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* AdaptationalAbomination: Caroline and Justine go from relatively ordinary-looking young girls to mysterious ''things'' that hover in the background of the Velvet Room.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Sae, much like in canon, goes on a tirade towards Makoto, though the circumstances for it are different. [[spoiler: Earlier, Makoto shoved Sugimura in order to stop him from hurting Haru, who immediately threatens to have her arrested for assault. When Makoto tells Sae about what happened, she harshly criticizes her for assaulting someone, not even paying attention to Haru's situation. It leaves Makoto too terrified to speak back.]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: RageBreakingPoint:
** Yusuke is finally pushed over the edge into awakening his Persona when Madarame claims Yusuke should thank him for letting him be a part of his legacy.
** Sae, much like in canon, goes on a tirade towards Makoto, though the circumstances for it are different. [[spoiler: Earlier, Makoto shoved Sugimura in order to stop him from hurting Haru, who immediately threatens to have her arrested for assault. When Makoto tells Sae about what happened, she harshly criticizes her for assaulting someone, not even paying attention to Haru's situation. It leaves Makoto too terrified to speak back.]]
** Yusuke is finally pushed over the edge into awakening his Persona when Madarame claims Yusuke should thank him for letting him be a part of his legacy.
** Sae, much like in canon, goes on a tirade towards Makoto, though the circumstances for it are different. [[spoiler: Earlier, Makoto shoved Sugimura in order to stop him from hurting Haru, who immediately threatens to have her arrested for assault. When Makoto tells Sae about what happened, she harshly criticizes her for assaulting someone, not even paying attention to Haru's situation. It leaves Makoto too terrified to speak back.]]
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* PrecisionFStrike: Yusuke drops a very uncharacteristic f-bomb right before awakening to Goemon, admitting to his own Shadow Self that Madarame is "a fucking fraud."
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* AdaptationDeviation: Other than the additional story elements, the main difference is that Crimson!Akira is much more likely to come into conflict with his friends and confidants. This reflects a more realistic approach to how difficult it would be for a teenager to keep so many strong-willed people happy.
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* AdaptationDeviation: AdaptationDeviation:
** Other than the additional story elements, the main difference is that Crimson!Akira is much more likely to come into conflict with his friends and confidants. This reflects a more realistic approach to how difficult it would be for a teenager to keep so many strong-willed peoplehappy.happy.
** Madarame's Palace goes from a museum to a factory.
** Other than the additional story elements, the main difference is that Crimson!Akira is much more likely to come into conflict with his friends and confidants. This reflects a more realistic approach to how difficult it would be for a teenager to keep so many strong-willed people
** Madarame's Palace goes from a museum to a factory.
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* EurekaMoment: Akira has a moment of realization about the nature of Madarame's distortion when Ryuji idly compares Madarame's exploitation of his students to a conveyor belt.
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** When the Thieves first arrive at the nexus of Madarame's Palace, Akira realizes that a building that Madarame has been in would look similar to the real world on the inside. This fact will prove critical to the Thieves' big plan come November.
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* HardTruthAesop: Perception matters more than reality. It's repeatedly shown, especially with Makoto early on, that the objective truth simply doesn't matter if you can't convince anyone of it, and this fact can and absolutely will cause harm to those who don't deserve it if those around them perceive them as deserving.
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** The Phantom Thieves bring a criminally malnourished teenager (Yusuke) to Takemi's clinic for treatment, and Takemi fulfills her moral and legal obligations by calling the police to report suspected child abuse. Madarame's contacts in the police inform him, and Yusuke is immediately accused of plagiarism and set to be thrown out of Kosei within the week.
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** The Phantom Thieves bring a criminally malnourished teenager (Yusuke) to Takemi's clinic for treatment, and Takemi fulfills her moral and legal obligations by calling the police to report suspected child abuse. Madarame's contacts in the police inform him, and Yusuke is immediately accused of plagiarism plagiarism, thrown out onto the streets, and set to be thrown out of expelled from Kosei within the week.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: The Madarame arc makes it clear that for all of Ohya's eccentricities (especially her alcoholism), she's still a very effective investigative journalist.
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* EtTuBrute: Yusuke is horrified when his father-figure Madarame callously throws him under the bus regarding false accusations of plagiarism leveled against Yusuke.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Takemi has a recurring problem with situations where calling the police ''should'' be the right thing, but will ultimately cause more harm than good.
** After Kamoshida delivers a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Akira, forcing him to visit Takemi for treatment, she threatens to call the police. Akira only narrowly talks her down by explaining that the man responsible is a respected authority figure whose word about who instigated the fight ''will'' be taken over Akira's, and she'll only get him thrown in jail.
** The Phantom Thieves bring a criminally malnourished teenager (Yusuke) to Takemi's clinic for treatment, and Takemi fulfills her moral and legal obligations by calling the police to report suspected child abuse. Madarame's contacts in the police inform him, and Yusuke is immediately accused of plagiarism and set to be thrown out of Kosei within the week.
** After Kamoshida delivers a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Akira, forcing him to visit Takemi for treatment, she threatens to call the police. Akira only narrowly talks her down by explaining that the man responsible is a respected authority figure whose word about who instigated the fight ''will'' be taken over Akira's, and she'll only get him thrown in jail.
** The Phantom Thieves bring a criminally malnourished teenager (Yusuke) to Takemi's clinic for treatment, and Takemi fulfills her moral and legal obligations by calling the police to report suspected child abuse. Madarame's contacts in the police inform him, and Yusuke is immediately accused of plagiarism and set to be thrown out of Kosei within the week.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Played for drama when Ohya reveals that Madarame's apprentices tend to end up homeless, drug addicts, or homeless drug addicts.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Madarame takes one look at Ann and concludes she's a stupid bimbo and an easy sexual conquest for him. Spending three seconds in Ann's company would tell anyone there's a whole lot more to her than that, plus she's a survivor of sexual harassment and watched her friend be driven to a suicide attempt after being raped by an older man, meaning the idea that she would hop into bed with Madarame is ludicrous.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Madarame takes one look at Ann and concludes she's a stupid bimbo and an easy sexual conquest for him. Spending three seconds in Ann's company would tell anyone there's a whole lot more to her than that, plus she's a survivor of sexual harassment and watched her friend be driven to a suicide attempt after being raped by an older man, meaning the idea that she would hop into bed with Madarame is ludicrous. Of course, it's quickly justified when Ann plays up this angle to get intel from him.
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* InstantSedation: Sugimura chloroforms Haru from behind and locks her in his car's trunk.
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* InstantSedation: HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Madarame takes one look at Ann and concludes she's a stupid bimbo and an easy sexual conquest for him. Spending three seconds in Ann's company would tell anyone there's a whole lot more to her than that, plus she's a survivor of sexual harassment and watched her friend be driven to a suicide attempt after being raped by an older man, meaning the idea that she would hop into bed with Madarame is ludicrous.
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** Sugimura chloroforms Haru from behind and locks her in his car's trunk.
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** Sugimura chloroforms Haru from behind and locks her in his car's trunk.
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* GetOut: When Makoto visits Shiho in the hospital to interrogate her about the Phantom Thieves, Shiho demands that Makoto "get out of here" in a borderline MadnessMantra.
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* MortonsFork: Sae stabs Kobayakawa with this when confronting him over his attempt to coerce Makoto into investigating the Phantom Thieves. She notes that a rapist was able to operate unimpeded on his watch, meaning he was either complicit (and therefore unfit for his position of authority) or grossly incompetent (and therefore unfit for his position of authority).
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Niijima sisters' father is named Akihiko, after the Persona 3 character who also has grey hair and became a detective.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Niijima sisters' father is named Akihiko, after the Persona 3 ''Persona 3'' character who also has grey hair and became a detective.
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* CallForward: While investigating the possibility of Akira being a Phantom Thief, Makoto recognizes Haru at Rafflesia and wonders if she's a Phantom Thief. Not yet, but give it five months... (And Haru even joins after Makoto herself!)
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* CallForward: CallForward:
** While investigating the possibility of Akira being a Phantom Thief, Makoto recognizes Haru at Rafflesia and wonders if she's a Phantom Thief. Not yet, but give it five months... (And Haru even joins after Makotoherself!)herself!)
** During the Madarame arc, Kobayakawa accuses Makoto of being a Phantom Thief. Not yet, but give it a month...
** While investigating the possibility of Akira being a Phantom Thief, Makoto recognizes Haru at Rafflesia and wonders if she's a Phantom Thief. Not yet, but give it five months... (And Haru even joins after Makoto
** During the Madarame arc, Kobayakawa accuses Makoto of being a Phantom Thief. Not yet, but give it a month...
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* AdaptationExpansion: Several of Akira's Confidants plays a more direct role in the story than they did in the game, even interacting with one another. Dr. Takemi in particular learns about Akira's status as a Phantom Thief during the Kamoshida arc.
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* AdaptationExpansion: AdaptationExpansion:
** Several of Akira's Confidants plays a more direct role in the story than they did in the game, even interacting with one another. Dr. Takemi in particular learns about Akira's status as a Phantom Thief during the Kamoshida arc.
** Several of Akira's Confidants plays a more direct role in the story than they did in the game, even interacting with one another. Dr. Takemi in particular learns about Akira's status as a Phantom Thief during the Kamoshida arc.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed by Kobayakawa. While he's still fundamentally the same EvilPrincipal who knowingly turned a blind eye to Kamoshida's abuses, his viewpoint reveals he's been regularly suffering from blackouts in a context that indicates his membership in the evil GovernmentConspiracy is because of some sort of compulsion or mind manipulation.
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* GratuitousEnglish: After their midterms, Ryuji triumphantly exclaims in English, "Done testing final done over." Clearly, he needs improvement.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Kobayakawa's viewpoint moment has him fail to comprehend why his actions are reprehensible, rationalizing that even if Kamoshida was a violent sexual predator, he brought athletic glory to the school and drove up enrollment, which would have (in his mind) helped the students.
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* WithCatlikeTread: Upon realizing that Makoto is following them, Akira realizes they're going to have to be subtle about how they deal with the prob--
-->'''Ryuji:''' HEY YO! PREZ! IS THAT YOU?\\
'''Akira:''' ''[thinking]'' Or. We could take the Ryuji approach.
-->'''Ryuji:''' HEY YO! PREZ! IS THAT YOU?\\
'''Akira:''' ''[thinking]'' Or. We could take the Ryuji approach.
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** Makoto is VERY good at this. It's why [[spoiler: She quickly deduces that Akira must be a Phantom Thief despite lacking hard evidence. After she stops crying when Ann lies about Akira being her boyfriend, Makoto realizes the inherent flaws in Ann's behavior and deduces that she must be a Phantom Thief as well.]]
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** Makoto is VERY good at this. It's why [[spoiler: She [[spoiler:she quickly deduces that Akira must be a Phantom Thief despite lacking hard evidence. After she stops crying when Ann lies about Akira being her boyfriend, Makoto realizes the inherent flaws in Ann's behavior and deduces that she must be a Phantom Thief as well.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takemi examines an incoherent Akira during his drug tests, notices the signs of healed bruises, and correctly realizes that something is up with him having injuries that are healing far faster than normal. She also comes to the EntertaininglyWrong conclusion that he's being abused, and the RightForTheWrongReasons conclusions that Sojiro would never resort to physical abuse and (due to a coincidental NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he suffers from Kamoshida) that a teacher is responsible.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takemi examines an incoherent Takemi's examinations of Akira during his drug tests, notices the signs of healed bruises, and correctly realizes that something is up with him having injuries that are healing far faster than normal. She also comes lead to the EntertaininglyWrong conclusion that her quickly realizing he's being abused, and the RightForTheWrongReasons conclusions that Sojiro would never resort to going through repeated physical abuse trauma, and (due to eventually realizes he's almost certainly a coincidental NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he suffers from Kamoshida) that a teacher is responsible.Phantom Thief.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Ann attempts to seduce Iwai into giving them more money for Kamoshida's treasure, but he scoffs and declares that he puts girls like her in his morning coffee when he's getting ready for a night with a real woman.
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* BlamingTheVictim: The Shujin students blame Akira for his part in trying to coerce Ann into sleeping with Kamoshida, never mind the fact that Kamoshida explicitly confessed to threatening Akira with expulsion if he didn't cooperate.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takemi examines an incoherent Akira during his drug tests, notices the signs of healed bruises, and correctly realizes that something is up with him having injuries that are healing far faster than normal. She also comes to the EntertaininglyWrong conclusion that he's being abused, and the RightForTheWrongReasons conclusion that Sojiro would never resort to physical abuse.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takemi examines an incoherent Akira during his drug tests, notices the signs of healed bruises, and correctly realizes that something is up with him having injuries that are healing far faster than normal. She also comes to the EntertaininglyWrong conclusion that he's being abused, and the RightForTheWrongReasons conclusion conclusions that Sojiro would never resort to physical abuse.abuse and (due to a coincidental NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he suffers from Kamoshida) that a teacher is responsible.
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** Played more positively when she learns of Kobayakawa's attempt to blackmail Makoto by withholding a letter of reccomendation if she doesn't investigate the Phantom Thieves. Sae reads him the riot act and threatens legal action to ruin him.
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** Played more positively when she learns of Kobayakawa's attempt to blackmail Makoto by withholding a letter of reccomendation recommendation if she doesn't investigate the Phantom Thieves. Sae reads him the riot act and threatens legal action to ruin him.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Akira receives one from Kamoshida after he and Morgana save Makoto from his advances.
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** Akira receives one from Kamoshida after he and Morgana save Makoto from his advances.
** Akira receives one from Kamoshida after he and Morgana save Makoto from his advances.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takemi examines an incoherent Akira during his drug tests, notices the signs of healed bruises, and correctly realizes that something is up with him having injuries that are healing far faster than normal. She also comes to the EntertaininglyWrong conclusion that he's being abused, and the RightForTheWrongReasons conclusion that Sojiro would never resort to physical abuse.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed, but compared to the game where Ryuji had the tendency to hold the ConflictBall, here he actually acts as the ''buffer'' to Akira's paranoia and Ann being the CommanderContrarian.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed, but compared to the game where Ryuji had the tendency to hold the ConflictBall, here he actually acts as the ''buffer'' to Akira's paranoia and Ann being the CommanderContrarian. He also displays some IdiotSavant tendencies in regards to physical fitness, asking several salient questions about Akira's BMI and caloric intake when planning a training regimen.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Akira asks how Morgana knew which office was Kamoshida's, Morgana responds by sarcastically wondering whether the office door clearly marked "Suguru Kamoshida" was Kamoshida's office.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Kamoshida refers to Mishima with a homophobic slur while offering Akira a DealWithTheDevil.
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* SenpaiKohai: Makoto and Akira.
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* ExactWords: [[spoiler:When Iwai turns himself in for attacking Sugimura, Sae gives him her word that no police, prosecutors, or SIU members are watching from the observation room. Goro Akechi IS in there, but his job title of "Detective Prince" makes him not technically a member of any of those groups.]]
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* ExactWords: [[spoiler:When When Iwai turns himself in for attacking Sugimura, Sae gives him her word that no police, prosecutors, or SIU members are watching from the observation room. Goro [[spoiler:Goro Akechi IS in there, but his job title of "Detective Prince" makes him not technically a member of any of those groups.]]
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* FriendVersusLover: [[spoiler:Akira likes Makoto as more than a friend. However, when Makoto inadvertently triggers Shiho's trauma, Ann gives him an ultimatum. Either he goes through with her plan to eliminate Makoto from his life or she leaves the Phantom Thieves. He chooses to go through with Ann's plan.]]
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* FriendVersusLover: [[spoiler:Akira Akira likes Makoto as more than a friend. However, [[spoiler:However, when Makoto inadvertently triggers Shiho's trauma, Ann gives him an ultimatum. Either he goes through with her plan to eliminate Makoto from his life or she leaves the Phantom Thieves. He chooses to go through with Ann's plan.]]
