History Webcomic / Persona5AdultConfidantAU

* BrilliantButLazy: In the fic's own words, Sojiro is "fairly smart, but will take shortcuts and cheat on tests."

** [[VideoGame/{{Persona 1}} Belladonna and Nameless]] briefly talk to Sojiro when he asks Caroline and Justine why there's always music playing in the Velvet Room.

** [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Belladonna and Nameless]] briefly talk to Sojiro when he asks Caroline and Justine why there's always music playing in the Velvet Room.

* HalloweenCosplay: The Phantom Thieves and Futaba cosplay for Halloween. Sojiro is [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula]], Iwai is [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], Ohya is [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith]], Kawakami is [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Jill Valentine]], Takemi is [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Trish]], Yoshida is [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]], Chihaya is [[VideoGame/NierAutomata 2B]], Sae is VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe, and Shido is [[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry Ninja Theory's Dante]].

* TarotMotifs: While most returning characters have their associated arcana unchanged, Sojiro's has notably swapped from the Hierophant to the Fool to fall in line with the series' previous protagonists.

* AprilFoolsDay: For April Fools 2020, Scruffy announced that he would be scrapping the ACAU in favor of an ACAU version of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' called the Adult Social Link AU, or ASLAU for short. Among other things, Teddie and the Fox were swapped, leading to the mascot Foxy and a Real Fucking Bear. An actual scene from the ACSLAU was made after ''Persona 4: Golden'' was ported to Steam, which had Ryotaro traveling under the rain with transfer student [[spoiler:Izanami]].

** Rika Sakamoto, Ryuji’s baby daughter. Her mother could count also be one, since there’s no indication she was a canon character.

** Rika Sakamoto, Ryuji’s baby daughter. Her mother could count as well, since there’s no indication she was a canon character.
** Hifumi’s family counts, featuring her husband Keto Saiba, and their children: Ryoma, Tomoe, and Nobunaga.

* AprilFoolsDay: For April Fools 2020, Scruffy announced that he would be scrapping the ACAU in favor of an ACAU version of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' called the Adult Social Link AU, or ASLAU for short. Among other things, Teddie and the Fox were swapped, leading to the mascot Foxy and a Real Fucking Bear.
** A scene from the ACSLAU was made after the reveal of both Persona 4 and Persona 4: Golden being available on Steam, which had Ryotaro traveling under the rain with transfer student [[spoiler: Izanami]].

** The identity of Sojiro's Persona remained a secret for a long time. [[spoiler:[[https://twitter.com/ScruffyTurtles/status/1119
* 646619614502912 This comic]] finally revealed it as Robin Hood.]]
* Goth: Tae Takemi.

* AdaptationalCurves: Compared to the original artwork, several female characters such as Sae and Kawakami are comparatively bustier.

** The identity of Sojiro's Persona remained a secret for a long time. [[spoiler:[[https://twitter.com/ScruffyTurtles/status/1119646619614502912 This comic]] finally revealed it as Robin Hood.]]

* TheBet: Ohya makes one with the boys during the [[BeachEpisode Hawaii trip]] that leads to the ACAU's version of "[[MythologyGag Operation Babe-Hunt]]"; Sojiro, Iwai, and Yoshida had to get one girl's phone number each, with the losing party having to treat the other to a food truck feast out of their own pocket. Despite banking on the language barrier and their character flaws stopping them, Ohya loses. ''[[EpicFail Badly.]]'' [[note]]Sojiro picked up some English from Futaba and got five numbers by mingling with his [[TheCharmer Max Charm]]. Iwai got bumped into by a skeevy jerk harassing two girls, and got both's phone numbers out of gratitude when he instinctively [[WrestlerInAllOfUs suplexed]] the guy. And socially-awkward Yoshida gave a heartfelt RousingSpeech to some dejected hula girls who had just lost a competition, coming back with ''[[UpToEleven twenty]]'' numbers.[[/note]]

* TheBet: Ohya makes one with the boys during the [[BeachEpisode Hawaii trip]] that leads to the ACAU's version of "[[MythologyGag Operation Babe-Hunt]]"; Sojiro, Iwai, and Yoshida had to each get one girl's phone number or they had to treat Ohya to a food truck feast out of their own pocket. Despite banking on the language barrier and their character flaws stopping them, Ohya loses. ''[[EpicFail Badly.]]'' [[note]]Sojiro picked up some English from Futaba and got five numbers by mingling with his [[TheCharmer Max Charm]]. Iwai got bumped into by a skeevy jerk harassing two girls, and got both's phone numbers out of gratitude when he instinctively [[WrestlerInAllOfUs suplexed]] the guy. And socially-awkward Yoshida gave a heartfelt RousingSpeech to some dejected hula girls who had just lost a competition, coming back with ''[[UpToEleven twenty]]'' numbers.[[/note]]

* CodeName: The Phantom Thieves, as usual. Sojiro is "Boss", Iwai is "Gecko", Kawakami is "Madame", Ohya is "Scout", Takemi is "Doc", Yoshida is "Titan", Chihaya is "Sibyl", and Sae is "Ace".

** [[VideoGame/Persona3 Yukari]] makes a brief appearance as an actor playing the role of the Pink Argus Ranger (a holdover from her future in ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax''). Apparently, Futaba met her at a convention shortly after [[spoiler:Wakaba's death]], and the experience was a sorely-needed cheer-up for her.

** Many of the AU's Palaces are ruled by original villains
*** Takamine Murada, Shuijin Academy's principle who has a string of abuse and sexual assault under the guise of a caring principle.
*** Hinahara Sakimaru, a seemingly compassionate doctor who is secretly involved in organ/human trafficing.

* AprilFoolsDay: For April Fools 2020, Scruffy announced that he would be scrapping the ACAU in favor of an ACAU version of Persona 4 called the Adult Social Link AU, or ASLAU for short. Among other things, Teddie and the Fox were swapped, leading to the mascot Foxy and a Real Fucking Bear.

* RunningGag: Max Charm!