History Fanfic / Persona5HoshiToBokuraTo

[[caption-width-right:350:''Same game. [[ForWantOfANail New rules]].'']]

* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Persona3 Elizabeth and Minato/Makoto]]]] make an appearance. The latter asks why Akira seeks power and gives him Orpheus. The former watches on before quietly asking Akira to look after Orpheus before taking her leave.
** [[VideoGame/Persona4 Tohru Adachi]] is mentioned during Sae and Goro's meeting discussing the Mental Shutdown cases. After spending several years in prison, he's finally being released.

* ForWantOfANail: There are quite a few changes implemented in this novelization.
** Rather than Sojiro being the one to take in Akira, who asked by the friend of his parents, his father instead asks Sae, whose father he was once friends with, to take care of Akira. This not only leads to Akira "befriending" Sae earlier but also becomes acquainted with Makoto.
** Makoto shows Akira the way to Shujin Academy, which leads to him arriving on time. This also leads him to meeting Ryuji and Ann much later, the latter of which only recognizes him as the kid who's sitting behind her in class.
** Makoto is dragged into the Metaverse several months ahead, as Ryuji's big mouth gets them both sucked in. Later chapters also have her join Akira, Morgana and Ryuji, acting as one of the founding members of the Phantom Thieves.

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. It's even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsene is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Shadow Kamoshida tries to pull this with Ann, claiming that she was using Shiho for her own goals and, like everyone else, ignored the fact that Shiho was being abused. It seems like it'll stick, but Carmen's interference leads to Ann successfully awakening.

* NotSoDifferent: Shadow Kamoshida tries to pull this with Ann, claiming that she was using Shiho for her own goals and, like everyone else, ignored the fact that Shiho was being abused. It seems like it'll stick, but Carmen's interference leads to Ann successfully awakening.

''NeedsWikiMagicLove''.

* AdaptationNameChange: The author has Joker go by Ren Amamiya, his name in ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'' instead of his manga name Akira Kurusu from the manga.

!!This story contains examples of the following tropes:

-->'''Igor:''' [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Welcome to the Velvet Room, my dear young man.]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12456736/1/Persona-5-Hoshi-to-Bokura-to Persona 5: Hoshi to Bokura to]]'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction story, written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4746382/Starlight-s-Poet Starlight's Poet]]. It is an AlternateUniverse story and novelization of the game, with the inclusion of minor changes to the story and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped ideas from the game's development]].

(As of 4/4/2020, the story has since been discontinued in favor of a SoftReboot titled "Persona 5: With the Stars and Us" on account of the author's dissatisfaction with the story's pacing and poor grammar. As of this writing, the rewrite has yet to be posted.)

* CurbStompBattle: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Unlike most stories where after getting a Persona, Akira is shown to struggle on his own. In one chapter, after getting Arsène, his Persona is impaled by Bicorn, and in another chapter, his Persona--and by extension, him--gets strangled by a Silky.

** Arsène and Orpheus. The narrative has Arsène encouraging Akira to pursue the life of a Phantom Thief and usually bolsters his more raw emotions, such as his anger. Orpheus is the opposite, as he tries to placate Akira to prevent him from acting too wildly.

* GuardianEntity: Par the course for the Personas, who interact with their users in the form of a "pulse," usually to comfort them or to nudge them in the right direction. Arsène seems to be the most active, acting as the devil on Akira's shoulder as it tries to have him pursue the life of a Phantom Thieve, mildly even suggesting that no one would miss Kamoshida if he died.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Orpheus is presented as the [[RedOniBlueOni calmer, cooler counterpart]] to Arsène, [[spoiler:but he's just as outraged and disgusted as the later when Akira discovers Kamoshida sexually assaulted Shiho]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Arsène, who encourages Akira to act on his raw emotions, is the red. Orpheus, who encourages Akira to be more levelheaded, is the blue.

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. It's even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsène is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

-->''The world is not as it should be.''
-->''It's filled with distortion, and "ruin" will soon descend.''
-->''However...there are those who would challenge fate, in desire for change.''
-->''Since time immemorial, they are known as...''
-->''"Tricksters."''

-->--'''Opening Narration for Chapters 1-20

->'''Igor''': [[ForWantOfANail Welcome to the Velvet Room,]] [[WhamLine my dear young man.]]

One such mystery unravels at Shujin Academy, where he and two others discover the mysterious ''Metaverse''. A world based on human thoughts.

** Yaldabaoth's control over the Velvet Room, fake Igor and all. [[invoked]] WordOfGod assures everyone that he still has a major role to play in the story.

** [[invoked]] WordOfGod reveals that Hifumi Togo will be joining the Phantom Thieves, as she was meant to before being DemotedToExtra in the final game.

-->"...Do you want to get smacked?"

* {{Synchronization}}: Much like the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4 anime]], Persona-users feel the damage taken by their Personas. It's even taken UpToEleven at one point when Arsène is being strangled by a Shadow, causing Akira to suffocate.

* EvolvingTitleScreen: A non-video game example. For the first couple dozen chapters, each chapter opens up with a small bit similar to the one Yaldabaoth gives when players first begin the game, referring to those who resist the corruption of the world and desire change as "tricksters." After Ann joins the team, the narration names these Trickster "The Phantom Thieves of Hearts."

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12456736/1/Persona-5-Hoshi-to-Bokura-to Persona 5: Hoshi to Bokura to]]'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfiction story, written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4746382/Starlight-s-Poet Starlight's Poet]], formerly called Demons Anarchy of Pride. It is an AlternateUniverse story and novelization of the game, with the inclusion of minor changes to the story and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped ideas from the game's development]].

** Haru was given a brief EarlyBirdCameo during the Summer Festival and made another one during the Hawaii trip. She's introduced much earlier to Akira, first unnamed by accidentally bumping into him him, then again several chapters later before properly introducing herself to him.

** It's a {{Downplayed}} example since she was not a minor character by any means, but Makoto goes from being one of the later members of the Phantom Thieves to one of the founding members, awakening her Persona alongside Ryuji and becoming a member of the team in their first ever mission of stealing Kamoshida's heart.

* CurbStompBattle: {{Subverted}}. Unlike most stories where after getting a Persona, Akira is shown to struggle on his own. In one chapter, after getting Arsène, his Persona is impaled by Bicorn, and in another chapter, his Persona--and by extension, him--gets strangled by a Silky.

** In the flashback showing Akira's meeting with Shido for the first time, he's visibly shocked by what he had done and weakly apologizes for busting open the guy's head. [[{{Subverted}} He's not so sorry after Shido throws his life down the toilet after he sues him]].