what you will.]]
488* IronicEcho: With a dash of DramaticIrony. [[spoiler:Shirou refrained from telling Taiga about most of the supernatural happenings in Inaba (Personas/Teddie/TV World) under the rationale that it would be too much for her after learning about the existence of Magecraft. Later she uses almost the same words and argument to not tell him about the confrontation with her Shadow.]]
489-->He/She had enough on his/her plate to worry about.
490* {{Irony}}: Mixed with HypocriticalHumor. Given all the [[DudeMagnet unwanted attention she gets from the opposite sex]], Yukiko greatly appreciates having a gentlemanly, if rough around the edges, friend like Shirou. On the other hand, being one of the few guys who isn't a HormoneAddledTeenager around her is precisely what allows Yukiko to act like a typical teenager herself and occasionally have less-than-chaste {{Imagine Spot}}s about her StupidSexyFriend.
491* IShallTauntYou:
492** Yosuke taunts Shadow Chie by calling her a [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} "banana head"]]. [[spoiler:It works well enough for Shirou to blindside her with a Zio spell.]]
493** Mitsuo tried to taunt Kanji for a DeliberateInjuryGambit, but [[SubvertedTrope he failed]] because his ReasonYouSuckSpeech for Kanji was just too off the mark to work. Mitsuo also made the mistake of mentioning Naoto, which made Kanji wonder [[WhatWouldXDo what would the detective do in his situation]] and that was putting Mitsuo down with words only and walking away.
494* IsThatCuteKidYours: The first time she met Taiga at the Dojima's, Chie first assumed she was Nanako's mom because of their similar hair and eye colors together with the fact that Taiga looked just old enough to be feasibly the mother of a six year old girl.
495* ItsALongStory: Chie when trying to convince Yukiko to stop calling the fox "Usagi". See CallBack above for details.
496-->'''Chie:''' Let it go, Yukiko. Let's not turn this into another Chosokabe.\
497'''Shirou:''' Chosokabe? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosokabe_clan The samurai clan?]]\
498'''Chie:''' Long story.
499* IWorkAlone: Subverted. [[spoiler:Shirou tried to keep Yosuke out of the murder case because of the inherent dangers involved, but Yosuke persevered until Shirou accepted his help. This event also signals the moment when Shirou established the Magician Social Link with Yosuke.]]
500* JapaneseSchoolClub: {{Averted|Trope}}. Shirou shows no interest in joining extracurricular activities at Yasogami, giving more priority to the TV World or part-time jobs.
501* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least partially deconstructed, and discussed in the forum threads. Chapter 45 features a brief flashback showing Mr. Morooka was genuinely trying to teach his students important philosophical lessons... Right before the scene where [[spoiler:he's found dead on the water tower]]. However, his students don't seem to care for it due to his abrasive attitude. [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fate-reach-out-f-sn-smt-p4-crossover-story-thread.245101/post-72933839 Nameless_Flame on Spacebattles highlights how this mentality simply doesn't work for a teacher:]]
502--> ''Morooka was an example of a teacher with great lessons to teach, but with a personality that was practically averse to teaching them. Even if there were background hints that he was actually genuinely concerned with his students' futures, he always came across as more angry at anyone that valued anything remotely modern (as opposed to archaic rural values) than anything else. While one can say he has good ideas, conveying those ideas in a way that doesn't reek of almost childish disdain and remaining open to new ideas is also kind of important to a philosophy teacher. If anything, his words of wisdom are buried by his own hypocrisy and refusal to engage his students as anything but brats, leading to pushback that feeds into a self-fulfilling prophecy about their behavior and values.''
503* KamehameHadoken: How Chie makes Tomoe Gozen cast her starter ice spell as a projectile like this, down to the pose. Chie only missed [[CallingYourAttacks intoning the attack]] as "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Bu-Fu uh-Ken!]]".
504* KickedUpstairs: Naoto (correctly) deduced that Kanji could be the next victim of the murder case, but the police were less than convinced about it and even less thrilled at having to send one of their own to guard him. To kill two birds with one stone, they agreed to let the civilian investigator play bodyguard, thus furthering Naoto's official involvement in the case and getting the "annoying kid" off of their backs.
505* KillAndReplace: A variant. [[spoiler:It's implied that Satsuki Yumizuka killed Mitsuo's parents and hypnotized him into believing she was family. Later after draining Mitsuo's blood and killing him, she confirms that she did indeed kill them.]]
506* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Shirou spears Shadow Rise in the face just as she's gloating that she dodged his previous attack.]]
507* LadyMacbeth: Mitsuo's "sister" seems to get a kick out of cheerfully encouraging him into villainy. Or as she puts it, "[[AntiHero anti-heroism]]".
508* LamePunReaction: Yosuke, right after Shirou disarms Shadow Kanji by creative use of thermal dilation and contraction on its weapons.
509-->'''Chie:''' In other words, you've been scienced! So up yours!\
510'''Yosuke:''' "Scienced", Satonaka? Really?
511* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Ryotaro and Nanako]] were made to forget [[spoiler:Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome's attack]] with [[HypnoticEyes Magecraft]]. The following chapter reveals that the same happened to [[spoiler:the "Track Team Trio," except for Makidera.]]
512* LastSecondWordSwap: {{Subverted|Trope}} when Shirou caught Yosuke wasting valuable time while on a literal deadline to rescue Kanji.
513-->'''Shirou:''' ''[flatly]'' So this is where you are.\
514'''Yosuke:''' Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-[[PrecisionFStrike SHIT]]-irou! Wh-Wh-What a surprise!
515* TheLeader: Shirou for the Investigation Team. One could go on and on about his shortcomings, but it's undeniable that he's the go-to team member for calling the shots during a fight.
516* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
517** In Chapter 20, Yosuke internally describes Shirou as being oblivious regarding girls at "shonen hero levels." While neither of the main source materials are really "shonen," it still sort of fits.
518** Similarly, in the first ''Inaba Chorus'', Yosuke tongue-in-cheek calls Shirou "possible {{eroge}} protagonist in another life", which is both exactly the type of game ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' was in its initial release and Shirou's role in it.
519* LecherousLicking: Rise at the sight of a shirtless Shirou. Probably a [[MythologyGag reference]] to [[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21776968/images/1354056366137.gif her first appearance]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSZ0UZl1JUw the opening]] of ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''.
520* LethalChef: Chie and Yukiko as per canon, but [[SupremeChef Shirou]] made it a personal mission to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]] after the "Mystery Food X" incident. In the Social Link event where Yukiko gives out a bento box to eat, Shirou has her taste it, finally realizing how terrible her cooking is and can only wonder in horror at how bad the campout curry really was. This also made Shirou realize just how much Yukiko and Chie will have to ''unlearn'' before he can really teach them anything.
521* LetMeGetThisStraight: [[spoiler:Taiga Fujimura]] when learning about the Investigation Team. To say this person wasn't amused would be an understatement.
522-->'''[[spoiler:Taiga]]:''' --AND OF ALL THE STUPID, BULLHEADED STUNTS YOU COULD THINK OF, YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH A SERIAL MURDERER WITH MINIMAL WAGE BUDGET WEAPONS, [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits TWO HIGHSCHOOL GIRLS, A KID IN A BEAR SUIT]], THE NEWS MEDIA, AND A MAGIC TRICK THAT YOU COULDN'T GET RIGHT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS?!\
523'''Shirou:''' It's actually five years--\
524'''[[spoiler:Taiga]]:''' LIKE THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE!\
525'''Shirou:''' --And Yosuke's helping too.\
526'''[[spoiler:Taiga]]:''' [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg WHO THE HELL CARES?!]]\
527'''Yosuke:''' ''[far away]'' ''[[[SneezeCut doubles over in pain for no apparent reason]]]''
528* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: The opera motif in the Velvet Room simply ''stopped'' when Pixie went and asked Igor and Margaret [[NobodyPoops whether they poop or not]]. This is doubly hilarious if you know that canonically [[VideoGame/Persona2 Belladonna and Nameless]] provide the background music in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' as well, implying that the two of them got {{Stunned Silen|ce}}t too by Pixie's question.
529* LineOfSightName: The amnesiac Marie decided on that name for herself because Adachi compared the way how she suddenly appeared in front of his and Ryotaro's car in the middle of the night with the [[MirrorMonster "Bloody Mary"]] {{Urban Legend|s}}.
530* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:Berserk!Shadow Yukiko's end.]]
531* LiteralMinded: Teddie.
532-->'''Yosuke:''' That's like the number one way ''not'' to get into someone's pants.\
533'''Teddie:''' I have to search her pants?
534* LivingEmotionalCrutch: After Shirou moved to Inaba, Sakura reverted into her uncaring and gloomy self who apparently only bother smiling when Taiga is around. That's barely the tip of the iceberg of the effect that his absence is having on her.
535* LongingForFictionland: Kanji thinks this may be why Mitsuo confronts him on the street like he's some sort of manga villain.
536-->'''Kanji:''' ''[to Mitsuo]'' Look, chickenshit, I don't care who you are or what you do for your free time. Just leave me out of your damn {{LARP}}ing or else [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'll give a good, painful reminder of who I really am]].
537* LongLostRelative: Shirou to the Dojimas. If not for Taiga [[spoiler:and [[VideoGame/{{Persona1}} Philemon]]]] he would still be ignorant about them and they would have still believed him to be dead.
538* LoopholeAbuse: This is why [[spoiler:the banished [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Nyarlathotep]] is currently in the Holy Grail]].
539-->[[spoiler:"As usual, I can't take all the blame: I act on the wishes of mankind, after all. A little over a decade ago, this thing happened to be stirring and made a wish to bring together all the evils in the world. It was subtle at first, but as the days went on, it would grow exponentially stronger and louder, as if begging to be realized. So I thought, 'what else could I do but answer that request?' And… here we are. While the wish interfered with my banishment, it didn't outright violate it either… though to be honest, I didn't struggle a whole lot out of it."]]
540* LovedINotHonorMore: A DoubleSubversion. [[spoiler:Yosuke kept on putting Kanji's rescue on the back burner to make time for his girlfriend. Shirou caught them together close to the start of the rainy days preceding the deadline and decided that enough was enough and all but dragged Yosuke to the next TV World trip.]]
541* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler:During the confrontation with her Shadow, Taiga is outright told that she loves Shirou "that way", which is something she never consciously considered until that point.]]
542* MagicallyIneptFighter: Chie, her physical skills are the best, her speed is good, but she has a very small mana pool. She only resorts to magic when she's certain she'll win the ElementalRockPaperScissors.
543* MagicEnhancement: Persona Users receive a considerable buff to their physical abilities in the TV World, including strength, speed and reaction times. This is the reason why Yosuke fights like a ninja and Chie can kick a Shadow through a wall. Shirou combines it with Reinforcement magecraft to give himself SuperToughness. The team refers to this as getting [[BuffySpeak "Personafied"]].
544* MagikarpPower: The power of the Wild Card. Shirou is quite surprised to hear that his starter Persona, Izanagi, qualifies as "weak".
545* MaliciousMisnaming: Downplayed due to VitriolicBestBuds, but in Chapter 41, Chie gives Yosuke the insulting, but somewhat deserved, moniker of "Homophobura".
546* {{Masquerade}}: Shirou felt particularly pressured to rescue [[IdolSinger Rise]] on the off, off chance that the death of such a public figure through supernatural means could catch the attention of someone related to the [[AncientConspiracy Mage's Association]], something that could end with a lot of people [[LaserGuidedAmnesia getting their memories rewritten]], if not outright KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade.
547* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Yosuke Hanamura]] devoting too much time to their relationship with some unrelated to their flavor of the supernatural made [[spoiler:the Investigation Team take more time rescuing Kanji than the rest wanted to.]]
548* MeetCute: See Chie and Shirou's example of CaughtInTheRain above.
549* MentalWorld: The TV World warps itself according to the people who find themselves within it. Shirou and Yosuke discovered that sticking one's head into a random TV is enough to fill the landscape with some sort of image of their inner worlds. In Shirou's case, a [[FieldOfBlades hill of swords]].
550* MetaGuy: The Persona Lilim has shades of this. She considers [[CluelessChickMagnet Shirou's love life]] a "harem show" (her own words) and provides unsolicited commentaries when something HaremGenre-y happens.
551-->'''Lilim:''' Oh yeah, the first ever conflict of the love polygon. This is gonna be ''good''.
552* MetaphoricallyTrue: Yukiko answers [[spoiler:Naoto Shirogane]]'s questions about her kidnapping in a way that, [[ExactWords while completely true]], gives the other party the impression that she was kept under a drug-induced hallucinatory half-awake state, thus making her testimony completely useless to them.
553* MightyGlacier: Shirou, his attacks are stronger than anyone else, his Persona powers together with his Reinforcement give him SuperToughness, but he's noticeably slower to the punch than Yosuke or Chie on top of Persona switching slowing him down further.
554* MirrorCharacter: Shirou and [[spoiler:''Kagutsuchi'' the Shinto god that got [[DeathByChildbirth Izanami killed by childbirth]]]] if you [[FridgeBrilliance stop to think about it]]. Yeah, you read that right. [[spoiler:The two of them were born to a cursed inferno and survived by caring for nothing but themselves. The difference is that while Shirou was saved from it by his father, Kagutsuchi was murdered by his for it, which made the current version of the fire god take diametrically opposed views on the meaning of his survival to Shirou's.]]
555* MistakenForRomance: Ayako's got the EntertaininglyWrong theory that Rin and Shirou might have been in a relationship that they either [[SecretRelationship kept to themselves]] or [[WillTheyOrWontThey it didn't become serious enough to be called one]]. The fact that her best friend didn't claim victory in their [[TheBet private bet]] to get a boyfriend before the other seems to support the latter scenario, but Ayako musses it could also be that Shirou having to leave Fuyuki due to family reasons [[AnchoredShip put the relationship on hold]] and that Rin's otherwise-inexplicable interest in his return means she intends to [[NewOldFlame pick up things where they left off]].
556* MobstacleCourse: Shirou runs through the streets of Miyama, making an effort to avoid passer-bys when possible or shoving them aside when it wasn't. [[spoiler:He was being chased by two InvisibleToNormals creatures trying to attack him, so it was that or let people get trampled and killed by them in their zeal to catch him]]. Unusually for this trope, this became plot-relevant later on because one of the people he ran into turned out to be [[spoiler:someone who knew him by sight -- Kaede Makidera from Homurahara's Track Team -- who inadvertently ended up clueing in Rin that something was going on with Shirou.]]
557* MomentKiller:
558** Yosuke and Teddie's arrival [[AlmostKiss interrupted a kiss]] between Shirou and [[spoiler:Shadow Chie]]. Unusually for this trope, this was a very good thing.
559** Chie's elementary and middle school acquaintance Takeshi interrupted a moment between her and Shirou when the latter was a bit moved that someone for once didn't dismiss his ForGreatJustice ideals.
560* MoneySpider: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike the game, the party doesn't get any money from fighting Shadows, only occasional bits from their remains. This loss of income balances out with the fact that Margaret doesn't charge Shirou for retrieving Personas from the Compendium.
561* MoodWhiplash: There's a moment of levity during Shadow Kanji BossBattle when Nice Guy and Yosuke basically start playing ping-pong with their [[StatusBuff Heat Riser]] and [[StatusBuffDispel Dekaja]] spell, respectively.
562* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:While Satsuki ''does'' use her HypnoticEyes on Mitsuo in short bursts, no small part of her influence over him is simply because she plays the role of a doting big sister that believes in him]].
563* MrFixit: The "Fake Janitor", also known as Shirou Emiya, is one in canon, who earned that nickname by going out of his way to repair school equipment for free. Here, this trope gets a {{lampshade|Hanging}} with a dash of realistic consequences when much of the stuff that only he kept in working order at Homurahara gave up the ghost after he transfered to Yasogami and the student council got into budget problems after having to purchase replacements in a hurry.
564* {{Mukokuseki}}: Shirou's natural red hair and almost golden eyes counts as an {{Aver|tedTrope}}sion, as it makes him very memorable among the Japanese population. This becomes a plot point in the second Fuyuki Gaiden because [[spoiler:it allowed Tohsaka to recognize him in a blurry picture, which started an unforeseeable chain of events that led her to discover that he was a magus.]]
565* MultitaskedConversation: Done by Taiga when delivering the things she gathered for Shirou to take with him to Inaba.
566-->'''Taiga:''' ''[to Shirou, after handing over his archery equipment]'' It doesn't hurt to practice what you already know. Consider it a hobby to keep yourself safe while you're down there.\
567'''Narration:''' What Dojima heard was a way to keep Shirou occupied and not act on impulse, to which he approved of. What Shirou heard was a way to [[spoiler:stop using magecraft for the duration of the case]], which he had mixed feelings about.
568* MundaneUtility:
569** The Velvet Room is a "place [that] exists between dream and reality, mind and matter" and shapes itself to suit its guest according to a metaphorical representation of his or her journey. Persona 4's version of it also comes with comfy seats and a fully equipped and lavishly stocked actual mini-bar, something that Shirou and Margaret certainly appreciate.
570** The Persona Angel used a low-powered [[OneHitKill Hama spell]] in Marukyuu Striptease as a light source.
571* MuscleAngst: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Chie once admonished Yosuke for thinking that something as dangerous like their DungeonCrawling trips to the TV World could give him the [[HeroicBuild "rock-hard abs and pecs"]] he always wanted and that he shouldn't look for supernatural shortcuts for physical training. He retorted that Chie should tell that to the resident magus and team leader who is, in Yosuke's own words, "frigging ripped". Of course, everyone knows how ironic this statement is due to the fact that Shirou has a very intense workout regiment and thus doesn't use magic.
572* MyFistForgivesYou: By proxy. Shirou kicked Yosuke in the shin in Chie's place for wasting valuable time for no good reason when they should be exploring Kanji's dungeon. Considering that the alternative was to let Chie score ''another'' [[GroinAttack "critical hit to the nads"]] on his person, Yosuke decided that this was the lesser of two evils.
573* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: PlayedForLaughs. Yukiko has a moment of horrified realization when she learns firsthand just how [[LethalChef bad her cooking really is]] and reacts to the memory of Shirou and Yosuke passing out because of her and Chie's curry at the campout as if they almost got the guys killed.
574* MythologyGag: It's got its [[MythologyGag/FateReachOut own page]].
575* NaginatasAreFeminine: Ayako and her mother are experts at wielding a polearm. The latter plays the trope straighter, as she is a perfect YamatoNadeshiko in her daughter's eyes.
576* NakedOnArrival: [[spoiler:This is how the amnesiac Marie is found in the middle of the rain by Dojima and Adachi during her first appearance in the story. Played realistically because the very first thing the police detectives did was wrap her in a blanket and drive her fast to the nearest hospital out of fear of her suffering hypothermia.]]
577* NamedByTheAdaptation: Several characters who only went by [[NoNameGiven descriptors]] in the source game are given names in the fic:
578** Yu Narukami's parents -- or rather Shiro's -- are named Seta (father) and Miya (mother, née Dojima).
579** [=NPCs=] "Spacy Girl" and "Errand Boy" got proper names: Haruka and Hiraku, respectively.
580** "Shana-chan", who is implied to be [[OCStandIn the elementary schoolgirl]] Kanji helped that caused him to be ostracized due to his ability to sew.
581** The Investigation Team brainstormed name ideas for the Mysterious Fox, who rejected all but Teddie's suggestion: Tama-chan. She (and [[ShoutOut probably more than a few]] ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' players) really liked the name.
582* NarmCharm: An InUniverse example. [[spoiler:While Rise thought that Shirou's WhoAreYou speech during the battle against her Shadow ''should'' have been too sappy to be taken seriously by itself, the "pure honest conviction in his words" made her [[HopeBringer actually believe that she could be saved]].]]
583* NewTransferStudent: Being the new kid in a small-town high school made the protagonist of the game a recognizable face in Yasogami. Shirou's even more unusual appearance, excessively accommodating personality and a few WTF-inducing moments made him even more famous/infamous than that.
584* NightmareFetishist: Yosuke discovered that Yukiko was one in Rise's dungeon. To his disappointment too, as he hoped to look good to her and perhaps {{Invoke|dTrope}} a SecurityCling scenario with her. Instead, Yukiko was completely enthused by the fact Marukyuu Striptease ended up playing out a lot like a horror movie when Shadow Rise turned off the lights.
585-->'''Yosuke:''' Say, Amagi-san? Want me to be your front guard?\
586'''Yukiko:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse No]].\
587'''Yosuke:''' I-I insist, Amagi-san, after all, you don't know what kind of Shadows lurk in the, well, shadows. They could be hideous monsters, like, having see-through guts, or wielding chainsaws!\
588'''Yukiko:''' ''[tenses at his words]''\
589'''Yosuke:''' Or, or even having the ability to summon arms that pop up from the ground and pull you underneath!\
590'''Chie & Teddie:''' Aaaaaaah!\
591'''Yukiko:''' I know! And in the dark too! Isn't that exciting?!\
592'''Yosuke:''' ''[{{jaw drop}}s]''\
593'''Yukiko:''' So many dark corridors and a Shadow could pop up at any moment! Maybe they'd be a pair of zombies bound together in skewers, or a giant blob that can dissolve skin and bones! Why, think of the ''traps'' that we could encounter here!\
594'''Teddie:''' Please don't.
595* NightmareSequence: Yosuke's narration mentions one he had after the EpicFail that it was "Operation Up Close and Personal", involving CluelessChickMagnet Shirou "being surrounded by buxom women while his motorcycle melted in the hot sun."
596* NobodyPoops: Hilariously {{Parodied|Trope}}. Pixie nonchalantly asks [[AmbiguouslyHuman Igor and Margaret]] whether they poop or not in Chapter 35. Igor said he does -- although the way he said it makes it impossible to tell if he was serious or not -- and Margaret simply avoided looking at anyone in the face.
597* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: As in ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Chie thinks poorly of herself because of this trope. Unlike canon, Shirou makes clear from the start, albeit in his own InnocentlyInsensitive way, that he doesn't consider her unfeminine or less attractive because of her {{tomboy}} traits. [[spoiler:This leads her to harbor a crush on him much earlier than what is possible in the game, feelings that her Shadow is all too happy to act on, making the confrontation a whole lot more complicated.]]
598* NonElemental: Megidola.
599* NonUniformUniform: Shirou quickly picks up on the fact that Yasogami High is less mindful of the dress code than his former school, and decides to wear his uniform jacket semi-unbuttoned. Yosuke comments how Shirou pulls off the open-coat look pretty well.
600* NoSell:
601** [[spoiler:After confronting her Shadow, Taiga became immune to magecraft that effects minds and thus Kotomine couldn't made her forget what she's learned. It's hinted it's her latent Persona's doing.]]
602** [[spoiler:The same applies to Shirou, who shrugged off Satsuki's HypnoticEyes without even noticing. Given that her powers seems to work just fine in Yosuke, the implication seems to be that hypnosis counts as a StatusEffects and Personas with a low LuckStat like Yosuke's are more vulnerable to them.]]
603** [[spoiler:Teddie is also immune to Satsuki's HypnoticEyes due to his own eyeholes not working the same way as human eyes, and he can't be turned because he has no blood to drain.]]
604* NoSocialSkills: A downplayed case in comparison to other examples of the trope, but Shirou definitely doesn't think like a normal teenager and it shows in how he treats people, especially if they have more than a casual acquaintance with him. In some cases he comes across as accommodating and very dependable, in others as insensitive or downright cruel.
605* NothingIsScarier: The readers aren't told what happened to [[spoiler:Mitsuo's parents after Satsuki came along. We know he's a victim of hypnosis and that he believes they're away enjoying a second honeymoon. The worrying part is that they left their car behind…]] This is eventually averted when [[spoiler:Satsuki confirms that she murdered them.]]
606* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Chie wasn't precisely pleased with the less-than-talkative Shirou and Yukiko:
607-->'''Chie:''' So, you ever heard of the Amagi Inn, Emiya?\
608'''Shirou:''' A few times.\
609'''Chie:''' Well, Yukiko's family runs it. It's been going on for generations. It's the pride of Inaba!\
610'''Yukiko:''' Mhm.\
611'''Shirou:''' I see.\
612'''Chie:''' …Amagi Inn has been in a lot of magazines as a hidden treasure. Yukiko's going to inherit it someday.\
613'''Yukiko:''' Mhm.\
614'''Shirou:''' I see.\
615'''Chie:''' …It attracts a lot of visitors in because of its natural hot springs?\
616'''Yukiko:''' Mhm.\
617'''Shirou:''' I see.\
618'''Chie:''' …Emiya, Yukiko thinks you're cute.\
619'''Yukiko:''' Mhm.\
620'''Shirou:''' I see.\
621''(DoubleTake)''\
622'''Yukiko and Shirou:''' [[BigWhat What?!]]
623** It might double as a MythologyGag to the game. [[spoiler:If romanced, Yukiko will embarrassedly confess on her Christmas Eve event that she pretty much fell in love at first sight with the protagonist, even though it took her a while to figure it out.]]
624* NotSoForgottenBirthday: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:The fact that nobody remembered "Rise's" birthday while everybody knew about "[[IdolSinger Risette]]'s" concert [[ABirthdayNotABreak happening on the same day]] was the thing that finally made her decide on retirement.]]
625* ObfuscatingStupidity: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Shirou's ChickMagnet status is bad enough that Rise felt obligated to outright ask him whether he's TheCasanova with one hell of a knack to pretend to be a CluelessChickMagnet, or just ''that'' oblivious, before keeping on being TheTease with him. Deciding that he really doesn't have ulterior motives to be nice to all girls marked the initiation of the Social Link of Lovers Arcana between them.
626* ObliviousToLove:
627** Shirou. So much that Yosuke rated it at "{{shonen|Genre}} hero levels". His Persona kind of alleviate this. [[spoiler:Like when Eligor tells him that Chie wanted to train with him alone or Cu Sith points of Taiga feels some level of passionate love for him rather than just sibling affection when she kisses him on the cheek before he returns to Inaba after Golden Week.]]
628** Yukiko is a milder example in that she notices certain things and is blind to others. For example, until spelled out for her -- by Shirou himself of all people -- she didn't know why guys approached her so frequently. This trope plays out strangely when the two of them interact. In chapter 28 and right before the establishment of his Social Link with Yukiko, Shirou said and did many little and not-so-little things that unwittingly charmed the girl, but for her part Yukiko seemed to miss how much of an effect they had on her and explained away her reactions as her inexperience talking with boys together with him being a natural [[NiceGuy but well-meaning]] smooth-talker.
629* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Investigation Team defeating the [[GoddamnedBoss Contrarian King]].
630* OminousForeshadowing: The closing scene of chapter 34 is notable for evoking this reaction in the audience despite nothing overly threatening happening. Rather, the way things went in [[CasanovaWannabe Yosuke]]'s favor for once is actually a big part of what makes the situation suspicious. The next chapter confirms it: he just met and befriended [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Satsuki Yumizuka]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'']], making it all but certain that things will end poorly for everybody involved.
631* OneDialogueTwoConversations: See IHaveThisFriend above.
632* OneHitKill: The Mudo spell, which Yomotsu-Shikome was getting ready to cast to Shirou. Kotomine hypothesized that it would have likely destroyed his soul.
633* OneOfTheKids: Taiga, as per canon. [[spoiler:Her Shadow points out that she never takes things seriously.]]
634* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
635** Everybody present was surprised at what made Taiga {{Squee}} in ''Never the Same'' (see entry below for the reason).
636** Taiga also surprises Rin the first school after Golden Week by showing vulnerability for the first time in her knowledge. Somewhat {{subverted|Trope}} because Rin decided to ignore it and chalk up the whole thing to an "off day."
637* OuijaBoard: Referenced. Nami compares the Midnight Channel to a talking board, giving Shirou an important hint to how it actually works. [[spoiler:Whether "he" intended to [[PetTheDog help him]] or [[BaitTheDog not]], is yet to be seen.]]
638* OutOfCharacterAlert: Squared. In the second Fuyuki Gaiden set during Golden Week, Rin gets a little too emotional at the misunderstanding that Shirou was coming back from Inaba due to the negative effect that his absence has on Sakura. Ayako remarks on this, but Rin manages to play it down by inventing that she looking forward to Shirou's return because he owes her a favor that she intends to collect. In the next Fuyuki Gaiden, Ayako observes that Shirou's hardworking and accommodating personality makes it very unlikely for him to ask favors from anyone, implying that he must have been pretty comfortable with Rin to do so. Both instances of this trope make Ayako wonder if [[MistakenForRomance there's more to her joke about Shirou and Rin dating than she knew]].
639* PaintingTheMedium: When the story is narrated from the point of view of character who will later develop a Shadow Self, thoughts closer to their repressed feelings are formatted in italics.
640* PajamaCladHero: [[spoiler:Kanji Tatsumi]] was thrown into the TV World in their nightwear.
641* PaperThinDisguise: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Unlike the game, Rise makes an actual effort to keep people from recognizing her as "Risette." She even had to burn through the allowance she received from her grandmother for helping out at the tofu shop to buy hats, sunglasses and other items to change her appearance.
642* PartiallyCivilizedAnimal: The fox as in the game, but even more prominent here at times. For example, once the fox pulled out a ''soroban'' -- Japanese abacus -- to tell the team how much they had to pay for the healing leaves after [[IntellectualAnimal making some calculation on it]].
643* PassionateSportsGirl: Replace "sports" with "martial arts" and that's Ayako Mitsuzuri to a T. She learned [[NaginatasAreFeminine Naginatado]] from her mother and is the [[HeirToTheDojo heir apparent to the family dojo]], learned [[UsefulNotes/{{Archery}} Kyuudou]] at the same time that Shirou did in Homurahara and soon became the captain, and uniquely to this fic she's starting to pick up UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} from Taiga by unofficially joining the kendo club. Quite the SpiritedCompetitor, she considers each of them her {{Worthy Opponent}}s in one way or another, however the guy arguably brings out her competitive streak the most because he's insanely good with bow and arrow ''and'' genuinely seems to think absolutely nothing of his own talent, a contradiction that irks Ayako to no end.
644* PhoneyCall: Cleverly {{invoked|Trope}}. Unlike other {{Spirit Advisor}}s/{{Not So Imaginary Friend}}s in fiction, Shirou's Personas can't hear his thoughts and he has to actually speak aloud for them to perceive his words through his sense of hearing via {{Synchronization}}. To avoid looking like a case of TalkingToThemself when he needs to speak with one of his Personas in public, Shirou pretends to hold a phone call with them so people will think nothing of hearing only his half of the conversation if eavesdropped.
645* PhraseCatcher: People at Yasogami came up with the nickname "Fake Janitor" for Shirou, the same one he had at Homurahara, completely on their own.
646* PlaceOfPower: Shirou discovered that the TV World contains a lot more ambient mana than most places in the real world. Using his Magic Circuits and casting spells is also easier in there.
647* PlainJane: Part of Chie's self-esteem issues, as Shirou learned from her Shadow. This is why Takeshi -- her and Yukiko's acquaintance from elementary and middle school -- being InnocentlyInsensitive about it made Shirou cut his words short.
648* PoliceAreUseless: Kanji feels this way in Chapter 27, citing they wouldn't do anything about the biker gang, they couldn't catch the killer, and a BadassBystander (Taiga) had to catch the ATM robber.
649* PolitenessJudo:
650** Leave it to Shirou to find a way to talk back to [[SadistTeacher King Moron]] on his first school day while remaining perfectly polite and sincere about it. Subverted in that Morooka [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption still got offended and added the "sweet talker" to his "shit list"]].
651** Shirou also was rather polite to make Mitsuo stop hitting on Yukiko, actually taking the time to explain him why he shouldn't persist on asking a girl out after she already said no. [[SubvertedTrope Although]], his not-quite-DeathGlare and Chie's KnuckleCracking in the background ''might'' have had something to do with Mitsuo's hasty retreat.
652* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure:
653** Despite being probably one of the most well-adjusted magi to modern society and technology in the Nasuverse, there is a lot of pop culture Shirou is ignorant to. For example, his friends and especially Yosuke were baffled that he had pretty much no idea who [[IdolSinger Risette]] was or why it was such a big deal that she was about to perform in Okina City.
654** While a lot less relevant to the plot, Yosuke was particularly offended that Shirou didn't know who Creator/HirohikoAraki from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fame is.
655* PostKissCatatonia: Shirou found himself at the receiving end of the hug variant of this in a platonic moment in chapter 33, where a very grateful Rise thanked him for coming to her rescue from her Shadow.
656* ThePowerOfFriendship: Social Links, naturally.
657** When Shirou is having it explained to him, [[LampshadeHanging he is incredulous]] towards the idea that he gets stronger just by making friends before Igor and Margaret further explain.
658** Interestingly, he also questions the ethics pertaining the idea of cultivating relationships for power, but he was reassured that it's the other way around: a meaningful connection with someone is its own reward, even if it happens to give him a power bonus, and that it's simply not possible to form a true Social Link without personal investment and genuine reciprocation.
659* PowerOfTrust: Being a {{Determinator}} with a ChronicHeroSyndrome who routinely puts HonorBeforeReason may lead Shirou to an early grave, but it comes with the side benefit that his word may as well be traded on the precious metals market. His DeclarationOfProtection to Yukiko went a long way to reassure the girl that he had her back both within the TV World in combat and in the real world if the kidnapper targeted her again. For a more mundane but not less impressive example, Shirou managed to convince the Mysterious Fox to sell him her healing leaves on credit after Teddie spoke on his behalf due to the trust he has in his "sensei".
660* PowerPerversionPotential: Yosuke wonders if Shirou's ''Structural Analysis'' can be used to find out any girl's three sizes. [[spoiler:[[BrickJoke Eighteen chapters later]] it's revealed that ''he can'', albeit indirectly, when Yosuke tricked him into using Structural Analysis on their clothes with some [[ExactWords creative wording]] by telling the redhead he needed their measurements for some purchases, which turned out to be swimsuits for the School Campout as in canon.]]
661* PrimalFear: Chie has a fear of bugs and FearOfThunder. Shirou has a fear of fire due to the Fuyuki Fire.
662* ProductionForeshadowing: Izumi Aoyama from the Website/{{Kickstarter}} VisualNovel ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215870777/harem-protagonist Harem Protagonist]]'' (which Kishou is writing for, and Izumi is the character he contributed most to) makes a [[TheCameo brief appearance]] in Chapter 33.
663** However, due to personal reasons halting work on the game, Izumi's cameo appearance was retconned into an unnamed character.
664* ThePromise: After getting the first idea of how deep Shirou's desire to help people actually runs, he and Taiga exchanged promises. [[spoiler:This is also the moment that established The Sun Social Link between them.]]
665-->'''Taiga:''' So please. Whatever you do in your life, whether it's fixing junk for a living or going into god-knows-where for rescues… I'll support you all the way. Just promise me that you'll come back alive each time.\
666'''Shirou:''' I'll come back alive, Fuji-nee. I promise.
667* ProperlyParanoid: Due to his ChronicHeroSyndrome and the {{Crazy Prepared}}ness (read paranoia) that comes with being a magus, even a poorly-trained one like him, Shirou made a habit of always carrying the Fog-filtering glasses Teddie gave him just in case he has to jump into a TV in a hurry. This came in handy [[spoiler:during his visit to Fuyuki on Golden Week, when two otherwise-invisible fog demons appeared in the real world and tried to kill him.]]
668* PublicDomainCharacter: Most Personas as in canon, but it also applies to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaihime Kaihime]], [[spoiler:Taiga's Persona]].
669* PubliclyDiscussingTheSecret: Yosuke {{invoke|dTrope}}s this in chapter 27 as a HiddenInPlainSight tactic for the Investigation Team to hold their meetings in the middle of Junes' food court. He gives the rest of the team ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' character sheets with their Persona's name on them and instruct them to speak about the murder case and their adventures in TV World as they're simply running a TabletopRPG campaign, so any talk about magic, victims, monsters, etc. won't catch anyone's attention even if eavesdropped.
670* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: [[spoiler:Taiga got the drop on Kotomine and decked him across the room when he started trying to break Shirou's view of who Kiritsugu was.]]
671* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
672** Taiga [[ShutUpHannibal shutting up]] [[spoiler:Kotomine]].
673** Pixie [[AngerBornOfWorry ranting about]] Shirou's borderline suicidal self-training.
674* PuppyDogEyes: As ObliviouslyBeautiful as Yukiko may be, she does know how to "stare cutely" to get away with stuff, mostly to get random guys to leave her alone without offending them. {{Subverted|Trope}} once when she almost succeeded at making Shirou stop asking her to taste-test her own food, but he remained firm after his Personas reminded him that the whole point of their cooking lessons is help her out of her LethalChef status.
675* RealMenCook: It tends to give people a pause how good Shirou fends off for himself in the kitchen. First the Dojimas, then Chie and later on Rin.
676* RecursiveFanfiction: Chapter 27 references and [[AscendedFanon brings into the story's canon]] an {{omake}} posted by a fan on ''Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom'' titled [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/19139663 "Yasogami's Fake Janitor."]]
677* RescueRomance:
678** [[CasanovaWannabe Yosuke]] was actually looking forward to fight Shadow Rise for a chance to {{Invoke|dTrope}} this trope with the IdolSinger. He even asked his friends for feedback to make the best and most heroic first impression. Needless to say, they weren't amused.
679--->'''Yosuke:''' How about "Hey babe! Name's Yosuke Hanamura! And I want to be your boyfriend for life!"? No, too long, I need to make a good first impression. Maybe if I make a dynamic entrance with Jiraiya and whisk her off her feet? I could play a cool song to go with it. I wonder if I have one of hers on my player--\
680'''Chie:''' For crying out loud, Hanamura! We're on a mission to save Rise-chan! Stop treating this like a pick-up date!\
681'''Yosuke:''' I-I'm not! I just want to make sure she likes us!\
682'''Shirou:''' Whether she likes us or not is pointless, Yosuke. Chances are we'll have to end up fighting her Shadow.\
683'''Yosuke:''' ''[blushes]'' ''[grumbling]'' Well, I guess I'll impress her with my actions instead of my words. Dating can wait after.\
684'''Chie & Shirou:''' ''[roll their eyes]''
685** Made worse later on by the fact that Shirou, [[CluelessChickMagnet being Shirou]], ended up stealing his thunder without really meaning to.
686--->[Yosuke's] friend didn't even ''care'' about Risette and here he was making a [[DeclarationOfProtection proclamation of her protection]] before he could? Might as well propose to her on the spot while [he was] at it! ''"Damn you, Shirou Emiya…!"''
687* TheResenter: Shirou's obvious heroic traits come to aggravate the envy Yosuke felt towards the protagonist in the game. [[spoiler:This results in his Shadow going the extra mile to try and kill Shirou when it goes berserk.]]
688* RightBehindMe:
689** In chapter 16, [[spoiler:the day after the fight against Shadow Yosuke:]]
690--->'''Yosuke:''' Just what am I supposed do, anyway? Roll up to him before school starts and say 'Yo! Emiya!'?\
691'''Shirou:''' Yes?\
692'''Yosuke:''' Gah!
693** Later in chapter 26.
694--->'''Shirou:''' ''[to Ryotaro]'' I was actually wondering when to start calling you 'Doji-nii'.\
695'''Ryotaro:''' Seriously? That's the best you could come up with?\
696'''Shirou:''' I almost considered 'Ryuu-nii' but I didn't think that would be fair to Fuji-nee.\
697'''Taiga:''' Hmmhmm~! No, it wouldn't!\
698''[Shirou, Ryotaro, Sakura and possibly Nanako jump in surprise]''
699* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:It's possible that for once Namatame's messianic delusions were actually ''right'' in Kanji's case, given the implication that he threw the latter into the TV World just in time to save his life from a murderer -- just not the one Namatame thought was going to attack Kanji.]]
700* RomanticSpoonfeeding:
701** More like not-quite-forceful chopstick-feeding, but the time when Chie shared some of her instant noodles with Shirou managed to come across as endearing if very, very awkward.
702** {{Subverted|Trope}} with Shirou and Yukiko. During their cooking lessons, Shirou had Yukiko taste her own food by holding a morsel of it for her with his chopsticks. The romantic implications of the gesture quickly abandoned her mind once he realized just bad her handmade lunch really was.
703* RomanticWingman: An unintended case. During the first stakeout, Yukiko easily picked out the fact her best friend wanted to go with Shirou after it became necessary to split up the party and tried to refuse his request to accompany him to give Chie the chance, however Yukiko [[ObliviousToLove totally missed]] ''[[ObliviousToLove why]]'' Chie wanted to tag along in the first place.
704* RousingSpeech: Shirou's Personas as a group encouraged him in his mind to keep fighting even when all hope seemed lost against Shadow Rise.
705-->'''Izanagi:''' Stand. Stand and fight for truth!\
706'''Eligor:''' You have faced the fires of hell once, Fool, and you can do it again!\
707'''Angel:''' May my blessing, however small, grant you second wind, child.\
708'''Pixie:''' Hey! You can't let the last good memory with Yosuke be a concert! I won't accept it!\
709'''Lilim:''' And ''I'' won't accept you dying before getting laid! You are going to snag that idol, dammit!\
710'''Valkyrie:''' There is glory in death, but not a premature one. You have so much left to do.\
711'''Cu Sith:''' You promised Cu Taiga! A true man NEVER breaks a lady's promise!
712* RuleOfSymbolism: {{Discussed|Trope}}. At one point Shirou asks why the Velvet Room looks like the interior of a limousine, commenting that it must be impractical to get anything done in such a cramped space. Margaret explains that the form and shape of the Room changes according to its guest and can be seen as a metaphor of the destiny they are to overcome.
713-->'''Margaret:''' You could say this limousine is a metaphor on your long trip through the shrouded mystery of both worlds.\
714'''Shirou:''' I don't think this room suits me though. When I think of limousines, I think of someone who has privileges and wealth but is careless of them. It's more of a symbol of how powerful they are but are at the same time blinded by it.\
715'''Margaret:''' ''[glances briefly at Shirou]'' I suppose that metaphor fits you as well.\
716'''Shirou:''' ''[realizes that he just insulted himself]'' Point taken.
717* RunOrDie: Yomotsu-Ikusa and Yomotsu-Shikome merits this reaction from Izanagi. Makes sense given his myth. [[spoiler:They were mythological demons sent by Izanami to chase after him once he abandoned her, and Fuyuki Park is basically an entrance to Yomi.]]
718-->'''Izanagi:''' ''Run. For thine sake, RUN!''
719* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: After Shirou pretends to have a phone conversation with Pixie (see PhoneyCall above), his Persona plays along and ends it with "Yay! Click."
720* SayingTooMuch: Shirou, while explaining [[spoiler:Taiga]] why [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade you don't mess with the secrecy of Magecraft]], mentions [[spoiler:Inaba]] in the same sentence. The person listening to him had absolutely no reason to relate both things until that point. His first Persona [[LampshadeHanging put it the best]]:
721-->'''Izanagi:''' [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Thou damneth]].
722* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: A realistic, {{Downplayed|Trope}} variant. It's [[TruthInTelevision kind of a big deal in Japan]] for a high school student to lack extra-curricular credits, so Mr Kondo advised Yukiko, Rise and Chie to join a [[JapaneseSchoolClub school club]], who opted for the DramaClub, the Music Club, and manager duty for the soccer team, respectively. It's mostly a nominal obligation and they aren't expected to put real effort into it, but the three of them find it a nice respite from fighting Shadows in the TV World.
723* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: The story makes a convincing argument as to why the Investigation Team wears their school uniforms in the TV World. Shirou observes that most of their weapons can be smuggled into Junes either hidden in their baggy uniforms or school bags (his katana requires a special bag designed to carry a [[UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} shinai]], though), and if they ever get asked about it, they can say they're from CramSchool.
724* SchrodingersGun: Amusingly {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. In the game, Ai Ebihara is eventually assigned as the manager of whatever sport club the protagonist decided to join for no other reason that for them to become acquaintances. In this story things play out more realistically, just reversed, with Ai being tasked to assist the sports team Chie doesn't pick between basketball and soccer simply because she asked the advisor first and because Ai is technically just making up on missed credit. To make the {{parod|iedTrope}}y even more obvious, Chie ended up [[HeadsOrTails flipping a coin to decide]].
725* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Mitsuo, when Kanji opts for stepping on his foot instead of beating him up to a pulp after the guy tried to provoke him into a fight.
726* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Shirou considers that Shinji Matou wouldn't get away with half of the stuff he does when flirting with girls or blowing off steam if not for the fortune under his family name.
727* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: An offscreen example. While Shirou visited Fuyuki for Golden Week, the rest of the Investigation Team went to the TV World had a run-in with the [[GoddamnedBoss Contrarian King]], the boss of Yukiko's Castle. Quickly realizing that they had little to no chance of defeating it, they opted for a TacticalWithdrawal. It doubles as an InJoke to Videogame/Persona4 players (see GameplayAndStoryIntegration above for the reason).
728* SecondPersonNarration: The ''Inaba Chorus'' intermissions are narrated like this.
729* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Just like in canon, Izanami is testing humanity whether or not it deserves to continue on depending on how they confront the truth.]]
730* SecurityCling:
731** [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Chie]] + [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes bugs]]/[[FearOfThunder thunderstorms]]/[[IntimacyViaHorror horror movie scenario]] + a nearby Shirou = This Trope.
732** Teddie ended up clinging to Tama in Marukyuu Striptease when Shadow Rise powered down the lights.
733** [[SubvertedTrope Unsuccessfully]] {{Invoked|Trope}} by Yosuke in the same scene with Yukiko, who turned out to be a huge [[NightmareFetishist horror movie buff]], completely at odds with her YamatoNadeshiko image.
734* SeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Shirou notes that while bring Naoto along to satisfy the detective's curiosity about the TV World, the emtional state of the latter makes it obvious that they may end up facing Naoto's shadow, something the Investigation Team is not ready for.
735* SenseiChan: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Taiga became a teacher in her old high school because she didn't really fit in anywhere else after graduating. Unfortunately, her childish behavior didn't earn her the respect she wanted from her students and Taiga felt mocked anytime they called by her nickname.]]
736* SensoryOverload: Downplayed, but no less effective. Teddie smells the emotional state of the people that are thrown into the TV World but is unable to track down Rise because of the different dungeons causing too much psychic interference. Fortunately, Teddie can track down someone's location by singling out the "scent" of his or her particular psychological issues. The caveat is that the Investigation Team needs to first learn enough about each kidnapped victim for this to work.
737* SeriousBusiness: Shirou considers "Mystery Food X" a ''sin'' that must be ''purged'' from the face of the Earth with a zeal that would give more than a few {{Knight Templar}}s a pause. In order to accomplish this noble mission, he unilaterally decided to give resident {{Lethal Chef}}s Chie and Yukiko cooking lessons, and he was so serious about it that neither of them even tried to argue against it.
738* SexyMentor: [[TheTease Margaret]] becomes a magecraft teacher of sorts for Shirou in chapter 29.
739* ShadowArchetype: When the Investigation Team encounters Mitsuo and his Shadow, and when the latter says that he just wanted to become a hero, Shirou gasps, clearly seeing that Mitsuo is what he could have become if his dream had twisted him.
740* ShamefulStrip: [[spoiler:Rise suffered this at the hands of her Shadow in front of a pseudo audience of the latter's clones while chained to a stripper dance pole. That and a nasty BreakingSpeech pushed the girl into rejecting her Shadow before the Investigation Team could get to her.]]
741* ShareTheMalePain: Let's just say, the infamous [[GroinAttack "critical hit to the nads"]] didn't go unnoticed by Shirou or their classmates.
742* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend:
743** Said verbatim by Shirou to Pixie about Chie. His second Persona simply talked right over him, ignoring his complains.
744** Squared in the second Fuyuki Gaiden. Noticing that Rin was showing too much interest in hearing news about Shirou (mostly out of concern for Sakura, ''[[{{Tsundere}} mostly]]''), Ayako teasingly asked that if she was that eager to see her boyfriend again. Tohsaka, [[TheGadfly being Tohsaka]], didn't let being caught flatfooted pass and took advantage that Ayako happened to call Shirou by his first name to turn the tables on her and remarked that's something a girlfriend would say, reducing Ayako into a LuminescentBlush.
745* SherlockScan: Shadow Rise pulls this off on Shirou, identifying he had a major case of SurvivorGuilt.
746* ShipperOnDeck:
747** A number of Shirou's Personas are this about him and the girl representing the Social Link of their Arcanas.
748*** Eligor of the Chariot Arcana doesn't even ''try'' to be subtle about Shirou×Chie. Doubles as GeniusBonus if you take [[TheMatchmaker "[Eligor] causeth the Love of Lords and Great Persons" thing]] from the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'' into account.
749*** While a lot more laid-back about it, Cu Sith is rather fond of Shirou×Taiga.
750*** Sarasvati thinks he and Yukiko compliment each other well.
751*** Pixie is kinda hoping for Rise.
752*** Ippon-Datara said a single word during his introductory chapter, and it was to show his support for Shirou/Marie.
753*** Lilim ships him with everybody. [[MarryThemAll Preferably at the same time]]. In proper HotAsHell fashion, she's less keen on romance and all about him getting laid.
754*** Notably, the Persona Angel of the Justice Arcana is an exception who tries to [[DefiedTrope Defy this trope]] with conservative views on relationships, and ''especially'' disagrees with Lilim on the matter.
755** Shirou himself counts as a low-key example, who put in a good word for Kou with Chie but didn't push the idea further than that.
756* ShipTease: As expected from a crossover between a VisualNovel and a game that is one part [[LifeSimulationGame Life Simulator]], there are a lot of moments where Shirou is shipped with the female Social Links as they appear. Interestingly enough, their appearance in chapter 33 gave rather heartwarming tease between Kanji and Naoto.
757* ShipToShipCombat: Shirou's Personas have an InUniverse shipping war going on because each of them favors a different girl in his life. See ShipperOnDeck above for details.
758* ShoutOut: Has its [[ShoutOut/FateReachOut own page]].
759* ShrinesAndTemples: Tatsuhime Shrine is a run-down example of this trope from the game. Here, Shirou recognizes the remnants of what used to be a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABd%C5%8D Kyuudou]] (Japanese martial art of archery) training ground for the late [[{{Miko}} priestess]] of the shrine and apparently plans on renovating it for his own use.
760* ShutUpHannibal: Taiga doesn't approve Shirou's inherited dreams of becoming an "Ally of Justice". That doesn't mean [[spoiler:Kotomine]] can just talk trash about Kiritsugu in front of Shirou.
761-->'''Taiga:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You! Big! MEANIE!]]
762* SiblingsInCrime: Mitsuo and his "sister"[[spoiler:, actually [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Satsuki Yumizuka]] who used her vampiric hypnosis to make him believe she was his older sister.]]
763* SickeninglySweethearts:
764** The president and vice-president of the DramaClub, as Yukiko accurately {{Lampshaded}} by quoting Chie.
765** [[spoiler:Yosuke Hanamura]] and his first girlfriend as well. [[spoiler:The latter being [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Satsuki Yumizuka]], this is ''not'' a good thing.]]
766* SideEffectsInclude: The less-than-safe dietetic products advertised in [[{{Infomercial}} Tanaka's Amazing Commodities]]. Being [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Tanaka]], he warns his audience about it at RattlingOffLegal speeds.
767-->'''Tanaka:''' Warning: sideeffectsofSlimmingFoodincludenauseaandvomittingifbothtakenatonce.
768* SimpleMindedWisdom: Kanji, in his usual blunt manner, tells Naoto not to feel bad of a simple mistake of getting personally involved and that other people shouldn't get angry when it happens. It serves as a bit of ShipTease material.
769* SkewedPriorities: The Persona Lilim's RousingSpeech to Shirou during Shadow Rise's BossBattle is, well, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality very her]].
770-->'''Lilim:''' And ''I'' won't accept you [[MustNotDieAVirgin dying before getting laid]]! You are going to snag that idol, dammit!
771* {{Slapstick}}: Mostly {{Justified|Trope}}. The MagicEnhancement that Persona User receive in the TV World and their casual access to [[HealingHands healing magic]] make the {{Slapstick}} typical to ''Videogame/Persona4'' a lot less [[DudeNotFunny cringe-worth]] in this story.
772* SlaveToPR: By proxy, even. [[spoiler:Rise's ContractualPurity as an IdolSinger becomes a plot point later on when Shirou realizes that her yet-to-be-aired Midnight Channel Special has the potential to destroy her career after seeing what [[{{Stripperiffic}} her Shadow was like]], especially if broadcast right after the announcement of her [[CreatorBreakdown already-controversial]] hiatus. In order to protect Rise's reputation, he decides to talk the Investigation Team into completing her dungeon all in one go and even agrees to get into debt with the Mysterious Fox for her pricey healing leaves.]]
773* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: With the worlds of VideoGame/Persona4 and the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} respectively for each side, there's bound to be clashes.
774* SlumberParty: Rise insisted on having the outdoors version of a sleepover after sneaking into Chie and Yukiko's tent during the school campout. Not even Hanako loudly snoring right next to them deterred her any.
775* SmittenTeenageGirl: Rise seems to have got it worse for Shirou than she did for the protagonist in the game, and that's saying something considering that she was practically the latter's {{fangirl}}. PlayedWith somewhat that she's quite the extrovert and a [[TheSocialExpert people person]] and only stammers or gets visibly flustered around him when he catches her off-guard.
776* SneezeCut:
777** During the LetMeGetThisStraight scene above in Fuyuki, Yosuke [[RuleOfFunny somehow]] felt [[spoiler:Taiga]]'s dismissal of his contributions to the Investigation Team all the way to Inaba as a sudden spike of pain.
778** While discussing the fact that not every person who appears in the Midnight Channel ends up in the TV World and facing their Shadows, Yosuke [[spoiler:mistakenly mentioned Taiga as an example and the narration briefly jumps to focus on her as she sneezes during a sparing match.]]
779* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Subverted. Yosuke's "Risette facts" end up being worthless because they are her idol persona's trivia not Rise's.
780* SpiritAdvisor: His Personas for Shirou, especially during battle and in the context of Social Links where they can outright [[TheEmpath resonate with what people representing their Arcana are feeling]]. The latter is one of the reasons why Shirou is wary of the Social Link system as a whole, however he certainly appreciates their opinions and their second guessing of his actions in areas he is admittedly not very good at. Like [[ObliviousToLove women]] or [[ChronicHeroSyndrome self-preservation]].
781* SpitTake: Shirou didn't understand what Yosuke meant about having a girl "up close and personal" behind him as they rode his motorcycle, so Lilim spelled it out for him as he was drinking a glass of water. Cue this trope.
782* {{Squee}}: Taiga's reaction to [[spoiler:Nanako calling her "[[BerserkButton Tiger]]-nee". [[ItMakesSenseInContext Yeah, you heard that right]].]]
783* StageMagician: Similarly to [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Yu Narukami]], Shirou picks up a keen interest in stage magic despite the fact he's already capable of very real [[FunctionalMagic Thaumaturgy]].
784* TheStationsOfTheCanon: A SubvertedTrope. The story follows the events of the game closely until Yukiko's rescue, but from then and on [[ForWantOfANail the Butterfly Effect starts to show]]. For example:
785** [[spoiler:Taiga appeared one night on the Midnight Channel after her BadassBystander moment, but she left Inaba before the kidnapper could locate her. This fact apparently made the later either hesitate about trying to throw Kanji into the TV or waste time trying to find her. By then, Kanji already has a bodyguard of sorts in the famous teen detective Naoto Shirogane who followed him at all times, making any approach difficult.]]
786** Rise became the talk of the town earlier than canon because [[spoiler:of her concert in Okina, and the kidnapper ended up throwing her into TV before getting the chance to approach Kanji.]]
787** Shirou's presence in Shadow Rise's BossFight [[spoiler:and his magecraft allowed the Investigation Team to {{Subvert|edTrope}} the HopelessBossBattle by circumventing her Supreme Insight skill. This also precluded the circumstances that led to the fight with Shadow Teddie, something that [[DramaticIrony does NOT shape to be a good thing in the long run]].]]
788** And then just as Mitsubo's dungeon appears, [[spoiler:Naoto finds out about the TV World and the Investigation Team's activities, thanks to Kanji.]] This one event was enough to make people posting in the fic's thread on Spacebattles alone to declare the stations of canon to have been completely derailed.
789** As a result of the above and [[spoiler:Satsuki's involvement in the plot]], [[spoiler:Mitsuo himself becomes basically a ghoul minion of his "sister" who is the new DiscOneFinalBoss, and the poor guy is murdered by Satsuki when he fails to accept his own Shadow (though granted he stopped being at all relevant to the plot in the original game once he was arrested, but still). And because Rise's Shadow wasn't defeated by Teddie, Teddie's Shadow becomes Satsuki's second in command, and becomes the mid-boss of her dungeon. Also, Naoto has decided to investigate Satsuki by going to Misaki Town, having learned that Satsuki had come from there, but also not knowing that she might accidentally stumble right into the events of {{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}. Thankfully she stops and leaves instead of questioning Shiki.]]
790* StayInTheKitchen: Shirou on occasion, as expected of his pre-CharacterDevelopment self. Just ask Yosuke, who felt right to DopeSlap him because of how badly he almost messed things up with Chie while trying to dissuade her from going with them into the TV World to save Yukiko. [[spoiler:Although Yosuke would give you the exact ''[[EntertaininglyWrong opposite]]'' reason to why she was left speechless.]]
791-->"'That world is no place for a girl'?" Yosuke repeated in an incredulous tone. "Are you sexist, or just stupid?!"
792* StockJokes: [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Lilim]] tricks Shirou with a "losersayswhat" kind of joke to make him say "all of them" aloud when Yosuke asked him which girl in the Investigation Team he was actually aiming for romantically.
793* AStormIsComing: During the closing scene of chapter 34, Yosuke runs into a girl in a raincoat during a downpour. The moment she [[spoiler:asks him out]] is underscored by DramaticThunder.
794* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Before leaving back to Inaba at the end of Golden Week, Taiga rounds up and return Shirou's old archery equipment back to him. [[spoiler:She did it specifically so he would have a way to fight other than plowing headfirst into danger.]]
795* {{Stripperiffic}}: Shadow Rise the first time the Investigation Team meets her.
796-->'''[[HormoneAddledTeenager Yosuke]]:''' [[ShoutOut Such an]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Teenie_Weenie_Yellow_Polkadot_Bikini itsy-bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini!]]
797* StupidSexyFriend:
798** Shirou for Chie. Years of dedicated physical self-training has granted him with the kind of toned musculature that it's easy to hide under normal clothes but that a big fan of {{Martial Arts Movie}}s like her can't help but… [[FemaleGaze appreciate]].
799** Shirou for Yukiko, too. In her case, it's more his bravery and strength in the battlefield mixed with his politeness and kindness outside of it what gets her {{Covert Pervert}}ness going.
800** Forget all the above. As of his [[InnocentFanserviceGuy accidental striptease moment]] in chapter 34, Shirou has proved himself to be this for ''all'' of his human teammates. To wit, the sight of his trained musculature as he prepared himself for a swim left Chie's brain too DistractedByTheSexy to form any coherent thought, Yukiko feeling too hot for her school jersey, Yosuke with a severe MuscleAngst and Rise... well, the former IdolSinger "drank the view for all its worth" while slowly [[LecherousLicking licking her lips]].
801* SuperReflexes: A realistic variant. Due to his self-training, Shirou's a very short reaction time. In chapter 20, he deflected a stray soccer ball before it could hit Chie in the back of the head. Kou and Daisuke tried to recruit him for their sport clubs because of it.
802* SuperSenses: As a magus, Shirou can buff himself with a form of this through Reinforcement, one of the only two spells he can use at the start of the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight visual novel]]. Its first plot-relevant application was during the Investigation Team's stakeout on Tatsumi Textiles, where Shirou's enhanced hearing allowed him to keep tabs on the place while keeping the team from being noticed by Kanji and Naoto.
803* SupportPartyMember: Teddie, who retains his SensorCharacter status and now can produce useful expendable items with his powers.
804* SurpriseParty: Shirou and Nanako held a small one for Ryotaro's birthday on May 16th. The two of them even baked a cake for the occasion.
805* SurvivalMantra: PlayedForLaughs. Taiga tries to fight the urge to [[INeedAFreakingDrink get herself a freaking drink]] this way. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]
806-->'''Taiga:''' Remember Taiga, getting drunk off your ass won't help anyone. Getting drunk off your ass won't help anyone. Getting drunk off your ass won't help anyone.
807* SurvivorGuilt: Shirou, as per canon. Shadow Rise pegging it was enough to make him mad.
808* {{Synchronization}}: As it happened in ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Persona-users can feel any harm that afflicts their Personas, albeit in a diminished form. They can also use their Personas as a secondary set of sensory inputs, i.e. see and hear things from their Persona's perspective, which is described as "trippy" before getting used to it. Rise has it worse because her SensorCharacter of a Persona can perceive even more than that. [[spoiler:The sharing harm aspect of it applies to the Shadow Selves if they haven't been rejected yet, making taking them out before going berserk a huge no-no.]]
809* TakeThat:
810** The first chapter pokes some fun at the [[HeroicMime silent nature]] of the game's protagonist.
811--->'''[[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]]:''' Any other kid should do just fine, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall especially a mute one]].
812** In Chapter 35, Shirou observes that predicting the result of Persona Fusion is complicated and that he can't really get to the underlying mathematics involved. This is a rather common complain among players about how the games in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' and ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' franchises handle Demon/Persona Fusion.
813* TalkToTheFist: Taiga's counter against the [[BreakThemByTalking Tao of Lecter]].
814* TechnicallyASmile: Ayako notes the difference between Taiga's smile and her "Smile", capitalization intended.
815-->On the surface, it had the image of a pleasant, happy, generic smile that anyone can make. But you can make out the small facial differences, like how the lips were strained to stay that way, or how the eyes were closed a little too tightly. But what differs a smile from the Smile is the fact that the former was genuine and the latter promised a swift death.\
816Man, and I thought only Rin knew how to pull that gesture off.
817* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[invoked]] {{Subverted|Trope}}. Shirou carries an outdated cellphone for the year the story is set (2011) just like the protagonist in the opening animation of the game, but that's because of [[MrFixit his personal tendency]] to keep old appliances in working order for long after their average life expectancy.
818* TemptingFate:
819** Taiga declares that there's no way "anything dark, sinister or unusual" could happen while Shirou is in Inaba.
820** Hilariously {{Invoked|Trope}} when Kanji is waiting in hiding for [[spoiler:the best time to ambush-tackle Shirou in chapter 28, but when the latter said "What's the worst that could happen?" the brawler just couldn't resist such a perfect cue to action.]]
821* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Rin may not be the most devout of Christians, but when Kirei insisted in being called by his title as an ordained priest (mostly to annoy her, of course), she reluctantly relented.
822-->'''Kirei:''' Do indulge me, Rin. We are still in the sanctum of God, so my title does hold merit. Unless you wish to speak in the confessional?\
823'''Rin:''' ''[through gritted teeth]'' Good evening, Father Kotomine.\
824'''Kirei:''' There, now. Was that so hard?\
825'''Rin:''' ''[thinking]'' Yes. Yes it was.
826* ThirdWheel: The Persona Eligor chides Shirou for attempting to bring in Yosuke to a training session with Chie. [[Literature/ArsGoetia Considering his myth]], you may see why a [[TheMatchmaker matchmaker]] like Eligor has no patience for this trope.
827* ThisExplainsSoMuch: Played with. After learning that Shirou puts himself through excruciating pain every time he forges a Magic Circuit, a character asks him if he's in fact a masochist. Pixie reacts at the suggestion with astonished realization, as if Shirou's behaviour so far ''finally'' made sense to her. It's difficult to say whether she was being sarcastic or not.
828* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch:
829** From ''Dead Greenery'':
830--->'''Shadow [[spoiler:Taiga]]:''' I have every right to say that name. Because we share the same face. And that's my name, too, bitch.
831** Also done by [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]] in ''Never the Same''.
832--->[[spoiler:I'm the all-powerful granter of wishes and desires! I'm the Holy Grail, ''bitch''!]]
833* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Said word-for-word by Yosuke when Taiga plans on putting the Investigation Team through a TrainingFromHell in order to be ready to face [[spoiler:Mitsuo and Satsuki]]. Shirou then tells him that is an understatement.
834* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: The girls' reaction when Yosuke brought swimsuits for them to the School Campout. While agreeing that it was a little creepy of him, Rise [[SubvertedTrope appreciated the present]]... [[DoubleSubversion until she realized that]] Yosuke deliberately picked out the same bikini ''her Shadow'' was wearing two weeks ago.
835* TokenReligiousTeammate: The Persona Angel, who was rather irked by the fact the she emerged from the sea of Shirou's soul just in time for Rise's strip club-inspired dungeon.
836-->'''Chie:''' ''[upon seeing what Marukyuu Striptease is like]'' Oh my God.\
837'''Angel:''' Please do not utter the Lord's name here. It's used enough in these places.
838* TooGoodToBeTrue: When it seems like the team will be able to rescue Kanji without a BossBattle, Shirou gets immediately suspicious. And sure enough, Shadow Kanji's EliteMooks suddenly appear, blocking the exit and thus creating the opportunity for Kanji to reject it.
839* TooMuchInformation: Shadow Kanji referring to his weapons -- two giant Mars symbols -- as his sex toys.
840-->'''Yosuke:''' Uh... did he just call his weapons--\
841'''Chie:''' SHUT UP, HANAMURA!
842* TradeSnark: Taiga very much looks forward to enjoy a "Shirou Emiya class™ dinner" after weeks since the last one.
843* TrapDoor: [[spoiler:Yukiko's Castle has them.]] Let's just say Shadow Selves are {{troll}}s like that.
844* {{Tsundere}}:
845** Yosuke guesses that [[SternTeacher King Moron]] does in fact have a soft spot for actually earnest and hard-working transfer student Shirou Emiya. Of course, Morooka would rather die than admit it out loud, but it shows for time to time [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold in his own particular way]]. For example, instead of sending him alone to help out the Student Health Association as he did in canon with Yu Narukami, Morooka also enlisted Yosuke for the task. Naturally it totally ruined the latter's plans for that afternoon, but it let them share the workload between the two of them.
846** Marie as in the ''Videogame/Persona4: [[UpdatedRerelease The Golden]]''. Lilim lampshades it by sing-songing "Tsun alert! Tsun alert!" in Shirou's mind.
847* TwoPersonPoolParty: Kanji was invited by his Shadow to one. Needless to say, he wasn't enthused with the idea.
848* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: As oblivious to romantic tropes as he is, Shirou doesn't understand why Chie got so flustered when he offered to share his umbrella with her on a rainy morning.
849* UndeadTaxExemption: [[spoiler:The vampire Satsuki Yumizuka pretends to be "Satsuki Kubo" -- the older sister Mitsuo Kubo never had but believes he does thanks to her Mystic Eyes -- in order to give herself a place to stay and a cover identity.]]
850* UnholyGround: The Park where the fire happened in Fuyuki. The place was essentially a gateway to Yomi.
851* UnprovokedPervertPayback:
852** Yosuke is a frequent victim of this as in canon.
853** There's a notable {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion in chapter 34 where Yosuke gets into an AccidentalPervert moment with an unknown passerby and then he profusely apologizes to her by ''fearfully [[DiscussedTrope discussing this very cliche]]'' in full MotorMouth mode. The girl in question found the situation [[ActuallyPrettyFunny too funny]] to get mad a him and even [[spoiler:asked him out on the spot. Although given the OminousForeshadowing in the scene that he missed, this may not be a good thing in the long run.]]
854* UnstoppableRage:
855** {{Invoked|Trope}} by Shadow Kanji with his special skill "Roar of Wrath" during his BossBattle against the I.T. as in the game. Shirou simply counters with Me Patra[[spoiler:, but the moment of inattention costs him dearly.]]
856** In the same fight, Chie goes berserk at the sight of [[spoiler:a maimed Shirou as he bleeds out]]. Sadly, this doesn't give her that much of an edge in the fight.
857* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: {{Inverted|Trope}} with [[spoiler:Shirou for Yosuke]]. If it were not for the former cockblocking the latter out of an unsupervised weekend together with their significant other, who knows what [[spoiler:his vampire girlfriend would have done to him.]]
858* UnwittingMuggleFriend: Taiga as in canon. [[spoiler:Subverted with the InternalReveal by the end of the Golden Week StoryArc.]]
859* UsedToBeASweetKid: Kanji's mother feels this way about him, stating he used to be so kind and thoughtful to others only to go around picking fights. She doesn't want him to, even if its for her.
860* UseYourHead: Kanji found a lot of use out of this.
861* VerbalBackspace: Rise is upset with still having to carry Risette's troublesome baggage after leaving the showbiz and being unlucky enough to be thrown into the TV World. Then this happens:
862-->'''Rise:''' ''[to herself]'' Not one thing had gone right since [I] quit!\
863'''Shirou:''' Rise?\
864'''Rise:''' ''[to herself]'' [[RescueRomance ...okay, so maybe all this]] was {{worth it}} after all.
865* VerbalTic:
866** {{Subverted|Trope}}. The Persona Cu Sith prepends Shirou and Taiga's name with the word "Cu", but this isn't an example of this trope. See GeniusBonus entry in the [[YMMV/FateReachOut YMMV page]] for the details.
867** Ippon-Datara is fond of giving single-word answers.
868* VillainousCrush: Interestingly PlayedWith. [[spoiler:When Izanami realizes that she's actually becoming rather fond of the idealist Shirou and interested in him beyond mere curiosity, she decides that won't do as she can't pick favourites among her three chosen ones or the results of [[HumanityOnTrial her test for mankind]] will be meaningless. In order to remain impartial, she {{Defie|dTrope}}s this trope by [[PiecesOfGod detaching the part of herself that cares for him onto a separate vessel]], Kusumi-no-Okami (aka Marie), so she would not be obstructed by moral compassion or restraint, and thus providing Shirou with both someone to save and a suitable villain who would become a proper trial for him to try to overcome in order to become a hero.]]
869* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler:Satsuki "Kubo"]] at least plays the part for her boyfriend [[spoiler:Yosuke.]]
870* VirtualSoundtrack: The forum version of the story comes annotated with Youtube links to soundtrack pieces for every other scene, usually of either franchise for obvious reasons.
871* WallOfWeapons: Thanks to their long lineage of martial artists, the Mitsuzuri family dojo has "an entire closet full of weapons. Mostly swords and polearms, with the odd exotic weapon like a chain knife."
872* WeaponBasedCharacterization: While there's the obvious Shirou using swords and Yosuke canonically using Dual Daggers, WordOfGod has stated that Chie will be using different kung-fu oriented weapons before finally settling on one.
873** Whip: Chie's choice of weapon for Yukiko's rescue. Shirou wasn't really convinced that a chain whip was an adequate complement to her kung-fu, but he trusted in her judgement. For his part, Yosuke had [[GoodWeaponEvilWeapon entirely different concerns on the matter]].
874** A simple staff is her weapon for Rise's rescue, which takes place before Kanji's dungeon due [[ForWantOfANail circumstances]], when asked she said it was for the simplicity, but while no one really believed it, no one questioned it either.
875* WhamEpisode: Chapter 24: [[spoiler:Shirou ends up being chased by [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Yomotsu-Ikusa Yomotsu-Ikusa]] and [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Yomotsu-Shikome Yomotsu-Shikome]] in the ''real world''. Sakura registers them as two [[OurGhostsAreDifferent wraiths]] chasing after Shirou so she has to go to Kotomine Kirei for help. Meanwhile, Taiga ends up facing her Shadow Self.]] Yes, really.
876** Chapter 45 is a series of holy shit moments. [[spoiler:Mr. Morooka's body is discovered by Shirou, who rushes to find Taiga, only to discover she's been pushed into the TV by someone. However, Teddie informs the team that ''three'' people entered, but none left, meaning Morooka never entered the TV World. When the Investigation Team search for Taiga, she ''rescues herself'' from Mitsuo's dungeon, and reveals her Persona to the team. And as they're leaving the TV world, ''Kanji and Naoto are waiting for them'', with the former apparently having told the latter about the TV World, meaning she's found out before she's even been kidnapped herself.]]
877* WhamLine:
878** [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep mentions a previous "tenant" living in the Holy Grail. ''Previous'' being the key word.]]
879** Taiga's closing line in ''Never the Same'', [[spoiler:hinting that she's aware that she's awakened to her Persona.]]
880--->'''Taiga:''' ''[to Sakura]'' Let's just say I made a new friend. And her name is [[spoiler:Kaihime]].
881** Taiga delivers another in ''Shoot for The Moon''.
882--->'''Taiga:''' Can I ask you to [[spoiler:keep an eye on Sakura-chan while I'm away]]?\
883'''Ayako:''' Of course, Sens-EH?!
884* WhatTheHellHero:
885** Nanako calls out her father, Taiga, and even Sakura for picking on Shirou at home. [[spoiler:She's so certain he's right that she's his Justice Social Link.]]
886** While Taiga roughhousing with Shirou is normal to him, Dojima points out that she was using a ''steel'' poster to hit him and when she mistakenly hit Dojima instead, he gained a concussion. She never once apologized to Shirou and her reaction to being called "Tiger" is rather violent.
887** Likewise, Taiga calls Dojima out since every discussion seems like an interrogation (which he acknowledges) and he did ruin the mood by pointing out they leave tomorrow.
888* WhatWouldXDo: Asking himself what would Naoto do when Mitsuo tried to goad him to hit him allowed Kanji to not fall for a DeliberateInjuryGambit.
889* WhoAreYou: Shadow Rise to Shirou after he [[spoiler:managed to find a workaround for her Supreme Insight skill]]. Rise observed that his answer would have sounded [[NarmCharm too sappy to be taken seriously were not for]] the absolute conviction in his voice and whole body language and the fact he preceded his words by giving the Shadow a run for her money.
890* WifeBasherBasher: Shinji and Shirou's falling out happened because he hit Sakura hard enough to leave bruises. Shirou promptly returned the favor when Shinji's answer for this was because he wanted to. When Yosuke hears about this incident...
891-->'''Shirou:''' And then there's Shinji Matou. We used to be close, but not so much.\
892'''Yosuke:''' Because of the move?\
893'''Shirou:''' Because he would hit his sister hard enough to leave bruises.\
894'''Yosuke:''' What? Why?!\
895'''Shirou:''' Because 'he felt like it'.\
896'''Yosuke:''' Please tell me you punched the bastard for that.\
897'''Shirou:''' And I haven't regretted it since.\
898'''Yosuke:''' 'atta boy.
899* WistfulAmnesia: Strongly implied to be the case for [[spoiler:the Mysterious Fox. She knows she had a name different to the current one, but can't remember it.]]
900* WithFriendsLikeThese: Chie and Shirou sabotage Yosuke's attempt to make a good post-rescue first impression on Rise by repeating all the pick-up lines he considered using before fighting her Shadow but didn't get the chance to. It ends up working better that way because the interplay made Rise laugh and helped her to relax around the team.
901-->'''Yosuke:''' Ahahaha, they're such kidders! [[BlatantLies I didn't say that. At all. I never said any of that]].
902* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: The Wild Card for Shirou, especially the Social Link system. See AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength and DeconstructionFic above.
903* WorfHadTheFlu: Kotomine didn't immediately take down the two wraiths attacking Shirou and believes its because he's past his prime (among other reasons). And Shirou couldn't summon a Persona outside of the TV World due to a lack of prana.
904* WrongContextMagic: [[spoiler:Shirou's magecraft for Shadow Rise. His [[MagicEnhancement Reinforcement]] made him faster, tougher and stronger than her [[CombatClairvoyance Supreme Insight]] could assess he was and his [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation Tracing]] provided him ordinary swords that appeared in his hands at the last possible moment, making it next-to-impossible for the otherwise untouchable DanceBattler to accurately judge his attack range or fight him effectively at close quarters.]]
905* YaoiFangirl: Seeing Kanji and Naoto together started to give Chie ''ideas''. Then the rest of the girls of the Investigation Team (even [[TeamPet Tama]]) started to get caught in the homoerotic fantasying mood and turned their eyes to Shirou and Yosuke, which the latter quickly realized the meaning of.
906-->'''Yosuke:''' ''[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger]'' Don't you effing dare!\
907'''Rise:''' ''[unapologetic]'' Too late!\
908'''Shirou:''' ''[confused]'' Am I missing something here?\
909'''Yosuke:''' ''[annoyed]'' How I loathe your gift of obliviousness, Shirou Emiya…
910* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: As a crossover with ''VideoGame/Persona4'', this trope is bound to happen.
911** GoneHorriblyRight in [[spoiler:Chie's case where Shirou's accepting words encouraged her ''and'' her Shadow because it was ''[[LoveInterest him]]'' saying them, pushing Chie further into denial of her repressed emotions.]]
912** Shirou gets one from Taiga in chapter 26 when she tells him that he makes certain people, her and Sakura particularly, happy just by being alive and being there for her was enough, it rocks Shirou's core feeling about himself (sinful that he survived the fire where others died). Those who have read all three routes of the VN know that this is a big deal.
913* YouCanSeeThatRight:
914** The Investigation Team's reaction at the sight of Shirou conversing/haggling with the Mysterious Fox.
915--->'''Yosuke:''' Our leader is making small talk with a fox. The guys at school are never gonna believe this.\
916'''Chie:''' I'm right here and ''I'' don't believe it.
917** Happens again when they see the fox using an abacus.
918--->'''Chie:''' Uh, did it just do what I think it did?\
919'''Yosuke:''' ''[rhetorically]'' You mean make a calculation?
920* YouCantThwartStageOne: Given all the countermeasures the Shadows have in place there's no stopping them from going berserk. [[spoiler:Subverted with Taiga, who managed to accept her Shadow without rejecting it first, albeit not without a literal fight. Admittedly, she got very lucky and several circumstances conspired in her favor, like the heart-to-heart Taiga had with Shirou that allowed her to work out some of her issues before the confrontation and the fact that Shadow Taiga didn't have an audience to denounce Taiga's secrets, which kept her from falling for the typical knee-jerk reaction of rejecting her Shadow to shut her up.]]
921* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe:
922** [[spoiler:Pixie's reaction to finding one of the Fey greatest artifacts (Avalon) inside Shirou.]]
923--->[=OhmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshOHMYGOOOOOOOOSH!=]
924** Yosuke's response to [[spoiler:finding out that Shadow Chie can cast [[ShockAndAwe Mazio]], a spell his Persona is weak to]]:
925--->Oh, that's such bullshi-IAAH!
926** Taiga, numerous times through Chapter 26 [[spoiler:after learning the various aspects of Magecraft. Like Shirou using his spine to make a circuit.]]
927** [[ButtMonkey Yosuke]]'s reaction at the sight of Yukiko enthusiastically wanting to join Chie and Shirou's study sessions right after she slapped him (twice) for proposing the almost same thing as the magus.
928** The Investigation Team reaction at the initial price of the fox's healing leaves.
929--->'''Everybody:''' [[BigWhat What?!]]\
930'''Chie:''' That's more than the cost of our armor and weapons!\
931'''Yosuke:''' Hell, that's more than I made all year at Junes! Are you saying that some stinking leaves are worth more than I'll ever amount to?!\
932'''Fox:''' [[BluntYes Yip!]]
933* YouJustToldMe: Naoto uses this trick on [[spoiler:Rise Kujikawa]] as confirmation that this person was in fact [[spoiler:the second survivor of the Serial Murder Case]] but is trying to keep it hidden. However, unlike in MysteryLiterature, this only pissed off the other party and the private detective was unable to get any further information after that.
934* YouMustBeCold: Shirou lends Rise his school jacket [[spoiler:after the confrontation with her Shadow left her with little more than her underwear on.]]
935* YouRemindMeOfX:
936** Shirou states that Yosuke reminds him of Shinji. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's a lot more touching, and depressing, than you think.]]
937** Ayane Matsunaga from Yasogami's Music Club reminds Rise of her timid pre-Risette self. Less seriously, Ayane's BlushStickers also reminds Rise of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]].
938* YouWillBeSpared: Shadow Rise offers to allow the party to live and spread the message of Rise's death, but naturally they refuse. So she hits them with a Megidola and it ends up nearly being a TotalPartyKill.

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