Pheonix Wright : Ace Attorney!

Hey guys,what's up yo? Played PWAA on my brother's NDS but didn't get the chance to finish playing it. Loved the game so much man,the suspense and the mystery made me yearn for more. So,what did I do about it? Well,its the holidays now,I figured I'd emulate the whole Ace Attorney series on my computer and finish what I left undone. ^_^

Here goes,OBJECTION time!

After a bit of difficulty,may I proudly annouce: Emulation complete! :) Let's dive into the game,shall we.

Case 1: The First Turnabout!

Epic title eh? Someone was murdered,"Dammit,why me!? I can't get caught here...AHA!" The murderer decides to put the blame on someone else. My character(Pheonix Wright's) first case,boy does he sound nervous. :P

Before I start embarking on my first case I'd like to learn how the heck I could save my progress . :/ Can't find an 'external' method to save,so I guess I'll try saving from within the game,like I would with any NDS game (if I had one) .

PW's 'Chief'. >_>

Dressed so scantly,I'm surprised she can walk around the court like she does. In my country,we have to adhere to a certain dress code,and I'm sure as hell that the girls over here can't show off their cleavage like Mia does.Whatever.

What a joker lol!

He said he wanted to die at first,and I thought that was because of some stupid reason like "because Phoenix Wright is my solicitor and he's sooooo incompetent why the hell did  I pick him to defend me!?". Seems not. He wanted to die 'cuz his girl was murdered,yeah the one at the opening scene. Thought the victim was a guy for sure..Meh. Phoenix felt weird,cuz it was Larry who was accused of murder,but he makes it sound as if someone else did it. Yeah,we know it wasn't him,but not our good ol' Phoenix at the time. :P

Court is in session,fools! The Nameless Judge. :/

This old fool is trippin'. Wants to test my man's worth by quizzing him. Guess it can't be helped,Phoenix is a wreck right now . :P

Asked me a few dumbass questions,answered with,ease.

HAHA complimented by the judge but still nervous as heck!

Case Intepretation : Cindy Stone(supposedly Larry Butz' girl) got hit by a blunt object and died due to excessive bleeding.Blunt object being : The Thinker statue. Murdered 1 day after she returned from Paris,with another boyfriend. Proof of going to Paris : Passport. Was a model with low income,leeched several rich men for money.

The defendant,Larry was called to the stand. Supposedly 'dumped' by Cindy although he himself doesn't admit it... >_> Seems like a motive for murder right there,eh!

Says it so confidently..like a boss!

Prosecutor Payne: This is what we mean by getting dumped.

LOL!!!

Larry was asked about his opinion on Cindy after learning other things about her by Mr.Payne,the prosecutor.

Larry : Tha...That's cheating..She-dog!(Bitch,referring to Cindy) I'm SO gonna die,and go to the afterlife and get to the bottom of this!

I should note that I had the chance to stop him from answering,but I didn't,just for the lulz. :P

Question 2: Did he go to Cindy's apartment on the day of the murder?

Larry : Maybe I did,maybe I didn't!

Damn..Like that lackadaisical attitude,but if I was the one asking the questions,I'd be pissed. =_=

I was prompted whether to persuade him to tell the truth or to stop him from doing so. I asked him to do so cuz..Its better to tell the truth,isn't it!? And so my Phoenix did this,without saying a word:

TELL.THE.TRUTH! EPIC XD

Larry followed his confession by saying that Cindy wasn't at home when he went to find her, OBJECTION!! - by Mr. Payne .. Sounded like a Goblin being squeezed at the neck. Anyways.. >_>

Uh oh..Payne says Larry is lying,and that he  was witnessed fleeing from the scene.. o_O Witness #1 comes to the stand.

Here comes a homo. :/ Mr Sahwit. Doesn't sound Japanese or anything,actually it sounds Muslim,but he's a bonafide asian,or at least looks like one. Weiiiiiird.. =_=

Initial testimony.

Testimonial Summary : Was selling newspaper subs,saw Larry fleeing from Cindy's apartment in a hurry,as the phone at Cindy's wasn't working he went for a public phone instead. Claims everything happened at 1:00 pm. Phone wasn't working cuz Cindy's was a cordless one,which doesn't work during a blackout,which occured at the time. Evidence of blackout : In a record,from 12pm - 6pm.

Ehhh I find this way of playing while recording tedious and saps away the enjoyment of the moment,I'll blog about each case after its settled. =_=

After hearing his testimony Mia told me I could cross-examine the witness' testimony to find out inconsistencies in his story which would help to open up the case. This sounded so new to Phoenix,I was worried for a while there. =_="

But he handled the cross-examination admirably,HOLD IT! HOLD IT! ... Nice :D

First contradiction we pointed out : Sahwit said Cindy died at 1,while the autopsy report said she died between 4-5pm. Therefor,OBJECTION!

Like a boss,eh??!!

As soon as Phoenix found a loophole in the testimony,he gained a sort of swag that attracts you to the game much more,just look at his pose and the look in his eyes. "I got ya",its saying.

Payne and Sahwit were sweating their pants off man.

So,Sahwit went on to 'correct' his testimony and gave us a revised version of it.

He 'heard' a voice saying '1pm' from an electronic device,he says. But thats strange,Payne even submitted evidence that there was a blackout in that very apartment,making electronic devices useless during the duration of the blackout. On that note,the cordless phone in Cindy's apartment didn't work due to the   power outage....Obj.

Contradiction,new expression came from Mr.Sahwit,he was more nervous than Phoenix before he embarked on his first defence.

Just look at dat face,lol. Said he saw a table clock,and that clock was the very one used to murder Cindy.

I tried to object,being sure that it was a statue and not a clock,but I was caught off-guard as I didn't know the statue of "The Thinker" was actually a clock. After some confrontations that I can't quite remember,Phoenix kept gaining momentum and finally said out this bold statement :

Dayuuuuum! This guy rocks! He sounded the clock,and it said '8 am' while Payne's watch said it was 11am. Guess we have a case here. Sahwit hit Cindy with the clock and the clock said out the time,which stuck in his brain. '1pm.'

Even so,Sahwit managed to come out with a good point that silenced Phoenix. The clock was running slow now,but who could prove that the clock was slow on the very day? If that couldn't be proved then case closed,Sahwit isn't the killer while Larry Butz is.Hmmm..As Phoenix was close to giving up,Mia told him not to,and keep thinking and digging for contradictions. Finally,Phoenix did just that.

Phoenix claimed that he could prove why the clock was running slow.

Cindy arrived from Paris the day before she died. The time in Paris was 9 hours faster,not 3 hours slower than the time here.Whichever it is..Japan,or America???? :/ Phoenix tied up all the loose ends and the judge proceeded to announce Larry innocent(NOT GUILTY) and took Sahwit,the rightful killer into custody.

Yay for Larry!

So there,Phoenix not only proved his client innocent,but even found the murderer at the same time.Everyone,everyone was taken aback and surprised at Phoenix's capability.

So,so,so,post-case chat. Mia was happy as hell for Phoenix,even offering to have dinner and have a drink together. Larry on the other hand,was still sad but finally faced the truth,that Cindy was taking him for a fool. He was surprised at Mia's curves and offered to take her out,but was flatly rejected.

From here we could see that Larry was a loving albeit easy guy who'd warm up on any girl who gave him a chance to talk to.Oh well,not that I can say anything,I'm exactly the same. :P

He gave Mia a statue  of The Thinker,saying he made one for Cindy while he kept one for himself.

From what he said ,Mia concluded that Cindy didn't take Larry as casually as he now thought she did.

I showed Larry "The Thinker" that was the murderer's weapon. Mia stated that this statue was heavy and Cindy could have taken a much lighter clock overseas had she wanted to.

Hehe,case closed. :) Phoenix told Mia he'd tell her why he became an Attorney over a drink some other time. Before the ending of Case 1,Phoenix said that day was never going to come. Will she be going somewhere..? Or is she gonna die? ... Lets find out.. =(

=Case 1-The First Turnabout= End

Case 2: The Turnabout Sisters!

Star Ocean : The Last Hope

I was a big fan of Star Ocean : Till the end of Time on the PS2,and unfortunately,I ALMOST completed the game,with only the last boss left to defeat. Hence,another uncompleted game for me,out of many others.

Still,it was thanks to this awesome game that propelled me to download 2 Star Ocean games on my PSP and spend a lot to buy Star Ocean : The Last Hope on PS3.

I played Star Ocean on PS2 without fully understanding the 'theme' of the series. Apparently,its about space exploration , and has very good action-RPG gameplay,not to mention that the story attracted me. Here we are.

World War 3 broke out on earth, and true to the prediction of a famous scientist whose name I couldn't recall ; Nuclear warfare tore up most of Earth,and the survivors had to live their confined lives in underground cities.

The Greater United Nations were worried for the well-being of the human race,therefore they proposed space-development and emigration projects to restore Earth's ecosystem and established to Universal Science and Technology Administration to focus on these issues.

The USTA are tasked with finding new planets suitable for humans to live in,and hence colonize them. The USTA are also responsible for development of technology.

The USTA has launched a project with the project team (Space Reconnaissance Force) being charged with exploring and colonizing habitable planets to aid mankind's emigration into space. Although the USTA tries to avoid military involvement,its a fact that the members of the SRF are intensely trained,to prepare them for coping with extreme conditions when colonizing new,uninhabited planets.

That said,they are authorized by the government to carry weapons for self-defense. This is quite awesome,if you ask me ; You're paid to be an adventurer,and the government will reward you and acknowledge your efforts if you do well. :)

Mankind has built their first space colony on Earth's moon to reap the resources present in the moon for spacecraft construction . This also serves ass a command post for deep-space exploration.Taking baby steps,but significant ones.

Something interesting I dug out from the game dictionary was the Earth is 150million km from the Sun,which is defined as 1 astronomical unit. Which means 1 AU = 150Million KM.

Something else I noticed was that the orbital period of Earth was 365.25 days,something I didn't fully comprehend when I was told. But now,I think I understand because although 1 day consists of 24 hours,the actual rotation period of Earth is 23 Hrs 56 Minutes,4 minutes shy of 24 hours.I'll just leave it at that,before I get confused.


And now,INTO the game!

I'm playing as Edge Maverick,a blondie which is the MC of the story. Truth be told,I didn't like his appearances much. Sure,he looks like a main character,but he just isn't that special in appearances.

Still,he has a hot girlfriend,Reimi Saionji,Japanese.Well,they're not officially going out yet,bah whatever.

I start off by doing battle simulation. At first I thought it was going to be boring if all I fought was space soldiers and the battle scenery would be nothing but stars the whole game,but I was proven wrong soon after.

Anyway,they have a new battle element this time around : Blindside attacks,this addition to gameplay isn't half bad,it means you don't have to keep mashing your attack buttons and spamming your skills ; You can play tactically,and there are also 'bonus boards',which give you bonuses each time you do something in battle and is cumulative. This gives us a lot of options in gameplay and the fighting wont get boring.

After the battle sim, there is a short cutscene where a Fatass named Shimada,a high-ranking officer (Deputy Director),chewing out all of the workers due to blow off some steam for some reason that I didn't understand. Then,some dude nicknamed 'Lightspeed Kenny' came into the bridge,and all the workers immediately stood up to respect him,even though he was lower-ranked than Shimada-chan.
Kenny respects the SRF members and refers to them as 'Seeds of Hope',which means the fate of mankind rests on these peoples' shoulders.

Anyway,after roaming the spaceship I prepare to depart to Planet Aeos for colonization. Aeos is a planet located in the Sirius system,which is quite far away from Earth. As soon as interstellar travel (very fast travel between planets) became a reality,humanity was fast to dub Aeos as 'the Second Earth'. This is because Aeos has climate and vegetation very similar to that of Earth's. Unmanned exploration reports showed no danger in this planet,which spurred mankind to colonize this planet ASAP.

Something went wrong when passing through the wormhole,due to interference from a certain 'Meteor' which seems to play a big part in the story. As a result, 4 of the 5 spaceships which were supposed to go to Aeos crash-landed in that planet. All of them in bad shape,barring the SRF 003 - Calnus,which landed on land,opposed to others which landed on the sea or on some worse terrain.

SRF 001 - Aquila was nowhere to be found,and Edge and Reimi were worried that their 'brother' and Edge's rival named 'Crowe',the newly promoted captain of the spaceship would be in grave danger.

Anyway,we crash landed and came out of the spaceship,with everyone relatively unscathed. By the way,the captain of SRF003 Calnus - Captain Grafton sounded really charismatic and cool in Japanese,and I kinda like him as a matter of fact,but I have a feeling that he's just a NPC.Well,hope I'm wrong!

We disembark from SRF003 and headed to land. Damn,the scenery is beautiful,from the sea down to the forest. Everything looked great,kudos to the CG designers. Talked to Reimi and a cutscene occurred. Reimi said that the climate of planet Aeos closely resembled that of the climate that Earth possessed during the Jurassic period,also known as the Age of Dinosaurs.

They joked about dinosaurs and whether one would appear out on this planet.As soon as they joked about that,I knew that some big-ass creature was gonna appear thanks to their joking.
I wasn't disappointed.A gigantic ant-like insect sprung out and pawned everyone in the vicinity,barring Reimi and Edge. They illogically deflected the bullets fired off by Rail-guns before the bullets even hit them,like they had a barrier of some sort. I thought they might have been robots of some sort,to have a shield like that,but turns out that they're the inhabitants of planet Aeos.

Edge's gun didn't work too well,so he picked up a sword that some random guy dropped and used it to slice through the 'ants'. If a sword could chop through the ants,I wonder why the previous guy who wielded the sword got owned? He sucks man.

Anyway,when we reach the spaceship to report in,Reimi was angry at Edge,quite cute to say the least. She didn't want Edge to be in danger,shows how much she cares,and how much Edge doesn't. :/
The crew pleaded with Simada-chan to ask for military assistance,but he seemed reluctant to do so. I was thinking to myself 'Pfft what an ass'. But he promised us to send in some reinforcements anyway,but it wasn't the military.

We're tasked by Grafton to recon with the crew of the other SRFs. And then,began our wild adventure on planet Aeos.

At first we had nothing but Adephaga - the Ants I was talking about. Then came Adephaga Drus and Killer Wasps. Interesting. We got to harvest some things and rip out some plants for their contents,and surprisingly enough we were rewarded with XP and SP for obtaining items in the field. Nice.

Then we entered a cave,named Urd Falls,which sounded strangely familiar but I can't remember where I heard of 'Urd'. There was a huge crater / hole not far into the cave, and the sides of the crater were inscribed in a random language that Edge/Reimi could not make out. Oooooooo finally some mystery and suspense! Well,the meteor shenanigan was already a  mystery but it didn't pique my interest as much as this one ; This crater suggests that some other intelligent life form was here before us , and might possibly have done something to borne dangerous creatures into this planet.

Ventured through an enjoyable cave with Giant bats which had human faces and Slime-like 'mollusks' called Gerels.

Came out of the cave and found a nice save spot,accompanied by a great 'heal spot' not far from the save spot. There,we found a new type of enemy known as Polyphaga. Kabuto-like insects.

Oh yeah two things I forgot to mention that were unique in this game. Edge had a skill that would let him dash in the field for increased mobility and there were technically no cooldowns to this skill,just that your hand would be quite tired if you spammed it a lot.

One more thing is,there is a monster bestiary in the game. The more you fight a certain monster, the more information you have on it,when you acquire 100% info on that said monster,you can transfer the data to a Monster Jewel to create an accessory. Although I do not have a Monster Jewel as of now I would love to create monster accessories.

So I got to choose 2 routes by jumping down from a ledge that was one-way.I chose the ledge that faced the sea,as I saw a spaceship-wreck not far away. I saw one guy lying on the shore,so I approached him and a cutscene ensued.

That guy said he found a 'meteor fragment' (oooo) and took it back to the ship for research,somehow,there was hell. He didn't give the details but it seemed like things went haywire within the spaceship.Therefore,he opted to blow the ship from the inside to end this chaos.

Even so,he was severely injured,and could only tell Edge and Reimi to 'Stay way from it at all costs; Its dangerous' before dying.

Soon afterwards,a robot - like entity was flying towards us. The pilot emerged from the cockpit,and spoke in human language. This person looked like an Elf with long ears and green hair,but it surprised the 2 that this humanoid creature knew human language. Then the alien got astonished and wondered if the 'translator' was broken.

Before they had the chance to talk any more,the wreckage of SRF-005 Eremia strangely turned into a huge,ugly-ass monster.Enter Armados,the first boss fight of the game.

He had really tough armor,and Edge only hit him for less than 20,which was freaking low,considering that Edge normally auto-attacks for 80 or more at this point in the game. Something else that bothered me was his aptitude in accumulating rage. He was really quick in gaining rage,and was raging for the most of the battle.Good thing though ; his attacks were freaking easy to dodge. Nonetheless,it wasn't an easy first boss,not as easy as we would have liked.

The Alien-Elf introduced himself as Faize Sheifa Baleth,an inhabitant of planet Eldar. Earth and Eldar went space-exploring on a similar planetary system and confirmed each other's existences,forming an alliance between the 2 planets unknown to most.

Something really cool was the Eldarian translators ; They are so efficient that they enable to Aliens to talk with humans in the Human Tongue fluently,without any difficulty nor lag,too!Oh,their robots were also realllllllllllllyyyyyyy hgih-tech.

Faize offered to give us a lift back to SRF003 Calnus,but Smart-ass Edge said he wanted to explore the island a bit more,and declined the offer for a ride. So , the 3 of us walked back to Calnus. For now,Over and out.

There was a big ass base housing Calnus,our spaceship. Then I was wondering to myself,the most time that we could have been away in game time was a few hours as best ; since they didn't spend the night en route to SRF005 Eremia or anything,how the hell could we have built such a freaking huge establishment in such short notice? First the ants,now this?C'mon now.

Went inside the building to look for my man Grafton. Walked the whole freaking base ; couldn't find his punk ass anywhere. Turns out,he was in the first room I entered ; with his back against us,so that I couldn't notice it was him,damn!

After some chit-chat,Faize was introduced into our (Edge's) team,turning this into a 'composite squad',with Earthlings and Eldarians in it.The supreme commander of Eldar,Gaghan said Faize had a lot of potential,and will be a valuable asset to our team. But honestly,I can't stand this sissy dude ; I'll substitute him out of the team as soon as I meet more members to add to my crew. His sounds like a pussy whether in Japanese or English,and annoys the heck out of me.

Before I proceeded,I went around and bought some items,learnt some skills(by purchasing skill books).Also done some quests,which were relatively effortless since they were about item-gathering,and I had those items in hand when I came back to base,some insect legs and eggs.There was also a quest where I had to find a guy who was missing from his  quarters ; I thought he was exploring the island,thus I  explored the island,aiming to obtain 100% information on all the monsters that I have encountered while in Aeos.

Ironically,after going around the island one more time,it seems that the guy I was searching for was nearby to the base ; just outside of it. Just had to talk to him and quest complete. The 'client' of the quest gave Edge a kiss as a reward,and Reimi was surprised but didn't say anything. Edge,on the other hand was blushing and trying to explain to Reimi. So,this quest proves that Edge has something for Reimi,and the relationship is mutual,that it would take some time but they would definitely have a happy ending together.

Anyway,Grafton recommended Edge to be the captain of the spaceship,and I'm glad Edge wasn't like 'Hell yes! I knew I  had it in me!' Rather,he was dumbfounded,and still insisted that he wasn't up to the task yet. That much,I agree. Well,he seems more mature than I initially thought him to be. Not like Naruto,annoying and reckless just because he knows he has plot armor. Even so,Reimi and Faize rooted for him,and told him they would support him wherever and whatever he did. So,he took up the position of captain graciously.

So,the captain gave us the mission to search for the missing SRF001 Aquila,while warping to nearby planets within reach to search for a suitable planet for humans to inhabit. En route to another planet,there was some time for Edge to stroll around the ship to kill time,and talking to everyone on the ship.(Lol only Reimi and Faize are on the ship besides Edge)

There,we have some interesting conversations,and there is this resting quarters in the ship where we can sleep in,which has 2 beds,thus able to hold 2 people in a room,assuming they don't sleep in the same bed. :P

We have 4 rooms here,and we have the choose on whether who sleeps where. I moved Reimi to the same room with Edge and had Faize sleep alone. Haha take that loser.

They had a few conversations that took place in different parts of the ship,and only 2 of the conversations struck me as interesting.

First conversation was about the fate of all humanity lying on their shoulders,and the reality of it is enough to crush Reimi at times. Not-so smooth talker Edge comforts her anyway. <3

Second conversation was about Edge's inclination to use the sword as a weapon. He was a poor child,and also a victim of the third World War. He and his father roamed the vast wastelands that was resulted from World War 3. Amidst their journey,they encounter a biological weapon ; Remnants of WWIII. They were taken by surprise,and Edge's father had no time to retaliate. The gun flew away from his grip and fell near Edge. He picked it up and fired,but he could not hit the target. After running out of ammo,he desperately tried to fend off the bio-weapon with a knife. Mysteriously enough,the bio-weapon ran away,but his father still died nonetheless. After listening to his story,Reimi and Faize felt sympathetic,but their sympathy was brushed off by Edge ; as he is already moving on.

The last interesting conversation was during Edge's chat with..The lolicon girl with purple hair..Couldn't be bothered to memorize her name. As with all Earthlings, she showed a bit of distrust for our young Eldarian,and took it too far with her jokes. One of her jokes were : The insects that were present on Aeos(who tried to attack us) were actually humans,and Edge has 2 moulting seasons left before he turns into one of the bugs himself. She asks Faize to beware when that happened. Then she happily closed off the communications after picking on our alien friend. :/ Bitch

Edge Maverick,Over and Out.

Persona 3 Portable.

Trust me,after this and Persona 2:Innocent Sin,I'm getting Persona 1 on PSP :)

Great games should be played,and every game in the Persona  series falls into the 'great game' category,no doubt.

I won't lie about it,I've been itching to try out something new after playing nothing but P2IS for a long time,not to say that it was boring,no,not in the slightest.Just felt itchy for new games,is all.

Remembered playing this game on my PS2 years ago,it was addictive to say the least. I kept playing non-stop,until I was close to the end of the game,where I unfortunately,quit,again. I did the same for Final Fantasy 2,and Final Fantasy 4 The Complete Collection,both for the PSP. Looks like I suck at clutch,like my man LeBron. But he will get out of this funk soon,and I will get out of it NOW.

I will finish playing Persona 3 this time,all by myself without a walkthrough,since developing social links is strangely enjoyable. :) And savour the storyline once more.

So,the game starts.

I'm on my way to the new dorm,suddenly,the world changes.The background turns greenish,there are coffins everywhere on my way to the dorm. If I were the MC,I would be obviously creeped out,but that just shows how badass the MC is.

So,I reach the dorm,and the 'Death Kid' (Not Death the Kid) appears and asks me for my name and for me to sign a contract ; to stick by my decisions whatever they may be and assume full responsibility for what I have done.


As for the name,I was lost for a while. I was stuck between choosing Minato Arisato and Arisato Minato. In the end,I think I went for Arisato Minato. Why do the Westeners and Easteners have different ways of arranging their names..Gave me such an unnecessary headache..Sheesh.

After some blahs from a hottie,wait,2 hotties, Mitsuru (hotter) and Yukari,I go to bed,and they're spying on the MC o_O Said he was one of the few special people to not be transmogrified into a coffin and NOT be attacked by shadows,but even more special that he hasn't experienced common symptoms that other Persona-users initially show such as nervous disorder or memory loss.

Went to school together with Yukari,and people are spreading rumous about us 2 being together. If only this were Innocent Sin! Haha.

Few days later,I awaken to my Persona during the 'extra hour'. Initially,Orpheus came out,but maybe Minato sensed the impending danger and unconsciously summoned an even bigger,more badass Persona to take care of the Big-Shadow. God damn,it was a one-sided massacre ; the Shadow got slaughtered.

Afterwards,in an attempt to protect Yukari from the fragments of the defeated Big Shadow,I(as the MC) battled the baby shadows with my Persona - Orpheus. Easy pickings.

Then,I collapse due to intense physical burden and went into a coma for 7 days. I assume Yukari was by my side most of the time. She told me about her past,about her father dying as a Scientist for Kirijo Labs in an explosion 10 years ago,and strangely enough Arisato-kun's parents also died 10 years ago..Hmm..

Yukari is now living alone since she doesn't like her mother whoring herself to multiple guys ever since her hubby passed away,thats why she is living by herself currently.

After she confessed her past to Minato,I would have expected their lover relationship to develop by then,but that didn't seem to be the case :/ Need to be more charmful to attract hotties!Need to be smarter to be able to approach Kirijo too.

Started building some social links with guys...Especially Kenji since he's the easiest to please,he ain't gay though ; neither am I,nor the MC.

So,in short order,I have discovered the Magician social link,Hierophant social link,Chariot social link and Fool and Emperor Social link. I'll go into more detail about the subsequent social links.

So I've explored the first 10 floors of Tartarus,and went back to P2IS to reminisce on some epicness.

I'll play again soon,until then,aaaaaaaaaaaand FADE OUT!

Wow,been a hell of a long time since I updated,and the stuff to post about keeps piling up ;  and I just got lazy. But my friend came over and hogged my computer to prevent me from obsessing over League of Legends ; which is a good thing since I've gotten too attached to that MMO over this epic game.I'll try my best to recall on the stuff I had missed.

The exams were nearing,and I've been looking really forward to the mid-terms,seeing that I'm such a studious person ^o^.I had the luxury of choosing between advancing my social links or to study for my exams ; For now,I opted for the latter,since I wanted to impress Mitsuru and also wanted to ace the exams.

Thus,I spent most of my afternoons before the mid-terms either in the library or donating 100 yen to the box in the Naganaki Shrine. I don't understand why time would race by so quickly by depositing 100 yen into a freaking box,I really don't.

So,The exams were here. I was confident of all my answers,and I answered almost all the questions immediately (1 question a day,for 6 days) since I knew the answer in my head. But one out of the six times, the MC said he wasn't that sure of his answer,and I was like...'What?I'm sure this is the answer man.'

Maybe they had 2 answers which were almost similar in spelling,and I chose the wrong one due to overexcitement. *Sigh* Oh well,I won't be redoing this exam since its been 2 weeks in game since I last saved,wouldn't want to go through all that studying again.. >__>

Results were out ; Turns out I was top 10 in my grade. Damn,I wasn't glad at all! I'm sure since I only got 5 out of 6 correct,I ranked the top 10 in school. Had I scored all 6 of 6,I might have been the leading scorer of Gekkoukan High! Well..There is always the Final-Exam,which I can do better in.

So,we reach the second full moon of the game,in which Boss Shadow II Hijacks a railway train,and lures the party inside the train. MC was appointed as the leader again,and Junpei was very annoyed at that fact. Hence,he enters 'hero' mode and tries to take charge of the situation. As the MC,I chose the decision where we should take caution,and that annoyed the shit out of Junpei. Sheesh. He charges headstrong into the latter half of the train,only to get ambushed ; Serves you right,Stupei.

After that,we killed a big ass Boss and MC went ahead to stop the train from colliding into another. Saved the day FTW.

Entering the month before the 3rd/4th Boss Shadow. Fuuka Yamagishi,who showed Potential as a Persona-user,was allegedly sick and hasn't gone to school for a month or so. But there were rumours of her being bullied , possibly causing her to commit suicide, and the vengeful spirit of hers was out seeking for blood.

Yukari was frightened of such an idea ; and asked Junpei to cut it out,ultimately having Junpei tease Yukari about being afraid of ghosts. Yukari,who got taunted,challenged Junpei by trying to root out the cause of their schoolmates' disappearances. Well,ghostbuster Yukari on the case? Lol.

She dragged me and Junpei to the site where the Fuuka bulliers frequented - a night club near Iwatodai station. We were reluctant to go,but Yukari didn't care ; we had to go,haha.

While there,Junpei bumped into some thugs and they picked a fight with him. Junpei wasn't as tough as he was around his peers ; to be expected though,were I in such a situation,even I would chicken out. Yukari,though was different. She didn't falter under adversity. On contrary,she told Junpei to buck up and not back down against these SCUM. Pissed off,they vented their rage on Junpei,poor dude,haha.But he's annoying,IDC.

Then,Aragaki Shinji(ro?) came to the rescue,scared the thugs off and was sweetly thanked by Yukari ; Shy guy didn't want to show his embarrasment and walked off.

So,now we skip to the 3rd Full Moon since MC arrived,and also Shadow Boss III/IV. SEES concluded that Fuuka didn't die or anything ; but that she was stranded in Tartarus and couldn't find a way out. As such,we decided to enter Tartarus the same way she did : By infiltrating Gekkou High and getting transported into Tartarus via the school gym,the same way Fuuka-kun got into the enigmatic tower.

The party was separated from each other,but I didn't care ; no I didn't. I was literally the carry of my team thus far ; I chanelled MOST,if not all of the all-out attacks and was most effective offensively. The others were just there to help out in the all-out attack. That said,I pawned most of the shadows I encountered en route to reuniting with my mates.

After reuniting,Kirijo Mitsuru and Takeba Yukari,who stayed behind to support the rescue-operation,were requesting backup,as they were getting 'raped' by Boss III/IV,Emperor/Empress.We came back to support them,and Fuuka awakened to her Persona,which was badass. Could scan the enemy in a much shorter duration and more deduce their weaknesses more accurately too.

 OFF TO BATTLE WITH EMPEROR + EMPRESS !

These type of bosses are quite uncommon,but not exactly rare either,since we can encounter them in quite a few RPGS. These are the bosses which frequently change their attributes to also change their weaknesses into another type. Lets say if I find out they're weak to Agi ; They'll do 'Paradigm Shift' (FF13) to change their weakness to , lets say Bufu. Something we wouldn't know or expect until we ask Fuuka to analyse them with her Persona. Thanks to her,this battle was relatively easy.

So,after some time,Fuuka finally joined our team,willingly I might say,even though Yukari might accuse Mitsuru of forcing her into this.Well,Fuuka isn't exactly hot,but she would be one of the girls I'd like to max out my social link with her too,just to see how romantic she can get..^//^

This time,the Final-Exams were approaching,but no one seemed to give any sh*t. Even Mitsuru wasn't as encouraging as she was during the mid-terms,nor was Yukari very studious either.Well,Junpei..lets leave him alone,haha.

Still,I can't get into the exam mood since everyone is so obsessed with the Full Moon and some rumoured website which helps fulfil your grudge requests.As far as I know/remember,this website is run by 3 people,1 nerd,1 gothic lolita girl,and 1 pale hippy. They carry actual guns and actually attempt to kill the 'target' which has been requested by someone with the grudge.In a cutscene, they actually almost killed someone,by unloading a bullet into that guy,but he was still breathing and the hippy refused to give him the finishing blow.

So,lacking the mood for exams,I went ahead to attempt maxing out my Hermit,Chariot,and Strength social links instead of studying in the afternoon.

Not long after.....The 4th Full Moon...I thought this was going to be as tedious as the last 2 Full Moon operations,but I am glad it wasn't. This time our operation took us to Shirakawa Boulevard,where The Lost appear to come in pairs. The path to the Boss(Hierophant) was relatively short. Although we were on the first floor and had to climb up 2 floors,the stairs were relatively close to each other and there was little hassle involved,as the Shadows along the way were easy to avoid.

Good thing was,even the entrance to the Boss Room was decorated,making it stand out from the other ordinary rooms. It was even dubbed 'Hierophant Room' to make things more obvious..So in we go.

Quite a weird appearance,wontcha say? Consists of a fatty with a girl massaging him,but they are in fact considered as one whole boss. There are those 2 Shikigami too..oh well,nothing important to ponder about,just had to kick his ass. His AOE fear made my teammates panic a lot and we got knocked out quite a few times,but in the end we pulled through.

As soon as I thought everything was over,Fuuka said she sensed another Huge Shadow lurking within the room. We decided to search around for the Shadow. Came across a large mirror which didn't show MC's reflection. I thought this was a flaw in the game designer's part,since the mirror is supposed to show a reflection,to make things more realistic,right? Anyway,approached the mirror,everyone in the party got hypnotized,and was split into 2 groups of 2.

Mysteriously,Yukari was taking a bath in one of the rooms in the hotel while I was inside the room,waiting for her to come out. A voice ringed within my head , telling me to give in to my lustful temptations and make a move on Yukari. I was given 2 main choices,which was to submit to my lust or resist it. I opted to submit to my desires but it didn't work,the plot kept me from making a move on her,everytime I chose to 'give in' to the voice,MC magically 'refrained' from doing so even though he supposedly  submitted to the voice..Oh well.At least we got to see Yukari come out of the bath  wrapped in nothing but a towel.Yukari gave MC a slap for something he didn't do.. >_>

Thanks to a little R&R,MC and Yukari's HP/SP were replenished.(Eye candy for MC,bath for Yukari). Reunited with Mitsuru/Akihiko on Floor 2,and their HP/SP were also replenished. When asked about anything happening,Mitsuru was quite nervous and slightly stuttered 'N-nothing happened.' Hoooooooo... >_> Up to our imaginations,eh. Akihiko you bastard! Haha.

Destroyed some mirrors,got up to the Boss Room,to find Shadow VI,Lovers.

TBH,this boss wasn't any trouble at all,the only bosses I found hard to beat were the guardians in Tartarus,cleaned up relatively quickly.

OKOK. Got past the ?th Full Moon.(Sorry lost count xP). Got tired the next day,as usual but apparently that wasn't an excuse to skip school. :/

There were 2 weeks before the Final-Exams and ONLY THEN everyone starts studying ; as opposed to the Mid-Term exams where people were crying about it 1 month before the exams. WTH?

For a while there,I got de-motivated for the exams and just continued building up on my Social Links.Still,for some forgotten reason,I decided to study for the exams anyway. I upped 3 academic levels for the Mid-Exams but only upped 1 academic level for the Final-exams.So currently,my academic achievement is 5/6.

So,exam time. This time around,Junpei was especially worried about how he'd fare,since he was looked at like a clown by the class for scoring so badly.Anyway,I referred to Naldo & Shirl's blogger.com blog about P3FES(also applies to P3P)  in-game answers to exam questions.Since I was so scared of getting a question wrong,thus messing up my chance to score the highest in class,like last time. The highlight moment of the exams : "Your pen is moving so fast that you couldn't stop". Guess that means I'm gonna become number 1 in class. :D

Subsequently,we're going to Yakushima for summer vacation baby! Meh,that was Junpei,I'm not that enthusiastic about the beach..>_> He's dying to see the SEES girls in swimsuits..Well,so is Minato,he just won't tell you that. :P

So,we at the beach now,and Junpei isn't doing anything special,he's just being Junpei ; making everyone hate him.While Junpei is thinking about the girls,Akihiko is wrecking his brains out trying to design a freaking training regimen,LOL. Besides,he also mentioned himself taking protein,but none of us can tell,since his build is similar to that Minato/Junpei's. Fail body-building.. :/

Anyways,we got back to the dorm when we were done playing in the beach. We encountered Mitsuru's father,Takeharu Kirijo. Seemed very stern,cold and looked like a pirate,wearing a right eyepatch. Mitsuru gave her father a very polite greeting which was totally ignored. Then,I thought to myself : "Douche."

When the party goes elsewhere, Mitsuru and her father meet again,this time with no one else nearby. Then,her father started turning into a chatterbox..Nah,not really,but at least he started talking.He started by asking Mitsuru whether she was still hiding the truth about Tartarus and the Dark Hour from the new recruits of SEES. Mitsuru acted guilty and blamed herself for keeping a secret. Takeharu then tells her that none of this mess was started by her,and she shouldn't blame herself for the mess that her grandfather (his father) stirred up.He reminded her of the Kirijo Group motto : "Two in Harmony surpasses One in Perfection",that she doesn't and shouldn't attempt to shoulder all the burden,and to rely on her teammates a bit more.

To show his sincerity,he decides to gather every SEES personnel on the island together,to give them the idea of how this whole Dark Hour shenanigan came into this world. Mitsuru's grandfather,the founder of the Kirijo Group discovered the existence of shadows more than a decade ago. He was intrigued by their existence,and their ability to warp time and space. Then,the ambitious founder of the Kirijo Group decided to harness their powers in the hopes of creating a Time Machine,for the motive of correcting the past and brightening the future of mankind.

For that goal,he composed a group of only the most talented Scientists all over Japan,in which the team was headed by their most brilliant researcher,Eiichiro Takeba,to carry out their grand research.

They spent a long time on this project and after 10 years,they had amassed many shadows and merged them into 1 entity. Still,a tragic accident occurred which resulted in a huge explosion within the research facility,splitting the large mass of shadows into 12 separate entities. Imagine how majestic/powerful that Shadow must have been.I'm surprised that the group actually had the means to control and research such a powerful Shadow,until something eventually went wrong.

Thus,the Dark Hour was born,and every Dark Hour,the research facility would mutate into a large,towering structure,known as Tartarus. Gekkoukan High School was built in place of the ruined research facility , explaining why the school turned into Tartarus during the Dark Hour.

Then,it was revealed that this certain researcher was Yukari's father. All the while she thought her father was a good person,she suddenly wasn't so sure anymore,considering the fact that he was responsible for the occurence of the Dark Hour and Tartarus.

Confused and clouded,she ran out into the beach, snapping at everyone in the room.Mitsuru asked MC to go after her,but even if she didn't,I would have gone anyway,well,I am a ladies man. =P

I went to cheer her up,and ultimately give her a hug,which she didn't resist,until Junpei came along and forced her to shove me away to prevent any misunderstanding(For now at least.).Sheesh,Stupei.

For now,peace resumed,and all of us prepared to have some fun the next day. I thought things would be more awkward between Mitsuru and Yukari,but things seemed fine between them(at least,Fuuka made constant effort to get conversations going.)

Shinji Ikutsuki informed certain members about an anti-shadow machine escaping from its quarters and is currently running loose in the island. Some members speculated it being a tank,and some were scared shitless. Mitsuru was awfully straight,asking whether or not we could destroy it as a final measure ; Ikutsuki was quite skeptical about it,doubting SEES' strength. Damn clown,tch.

Soon after,Junpei rallied MC and Akihiko together to start 'Operation Babe Hunt'.He thought that,with Akihiko around,they were gonna score all day.Well,think again Stupei .>_>
We failed at every shot,getting bitched at by cuties who didn't like the fact that we could come to Yakushima for free,while they had to work they butts off to be able to afford such an expensive trip,tch whatever. :/

The only girl we scored with was quite hot actually,and she even seemed to want to 'teach' us some things. Whoah,everyone wanted a piece of this busty girl. Well,until Akihiko noticed some 'hair below her chin'. She confirmed everyone's worst fears by saying 'Come back and find me when you have broadened your horizons,kids.' OMG,busty transexual spotted! Hahaha XD

Before we lost all hope,we spotted another girl by the cape. Even Akihiko agreed that this one was hot.(C'mon,look at your fans at school for a while,one of them has to be at least THIS hot,I mean Gekkou High is known for its hotties..Blind goat =_=) For Stupei it was love at first sight. Since I lost at 'Scissors Paper Rock',I was the last one in line to take a shot at the girl.A sneak peek at the girl we're going to hit on,for now,OVER AND OUT,TUNE IN FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGON BALL Z.

The last target of 'Operation Babe Hunt'.

Akihiko and Junpei failed miserably at trying to strike a conversation with her,and as soon as I(MC) walked up to her,she ran away into the woods. The 2 suckers were wondering what I said to scare her away,haha!So I chased her into the woods.This time around,she hugged me before I said anything,claiming that I am a very important person to her and someone she must be beside/protect at all costs,hugging me after her short declaration. Things start to get confusing.By the way,Yukari,whom I hugged yesterday,saw this girl (Aigis) holding me tightly,and rather than being jealous,she was just curious,as a friend,which meant our relationship won't be going anywhere unless if I pour some effort into it.

So,as Mitsuru prepares the team for combat, Mr Lame Joke aka Ikutsuki-san came along and said we found the anti-tank shadow,pointing at Aigis. Everyone was surprised. I was too,I suppose.

Her true/naked form.Anti-Shadow Robot reporting for duty.

Sure,she looks cute,and Junpei seems like he would fall for her in a heartbeat,were she a real human girl. Still,to me,she isn't THAT hot,since her anime avatar is quite ordinary,and her face isn't as pretty as the others make it out to be.And yeah,she's awfully straight and logical,even more than Mitsuru + Akihiko paired up,well,she IS a robot,right?hahha. :P

Aigis being very neutral about everything.

After all the uproar,we finally head back to Gekkoukan Island.(I hope that's what its called,because I never actually memorized the name of the island MC lived in >_>)

What I anticipated the most since my return to Gekkou Isle was no doubt,the  exam results. Naturally and confidently,I scored the highest in class. ^_^ And yeah,wanting to stay closer to MC,Aigis pleaded to be able to go to school and Mr Lame Joke gave the green light. Koromaru also said that he wanted to go to school (translated by Aigis-san) but the team flatly rejected that idea. :P

So,after some drama in school.(Aigis sitting beside MC and stating she always wants to stay by his side,Yukari stood up and tried to talk Aigis off,but Ms Toriumi aka Maya from Innocent Sin Online also butted in,saying that the morning was full of drama,implying that many people including herself has the hots for MC-kun here.^_^

Anyways,Akihiko bothered me to go somewhere with him after school,I was like,'Whaat?I wanna make some damn advancements on Yuko..Damn you.This better be good..'

It was good,we went to recruit Shinjiro-kun,who grew up together with Akihiko and has a guilty pass. He also took suppressant pills from Strega regularly to keep his own Persona from running amok and killing the owner. Apparently,he and the 3 Strega members cannot seem to fully control their Persona and have to resort to medication to keep everything in check.

Anyway,Akihiko told him that Amada Ken joined SEES,voluntarily. Hearing that,Shinjiro rejoined SEES without a second thought.

During my first(failed) playthrough,I couldn't give a damn about Aragaki Shinjiro ; I left him to rot in  Floor 1 of Tartarus,otherwise known as the waiting room. I was going to regret that soon(2 Full Moons after he joined SEES.)
[Spoiler alert]He died. =(

So instead of letting his talents go to waste,I decided to take him for a test drive in Tartarus,planning to ditch him after I'm done doing a few quests with him,were he weaker than my usual teammates,which consisted of Yukari,Mitsuru and Akihiko.

Holy shit,his physical attacks hit hard.You don't have to ponder about what skills you need to utilize on your enemies to deal the most damage , since he only has 2 options : Normal Attack(Strike) , Medium Slage Damage(Skill). That didn't mean he wasn't an offensive asset,NO SIR. He hits hard and pulls off critical hits occasionally,which was very fun.

Doing what he does best : Kicking-ass.

So yeah,doing normal Tartarus exploration I almost always have him in my party,in fact,I liked him so much that I wanted him to be my 'second-in-command',if such a post were available in SEES.By the way,what made him more badass than he was,was that I let him wear a Tuxedo during battles. A Mace/Battleaxe wielding badass was all that we needed to kick most of the asses in the 3rd/4th block,Yabasshah and Tziah.

So I did some grinding in Tartarus,and resumed my ordinary lifestyle. I left Junpei out of my team for a LONG time,ever since Akihiko and Mitsuru became available,and I'm going to continue letting him rot in Floor 1 of Tartarus until all  my teammates die from an accident or something.Yeah,the 'last person' I would put in my party,literally.

Back to normal life,being retarded and boring like he should be,he was wandering around Gekkou Isle until he stumbled upon member 3 of Strega,Chidori. =O CHIDORI!!!!!!!!!Nvm.

I guess this was the first (excluding the tranny from Yakushima) girl that Junpei was successful in stirring up a conversation with. After a few encounters,both of them seemed to have grown attached to each other(at least,to Junpei).Hell,he even blurted out to Chidori about the SEES operation indirectly,to brag about his heroism,in an attempt to seize her interest.Wrong move brah. This is going to cost you.

Chidori actually believed in Junpei,surprising that idiot. She asked whether or not he was the leader,and he even said 'yes',just because he wanted her to see him as someone significant,which he wasn't.He even said shit like 'Its tough being the leader.' SMH,Stupei.

So,the night of the 6th Full Moon.Stupei was expecting Chidori at the station,but she didn't show up. Outside the dorm,when he was going to enter it,he heard a familiar voice whispering 'Don't move.'Then,came Dark Hour and the scene shifted to SEES command room,where everyone was preparing to kick some ass,while Stupei was looking for some love.

So,we locate the Boss Shadow(Hermit) in Paulownia Mall.Never actually been there during the Dark Hour,the change is quite unique. The fountain which spurted plain water,was spurting water which was blood-red in color,maybe it IS blood,but we will never know for sure.

We proceeded to kick the ass of the Hermit Boss Shadow. He looked quite bad,but we took care of him without having to retry the game,since my MC had a persona which nullified electric attacks equipped,and we kept debuffing the boss like there was no tomorrow.Thanks to this battle,I found out that if you were weak to a particular element,you can prevent the enemy by doing a 'One more' and prevent yourself by being knocked down just by guarding against that particular attack.

Hermit.Easy as ABC.

Meanwhile,Stupei was kidnapped by Chidori and was dragged to the rooftop of the SEES dormitory. Chidori demanded him,who she believed was the leader,to call off the Full Moon operations,not just this one ; all of the upcoming ones too,in order to preserve Tartarus and the Dark Hour.Sheesh,Chidori is as stupid as Junpei over here,they would definitely make a splendid couple..How the heck can Junpei be a leader??????? Does he even look or talk like one?

In exchange for his own safety. :)

Stupei then admitted to his lies,and asked Chidori whether or not their meetings were sincere. Chidori stuttered,which implies to me that she wasn't entirely acting,but her 'objective' was more important than her own feelings,something Junpei won't be able to comprehend,as of now.

Meanwhile,everyone found Junpei and rushed to the scene.

They took away Junpei's condom. Sorry I just felt like joking about this scene.

Things aren't as obscene as I made them out to be,Chidori was actually trying to summon Medea by pointing a gun at her own head,and Junpei shoved her down without a second thought,then her gun got confiscated by Akihiko,hence the "We can't let you use this" part.

Then,Chidori sort of spazzed out as soon as she noticed she couldn't summon Medea. Mitsuru was going to interrogate Chidori regardless of her condition,but the others suggested that they save it for another time,and have Chidori 'treated'(confined) in the hospital for further questioning.

At the hospital,Chidori was ignoring Mitsuru and Akihiko 24/7. Junpei came in and slowly tried to build a conversation with her,which showed more success that Mitsuru and Akihiko's combined efforts. Then,those 2 decided to leave things to Junpei for a while.

Junpei even gets overly friendly with her and calls her Chidorita.Ring a bell? xD

Who's that Pokemon!? *Dun dun dun*

One fine day,when everyone was here,Chidorita started feeling weird and her Persona ran amok. Lucky Shinjiro was at the scene and had some suppresants at hand.

Being strangled by her Persona,which was supposed to protect her from harm.

By the way,hearing that Medea could 'sense' presences,I thought Medea was going to look and act more pacifistic,like Fuuka's persona.Turns out Medea is closer to Penthesilea,Mitsuru's Persona,which can do scanning as well as battle.

Time passes. the school festival approaches. Yukari's archery club might have been planning to host a maid cafe,and Yukari was going to wear a maid outfit,since she drew the shortest straw of the lot. Everyone was looking forward to it (Every guy at Gekkou High,I mean),of course,I'm sure MC is too. ;)

Bummer was, a tornado threatened to approach Gekkou Isle,calling off the School Festival. Everyone was disappointed,but whatever. MC got drenched before he reached the dorm,and as a result slept for 3 days to recover from the cold. A short footage seen in the command room suggests that Aigis has been closely monitoring my conditions, and had a pillow kept in the freezer to lower my temperature in the case I had a fever.Lol,that's quite cute of her eh.

So,I advance my social links and do some grinding in Tartarus,which is never boring for me.

Time advances to the 4th of October,where we have our 7th Full Moon and 6th Full Moon Operation.This time around,Amada Ken-kun and Shinjiro-san wasn't here. We won't have to worry about anything if the two of them are together though,even one of either two is smarter than Stupei.Still,being worried,we all agreed on Junpei finding the lost kid,and Junpei snaps,saying SEES isn't a kindergarten.Yeah,I find the lost babes (Yukari,Fuuka) and you go find the lost kid bro.

Nobody wants to hear YOU say that.

The next 2 bosses were located in Iwatodai Station,so we rushed to the scene,putting the elimination of Boss Shadows at a higher priority.Enter Strength and Fortune.

Left : Fortune ; Right: Strength

I wouldn't say it was an easy nor a hard fight,but it was certainly enjoyable.During the last playthrough,I recalled a trick very very vaguely,that you stop the roulette when the sign you want is directly opposite to the 'pointer',then you will get the sign you want. Thanks to this vague memory, most of Fortune's roulette effects were aimed at Strength,who cast a protective barrier around Fortune. Ironic indeed. Easy battle,though.

Then,our attention was shifted to the 2 missing members. Akihiko suddenly recalled that it was the 4th of October.Nevertheless,he asked everyone to head back to the dorm.

Back at the dorm,Mitsuru also recalled the significance of October 4th : It was the day that Amada Ken's mother was killed by Aragaki Shinjiro's Persona,who ran amok due to him not having full control over it.Ken didn't inquire much about it,but he loathed the fact that the authorities wrote off his mother's death as an accident,and did not dig any further into it. He took it upon himself to exact vengeance on Shinji.

He boldly declared that he wanted to kill Shinji in the name of revenge. Shinji was as cool as always,this is what he said.

The true MAN in Persona 3.I like him as much as MC3/MC4.

But he reminded Ken that were Ken to kill Shinjiro here and then,he would end up the same as Shinjiro,possibly implying there would be an endless cycle of violence.Ken,being too clouded to comprehend Shinjiro's words,asked him to stop crapping. Suddenly,pale hippy(Takaya) came along and backed Ken up,calling Shinjiro a crap-talker.He was going to teach Ken that its not wrong to kill a killer. Now that might have been the real nonsense. Then,the cycle of violence really will never stop,since a normal person kills a killer,and he himself becomes a killer. This cycle needed to be broken,Shinjiro knew that better than anyone.That's why he took the bullet for Ken,and also took one himself,making it 2 bullets to his chest in short order.

When the others reached the scene,it was all but too late,Shinjiro was on his last breath.Takaya retreated,seeing as he is no match for the whole SEES team alone.Shinjiro smiled about it,and said 'This is the way it should be',before leaving our world. Now that's what I mean when MEN go out with a BANG. No regrets,facing death head on. When he died,there was this huge grin on his face.

Aragaki Shinjiro,DA MAN.

Despite acting like a jack-ass around people,only recently have I tried to understand the reason behind him being like this. He killed Ken's mother,and bears a very strong sense of guilt in himself. He does not want to associate with others because he does not want people's pity. He is also very humble,often disregarding their compliments to him by saying 'Anyone can do that,nothing special'.

In fact,I imagine he must have been more obviously kind-hearted before that incident occurred. But that doesn't mean he isn't kind hearted right now,he just doesn't show it to other people. During Yukari's investigation on ghost stories (Fuuka Yamagishi arc) they got into some trouble nearby Iwatodai Station with some punks. If Shinjiro was a genuine ass he would have just pretended not to have seen everyone in trouble and walk off.On the contrary,he even helps Yukari and co. by staring the thugs off.Even though he sounded like an ass after he saved them,his good intentions were felt.

One other good thing about him was his love for animals,particularly dogs. Before Koromaru joined SEES,Shinjiro was rumored to be feeding Koromaru from time to time.That aside,he also puts in effort in his cooking,whipping up delicacies that is adored by all the SEES members. He buys cooking magazines to learn about new recipes,and often promises to make Koromaru some Ramen : Its favourite. His love for animals and his soft side was witnessed when I asked him out for the movies during the film festival. The movie was about animals struggling to their last breath,in order to survive a harsh environment. In the end,a small puppy got washed away by the river currents. Shinjiro got unusually sentimental by this scene,and his eyes turned red. Damn,this shows how much of a MAN he is,tough on the outside,reliable,but very soft on the inside. Rest in peace,brother!

Even so,we still have to go to school. Bummer :/

I guess most in the SEES feel very personal about Shinjiro's death,such as Akihiko,who treated him like a partner ; Junpei who sees him as a role model >> "This is how it should be"(Shinjiro) , "Man,he was so cool,I wish I could say something like that,when I die" (Junpei) ; Ken-kun,who realized that his mother's death couldn't be helped,but even so Shinjiro tried to make up for it ; and lastly , Me , 'cuz he's such a badass in Tartarus. I really loved his physical attack onslaught. He can come out of Tartarus with full MP when everyone else is already spent. He crits often. Loved him so much as a partner.

Memorial service for Shinjiro.

This part was plain stupid. Shinjiro hardly had any friends in school,nobody in school gave a shit about him until he kicked the bucket.Even then,the hypocritic principal and the entire school body had to act like they were a responsible learning institute and hold a memorial service for him. The principal's 'faker' speech :He had a lifetime of opportunity ahead of him...as educators, we are to blame for ignoring his silent calls for help. We lost him to violence before we had a chance to help him realize his true potential...forgive us. Forgive us for our negligence...

I'm sure he memorised this speech beforehand,and that he doesn't feel that way evven in the slightest bit.Some seniors in front talked smack about Shinjiro , regardless of what he's been through. If I were Junpei,I would be mad myself. But If I were one of those ignorant people,I myself would also have been : Why would we hold a memorial service for a punk anyway? Is the school THAT desperate for a better reputation??

Being a man once for a change. Standing up for SJR.

After school,Mitsuru approached us and asked us to meet up in the dormitory later,to discuss about Amada Ken's future. Then,she asked for Akihiko and they said he wasn't in school today and didn't attend the memorial service either. Then,the scene shifts to the school hall,where the school memorial service took place. Akihiko was there alone,talking to the late Shinjiro.

After him saying :"I had the usual for lunch...ramen tastes a lot better when you're cutting class. Make sure you invite me next time..."

He tells Shinjiro that he is too selfish and stubborn,always leaving Akihiko alone and doing his stuff. But he feels that it may have been the other way around. Ever since his sister,Miki died,he became too absorbed in making himself more powerful. All he could ever care about since he lost Miki was in making himself stronger and protect his important ones. Despite all that effort, he still lost couldn't protect Shinjiro. After he let out what he was going to say,he let out a loud cry.Literally.

Then,he stopped crying. He knew that it wouldn't change a thing. He won't spend anymore energy or thoughts on blaming his own powerlessness. He is sick of this guilt and is ready to move on from their deaths. With a new resolution in heart,his Persona changed forms,or should I say,evolved from Polydeuces,into Caesar.

Polydeuces into...

Caesar,whose most obvious characteristic to me is that slightly-shiny globe with a sword which pierces through the middle of the round object.

He decides to return to the dormitory.

During the evening,when everyone(mostly) regrouped at the dormitory to discuss about Ken's situation,since this incident has hurt him more than anyone else in SEES. They had him 'grounded' to keep him from doing anything silly,but their measure wasn't fool-proof apparently. They forgot to lock the window,and Ken sneaked out through that opening.

Fuuka was the most panicked about Amada Ken being left alone,possibly because she herself understands what its like to be left alone ; to have no one to rely on,a very dark world indeed.

Still,Akihiko suggests that we stop treating Amada like a child and let him make his own decisions ; that it wouldn't work if he forcefully dragged him back to the dorm and involved him in anymore operations. (This opinion came from a matured Akihiko,so it must have bore a huge influence on the team's passiveness regarding Amada's disappearance.) That said,everyone reluctantly decided to give Ken some time to figure out stuff on his own.

Aki:It's his choice. He's the only one who can decide how he's going to live his life. The same goes for all of us...


Despite all he said,he knew he needed to give Ken a little push in the back ; a little spark so to say,to get Ken's life back in track,or to at least give him a chance at restarting his life. Strangely enough,he knew where Amada-kun was hiding and wasn't even surprised that Ken was there,when Akihiko located him,like he knew that this spot was where everyone would go to if they were depressed. :O

The first thing he said,instead of  "So this is where you were hiding" or something along the lines.

He asked Amada what he was doing here.That was such a derp question. Of course he wasn't doing anything useful! Well,maybe that's what Akihiko wanted to make him realize,that him simply moping around was just a waste of time.Maybe I'm thinking too much.

Then,Amada poured out his thoughts onto Akihiko-san.His mother's death was categorised as an 'accident',and the police didn't bother digging any deeper into the incident. That's why Amada wanted to bring the truth out to light,regarding how her mother died,so that he could rest in peace. Apparently,Shinjiro's rampant Persona was aiming for Ken rather than his mother,and his mother died protecting him. Of course,this was all very unfair for him. Also for Shinjiro. Us bystanders can only say its fate and NOT think about it anymore,and ask them to move on. But for the victims,its not that simple I suppose..

Ken was simply afraid of going through life alone.As with all of us. He didn't expect to live on after killing Shinjiro ; He planned to die after killing him. That explains that all he ever craved for was a companion,that living a luxurious life is useless if you're alone.For a kid to have everything thought out that much,is nothing less of a miracle. Now that Shinjiro is dead,again he feels responsible for one more death and he becomes alone again..

Akihiko:The dead won't be coming back,you have to accept that you're on your own now.I'm not here to drag you back ; You can stay here and die if that's what you want.But if you have the will to fight,then come back and stand on your own two feet.*Walks away*

TBH,his speech didn't make much sense to me except for the first sentence.Still,what he said somehow woke Ken up from his nightmare.

He is?Ok,I guess so..

He was trying to avoid facing the truth that he is going to be alone in this world,and instead focused his sights on extracting revenge on Shinjiro to give himself a meaning to live. But once Shinjiro died, he felt very empty and alone once again. This time,he decides to see things through (eradicate the Dark Hour and Tartarus) for Shinjiro,and his mother's sake.

Nemesis evolves into...

So,he returns to the dorm and everyone is pleased by his return.Aigis stated that Akihiko's and Ken's Personas have each undergone metamorphoses,due to Shinjiro's death. And,she tells us that more 'evolutions' might be coming right up,too! Well,that's great news since Mitsuru and Yukari are almost at their 'peak' in terms of skills right now.Hope theirs metamorphosise soon. As for Junpei,tchhh anything man I still don't like him.

Depressed as we were,there is still a random exam we have to sit for. My academic rating was 5 when I took the last exam,and although I have been studying at night whenever possible, I couldn't raise my academics to the 6th tier yet. As there were around 10 days left , I panicked and was desperate to upgrade my academic level to the next level. I remembered studying even on Mondays(the day where I always venture into Tartarus),Tuesdays and Wednesdays(where I work part-time in Chagall Cafe to raise my charm and courage perimeters simultaneously). Panicked as I was,I neglected the existence of a quest that would ease my anxiety.

This was a quest where I was to go to Mr.Ono to ask from him a helmet that soldiers wore during the Sengoku(warring) era. Mr.Ono was the history nutcase who was really into the Sengoku Era and wears a helmet(looks like its worn by Date Masamune) wherever he goes.

Him nerding to the students about Date Masamune.

For this quest,I had to look for Mr.Ono in the faculty office,and ask him for an ancient helmet. Of course,he wouldn't comply easily. I had to go through one of his personal,1-to-1 history lectures,and if that wasn't bad enough,he didn't give me the helmet after we were through with the history lesson! He said he couldn't give up the helmet he was wearing,and was going to give me some other helmet he has in his collection,which was also ancient of course. He has lots of them at home,too.Lol.Of course,for him to give me the helm,he had to go home and bring it to school,so I decided to come back another day.

The 2nd day,I went over to the faculty office again,he wasn't in the office,but another teacher was talking and asked our MC to listen to their ranting,strangely,this awarded us experience in the 'Academics' column.The same thing repeated itself for 5 or 6 days,I lost count. Each time I got a bit more experienced in my Academics. Well,had I done this quest BEFORE the exams,perhaps I wouldn't have been so frantic and rushed.Yeah,I did this request AFTER my exams,so you could say I spent 6 or more nights studying when I could have just finished to the teachers talk and raise my Academics. Oh well,stuff happens..?

Back to the present.I was really frantic about my studies,and the exams were just around the corner(1 week) but I still haven't gotten into the 'groove'(tier 6 academics) yet. Things suddenly changed 2 nights before the exams when I was studying at home ; I've turned from 'Smart' into 'Genius',Woooopeeeee!

So I went into the exams like a boss,referred to GameFAQs and answered everything correctly. Guess what,I AM,the boss. I scored highest in the class again,bitches!(Pardon me for being excited.)

And then..

Boo-yah!

So,we move on to the next day at school. Seems that Fuuka's friend,Bitch-chan.....Ok Natsuki-chan was going to move away because her father's ill and she has to move away since she can't afford(literally) to stay here,away from her sick father.

Natsuki asked Fuuka not to be depressed over her leaving.I would too if I were here.I mean Natsuki was one of the people who FREAKING BULLIED her and took joy in doing so.Well,even then she did forgive her and became friends with her,thus making each other feel special. Natsuki told her that we don't get any second chances in life,and if we accept the way things are,we can never change our fate.

After a brief chat,Natsuki decided to part with Fuuka,and won't be attending school for the following week since she needs to pack her belongings. Well,I don't know why it would take a freaking week to prepare to move away,unless if she's me.Yeah man,I'm a sloth ~_~ ehhe.

Natsuki didn't give Fuuka a proper hug or a friendly kiss or anything and just left,like that. But she sent her this text message seconds after she leaves Fuuka's sight.

So sweet.

Maybe Natsuki is just shy/feels guilty for what she did to Fuuka. :)

Fuuka suddenly reaches an epiphany ; that she finally knew what she wanted ; to put a smile on everyone's face. And the power of her 'gift',her Persona has given her that power,to connect with others. Strangely,this event catalysed the 'evolution' of her Persona.

Lucia digivolves to...

Annnnd...YES.Fuuka now has even more support skills to learn. For example, Oracle(at lvl50) which makes her do random stuff once every night during a battle,when asked of,which in my opinion,sucks.Her next ability is 'escape route' which is learnt at lvl62,so I guess I still have some ways to go until I reach that level.

So there aren't any interesting scenes that should be noted until the next Full Moon,so I started grinding and advancing my social links until the much-anticipated,final operation commenced,where we rid the world of Tartarus and the Dark Hour.

Its time!

The whole team was sort of expecting Strega intervention in the final operation and they weren't disappointed. Fuuka sensed the remnants of Strega(Takaya,Jin) awaiting SEES in the Gekkoukan Bridge,in front of the last Big Shadow. They were missing Chidori,their primary 'support/sensor' Persona,were they not? How could they already be THERE,where the last Shadow was,BEFORE SEES? Doesn't make sense does it. It would have made more sense if they had invaded the dormitory.Well,plot hole,a very small and negligible one,if I may say so myself.

So we met on top of the Bridge,as expected by both parties. As soon as they said this,the fight boss fight commenced.

Takaya,aka Pale Hippy.

....Psyche! Of course they had a little chat. They wouldn't be so badass as to start bashing on the enemy's ass when they haven't even finished talking yet.Well,maybe Akihiko and Junpei might have done that,but they didn't,so yeah.

This battle,was very,very satisfying.To me,of course.Not to them.Only one side enjoyed this battle,it was one-sided,till the very end. Both sides(SEES and Strega) were so busy setting up the fight that none of us started attacking seriously until the third or fourth round. We were busy casting attack,defense and evasion buffs on the team(Tarukaja,Rakukaja,Sukukaja) as well as casting debuffs on Takaya and Jin(Tarunda,Rakunda,Sukunda).My Personas as well as Akihiko's had SWAG.Our buffs/debuffs could reach the whole party in one cast(Matarukaja,Marakukaja,Masukukaja,Matarunda,Marakunda,Masukunda). On the other hand,Takaya was warming up(I guess) and frequently auto-attacking of other things. Jin was busy buffing Takaya but AS SOON as he was done doing so,which was 3 or 4 turns later(not sure maybe 1 or 2),we already kicked his ass. Yeah all he did to our party was throwing a classical grenade at us,which he took out from his suitcase.

What Jin threw at me before I kicked his ass.

As I was done buffing the party,we went full assault on Takaya. That stupid bugger didn't think hard enough if he thought he could take us out by 'charging' up his power and taking us out with one fell strike.He used 'Mind Charge' without anyone soaking the damage for him,as Jin was already out of the equation. On the turn he was supposed to unleash his grand attack,we already kicked his ass,most of the damage dealt by Akihiko(Ziodyne) and my Thor(Mighty Crush or something).When Takaya's HP was low,I had the courtesy to give Akihiko the pleasure of dealing a final blow to Shinjiro's killer. I let him do an auto-attack which resulted in a whopping 300 damage(Zioyne did 500).Takaya fell down flat on his back.

 Jin was hating on himself when we beat them in a fair battle. Well,it wasn't exactly fair. We did have the same 'power',but the way in which we chanelled it was different. They didn't have Evokers prepared for them so they had to 'force' it out. Hm,I guess that may have been what decided the battle...NOT! They were already OP enough. They had HP close to 2000 and each of our party members were only 400~500HP at best. Well,sucks to be them.

Red aura after 'summoning' his Persona,as opposed to our Blur aura.And no,it did not come out of his mouth.(Hypnos)

Takaya said if the Dark Hour is eliminated,so would the need for their 'power' be,erasing their sense of 'significance' being in this world. That being the case,Takaya is willing to 'prove' his existence by ending his life with the gun he used to kill Shinjiro. Jin stopped him,and asked him not to be so reckless,the same thing Takaya told Jin before,which was quite ironic,but in terms of Jin,maybe he has developed as a character,although we didn't get to how he was,initially.

From this line,we can tell that they genuinely believe that the Dark Hour will be eradicated if we defeat this last Shadow,as with the rest of us,but it seems they know they know the consequences were such a thing to happen,something we didn't know,not yet.

After all that he said,about not wanting Takaya to be so reckless,Jin just didn't Takaya to die first.. He and Takaya decided to plunge down the Gekkoukan Bridge together. :) How Sweet.

Not as cool as 'This is how it should be',but still a very cool dying/losing speech.As opposed to the conventional 'NOOOOOOO/Curse YOUUUUU'.

Were they actually holding hands..?

"What they hell were they thinking..!?" Said Stupei. I could have asked you the same things thousands of times,what the hell were YOU thinking. Stop acting smart bro. Well I guess this was quite personal for you so I'll stop bashing you. Hm.



Akihiko : They chose their own fate. Don't let it faze you.

Well said.

We head on to the Final Big Shadow,whose arcana is the Hanged Man.

Shadow XII,Hanged Man.

Literally 'hanged',on a cross,carried by a propellor that resembles multiple angel wings.This scene is quite majestic,quite fitting for a final boss. Except that we haven't really found any real 'bad guys' with huge evil ambitions(destroy the world,conquer the world,eradicate humanity,etc.).I wonder if the game is gonna end before us killing an asshole,like Aizen/the Great Father.

Due to my buffing/debuffing routine when a boss fight starts,the fight was settled in a short time,and yeah I had fun beating the sh*t out of him.Me and Aki did the most damage,as expected. :) Not to say the girls weren't a big help.

So...With all the 12 shadows our of the equation..I dare say.....

Yeah,what she said. :)

 Time to wrap things up and also this blog. We reached the top of Tartarus,killed Strega and defeated all 12 of the Big Shadows. Junpei wasted no time in asking Mitsuru to arrange for a celebration . He was also the one who decided what food we would be having for the party : Sushi. Personally,I don't like having raw fish for food. But it seems like everyone else is happy with it,so I guess I'm cool with it. Everyone was deciding what they wanted to eat,and Aigis comes out and says :

LOL!!

Junpei: That's not fair,you don't even eat!!

Well,we got rid of the Dark Hour,even though no one knows it. And everyone should miraculously recover from their so called 'Apathy Syndrome' all at the same time,so I guess all's well.

The following day,everyone was psyched up for the party tonight,especially Junpei of course. He never misses out on any of these occasions. At night,when we reached the dormitory..

I've never had Sushi before,so I wouldn't know whats huge and what wasn't. But this display of food looks like its begging to be eaten.

Everyone including Takeharu Kirijo(Mitsuru's father) was here,including his 2 bodyguards,which came for some free food I presume. Yeah the lame joker wasn't here. Umm..Ikutsuki Shuji,or Shuji Ikutsuki..Damn I forgot which came first,oh well who cares. I bet he's gonna make a lame joke as soon as he sees the food though.

Aki said he was at the laboratory to give Aigis a tune-up. I mean,there isn't anything wrong with her,so why bother? Moresoever,the Dark Hour is gone now,is it even necessary? Hm..Maybe he is removing her weapons,to make her more like human..? Anything goes.

Oh yeah we forgot about Mitsuru's father. He made a speech that was supposed to put everyone at ease,but made us all a bit reluctant instead.

D=

Continued : Though you will never recieve the recognition you deserve, it is undoubtedly a monumental achievement.The twelve Shadows that were the cause of all our troubles have been destroyed, thanks to your efforts. You needn't bear this burden any longer; you deserve a chance to experience the joys of youth.No longer must you put your lives on the line in battle. Tomorrow, you can triumphantly return to a normal school life.

Everyone should be thrilled,but it seems like they had gotten used to the shadow-exterminating night-life. Maybe they even enjoyed killing shadows now that they have gotten a hold of their powers. But nothing lasts forever,not even miracles. So,adieu,Personas.

After we took a picture and dug in on the food,it was almost 12am before we knew it.We didn't care though,as we knew the world wouldn't turn 'green' again..............

Yeah WTH???

Is the Dark Hour staying for good? Were our efforts futile? < These might be the thoughts circulating in some of their minds right now. As for me and Aki,we're thrilled we get to fight more. Oh wait,Aki's changed.I guess I'm the only one glad about this. :)

Even so,Aki had doubts about the Dark Hour going away so easily.Apparently,he was spot on. Everyone was still trying to collect their thoughts,until something happened again. We heard a bell tolling,in the distance. It spooked everybody out. The sound seemed to be from Tartarus. Having a bad feeling about this,everyone geared up and headed to Tartarus. Woahh..Bell toll...True Final Boss??

Sup man,you missed out on the Sushi.

There he was. Wasn't sure why he was standing at the entrance of Tartarus,maybe he finished tuning Aigis up.And the lab was in school.So he was nearby Tartarus when the Dark Hour began.We called out to Aigis ,but it seemed like she was....depressed...over the Dark Hour maybe? Maybe she didn't want to fight anymore..or..?

Emo Aigis 1.2.

Ikutsuki spoke.But he wasn't joking,this time around.

Wha?

Akihiko reprimanded Ikutsuki-kun in saying that he told SEES that the Dark Hour and Tartarus would disappear once the 12 Shadows were eradicated,and even told us there was evidence to support it. I'm sure he didn't have any evidence at the time,but was still confident that we were going to believe whatever crap he threw at us.

Mitsuru started deducing that Ikutsuki had SEES tricked. She was right. The 12 Shadows,as we knew were part of 1 large entity,who had been separated. Thanks to the party constantly destroying them 1 by 1,this seemed to recombine them back into 1 piece. Somehow.Someway..

um..cool?

So,Ikutsuki says that he was one of the scientist of this particular 'shadow-harnessing' project. Somewhere along the lines,the project went wrong,but that wasn't what created Tartarus/the Dark Hour. The manifestation of the Dark Hour/Tartarus wasn't an accident ; it was the result of them harnessing the Shadows' powers. So it could be said that the experiment was a success,up to that point.

This seems to also have been the reason that Mitsuru's grandfather gathered so many Shadows together : To bring about the Fall.

All Ikutsuki's talks about harvesting the Shadows powers for creating a time machine was total bull. What they really wanted to achieve was the destruction of mankind. As Ikutsuki says,humans have filled this world up,yet they turned it into a void.

According to Ikutsuki's beliefs,the Fall will be orchestrated by 'The Prince' , whom we know nothing of as of yet.And once The Prince have 'delivered'(killed) us all,he shall rule over the new world as the King. But if there isn't anyone to rule,how the hell can you be a king..? Meh.

So it seems that the project was being commenced towards the aim of mankind's annihilation,claiming it to be salvation for us,the corrupted. I can't disagree,not at all.

Yukari asked Ikutsuki about his father's dying message,was he lying to her,too? Ikutsuki said Eiichiro Takeba actually did make that recording by himself,but he did a bit of editting here and there,to completely change the meaning of his dying message. As Mitsuru phrases it, Ikutsuki 'doctored' Yukari's dad's dying message.

Seems that Eiichiro was dragged into this mess and couldn't get out of it,even though he didn't wish for mankind's annihilation like the rest of the team.

Despite all that was said,everyone was firm in their decision to correct the mistakes of the past.Everyone took their battle stances and prepared to fight and stop Ikutsuki from doing whatever he was going to do.But...

Kinda confused.I thought she was made to kill shadows?

 Well...ridiculous as it may seem...Aigis overpowered the whole SEES team single-handedly,and on the following scene,she doesn't even look like she got scratched..Was she always that powerful?? Or was the party too hesitant to point their swords at a former teammate? We'll never know..

Put a death flag on this dude,he's gone for sure.

Somehow, ridiculous things kept on happening back-to-back. Mitsuru's father miraculously arrived on the scene,just before everyone got burnt to cinders/offered to a hungry beast or sacrificed one way or the other.  Ikutsuki said that Mitsuru's grandpa was an unlucky person ; his descendants did not embrace the same ideology as he did,that death of our kind is a form of salvation. Takeharu rejected this ideal entirely.

Annoyed,Ikutsuki ordered Aigis to rid of Takeharu. But Mitsuru's pleas have somehow reached Aigis' robot heart. She became hesitant to do as Ikutsuki ordered. Ikutsuki knew he had to finish off Mr.Takeharu personally,he pulled out a gun and at the same moment,Takeharu pulled out his. Each of them released a bullet which gave one another a fatal wound. But it seemed that Takeharu was hit in a more critical spot. Tough looking person as he was(with that eyepatch of his) and looking as or even more bulky than Akihiko,he fell down earlier before Ikutsuki. I mean,Ikutsuki is such a skinny guy who never seems to work out,who is more brain over brawn,how could he have more endurance anyway? Another mystery,perhaps.

Ikutsuki gave Aigis a command,this time he was dead serious. He asked her to gun all of the crucified SEES members down and offer them as sacrifices for The Fall. Aigis seemed like she couldn't resist his commands any longer and pointed her gun at the MC..but then..she started saying my(MC's) name.."Arisato..Arisato..." ..

It seems like she didn't want  to have anything to do with this betrayal,and that Ikutsuki forced her into it..matters not..Maybe we'll have Chidori/the Strega duo who supposedly died come to the rescue..Quite cool when you think about it,eh?Nahhhh...

Instead Aigis skillfully aimed at the chains tying the SEES members to the cross and shot them down without harming them. As all of them got free,Ikutsuki was on his last straw,he was barely breathing as he was bleeding none stop from the stomach...Hm? The stomach,of course! Everyone had Sushi for dinner but Ikutsuki shouldn't have had dinner as he was supposed to come but was busy brainwashing Aigis! That means Ikutsuki apparently got hit critically..in a spot which had been empty and growling..Good one,Takeharu!

Well,it was a double KO. Ikutsuki died,looking like he was reaching for the moon before he drew his last breath. As for Takeharu,he just died,I guess,I couldn't remember.

Takeharu felt guilty for what his father had done to the world,as was Mitsuru with her grandfather. Thats why,he decided that he would put his life on the line to atone for the next generation. He's a good father and person. Mitsuru also seemed to love her father a lot. She became the FIRST Persona-user just because she wanted to protect her father. It seems like before this whole Shadow shenanigan,Mitsuru and her father might have been very loving to each other. But burdened by guilt,Takeharu couldn't be a cheerful father anymore,same as what happened with Ikutsuki. Some things in life you can't avoid,they just happen.

R.I.P dude.

As with the death of Ken's mother,the authorities classify Mitsuru's father's death as an unknown 'illness'.Well,in order to classify this as an illness,you have to at least have the body checked out by the forensics or the doctor,or something,right? If they actually had eyes,they could tell straight away that he got killed by gunfire. Ok what about this : The corpse of people who die during the Dark Hour,disappears permanently as the Dark Hour expires on that particular day. But if that were the case,first the authorities must have dispatched some people to look for his corpse,instead of reporting his death as due to illness.Strange huh? Either the authorities are aware of the Dark Hour and is trying to maintain order,or they are just plain incompetent.

Seems like no one in school talked about Mr Ikutsuki's death too. Seems like no one gave a sh*t about him,even though he was in charge of  a student body at Gekkou High. Sad..eh? Maybe everyone hated his jokes that much.

Due to his father's sudden passing,Mitsuru has many 'extra-curicullar' activities to attend to,such as succeeding her father's business and tying up loose ends,whatnot. As she is the only child of Takeharu,she has to do as much. Hell,I'm afraid they'd even arrange a marriage for her,just as they did with Medaka...o_O NO!!!

As of such,she won't be going to Tartarus with me for a looooooooooooooong time. And if she isn't going,neither will I. >:"(

Meanwhile,we assemble at the dorm (everyone except Mitsuru) to discuss about the questions we have unanswered :

• How do we get rid of the Dark Hour/Tartarus?
• What exactly is 'The Fall'?
• Who is 'The Prince' who will supposedly bring us to our end?

• What exactly would have happened if we were sacrificed on the spot,and died along with Kirijo Takeharu,on that night?

 Still dumbfounded,Akihiko says we shouldn't dwell on it,that standing around won't produce any answers. Since Tartarus and the Shadows are still there,we might as well explore more of it and see what answers we can find. Good one,former battle maniac.Everyone agrees with him and decide to return to their rooms.

Meanwhile,Fuuka told Yukari she found a fragmented video in the late Shuji's computer and managed to restore the video to the point where it is watchable again,and asked her whether she was interested. She was,and she went back to her room to play the video.

Derp.Not like its unexpected.The pre-editted,original version of Eiichiro's recording.

In his recording,he states that his employer (Mitsuru's grandfather) had been obsessed with a fearful idea.(Deliverance to all) He tried to stop this from happening,by setting free the shadows (maybe referring to the 12 big ones and the others currently crawling in Tartarus) that he thinks is certain to torment future generations. But he had to do this,had he not,the whole world would have paid the price.(Boom) Then came the juicy part..

Eiichiro:You must not hunt the shadows that have dispersed!(Definitely referring to the 12 Shadows).

^^^^ Wow lol Ikutsuki really had us tricked. But had we not hunted the Shadows,humanity might not have faced instant annihilation,but extinction of humanity will creep nearer every passing decade! Victims of apathy syndrome will keep increasing until everyone is affected..That said..I think its over for this world..There is no hope unless we figure out a clear way to prevent 'The Fall' and getting rid of the Dark Hour at the same time.

The following part of the letter was more personal.

Eiichiro: To Yukari..I promised that I'd be home soon,and I'm sorry to break that promise..

Tear-jerker ="(

Thus,the video ended with an enormous explosion,meaning he had set the shadows apart,temporarily.

With this,Yukari's belief for her father being correct was now undisputable.Nobody in the world could change the way she thinks about her father : A loving,heroic father.

Not wanting to shame her father,she found the motivation to continue fighting for her beliefs,that her father was right and try to do what her father could not : Save the world.

He presents me the 'contract' I signed when I first stepped into Gekkou dorm. 'I chooseth this fate of mine own free will.'

The scene shifts to the Velvet room,where Igor tries to be a smart and remind me of something I had never forgotten.

Igor: There is no need to worry. Whichever path you choose, I shall respect your decision. However, only you will bear the responsibility for your actions...no matter what end they may bring about. Please remember that.

That was an entirely pointless conversation.To me at least. :/


So the next scene was of Junpei visiting Chidori at the hospital. They had small chat,and Junpei noticed Chidori stopped being emo and hurting herself. He told her he was glad,and held her hands,praising their beauty. Then Chidori snapped.

Whoaaaah. o_O

She tells Junpei she used to find it fun having him around to keep her company. But suddenly for her,it 'hurts' and she can't 'breathe'..Oh no..Don't tell me..First Love for both parties!!?? :O

Or maybe Junpei just annoys the f*ck out of her. Enough to give her an auto-headache. :/ I vote for the latter. xD

Skipping on to 3 days later. At school,a new kid names Mochizuki Ryoji transfers into our class. At first,no special impressions about him. But it kinda bugged me how all the girls found him 'cute'. My first impression of him was...nothing really..Normal..I guess? He doesn't really stand out. The girls,whats wrong with their EYES !?!?!? Why do they find any new transfer kid cute !? Well,I guess thats not the case for Bebe,the foreginer.. >_>

Definitely not hot. xD

*Whines* But still....~ Nevermind. =/

His background information : Lived overseas due to parents' work. So he may be unaccustomed to the Japanese culture. Be sure to show him the ropes! <3 - Ms Toriumi..Yeah right psshhh!

So,Ryoji goes ahead to choose his own seat and walks past MC/Aigis. He started by giving Aigis a greeting since he found her cute,I suppose. But Aigis was unusually hostile to him,labelling him as 'dangerous'..Which lead me to thinking...Does he have anything to do with 'The Fall'...Maybe..'The Prince'..? There is no concrete evidence as of yet,and I can't find a reason why he would transfer to school and befriend us if he was going to kill us all anyway.

Mitsuru has been depressed for a long time,but even so she hasn't shirked her responsibilites as a member of SEES ; nor as the daughter of the head of the Kirijo Group. That right there,is pure willpower for you. Props to Kirijo Mitsuru! ^_^

Ah ah enough of the story,we're going on a school trip,baby! This time (which is my first time ever since transferring to Gekkoukan,and most possibly the last) we're on a trip to Kyoto,which is the more traditional part of Japan,I presume. We'll be visiting shrines,hot springs , you name it,all of those traditional Japanese stuff we see in the TV,we're going to experience it first hand. :D Of course,we'll be wearing Yukatas/Kimonos/Hakamas some of the times amidst the school trip. Sorry I can't distinguish between the 3. :P Excited,excited!

Back to our life again. Mitsuru finally has found some time to come back to the dormitory,but she appeared so lethargic and depressed that she went straight back into her room,without talking to anyone.Can't blame her.If I had been in her shoes,MAYBE I would feel the same way. I said maybe,because she has such a heavy,heavy,burden to carry that I can't even begin to imagine how much sh*t she is going through right now. I mean,having to take care of your father's business errands,and to save the world from impending doom WHILE keeping your grades consistent,isn't anything a mere 15-17 year old should be capable of doing..

Still,Mitsuru was still human. It was the first time she had ever been absent for a Student Council meeting.Her,being the responsible,'perfect' woman she is,suddenly missing one of these meetings,must come as a shock to many. In fact,Yukari decided to go and ask her about it.

Bla..bla..bla..Skipping the chitchat..

Something that she's been holding inside for the whole time.Finally decides to let Mitsuru know whats up.

Yukari becomes up front with her. Yukari hasn't been particularly fond of Mitsuru since god knows. The same as how Junpei feels about Arisato-kun. Maybe they are enviable of his/her apparent perfection,their exceptionality. I've been that way before,but its just a very mild case,even so. I understand what its like to scorn someone who does better than you,even if he is a close friend.But of course,I don't snap at them as often as Junpei does,he is a jealous donkey to the max.

Even so,she says she knows what it feels like to lose a father. Literally. Just as the conversation was going to deepen..Ryoji drops in to hit on both of them. Of course,he knew which one was worth more and gunned for Mitsuru first.(No offense,Takeba.:P) He asked her out like the stud he was ; he knew a place at Shirakawa Boulevard he would like to ask her to....Very outgoing isn't he..o_O

Yeah as expected,Mitsuru is quite clueless to stuff like these.(Love,spring time of youth,etc.)Her reaction to Ryoji's advances : 'Huh...?' xD

Yukari quickly sent Mitsuru back to her duties before the situation worsened(?). As Mitsuru went along,Ryoji turned his sights onto Yukari like nothing happened,like every girl available out there is a viable choice for him. Woooooooooo. You devil,you. Yukari gave him a stomp on his foot,and a glare to go along with it. Wow,must be the third[second,since Mitsuru indirectly rejected his invitation for a dinner(first,when Aigis brushes him off as 'dangerous' before he even gets to hit on her)] time he got rejected by a girl already,and all of them were from the SEES extra-curicullar group....Some unique girls we have here,eh! Well,I'm sure Fuuka would be vulnerable to such coaxing,seeing as she blushed from even JUNPEI's sad attempts of flattery,good thing he never found the chance to approach her..@_@

I've been procrastinating a lot when it came to blogging , which was the only thing I found meaningful during my pre-college life. I'm 1 'day' away from completing Persona 3 Portable,and here I am,2(3?) months behind schedule,ridiculous!Soo...Back to blogging,alas!

Ryoji worked his way into the SEES group quite naturally,agreed?

I thought SEES would only hang out amongst themselves,but I guess they feel something special about Ryoji,or maybe just accepted him into the group 'cuz he's good looking/popular. They said this was an awesome/luxurious inn,but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary,well I'm lying,obviously. There is the hot springs,and I think the inn actually gives each guest their own japanese-style shirt..Hakama?Yukata?Kimono? I still don't know the difference,honestly it wouldn't matter to me as of yet.

Ryoji really,really wasted no time in looking for the girls. Geishas might be more common in a traditional city like Kyoto,so Ryoji was really looking forward to seeing a few,and..hit on them? Not sure. Not sure if there are some teenage (15~18 year old) geishas,it would be quite awesome (for me,Junpei and Ryoji).

OKOKOK,I've renewed my opinion/knowledge of Geishas. At first,I thought they were high-class 'prostitutes' or 'entertainers' only found in high-class hotels throughout Japan. Well,screw that thought,and myself,they have a much 'deeper' tradition/roots in Japan that I had originally believed. Apparently, 艺者(Geisha) are exactly what they are called , 'entertainers',but not sexually,like I previously imagined. On contrary,they sing and dance to entertain the guests.

Something else which is interesting about Geishas. The national average for age amongst starting Geishas are 18,but in Kyoto,15-year old Geishas aren't uncommon. Which is why Ryoji is looking forward not to meeting a Geisha,in particular,but it was to meet a Geisha who was as young as we are. :P

More trivia:

•  A geisha-in-training is called a 'Maiko'.(舞者） which literally stands for dancer.
•  A geisha who is married has to quit her proffesion(It might be a law,or just their tradition.) But that being said, its also a guarantee that all Geishas are single,which means if you like one,go for it,tiger!
•  Geishas have to put on very thick make-up for some reason,definitely traditional. Doesn't suit my tastes but I guess the Japanese community still finds it appealing.

A Geisha. Wow,if all of them were like this..maybe I'll go to Japan quite often during my holidays.

 Yeah enough about the Geishas LOL. Back to the game.

Mitsuru zoing out,looking at the beautiful sunset at the river. I'd like to witness something that beautiful myself.

Although she agreed to tag along for the school trip (more like,obliged to go,being the Student Council President who had a hand in the arrangements),she still hasn't bounced back from the whole Shuji Ikutsuki incident. I mean,who could,in such a short time? So many things have happened to her in one night.. Ikutsuki's deceit,her father's death,and the discovery that everything she fought for was a lie. To have your whole life denied in a short period of 1 hour(during the Dark Hour),must be very tough,again,something I can't imagine.

Yukari tries to cheer Mitsuru up,but Mitsuru asks her why she would bother to do so,since they have done everything they had set out to do together,which was to defeat the 12 shadows,and that they have no common goal right now. Yukari began to talk about her own past,that she lived in Kyoto some years back and frequently came to the riverbank whenever she was depressed,with only her belief in her father to keep her going on. Ever since her father died,her mother had thrown herself at random men,not because she didn't love him,but perhaps that she loved him TOO much,and was unable to bear the loneliness that came too suddenly.

Well,even though she her father was wrong,she acknowledged him trying his best to right his mistakes,even if it meant giving up his own life. Thats why Yukari was going to do what her father couldn't : To get rid of the Dark Hour,which was Eiichiro's last/final/dying wish.

'Final' wish ; this word seemed to wake Mitsuru up,she knew of her father's final wish herself,and thus,the new resolution in her heart,which was similar to Yukari's and the rest of the SEES members',awakaned a new Persona,Artimesia. Seriously. It should be,MUST be,spelt and read Ultimecia,but the name doesn't matter,what matters is,Mitsuru is finally moving on.

From a 'princess'..

Into a 'queen'.

"Yukari,will you stand with me until the end?" ,said Mitsuru with a straight face.

Yukari was dumbfounded,but no,she wasn't blushing. This isn't going to be a start of a lez relationship,no sir.But it might as well be close.

Yukari: "Now we have everything out in the open(referring to their secrets,past,thoughts,etc),we have nothing to hide now,lets take a bath together!"

Mitsuru: "Nothing to.....hide?" *Blush* << Oh sheet are they really gonna go that way!?!?? And I was having a blast,advancing my social links with Yukari too! Oh man I guess time's up...Wait wait cool down man! Calm down..

So,from the sound of it,seems like they're going to the hot springs as soon as they reach the inn.

Eh,whats this? We're also going to the hot springs!? And mysteriously,Junpei and Ryoji were the ones who came up with the idea of going to the hot springs at this time. Oh hold on, before this,one mini-skit concerning Kenji Tomochika(Magician S.Link,can't remember how I bothered to remember this dude's name) and Hiramaru Kazuya..Hold on..not Hiramaru..but I'm sure he's a Kazuya..(I maxed my S.Link with him but couldn't even remember his freaking name lol. Chariot S.Link)

Kenji wasted no time in recruiting Kazuya,his roommate as an accomplice in peeping at the girls during their visit to the hot springs. Kazuya was very unenthusiastic about this,and even tried to talk Kenji out of it.

Oh by the way I got our 'Chariot' S.Link dude's name entirely wrong.Apparently its Miyamoto KazuSHI not KazuYA. o_O *Facepalm*

Kenji : "So this is your 'limit' huh.. I'm disappointed in you,Kazushi..I believed you would smile in the face of adversity..Seems I was wrong"
^^^^ Him taking advantage of Kazushi since he knows Kazushi takes 'keywords' like 'limit/adversity/challenge' seriously.

Kazushi : " Hmmmmm..So thats how it is..!! Well..If you put it that way..."*Chatter*
^^^^ WOW LOL!! It seems that Junpei and Ryoji aren't the only ero-pair in this trip to Kyoto! xD (Although for the second pair,only one side is interested about the girls,and for Ryoji-Junpei,both of them are looking forward to it)

So,we're at the hot springs!We changed and went in.

Someone brought up a question as to when the girls would come in. Then someone else answered that the spring was open to males at certain times and females at other times.

Akihiko asked this question out of curiousity , not anticipation :

This dick is acting dumb I swear.

One more thing,I'm not gay but trying to state the obvious. Due to a conversation I had with him earlier this year,Akihiko stated that he consumes protein regularly,for the sake of training. Fair enough,it seems he really takes this seriously. But what's this?  A SLACKER like Junpei has exactly the same 'physical' appearance as Akihiko. I mean,one trains day in and day out,consumes protein,and doesn't have a strong chest/ripped abs to show off?? Dang. *Derp* By the way Junpei looks stupid no matter how he dresses. I'm a Junpei hater >:D

So,mine(our) guesses are,the girls will come in any second now....Oh sh*t? Yeah the girls really came in lol.Yukari's voice was the first we heard,followed by Fuuka's , Aigis',and finally Mitsuru's.Ryoji was unusually excited about this,he was even thinking of going and greeting the girls.And hopes to score..Really?? Lol. Junpei being the timid ass he is,dunked Ryoji's face in the water.Must hurt a lot,I guess. This splash made a noise just enough to be discovered by the girls.Although I'm unsure why Aigis couldn't 'sense' us. Maybe it was because this is a hot spring and inhibited her usual functions. Or she might have relied on heat-sensoring and this wouldn't work in such a hot place.Who knows?

Fuuka was deployed to determine the source of this mysterious noise. Yuuka went the other side,both of them were circling the 'rock' that the 4 guys were hiding behind. Oh sh*t,what to do,what to do?Ryoji asked,whats the worst that could happen to them,was it to be expelled from school? No,Akihiko said it wouldn't be so simple. Knowing Mitsuru,she would execute them without a second thought. Everyone gulped and decided to avoid detection at all costs...Except for me,of course. We could have chosen to stealthily manuever around the rock until they finally chose to give up,or,as for me,I could go for the 'easy' way out. Yes.Like a boss,I climbed on top of the rock and stood up there,like a king looking down on his subjects.Problem was,only thing I think I had on was a towel..Could they have seen my forbidden fruit?(!) Sorry I knew that sounded gross. :P

Dun dun dun dun..!

Yeah,everyone got freaked out. Mitsuru was RAGING about this. She ordered an execution to be held immediately!....Is this as far as it goes,for us?....Well I guess I would have died a happy man,doing what I wanted to,but those 3 had to die because of my whim. HAHA SERVES YOU LOSERS RIGHT!@Ryoji-Junpei pair. Sorry Aki :/

We got caught and Aigis...I thought she was going to stand up for me...MC T_T...Still it was funny as hell why would she come into the hot springs looking like she always does..-_-

Well..We survived anyways. But according to Aki,Junpei and Ryoji,the 'execution' was so torturous that it wasn't any different than dying. God damn..I really want to know how they got 'executed'!!! O_O

How the 'execution' went might be the largest unanswered mystery of the whole Persona franchise..

While I was there,I bought Amada Ken some Namayatsuhahi,something he had asked for before we went on the school trip. When I got back,the first thing I did was to give him that. Damn. Looks like nothing special happened. No item,no interesting conversation,just a plain 'Thank you.' Should have bought him some booze or alcohol sweets instead. =/

And yeah,the girls were still angry at me/us for FINDING US after coming into the hot springs AFTER we did. You know,instead of us being executed,it should be them! I mean,honestly,even if the order was reversed(The girls entered before us,and we came in later),we would have still been executed,right? -_- Girls are just WAY too shy. Aigis was all : Ignore mode commenced. That was cute lol,she shouldn't even have taken this personally. >_>

Man,you always say the right things,kudos!

So the following week was career experience week. To be honest,nothing special was up about it ; just that by working part-time for a whole week,we learn a lot more about the world and our academics SIGNIFICANTLY increases,which I speculate is at least a '+4',which is higher than GREATLY(+3). Well,my academics is already maxed,dumbass! I wanted to be able to hit on Mitsuru but it seems she is too busy..damn! Damn student council. Well,at least she notices me now. That wraps things up for this week. Oh wait not quite.

This Sunday,the members of Strega came to retrieve their only female member who was in the hospital. Yeah,you heard me right,I'm talking about Takaya and Jin. They survived that freak fall from the bridge and is back to wreak more havoc. You know,its out of topic,but it seems that the Shadows might be afraid of water. I mean,if both Takaya and Jin plunged into the sea,it means they MUST have been unconscious and woke up being surprised at themselves for surviving. During the time they were in the sea,they could have easily been devoured by Shadows had they been aquatic. So that leads me to thinking,if there were a 'water' element in the game,we would scare the sh*t out of every shadow in Tartarus,maybe even those in Monad,lol!

Sooo...The following week,the Dark Hour approached,even without me having any intention to go to Tartarus,and no,there is still a week before the Full Moon.Guess something is up. Apparently,yes.Chidori was standing at the entrance to Tartarus,possibly hoping we'd come by to say hello. I mean,she must be stupid. If SEES  were full of asses they would have just ignored her by giving some kind of excuse like 'This could be a trap,maybe we should just ignore her' or be even more of an ass and send Junpei to retrieve her alone. Well,maybe Chidori knows we are good people and thus waits in front of Tartarus KNOWING we'd show up.Wait a minute , seems like I rushed it. Actually Chidori 'hijacked' Fuuka and spoke to the SEES team through her Juno. Yeah,Fuuka got pwned 1 on 1. Being annoyed since Chidori lashed out at him last time,Junpei ran to Chidori without thinking twice. And yes,Mitsuru suspected that it was a trap but wasn't cold-hearted enough to dismiss Chidori's provocation.Well,Mitsuru was hoping we could interrogate Chidori and have them shed some light on this situation. I mean,it didn't work before,would it,now?Sheesh.Whatever.

We went,we conquered. I -KAJAed the whole party,-UNDAed her and pounded her in as short as 3 full turns. Damn,I'm strong.

Her weapon of choice,an axe.Doesn't suit her,aye? I think a gun would suit her better than it would Takaya,though.

 She falls. Junpei lifts her in his arms. She tells Junpei that she hates him.And what she fear is not death,it is attachment. Thats true. For all of us. We fear death because we are attached to worldly things.Family,Money,Friends,Love. When attached,we fear death. Thats why fearing death and fearing to be attached comes hand in hand. And with this,its undisputable ; She is in love with Junpei,which is the reason why it 'hurts' when she meets him as of late.

Takaya and Jin appear,deciding that Chidori could be of no more use to them,since she has her thoughts 'poisoned' by the SEES crew.C'mon,Takaya.She isn't being poisoned. She is being 'dis-poisoned'. You know it.Thats how I see it,and how the rest of the world sees it , at least,well,to each our own opinion.

Listen to da man swear!

Aki : You friggin' ghost! < Epic.

Takaya said they aren't ghosts,since they aren't dead yet,and that they're chosen since they survived even though they themselves have tried to give up living.

Junpei was resolute.He wanted to protect Chidori from Takaya and Jin at all costs.He didn't want their brainwashing to affect her any further. I'm not sure who started this 'Strega' group.Most likely Takaya. He's ruined Chidori's life by making her think of thoughts that he himself doesn't consider 'poison'. As the saying goes,One man's meat is another man's poison.And for the rest of the world,Takaya's meat is our poison,we should not view the world so hopelessly like he does.Its OK to be attached,and to fear losing something,also to fear death,as this gives us the energy to continue living.

But I gotta admit,what Takaya did is very badass and original.

After hearing Junpei's declaration. > "I'll protect Chidori with my life!"

That's right,he didn't even try brush off Junpei's brave words or demoralise him in any way. He just pulled out his gun,aimed at him,and BANG. WOW. If EVERY villian which existed in fiction plays like Takaya does,the good guys would NEVER win. He attacks fast,and strong. No hesitation. 一击必杀. Yeah lets take for example,Aizen Sousuke.Talks so damn freaking much that he lost during the crucial stretch.He should have been like Takaya. Pull out your gun(For Aizen,draw your sword) and BANG(Chop his head off,do anything,as long as its fatal). 1 hit KO. Even Ichigo can't survive a slash to the neck which separates his head from the rest of his body. Enough of that,Takaya's a mean customer.

Yeah.After the bang,Junpei looked at his wound taken from the gunshot. He knelt on the floor and passed out. Just like that. Dead. The scene shifts into the hospital where Chidori was confined in.(methinks) This time,the one on the bed wasn't Chidori ; It was Junpei. Chidori says she's happy he's awake,but Junpei wasn't sleeping,was he? Well,it seems that shot really DID kill him. And right now,they're connecting with each other on a level more intimate than physically or mentally. Yeah,it seems they are spiritually connected as of now,in a world with only the two of them as the inhabitants. Although the time was short,they get to become honest with each other.

She blamed Junpei for a 'pain' in her chest everytime she sees him,and has snapped at him at their previous encounter in the hospital. She admitted her fault. This 'heartache' was born due to her attachments to this world,to Junpei and to living. Ever since she awakened to her powers,she knew that she was going to die soon. She wasn't afraid back then,because she had nothing in life to hold on to.She does now that she met Junpei and finally found someone who treated her nicely from the bottom of his heart. Genuine affection,something she possibly never felt before due to people alienating her,or a tragic past.

 In my opinion,being afraid to die doesn't make you weak,in fact,if you look at it from another perspective,you're 'stronger' than before.Thats how I feel. For now,I too,am sitting on the fence between strong and weak,not knowing which side I will fall into.I'm lacking the 'drive',you know? The S.Links. :P

Chidori confesses her affection to Junpei.

As sweet as this was,although its true that nothing lasts forever.This was too short and tragic.

Chidori : That's why this is how it should be. You can't die here,Junpei.

^ ?!?!?!?!? When people die willingly,sacrificing themselves for others,that's when you hear 'this is how it should be.' It means that person has not given up on living,but decides that his/her life should be used to light a spark or brighten others' lives. That they have no regrets and has done everything they wanted to do in this world. Although Mitsuru's father did not say the same when he died,you could tell that he also felt that 'this is how it should be'. I mean,his one life was exchanged for the revival of SEES and the lives of its members. That said,before their death,they have guaranteed that their wills will live forever in the person they have entrusted it to.

Oh,I ran my mouth without telling you what happens next,huh? Well..Chidori was seen to be able to revive dead flowers and heal from wounds at an amazing pace. Fuuka concludes that her ability is not to detect life,but to 'emit' it. This explains why Strega could find the 'Hanged Man' Shadow(12th boss) when Chidori was still held 'hostage' in the hospital. She might not have been their 'sensor' like Fuuka,but she is a bonafide 'support' type.Well,one mystery solved,I suppose!

And yes,to revive flowers and get rid of wounds requires little to no effort,but to breath some life into a corpse,requires an equal amount of 'life force' from the user. Chidori gave her all for Junpei. Junpei came to,but Chidori went down in exchange.

Her final words : Thank you Junpei,I love you....

Wow,although I didn't like her AT ALL before,I do now,even if for only a bit. I mean...C'mon..Takaya..Jin..you will PAY for ruining her life!!

Takaya : What a pity..Such a meaningless death..

That sure pissed Junpei off. I'm sure it pissed off all the SEES members too,this time,even I am infuriated by Takaya. I've had enough of his BS I suggest we kick his ass now!! Why is everyone just staring like its a show...-_-

Well,tonight,Junpei was the man. He stepped up for Chidori. He got so pissed and resolute that his Persona evolved in front of everyone else.

First,he summons.

The main point : The useless people looking like they're surprised,in the back,and me,acting like this is a live action movie.

So Junpei's Persona Hermes,undergoes a dramatic evolution.

In my opinion,this might be the most legit persona 'evolution' ever.

He looks much cooler now,more like a hero now,but the addition features to his entire physical appearance sort of makes him look a tad lonely,for some reason.

He pulls out an epic Maragidyne on Takaya and Jin. I'm not sure if Jin took the brunt of the damage,but he was the only one to fall after taking the hit. Takaya on the other hand,had shaky knees ; Its obvious Junpei's desperado attack was quite powerful. Maybe if I had trained Junpei more(he's only level 30 while my other members are 50+ lol) he would have taken them both out,without much resistance from either of them. Well,not sure if my training would change the course of the game,haha,Takaya was trying to act tough under desperate circumstances,like he did when we were going to defeat the Hanged Man Shadow. Jin on the other hand was calm as ice,he knows they got better stuff to do than to risk their lives in this petty skirmish. Thanks to the composed Jin,Strega got out of this situation alive,again.

Junpei was going to go after them,of course,but Akihiko told him to cherish the life that Chidori gave to him. That wraps things up for tonight.

 When everyone changed Personas,there were obvious positive changes to their personality,making them emotionally stronger and ridding them of some bad habits. I think thats why the form of their Personas totally changed too,as opposed to Junpei's Hermes which only underwent a change in color and addition of physical features. Of course,everyone else retained the basic 'structure/blueprint' of their original Personas,to remind us that we can't run away from our true selves but can change ourself enough to like oneself. On Junpei's Persona Evolution : I think like a Super Saiyan,his Persona did the same,just became angry and turned red. And the addition of features mean he'll be saying more good stuff from now on,instead of being an insensitive jerk most of the time. It doesn't mean he's less annoying when talking about girls or getting attention,he's still the bad old Junpei that Yukari says we 'love' and know.

So we go back to the dormitory and find a way together to try and cheer Junpei up,since this incident hit him quite hard. I guess the others feel guilty for just standing by and doing nothing that night,that they might have lost Junpei had Chidori not sacrificed herself. Junpei's an ass,and nobody likes him,but we gotta learn to read the mood and not bash him when the time isn't right. Well,no one could find the right words to say to him to cheer him up.But that didn't mean nobody knew how he felt. Everyone here already have lost someone important to them,Junpei was the only exception. That didn't mean that he HAD to lose someone to stand on equal footing with them but,I guess shit happens,to everyone.

Just when things were going nowhere,Mitsuru handed Junpei the sketchbook that Chidori left behind before running away with Takaya/Jin.It contained portraits of Junpei,which he deems a pain in the chest. Aww first love for both of them,huh? ^_^ Seeing this sketchbook and its contents made Junpei cry about her going for the last time. He's gonna let all the sadness out and let the positive energy flow in. He's going to fulfil her wish and live his life for the both of them.

 She predicted that things weren't going to last long for her,either way. She could refuse going with Takaya,and get shot down on the spot. She could get forced by Takaya into betraying Junpei,and get killed by us. She could betray Takaya and defect to our side,but still have Takaya trying to gun her down before she leaked any important intel. She could just get killed by her own crazy Persona. Either way,she knew her death was imminent and instead of going against fate,she decided to embrace it and make life beautiful when it lasts. She did. She made Junpei so much stronger and gave him a reason to live his life to the fullest.

Junpei isn't reluctant about the Dark Hour going away anymore(since he won't be able to use his Persona powers). He's adamant to get rid of it like everyone else,finally. Now we're all on the same track,lets go,SEES! Also,it seems like he doesn't care much about hogging the spotlight anymore. He don't care if I get attention for everything I do now,and to prove it,he apologized to me for constantly b*tching at me for me always being 'leader' and 'carry'-ing every single shadow operation. I was given a few choices to reply,and I went with  "Don't count on me." . He responded with "Heh,always a punk,eh." Well,if Social Links were possible with males of the SEES team,I guess this would be the start of our friendship. Guess not. Oh well,too bad,so sad. :)

A few days later,I return to the dorm after advancing some S.Link and this is the first thing I hear,from good old Junpei.

He's certainly back to being Stupei. Acting tough about something he shouldn't be,lol.

 Ryoji seems to be hanging out at the dormitory with the others,and he left as soon as I came by. Not that he hated me,I guess he just had to leave.

Yukari's response to Junpei's statement : Then again,you never do(study)..
^ Like.

When he exitted the dorm,Aigis caught a glimpse of Ryoji. She thought the dorm was off-limits to outsiders,but Mitsuru OK-ed it,since she thought Ryoji could help cheer Junpei up by talking about girls and their boldness in not studying for exams...Yeeeesh..Lol. Aigis continued stating that he was 'dangerous' but the others brushed her warning off like the scouter readings in Dragon Ball Z by thinking that it had malfunctioned. Poor Aigis. :"(

Just as everyone had left,I stayed behind possibly because I was concerned for Aigis' mental well-being. I mean,of course I would,I'm the man! Any female heart who is aching,I'll patch them up. Aigis jumps the gun by telling this to me.

Aigis: A "living" weapon is difficult to operate...however, I believe I understand the concept of loss. Should you ever be harmed, Minato, I...you are very special to me. I do not know why, but I always want to be by your side. I want to protect you...

Thats evident enough that she cherishes me. And she shouldn't ever think that this is one-sided,since I cherish her too. :)

After that,I myself went into my own room to have a good night's rest. Aigis talked to herself. Since she doesn't perceive herself as a living being but more of a 'functioning' unit,the others need not grieve for her because she can never die. Still,there is this dread about Mochizuki Ryoji that she cannot shake off. She claims she has to do something to prevent us all from suffering.. But nothing's wrong now..Whatever could Aigis be talking about...? Is Ryoji really 'The Prince' that will see humanity to its death?.....Mysteries,mysteroes.

"But we don't have any shadows to kill,man this sucks."

Wow,I thought Junpei had already matured past that point,but maybe he is just bummed out that we have no real way of erasing the Dark Hour unless if we had an enemy to defeat.Maybe he just changed for 1 day. Ehheh. And he told us that Ryoji's not feeling good. The Full Moon is a day away,too. Whatever could happen to Ryoji? Or what could he make happen? Or was he just studying too hard,like Junpei suggests?...

So we're at the Full Moon. But theoretically,we have nothing else to fear,since hey,all the big Shadows are down,right? So we'll just sleep through the Dark Hour since nothing's going to happen tonight. Aigis came to me this morning to tell me that she would protect me no matter what happens.. But nothing is going to happen girl,chill the hell out!...

Fuuka showed off her model student qualities second only to Mitsuru. When we returned to the dorm during the evening,Fuuka suspected that nothing was going to happen tonight,but to be safe,she was going to survey the town with Juno and see if she could pick up any readings. Model student,indeed!

While we were surveying for shadows,everyone was gathered at the Command Room(4F). Everyone,except for Aigis. Did Ikutsuki take her for a tuning,again? Awwwwhhhh nah he died. :O If thats the case,wherever could she have gone..and during a night with a Full Moon too..ominous,to say the least...

The scene shifts to Gekkou Bridge. Ryoji was standing there,staring at the huge,green moon. Yeah he wasn't transmogrified and could experience the Dark Hour.. At the very beginning,I thought he was a Persona-using candidate..It seems I'll be proved very very wrong. Aigis confronted Ryoji while he was preoccupied with the moon.

Ryoji seemed to have come here involuntarily,that something or someone might have led him to this place.The truth was soon revealed that Gekkou Bridge was the ground that Ryoji first stepped on when he was 'borne' onto this world. No,not as a baby,but as a shadow. And when he appeared,Aigis was there,aiming to destroy him. Even though he was infinitely weaker than what he originally was,since most of his power seeped out from him when he 'split up',he was still strong enough to make Aigis acknowledge that she couldn't defeat it no matter how hard she tried.

In an act of desperation,the only thing Aigis could do was to seal Death away,in order to prevent him from causing any harm. She doesn't have an issue with sealing Death,but where could she seal it into? The answer came walking by,literally. She encountered me(10 years younger from now,you imagine it) and concluded that I was suitable as a vessel to seal Death into. She didn't hesitate to do so for the  good of the world.Boom.  Death has been inside me for 10 odd years,without me noticing. Perhaps that is the reason that Aigis feels so intent on protecting me from harm and insists on ensuring my safety. She might be feeling guilty about SEALING A MONSTER INSIDE OF ME and is subconsciously trying to make up for it. Well,apology accepted,no hard feelings,really. :)

After his memories have come back,Ryoji recalls that he himself is 'The one that was never meant to be". Why did he say so?

He was created when the huge mass of shadows split into 12 entities,but when they split up,something else was born,he,the shadow of the 'Death' Arcana came to this world. The large mass of shadows,as we know consists of only 12 Arcana,theoretically,but he appeared when they split up.



According to my understanding,I believe that he himself is the huge lump of shadows we were referring to for the course of the story. When he split up into so many different parts,a 'mini-me' of the large cluster of shadows was born,being of the 'Death' Arcana. Yeah that sums it up very nicely. And when the Shadow of the 12 Arcana DO come back together,they would come back to him(Ryoji) ,be absorbed by him,and be complete again,like he was 10 years ago.

Such things will be gone into detail a bit later. For now,Aigis entered her battle stance,to attempt to rid this world of Ryoji/Death. Judging by the looks of it,I would say that she had entered Orgia Mode in order to combat Ryoji,but it seems that wasn't the case,seeing that she could summon her Persona,Palladion into battle.She tried her best,she didn't hold back,nor did she hesitate,but this time around,Ryoji was 'complete'. She had the resolution too,shown when saying : I am Aigis, the last remaining Anti-Shadow Emergency Control Weapon. A machine created to destroy Shadows.

Ryoji : Stop,don't be foolish,Aigis! << This sounded so cool,coming from him,I really like him now.
Ryoji: There's no way you can win,I'm different from before. It doesn't have to be that way..! *Pwn*

Although in human form,he is now,potentially as powerful as the huge collection of shadows that existed 10 years ago. He defeated Aigis without doing so much as lifting a finger. He just stood on his ground and released a wave of energy into his surroundings,making Aigis fall on her knees. "I am scared..." She says,when she got soundly defeated by Ryoji.I'm not sure if she was scared that she wouldn't see me again,or if she was frightened by the scale of Ryoji's power.

There you have it. Most of the story's questions are answered in this full moon.

• Who was Pharos? He was Mochizuki Ryoji who was sealed inside MC's being,who had manifested a humanoid appearance and adopted humane feelings due to being inside Me for so long. 
• What was the identity of the first Persona(besides Orpheus) that had appeared to help us take care of the first huge Shadow the first night we entered the dorm? Thanatos,a.k.a Mochizuki Ryoji/Thanatos(The Persona)/Death.
• Why did the Shadow Arcana happen to stumble into the dorm,the first freaking day I arrived? Because a part of me(Death) was leading us(me and the shadow of the 12 arcana) into each other,in order for us to reunite.
• Why did Pharos disappear as soon as we defeated the 12th Shadow Arcana? Because he became 'complete' when we did so,and had enough power to manifest his own existence in reality,and to come out of MC.But yes,its true that Pharos/Death was,and always will be my friend,no doubt.
• Mochizuki Ryoji's sudden transference into the school(And the same class as MC) as soon as Pharos disappeared? Yeah,it was Pharos,although he himself didn't know it. And it seems that he had false/fabricated memories of living overseas before coming back to Japan,where he believes he was born in.I'm suddenly impressed about the power of the subconscious mind,after looking at MC,Mochizuki Ryoji and Aigis. :D

 After digesting all the plot points,I'm starting to get confused about Ikutsuki's role. Could he have somehow arranged for MC's transfer to the dorm?

Maybe: Aigis told Ikutsuki how she had dealt with the exceptional,13th Arcana. By sealing it into a boy. And since that time,Ikutsuki may have tried hard to track down this boy,and after 10 long years,he finally found MC and somehow arranged for his transferrence into Gekkou High,to put him under surveillance and put his plan into motion,which was to make MC defeat all the Shadow Arcana and reunite them into one entity?
^ I'll leave my beliefs at that,it makes sense to me and that's all that matters.

Even if Ikutsuki didn't find ,the world still wouldn't be at peace,in fact,that itself would also have spelt certain doom for the world. The Shadows would just slowly,but surely spread their influence across the globe,and maybe after a century,everyone would be 'Lost'. By inviting MC into the dorm and forming the rest of the SEES crew along the way,perhaps Ikutsuki made a winning team,without being aware of it. He made a team strong enough to combat the shadows and save the world,not what he planned at all.

OK,enough revelations,back to reality. We recall about the past,reviewed the story so far and witnessed an epic battle between Ryoji/Aigis.Not that they were ever evenly matched but the choreography was superb.

We turn our sights back to the SEES team in the dorm.Fuuka tells Yukari that she is worried that sometime might happen during the night with a Full Moon. Yukari jests that we are starting to sound like workaholics now. Haha. Jokes on you,Yukari. As long as there is a Full Moon,with a Dark Hour,something is bound to happen,even though we don't like it,we have to accept the fact.

Apparently,Fuuka did sense something going on. She sensed Aigis,and a Persona appearing,but moments later the reading of both Aigis and her Persona was lost. Something might have happened to her,and she pinpointed Aigis' location : Gekkou Bridge. They speculated that Strega was behind this,but boy were they surprised when they actually found out whats up.

They saw Aigis on her knees,with smoke seering out of her chest. In front of her,was Mochizuki Ryoji. Feeling threatened,Akihiko was prepared to fight. But Mitsuru stopped Akihiko before he could get his own ass kicked. She asked Ryoji very straightforwardly : Who are you...WHAT are you?

He's the embodiment of 'all' shadows,The Appriser/Death,the union of the Shadows of the 12 Arcana. The purpose of his already grand existence,was to act as a 'beacon' for an even more majestic existence.To guide the Maternal Being onto Earth and have her wipe out humanity's will to exist,turning us all into....The Lost.He also reveals to everyone else about what happened 10 years ago,and what shocked everyone the most was,you guessed it,that Death/Ryoji was inside MC all along until just recently.

Ryoji: His special Persona awakened, as did the 12 Shadows, all in order to become one with me. <<If this didn't explain things clearer,I don't know what will.

Definitely not your fault..If I could blame,I'd point my finger at Mitsuru's grandfather,but definitely not you.

He apologised for everything and attempted to shoulder all the guilt onto himself. He,now having human emotions,is as much a victim of this as all of us are. I sympathise with him,as I did with Chidori,Takeharu,Eiichiro,and Shinjiro, I really do.

He fell unconscious before we could reveal anymore about the 'Shadows' and humanity's imminent fate.

The next day,while at school,Mitsuru told us that Ryoji came to. We got very sullen when we heard about this,me,Junpei. Not that we weren't glad that Ryoji was OK,but its more to the fact that..We don't want to learn anymore than we already have,the truth is just so hard to bear. As the saying goes,Ignorance truly is bliss. The rest of the world is so blissful,living free from the knowledge of The Fall.

We went back to the dorm and more than anything else,we were concerned about Ryoji's health. But it seems he himself was more concerned about passing us the details concerning the future of mankind.Mitsuru wasted no breath in taking advantage of this situation and asked Ryoji to elaborate on the 'Maternal Being's' coming.

The Maternal Being,Nyx,is the mother of all Shadows. Once, Nyx had already descended onto this world to grant humans our death. If that were the truth,I'm curious as to why we're still here.But that matters not,Ryoji says that the day she descends onto Earth once again,she will cover the Earth in darkness and alas,all life on Earth will perish.

Everyone came to the conclusion that Nyx will turn us all into The Lost and make us lose hope in living.Wow..An average Shadow turns humans into The Lost 1 by 1,but their 'mother',Nyx can do it in one breath,Ryoji was correct when he said that there were no comparable word in our language to describe Nyx,as she was this great an entity. We wanted to use 'godlike',but its an overused word and has been used as overstatements far too often. Theoretically 'godlike' would fit Nyx like a glove,but due to the word being abused,he decided to refer to her as the Maternal Being.Really makes me curious about her appearance and her power.

He apologized to us beforehand,which led Yukari to ask him why he did so. Its as if Nyx's coming is pre-determined. Ryoji told her that was the case. And during the night of Ikutsuki's betrayal,the party heard a bell ringing THIRTEEN times from Tartarus(during the Dark Hour),which most probably is related to the number of Arcana Shadows that exist,which is also 13(including Death). This actually signified the birth of Ryoji,the parting of Pharos from MC and most significantly,the inevitable coming of The Fall.

"When,when will it happen!?!?" Asked a panicked Akihiko. "You probably won't live to see Spring",replied Ryoji. I assume that humanity won't get to live for more than half a year,judging by their despaired faces after hearing Ryoji's answer.

Junpei freaked out.But he composed himself and made a come back..That we would only have to defeat Nyx to prevent the Fall and the destruction of life on Earth. "And that won't be a problem 'coz we never lost!" I imagine that statement from Junpei brought hope back to everyone's faces. But...

Just like a natural phenomenon,like ice melting at room temeperature,like living beings dying from old age,Nyx's coming cannot be negated through our intervention.

He's saying that its not about ability,strength or power,Nyx is literally on a different dimension from us,and it appears only Ryoji alone can understand the sheer majesty of her existence.

Bullshit!! Is what Junpei screamed out..But even though they don't want buy Ryoji's story..It doesn't seem like he is joking..He's taking this very seriously,as opposed to how he normally acts when being around women. Everyone couldn't hide their own fears,anxiety nor despair,all sorts of negative emotions enveloped the command room on the fourth floor.

Ryoji : I was born from a collection of shadows,but I am able to talk with you,laugh with you,and cry with you..All gifts I received because I was inside him.(MC)
^ Seems he is a grateful person.

Ryoji: So,I can give you a choice. Nyx's coming cannot be avoided,but it is possible to live in peace until she arrives,you'll have to kill me. If I die,all memories of the Dark Hour would disappear with me,as would any recollection of the fate that awaits you.
^ In a nutcase,if we kill Ryoji,we'll forget everything about the Dark Hour,our Personas,and the things we experienced since the night I arrived at this dormitory. We won't know that Nyx is coming(she still is),and will be ignorant of our imminent death just like the rest of the world.

Poor them. In addition to not getting any recognition for working their asses off,now they have to be tortured mentally by the fact that they're gonna die and not being able to do anything about it.

The death that Nyx grants is instantenous,which means that it'll be over before we know it,literally,if we took the easy way out. When you put it that way,SEES will be the only people in the world suffering if they don't have their memories taken away. They'll be living everyday,crying and worrying about living a life thats going to end soon. Perhaps they would finally understand what Shinjiro and Chidori went through,but I'm sure the dead doesn't wish for that,and would instead hope for them to live life to the fullest.

Ryoji : It'll be just like falling asleep...or maybe like waking up. Like life itself was just a dream.

Essentially,Ryoji is like Nyx. He also cannot die no matter how we try to kill him,but thanks to MC, there's a part of Ryoji that is 'human' and if we strike that 'human' part of Ryoji,he might die. But death to Ryoji can only come from my hands,so no matter what the others may decide,the fate of the world,or at least the way we live the last minutes of our lives ,is entirely up to me. I'm always the one making decisions,aren't I? Well,not that I dislike it,but to be given such bittersweet choices,to kill (technically) my other half,or not to. Its hard to make a clear decision..

Yukari says that to forget everything that happened thus far would be similar to running away from the truth. "Is that such a bad thing..?" asked Ryoji. But it seems like there was no need for an answer,everyone in the room felt the same,that the time they spent together was Golden.

But Ryoji isn't forcing us to make a decision on the spot,in which we'll regret one way or another. He gives us time until the next night with a Full Moon,which was 29 days from now,to make a choice. By saying that,he vanished into thin air,not with smoke screens like Jin or Takaya,but he just...vanished.

He sounds like he's begging us to kill him,not because he's a masochist,but because he treats us as precious friends,even though we only spent 1 month with each other,for him that 1 month might have been the most precious period of his infinitely short 'life'.  He's not the only one who feels this way,we all also cherish him the way he does us. Thats why this decision feels so heavy when we think about it. To kill our friend,and live our last minutes happily,or to let him live and torture ourselves for the following months.Its even more tragic when he himself didn't wish for any of this,but still has to carry the guilt of 'bringing Death to the world'.He's suffering,more than any of us right now,no doubt.

So everyone lives the following week pondering about 'The Decision' and about their own deaths.
Day 1 of despair. I'll name this week,Despair Week.

Despite how much we want to live...?

Let me assure you,Fuuka isn't the only one shaking from terror,all of us are.

It feels like my insides are being torn apart...

Everyone was resolved to fulfil their precious person's dying wishes,but when we learn that there is no hope..The truth is too much to bear.

Duh.Derp.

Day 2 of Despair.

No Junpei,probably not.

We get some insight of the current situation from the girls,namely Fuuka,Yukari and Mitsuru,while the boys(Junpei,Ken,Koromaru) are kinda useless and seem more worked up than the females and aren't of any use,in terms of intel.

So,during day 2 we get a brief recap of whats been going on and WHY they've happened thus far.

First,we talk to Fuuka.

I came to the Gekkooukan Dormitory carrying Ryoji/Pharos/Death Arcana inside me,and though unconsciously,we(me and Ryoji) managed to draw the 12 Arcana Shadows that were scattered into different locations into Gekkoukan island,in an attempt to reunite and catalyse the coming of Nyx/The Fall. In an attempt to 'defeat' the 11 remaining shadows (we took care of the first one strictly by ourselves,at least Ryoji/Thanatos did.),we recruited many new members into SEES in an effort to purge the world of these monstrosities,hoping that we would erase the Dark Hour from the world. At the time,Ikutsuki and Death had a common goal,which was to defeat the Arcana Shadows and have me 'absorb/unite' with them.

I was mysteriously was present when Aigis and Death was fighting it out 10 years ago on top of the Gekkou Bridge.Aigis knew she couldn't destroy Death as he was too tough for her. Instead,she decided to seal Death away to prevent him from causing further harm to humanity. -Fuuka

Then,we talk to Mitsuru.

After the rematch between the powered up Aigis and complete Ryoji,Aigis got completely pawned(as we know). In fact she got so badly messed up that the scientists speculate that it would take a while to mend Aigis. Aigis lost her memories pertaining to Mochizuki Ryoji when she fought him 10 years ago. When they met each other for the first time in 10 years(when Ryoji was finished making his introduction to his new class),she knew from the depths of her being that Ryoji was once her greatest foe,Death. Thats why she called him dangerous everytime he was brought up and was very hostile to him.

Next,Takeba Yukari.<3

She's still beat up about the fact that we cannot defeat Nyx,who Ryoji claims impossible to defeat. If we don't kill Ryoji,we'd have to face Nyx,knowing that we'd lose before we even begin battling. That feeling would suck. Going into a fight knowing you'd lose.I mean,everyone goes into a fight believing that they'll win,right? That's what make fights interesting to watch.

But if we DO kill him(which I definitely will not want to do),the coming of The Fall will be slightly delayed,presumably since Nyx lost her 'beacon' guiding her to Earth,and will spend a bit of time being 'lost' for directions until she finally reaches Earth and grant humanity our 'deliverance'.

It may be the easiest way,but I don't think I can do it...

You're not the only one who thinks that way,'Yuka-tan',I'm sure everyone here feels the same. We don't want to take the easy way out,if we go down,we go down fighting!! Although everyone is still too confused to come to the same conclusion,but I am sure we'll be feeling the same when the next Full Moon is around the corner.

Finally,we talk to Aki.

As always,he is logical about everything.

This is what he said,from start to end.

Akihiko : "The Appriser is the one who summons Nyx.The appearance of the Appriser is a sign that The Fall is near. According to Ryoji,it was Nyx who once brought death to this planet.(He talking about the death of all dinosaurs?)And all humans,will become members of The Lost.Finally,we'll all die.

He sounds like Aigis,he doesn't put his feelings into it when trying to relay information,its like he isn't afraid at all! But he himself KNOWS that Nyx cannot be defeated. It was evident that he himself feared for the death of humanity.I'll prove it tomorrow.

Despair day 3.

As soon as I get back to the dorm and attempt to start a conversation with Aki,

He sounds quite open about his own death,and here I thought he was going to make a worried face. Maybe I was wrong. :/

Nothing much happened for the next 3 days,everyone was still wimping around.

Despair day 6.

As if we don't have anything else to worry about. The Final Exams??

Oh wait,I forgot that I was already the smartest kid in school. More than 'we',its more like 'they'(the rest of the SEES crew) have exams to worry about,while I'll sit back and chill,expecting to score the highest again. Hohoho I'm an ass when it comes to competition. ^_^

Despair day 7.

Mitsuru confronted me before I went into school and..

She knew something had to be done,that we'd have to snap out of this slump as a unit. Good goin',girl!

At night...

Yukari: We have to make a decision...I mean, it's been such a drag around here lately, and no one will go to Tartarus...
Mitsuru: ...You're right. We humans are quite resilient. We can adapt to any situation, given enough time..So how about it,everyone? Why don't we talk about it?
Ken:So..Have you made your decision,Sanada-san?(Akihiko)
Aki:No,but I don't plan on running away.(Meaning he doesn't want to kill Ryoji and forget about everything.)
Mitsuru:So you're going to fight Nyx?
Aki: I don't know..Supposedly,Nyx is undefeatable..

Everything's back at square one. Do we kill Ryoji? Or do we choose to face this situation bravely.


Mitsuru: I don't want to suffer,but I don't want to kill Ryoji..
Seems like everyone feels the same.


Yukari asked Stupei about his thoughts on this,and he said he still doesn't have a clear answer. Yukari tried to tease him a bit : "What's wrong,you scared?"


Junpei actually had the nerve to rage at us. He shouted at Yukari : "Do you think this is a joke ?! We're going to die,of course I'm scared!!"


Not long after,as expected,he shifted his attention to me : "Come to think of it,this is all YOUR fault.You had that 'thing' inside you and you didn't even know it. You raised it,dammit! This is all your fault!"


SMH...Junpei I thought we'd gotten past that point already,that this was neither mine,Ryoji's,Eiichiro's nor Takeharu's fault..Is your mind THAT underdeveloped..? Man,when I thought I could actually tolerate you now,seems like I was mistaken,Stupeid.


Yukari stood up for me,and said something which made absolute sense.

You said it,girl. Had it not been for me,we wouldn't even be given a choice.But now that I think of it,whether or not we're given a choice,it won't matter,since Nyx is coming anyway. But still,Junpei needed to learn his place and stop pointing fingers at people.


Junpei tells us a story about how his father got scammed and robbed of his life savings,and relying on alcohol each day to get by life. He hated his dad for it,but now he finally realizes how his dad felt. That still makes you stupid,Stupeid.Your EQ is too low for you to get any girl other than Chidori,and your low IQ spoils your image,making people find you annoying before you can show off your good qualities,assuming you HAVE them. -_-


Mitsuru concludes that to make a decision now was not a good choice,everyone is still VERY shook up. We still have 3 weeks to decide,so lets make the best of our time and try to live as peacefully as we can while trying to make a decision.


Although tonight seemed pointless for everyone,but it wasn't,for one person.It was Akihiko.


He pondered on the dining table after the fruitless meeting,and asked himself how Shinjiro would have done if Shinjiro were in his shoes.

The answer was clear. He knew what he was going to do now,I'm sure. Well,seems like today wasn't completely fruitless after all.But if only one member comes to a resolution each week,it would be New Year's Eve before we knew it. We had to come to a decisive conclusion soon.


We enter week 2 of Decision Month.


Seems like this whole week was dedicated to the final exams that we would possibly be able to sit for if we don't do something about our coming extinction...


Well,everything on my mind when I sat for the exams was how I could ace it.Negative thoughts concerning Nyx and the like,wasn't in my brain for a thankful 6 days. Oh yeah,for the exam answers,I heavily relied on answers from the internet to get them correct,since I tend to skip the 'teacher dialogues' at school. But on the final day of the final exams,how well I did was thanks to my own consistent efforts,and no one else. ^_^

Not the first time you guys seen this picture coming from me,eh? ^_^ (Note,12 days till the Decision.)

The evening when the exam ended..Mitsuru notices that the number of The Lost has met a sharp increase again and thinks this is due to the coming of The Fall. Then she says that whether our opponents are shadows,or even fate itself, we need to be strong(mentally,spiritually) to win this. I'm not sure if she really meant what she was saying. Well,not yet,at least.

The next day,which was a Sunday,we had Mitsuru visiting Yukari in her own room.Yukari was surprised that Mitsuru Senpai actually stopped by,and said that she rarely ever does.(She was trying to say she NEVER comes by,but she didn't want to make things awkward for the both of them.:P)

After beating around the bush,Yukari decided to tell Mitsuru her decision.

Yeah,Mitsuru enters someone's room and sits on their bed while the owner of the room is standing,like a boss,indeed.

It seems like Mitsuru came to her room to tell her the exact same things. Since Yukari was the one who helped Mitsuru out of depression when her father died,Mitsuru felt like Yukari was the first person she would go to,to cheer both of them up. Well,seems like it worked. :)

2 weeks before the Decision.
The 'ready' ones : Me,Akihiko,Yukari,Mitsuru.(My usual Tartarus team :D)
The currently 'confused' ones : Fuuka,Ken,Koromaru(?),Junpei,Aigis(?).

Yeah technically more than half of our group still hasn't voiced their willingness to face Nyx and take a wild attempt to save humanity from certain doom yet.

Mitsuru's plans for the future : Since the Kirijo group is giving a herculean effort to stage a comeback from Kirijo Takeharu's death, after Mitsuru graduates (Age 15-16) she plans to assume her father's role as leader of the Group and pick up from where his father left off. If she dies defeating Nyx,although the Group would have to go on without her,she concludes that its better than the whole world dying together. She's resolute in defeating Nyx,even if it kills her,I'm sure for now,the 4 of us feel that way.

Then they started talking about me. Although Nyx is supposedly undefeatable,she starts doubting Ryoji's statement.And..

Puts her faith and hopes in me.

You were right in doing so,baby! Of course I can't be killed. ^_^ Mitsuru agrees,too.

Mitsuru herself also acknowledged my exceptional existence. This coming from a privileged person,is like words of blessing!

"Honestly,it doesn't matter whether we live or die after this. All that matters is that we're proud of how we lived. And I'd be proud if we decided to fight Nyx." said Yukari. :)

"Senpai,when you were in Kyoto,you asked me to stand by your side..Do you still remember?"

"Yes..I remember..We will fight together..Yukari." She called her that instead of Takeba. Their relationship is quite steady now I presume. :) Lets go beat the crap outta Nyx,aye?

The following day,the results to the exam were posted. Ok,guess how I did? C'mon,you know you wanna congratulate me..:)

My charm has Greatly increased!...Not that it matters anymore,since I'm the hottest dude in Gekkou High right now.

I'm not that worried about The Fall and everything,not anymore.Since we're so determined to see this to the end,and seeing that I'm in charge of everything,everything's gonna go just fine.I'm sure. Just like how the Main character always pulls out a stunning comeback in every other game,we're gonna surprise everyone in the end with a stunning victory,this,I'm sure. We'll live to see this Christmas,the Christmas after that,and the Christmases to come. Count on it. :)

Ugh,and you were the one crying out loud during the last meeting.SMH,Stupeid.

I thought Christmas was just any other day for me. Apparently not,I hung out with Mitsuru and Yukari quite often lately,and it seems that my hard work has paid off! @_@

So the scene shifts to Akihiko finding Ken near the Port Island hideout. No,Ken wasn't sulking. He was just doing some deep contemplation and found a quiet place to do so. Akihiko and Ken talked a bit about Nyx,and Ken asked Akihiko the same question that was raised during the last meeting. This time,Akihiko had a definite answer for Ken. Aki is going to..

"It doesn't matter,because I've made up my mind." - Aki.

"Straight in the eyes..."

The number of indecisive people in SEES are slowly decreasing.=)

Junpei was gonna be alone for Christmas this year,and most probably Ken is going to be the same. And as for Aki,he can't seem to appreciate his awesome fanbase yet,so he don't deserve any p*ssy this Christmas. >:( As for me...I could choose between two of the hottest chicks in school,Yukari,Mitsuru. :)

Both of them asked me out on Christmas Eve,although Yukari was more straightforward/aggresive to me about it than Mitsuru. I would have chosen Mitsuru if she approached me about Christmas with the same enthusiasm as Yukari,but it seems that she's still a tad shy,therefore,I went off and spent a whole freaking day with Yukari. ^_^ We were together ,just the two of us,until the final minutes of curfew on Christmas Eve.

Yeah I had a date with Yukari and she wanted it more than I did,I'm sure you're jealous Stupeid,you should be. No one would wanna go out with an ass like you,capiche? Not until you mend that ridiculous raging habit of yours.

The next day was quite normal for us. Them,I guess. For Akihiko,I'm sure he rejected a mountainload's worth of cute girls and came straight back to the dorm. At the beginning,I thought he was going to whine about his life,but seems that I was mistaken.

At first,he went like this: Tch..Fate...Death..What a terrible Christmas. But Christmas will be better next year. That's right,next year.We won't let the world end.We're not gonna let the world end.

^Yeah man,if this was a Facebook status,I'd make 50 accounts just to 'like' what you said!

This month has passed by as quickly as any other. In the blink of an eye,only 4 days are left before Ryoji comes to let us decide his fate. Thus far,I'd say everyone else has already made up their minds,everyone except for Fuuka and Stupeid.I'm worried,will we commence our Nyx-etermination operation without the aid of our support? (Yeah Junpei can sulk all he wants,IDC.)

C'mon,the 2 of you have to pull yourselves together!

Fuuka: What are you doing here?
Junpei: Nothing, really. I come here when I'm feeling down...
Fuuka: Is that Chidori's sketchbook?
Junpei: Yeah. This is where I first met her...Whatcha doing here,Fuuka?


Fuuka's been going home more frequently as of late,to visit her parents,since she suspects that they might not have long together. But that wasn't entirely the reason. Ever since she joined SEES,she has grown stronger and learnt to care about how other people view her less. Her relatives are doctors,so what? She doesn't have to become one just because she wants to talk with them without an inferiority complex.

Junpei tells Fuuka that she's changed ever since she joined SEES as a support. No one can deny that she's become much stronger now. =)

They were still afraid,about Nyx,about The Fall. But after thinking about it,Junpei didn't want to lose these precious memories that have been created ever since he found his Persona. If he forgot about them,it would mean forgetting about Chidori,which equals to him never having felt alive all his life. :D So..

Fuuka that!

Fuuka tells him that he is scared because he chose not to run away from Nyx,and that's not shameful,not at all. The Dark Hour itself is scary.But our Personas were there for us when we needed them the most,thats why we made it through to this day. The future hasn't been decided yet. We can't believe that Nyx will kill us all without us even putting up a fight. Yeah,F that thought! Lets be true to ourselves,till the very end!

With that,we're all on the same boat now,the boat named we're all going on Nyx-Extermination !

OKOK,I'm getting psyched up now. It seems that even Koromaru wants to fight Nyx. By being prepared to do so,Yukari prepared special meals for him like Shinjiro did when he was alive. Be sure to eat up and grow stronger,Koro-chan. :)

I talked to Aki about them giving Koromaru the special treatment as of late. He asked me straight out : "Are you jealous?" At first,I said yes,I was. And Akihiko gunned me down mercilessly. @_@

"You should be ashamed of yourself,being jealous of a dog like that.Think about the meals we have everyday. Lets give the dog something he deserves once in a while."
^ He has a point..

Skipping 3 days into the future,there is 1 night left before the following Full Moon approaches. Aigis is finally back,as 'healthy' as ever. =)

Everyone voiced their concerns for her well-being,but she responded in a very robot-ish manner. She said that she's a machine,and can always be rebuilt,since the data to recreate her would exist. Well,the data to recreate another Aigis would exist,but this is the Aigis we know and love,even if another came,she wouldn't be able to replace you,girl. That's what everyone thought,I assume.

Apparently 1 more week was needed for Aigis' full recovery,but Mitsuru had them speed up her recovery by placing it at a higher priority than anything else. She feels that Aigis is a part of SEES,and it wouldn't be fair if we made a decision without her consent. =)

Mitsuru told Aigis all that she needed to know about in the lab.About the decision,The Fall,Nyx. The first thing that mattered to her after coming back was to apologize to me. She feels guilty of sealing Death into me,having me carry and raise it thus far into what it is now. I won't say Ryoji was such a pain in the ass to raise,but...Aigis didn't stop blaming herself for not being strong enough to completely eradicate Death 10 years ago.

That's why,in order to ease everyone's suffering,Aigis requested that we kill Ryoji tomorrow,in order to live the last minutes of our peacefully. Well,we've all needed our own share of time to reach the conclusion of fighting Nyx together,guess she deserves sometime to think about it too. But as the situation would have it,we're quite short on time.

Aigis isn't acting like herself..Whats up girl?

Aigis sees herself as an anti-shadow machine. If she can't even serve her purpose,whats the point of her being here. She hates herself for not being able to 'shed a tear' for the team.Why fight when we know we can't win? I'm sure those were the questions that everyone had been pondering over for over the course of this month. Everyone else came to a resolution,and to prove it,they have to tell Aigis how they feel,and make her feel the same way as they do. Aigis' humanity complex compels her into telling herself that she doesn't understand how we feel,possibly because she does not 'possess a life'. Stupei starts joking about it..

Take it from him,Aigis. He don't have a life,but he still is prepared to fight Aigis now.

She is frantically searching for a purpose to exist and is asking us for one. We're 15 years old tops,I'm sure all of us are still searching for what it means to live,but I suppose we could give you the most basic reason to live. When we see other's hurting,we'd want to help them. So in essence,we live to support each other,we live for each other.

Can finding one's purpose really be that simple..? Apparently Aigis,it is that simple. "There are times when we may lose sight of our goal and have to search for it. If we can't,we must set our hearts on a new goal.To truly live,changes need to be made." - Mitsuru.
^Although I'm not mature enough to fully comprehend what she was saying,maybe I might,someday..

"Do you think I can do that?Do you think I can change?",asked Aigis.Of course we do,I mean she's changed so much already. She was so boring and much more 'robotic/mechanical' when we first encountered her,now she's already feeling all these emotions that we do,and she even feels pained by the thought of what we might go through if we don't kill Ryoji. If anything,Aigis,I'd say you were more human than many of us living on the face of the Earth right now.

No one can give you a reason to live,you have to give it to yourself,said Junpei. Thats exactly what Aigis was going to do. She decides that she isn't a machine designed for killing Shadows anymore. She's a machine who is here to 'live',like a human. "Thank you everyone,it seems that I know what I need to do now."

Well,seems like everyone really is resolved to fight to the end now,Aigis included. To reflect that,her Persona undergoes a change,from Palladion into Athena.

Thoughts about this Persona's appearance : Looks very lonely,like nobody understands it.

Thoughts : New colouring and a shield might indicate her resolution to 'Live life for herself.',and that she isn't that lonely anymore.

The following day was the day we were going to let Ryoji live or die. We know of everyone's decision,and as a unit,we're going to face Nyx and try to save the world,or DIE TRYING. (Rawr)

As promised,Ryoji really did drop by the dormitory,by the evening. He asked us whether or not have we made our decision,of course we have! He says he's going to wait in my room and that I should go meet him alone when we all come to a final agreement.That wasn't necessary.Its not like any of us is going to chicken out at the 11th hour.(literally) With the answer in mind,I march into my  room triumphantly.

Ryoji reminded us of the boring stuff we already knew,that we would suffer mentally everyday as Nyx creeps closer every single day. Heart of that already. He said something that was interesting though,he told me the decision was actually all mine. I was the only one who could kill him.And he came into my room,waiting for an answer,rather than in the dormitory. He's trying to tell me that no matter what the others may want,the decision is mine to make. If I killed him here and then,the others wouldn't blame me for it,more like,they COULDN'T blame me for it,since as soon as I kill Ryoji,all the memories would fade away,into the darkness. It would mean that they were forced back to their everyday lives without being able to do anything about it.

Yeah,again,I'm the boss,having to make the clutch decisions everytime,and I love it.So from here on,I decided to go 2 ways,just to see what would happen if I really DID kill Ryoji(Yes the ending of the game differs depending on your choice this time around). So I killed him..

Ryoji : "I think that looking forward to the future is a great way to live. But that doesn't mean other ways of living are wrong.No one knows which road leads to happiness."

Finally,before I killed him. He said he was glad to have met me,and that what he's feeling right now is surely 'happiness'.. I thought Ryoji was just another Junpei when he transferred into class,but a more outgoing and 'skillful' version of him,being good looking at going out with a different girl everyday. But...No..He's so 'human',even though he isn't one,much like Aigis. Makes me think that we should be thankful that we're humans and not one of those poor souls out there who could only wish they were one.

If I could control the actions of MC,I would have probably cried as I killed him. Would be quite a suck sight huh,but that was how reluctant I was in killing him...Anyhow,I pulled the trigger.. :"(

In that moment,time stopped..

Time is forwarded by 3 months into the future,we're entering early March right now.

After killing Ryoji,we lived our next 3 months as normal high school students,without any knowledge of our fate which is soon to change. Now,we're already High School 2年生(2nd years). =)

The conversations with Junpei were so simple and refreshing that it almost scared me.

Junpei : Seeing the current seniors makes me wonder...Seems like all they do is frickin' study.Talk about boring.

You are.Or actually,WE are.

The place at where the 2 of us had this conversation was also a reason everything felt so calm. I mean,imagine us always being around areas with gloomy,'bleeding'(literally) backgrounds,and suddenly,before the world ENDS,we're talking in the school courtyard where there are plenty of trees and the background is coloured filled by lush green vegetation.

Oh,oh by the way. Aigis was staring at us (mostly me) while hiding behind a tree,acting like a stalker.(lol) Junpei didn't know whats up,since he had forgotten about everything.But as for MC,I'm not sure if he really DID forget about everything..Since he's always so secretive..Maybe he does remember all the time we spent together,kicking Shadow ass,even though everyone else had forgotten about it. Well,everyone else except for Aigis..? Or is she still unconsciously feeling 'guilty' and 'responsible' about sealing Death inside MC and feels something about him that she can't put her finger on.

Yukari came by and told us that Aigis was living with us at the very same dorm.So does Aki and Mitsruu. But why didn't we notice that sooner? Or at least,why didn't JUNPEI notice that earlier..? Hahah.Stupei.

Apparently,even though we have lost our memory,by some strange twist of fate all of us are convinced that we live in this dormitory together by coincidence.(Gekkou Dorm)

Seems like MC had no reason to socialize with his seniors(Mitsuru,Akihiko),nor with Aigis/Ken since they 'do not' have any common interests to share..Its quite sad to think that I might be the only one who remember everything we did together..

Anyway,Yukari was quite straight forward.. "Hey,you there! Are you looking at us? Is something wrong?",asked Yukari. Quite a gangsta. Aigis replied timidly :"...Its nothing.." looking quite depressed after that.

Maybe,besides me,she also remembers..! :D But I have no chance/reason to walk up to her and say hi for now,so we'll leave Aigis for another time. Since they were 3rd years last year,Mitsuru and Akihiko are going to move out soon.

Oh hold on for a minute..Seems like I was fundementally mistaken.. We weren't 1st years when I first arrived into Gekkou Dorm.We were already 2nd years,which means yes,we're oficially 3rd years/seniors this year. :)

So we move on to the 5th of March,which was the Graduation day of last year's seniors. Well,to Junpei and Yukari,they didn't take this too personally,it was just another assembly for them. But for me,its quite bittersweet to see Mitsuru giving graduation speech like that.

Thank you so much..for those wonderful years..

Of course the speech wasn't that short...-_- But seriously,anything she said that hit home were her first and last words. Makes me feel sentimental about the speech..She even cried in front of the student body..Seems like she genuinely treasured the moment she spent in Gekkou High..

"She seems kinda bummed,huh?I guess even presidents do cry.." , said the clueless Junpei.Of course they do,you klutz! They're also human,like the rest of us.

Then we had small chit-chat before wrapping the game up.Literally. 

Y : You know how to president was crying? I can relate to her,since my dad passed away too.But that stuff she said about seizing opportunities? Give me a break,we're still in high school! I mean,I know its important,but can't it wait for a few years..? 

Judging by how Yukari said it,I think she's going to be wasting the last minutes of her life having fun. Mitsuru on the other hand is fully planning for her future. Well,I would say Yukari is wrong(normally),but this time,its like the joke is on Mitsuru.. :( The world is gonna end,and despite how much she looks forward to managing the Kirijo Group,it ain't gonna happen.

God dang,its been a few freaking weeks (at least 2) since I last updated the blog,yeah I've been slacking off BIG TIME,and I regret it. D:

But there wasn't much to post about this part anyway,Junpei asked Yukari out for karaoke but lets be serious here,who the heck would wanna go to a karaoke with Junpei? Yukari told Junpei that she would go if 'he' went,while looking at me with those googly eyes. If she's that fond of me,I say lets go singing! Junpei can have all the solos while me and Yuka-tan do the duets. =[)

I had the choice of simply smiling and nodding,or just 'go with them'.

I don't have a choice either way,huh. =/ Not that I hate karaoke,though. ^_^ This sort of reminds me of when Chuck Norris calls you on your handphone and you have no choice but to answer it. XD

And suddenly,the game ends without anyone having a clue about the impending 'Fall' and coming of Nyx. Since Ryoji said everyone's 'deliverance'(death) would be painless and instant,we wouldn't experience any pain before we die and,when I think about it that way...Why not? Dying this way isn't that bad,to be honest,we live everyday happily and everyone dies together without knowing what him 'em. Not that I'm pessimistic or emo,maybe you'll understand if you thought about it a little more. 

Death is inevitable,we die sooner or later,just that some die MUCH sooner than most of us who live our lives free of fatal misfortunes. Right now,I'm still afraid that I'd die by falling off a building,run over by a car or get caught in the middle of WW3 if there ever is one. That said,if there were a painless way to die,and we'd all 'go' together,I'd say,why not? We'll meet again in the afterlifes mates!...Anyway..After I agree to tag along for karaoke,the ending credits roll,which means I've completed the game already,although this could be said to be the 'bad ending'.

After all I've said,I still don't want to go down without a fight,no,I need to beat a 'last boss' to really feel that I've completed the game! I mean,I've trained my Personas so much and sort of feel attached to the fights in P3 now.They're fun no matter how much I do them. :D

That said,I decided to load my game,and choose to leave Ryoji alive,even if he himself didn't like it. At least SEES agrees to leave him alive as a whole,and there aren't any differing opinions. This means that the fate of the world lies in our hands,and we readily accept this responsiblity. >:D

Hey,its the Persona that helped me defeat the first Arcana Shadow.Turns out it was Ryoji's true form.

He turned into Thanatos when I decided NOT to kill him. He wasn't going to kill me either,he just wanted to show me how much of a monster he was. But..He wasn't a monster that he believes he was,I mean,he saved us from a Shadow we wouldn't have been capable of defeating anyhow.Yes,yes,he did that for himself,but remember this : Had I died the first night I returned tot the dormitory,Nyx would have arrived that much sooner. This is an information that I picked up but couldn't comprehend from someone else. That if MC died in any occasion or even during battle,something would go haywire and Nyx would come destroy the world instantly.

In his own way,he gave us much longer to live and bestowed upon us the gift of being able to form so many bonds with that many new people,even if he was just doing this to achieve his own objective.

...........

Pwned.

Most likely he sensed MC's silent determination and knew his will was as unshakeable as a mountain. Ryoji gave in to his determination and stop pursuing them to kill him. Together,me and Ryoji returned to the lounge to where everyone was.

They were unusually glad to see Ryoji alive. You know,this makes it seem like they were worried for a second that I'd actually kill Ryoji without their approval,should have made me mad but I was so caught up in the 'We'll save the world' mood that I couldn't care less about what the others were worried about.

January 31st,2010. The day that Nyx arrives on Earth and grants humanity absolute death. The top of Tartarus if where Nyx would arrive,and the team would have to 'welcome' her on that very day for the only opportunity of confronting her. When he mentioned the 'top' of Tartarus,I thought we've already reached that height. It was where Ikutsuki and Kirijo Takeharu met their end. But he said 'You must reach the top of the tower before the promised day'. Hmm..Weird,eh?I thought I'd already reached that height. Maybe he didn't know that. Or maybe,I was the one who didn't know anything. Strangely enough,a few days after this full moon night,an entirely new block emerged in Tartarus,named Adamah. Whoah. I was the ignorant one,eh.

Ryoji: Nyx will descend to Tartarus and the world will end. If you go to the top of Tartarus on that day, you'll be able to face her. The tower exists for the purpose of Nyx's coming. As the Appriser, I usher Nyx into this world, and Tartarus welcomes her arrival.


There were 'seals' between each Tartarus block that would only be released when I beat an Arcana Shadow. And only by defeating all the Arcana Shadows,including the disappearance of Ryoji,the 13th Arcfana, that the path to the summit of Tartarus is revealed. It means our fortnightly/monthly grinding at Tartarus wasn't a wasted effort ; It trained us to prepare for the oncoming battle with Nyx. And the path to the summit slowly gets unlocked as we get stronger. When I look at things this way,(that we were gradually being prepared to approach the summit of Tartarus and slowly getting stronger in the process) it feels like we were destined to have a showdown with this 'Nyx' fellow,and Ryoji never had a chance of stopping us.


Once again,Ryoji persuaded us to change our mind,since there was time before midnight,telling us the futility of our efforts. We completely brushed off his good-willed advice. C'mon,give it up,bro!


Before he went,he apologised Aigis for putting her through all the pain and suffering she had experienced. Aigis,for one was very sporting and gave Ryoji a respectable farewell.

Very cool.

Ryoji:Thank you.This will probably be the last time that I'll see you all like this(as a friend,as a human).But,I'll always be watching over you,best wishes in the coming  year,See you! :)

Thanks bro,we'll miss you,and don't worry,you don't need to feel guilty for anything since we'll pimp smack Nyx in the ass and save the world!


Dun dun dun dun dun. New year!Happy 2010 Persona 3 folks!

Been like 9 months since I arrived at this dorm and every moment of it was magical,I enjoyed every trip to Tartarus and also enjoyed building up my social links,lets look forward to another new year!

So,the guys (me,Akihiko,Junpei,Ken) were at the dorm with nothing to do since there wasn't any school. Ken suggested that we went to the shrine to do some praying. Aki/Jun rejected that idea saying they didn't believe in superstitions. They weren't going to the shrine,not until Ken said the girls (Mitsu/Yuka/Fuuka/Aigis) were already there,in kimonos. Well,they were quite discreet about it but not discreet enough,I'd say.

As soon as Junpei heard the 'kimono' thing,he mysteriously found the urge to 'go out for a walk'. Akihiko,who knew what Junpei was up to and didn't want to feel left out,decided to tag along. Somehow,one way or another I also ended up tagging along. :O

So,we arrive at the shrine,there are lotsa people around. The girls were in their kimonos as expected and Junpei was wolfing over them as he did when the girls were in their bikinis at Yakushima. This time around,Fuuka was still the same,easily blushing over Junpei's compliments. Mitsuru wasn't as oblivious to compliments as she was before,which should be a good thing. Yukari though,was still as impartial to Junpei's ramblings as ever. Though,as a whole,the girls feel shy when the guys thought they looked HAWT in kimonos.

Yukari(flower in hair) and Mitsuru(hairstyle) look stunning in their own way.

Junpei:Man,I'm glad we came over today,we got to see some great stuff,don't you agree,Aki senpai??
Akihiko:Uh...I-I guess so.

Lol. I'm still wondering,to this day why Akihiko doesn't look at his female fans,I'm sure at least HALF of them are cute/hot,seeing that Gekkou High has the prettiest girls in the region,if my memory didn't fail me.....Hmm..Maybe he has multiple girlfriends and is very discreet about it,I wouldn't know,right? Hope so..He does seem more interested in girls and things outside training ever since we developed some bonds and grew as a team.

The mood was great,the girls felt flattered,the guys felt satisfied,until Ken accidentally came up with a question that would topple the equilibrium.

Ken:Hey,aren't you girls cold? 
The girls were probably curious as to why he suddenly asked that..

The dagger!!

OH SH*T...!? HAHAHAHA XD

Yukari came up to Junpei and stomped him on his foot,like she did to Ryoji when he tried to flirt with her and Mitsuru. Reminds us of Ryoji,or at least of the proverb 'birds of a feather..flirt together'..Sorry I suddenly had the Ikutsuki urge !! Hahaha.

So..what did everybody wish for? Fuuka wished for a good year,and Mitsuru also did the same. But Mitsuru says she isn't pleading for help,its because she genuinely believes that the world will not end this year,not with us,the Nyx Annihilation Team around! Looks like our hopes for a good year has been rekindled after nearly being completely extinguished by the thought of absolute death. Go NAT!

The 6th and final block(?),Adamah has finally emerged in Tartarus,branching further up into the heavens,continuing from where we last hit a dead end.

Block 5,

Block 6,Adamah.

Stunning contrast,huh? Last floor looked like a haven for heavy drinkers and disco rats,and this floor brought to me a more of a holy,majestic,'the end of everything'(not in a bad context) mood. Here,our bonds as the Nyx Annihilation Team kept on growing more and more concrete as we advance further up into where we would eventually welcome Nyx. Everytime we defeated a guardian and proceeded up every 10 floors,our bonds would deepen again. Not long after(actually,it took quite some time to reach the true 'summit' of Tartarus,but the fights were so enjoyable that I didn't find it time-consuming at all),we reach the summit,and so have the bond between the members of NAT. With this,I can create 'Messiah',the Persona which can be fused from Orpheus and Thanatos.

'Messiah' and its components Orpheus/Thanatos,to me is very epic and symbolic. First we start from Orphues. He's the main Persona to our MC,just like Io to Yukari,Hermes to Junpei,etc. Aigis sealed the Death Arcana within him,which resulted in our MC housing Thanatos within him,but he wasn't even aware of that fact,let alone harness Thanatos' powers.

After so much has happened,he finally realizes that Thanatos was a part of him,which now exists independant of MC as Mochizuki Ryoji. After a short-lasting bittersweet conflict which involved killing or letting Ryoji live or killing him,we,as SEES,decided to leave him alive even after he revealed to us his true form(Thanatos). This decision led SEES into forming the NAT(Nyx Annihilation Team) which was of the Judgement Arcana.

After reaching the true summit of Tartarus,the Judgement social link was nurtured into a bond that couldn't be broken,which gave rise to Messiah the Persona. And,symbolically,Messiah can only be created by fusing Orpheus with Thanatos. This means that even though Ryoji cannot be beside us as we brave Nyx,we have his blessing(as Thanatos) as he fuses with MC's original Persona into Messiah,the savior. So,what does this all mean..? We gon' be scorching Knicks' ass.Bet on it!

Messiah,the savior.
Impressions..?  A man on a mission,going to fulfil it even at the expense of his own life.

I also found out lately that the Messiah/The Savior actually referred to Jesus Christ. Will he...sacrifice himself for the salvation of humanity,just as Jesus did..? I won't know from playing ,not YET.

Meanwhile,a cult starts spreading viciously around town,and most of the citizens catch wind of the Fall,the coming of Nyx,and were informed of the inevitability of the situation.I didn't know about all this shizznit until the people in the dorm mentioned it to me. At first,I was REAL confused. Information regarding the Fall and Nyx should be confidential,and I can't imagine anyone in our group blurting such information out to the public. Unless.....Junpei again? Or is it Ryoji? I cannot comprehend how ordinary people would have gotten wind of such details otherwise.

3rd semester of school is starting,not that it matters to me,since I'm already the smartest stud in school. D:> At school,even the students seem to be discussing about this new 'cult',about how the Fall and Nyx's coming has been decided. Sheesh,these ignorant people keep running their mouths while NAT is the only one doing all the worrying and shadow-exterminating.

Meanwhile,Junpei invited me to the roof of the school when school ended. What is this going to be about,him trying to apologise and make up to me? Or is he going to ask me how many girls I've 'conquered' since arriving at Gekkou High? :O Well,seems like it wasn't the latter. Yeah he apologised to me for being an ass through the course of the game. Is it just me,or has he already apologised before..?........Nope,memories of him fade away too easily,I suppose.

I replied , "Maybe," and he was like : " Tch,always a punk,huh :d " . Guess that means we're cool with each other right now,until he forgets this conversation and starts raging again.

This particular cult has been labelled the 'Doomsday Cult',since everyone in it believes that the world is ending soon and there is nothing we can do about it. I'm still not sure as to whether this cult has plagued only Japan or is already ascending to international status,and honestly,I don't think it matters,since I'm gonna stop Nyx and The Fall from wiping us out. Let the whiners whine,they won't be of much help to the Nyx Annihilation Team either way. >:)

I walk around town and talked to most of the people I saw to see what they had to say,and sadly,half of them are already followers of the cult,and even believe that the Fall granting us our deliverance is what should rightfully happen.Wow,Kirijo's granddaddy must have posessed these confused sheep,to make them believe in such nonsense.

Throughout town,most notably Paulownia Mall,Iwatodai Station,Port Island Station,the front of Gekkoukan Dorm,there were these 'tags' of the Doomsday Cult,either on the floor or on the walls of said locations. Wow,I guess people are REALLY into this.

Few days after 'forgiving' Junpei,he asked me out to Hagakure for some reason. Apparently it was about a bet that we made a long time ago. It was a bet between MC and Akihiko,on who would score with a chick first,during 'Operation Babe Hunt' at Yakushima. All 3 of us failed miserably in trying to impress the ladies,but mysteriously,I succeeded in hooking up with Aigis,although I did NOTHING to impress her.She just came along and hugged me. :O She is a robot,but the scientists created Aigis in the image of a woman,so we barely accepted the fact that I 'scored' with a lady during Operation Babe Hunt. That said,Aki had to treat us all to...Ramen!!

Supposedly,I was the only person that Aki was going to treat Ramen to,but Yukari and Aigis(?) tagged along hysterically to take advantage of Akihiko's 'loss'.Hahaha I'm still amazed as to why Aigis shows such interest in food even though she doesn't feed on chemical energy. :O

Halfway through our enjoyable moment,Aigis turned her attention to the magazine Akihiko brought along and noticed this peculiar article dubbed "Emergence of a Messiah : The Charismatic one Speaks." Obviously,this article concerned the Doomsday Cult thats been the talk of the nation as of late,and guess what?...The leader of the cult,or more precisely the one who started spreading rumours about mankind's 'salvation' was Takaya of Strega..!

Takaya:Mankind is currently imprisoned by the sins of hate and anger. But soon, a savior will descend upon this world to break the chains that bind us, and lift us to new heights. This great being is Nyx. I have beheld her glory, and she has blessed me with power beyond belief. In Nyx there is no pain...no suffering...

Honestly,I don't think it was Nyx that gave you your Persona. I mean,honestly,Personas are what we use to KILL the shadows that are a PART of her. Lol. If Nyx had hands,I'm sure she would b*tch slap you,Takaya.


Still,how did Takaya find out about Nyx?And why would they listen to some random dude spreading news of such magnitude in such a short time?..One things for sure. He's lying to everyone about Nyx descending to Earth and granting us salvation. Nyx is NOT our messiah,I-No,WE ARE!(NAT,that is.)


Takaya comes up with even more crap.


Takaya:But,there are those who do not undrstand this truth,even though they have ALSO been BLESSED by her.They have acquired the same power as I ; yet they ABUSE it,using it for their own personal gain.These miscreants are the ones to BLAME for the recent tragedies that have been plaguing our streets.Brothers and sisters,I shall go forth to make preparations for Nyx's arrival.But do not fear those evildoers who desecrate their gifts. Nyx shall right their wrongs. May your hearts be filled with peace as you await your salvation. Blessed are those who take joy in the coming of Nyx. The revolution is here!


Honestly there was so much crap in his speech that made me want to kill him on the spot. I mean,us,to blame for all the Lost Ones? Us,the ones abusing our powers? Nyx is going to save humanity? Oh god you're full of crap,dude! I'm sure that Jin stopping you from blasting your own head off on the day we beat the 12th Arcana might have been part of your act,and you jumped off the bridge well knowing that you could make it alive. Geez,Takaya! But maybe Jin is the mastermind,and would dispose of Takaya once he is finished being used. That would stir things up,wouldn't it?


Apparently,this cult started spreading online,since Jin was considered to be well-known and somewhat influential in the internet. He was the one who sparked life into the Doomsday Cult,and Takaya took over and expanded this cult beyond the internet,and into the tohughts of every Japanese citizen. Now everyone is talking about how salvation is at hand,and they just need to faithfully believe and they will be saved.


This sight of society reminded me of how it was when we neared the end of Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Everyone was also caught up in a cult,which promised its followers to evolve beyond humans,into 'Idealians',higher beings with mentalities far surpassing that of human capabilities,free of worries,sadness,strife etcetera. Well,the evolution they believed in would come at the expenses of the rest of the world,but the locals didn't care much about the wellbeing of others,they only cared for themselves.Here at P3,there's also a cult brewing nearing the end of the game,and some of the citizens believe that death is actually salvation.


For a moment there,everyone got caught up in the 'doomsday' mood that engulfed the whole of Japan,but they snapped out of it moments afterwards. Man,everyone is so damn sturdy now! :D


We gotta eat up to be strong enough to confront Nyx,so lets enjoy this eat-all-you-can from Akihiko senpai today! Sorry man,guess you gotta work part-time for a few weeks to earn back the money you lost today,senpai. <3 Well,I'll give you some of the money we usually find at Tartarus,haha,don't worry bro. :P

So...There is 1 week before Nyx descends,8 days to be exact. Akihiko gave me a gentle reminder that I didn't pay heed of until it was too late...D: He even highlighted what he said in RED too..

Why,whats the big deal,you ask? Well,remember that I created Messiah? By fusing Thanatos with Orpheus. He had Megidolaon which dealt SEVERE almighty damage to foes. I gave him the skill victory cry. He had Mahamaon and Mamudoon. He is going to have Magic Skill Up soon. But... I had an opportunity to go to the antique shop and stock up on cards that could have raised all his attributes to 99,but I DIDN'T! That said,Messiah's skills are all averaged at around 80 right now,and he's already level 98,that means the farthest he'll get is 85 in all skills. D: Had I spammed the cards on him,he should be 99 in everything right now...Let bygones be bygones,huh... T_T I'm still gon' kick Nyx's ass,by the way.

It was quite sudden,and I was taken by surprise too.There was a counselling session for me 6 days before Nyx arrived. The counsellor was Ms.Toriumi,the teacher who played Innocent Sin Online as my only friend,where she was Maya and I was Tatsuya. We grew quite intimate online,to the point where she told me secrets about her private life.About how she had feelings for..a transfer student..which I later found out to be me. Yeah she revealed herself being a teacher and all that. Wow. I/MC really is popular,huh.

She kept it relatively short and sweet..What she asked me was like what was asked when Tatsuya was given on-the-spot counselling by Ms.Whateva at the parking lot of Seven Sisters High. Her question : Was I going to join the workforce,or to college after I graduate ?? That was a derp question,obviously I'm going for college. Even if I am too poor to afford for the expenses(which I'm not ,thanks to Tartarus),people will be BEGGING to sponsor my studying expenses seeing how charming and smart I am.

"You've really grown over the past year," she tells me. I felt kinda touched when she said that. It means that even strangers could see that I have matured,and it wasn't 'just me'. This question was quite personal,I suppose.

I picked 'nothing'.Derp! Of course I went for 'meeting people'. Its the bonds I have formed in this short year that made me into what I am today.

Ms Toriumi : Well,whatever the reason,you should be proud of the young man you've become.

Yes ma'am,thank you very much.. = )

Next up,it was Aigis' turn to receive counselling.But she wasn't anywhere to be found. I was assigned to look for her and bring her to Ms.Toriumi,so I did. Found her on the roof,deep in contemplation.

She herself notices that she was different than who she was 10 years ago. When she didn't understand something,she would just ask for an answer,and not pursue the question any further. But ever since she decided to 'live' like a human,there have been more and more questions she has to ponder about,and many of them don't seem to have a clear answer.

She admitted that she wanted to stay close to me/MC because even if subconsciously,she wanted to stay by my side and monitor 'Death' closely. But 'Death' has already left my side by now,and she still wants to be beside me.

Aigis: I still don't know what it means to "live" yet...But I want to learn the answer.And I think I can if I'm with you, so please...please take me with you! I may not be strong enough, but I'll fight with you to the end! Please!


You don't need to plead,girl,of course you can be by my side,silly girl. <3 :)

......Ignoring all the madness around town...The moment where Nyx would descend onto Earth inches closer..

Sup?

Aigis gave us another reminder,that we could not leave Tartarus tomorrow once we enter it,until we defeat Nyx.I thought I was ready to enter Tartarus for the last time without regrets,but it seems I got careless,but it matters not,I can kick Nyx's ass right there and then.

Onwards to tomorrow...

Mitsuru: Alright,this probably will be the last time that we will be meeting like this..

Yukari brought up a very good discussion that we had almost passed by. If getting rid of Ryoji meant getting rid of the Dark Hour,then if we kill Nyx,the same would probably occur,and if it does,our most important memories of being together might be robbed from us. Even so, we will never,EVER,foget each other. Even if our memories are gone...Confusing,isn't it? But its the feelings and thoughts that matter..

So....We decided to agree on a place to regroup as members of the Nyx Annihilation Team once all is said and done. Yukari said that our memories might not disappear immediately,so we shouldn't meet up as soon as the battle ends,we should schedule our meeting place at a significant date like,say..Graduation Day? Ken said it was a great idea,which was kinda funny. I mean,its not like we graduate on the same dya,and Yukari meant OUR graduation,not Ken's. That means Everyone will meet together again except for Ken and Koromaru...Naw..One way or the other...We're gonna meet again. The venue for the reconnaisance? Gekkou High roof. Good enough,lets meet there,mates.

Resolve from each member : 
Yukari:My dad delayed the Fall until now,so that he could pass me the baton,and I will run with it until the very end! << I'm with you,girl.

Junpei:Chidori gave me this life,and I'm not going to let it end today,I'm going to beat the hell outta Nyx! << You better not forget about us LOL,but even if you did,I'm sure Chidori would remind you one way or the other. *wink wink*

Ken:I must end the Dark Hour..For my mother,for Shinjiro-san,and me.I will fight with my all,not for revenge, but so that we can live. << It always amazes me how you act at least 5 years older than your own age,kiddo,Onii-san is proud of you,lets do it!

Fuuka:If the world ends today,our bonds of friendship will disappear.I don't want that to happen.I want to strengthen our bonds,so I can't let the world end today! << I'll protect the world,even if you can't fight alongside us,I'll be sure to fight your share too,Fuuka!

Akihiko:It'll all end tonight.But don't worry,I know we'll win,because Shinji will be fighting with us tonight. << Nothing to be added here,lets do it,partner!

Mitsuru:I wasn't able to save my father.But his dreams live inside of me,I'll make sure they come true. << Make daddy proud,I'll give you a hand,Mitsuru. :)

Aigis:I want everybody to live,and I want ot live too,thats what I'm going to fight for. << Yeah,we'll survive this,and you're gonna stay by my side until I draw my very last breath..Comprende? ;)

The final moment draws near!!

Ah,before going on to kick Nyx's ass,I decided to explore the 10 floors of Monad,which could be said to be the mysterious 7th block of Tartarus. Inside were shadows so strong that I could gain an average of 20k xp per battle,when most of the Shadows of the 6th block Adamah ran away when they saw me,since I was that strong already. There were only 10 floors in Adamah,but each floor was very sophisticated and most of the times I'd had to go a long way to find the staircase. Whats worse is,everytime I leave Monad and re-enter it,I don't get to pick up from the last floor where I exitted Monad from. Instead,I'd have to start over from the first floor and slowly work my way through the 10th floor.

Through some grinding,I got to level 99,while I buffed everyone else up to around level 80,yeah thats right,I even trained Junpei,Koromaru,Aigis and Ken. I'm a fair guy,what can I say. :P At level 99,my combat prowess went from OP(overpowered) to BROKEN. I was already strong enough before I hit level 99. Now that I'm level 99,my HP and SP are capped at 999,1 shy of a thousand. When I was level 98,my HP/SP were barely 500. Whoah,c'mon Nyx,I bet I can solo you right now! Although I'd rather do it together with my friends..Heheheh....o_O *Sweats*

Even though I'm already level 99,I decided to give Monad a final run to possibly obtain the 'Myohou Muramasa',an item that Elizabeth requested of me to find which lay wait in Monad. That was the side-objective. The main objective of this seemingly meaningless run was to taste the joy of traversing through the dungeons of Persona 3 one last time,before wrapping this game up and moving on with my life.. :) You might think 'Pfft,boring!' But to me,it means a lot.

Touch,and...GO!!

.......D= I give up. My MC is so strong right now that killing shadows in Monad only offer around an average of 3K xp per battle. And when I get 3K,its usually by relying on shuffle time and amplifying my experience points from battle. That means w/o shuffle time,I'd only be getting around 1.2K xp per battle,which is far too scarce for dungeon exploring to be any fun.That said,I asked Fuuka to bail me out of the dungeon on the 3rd floor..Sorry I'm a quitter...T_T

As I exitted Monad,I felt mischevious for a while,so I decided to go and take a sneak peek of Nyx before I was done blogging on my Social Links,which I have barely/never touched since the beginning of this blog. I've counted,and have completely neglected on blogging 15 social links which have already been maxed... X_X

So,I touch and clear the obstacle that was on the 254th floor. Before I went up the stairs,I was telling myself "Alrighty,lets brace up for Nyx,yo!". Surprise,surprise,this was just another junction in Tartarus as it seems. We weren't at the top of the tower yet,huh...~_~ Sorry guys for bragging about reaching the 'true summit of Tartarus' not long ago..I feel quite embarassed right now...SMH.

Not only that,Fuuka told us that she sensed Strega on a few floors on top of us,but each of them were alone,it seems. They couldn't defeat us even when they teamed up together last time,what makes them think they can take us alone ,this time? Their Personas have evoled..? Big deal,wait til they see the TRUE Messiah up close and personal,the first guy would be reaching his cell phone to try and yelp for assistance from the other,only to notice that electronical devices don't work in the Dark Hour!

So I'm at the 255th floor and I have to treat this as the normal Tartarus,meaning I'm slowly moving up the floors while defeating the guardians in my way. But this time around,me and my gang are going to take these 'guardian' fights VERY personally,seeing as they have killed 2 of our friends already (Chidori,Shinjiro),not to mention framing us for crimes we haven't done..!? (Turning civilians into the lost,WTF are you talking about!?) We're going to kick your asses,and laugh while we're at  it.....Jin..Takaya.

Even though this is the latter half of Adamah,that didn't make the Shadows here any stronger than the ones in Monad ; Monad still had the best of the best when it comes to Shadows. That said,almost all the shadows in Adamah cowered at the sight of me,and opted to avoid me rather than to eat my mind out like they would any ordinary civilian. Oh well,doesn't matter,I'll just order my gang to find the stairs so we can get to Jin/Takaya in a heartbeat. Oh yeah,something else puzzles me...

If I'm the one who normally unlocks the seals between junctions/blocks,then how the heck did Jin and Takaya go ahead before me? I mean they were already beyond the blockade before I cleared it.. Perhaps they REALLY were blessed by Nyx one way or the other? Or did they climb past the blockades somehow?................After some contemplating,I gave up.

So,we're at the lower half of the 258th floor now. Everyone's here,all wanting to have a go at kicking Strega's (Jin) ass. I just went with my normal party which consisted of Akihiko(primary debuffer),Yukari(primary support), and Mitsuru(offensive support). This is a winning combination right here,believe it.

So from now on,we're blogging LIVE until we officially complete Persona 3 and let the credits roll!

At the upper half of the 258th floor...Awaited Jin.

Jin:So,you came after all.. 
^You actually expected us to let Nyx eradicate everybody,you're a genius.

Akihiko asked him where Takaya was.Jin said Takaya went on ahead of him,claiming that he was destined for greater things..Seriously? What else if Takaya capable of except for screwing peoples lives and turning their beliefs upside down?

Jin:So,it seems you're serious about fighting Nyx. 
^ Omg..Stop asking obvious questions,have you never associated with people face to face other than with Jin and Chidori in your life? Have you spent that much time on your cyber life?

Fuuka asked him how they knew about Nyx and the Fall. Good question. Jin claimed that he put together what remained of Ikutsuki's research. But he said Ikutsuki was such a 'nut job' that he couldn't completely comprehend Ikutsuki's findings. Ikutsuki,are Strega affiliated with him,one way or the other..? Apparently,things were much darker than that..

Ikutsuki,and the other researchers of the Kirijo Group,seemed to have 'created' each member of Strega,ranging from Jin to Takaya to Chidori...Ugh...Sick..!

Fuuka: Who are you...!?
^ I'm sure she was just being nice,if it were me,I'd ask "What the hell are you!?"

Jin said there wasn't any use in telling us anything since the end is at hand..Pussy.

We wanted to go on ahead without wasting any time,since Nyx could be here any moment,but Jin insisted on getting in our way. Why..? It seems that they don't have long to live,and they want to see everything 'end' before they meet their own demise. It seems that this is mostly Takaya's wish,and Jin is fully intent on fulfilling it. Well,to me,they're afraid,of dying.So afraid of dying alone,that they want everyone to die along with them,so that they won't feel 'left out' or 'alone'.

Fuuka: But..
Jin:Enough talk,lets do this!
^ I like that part about you,its cool,Jin. Pragmatic and straightforward. Either way,prepare to die.

With my improved Persona (namely lv.99 Messiah),my Megidolaon dealt 1250+ damage to Jin when he was Rakunda-ed,and while I was Tarukaja-ed. The others didn't do a bad job too,honestly,they dealt steady 400-600s. The only thing Jin managed to do before being KO-ed was attempt a Mamudo,since he claimed that he could 'target our weaknesses' and Messiah's only weakness was,Mudo skills. Well,even if you're using Mamudoon or 'Die For Me!',you won't beat me bro,I have like 15 homonculi for you to kill before you reach me,mate! So much for that, 'I've been beaten by amateurs again..!' ...BAM! Down went Jin. >:D

Jin : I failed..*Falls*..Ugh..What are you waiting for..Finish me!!I would do anything for Takaya..
^Why you so obsessed bro..? I can assure you his feelings for you aren't even half as strong as what you feel for him..Are you really willing to die for someone who isn't going to do the same for you..? Or did he do something so great that made you become this way about him..?

Aha! Akihiko helped ask what was in my mind : Why are you so loyal to him?

Jin:Heh...you wouldn't understand. Takaya showed me the light when I was in the darkness. It was a long time ago...In order to better undrstand the Dark Hour......

Apparently,the Kirijo Group picked up homeless children/orphans and 'gave' them special powers,so that they could explore Tartarus.


Jin: But when that power doesn't emerge naturally,it's difficult to control. So the kids had to take experimental medication so that the powers wouldn't kill them.
 ^ Time out. Does that mean Shinjiro was also one of the Kirijo Group's products..? But he grew up together with Akihiko,no way Aki would be oblivious to this fact!


Jin: Only THREE kids out of the original HUNDRED survived,and after six months,the experiment was cancelled.
^So,those three were what Strega was composed of,eh.


But Takaya showed Jin the 'light',by giving him a new perspective as to how to live ones life,be it a 'darker' view on life. Don't let the past control you,and don't look to the future ; simply,live in the moment.
 ^I guess this is what Jin holds on to,even now.Ironically,but not looking to the future and forgetting his past,he is alive and breathing right now,had Takaya not given Jin this input,Jin could have commited suicide long ago.

Jin said the Kirijo Group didn't matter anymore,but no matter the case,Takaya's wish must be fulfilled..

Seems like everyone loitered on 258F for far too long,the shadows have already caught scent of a 'weakened' individual and is out for food. Jin wasn't hoping for anyone's sympathy,nor did he want to live by being saved by the enemy(us). Instead,he told us to go on ahead. After listening to his tragic past, you can't help but sympathise with Strega,they were but one of the many victims of the late Kirijo and his 'deliverance' fetish......Everyone of the Nyx Annihilation team moved up the next flight of stairs reluctantly,not wanting to leave Jin alone,but everyone knew the extermination of the mother of Shadows took priority,so they move on,hesitating on every step they take..

The Shadows delightfully surrounded Jin,waiting to devour his mind empty. Jin made it clear that he wasn't going to go down without a fight..He went out with pride,he went out with a bang.He pulled the pin of a grenade that he took out of his suitcase and...BANG! At the end of your life,you remained loyal to your friend and died without feeling ashamed of yourself,there isn't a better way to die for a guy like you,I give you respect,rest in peace,bro.

So Takaya was sensed to be in the 262nd floor. Fair enough,it'll only take me 2 minutes to reach that height.After seeing Jin go out like that,I'm starting to have cold feet. That said,I went back to the entrance and had my progress saved. :X

 At the 262nd Floor now,Lower Plaza.Everyone's gathered and most of us are out of blood,although some of us are more focused than others. I took along Ken,Akihiko and Junpei since the 3 of them had a score to settle with Takaya.Things for these 3 were very personal and I figured if they weren't with me when I took Takaya down,they'd be missing something for the rest of their lives..So I'm moving up now...

Sitting there,like a boss.I sort of like his cool-ness.Takaya's.

Takaya:Indeed.

Akihiko:Then let us through!

Takaya:I am not standing in you way.
^Huh..I get to pass for free,seriously?


Takaya: I take it you have defeated Jin,you are quite troublesome..
^ I expected you to be nonchalant about your comrades falling,but come on..Can't you betray my expectations for a bit..?Act angry..Get emotional..Jin felt very strongly about you,you know..! D:<


Takaya:What is it that you seek? These ARE your final moments..The end is nigh!Why not celebrate this wonderful moment?What better way could you spend your final moments together?
^ This seemed to piss everyone off,the way he's being so impartial towards life.Everyone lashed out at him orally.

Takaya:My life was stolen from me,and in its place,I was given a power I never asked for..And so,I learned that the future is only a delusion.Only by striving to live every moment to its fullest can the soul truly be satisfied.
^ Can we seriously blame him for being this way after his life got screwed so bad by the Kirijo Group..? No,I can't,I'm not sure if you feel the same way though. And I do agree with the last thing he said,live every moment to its fullest so we can satisfy the soul,but we do have to look to the future to get that extra motivation,and look to the past so as not to repeat our mistakes.

Seems like Junpei didn't understand sh*t about how Takaya is feeling right now,nor what he said,or maybe Junpei just wanted to stay focused about Nyx and chose not to empathise with Takaya.Yeah,maybe thats it,but he did say something very epic that made everyone's night.

Junpei: I'm not dying so you can have a friggin' night-light! 
^Classic. :O


Takaya: This is not merely my desire,there are many who have also gathered to rejoice in her arrival.
^ Don't wanna burst your bubble here,Tak-kun,but it was you who told them Nyx was going to grant us 'savlation' and sugar-coating the truth,that we're all going to be The Lost and die out permanently. If the populace had caught wind of this truth,half of the Doomsday cultists would revert back to scaredy cats,like the rest of Japan!


Fuuka tried to deny Takaya's statement saying all the weird things happening have left the populace's mind muddled and believing in anything which is thrown at them.


Takaya: That,is also untrue. Who is responsible for reviving Nyx? Can a single person boast of this great accomplishment?
^ He left me a bit confused here. 'Revive' Nyx? I thought we were 'guiding' her here..Was she slain once,eons ago? Or..? Suspense building up right now.


Takaya:You all worked tirelessly to prevent it (humans from turning into The Lost) and yet,in doing so(defeating the Arcana Shadows and fusing them with Death),you unwittingly aided in her(Nyx's) coming.
^Ironic..Isn't it..? But..I'm sure if we had done nothing,everyone in the world would slowly become Lost,1 by 1,and before everyone is completely devoured by the Shadows,chaos could have already engulfed the whole world and turned it upside down,resulting in a full-scale war between panicked countries. So I believe,what we're doing right now,is righteous and just.


Takaya: Men cannot face death without first finding meaning in life...but the world has realized that any meaning in life was lost long ago. Nyx has come because humanity has cried out for salvation!
^ Epic revelation!!!! Fuuka was like "Th-That can't be!!" and Ken was like "I-I don't believe you! Who would ever wish for Nyx to come!?" "And yet,there is truth in what he says.." - Aigis.

Aigis:To live a still life,never searching for one's purpose,going into a still death..Above all,to avoid pain..I don't know if this can be called right or wrong. But as for myself,I wouldn't want to live that way.
^ As for the life that she is describing,it closely resembles mine,I believe..A 'still'/quiet life,almost no ups and downs,and if this goes on,I'll have a quiet death. Is this..kind of life,what I want..???....

 Aigis:I want to live for a reason,and to live for others,That's why I came all this way. That,for me,is what it is to live.
^ A pointer as to how I SHOULD live...?.....

Mitsuru:  What's impossible for one person is feasible with the help of others. You lack such things ; thus,the coming Demise appears as salvation to you.
^ My interpretation of Mitsuru's speech? We can't do everything alone,that's what friends are for. And when you don't have any,things seem impossible no matter how you look at it,and thus,the coming Demise appears as salvation to you,since its an 'easy way' to bail you out of your problems,with the rest of the world being 'delivered' together with you.

Mitsuru:In choosing solitude over bonds with others,you are limited by your own abilities. We have no such limits.
^ I think Mitsuru is implying that by forming bonds with an infinite number of people,your options and abilities are infinitely widened. If you choose not to form any bonds and live a quiet life,you'll feel limited in your options and living won't be as fulfilling,huh....

The conversation with Takaya might have given he a pointer as to how I should live my 'college' life. I'll make friends,as many as I can,and make sure that they're lasting. I'll form bonds and strive hard to 'max' out these social links.. That'll be my college life goal..Friends first..Studies...second.Not that I'll neglect it,I'll just go about it the same way I did in this game : Study regularly,and not burn the midnight oil during the 11th hour. If I study regularly,I'll constantly have time to spend with my friends,and of course,when I'm adept enough,we can hold group study sessions with me as the focal point? Hahah,maybe. :D

Some haters might call Persona 3's social link element a failed attempt at being a 'dating sim',but I say they're not looking at the big picture,what this game is trying to tell us.

Mitsuru is the one who understands it the most,it is important to form bonds with other people,there are many things we cannot do alone. Choosing the lonely and pain-free way is a safe way to live your life, but it just won't be any fulfilling.

By forming lasting bonds with others,we get to access the 'ultimate' Persona of that particular Arcana. When translated into reality,it means that if we form a long and lasting bond with someone,we'll gain access to some new benefits in life,be it a love interest,business partner, new perspective of life,etcetera,the benefit can come in infinite forms. But lets not make friends just for the sake of benefits,kay? We're in it for...the intangibles..Feelings you can't put into words,the satisfaction when we enjoy things together.

"......................." Takaya remained silent for a while,as if he accepted and agreed with what Mitsuru was saying,to some degree.But he came back to his senses and had to deny Mitsuru's views or he would be denying his very own existence and way of life.

Takaya: What utter foolishness...! Those who rush into battle where death is certain are denying the Demise!Very well then...If you insist on proving the superiority of your way,I shall do the same!
^ ? I guess..He knows what we're feeling right now,thats why he feels so agitated. We enter battle with..Takaya,also one of the many victims of the Mitsuru's late grandfather's twisted ideals.

Fuuka:Please be careful,I sense even greater power than before!
^As if that wasn't obvious,Fuuka....Heheh thanks for the advice though!

I started the battle with Siegfried,as I had Auto-Matarukaja/Auto-Masukukaja/Auto-Marakukaja on him,my party was automatically buffed as soon as we entered battle. I did a Megidolaon on him which dealt around 1K damage like it did to Jin,nothing fancy here. Akihiko's turn was next,so I thought of lowering his defences. Marakunda on Takaya. Shortly after,I used Akihiko's Brave Blade on Jin which dealt 350 damage,which was freaking low considering we're on Tarukaja and he's been Rakunda-ed. Anyways,Ken secured our early victory in this battle. I used him to deal a critical blow on Takaya which knocked him off his feet. And the window of opportunity for an all-out attack was opened. Guess how much damage I dealt..? 6023. Thats right, 6.023K damage. That instantly made Takaya fall flat on his back and I won the battle. Whats scary was,he didn't even GET to attack this time around. Everybody took a shot at him,before the fight was culminated by an all-out attack. Its epic. Everyone got to punch him once,personally,then the fight ends when it develops into a 'gangbang'. Wow,the more I think about it,the sweeter it sounds,after all,revenge is a dish best served cold,right?:)

After the battle..Takaya,still on the floor : I have failed,haven't I..? There is nothing more I can do..Now..Kill me..

Aigis:Are you scared?

Takaya:What a peculiar question..You know nothing of death,if you think that it is something to fear..

Aigis: ??

Takaya:You fear it,because you do not understand it...I will not explain any further.
 ^ Seems like he has an idea pertaining to life after death..Awesome. How did he get his hands on such intel,is it a superstition,or was it Ikutsuki's research,or was it something else altogether??

Mitsuru: There is no honor in taking the life of osmeone who cannot move. You will live to see if what you wished for comes true or not.

Junpei: Yeah,lie there and repent for what you've done.
^ Worthless input by Junpei,lol,at least he made it clear that he was there. xP  

 After tying up all the loose ends,we'll be off to face..Nyx!
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I'll be honest,I slacked off A LOT on this blog. I've only posted about the story and the interaction between the main characters. I didn't record my social link events nor my exploits within Tartarus. You could say that this blog is missing half of the beef that it should contain. I apologise to you,the reader,as well as to myself,for being so lazy.

The procrastination I'm going through is slowly eating me inside out,and if I keep on having these internal conflicts,I might go crazy soon. Thats why,I decided to NOT blog about the social links anymore,and just wrap this game up. After I'm done with this game,I'll make an oath to myself to never procrastinate again,and this will be my last embarrasing attempt of procrastination. I'll take up a 今日事，今日毕 (if I start something that day,I'll finish it that day) motto and not let my work pile up like it did this time around.
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Alright,I've been hesitant on finishing Persona 3 due to how much I loved it. I didn't want the game to end. But if this keeps up,I won't feel satisfied when I recall memories of P3P,because I never actually completed the game. I want to be able to brag to others about how proud I am to have played such a great game. That's why,after 2 months of procrastination,I've finally decided to wrap this game up. Let the beginning of the end commence!

Last time,we defeated Takaya but decided to leave him alive to make him realize that there are other ways to live a life. Beyond the floor that we fought him would be where we'll confront Nyx. As we speak,I'm climbing the flight of stairs,preparing to beat the Mother of Shadows,Nyx.

The 264th floor. I wonder what significance this number holds in this world. I'll find out later,after I beat Nyx. We reach the top of Tartarus,the true summit.This time,there is no mistake about it..@_@

They say the moon looks warped from here,but to me,it seems just the same. Well,if by 'warped' they mean the moon is abnormally large,I'd agree with them.

Mitsuru: Something's coming!
Aki: Is it Nyx?
Fuuka:I can sense it even without my Persona,this is the first time that's ever happened..

^Seems like Nyx is the real deal.A bonafide 'superior' being.

From afar,he looks like a greatsword with 2 pairs of angelic/feathered wings. From up close,his face was quite...Terrifying. His eyes were totally black and..he constantly has a grin on his face.Observe.

I hope my description hit the spot,because my English isn't as good as I want it to be..Sorry..Witness Nyx,the Harbinger of the Fall.

Aigis: You...
Yukari : Ryoji-kun !?
Nyx Avatar: That was my name for a time..I didn't mind it.
Mitsuru:What's going on..? Wait,are you..?
Nyx Avatar: I am merely a harbinger of the Fall.Or,to be more precise,that is what I once was.Now,there is no longer a distinction to be made between Nyx and myself.

^Seems like Ryoji-kun wasn't lying when he said all Shadows are a part of Nyx. Since we didn't kill Ryoji during the 31st of December,he must have disappeared or been absorbed into Nyx,one way or another. That'd explain why he had the memories of himself being Ryoji at some point.

Aki:I see..Well,regardless,I don't regret my decision,I'll defeat you no matter what you are!
Nyx Avatar: I see,then you must already know. What people fear most,what they try to ignore,that is what I am. (Death) Will you still face me? There must be trembling in your hearts..

Everyone said that they already knew,but is still not going to go down without a fight. Maybe there was a bit of Ryoji still left within Nyx. I mean,she's so persistent on trying to make us accept the fact that its impossible to avoid the Fall.

We made our resolves clearer than ever. We all admitted that we were afraid of death,but to not run away from death and face it head on when needed,is what it truly means to be alive.

Nyx acknowledged our resolve just like Ryoji did and decided not to persuade us any further. That's why,the 'mood' around her shifted drastically,she was prepared to give us our death sentence. Meanwhile,it seemed like Nyx started to 'call' out to the Shadows on the lower floors,possibly to aid Her. If she was so almighty,she should just wipe us out by snapping her fingers,right?

That means that attempting to defeat Nyx may not be a futile effort,after all! Or maybe Nyx IS really immortal,and is just going to drag us into a war of attrition and wear us down mentally,to prove to us how undeniable her existence is.It matters not..Failure is not an option!! We enter battle..

I entered the battle with Siegfried,since he had all the Auto Ma-kaja skills. My party was instantly buffed as soon as we drew our weapons.Later,I drew out Messiah to cast Megidolaon on Nyx. It dealt close to 1K damage on Her,leaving only 30% of her health remaining. Wow,is Nyx really that weak? Or am I supposed to do this for X-times until the party realizes that this is futile and we die from despairing of the knowledge that Nyx was telling the truth..?

No matter,I debuffed Her with Rakunda with Akihiko,and slapped her with Yukari's Garudyne,dealing 1.1K damage. When I 'defeated' or to be more precise,depleted his first HP bar,he starts chattering.

Nyx Avatar(Magician) :The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge,he sealed his fate.Entrusting his future to the cards,man clings to a dim hope.Yet,the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed. Attaining one's dream requires a stern will and unfailing determination.Eternity awaits.

Then he shifts his Arcana. What impact would his actions have on this battle..? What's cool about Her was She could attack 2 times per turn,even if we were not knocked down. But...after traversing through Monad..It seems that we got so powerful that Nyx's spells dealt less than 10 damage to my MC! Oh wait..Its just an Agilao(medium fire-spell)..Maybe she's still warming up..

Fuuka:Nyx's Arcana have changed into the Magician? Be careful,its properties have changed!!

Cool.Seems like I might have to kill her at least 13 times or even more than that to be able to see the light of tomorrow.No matter..MEGIDOLAON!!!(1,350 damage,KO for the second time)

Nyx Avatar(Priestess):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..The silent voice within one's heart whispers the most profound wisdom.Eternity awaits.

Then again,another Arcana Shift. I guess "Eternity Awaits" is what She says everytime She switches Arcanas..Which Arcana is it this time..I wonder? I know the one before the Magician is the Fool.But what about the one after that?

Nyx Avatar(Emperor):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..Celebrate life's grandeur..Its brilliance..Its magnificence..Eternity awaits.


Fuuka:Something about Nyx keeps changing,be careful!


^ As if that wasn't obvious enough,girl. Its Her Arcanas. What is it this time,I wonder?Megidolaon!I beat Her before Fuuka could tell me what Arcana she changed into. No matter,I'll look it up later.

Nyx Avatar(Emperor):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..Only courage in the face of doubt can lead one to the answer..Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Hierophant):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..It is indeed a precious gift to understand the forces that guide oneself..Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Lovers):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..There is both joy and wonder in coming to understand another..Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Chariot):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..One of life's greatest blessings is the freedom to pursue one's goals.Eternity awaits.


Nyx is starting to use God Hand,a skill that deals severe strike damage to a single target. This,from Maragilao during the early portions of the battle. I guess Nyx is slowly starting to take this seriously.

Nyx Avatar(Justice):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..To find the one true path,one must seek guidance amidst uncertainty.Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Hermit):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..It requires great courage to look at oneself honestly,and forge one's own path..Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Fortune):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..Alongside time exists fate,the bearer of cruelty.Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Strength):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..Only with strength can one endure suffering and torment.Eternity awaits.


Nyx Avatar(Hanged Man):The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed..In the face of disaster lies the opportunity for renewal.Eternity awaits.


Really glad that my MC is level 99 and the rest of the party was strong enough to be able to kill Nyx once every two turns. If not,the battles would have been much painfully longer.

Nyx Avatar: The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge,he sealed his fate.Entrusting his future to the cards,man clings to a dim hope.Yet,the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed.Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are..Death awaits you.


Damn..!!It seems like he's going to go all out now...

Fuuka:I sense..Death! Nyx's true Arcana is Death!!

......Here goes. It seems that Nyx isn't playing around anymore..Even after debuffing Her and buffing myself,my mates are not hitting Her for over 500,except for my Megidolaon which is still constantly doing 1000 damage. And his HP isn't 1500-ish anymore. Its much longer now,implying that he's getting serious. He activated a unique skill to himself which was named 'Moonless Gown'. Apparently its a buff.

Thanks to Fuuka's 6th sense/Persona,her guts told us NOT to attack and standby for now,as the effects of Moonless Gown is something which we cannot fathom until it hits us. But when that time comes,it might already be too late. Better safe than sorry,I strenghtened the defences of the party by casting Marakukaja on the party and had everybody guard.

After a while,Nyx dropped her Moonless Gown and we assumed it was safe to beat
Her up again. She lifted her Moonless Gown and casted Dekaja on the whole party which nullified our status increases. After that,I'm not sure why,but Nyx's defences were greatly boosted. My party was hitting her for little less than 500,but after she lifted her Moonless Gown,we damaged her for just slightly more than 200.. And whats more,I'm very tempted to see what happens if I slap Nyx while her Moonless Gown is on..But I'm too pussy for that,so lets move on..:)

Aghh..I really did try attacking Her when Moonless Gown was on.Wow,its a counter-everything-harmful skill,which reflects 500 damage back to the person who attacked you,regardless of how painful or puny your attacks may be. This might be the strongest skill in Persona history,IF it were able to be permanently maintained...

Nyx was on her last straw,and although Mitsuru could have done Her in(since it was her turn),I decided to have MC do the honors,since his Megidolaon was epic and the main character finishing the Final Boss is how you finish the final fight of your game with a 'bang'!

After I dealt the final blow,Nyx seemed as if She was in a lot of pain. Her feathers started falling and Her whole body lost the ability to float,as she plummeted to the ground.

Did we do it...?? Have we beaten her..??

All of a sudden,she gets back on her 'feet' and starts to float back into the air.

Nyx : Such a pity..you understand fate,yet you still fight against it with all your will..If more people were like you,then perhaps the Fall could have been prevented..But it's too late now.

As soon as Nyx said it's too late,the surface of the moon as we know it,which is white in colour,started breaking off like an insect shedding off its skin in order to grow bigger.(Ecdysis) When the surface of the moon started to disintegrate,the core of the moon was displayed to our very eyes. The core was red in colour,with a black hole being in the centre of the red sphere. It resembles the human eye,of all things.

At first,it seemed like Nyx was being swallowed by the moon's 'core'. On the contrary,it was Nyx that was drawing the moon closer to the surface of the Earth. Are we going to die by having the moon collide with Earth ,resulting in a huge explosion?

Aki:Wait just a second here..Is the moon itself Nyx..!?
Aigis:Soon,it will descend,upon us all.

Although its the Dark Hour,every normal person seemed to awaken from their transmogrified states and become aware of the Dark Hour. Everyone was freaked out to see the new 'Moon' up close,the environment which is dyed dark green and a bizarre-shaped tower which stood in the place where Gekkou High was supposed to be. Every citizen starts to notice that the moon is being drawn closer to the peak of Tartarus.

A random believer/follower of the 'Doomsday Cult' rejoices at this sight,saying that the end of the world has really come. "It's here,at last!!"..Is what the person said before turning into one of The Lost.I don't know if the approaching of the Moon caused him to become 'Lost',or if it was because of the Shadows still roaming the streets preying on his mind.

>Countless yells and screams fill the city..All hell has broken loose..

Then,we see Natsuki(Fuuka's best friend) who calms herself down by recalling her memories with Fuuka. "That's how I know you're still hanging in there,Fuuka!I'm scared as hell right now,but I won't give up,right,Fuuka?",said a determined and bold Natsuki.

The scene shifts back to the party,who is still confronting Nyx on the peak of Tartarus. Apparently Nyx has done some incredible sh*t(plot shockwave) to the team that no one was aware of,and is actually working wonders agains the Nyx Annihilation Team,as everyone feels drastically weakened.

Having a good sense of timing,Takaya regains consciousness from the lower floors and makes his bold entrance onto the summit of Tartarus.

Takaya:How marvelous,I cannot believe that the moment has finally arrived! Death will be patient no longer,can't you see that!? Why continue to struggle..?Everything will disappear..Jin.*Closes eyes while lying on the ground*

If everything really ends here,it'd be us(NAT) losing out on the bet against Takaya,ya know. :P

Nyx sends out another shockwave to further weaken the determined NAT team,who showed no signs of backing down.

Nyx : Give in..What good will it do for you to stand up..?

Junpei: Nuh-uh!Raaaaaagh!
Yukari:My mind is made up! I'm in this to the end!
Mitsuru: We've come this far..I refuse to submit!

Nyx kept sending out shockwaves which challenged the NAT physically until everyone started falling,one by one. Mentally,we were still in the game,but we have far surpassed the limits that our body could endure,and even that was not enough to turn things around. Everyone started falling one by one,starting from Ken,to Akihiko,to Junpei,to Yukari,to Fuuka,to Mitsuru,Koromaru,and finally..Even I gave in.

>.......Your consciousness is fading..

Aigis:Arisato-san!!

My consciousness ends up wandering into the Velvet Room..Or maybe Igor pulled my consciousness here to give me a helping hand,to be more precise..

Igor: There's no need to worry,this isn't the afterlife..You're still alive.Do you remember what I once told you? How the strength of the Social Links will determine your potential?Listen..Can you hear the many voices..?Each one's power is limited,yet they all reach out to you..Can you feel them?

Thank goodness! Yes..I sense them.

Igor:Close your eyes,and listen carefully..Their voices may be faint,but certainly you hear them..

When my MC did what was instructed,a mass of energy gathered inside the Velvet Room.

>The powerful emotions of your friends and loved ones are flowing into your heart..

From here on out,I get to hear what is said by the people I haved maxed out my social links with,my precious friends and lovers alike,starting from..

Hidetoshi(Emperor):I know you're facing a difficult task..But I truly believe that you can overcome any obstacle.

Bunkichi(Hierophant):Something frightful's going on..but we won't give up.
Minako(Hierophant): That's right,dear..Arisato-chan wouldn't want us to lose hope..

Kazushi(Chariot):Something crazy's going on here..But I know you're out there doing all you can,Arisato..So I won't lose my cool,either.You taught me that.

Chihiro(Justice):Because you gave me hope,I'll be alright!So please,hang in there!

Maya/Ms.Toriumi(Hermit): Oh god,this can't be happening! I wish I could talk to him,and calm myself down..I don't even know what he looks like,but I hope he's okay..He has to be..I can feel it.

Yuko(Strength):Hey,Arisato-kun,can you believe what's going on? I know you must be doing everything you can,so I will,too!

Tanaka(Devil): What on earth made me think of you at a time like this..?Well,I suppose you did teach me a thing or two about loyalty..

Mutatsu(Tower):You must be fightin' the good fight right about now..Well,you taught me that runnin' away never solves nothin'..So I'm here for ya,kid.

Akinari(Sun):I know I'm not the only one who's suffered..You've endured a lot,too..But,you can't just give up..You taught me that..

Igor:Can you hear them?These are the voices of hope that wish to help you..Separately,they are weak..But together,they will bring about a great change in you.Now is the time to draw on the true strength of the bonds you have forged!


The mass of energy,which was everyone's hopes for me,manifested itself into an Arcana card.Even Igor was surprised that things turned out this way.

Igor:Behold the last power you and I shall unveil..It is the power to bring about a new beginning,or the ultimate end..It may be possible now,with this newfound power..You may be able to defeat the one who cannot be defeated.What you have in your hands..is the power of the Universe..! Nothing is outside the realm of possibility for you now.

Whoa there,sounds like quite a dangerous power we got our hands on,Pinnochio. You sure I can have it? :P It sounds like I might be on the same dimension as Nyx now. But Mememto Mori. I'm still a mortal no matter how strong I become.

> Through the strength of the bonds you formed,you obtained the Universe..

Elizabeth : It seems that soon we will reach our destination.
Igor:It seems that in addition to Death,fate has also dealt you the wild card..You must accept your destiny. Our contract has been fulfilled..I have completed my role as well.
You were truly a remarkable guest.

Who was the one that bound me to this contract,who gave me such power,and such a heavy responsibility in the first place..? Should I punch you,or thank you when we finally get to meet,one day?...
The clock in the Velvet Room struck 12,and I was back in the Real World.The moon,or should I say Nyx was still sending out pulses of shockwaves to harrass my mates. Even so,everyone is resisting and hanging on with all their might.

Everyone felt very heavy and could not even look up,but I was different. I felt unusually light,and got back on my feet like Nyx's shockwaves were child's play. Then,leaving everyone behind,I ascend into the moon's core. Nobody wanted to be left behind,but my MC was sure that this was something that he,and only he himself could manage to do.

Everyone felt heavy about me going solo. Yukari,Junpei,Akihiko,Mitsuru,Ken,Koromaru,Aigis..I felt heavy about leaving them behind myself..But I'm thankful all of my friends and b*tches for the time that we spent together,and want them to know that they made me feel truly alive during the year that I spent with all of them in Gekkoukan Island. Even if I were to disappear from now on,I'll never forget about the bonds we forged. I'll be watching over you guys from afar,and welcome you guys with broad arms when you guys pass on and move into the afterlife.

Well,that's assuming IF I die! Who the hell would charge into the heart of the enemy knowing that they'd die? Of course I'm planning to come back to you guys,alive!

I begin to float into the air and gradually approach Nyx,surrounded by a glowing radiance.I float into the red core through the hole in the middle,into the heart of the moon..While journeying there,I believe the MC was reminiscing on the beautiful memories he had made this past year and kept strengthening his resolve to deny the happening of The Fall.

We reach the a dark chamber housing the core/heart of Nyx. Our MC looked up bravely at the egg-shaped Nyx which was glowing as brilliantly as our MC,took up his sword,and engaged in possibly his last ever battle. As soon as the battle commenced,Nyx bestowed 'death' upon Arisato Minato. Had he confronted Nyx without possessing the power of 'The Universe',he would have been wiped out then and there,as 'Death' dealt 9,999 damage to our hero. Had he brought his friends along,without a doubt they'd have been massacred in front of his own eyes. He did the right thing coming here alone,as the last hope for humanity.

So he dealt 9,999 damage to my hero,who only had 999HP at level 99. Does that mean that we lost to fate,to Nyx? No. Our MC's willpower was so strong that he withstood 'Death',of course attributing his survival also to the power of 'The Universe'.With only 1HP left,the only thing our MC could think about was erasing Nyx's existence,even if it would cost him his own life. Well,our MC did try,give him credit,but his basic attacks only dealt a measly 6 damage to Nyx,as Nyx shrugged off our MC's petty attempt at killing Herself and dealt 'Death' to our MC for the second time. It was a critical 9,999. This time,even with 'The Universe',MC felt like he was backed into a corner,what good would it be to persevere if you can't even harm your adversary..?

Right there and then,the thoughts and feelings of the NAT reached our hero. Ken,Akihiko,Yukari,Junpei,Mitsuru,Aigis,Koromaru,all of them were willing to give their lives if it meant giving Minato even the slightest bit of boost in energy. Our MC felt and accepted their thoughts and feelings graciously,as this gave him even more power in the process. Nyx was unimpressed,and continued to deal the 'Death' to him for a 3rd time,this time,MC felt so determined that the damage from 'Death' was nullified..The only thing on his mind was.."I can't fall here."

Oh no..My damage still hasn't been upped..I'm still dealing only 6 damage to Nyx! But things were different this time,I was totally immune to 'Death' right now,as the power my comrades bestowed upon me turns me into a being which transcends death,even if it was temporary.If normal attacks didn't work..The MC decided to go all-out,holding everyone's feelings in his heart,he prepares to perform the 'Great Seal',which costs all of his HP,which unleashes all the power within him to seal away Nyx,if Nyx was really undefeatable.

MC really did what was necessary..He used everything he had to seal Nyx away..After the epic finale..The remaining members of the Nyx Annihilation Team was transported into a separate dimension. Nobody saw our MC after he went to confront Nyx,the only thing they saw after losing sight of him was a bright ray of light,engulfing the horizon. Everyone feared for the worst...Did our MC sacrifice himself for us..?? Everyone didn't want to give up hoping MC'd come out safe and sound.. They kept persuading Fuuka to scan the vicinity for MC's presence..But..Fuuka's silence confirmed their worst fears..

Everyone started blaming themselves for being so powerless, letting only Arisato Minato die.Even though all of them were prepared to die confronting Nyx,they didn't expect that our MC was the only person that needed to go.

Aki: Damn it,not again..!!!
Mitsuru: We all came here well prepared to die..
Aigis: How could I be so powerless..This is what I was trying to prevent!
Yukari: You're there,aren't you?! I know you are!I refuse to believe you're gone,answer me!!I know you can hear me!
Aigis: We're here,please let us hear your voice!

Our MC was right there with the team,even though his physical presence and existence could not be felt. As everyone was desperately calling out for him,he decided to answer back,to ease their anxieties..

I could have chosen between :

• It's alright..

• What happened?

I wanted to lighten up the mood,so I went for 'What happened?'.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard my voice.

Physically,I wasn't there with them,but I'll always be watching over them - Arisato Minato.

 I will sleep once again.

Normal days will return to this universe,for you..and for him.

He's found the answer to life's greatest question.

It just happened a bit sooner than it will for the rest of you.

Aigis,you'll find the answer one day as well.You too,are a precious living thing.

You just need to realize how the bonds of friendship have changed you.

The dark Hour will soon vanish from this world..All will truly be relinquished from its dominion,and the legacy of life will continue.Congratulations,you have the miracle you sought.

We shall meet again someday...

Confusing as it may sound,I(MC) wasn't the one doing the talking. Although you are right,the voice sounds awfully familiar. If I could bet,I'd think it was Ryoji/Pharos/Death/Nyx talking to the party. Very unlikely,huh? That's the truth I'm going to believe in,anyway.

It seems as though the NAT members' consciousness was the only things that wandered into the separate dimension. Now that they have regained consciousness,they found themselves at the doorstep of Tartarus.   Right before everyone's eyes,Tartarus gradually disintegrated into thin air,with the bell chiming non-stop until Tartarus was completely erased from existence.

The Dark Hour ended,most possibly the last one at that. Everyone took a final glance at the moon which exerted a green glow during the Dark Hour as it slowly turned back into a white glow. Gekkou High emerged in front of everyone's sights,and thankfully,everyone located the MC nearby..!! =D

Obviously,everyone was teary-eyed and were more glad than anyone else in the world to see MC unharmed.

Aigis was so glad that tears started streaming down her cheeks,even though she was a robot.

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>The world returns to normal,is saved from The Fall,and the ordinary people seem to have forgotten about the extraordinary turn of events. The season changes and we fast forward from the 31st of January into the 3rd of March.

The conversations which took place on the 3rd of March were similar to ones that were had if we chose to kill Ryoji on the 31st of December. Junpei,approaching me,talking about school life,that they're going to be seniors already,and that he doesn't want to spend his youth studying all day. Aigis was stalking our MC just like the way she did had we decided to kill Ryoji. Yukari went up to Aigis and asked her if anything was wrong,and Aigis shyly backed off from the scene when Yukari questioned her. At first, the conversations were the same,until Junpei brought up an interesting topic on how he,me and Yukari became such close friends.

Yukari tried to deny the fact that they were 'best friends',but we knew that wasn't true. :) 

Yukari: It just kinda happened.

Junpei: Yeah,I guess so.

Yukari: It is kinda weird,really,but I can't explain why.

Class had started,so we decided to stop the chit-chat. After school,I had some free time so I decided to spend it...doing what,exactly? We don't need to fight anymore,so its not like I have to work on those Social Links anymore,right? So what am I supposed to do,eh?? Well,for starters,Yukari asked me out. But Ima talk to the people around school and see if anything interesting happens before I decide to date Yukari. Or maybe,I might even date someone else altogether! Well,lets just see.

It turns out that the afternoon of March 3rd might be the longest one for our MC in his life,as he used the most of this afternoon to talk to all of his precious friends once more,as he had a faint feeling that he might never get a chance to,ever again.This might be his last chance to ensure that all of his precious friends (Maxed S.Links) are looking to the future,full of hope and living their lives to the fullest. I'm sure he must have thought to himself,that hanging on for so long was worth it if he could confirm his comrades' well-being for the final time..

Final social link interactions,life lessons to be remembered for life.
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Yukari Takeba(Lovers)
That said,going out with Yukari wouldn't take up his whole afternoon like it usually did. That said,I decided to go out with her since she asked me to. Take note that she noticed that something was off with me,before we headed off to the school rooftop.


Yukari was quite nervous,I wonder what's up. She kept stumbling while talking. Yukari wanted me to meet her mom. O///O Wow. I didn't know she was already prepared to entrust her future to me...Wha? I misunderstood?Apparently she promised her mom to meet up with her,and she admitted to being nervous about it and was afraid of messing things up by being nasty with her only parent. Yukari still hasn't sorted out her feelings and was afraid of worsening the fragile relationship that they already have right now. That's why she thought it would be great if her boyfriend was there to keep her composed when she reunites with her mother. Well,I agreed to it of course. Who wouldn't want a shot at being accepted by his lover's parents? Yukari was overjoyed to hear that I agreed to tag along.

She changed the topic after that was done with..What other problem could there be,I wonder? Oh,she was just wondering if I was thinking badly about her,having all the family problems to deal with. I acted cool with her : " You're the only girl I wanna go out with. " Classic. Made her blush instantly.

She talked about the future,college,universities,careers,and wondered if me and her would still be together by the time we're grown up. "Of course". Again,I delighted her. She made an appointment with me during spring break,about going to Disneyland together,only the two of us,and stay the night there..Wow..Imagine how long it would take to save enough money for a one-night stay at Tokyo Disneyland? Well,we'll work it out. ;) We parted ways after I promised to give her one night during spring break. <3

Lesson: Nothing. This one was all for Minato. The dude deserved some serious loving,now his life is complete,no matter how short his life was. :)

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I went back to the classroom,seeing if there was anyone else I could talk to. Oh yeah,Junpei's here. I know,he's been an ass to me for most of the year,but during our fight with Nyx,I could tell that he was genuinely concerned for me,so this time,I won't hate on him anymore,he's been through a lot too.

Despite saying that,our conversation was rather boring.
 
Junpei:Well,no matter what people say,a lot happened this year.Nothing is coming to mind,but...I know we did something huge..Weird..how can I forget something so important? Oh man,I'm getting a headache.Dude,what the hell did we do last year?

^ :O You serious bro? I'm kinda bummed out you don't remember anything about us. Hope it won't stay that way for long,eh??

So I exit the classroom,and look around for my friends. In the corridor,I found 2 of my lovers,Yuko(Strength) and Chihiro(Justice). I wonder which one I should flirt with first..? Ah matters not,I'll get to the both of them sooner or later. And so,I talked to the closest girl to my classroom after I left it,which was Yuko. I'm not playing favourites,Yuko was simply just closer to me at the time. :P

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Nishiwaki Yuko(Strength)
Yuko was going somewhere after school,and I made sure I had enough time before I told her I'd tag along. Although she was delighted,she turned me down kindly. Not that she lost interest in me already,but quite the contrary. Since our last date,she decided that she wanted to be a coach,and started taking her studies very seriously. She's studying about the human body more than she did before and has indulged herself in sports medicine.

I'm the only thing she thinks about when she has nothing on her mind,and she decided that this wouldn't help her get any closer to her dreams. She wants to stand next to our MC with her head held high,by putting in effort to fulfil her own dreams,by herself. That's why she has to resist the temptation of going out with our MC,despite how much she 'wants' him.

Yuko:You just watch,I'll charm the pants off you! You'll fall in love with me all over again!

She imparted words of wisdom to me,"Beer tastes better after an honest day's work".Not too deep,but it makes sense. Enjoyable things are much more enjoyable if you put in effort to obtain them. That's why she has to resist her temptations of getting close to MC and achieve her own dreams first. Admirable determination,right there.

Oh wait,she didn't notice anything off with me..D: Maybe she was being too focused on her future,or maybe it was just me.

Lesson : 先苦后甜。(Chinese equivalent to 'beer tastes better after an honest day's work') Resist your temptations,and turn them into your motivation. When you get savour it after working extra hard for it,it'll feel a thousand,a million times sweeter.

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After seeing her off to the library,I figured she'd be doing OK from now on,as I move on to look for my other friends.Before heading back up the staircases to the 2F corridor,I meet with Hidetoshi who was just beside the staircase. He seemed like he had something to tell me,himself.

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Hidetoshi Odagiri(Emperor)
I remembered this guy being very stern to students who did not conform to school regulations. But after we got to know each other much better,he slowly changed into a more flexible,thoughtful and overall respectable individual. So,what was he going to talk to me about?

"You don't look good..Are you okay?" asked Hidetoshi.

Oh my..Now its 2(Hidetoshi,Yukari) to 1(Yuko). I guess there must really be something off with me. Kinda disappointed that Yuko didn't pay attention to me but as long as she's focused on something positive,nothing else matters to me,I'm satisfied.

He wanted to tell me that he was quitting the student council,while both of them were still inside it. He's just not going to apply for it next year. The cigarette incident gave him a lot to think about..Although the others treated this as just another act of mischeviousness,he actually took it seriously,and in the process he overcame various obstacles on his own.

He asked for my opinion,was the country headed in the right direction?  I didn't know what he was getting on,so I answered 'No',just to see if he was going to set me straight with a convincing answer or otherwise. Yeah,he agreed with me.Phew. I thought he was going to tell me off for being such a pessimist but...Yeah.

He told me about the emergence of a sudden cult,the Doomsday/Nyx Cult which promised salvation to humanity,during January. The denizens of society got engulfed in the negative mood and the sense of hopeless-ness which filled the air doing this chaotic period,causing everyone to stop looking to the future,forming "a society without a future",in which everyone just lived for the moment and awaited for their doom.

Hidetoshi was pondering on how he could change the society. At first,he thought that an influential person starting a revolution could get things going. That's what I thought about,too. But he went one step further ahead of us in contemplation,and decided that starting a revolution just because you have the power to do it will raise more problems. That's what the 'Nyxist' incident taught him,when Hidetoshi observed Takaya and how he ended up in the end.

Hidetoshi's careful thinking led him to a satisfying conclusion.He decided the best thing for society right now is education,instead of the emergence of a charismatic figure.

"Things we learn before going out into the real world,that's what's needed most."

Therefore,he's planning to be a teacher,to improve the minds of the next generation,so that there would be less social problems when they step into society. I was a big reason as to why he reached this unlikely conclusion,and he asked if I was going to laugh at him..How could I?It's inspiring to look at him right now,although I couldn't tell him that. I just decided not to laugh at his ideals.

He thanked me for everything.. Feeling that Hidetoshi 'is going to do great from now on',I started proceeding to my next friend,with my heart put at ease whenever I thought of Hidetoshi.

Lesson: People change.At least,Odagiri did. From a very stern enforcer of school order,he deviated from the path he was originally going to take ; to be a revolutionary and reshape the society,into a teacher. His ideals are the same,but he chose to take a more subtle,more diplomatic approach to realize his ideals. I'm a rager with a bad temper,but if I take Hidetoshi as an example..Maybe nothing's impossible.. 
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Went up the stairs to talk to Chihiro. I know she's been waiting. <3


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 Chihiro Fushimi(Justice)

As soon as I started a conversation with her,she could feel that I was very tired,or even looked sick. Aha,she's a sharp student,isn't she? >:)

She pointed at a flyer that was spread across school : "The history of passionate love between teachers and students" . What's so wrong about this,eh?

Chihiro:People are free to fall in love which each other..There's nothing bad about it! I can see the reason why it would be strange for a student to be in love with a teacher,but that doesn't give them the right to make fun of it like this. I'm going to write a protest letter to the school paper.

She's not the timid girl that I knew before,now she was brave enough to stand up for what she thought was right,and even dares to voice her own opinions to the public right now.Proud of you,girl..Being the gentleman I was,I offered to walk  her to where she was going to submit her complaints,but she blushed and turned me down,insisting to go alone. This is her battle right here,brah!

One other thing was,she decided to join the Student Council again next year. The student council was what helped change herself so much,and she also gave me some credit.She wanted to like herself more,and she wanted me to like her more too. The way she is now,I like her more than I ever did already,I didn't get to tell her that of course.

She asked me out during our free time,saying there were many places that she'd like to go to,and only with me. I hope she doesn't mention Disneyland,because I would go broke or might have to work my ass off twice as hard to save enough for two trips to Disneyland. She skitted off happily after I didn't reject her when she asked me out. Off to my next friend..!

Lesson:Nothing special here. This was also some extra love for MC.He thoroughly changed Chihiro's life,making her more outgoing,brave,and gave her the courage to voice her own opinions. Even if the MC is gone,he won't need to worry about Chihiro anymore ; she's grown her own pair of wings and can take care of herself now,all thanks to our MC. He's a life saver,he can save the life on a massive scale and also perform 'micro-management' life saving. God,bless your soul,Arisato Minato.
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Went down the stairs since there wasn't anyone special on Gekkou High rooftop,nor on the 2nd floor. As I was preparing to exit school,oh yeah! How could I have forgotten about Kazushi,my injured friend who never lost passion in his sport(swimming).He was there,in front of the shoe lockers,where me and Yuko parted ways 10 minutes ago. Maybe he finally noticed his feelings for Yuko and wanted to tell me to lay off her,huh..Or..?

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Miyamoto Kazushhi(Chariot)
He noticed I was going out with Yuko,and told me to take good care of her,since she's his precious childhood friend.Nothing special going on between them,eh. Boohoo,but none of my biz! He seemed like he had something else to share with me..

It's about his injured knee..The reports for the diagnosis had already came in...And it turns out that..His knee is 100% recovered! Hurrah! Stupid dork,you had me guessing there,for a second. You even made that derp face to have me even more worried,too. =_=

Kazushi:Thinking about it now,if I kept hiding the pain in my knee..I get goosebumps,man.I was pushing myself too hard trying to catch up with you,and I got pissed off because nothing seemed to go right.I want too far again and shot my knee all to hell.Man,I acted like such a kid..I said it was all for my nephew,but it was just my pride.I got you,the guys on my team and the family worried for nothing.
I'm such a baby.

I didn't blame him for doing what he did,because I was in a similar position as he was. I understand the fear of not being able to do what you love most,because of an injury that you never wished for. But I'm glad for him,seems like he's ready to take his sport to a whole 'nother level..=)

To make it up to everyone,he decided to work hard to make the school swimming team a top-tier team within Japan. I believe he'll pull it off,believe me. He told me he noticed that I looked more tired and asked me to get some rest before he went off to the faculty office to tell the others about his aspirations. Looks like my time is almost up..Huh.....

Lesson:I'm feeling kind of hazy about this one..A part of myself doesn't want to admit what I learnt from Kazushi..Because his situation resembles mine so badly..I'll sort this one out personally..And maybe update this part if I ever remember in the future.
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How could I forget..Mitsuru! I went to 1F hallway just to chat and be lovey-dovey with her. When almost everyone's already gone home. >=)

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Mitsuru Kirijo(Empress)

Mitsuru: Hm..?What's the matter? You don't look well...Make sure to get some rest,Arisato.If you don't mind,could we go somewhere to talk? I have some business to take care of later on..But I'd like to spend my free time with you before I go.

I agreed,and she wanted to see the Student Council for one last time before moving on to the next step her life : University. She says the head members of the Kirijo Group are gathering for a briefing session,so she had to keep the conversation short. The company is keeping a headstrong image,but thats just in appearances,as they're as frail as can be,possibly because Mitsuru completely nullified the arranged marriage for her,which would have bailed the Kirijo Group out of its predicament.

Her ex-fiance mocked our MC when he found out Mitsuru had affection for him. That dude didn't knw how to read the mood. He got what he deserved,Kirijo Mitsuru's wrath. She immediately cut all ties with her fiance and his corporation,threatening to crush him with all her might if he crossed her ever again. This sent his 30 year-old would-be husband running with his tail between his legs. Wow,girl. <3

Anyway. She looked very stressed out and exhausted. She's only 18. For an 18 year old to shoulder the future of a multi-million corporation like that,imagine the burden!...Not that she can say that to Minato,who shouldered the lives of everyone on Earth at the age of 17..Still..To an 18 year old like me,Mitsuru has to bear some heavy burden..I'm blogging on my spare time while she hardly has any..

"Can I help?" 
Mitsuru: Of course you can..Who else will help me relax if  I become exhausted? Who else will lend a shoulder when I need support? If you can think of anyone else,let me know..;)

She quickly snapped off of the romantic chatter and talked about some real things. She'd be saying farewell to the dormitory quite soon,as she would be living elsewhere,closer to her university of choice. She's been packing her things but everything in her room brought back memories of the time they spent together,plus her memories of the school these past 3 years. All those years at Gekkou High as a student seemed to be very fulfilling for her,but she liked her senior year the best,since it was then that she met our MC,and learned about 'love'.

She was shuddering of the thought about had she not met me. Would she have accepted the arranged marriage..? Or would she have gotten on her bike and driven off,never to return? Either way,by meeting me,I've opened up her future,even if only by a little bit.

"There's no use dwelling in the past,I have things that must be done,to secure a future for the Kirijo Group and myself.You can be a part of my future,too.."*Blush*

After saying that,she asked me to come visit the Kirijo head family sometime. Don't think too much bro!It's just to say hello. :P She wants them to 'get used' to my face,implying that she would bring me over very frequently in the near future..Wow..I'll be a 'bocchama' sooner than I think,huh. :P

She's going to be busy for the rest of the week,but we made a date in the weekends,she sure is looking forward to it,I should,too. :P

Lesson: From Mitsuru's conversation,meeting someone in her life thoroughly changed the way her future was shaped. Maybe..There really is 'The One'(贵人） for every one of us out there,who is going to make such a huge impact on our life that might completely change our view of living. By taking Mitsuru as a good example,I will continue meeting new people,and keep waiting,and waiting,and waiting,until I find 'That Person'.. 
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Hm,I guess I've talked to everyone worth talking in school..I should head outside now..But since today I have a lot of time,why not try knocking on every door in school,just to see if I could get some extra important conversations going? So I tried knocking on each door,woot,seemed like they had something going on at the Faculty Office! It's...Ms.Toriumi O_O.

I decided to eavesdrop,just for fun.

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Ms.Toriumi/Maya(Hermit)
Ms. Toriumi and Ms.Terauchi were having small chit-chat. Terauchi was complimenting Ms.Toriumi on her recent performances. She's been more passionate about her lessons as it seemed like she spent a lot of time preparing for it. "It's unparalleled!"(Ms.Terauchi on Ms.Toriumi's recent enthusiasm towards teaching)

Ms.Toriumi decided to stop living in the moment,much like Takaya did. She decided to look further ahead and to the future. That's why she decided to take her job seriously for the first time in her life and hope people acknowledge her effort..It's paid off..Since Ms.Terauchi already noticed some changes in her.

What made her change so much? Was Ms.Terauchi's question.

Well,when I was just goofing off one weekend..I met someone(Me).So I took a closer look at my own life.That person..Well,was it..?Yes,it must have been a person..(Duh)

Ms.Terauchi completely agreed with Ms.Toriumi,as she has also went through a similar 'epiphany' by meeting with a certain 'someone' in her life.


Ms.Terauchi : Now that I think about it,I met my darling husband thanks to a destiny called fate.

Maybe she was trying to be cool,with her wording,like I usually do,and failed epicly,like I usually do. xD

Ms.Toriumi : Isn't that like saying "My headache hurts?"(or,"I've headshot his head!")

I decided to leave the Faculty Office since I couldn't find a good reason to butt into their conversation. Oh wait,my MC suddenly dropped his phone and drew the teachers' attention.

Ms.Toriumi : Oh,i-is there something wrong? Can I help you? You don't look too well,maybe you should go to the nurse's - Oh wait,you dropped something. 

She picked up my phone and noticed the wallpaper on it,Ms.Terauchi also took a peek at it.

i 

luv

u

Whooaaaa.o_O The truth is out!

Ms.Terauchi: What a charming confession!Arisato,did you make this by yourself?

Me:No,I received it from my online girlfriend. *DUN DUN DUN DUNNNN*

Ms.Toriumi was surprised by what I said,but it seems that she hasn't caught up to the situation at hand yet. She was surprised and annoyed at the same time.

Ms.Toriumi:Wh-What's going on!? Arisato couldn't have gotten this screen cap. D-Don't tell me he got it online!? But the only people who were on the servers were................................................. !? ...!? .....!?...!?!?!?!..... N-No!No!NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!


Yes,you finally noticed,muahahahahahhaahahahahha. :) Took you a while,lady. ^_^

She started flipping out big time. Ms.Terauchi was so freaked out that she immediately ran out of the Faculty Office to seek proffesional medical treatment for Ms.Toriumi. Wow,lol,her being there made the scene much more enjoyable and hilarious.Hope you do well with your husband,Ms.Terauchi. He's lucky to have a cute and loving wife like you. ^___^

So me and Ms.Toriumi were alone..She mustered a bit of courage to ask me about it.

Ms.Toriumi:Don't tell me you were Tatsuya-kun....?! I-I said all those things to you..? I....I..!No...No..This is bad...No!!! *Starts sobbing while still flipping out* I quit this school..sob..I'm leaving,never coming back!! Oh..I wish I was dead..Just kill me now!!

Wow,I can only imagine how embarassed she is right now...Wow.....I mean,why wouldn't she.. To confide so much to someone you met online,only to know that he was THIS close to you,and was also the student you were head over heels for... @_@ I'd go crazy if I were here,I'd go into an instant state of denial.

I knew I was tired,but some energy must have sparked into me when I saw Ms.Toriumi's reaction. I decided to be mischevious and...

Hell yeah. Sup,Maya? :)

Ms.Toriumi:Ack!! Th--Then you really are--!! *sob sob*...*sigh*..

She seems to have cooled down...Maybe...Maybe not??

Ms.Toriumi:I'm Maya..I'm Maya..I'm Maya,DAMMIT,GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?! WHY DON'T YOU SAY ANYTHING,DAMMIT!? This is so embarrasing...~~!! *Throws a file at me,ouch* But there was one thing I wanted to say,if we ever met face to face.. It was thanks to you that I was able to turn my life around.. So..I-I'm a grateful.Ngh...Wipe that smile off your face! Or I'll wipe it off for you with my firsts!!

It's quite refreshing to see teachers acting like students and communicating with us like equals,really is.

Ms.Toriumi: Umm..*Blush*..If you don't mind,then m-maybe we could have dinner..... ~~~!!!!!.... *Throws a dictionary at me* Oh,to hell with this!

~_~ Why not,Maya-san? ^_^  Oh wait,she ran off before I could accept her invitation for dinner..But matters not..At least I got this out of my mind before it was too late..Suddenly our MC felt tired again.

Lesson: The internet is not full of douchebags.Even if most of them are,you gotta look past them,and find some people who are sincere like yourself. Sometimes,you can be more honest with your online friends than you can be,with your real friends,you never know. And maybe,you could even find your 'special someone' in the internet... The future is riddled with infinite possibilities.. So don't be a jerk to the people you meet online,even if they are one to you. Be nice to everyone,and you'll find people who are nice to you,and might change your outlook on life. Then again,forming bonds,helps!

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Then,I left Gekkou High and decided to scour the town to find people I have formed everlasting bonds with. I decided to visit the Velvet Room one more time,to see Elizabeth and Igor's face and possibly thank them for all the help they've given. Without them...Where the heck would I,would the world be,without them..?

But...I couldn't find the Velvet Room anymore. It was usually located in the back alley of Paulownia Mall,but now,the back alley has truly become a 'dead end',and not the entrance into Velvet Room like we previously imagined. Damn...To think that you helping me achieve the 'Universe Arcana' would be the last time we'd see each other..Thank you,Igor. Thank you,Elizabeth..

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 I came out  of the Back Alley feeling bittersweet. Then, I went over to Club Escapade which was supposed to only be open during the evenings. It was open now. I'm guessing Mutatsu's in there,waiting for me? But he should have given up drinking already..Gr..that boozehound!

I went inside to look for him,but the only person I saw was the protagonist from the PS3 Game 'Catherine'. Yeah,figures. It wouldn't be in his best interest to go back to drinking,now that he already got back his family,huh?Oh well... I exitted the Club feeling relieved and disappointed at the same time. I talked to the bartender of Escapade,thinking he could shed some light as to why the club was open in the afternoon,and why he was standing outside of the club. Ahh....

Mutatsu called to the Club,trying to reach to me. He left the Bartender with his message and hoped that he would pass it on to me. But..? The bartender doesn't remember what he was supposed to tell me!?!? GAWD!? Oh wait,he was just messing around with me like Kazushi did. The bartender wrote down what Mutatsu said,even though he wasn't obliged to help pass the message. Wow,good service,mate,I'll be sure to patronize often it as soon as I'm 21. =D

Mutatsu : I found my wife and son.My son's a good-for-nothing punk,and my wife is frigid as usual. That witch..What?Hey,shut up!I'm on the phone..A lot's happened,but I apologized a thousand times,and everything's back to normal now. I guess you could say we're back in love with each other.I realized,rather than holding onto my pride,I needed to suck it up and apologize.Thanks to you,Arisato..Take care,kid. 'Til we meet again.

The bartender insisted that was the end of the message,and Mutatsu didn't leave behind any contact info. I guess he's implying that we leave it to fate to decide when our reunion will be..Either way,he got his life back,happy for you,'grandpa'!

Lesson: Mutatsu said it. Rather than holding on to your pride,sometimes taking a step back,sucking it up and apologizing will clear up great misunderstandings. That's how he got his life back. I'm sure there will come a time in everyone's life where we'll have to choose between apologizing and our own pride.But heed Mutatsu's words,the latter will never work in our best interest..Let's all take a step back and compromise,with each other..

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I'm done with Paulownia Mall,so I'll head over to Iwatodai Strip Mall..Hmm..Bunkichi and Mitsuko were standing outside of their store 'Bookworms'. I guess I'll talk to them. :)
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Bunkichi & Mitsuko (Hierophant)
Bunkichi told us he was going to give 'Bookworms' a remodeling. Trying to be innovative,even at this age,eh?Go for it,old man. :)

By the way,about the persimmon tree that everyone decided to get rid of,they changed their minds and decided to relocate it,to another field. Now that's some good news for the old people! It'll be replanted on a hill where you can see the whole campus..Aww ain't that sweet. :) Once Mitsuko heard of this,she was so overjoyed that the tears wouldn't stop flowing.

Mitsuko:You look much more mature now. You must have been working so hard..Come visit us anytime!
Bunkichi: If we can get Arisato-chan's endorsement,I bet all the students will rush to the shop here!What do you think,dear?
Mitsuko:Now,dear..Don't make him do our work for us.
Bunkichi: But he's practically our grandson!He's obligated to do favors for his ancestors!
Mitsuko:*Sigh* Dear..

I'm really flattered that Bunkichi and Mitsuko would consider me as their grandson,but I'd..rather not. My MC isn't feeling so well,and he himself knows that..there may not be long to live. It literally took our MC EVERYTHING he had in order to muster enough energy to perform the Great Seal on Nyx. Him still here talking to everyone right now,is already a miracle as it is. What if he suddenly goes one day.. Will Mitsuko and Bunkichi be able to bear losing someone precious again..? To see those younger than you go before yourselves,although I've never experienced it before..Must be painful. I hope you guys'll forget about me soon,so that you can live the last minutes of your lives prosperously and free of worries..But when we meet again some day..I'll remind you folks of all the time we spent together..'Til we meet again,grandparents..:)

Lesson : Again,something that I wouldn't like to learn from.. Sometimes,its wiser to let go of something,and not hold onto it too desperately,as 勉强是没有幸福的。(There is no happiness to be derived from forcing issues) If you truly love that something,let it go when the time comes,and someday it might come back to you,when you least expect it.

That's what happened for the old couple,at least,they desperately wanted to keep the tree alive,but decided that if the removal of the tree would help future generations prosper,they'd go for that option without any hesitation. In the end? The tree was kept alive and relocated to a much better position.
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So I've done all I could at Iwatodai Strip Mall. I'm heading off to the Naganaki Shrine to see if I can find something Akinari Kamiki left behind,or something corny like his after-image and have a chat with him,for one last time.
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Akinari Kamiki(Sun)


Sitting in Akinari Kamiki's place was a middle-aged lady,who didn't look half bad. I can only imagine how much of a bomb she was 10 years ago. She introduced herself as Mrs.Kamiki.Then I got shocked,I didn't know Akinari-kun had a wife. Oh silly me. She's his mother.=_=

Today's a special day for Akinari-kun.It's his birthday (3rd of March),if he was still alive,he'd be 20 by now. His mother felt guilty for giving birth to him,with a genetic disease. She blamed herself for a very long time,until one day,which was not long before he passed way,he went up to his mother,and said..

"I'm sorry to have brought so much pain into your life,Mother.I'm glad to have been given life.I'm glad,to have been your son.Thank you so much for the life you have given me..." :"(

Tears might have welled up in her eyes when she recalled what Akinari said to her..Why wouldn't it? I'm sure Akinari didn't want his mother to blame herself for something that even she had no control over.

She told me that I brought a lot of joy into Akinari-kun's life,and that he also brought a lot of joy into her life..

"Holding his warm body in my arms just after he was born..Those tiny hands..That first smile..Hearing him breathe easily at night..Everyday,I gave thanks for him being alive..I found new joy in him everyday."

His mother feels so lonely now,but she'll keep living her life to the fullest,by having the finest food,visiting the most exotic places,so that she could tell her dear child about it when they meet again,on the other side. That's what Akinari-kun would have wanted too,I believe.

Something else's been bothering her. Last year,he started writing a 'fable' on his notebook. His mother was curious about it,but Akinari said he wanted me to be the first one to read his story. He told his mom she was going to be the second one to see it,I hope she didn't feel too heartbroken about it.Nah.. But.... Maybe.. ??? O_O

I thought she was going to ask me about the notebook or story,but it seemed like she wanted to hear the story personally from her child when they meet again on the other side.

"This will give me something extra to look forward to." Said the determined mother,preparing to live her life for herself and her son.

There's one advice she wanted to give me before we parted ways.

Lesson:

• Take good care of the one dearest to you.If you wait until their time has ocme,and oyu're clinging to their cold bodies..Then it's too late. Everyone who's born will die someday.Not just Akinari,me,or you,it happens to everyone. So before that happens..It doesn't take a grand gesture. You don't have to make a big production of it,but..if you love someone,let them know it. We all go through life with the same struggles,the same heartbreak.We should be able to prop each other up with the same love and kindness as well. I'm sure you have something precious you can share with people.Always remember that.-Mrs.Kamiki
• Something that I posted in facebook. Don't make too much of an effort to prolong your life,instead,work on adding more 'life' to the limited days we have on this world. Life is short..Isn't it? Let's make the fullest out of it..It doesn't matter WHEN we go..It matters more that we feel satisfied when we go.. When I was a young kid,I always dreaded thinking about the day I was going to die,I always thought of childish and outrageous ways to live a long life. Well,when we grow up,thoughts change,don't they..? Heheh. :) #Akinari,Minato.

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I guess I didn't leave out any friends..Eh? What about Mr.Tanaka of the Devil Arcana? Although he was a scamming douchebag,I'm sure he's turned over a new leaf by now or is at least making an effort to. I couldn't locate him in Paulownia Mall though..Wonder where he could be at..

Oh well,already scoured the town and couldn't find him. I guess he's doing ok,huh?..I head back to the dorm,finally willing to go to bed after a long and possibly one of the most satisfying afternoons in my life.:)

Eh..? The TV was on,and it seemed like people are making a buzz about Tanaka on TV!
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President Tanaka(Devil)

Newscaster:

A special report on the Amazing Commodities Corporation of the "Tanaka's Amazing Commodities" program.

President Tanaka's failure to account for certain expenditures has caused a media stir lately..

  We now join our field reporter,live from the scene.

Seems like they're talking about my friend,Tanaka. There's been a buzz regarding how he suddenly spent a huge sum of money for unknown reasons. Although nobody else knew what he spent his money on,I did. He donated 10,000,000 (ten million) yen to charity,and wanted to remain anonymous about it. He claimed that 10M wasn't a huge sum,and I actually believed him when he said that. But turns out,10M did mean something to him,and if he was willing to donate that much to charity,knowing of the deep shit he'll get into regardless,you can't deny that he's trying to turn over a new leaf. People can change,its better late,than never.

Field reporter:

I'm reporting from the Amazing Commodities head office,where a swarm of journalists has convened. 

Word has it that President Tanaka will be coming out shortly to make a statement.

The tension in the air here can't be denied.

Ah...! Is he going to disclose the fact that he donated to charity? Even though no one will take him serious unless if he's desperate of proving it,huh.

Newscaster:

The unaccounted expenditure has sparked a massive investigation. Some theorize that tax evasion is the cause..

Asked my friend about this part. To evade the government tax,you spend off the excess money you're making to make the others think you're not making much money,then they'll charge you less money in the form of taxes. You guys and your theories..!! But seeing as how much of a devil Tanaka once was,even I'd be on the same boat as you guys,if I didn't witness his change first-hand. I think now,Tanaka has higher moral values than you haters.(I'm pushing it)

Commentator : 

Oh there's no question about that! Let me remind you that this is President Tanaka we're talking about!

He tricks his own viewers for a few extra bucks!

I bet he'd slit his mama's throat for a five-yen piece!

No matter how high his net worth rises,he'll never be satisfied!

He's lower than scum on an earthworm's belly! All that money,and no charity's ever seen a dime!

Meh...A bonafide hater. He should be ashamed of himself for trying to ruin someone's image so blatantly on live. What if he was wrong? Would he be able make it up to the person he offended?..Sheesh. And no charity's ever seen a dime,huh?

Field Reporter:

This just in! President Tanaka has come out of his car. He's carrying a microphone! It looks like he's going to...sing?! 

God.This is just..Epic!Hahahhaha xD Who would've thought he sang his own intro??!! He's trying too hard to cut costs,haha!

President Tanaka :

Here comes Tanakaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Over the airwaves to youuuuuuuuu 

Granter of your desires!

Hiii,everyone! Amazing Commodities is here for you year-round,rain or shine!

We have a monopoly on the cheapest,highest-quality goods! 

Our customers' ecstatic screams cause noise pollution! (This one killed it xD)

Our stocks rise so high they're a hazard to birds,and we make losers every day out of people who don't buy!(Keep going bro!You crackin' me up)

We're the only miracle left in this sad,desolate world!( Pushin it!But I don't mind :D )

That's the Amazing Commodities guarantee!

We look forward to your business~ *Drives off*

P.S

Hiiiiiii! This is Tanaka,the best friend your pocketbook ever had!

And what's in my pocketbook is my own business.

It's not my company's money -- so what's it to them how I use it? (Damn right!)

But let me make one thing clear : I'm not ashamed of a single thing!(Go,go,Tanaka!)

My conscience is clear,dear viewers-- so  buy my products,guilt-free!

Byebye~

You're one successful businessman,IMO,even if I don't know much about being one.  You were successful on the achievements department,where you raked in a huge profit,regardless of your methods.But now that you've washed your hands from performing scams,and donate to charity,and even maintaining anonymity..You're what I would call a model businessman,y'know!

Lesson: It's not too late to change after noticing something about yourself that you feel is not right. Despite how the others judge you due to the person you ONCE were,I guess there's no desperate need for us to prove that we're different from who we were. Let them find it out themselves,and in the meanwhile,never stop improving ourselves. Also,we don't have to show off to others about donating to charity or doing good things,do we? After sometime,maybe it'll turn into a habit. And people will notice you performing good deeds even if you don't mean for them to. If they always see you as a villian......? Screw them. :)

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Even though it was quite a long afternoon for me,I was surprised to notice that my MC was the first person to reach the Gekkou Dorm. Seemed like everyone was still busy enjoying their pre-graduation lives. That's good and all,but my MC feels tired..Maybe I(MC) should go to bed early..

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March 4th

Just a normal day after school,it seems. I walked around town for 1 last time,to see if there was anybody I should have talked to. It appears not.. That said,I had a pleasant stroll around town,and engaged with the pedestrians in some fairly trivial chatter,before going back to the dorm..I didn't have any important conversations with anyone today,yet I(MC) felt tired..To conserve my energy for tomorrow,which was a very significant day for the members of SEES,I decided to go to bed,even though it might only be 7PM. Looking forward to Senior Graduation Day....

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March 5th

 First thing in the morning,Aigis knocked on my door..Was she that excited about graduation day,to wake me up this early?

"Thank goodness,I'm so happy to see you again.I'm sorry to show up so suddenly..But..I really needed to talk to you."

"What's on your mind?"

"...I remember everything.Everyone seems to have forgotten,but I remember.That day,we..." *Tears well up in Aigis' eyes"

I think our MC remembers too..Even if everyone else forgot about it. He just didn't want to cause any confusion and bring chaos into the former NAT members' peaceful lives.. But even if they have forgotten...Our MC has persevered to this day,to meet at the rooftop,like everybody promised to..Even if no one shows up,I'm sure he would have fulfilled his end of the bargain.

"Don't cry." 

"It's just that,when I remembered...I was afraid you might go somewhere far away,like you did at the last battle.."

I was lost in thought for a while..It's like both of us knew that my MC was going to go somewhere far away,but seeing Aigis being so sorrowful over this,we decided to lie for ourselves,for one last time..

"It won't happen..."

"......Graduation's today,isn't it?I'm sorry..The ceremony's already begun..."

Whoa.And I thought you woke me up early. Turns out we're both late! Hahaha.Not that I mind...:) Let's go,to the promised place.

"We can enjoy the view of this peaceful city.."
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I've embed a Youtube video showing the final minutes of this game into the blog..Enjoy,we can all be sad over Minato's death together,and live our lives positively,for his sake,and for ours too.

....I wanted to cry for my precious MC,so badly,but the tears wouldn't come out..But no..That doesn't mean I feel less emotional about it..I love this game,I love MC for the sacrifices he made for this world,I love him for exhibiting out-of-this-world willpower..Thank you for everything you've taught me..Thank you,Arisato Minato..

Thank you,SEES..Thank you,Nyx Annihilation Team members..Thank you,Atlus..Thank you,Shin Megami Tensei..!! Damn..I might not be crying,but my heart feels really heavy over the loss of our 'Messiah'...

Persona 3 taught me a lot of things,which is going to change the course of my life for the better,I sincerely believe..It took me 3 months,but I'm finally willing to complete the game,and move on with my life. Sounds cliche,doesn't it? I don't mind..I love you,Arisato Minato,I love you,Persona 3. May you be enveloped in eternal tranquility....
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The lessons I learnt from this game is countless,and if you want me to list it out right her,it'd be almost like I'm rewriting the whole blog. Yeah,Persona 3 is that full of content to me. Rather than  lessons,I shall post my resolutions after being inspired by my Arisato Minato.

1. I won't make a promise that I can't keep anymore,from now on. If someone asks them of me and I know I can't keep the promise,I won't nod my head,or say "OK" anymore. I'll try to reject them in the most subtle way I can,without hurting them. To make a promise, will be very serious stuff for me,from now on. By taking Minato as an example..... The willpower we gain from trying to fulfil promises surpasses common sense,and even life itself. I shall try my best to fulfil the promises I make...Or DIE TRYING. I am making a resolution,there shouldn't be any room for second thoughts.
2. I've gone through the first 18 years of my life rather boringly..I don't have half the number of true friends Minato does..And he was barely 18 when he died..I don't have to feel ashamed of myself,but I figure I should make the fullest out of my life,by socializing with people more,and find my own true friends like he did...  That's why,I'll try to make as many friends as I can as I enter college,which is 4 weeks/1 month form now. I'll join clubs and stick to them,interact with the people within the club. I'm not trying to be an Arisato Minato,but his example is too inspiring not to follow.. :)
3. No more procrastination starting now. I'm tired of it.. I'll finish what I started on that day,to prevent work from piling up. Example:

• After every memorable LoL game,I'll post about it BEFORE going into the next game. 
• At the end of each day,I'll start blogging about the console games I play. That said,if I do play a console game,I'll spend 2 hours at least to blog about it (from 8p.m.) each night.
• Swimming,taking care of my own body. I won't keep telling myself 'tomorrow' anymore.I'll make a timetable for what I do each day and strive to conform to my own timetable as much as I can. I'll even exhaust myself trying.

I figure...I'll make 3 resolutions for now..Making too many would be unrealistic,wouldn't it...? :) These are the resolutions I'll strive to keep until I draw my last breath in this world.

To think that video games , which I thought was only worth playing to spend your time without getting bored and have fun... To give me so much to think about,regarding life,how I should live it out to the fullest and even find pointers as to how one realizes his unique 'answer to life'. From now,til the last days of my life,I shall keep playing the Persona games that Atlus produces. Persona 5,6,7,....20? I'll play them all,and blog about them,too. Is this another resolution of mine? Hm,who knows. :)


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We've come such a long way...Huh...Now I shall expect Persona 2:Eternal Punishment for PSP,Persona 5 for my PS3, and possibly download Persona 1 for my PSP pretty soon. About Persona 4 on Playstation VITA? Hmm...Going to be quite some time before I get there,to be honest. We'll see,though. :)

Adios.

(P.S. Very very special thanks to RaMeNbOi1990 as I referred to his 'blog' on Let's Play Archive for much of the things that I've missed out/forgotten about. Also,at least 50% of the pictures that're on this page I've taken from his blog,and I hope no one thinks of this as plagiarism,I just wanted to express my story in a more visual way than I did with my last blog.[Persona 2:Innocent Sin]
All in all,I thank everyone who enjoyed reading my blog and hope that everyone can strive to live out their lives positively,like I will,from now on.)