True Grit
is a Persona fanfiction written by LadyCheshire25. It was published and completed in September 2023.
When grieving heiress Mitsuru Kirijo commissions a painting from Yusuke Kitagawa, it becomes clear that she needs friendship even more than closure over her father's death. Fortunately, Yusuke is not only a brilliant artist, but a Phantom Thief, cunning and bold enough to dismantle the boundaries that Mitsuru's teammates respect. So begins a heartwarming drama including hangovers, Western-themed prophetic dreams, a jealous suitor named Akihiko, and a truly gargantuan King Frost doll.
This fic includes the following tropes:
- Bond One-Liner: A non-fatal example; Yusuke hisses "Now shall be the winter of your discontent" after pinning Akihiko beneath a giant plushie.
- Several scenes later, their positions are reversed and Akihiko says, "Bloody thou art. Bloody will be thy end. Despair and die."
- Didn't See That Coming: Yusuke escapes the pursuit of Akihiko, a famous boxer, by toppling a giant Jack Frost plushie onto him. Eventually some helpful passersby lift the plushie off, but by that time Yusuke is long gone.
- Exact Eavesdropping: Yusuke just happens to be in the cafe beneath Mitsuru's apartment when SEES discuss her estrangement there.
- Multiple Demographic Appeal: An in-universe example; as in canon, Mitsuru watches the sentai show Featherman R because her friend has a starring role in it.
- Talking in Your Dreams: Yusuke dreams of Mitsuru's father asking him for help. The dream seems ambiguous at first, but it reveals to Yusuke a visual detail that he could not have known about on his own.
