History Fanfic / MorningStar

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Most of the Phantom Thieves get different Personas than their canon ones, with Kasumi and Makoto being the exceptiona so far.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: So far, Kazuya has proved to be an extremely dislikable character by killing [[spoiler: Kamoshida, Kobayakawa and many more]] under the idea of stopping the issue. And while his reasoning is not wrong, he takes things to far and puts others in danger when he gets mad.

* Well-IntentionedExtremist: So far, Kazuya has proved to be an extremely dislikable character by killing [[spoiler: Kamoshida, Kobayakawa and many more]] under the idea of stopping the issue. And while his reasoning is not wrong, he takes things to far and puts others in danger when he gets mad.

* ProlongedPrologue: As noted in the [=AO3=] tags, the prologue roughly takes eleven chapters to establish Kazuya’s character and the events that lead to him being sent to Tokyo.

Have you ever wondered what ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' would be like if it took more than demon designs from its ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' roots? Have you also wondered what Persona 5 would be like if it took elements from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''? Lastly, have you wondered what ''VideoGame/Persona 5'' would be like with a main character who is one step away from falling into villainy? If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this is the Fanfiction for you.

** [[spoiler: Makoto's father in the Game was an upstanding Police Officer who taught Makoto her values. ''Morning Star''[=’=]s version still has him teach her her values... but he was a corrupt cop who was with the SIU Director and the yakuza.]]

* FusionFic: As mentioned above, this fic essentially mixes the story of '’Persona 5'' with elements and themes from ''Nocturne'', with particularly gruesome results.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''[[Understatement Hooooooo boy]]''. [[spoiler:At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kazuya can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story]].

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Hikawa was only called by his last name in ''Nocturne''. Here, he is given the name Morishige.
* TheBrideWithAPast: Kana had her reasons to ask Kazuya for help. It involved Masako, her daughter. Not only did her father leave her, but [[TeenPregnancy she gave birth when she was fifteen]]. She came asking for help because she wanted to get into Tokyo University.

Have you ever wondered what ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' would be like if it took more than demon designs from its ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' roots? Have you also wondered what Persona 5 would be like if it took elements from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''? Lastly, have you wondered what ''Persona 5'' would be like with a main character who is one step away from falling into villainy? If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this is the Fanfiction for you.

* AdaptedOut: Many Persona 5 Elements have been AdaptedOut and replaced with Nocturne elements.
** Instead of Igor and the Velvet Room Lucifer is the 'Guide' of Jokers Journey.

** Shido's status as the BigBad is completely erased, instead [[spoiler: having him comatose as a result of Kazuya's assault]]

** Kazuya is '''MUCH''' more morally grey than Akira or Ren could ever fear to be. For starters [[spoiler: he ACTUALLY assaulted Shido, leaving him comatose from nearly the beginning of the story as completely removed as a result.]] Thats not even going into his gradual SanitySlippage over the course of the story.
** Game Kaneshiro was already a Mafia Boss who could have easily ruined lives. Morning Star Kaneshiro... is [[UpToEleven SO MUCH WORSE]]
** [[spoiler: Makoto's father in the Game was an upstanding Police Officer who thaught Makoto her values. Morning Stars version still has him teach her her values... but he was a corrupt cop who was with the SIU Director and the Yakuza.]]
* BodyHorror: During the first travel of Kazuya to The Vortex World [[spoiler:and Kana's Palace, his girlfriend]], he finds rotten bodies on the ground, worms eating the skin of the people, women giving birth to irradiated babies that are dead upon arrival and bloated corpses. Fitting for someone who saw the world as a living hell.
* DaddyIssues: Makoto Niijima soon discovers that her dad was in fact [[spoiler:a crooked cop that used to work with the likes of the Yakuza and Kaneshiro. This triggers a mental breakdown, leading her to question everything her father taught her about right and wrong.]] While she is now more calm about it, she still gets depressed about the fact.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''[[CatchPhrase Hooooooo boy]]''. [[spoiler:And ''how''. At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kazuya can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story.]]
* DevelopmentHell: Morning Star has had a long history of rewrites to say the least. The current version underwent several redesigns from where ideas were scrapped or replaced. In one version Joker was the son of the ''Persona 1'' protagonist and in another his Persona was Mephistopheles.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: '''KAZUYA'''. He still fights the scum of Tokyo like Kamoshida and Kaneshiro and deep down knows he can never bring himself to stop hunting them. But he is not above mindraping the likes of Kamoshida into [[spoiler: attempting Suicide]] and [[YouHateWhatYouAre hates what he has become]].

* TheBrideWithAPast: Kana had her reasons to ask Kazuya for help. It involved Masako, her daughter. Not only her father left her, but she gave birth when she was fifteen. She came asking help because she wanted to get into TokyoU.

** Shido's status as the BigBad is completely erased, instead [[spoiler: having him comatose as a result of Kazuya#s assault]]

** Kazuya is '''MUCH''' more morally grey than Akira or Ren could ever fear to be. For starters [[spoilers he ACTUALLY assaulted Shido, leaving him comatose from nearly the beginning of the story as completely removed as a result.]] Thats not even going into his gradual SanitySlippage over the course of the story.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''[[CatchPhrase Hooooooo boy]]''. [[spoiler:And ''how''. At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kazuya can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story.]]

* BodyHorror: During the first travel of Hikawa to The Vortex World [[spoiler:and Kana's Palace, his girlfriend]], he finds rotten bodies on the ground, worms eating the skin of the people, women giving birth to irradiated babies that are dead upon arrival and bloated corpses. Fitting for someone who saw the world as a living hell.

* MyGreatestFailure: Kazuya considers [[spoiler:the death of Kana and Masako, his girlfriend and her child to be his fault, and it served as the catalyst for his entire personality being the way it is.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Defied.]] [[spoiler:And ''how''. At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kazuya can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Defied.]] [[spoiler:And ''how''. At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kaz can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: Kazuya considers [[spoiler:the death of Kana and Masako, his girlfriend and her child to be his fault, and it served as the catalyst for his entire personality being the way it is.]]
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Defied.]] [[spoiler:And ''how''. At the beginning of the story, it almost seems like Kaz can help drag Kana, her mother, and her infant daughter, Masako, out of the pit they're living in. ''All three die.'' Kana's mother has a mental shutdown, killing Masako in the process, while Kaz and Kana are helpless to stop it as the author describes the sounds of the infant's bones being snapped. Kana is DrivenToSuicide. And this is ''setting up'' the main story.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: Kazuya considers [[spoiler:the death of Kana and Masako, his girlfriend and her child to be his fault, and it served as the catalyst for his entire personality being the way it is.]]

Have you ever wondered what ''Franchise/Persona'' would be like if it took more than demon designs from its ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' roots? Have you also wondered what Persona 5 would be like if it took elements from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''? Lastly, have you wondered what ''Persona 5'' would be like with a main character who is one step away from falling into villainy? If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this is the Fanfiction for you.

Have you ever wondered what ''VideoGame/Persona'' would be like if it took more than demon designs from its ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' roots? Have you also wondered what Persona 5 would be like if it took elements from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''? Lastly, have you wondered what ''Persona 5'' would be like with a main character who is one step away from falling into villainy? If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, then this is the Fanfiction for you.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This fic takes ''Persona 5'''s story and turns its darkness to full-on SMT levels making already dark fanfics like ''Fanfic/CrimsonAU'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5Rebellion'' look like fun slice of life adventures.

"Call it what you will—a revelation from God, or a curse of the demon king. The fact remains that our world is on the verge of ruin. A heretic has called upon an unearthly light, and devastation is at hand. Chaos has crawled out of the depths of the ocean, from the black abyss. Death upon death...nothing but death in this distorted world. Who can we pray to? There are only Shadows and fiends here. A voice in the dark beguiles me: Emancipation is an illusion, made real by the candles' flames."

Have you ever wondered what Persona would be like if it took more than Demon Designs from its SMT roots?
Have you also wondered what Persona 5 would be like if it took elements from SMT Nocturne?
Lastly, have you wondered what Persona 5 would be like with a Main character who is one step away from falling into villainy? Than this is the Fanfiction for you.

Morning Star is a Persona 5 Fanfiction by [=NoRoleModels=], featuring exactly these themes. The Palaces are darker, the enemies more dangerous and the guiding hand of BigGood Igor is replaced by the ever watchful Lucifer as the usually kindhearted [[TheHero Joker]] gradually descends into ever greater madness as he dives into the Chaos of the Vortex World.

The story can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13727842/1/Morning-Star]] or [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28013229/chapters/68620479]].

* AdaptationNameChange: The MC instead of being named Akira Kurusu or Ren Amamiya (the two 'canon' names for Joker) is instead named Kazuya Hikawa.
* DarkerAndEdgier: This Fanfiction takes Persona 5 and turns its darkness to full-on SMT levels making already Dark Fanfictions like ''Crimson'' and ''Rebellion'' look like fun slice of life adventures.
* DevelopmentHell: Morning Star has had a long history of rewrites to say the least. The current version underwent several redesigns from where ideas were scrapped or replaced. In one version Joker was the son of the Persona 1 protagonist and in another his Persona was Mephistopheles.
* MyGreatestFailure: Kazuya considers [[spoiler: the death of Kana and Masako, his girlfriend and his girlfriends child to be his fault and is the catalyst for his entire personality being the way it is.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: This Fanfiction takes Persona 5 and turns its darkness to full-on SMT levels making already Dark Fanfictions like ''Crimson'' and ''Rebellion'' look like fun slice of life adventures.

Morning Star is a Persona 5 Fanfiction by [=NoRoleModels=], featuring exactly these themes. The Palaces are darker, the enemies more dangerous and the guiding hand of [BigGood Igor] is replaced by the ever watchful Lucifer as the usually kindhearted [TheHero Joker] gradually descends into ever greater madness as he dives into the Chaos of the Vortex World.

Morning Star is a Persona 5 Fanfiction by NoRoleModels, featuring exactly these themes. The Palaces are darker, the enemies more dangerous and the guiding hand of [BigGood Igor] is replaced by the ever watchful Lucifer as the usually kindhearted [TheHero Joker] gradually descends into ever greater madness as he dives into the Chaos of the Vortex World.

The Fanfiction can be read here https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13727842/1/Morning-Star and here https://archiveofourown.org/works/28013229/chapters/68620479