. Source is here.The Akane no Mai franchise is established by Kanius (Who is the author of Digimon Fusion Kai, YuYuGiDigiMoon, Shin-YuYuGiDigiMoon, and Akane no Guilty Crown), crossovering Persona 5 and Code Vein, with elements of Nioh and Kakegurui.
It was originally conceptualized by Allfather-Ford with Persona Vein, which started off as a six-chapter (including an Intermission) OVA fanfic. Over time, it grew to be more compelling for both Kanius and Allfather-Ford to explore new concepts and the characters within. After the author completed the story, he officially passed over to Kanius by starting off with an official sequel with Allfather-Ford involved.
Unlike Kanius's past fanfics, this fan-continuity is envisioned more like a draft of a novel series, although it has a few AU traits (Such as the Persona characters having romantic couples while in canon they don't have, and that Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea is used instead of Tokyo Destinyland), this feels closer to an 'official canon' feel and not a full-out AU (Such as no AU backstories of the Phantom Thieves). Because of this, Kanius has the chance to hone more of his novel writing skills early, while the author is currently writing his debut novel.
The series also focuses on two perspective characters: Hifumi Togo and the author's take on the Code Vein male protagonist. Both are drawn to these new urban adventures while receiving development for themselves and the world in general.
Akane no Mai Updates
As of August 28, 2023, Book II Chapter 29 has been posted: FF.Net and AO3.
Also cross posted on SpaceBattles.com, KHInsider, Persona 5 -Reddit, Code Vein - Reddit, and Deviantart.
There are unmarked spoilers in the trope pages.
Urban Legends: The sequel of Persona Vein. "It's coming. It's here." Said the female Revenant. A man with no memories and a Shogi woman meet again. Thieves and Revenants cross paths. Fates intertwine when dark entities manipulate and tweak the timeline. Mysteries of the dark entities will be unraveled.
- The consolidated story and definitive edition of both Persona Vein and Urban Legends with many new changes. The prologue chapter was uploaded on the same day Persona 5 Royal's western release. The story will pick up with Chapter 1 onward in mid-April 2020. While Persona Vein and Urban Legends are early drafts, Akane no Mai is planned to be the revised/final draft and the real, official version of the complete story. It will consist of three books, with Persona Vein being 'Book I' and Urban Legends split into the latter two books. The three arcs will each have different titles. Book I is called Fellowship Forged by Code and has concluded.
Book II is called Vestiges of Vein and is now ongoing.
- The early draft timeline of the series. Voice References
- Voices of the characters. Pokémon Teams (PV-18) (Pre-Gen VIII)
- Characters' Pokémon teams. Parallel Dimensions - Crimson World
- Based on Ch. 12 of Urban Legends as a one-shot crossover with Dowdz's Crimson AU. Pokémon Teams (Akane-no-Mai) (Gen VIII onward)
- Characters' Pokémon teams of Gen VIII onward. Wulf-Edda Voice References
- Voices of the Wulf-Edda characters. Wulf-Edda Pokémon Teams
- Wulf-Edda Characters' Pokémon teams. Reclaiming the Guilty Crown
- A Guilty Crown perspective story of Urban Legends final three chapters. Ouma Shu has gone missing. After forming a new organization, Shinomiya Ayase, Funeral Parlor, and other world heroes cross over into a new reality. This reality is a world occupied by Phantom Thieves and Revenants. An anomalous force spawned from humanity's darkness wreaks havoc, prompting Ayase and her team to find Shu and stop this dark avatar. - A trio of video game characters from another reality falls into another: the world of the Phantom Thieves. This is a fanfic collaboration between Ford1114 and KingdomKey23. This is a non-canon crossover one-shot of our Akane no Mai series and KingdomKey23's Kingdom Hearts: The Nintendo Version Remixed fic.The Akane no Mai franchise provides examples of:
- Darker and Edgier: Having the Phantom Thieves as adults, they explore events of encountering physical beings that are not cognitions. The involvement of Japanese mythos and Revenants of the alternate future expanded their worldly view of human society. The main antagonist of Persona Vein is portrayed as a complex character rather than the twisted adults the Thieves previously fought.
- Fantasy Kitchen Sink: The Personas are based on various mythologies and public domain figures. Vampires and related monsters from the alternate future. The Japanese historical figures, Guardian Spirits, and Yokai. All blend into a modern society, oh and let's not forget the involvement of gamblers originated from an infamous high school.
- I'm Going to Disney World!: The setting takes place in the real-life Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea instead of Destinyland like in game canon and various Persona 5 fanfics. This blends more with the characters' adaption to a real-life setting. Likewise, they also mentioned and went to Universal Studios Japan.
- Our Vampires Are Different: The lore of the Revenants from Code Vein is involved with the modern times of the Phantom Thieves and related characters.
- Two-Part Trilogy: While Book I of Akane no Mai (as the revised draft of Persona Vein) can be seen as a self-contained story, Books II and III's story (as the revised drafts of Urban Legends) serves as a two-part trilogy.
