History FanFic / FateReachOut

* PostKissCatatonia: Shirou found himself at the receiving end of the hug variant of this in a LoveYouAndEverybody moment in chapter 33, where a very grateful Rise thanked him for coming to her rescue from her Shadow.

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Rise when thanking the Investigation Team for saving her life. She first dropped the L-bomb while hugging Shirou tightly, leaving him in [[PostKissCatatonia "shutdown mode"]] and visibly upsetting an envious Yosuke and a jealous Chie. Teddie then complained that he also helped and Rise proceeded to hug the bear too and soon after she pulled Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko into a tight GroupHug as well. Rise noticed their bafflement at her actions and explained that as "Risette" she was used to tell her fans that she "loved" them and thanked them for their support, prompting the four second-year students to relax.
-->'''Lilim:''' Aw phooey. She really is a damn tease.

* CuddleBug: Rise is more touchy-feely than Shirou is used his friends to be. The first time she hugged him and accidentally(?) caused a LoveYouAndEverybody moment, he briefly went into [[PostKissCatatonia "shutdown mode"]].

* 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 [[BuxomIsBetter well-endowed]] girl their age pushing a piece of paper into the redhead's hands and giving him a "call me" hand gesture.

* 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 [[RelationshipVoiceActor Japanese voice actors had roles in both series]].

* HandsomeLech: As mentioned in CasanovaWannabe, Yosuke is a would be ladies' man, the problem is canon "pure disappointment when he opens his mouth" which immediately removes any real suitors and would even mess up with shallow girls as noted by both Lilim and Rise.

* SempaiKohai:

* 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 for the {{Horny Devil|s}} and advise Shirou against debauchery.

*** Lilim ships him with everybody. [[MarryThemAll Preferably at the same time]]. In proper {{Horny Devil|s}} fashion, she's less keen on romance and all about him getting laid.

** ''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 -- [[HornyDevils Lilim]] -- did the same with Rain Wheel, commanding the enemy Shadow into running over Amorous Snake for the party's sake.]]

* 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 [[HornyDevils Lilim's]] [[ReallyGetsAround standards]].

* HaremGenre: {{Discussed|Trope}}. The [[TokenReligiousTeammate Persona Angel]] has very strong negative opinions on the genre for obvious reasons. [[HornyDevils 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.

** [[HornyDevils 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.

* HehHehYouSaidX: [[InnocentInnuendo The way how]] Shirou promised to cure Chie and Yukiko of their LethalChef tendencies got [[HornyDevils Lilim]] giggling.

* HornyDevils: 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.
-->'''Lilim:''' I think I'll hang around if your life is like an episode from a harem show.\\
'''Shirou:''' My life is not a harem show!

** 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 HornyDevils that sprung forth from his own subconscious -- retorted that's rich coming from the team's "[[ChickMagnet magic stud]]."

** 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 [[HornyDevils Lilim]] found his choice of words pretty funny.

* SkewedPriorities: The Persona Lilim's RousingSpeech to Shirou during Shadow Rise's BossBattle is, well, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality very]] [[HornyDevils her]].

** Shirou's presence in Shadow Rise's BossFight [[spoiler:and his magecraft allowed the Investigation Team to {{Subvert|edTrope}} the UnwinnableBossBattle 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]].]]

* {{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 PoisonousFriend[=/=]LadyMacbeth and literal monster encouraging him to make his fantasies a bloody reality by exterminating the "villains" he thinks the world is best without.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: 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.

* 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 WeaponOfChoice, 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.]]

* 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 than anything recent that has come out]].

** 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 has the ''[[WhatAnIdiot brilliant]]'' idea of asking 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.

-->'''Izanagi:''' [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Thou]] [[WhatAnIdiot damneth]].

* 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 "[[AwesomeMcCoolname samurai warrior]]" instead, but she stuck to her first choice because it's "not as catchy."

* GuardianAngel: The Persona Angel is a self-proclaimed example for Shirou and wants to lead him down the [[LawfulGood 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 [[HornyDevils Lilim's]] [[ReallyGetsAround standards]].

** SimpleStaff: 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.

* AdaptationalCurves: A Downplayed Subversion. 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 than anything recent that has come out]].

* AdaptationalCurves: A Downplayed Subversion. 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://imgur.com/a/QhBvx7T 2006 DEEN adaptation body style than anything recent that has come out]].

* 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 valuable VendorTrash, but the spoils turned out to be real world stuff that somehow find its way into the TV World for the most part.

* MoneySpider: {{Averted|Trope}}. Unlike the game, the party doesn't get any money from fighting Shadows, only occasional bits of VendorTrash from their remains. This loss of income balances out with the fact that Margaret doesn't charge Shirou for retrieving Personas from the Compendium.

** 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.]]

** 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]].

* 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 Adach and Nametame's motives for their actions during the Inaba Murders.]]

* FairyCompanion: The Persona Pixie genuinely ''tries'' to fulfill the role and be helpful, but she tends [[TheDitz to get sidetracked on her own musing]] [[CantArgueWithElves and complain about humans]].

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact Shirou doesn't form Social Links with exactly the same people than Yu did in canon, the characters that got passed over still get their storylines explored because other members of the Investigation Team sorta ended up doing it in his place:
** Morooka [[GotVolunteered "volunteered"]] Yosuke into helping out the Student Health Association where he meets Naoki Konishi, realizing that Saki's brother isn't holding himself together very well after his sister's murder.

** Yukiko joins the DramaClub and becomes the one person Yumi Ozawa decides to confide in about her problems with her father.
** 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.

** The Persona Angel sports the [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/File:SMT2angel.jpg demure SMT character design]] instead of the Gnosticism-based and [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/File:Angel-P4.png bondage-inspired appearance]] canonical to ''Videogame/Persona4''.
* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: The reason Shirou isn't so hot on the Social Link system is because, as a magus, he sees the enormous [[FridgeHorror 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]].
* AlmostKiss: Shirou and [[spoiler:Shadow Chie]]. [[MomentKiller Nice timing there]], [[SincerityMode Yosuke and Teddie]].

* 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 "[[AwesomeMcCoolname samurai warrior]]" instead ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer really]]), but she stuck to her first choice because it's "not as catchy."
* AmbiguousGender: {{Subverted|Trope}}. 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.

** 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.

* 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/{{Persona}} Phile]][[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} mon]]]] that starts the ball rolling.

* CannotTalkToWomen: [[CluelessChickMagnet Shirou]] ''thinks'' he's an example. Yukiko and the audience aren't buying it.

* [[CantArgueWithElves Can't Argue with Pixies]]: From chapter 19, right after Yosuke had been rendered unconscious during battle.
-->'''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--\\