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Inactive Let's reach out to the truth in Persona 4! - Archive links on page 28

Who shall we romance

  • Nobody

    Votes: 12 25.0%
  • Satonaka Chie (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 19 39.6%
  • Amagi Yukiko (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 21 43.8%
  • Shirogane Naoto (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 15 31.3%
  • Ebiharra Ai (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 15 31.3%
  • Kujikawa Rise (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 14 29.2%
  • Matsunaga Ayane (kingcomrade)

    Votes: 12 25.0%

  • Total voters
    48
  • Poll closed .

Hirato

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Since Clockwork Knight made a post, here's update #10

What is this!? The first update without a batch of new portraits?!
Oh the humanity!

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Oh, hey, I came up with an idea I've been meaning to ask you about.
We're able to enter TVs now...
Have you ever tried sticking your hand into a TV when something's on?

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You tried it out already!? Oho, now that's our leader!
But, I see... So you can't just go to the same place that's on the screen.
So my plan to jump right to where Yukiko-san is while she's on the screen wouldn't work, then...
I thought it might work if there was a direct connection between what's on the TV and where you end up...
But then again, it makes sense that it doesn't work that way.
Different TVs are connected to different places, but everybody can watch the Midnight Channel.
That's kind of a contradiction, isn't it?
Then I guess there's no other way but through that castle, no matter how dangerous it might be...
Still, I'm sure Yukiko-san is in a lot more pain than we are! We can't complain about stuff like this!

But it sure would make the rescues a lot easier...

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Probably quite an apt title, I didn't even remember him...
Fun fact: 細い (I assume it's written like that) according to google means thin. Perhaps a reference to the shallowness of his character?


<Mr. Hosoi> My name is Mr. Hosoi, and in this class you'll be learning about contemporary writing. Let's all have fun.
<Mr. Hosoi> I know this is off-topic, but what's the point of applying for colleges outside Inaba? Why even bother?
<Mr. Hosoi> Nothing good ever comes out of competing with city-folk. The countryside is all you need.
<Mr. Hosoi> Mmmhmm. Well, let's practice our spelling. Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
<Mr. Hosoi> You! Hana-chan! You're just the kind of guy who relies on his PC's spell check!

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Huh!? Well, he got that right, but...

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<Mr. Hosoi> Ooh, good job, Hana-chan! The word "millennium" is very commonly misspelled.
<Mr. Hosoi> As you know, the word "millennium" comes from the Latin word, "mille," meaning "thousands," and "annum," meaning "year."
<Mr. Hosoi> Remember when 1999 became the year 2000? Lots of words came out of that shift, like millennium baby, or millennium bug.

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Phew... You're a life saver, Hirato. Thanks.

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Yellow notes like these pop up when you grow closer to people around you.
You will need to accrue a certain amount before you can trigger the next rank up event for their respective Social Links.
Spending time with someone will grant you two or three of those points, but you may not necessarily get the event until next time.
One thing to note is that having a Persona of the respective Social Link's arcana on your person when you're spending time with someone will allow it to rank up quicker.
This encounter increased our "Expression" significantly.

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> The famous steak croquettes are tough...

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Sticking chunks of steak in croquettes... Man, this really is the country, huh?
Well, it is good... though it's tough.
Chie called this stuff "tender and juicy"... What kinda teeth does she have...?

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The women in this game really like gossiping, bad mouthing people and forcing their expectations upon others...

<Gossiping lady> He's from Junes... Yasogami High school, right?
<Talkative lady> His classmate... Sato-san...? Went out of business...
<Gossiping lady> This shopping district could disappear, and yet...

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Nahhh, it's not really.
It's mainly my parents; I'm not personally involved. Anyways, there's nothing I can do about it.'
> Yosuke shrugs...

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I don't think there's anyone in Inaba who doesn't know me, at school or around town...
Not that I mind, but... It sucks that I always gotta mind my manners.
> Yosuke smiles cheerfully...

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Still, this croquette is damn good, huh?
I'm gonna have another. You want one too, right?
> you ate croquettes with Yosuke until your stomach started to bulge, then went home...

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No questionable dreams tonight.
 

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I must say, Rise looks really cute in outfit...
Can't say I particularly like the revamp of the northern shopping district and the protagonist's room...

I'm not quite sure what to make of the combination attacks, I'd need to try those in actions to really formulate an opinion.
Plus my gut reaction is to reject the new Personas, but I'll concede they look pretty damn cool.
I'm not up to date with the developments, are they new brand Personas or simply reimaginings of their' original Personas?


Come to think of it, it would've been pretty neat if the Personas of our companions developed differently depending on your interactions with them.
 

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I'm not up to date with the developments, are they new brand Personas or simply reimaginings of their' original Personas?
I don't know for sure, it's the first time I saw them.
Come to think of it, it would've been pretty neat if the Personas of our companions developed differently depending on your interactions with them.
I think this is pretty likely. Alternatively, they can have something to do with that Marie girl, the new character. Judging by her hat and bag, she is from the Velvet Room, and screenshots show her interacting with the party.
 

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Last update for today before I call it a night.

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A rainy day... Ordinarily these are the kinds of days best suited to crawling.
Many social links are only available on sunny days.

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I hear it's gonna be sunny for a while, starting this afternoon.
Looks like we're not gonna have to worry about the fog for now.
The fog always sets in around the morning after it's rained for a few days.

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That's a pretty significant point, it's foggy after it rains, provided it's been raining for a few days.
I never really kept track, people usually got rescued well before the rain period started.

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Right. I'm counting on you, Leader!

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We've got practice today, man. I'll be waiting, so c'mon!
> Maybe you should show up to soccer practice after school...

Ooh boy, we're starting to get popular. People may talk to you during Lunchtime periods.
They'll typically either invite you to hang with them after school or remind you to spend some time with them.
Daisuke just did the latter.
For the former case, you'll be given the option to accept or decline, accepting will inhibit you from doing anything else in the after school period, but you'll receive a substantial bonus to the respective Social Link.
There are a few exceptions, but we'll get to one soon enough.

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I completely forgot to check the book store yesterday. New books tend to come in every few weeks, "A Great Man" was released on the 20th. The Timid Teacher series raises your understanding.
We head back to school for Soccer practice.

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> You attended soccer practice.
> Your Diligence has increased.

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Yeah, why should I do it, you ingrates!

<Soccer player> ...Because new guys do the cleanup, alright? Just do it.

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What were those guys saying to you?

> You told Daisuke that you're going to tear down the goals and clean up.
Wait, what!? When was this decided!?

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What? Everyone's supposed to take turns...
You don't have to do that, man. Let's just go home.

Daisuke is now a potential bro for my brolist...

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...What's wrong?

> You told Kou that you're going to tear down the goals and clean up.
Insistent little bastard aren't you?

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Let me guess, they told you it was your job? Tch, how predictable.
But yeah, you should probably do it anyway.

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How come? They got no right to dump it all on him...

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Don't do it because they told you to, do it because you "want to help."
That'll throw 'em off guard.
Here, I'll help out too. It'll go faster.
> The three of you cleaned up the field.

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Whew, I'm beat...

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That's because you got so into polishing those balls, man. You gotta pace yourself.

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Nah, it's not my style to half-ass things.

Persona 4 is a game with classy high-brow humour, not juvenile jokes :obviously:

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We opt for the non-tsundere option

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No problem.
> Daisuke looks happy.

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Hey, you wanna grab some ramen on the way home?

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Hey, I saw that first-year at your practice today, Daisuke.
She was watching you the entire time, man. I even heard her say, "Wow, he kicked the ball so hard!"
I mean, duh... that's kinda the point of the game...

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...I didn't notice.

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Really? What a waste.

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Enough of that crap. Hirato, wanna stay after practice to work on your game a little more?
Let's show those guys what you can do.

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Yeah, that's a good idea. If you can run circles around them, they'll have to accept you, right?

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Exactly. Then it's decided.
You're helping too, Kou.

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What? Since when do I have anything to do with the soccer team...?
> The three of you discussed practice.
> You headed home after saying goodbye.

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The rain's stopped.

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Are you gonna be busy tomorrow?
Even if you are, free up some time so we can go inside the TV!
> Chie hung up.

We tastefully decline for now, I've got Bros who need a Bro to hang with, bros!
We then head to bed.

> You dreamed that you were Yosuke's parent...
> It was a surreal, awkward dream, but your relationship with Yosuke has intensified...

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......!
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......



G'night Codex.
 

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Looks like the rains are a-coming!

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It rained yesterday, but it didn't feel like there was gonna be any fog, did it?
Looks like the weather's gonna be nice for a while, so a little rain's not gonna hurt anything.

You mean, you weren't sure there wasn't going to be any fog when you told me so yesterday!
I-I trusted you!
*son-sob-sob*

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Seriously!? Y-You've got nerves of steel.

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Anyway, let's take everything on step at a time.

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> Yosuke brought you all the way here...

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Mmmm... It's been a while since I breathed this kinda air!
Y'know I'm just a poor little city boy drawn to that urban scent.

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Now that you mention it, the foam in my facial soap this morning had...!
H-Hey, you're making me scare myself!
> Yosuke is smiling...

Great, now let's go do something.

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Well, that aside, what should we--

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Oh, a text message.

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More spam...

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Even when I do, they change domains, so there's no point.
And I don't wanna change my address...
> Yosuke sighs

This looks to be an oversight in the translation...

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I haven't changed addresses since before we moved to Inaba.
I mean, I might get a text from someone.
...It's hard to call, y'know.
If I called people just to tell them my number changed, they'd get annoyed.
And some of them might not wanna text me at all...

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Oh, but hey, don't look at me like I don't have any friends!
......

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Though to tell you the truth, I don't remember what we all used to talk about.
Can't really call 'em friends...
Inaba suits me just fine. Plus... I got something I need to do there.

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I'm counting on ya partner!

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Ah yes, follow-up attacks, I mentioned this briefly in a previous update.
When you knock an enemy down, one of our allies may offer to do their follow up attack.
These are different for every character, and I make no guarantee about being able to use it in the next crawling related update.
Future bosses are notoriously resistant to knock down efforts and Shadow Yukiko is no exception.

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Well, with that in mind, should we head back?
It'd suck if something happened back there while we were over here!
Alright, let's go home! Wait...
Let's get everyone a souvenir, then go home!
> You returned to Inaba with Yosuke in a hurry...

We then went home...

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D-Dude! Dream about Chie or something!
This is just not on!
 

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I just realized an obvious thing about the skiing screenshot: the scene takes place during the winter. The vanilla game fast forwards through January and February, and the party is kinda busy in December and can't go on a trip like that. It's possible that the time skip between the last two dungeons is no longer there, or at least not as long.
 

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and I thought Katawa Shoujo is disturbing. I know this is 'socializing for powergaming' gimmick, but still...dreaming of other boys?
 

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and I thought Katawa Shoujo is disturbing. I know this is 'socializing for powergaming' gimmick, but still...dreaming of other boys?

That was 100% the fault of the RNG.
I only chose to head to bed early, but that's more a consequence of there being nothing more productive to do at present.

In your first playthrough you'd typically read, or study, or perhaps work at the table.
Raising your courage is a priority after all... It's rather infuriating having most of the initial dialogue options cut off.
I have plenty of money and my Social Attributes are already maxed, so I don't really benefit from doing that.
 

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Looks like the rainy period will be starting soon.
The last chance we have to rescue Yukiko will probably be on the 29th.
There's still 6 days to cover (including this one), before we reach the 29th.
A good opportunity to go crawling will probably present itself before then.
A lot of the available Social Links are closed off during the rain, so it would probably be ideal to wait till then.

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<Chatty girl> I wonder if there's anything there I can make some easy cash with.

Day care assistant :smug:

<Braided girl> Hmm... I don't think you have the Diligence to handle a job that takes a lot of time
<Chatty girl> That's so mean!
<Chatty girl> Maybe I don't... But I bet I'll be more diligent if I get a job!
<Chatty girl> I bet you wouldn't do too well with a job where you have to work with others because you lack Understanding, huh?

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<Ms. Sofue> Mesopotamia means "the land between the two rivers" in Greek.
<Ms. Sofue> In other words, this civilisation was built between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
<Ms. Sofue> Mesopotamia, Indas, Egypt, Huang He... All of the four great ancient civilisations rose from river land.
<Ms. Sofue> The rivers provided many blessings, which allowed the cultures to flourish. Mesopotamia had some distinctive laws...
<Ms. Sofue> Mr. Hanamura, wake up! Pop Quiz!
<Ms. Sofue> What was the commonality among the four great ancient civilisations!?

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<Ms. Sofue> Hmph, I guess you were paying attention. You're right, civilisation began near rivers.
<Ms. Sofue> You should keep those words in mind. "Civilisations" and "By the river." It'll be helpful when you need it.
<Ms. Sofue> Anyhow... I'm glad you got it right.
<Ms. Sofue> "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." ...You'd be in big trouble if you were in Mesopotamia.

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...What's she mean by that?
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I owe you big time for this, Hirato. I better stay awake next time...

Classes have ended for now, I recall the gossip from this morning and proceed to the shopping district. 4 of the 6 jobs have been made available... We take them all before heading back to school... You don't actually have to show up or do them

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The day care job will grant us the the Social Link of the Temperance Arcana. I'm not interested in doing this right now though...
It's one of the least interesting ones.

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Before we do any cleaning, though, let's work on your dribbling!

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Oh well...
Want me to toss balls at you or something?

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This isn't tennis, dude. Go stand over there and play some defense.

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Defense? No problem! You should see me on a basketball court.

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<Female student> Practice is over, right? D-Do you wanna, um...?

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Does it look like I'm done practicing? Seeya.

Sounds like we've got some issues to work through. You want to talk about it?
<Female student> Huh? Oh, uh... World you mind if I waited for you? Am I in the way?

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Yes... you are. We need to concentrate.
C'mon, Hirato, let's get started.

That was just harsh, bro...

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What's his problem...?

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Well? Are we gonna get started?
> The three of you had an intense practice...
> Afterward, you cleaned up and went home.

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As a result of taking all the jobs, we can now use the Desk in our room.
The process itself is pretty simple, you select an option and you get paid, the pay varies on your skills and the amount of work you do.
Whilst origami folding is volunteer work, you are awarded an item for every batch you finish.
I won't be doing these jobs, but whilst doing these, you will occasionally daydream and be presented with a choice.
If you're lucky, you'll get much more work done (read: more money) if you're unlucky, the opposite will happen (less money).

No dreams were had tonight.
 
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<Braided girl> Hmm... I don't think you have the Diligence to handle a job that takes a lot of time
< Chatty girl> That's so mean!
< Chatty girl> Maybe I don't... But I bet I'll be more diligent if I get a job!
< Chatty girl> I bet you wouldn't do too well with a job where you have to work with others because you lack Understanding, huh?

I'm not sure, but I think the game is trying to tell you something here.
 

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I thought you missed the music thread for a moment...

The key used here is quite simple and I should've explained it in one of the first updates
But to answer your question, the next rainy period will be starting on the 27th.


I still need to prepare the next few update, I've already taken the sreenshots for the next 3 game days.
I've been occupied with Katawa-shoujo plus the current heat isn't conducive to doing anything remotely productive.


Sup page 7!
 

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...oh you're playing it too, Hirato-kun~? XD
 

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...oh you're playing it too, Hirato-kun~? XD

Indeed, I did see it advertised on Sankaku on the night before you started your LP (lots of butthurt from 2ch regarding the term "katawa").
Your LP reminded me to check it out, partly because I wanted to see what the different choices led to.
Plus I was curious if the decision to not introduce yourself to the class had any effect... turns out you dodged a Shizune themed bullet, as hard as that may be to believe.


As for this LP, I may have an update prepared later tonight.
 

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