Summary
: Now that we’ve seen the platonic version of Kawakami’s Rank 9 and 10 cutscenes, let’s see what happens if we make a horrible mistake.
: Note that even if you pick the bottom option, that’s not the point of no return.
: “…Do you understand what you’re saying? This situation isn’t normal. I’m a teacher, and you’re my student, you know?”
: Picking the top option will put you back on the platonic route.
: “N-No way! Wait, um, that’s not what I meant by ‘no way’ but.. whaaat!?”
: “Wait, um. Okay… okay… okay… okay.. okay… time! I need more time! I mean, you’re both a student and a master, while I’m a teacher and a maid. This doesn’t make sense!”
: I mean, it did if you were one of those medieval nobles with like a dozen children not counting the ones from your spouse.
: “Right? Let’s save this discussion for next time, okay!?”
: Unlike the platonic route, there is no phone call for the romance route.
: “Well, I’m completely done with that part-time job! Oh, and my students! I’ve been giving them all a lot of advice…”
: “So… um… about that talk we had… you know, about whether or not we should date.”
: “Can’t you seem a little more sad about it!? I was so happy.. when you shared your feelings the other day… I finally realized how I felt. But.. I’m a teacher… and you’re my student…”
: Straight Joker has never not been horny. Even Morgana fears him.
: “You’re in a tricky situation as it is. If we get caught, suspension would be just the beginning. I’m restraining myself because you’re so special to me…”
: “No, I’m not. Considering the feelings I have for you… Arghhh! Why are you so okay with this? Now I feel dumb for trying to back away!”
: “I had every intention of saying goodbye to you… oh, fiiine.”
: The rest of the scene is word-for-word identical to the platonic version up until a point, but before I get there I’d like to talk about why you can even do this in the first place. It has to do with Persona 3.
: In Persona 3, there’s a social link where the protagonist plays an MMORPG styled after Innocent Sin. He plays as “Tatsuya” and meets “Maya”, who clearly likes him.
: At the very end of the social link, the MMO shuts down and by pure accident, the protagonist finds out that the person crushing on him in the MMO was one of his teachers.
: That event is played more as a joke than anything, and at one point the teacher almost asks the protagonist to dinner but then IMMEDIATELY rejects it as a bad idea.
: Hashino was not listed on the writing credits for Persona 3, but all he did was steal the idea and then went “What if Persona 3… but horny?”
: And I mean, in a game without Kamoshida as a villain, I could almost understand doing that, except that’s not the worst part of it.
: “I went from being a teacher to being a maid to dating a high school student. So.. as someone who went from being my master to my boyfriend, do you have any requests for me?”
: “I’ll obey them, you know… even though I’m no longer a maid.”
: In the base game, Kawakami was significantly hornier than she is in Royal. There was also a scene that implied a sexual relationship between Kawakami and Joker.
: In Royal, they had to change a scene later on specifically to address that where Kawakami outright says that sex is going too far. That’s how bad it was.
: “Don’t be so conceited. You’re younger, so you should rely on me. Here.. by all means.”
: I would’ve had Salty Vanilla also do a version of this scene with Yusuke in the maid outfit, but they’re busy enough as-is.
: My reaction exactly.