History FanFic / FateReachOut

** ''Fate/Reach Out'' incorporates the "Charm" StandardStatusEffects 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 -- [[HornyDevils Lilim]] -- did the same with Rain Wheel, commanding the enemy Shadow into running over Amorous Snake for the party's sake.]]

* DoubleKnockout: During the MiniBoss fight of Marukyuu Striptease, [[spoiler:the Persona Lilim [[StandardStatusEffects Charmed]] Rain Wheel into attacking Rain Leg Musha, who refused to go down without a fight and leading both Shadows into their simultaneous defeat.]]

** Persona Users with a low LuckStat have a higher chance to be inflicted with a StandardStatusEffects. 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.]]

** [[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 StandardStatusEffects and Personas with a low LuckStat like Yosuke's are more vulnerable to them.]]

** 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 NotSoDifferent from each other, even though they took completely opposite lessons from the experience.

* NotSoDifferent: 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.]]

* 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 RealityEnsues 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.

** In the same fight, Chie goes berserk at the sight of [[spoiler:a maimed Shirou as he bleeds out]]. Sadly, [[RealityEnsues this doesn't give her that much of an edge in the fight]].

* 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. RealityEnsues because, unlike in MysteryLiterature, this only pissed off the other party and the private detective was unable to get any further information after that.

* MuscleAngst: {{Downplayed|Trope}} male version. 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".

* ChekhovsClassroom: using Kantian Philosphy, not only is Mooroka 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 Adach and Nametame's motives for their actions during the Inaba Murders.]]

** NamedByTheAdaptation: Several characters who only went by [NoNameGiven descriptors]] in the source game are given names in the fic:

* TooSoon: Yosuke giving Rise a swimsuit at the School Campout exactly like the one her Shadow wore elicited this reaction InUniverse.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least partially deconstructed, and discussed in the forum threads. Chapter 41 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:]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At least partially deconstructed. Chapter 41 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:]]

** Chapter 41 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.]]

* TheCameo: Izumi Aoyama is a character from the unreleased ''Harem Protagonist" visual novel, which the author of ''Fate/Reach Out'' personally helped work on.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: An {{Implied|Trope}} and {{Subverted|Trope}} example with a dash of GladToBeAliveSex. After the grueling BossFight against Shadow Rise, an exhausted Yukiko took a warm bath and all but collapsed onto her bed, naked sans towel. Once her mind sorted out just how much of a close call the battle was, Yukiko's wandering thoughts started to focus on how "strong" and "manly" Shirou looked in it, even if bloodied and battered. Of course, this is the precise moment when her phone rang, snapping her out of her reverie.

* 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 sneaked in. [[spoiler:It was [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom Taiga punching Kotomine across the room]]]]

** 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 sneaked 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]]''.]]

-->'''Yosuke:''' ''[DramaticFingerPointing]'' Don't you effing dare!\\

* 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. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome It's every bit as awesome as it sounds]].

** The first "Fuyuki Gaiden" (right after chapter 21) is focused on [[FunPersonified Taiga]] ([[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments with expected results]]).

* 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 SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome or three he pulled off while fighting her Shadow.

* ThePromise: After getting the first idea of how deep Shirou's desire to help people actually runs, he and Taiga exchanged promises. Easily one of the most SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in the story so far. [[spoiler:This is also the moment that established The Sun Social Link between them.]]

* VirtualSoundtrack: The forum version of the story comes annotated with Youtube links to soundtrack pieces for every other scene, usually of either franchise for [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic obvious reasons]].

* NoNameGiven: The author seems to have a fondness with {{Subvert|edTrope}}ing this trope:
** Yu Narukami's parents -- or rather Shiro's -- are named Seta (father) and Miya (mother, née Dojima).
** [=NPCs=] "Spacy Girl" and "Errand Boy" got proper names: Haruka and Hiraku, respectively.
** "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.
** 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.

* ClarkKenting: 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]] [[DistractedByTheSexy different]] [[FemaleGaze story]].

* 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.]]

* {{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.

* FandomSpecificPlot: The story uses the somewhat popular plot of "Shirou was [[[FusionFic another series' character]]] before the Fuyuki Fire".

* UnexpectedCharacter:
** Despite this being a CrossOver with the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', absolutely no one expected for [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Satsuki]] [[CuteAndPsycho "Sacchin"]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Yumizuka]]]] to appear in Inaba in chapter 34.
** Shirou somehow summoning [[spoiler:[[Videogame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Kagutsuchi]] after losing [[AnArmAndALeg his left arm]]]] during the fight against Shadow Kanji.

-->'''Yosuke:''' How the hell did ''I'' get roped into this?!

** In the same fight, Chie goes berserk at the sight of [[spoiler:a maimed Shirou and he bleeds out]]. Sadly, [[RealityEnsues this doesn't give her that much of an edge in the fight]].

* MomentKiller: 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.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Despite this being a CrossOver with the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'', absolutely no one expected for [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Satsuki]] [[CuteAndPsycho "Sacchin"]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Yumizuka]]]] to appear in Inaba in chapter 34.