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: It’s the 19th, and time to go to Mementos.
: “If Haru’s sold off, the Phantom Thieves will never live it down.”
: Yeah, nah. We’re going to Mementos (and temporarily to the PS5) instead.
: “Ann… perfect timing.”
: “Huh? Whaddya mean?”
: “I’ve been working on a way to incorporate beauty into our fights, instead of merely doing away with our enemies each time. And only a moment ago, I was struck with a bolt of inspiration.”
: “Ah, is that right? So… what did you mean by ‘perfect timing,’ then?”
: “Ah, yes - so my potential idea is good and all, but I’ll require your help to pull it off. Would you please lend me a hand?”
: “Sure, but, uh… nothing too weird, alright?”
: I’m going to need to borrow footage again, because even after grinding in Mementos for like two and a half hours trying to fuse a gamebreaker I did not get their Showtime to pop up even once.
: By the way, I’m taking the footage off this channel on Youtube.
: Oh, right. I also found out that there’s a neat little easter egg which is INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT to get. If you finish a fight with Ann and Morgana’s showtime and Morgana levels up, it shows his godawful anime face on the level-up screen.
: Ann and Yusuke’s Showtime is named “The Kabuki Kid” in English. The Japanese name is “Genroku-jyo Kabuki” which is apparently a reference to a 1969 film titled “Orgies of Edo”.
: I have not seen Orgies of Edo, but it’s apparently a samurai movie of some sort that is ostensibly about moral degradation in Edo-period Japan. YouTube has it and it’s classified as a horror film. Let me just copy-paste the plot summary from IMDB, because it tells you just about everything you need to know.
: Now, let me just say that if I had multiple bulls with flaming horns, the first thing I would do is link them up to a chariot and destroy the ornamental grass in the backyard. The second thing I would do is get a pizza, because no one is going to make me wait when I have a chariot hooked up to a bunch of fire bulls.
: I like the detail of that lamp in the corner that just says “Ann + Yusuke” because it makes them seem like a gay crimefighting duo.
: Okay, so, fire bulls. There’s going to be some fire bulls in here, right? You wouldn’t name an attack after a movie containing fire bulls and then not have any fire bulls. That’s just common sense.
: God dammit, Atlus! You had one fucking job! Fire bulls! You could’ve fucking had them ride fire bulls! Fuck! One job and you ruin it!
: “Of course, if you have no interest, you’re in no way obligated to help…”
: “No no, it sounds awesome! Oh, but - what if we tried doing this beforehand?”
: “Oho… we should definitely incorporate that part into the attack. I never would’ve come up with that part on my own.”
: Now, if I had someone who could do 3D modeling and had bothered to look up Orgies of Edo beforehand, I would ABSOLUTELY do a Joker/Yusuke showtime where they’re cowboys on fucking robot horses driving a herd of fire bulls into the enemy.
: “Awesome! I can’t wait!”
: “Actually… I want to try it right now as well! I truly hope the Star will grant us this…”
: Notice that Haru doesn’t have a costume - she’s just kinda here. We can’t use her yet.
: I should also note that the guide tells you to get a Money Reading from Chihaya before going in, but we’re not doing that. The reason? Most of the enemies here are going to be insta-kill fodder, and Money Reading does not double the money from insta-kills.
: At this point, you are going to get far more money from insta-kills (I went from like, 800k to 1.2 million in an hour) than you are from the Greatest Weapon. We’ll save that for Okumura’s palace.
: “It’s coming from below!”
: “It’s gotten even bigger.”
: “This happened because we stole another Treasure… right?”
: “I feel like it’s gonna keep gettin’ bigger and bigger.”
: “I don’t think Mementos’s territorial expansion is caused by us stealing a Treasure. I bet it’s things like the number of searches for ‘Phantom Thieves,’ the ranking of trending words…”
: “And the access counter on Mishima’s website and stuff. Even now, it’s slowly expanding.”
: Maybe if we keep expanding it, we’ll get to a universe where this is a well-written game.
: “The more we become the topic of conversation, the more Mementos spreads?”
: “Maybe it’s the other way around…”
: “Whaddya mean?”
: “We’re the ones expanding it… or perhaps, Mementos grants further passage as we become more prevalent in the general public’s cognition.”
: “Like… gettin’ free admission for bein’ popular?”
: “That’s rather well-put.”
: “For real? That’s amazin’! Actually, you’re amazin’, Futaba! How’d you figure that out?”
: “Piece of cake.”
: “I didn’t know at all… what have I been doing?”
: I forgot to show off in the DLC roundup that in the Persona 1 and 2 costume sets, Morgana becomes Trish. Joker smirks at the fact that Morgana has now cross-dressed before he has.
: By the way, I have decided to NOT migrate the save to the PS5. The reason for this is an unforeseen issue with Network Fusion.
: Basically, Network Fusion has no legality checks the way something like the GTS in Pokemon does… and at the same time, people can edit their saves to basically make whatever they want.
: As far as I can tell, as long as the Persona has “valid” skills (read: no enemy-only skills or debug stuff) they’re allowed to be uploaded.
: This leads to things like a level 60 Lilith that’s been floating around with the skill set of a Persona that’s not obtainable until New Game +.
: Now, I’m all for breaking the game using the tools it gives me, but I feel like using hacked shit is going a bit too far… and I don’t feel like manually verifying every Persona I come across.
: There are also decals for Morgana. I’m not quite sure how that would even work, but whatever.
: The only unfortunate part of not having the DLC will be that I cannot get a fire bull. Titanomachia is a skill unique to Asterius that does more fire damage than Agidyne (it’s a tier-4 fire spell) and inflicts fear instead of burn.
: By the way, the part about the costumes that sucks is that it changes the battle music. Now, you’d think this would mean giving me Bloody Destiny for the P1 set… but no. Atlus had one fucking job.
: Unlike our other targets, Oyamada is way the fuck back in the area that covers Madarame’s palace.
: “That bastard looks like he’s been eatin’ well lately.”
: “Hm. He made a mistake in rushing a drug’s development, and now intends for his subordinate to take the fall.”
: “People might die if we don’t change his heart! And a good doctor will have to quit…”
: “Yeah. We gotta do something!”
: Yusuke kills Oyamada’s shadow in one hit. I didn’t even have him use Charge first.
: That… doesn’t make sense, but okay.
: And now we’re going back to the PS4… after one more thing. Futaba has a finisher screen that will (rarely) pop up over someone else’s when you finish with an All-Out.
: Wait… why doesn’t she have the visor on? Anyway, let’s go back to the PS4.
: I use Anzu and Kaiwan to make Belphegor. With Life Aid, we really don’t need the half SP cost from Anzu anymore, and Intense Focus increases all single-target spell damage by 20%.
: You might ask if me giving a toilet demon wind spells and wind break was intentional, and no it wasn’t, but it’s pretty funny in hindsight.
Returning Persona: Belphegor
Origin: Moab (Present-day Jordan)
First Appearance: Megami Tensei II
Demonized version of Baal-Peor, the god of the Moabites. In Judeo-Christian mythology, he is a former Principality who became the demon lord of Sloth. Appearance comes from a Jewish myth in which Belphegor is worshipped at a toilet by puking into it.
: “She’s smirking. That’s kinda creepy.”
: “Her blog is full of all her crazy thoughts. She must be lost in some sort of sick romance fantasy.”
: “Shouldn’t we do something about it before she can hurt anybody?”
: “Of course. Let’s do it.”
: Gonna go Ralph Pootawn on her ass.
: “Hey. I don’t blame you for falling in love, but there’s a point where it goes too far.”
: “Who are you calling a bitch!? And I’m not interested in Ikesugi!”
: Bitches are dogs. Ann is a cat.
: “What’d you just say!?”
: Mogami’s shadow is Bugs, which is a demon we need a totem to fuse. We’re going to need one for Caroline and Justine’s confidant.
: Belphegor: “Oh christ here comes the five-alarm chili! It’s back for revenge!”
: Joker: “Real romance is when Yusuke puts on the maid dress.”
: “Just tell him face to face, and don’t write weird stuff in your blog. It’ll take courage though.”
: “Hey! Just don’t do anything weird!”
: Defeating Mogami lets us proceed to the next area.
: “I never realized how creepy the subway system could be. Inside the train, you don’t even notice.”
: “I agree. Perhaps it is like the darkness in all men’s hearts. Always there, never perceived…”
: “He seems a little irritated.”
: “I heard he was abusin’ animals just to take his anger out on them.”
: Wasn’t Joker the one who told him this?
: “I can’t let him get away with something like that!”
: “You guys, don’t go easy on him!”
: My cat is happiest when he knows I’m having a video meeting at work, because it means he can jump in front of the camera.
: “What a poor excuse for a human being! I could never forgive someone like you!”
: “We’ll take your twisted desires, but first I’ll show you the pain you caused those poor animals!”
: “Let’s do it, Joker! I’ll show you the wrath of cats!”
: Morgana, the whole Zero Wing thing stopped being funny in like 2004.
: I kind of wish I had known this earlier. Being shocked opens up enemies to gun attacks - meaning every single shot fired will be a technical.
: After several rounds of knocking the boss down, Yusuke decides it’s time.
: “That’s a good idea. Perhaps then, he’ll understand what those animals had to endure.”
: “Remember the awful things you did to those cats. Doesn’t it make you feel horrible?”
: Shortly after, I start grabbing the stamps for this area. The annoying part is that you have to farm them starting in this area.
: What happens is that each level of the dungeon has a chance to spawn two stamp stations - there will always be a fixed one at the down stair and a second one that may or may not appear.
: What you have to remember though is that the rest area, the final floor, and most floors with a target on them will only spawn one, meaning you have to do floors multiple times.
: I also run into Jose, who upgrades the crystal from Futaba’s Palace.
: Decarabia is a trash Persona, but we’re fusing him for one very specific reason. We logged him earlier.
: The reason is that Decarabia is the first non-DLC Persona to learn Fire Boost. We also need a Councillor Persona, so might as well.
: “We’re only in the third area. I suppose this leisure ride will continue on for a while longer.”
: “How is this supposed to be leisurely?”
: Given that we’re insta-killing everything we run into, it’s pretty leisurely.
: “Cut him some slack. Yusuke just wanted to say somethin’ cool.”
: “He looks super shady.”
: “Well, he’s selling useless rocks and those brainwashing seminars to his followers, right?”
: “If we let him go on like this, so many more people will end up unhappy!”
: “Let’s go and strip this wolf of his sheep’s clothing.”
: Fukurai’s shadow (Baphomet) is annoying to fight due to it having very high defense. It’s weak to Bless and Ice, but at this point we don’t really have a strong Bless Persona. That will change quickly.
: I pull out Decarabia because I know that Baphomet is unlikely to use a physical attack and go for shocking him instead.
: Seriously though, I had no idea shock was this good. One shock is basically four guaranteed All-Outs.
: Baphomet has Eigaon, and it hits fucking HARD. This actually killed Ann - she had to use Endure to survive it.
: Now that we have Futaba, she will occasionally buff the party - this can range from a full-party accuracy boost (trash) to a full-party Heat Riser.
: Ann learns Fire Boost, putting her one step closer to being overpowered.
: “He’s got a crazy look in his eyes.”
: “He’s been known to attack indiscriminately. I suppose he really has lost his sanity…”
: “If we don’t make him have a change of heart, I won’t feel safe walking around in public.”
: “We have to do this.”
: “Oh, geez, he’s the annoying type…”
: “Stop playin’ dumb, you crazy criminal.”
: Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, this will not raise Japan’s declining birthrate.
: Naguri’s Shadow has a shitload of health but very low defense.
: I kept Decarabia on the entire time, which was a mistake against a physical-oriented demon like Kin-ki, but whatever.
: “Sorry won’t cut it. You attacked and hurt a lot of people, you know?”
: “Tell the police everything.”
: Charge would be useful if I ever used physical Personas, which there’s not much reason to.
: “We were fortunate to have caught him before anyone died. We should be quite grateful for that fact.”
: “God, he looks pigheaded…”
: “This guy abused his position at work, right? Harassin’ the people under him and all that.”
: “It’s people like him who create awful workplace environments…”
: “Let’s talk to him.”
: “Stealing credit from your subordinates is one of the worst things you can do as a superior.”
: I saw a thing just now about how the speedrun of the base game works, and shit’s kinda crazy.
: In the base game, every one of the dungeons has a means of clipping out of bounds, which in some cases allows you to skip pretty significant portions of the dungeon.
: Another favorite is one in the laser room in Madarame’s dungeon that removes Ryuji from the game.
: “How did someone like you ever get promoted? If I were the president, you’d be fired!”
: Unfortunately, Royal fixed a lot of these because they were dependent on a bug in the base game that allowed you to clip into enemies. It’s still doable in Royal but is apparently much harder to pull off, and only one of the out of bounds is usually worth the time investment.
: Kishi is a Kumbhanda, and is only weak to Bless. Unfortunately, that’s our weakest department right now - we can’t really get a good Bless Persona until level 41 or so.
: He’s more annoying than actually dangerous, as he has Diarahan (single-target full heal) and will use it any time he gets low.
: For a trash Persona, I sure got a lot of mileage out of Decarabia. There was kind of an ulterior motive in that Decarabia eventually learns Megidola, but as I found out the hard way, getting Megidola to mutate into Megidolaon is extremely hard.
: Seriously, I made like 50 attempts at it on the PS5, and only once did the game pick Megidola to mutate, and it didn’t mutate into Megidolaon. I asked if anyone had ever successfully gotten it to mutate and the answer I got was “Just use the hacked Lilith”.
: “How do you intend to take responsibility for all this?”
: This book unlocks Tokyo Destiny Land, but I believe you can also unlock it via the story, so there’s not much of a reason to read it.
: “An amusement park guidebook!? Even if you abused your subordinates, I guess your kids were real important to you…”
: I ran into Jose and spent all the stamps to get even more money. We’re going to need it probably around the time we get to the Casino.
: “Judging from the smirk on his face, it looks like he’s scheming something awful.”
: “I heard he was threatenin’ this old couple, tryin’ to kick them out of their own movie theater.”
: “If we leave him alone, he may resort to violence.”
: “We can’t let that happen! Let’s go!”
: “It seems like you’re trying to use force to get people to leave their property?”
: “We’re quite serious. We can’t let those who cause problems for others to go unpunished.”
: No, you didn’t have a stroke, that last line is just badly localized and wasn’t fixed in Royal.
: “That includes people like you, who use bullying tactics to get what they want.”
: Even though he’s an Ippon-Datara (a Mementos-exclusive demon in Madarame’s area) this fight is fucking annoying.
: He uses Rampage, which hits everyone multiple times. Against four targets, Rampage is almost certain to crit at least once, and it’s not likely you’ll be able to get a physical reflect on everyone.
: Also I was still using Decarabia (even though that’s a horrible idea) because I wanted Megidola dammit.
: Then Futaba gives me a full-party Heat Riser.
: “Yeah, stop messing around with our neighborhood.”
: “I hope you’ll consider the feelings of those who get things taken away from them from now on.”
: “Not just Yongen! You better make up for the awful things you’ve done elsewhere, too!”
: Oh man, this book. This book unlocks the Sky Tree and is made completely pointless by finishing Ann’s Rank 7 event.
: After that fight, I got another fusion alarm (seriously, I got like 10 during this trip) and fuse a Unicorn. We’re not keeping it for long, because while it learns Kougaon, it can’t do much with it.
New Persona: Daisoujou
Origin: Buddhism
First Appearance: Shin Megami Tensei I
Daisoujou is a title for a high-ranking Buddhist monk, but in this case the Persona is based on a practice called sokushinbutsu in which a monk self-mummifies by doing an extremely hardcore diet for three years before being sealed in a tomb.
: Daisoujou was an amazing demon in Nocturne, but outside of Nocturne he’s only notable because of his unique skill, Samsara. Samsara is the best light-based instakill spell. He also is probably the easiest way (outside of DLC) to get Bless Boost. We’re not keeping him either.
Returning Persona: Hariti
Origin: Buddhism
First Appearance: Shin Megami Tensei I
Originally an ogress in Pakistani mythology who kidnapped and ate children. When Buddhism came to Pakistan, the myth was re-worked to turn her into a protector of children who eats pomegranates instead of human flesh. Was also briefly Maki’s mother in Persona 1.
: And here’s how we put it all together. Bless Boost, Kougaon and Tarukaja is a pretty good combination: we can buff with Hariti and then switch to something else, or simply use the Bless damage.
: I dicked around in Kaitul for a while trying to get all of the stamps, and ran into Tatsuya Sudou… which is weird because I thought we were playing as him.
: “That’s a sign of how much more twisted this place is. I’m sure the Shadows here are stronger, too.”
: “Yeah, and looks like there are more enemies here than there were up above. Be careful, okay?”
: Akzeriyyuth is significantly more fucked up looking than the previous areas.
: There’s 25 stamps here, and multiple rest stops - which again means you’re going to have to reload floors to get them all. While we do come back here later, it won’t be until November.
: Even Yusuke realizes how dumb this whole thing is.
: There’s a rest area on the fourth floor, which seems generous until you realize why it’s here. That’s because on the next floor…
: “He looks so… pathetic.”
: “He’s cheating in a video game, right?”
: This whole thing just seems ridiculous when you compare it to the guy beating on old people or the guy killing cats for fun… or the cult leader.
: “Yeah, he’s a cheater. It’s not something an adult should be doin’.”
: “Let’s go.”
: I mean, yeah, I could just use the hacked Lilith and destroy the rest of the game, but why?
: You uh, just said that.
: Naturally, this is a fight we can’t win.
: Every attack against him will miss. What’s funny is that there’s actually a skill you can get that does this - it gives you 50% evasion against everything.
: It’s called Ali Dance, and I actually managed to get it on the PS5 when Megidola mutated on that Incubus.
: “Look at him, acting all smug because of his cheats… we can’t do anything to him at this rate though. Let’s retreat for now and rethink our approach.”
: “Yes… unfortunately, it appears we do not have even a chance of victory.”
: “Yo, Morgana. Ain’t there anything we can do?”
: “I’m not sure. As I’ve already mentioned, the Metaverse is a place where people’s cognitions materialize. Even I can’t predict what will happen in here.”
: “Dammit! If only we could figure out what his ability is…”
: Hacks.
: “That’s exactly right!”
: “So we’ll need to figure out a way to break through his cheat…”
: “That’s fine, but let’s do it somewhere else. It’s not exactly what I’d call safe here. We should talk more where there aren’t Shadows.”
: “We can make it our homework then. Let us think more on this topic after we return to reality.”
: “I hope it doesn’t add too much more work to your plate.”
: “Homework… eh, I guess that works. Anyways, let’s get goin’.”
: Except we can’t, because there’s still one more target we haven’t taken out yet.
: “Thirty-three areas? I’m starting to feel kind of overwhelmed… just how big IS this place?”
: “Who knows? This whole place, its overall structure… it’s all a mystery. Oh well.”
: “She’s using her just like a pawn, from what I hear.”
: No one here (apart from Makoto) has even met her! Joker told you that!
: “That’s her own daughter… what is wrong with her?”
: “I don’t know much about shogi, but I do know she’s a bad person!”
: “It’s as you say, Lady Ann! Let’s get her!”
: You really didn’t need to say both of those things because one implies the other, but okay.
: Wait, she doesn’t even WANT Hifumi to be a shogi player, she wants her to be an idol!
: I think whoever wrote this either never read the script for Hifumi’s confidant events or just didn’t give a fuck.
: Did they forget the part where she’s an out-of-work TV presenter who is working in a nightclub? Where did she get the money to do all this?
: Hifumi’s mother is a Lilim with a skill set very similar to ours.
: She also has insta-death curse spells, but Joker reflects those.
: Unfortunately, she also has Mabufudyne, which… hurts. She then follows it up with Mamudoon, which forces Ann to Endure and burns an item to stop the autokill from hitting Joker.
: Yusuke gets off a Charge and then a physical skill and stops her just before she can kill Joker.
: Futaba also learns an important skill here, and another at level 49.
: We’re done here now, but I wanted to go map out the area and get all the stamps… and hit level 42 if possible.
: I make the mistake of fusing Belphegor into Red Rider after not having saved for a while.
New Persona: Red Rider
Origin: The Bible
First Appearance: Nocturne
It’s War.
: Red Rider is one of the four Riders - the others being White (Pestilence), Black (Famine) and Pale (Death). White Rider is level 38 and is the only way to get Gun Boost.
: Compared to Belphegor, Red Rider SUCKS. His signature skill is Negative Pile, a high-damage physical attack that also inflicts Despair… but you can get a card for it as a negotiation reward from Lamia.
: The one upside is we now have a source of Curse damage, which we have not had in a long time.
: While grinding stamps, I run into Jose again. This time, I wind up putting stamp points into items, which is actually a pretty good way to make money.
: I also level Joker to 42. This is going to be very important when we do Caroline and Justine’s confidant. Theoretically, we could get them to Rank 8 before we leave, but we’re not going to do that.
: I’m going to include just a bit of the dialog that happens when you examine the wall to the next area.
: That being Ame-no-Uzume.
: Makoto is horny for Ryuji, not knowing he’s for Ann and Ann alone.
: Here’s what I didn’t realize about boosting the item rate - what it actually does is boosts the amount of items you get every time you hit an item box.
: By the time you get this up to 5 or 6 items per box, you’re practically guaranteed to get at least a minor treasure item every time you hit one.
: Here’s why I needed to hit 42. Ose is the only way you can get a High Counter card - specifically by itemizing him during an alarm.
: I did a fusion that probably shouldn’t exist to get him, namely Hariti and Daisoujou. Note how both of those are Bless-element Personas… and Ose cannot learn Bless skills.
New Persona: Ose
Origin: Ars Goetia
First Appearance: Shin Megami Tensei I
57th demon of the Ars Goetia. Appears as a leopard who then shapeshifts into a man. Can transform people into other shapes without them noticing, and grants knowledge in science.
: This game uses Ose’s appearance from Strange Journey, which is probably good because his appearance in Nocturne was uh… someone’s Deviantart furry OC.
: Unfortunately, I have to release him almost immediately to make room for stuff we need for confidants… and to summon Hariti back.
: The “King” is a lot of people’s favorite confidant and the source of a rather large P5 meme, and is how we can eventually finish that Mementos request.
: Note that you don’t ever have to finish that request - it doesn’t count toward Mishima’s confidant and the “King” has a different request at Rank 9. The only requirement is that you try and fail it once.
: I mean, I could, but then I’d have to be one of those dipshit Minecraft streamers people keep shitting up Twitter’s trending section with.
: “In any case, we might be able to complete the request if we can find this ‘King.’ With his help… we’ll crush that cheating jerk for sure!”
: Of course she’s too formal, because she’s a fucking ripoff of Elly without any of the things that make Elly a good character.
: We need to call Kawakami.
: Look at that fucking money! Even after buying new equipment for everyone (and I mean everyone, including Morgana) I still had over a million yen left over.
: We also get something like 500 total points at the clothes store in Kichijoji. I’ll be using those right after the final dungeon in the base game for maximum money.
: We can also trade the Thief Mask for a Magic Up Ofuda, which doubles the damage of the next magic attack of the person it’s used on. It stacks with Concentrate.
: And now, we can end this neverending day by doing Hifumi’s Rank 8, making her mother’s mental breakdown the fastest in the entire series.
: “She told me that… most of my matches thus far had been fixed in my favor… she also admitted that she was the one who sold that story to the weekly magazine.”
: Joker just looks at her like “No shit, you’ve been playing Yugioh this entire time.”
: “I… I had no idea. I feel so ashamed… however, thinking back, I do recall some of my opponents making poor moves at odd times…”
: Seriously though, my headcanon is she just brought in a duel disk and a tournament-grade Yugioh deck to all these shogi tournaments.
: “I became so conceited as a result of all those fake victories… why did my mother confess all of a sudden? It’s as if she had a change of heart…”
: “…That can’t be. Perhaps they eavesdropped on our conversation?”
: “Yes. It was painful to hear the truth, but I’m glad that my mother had a change of heart. I’ve decided… I’m not going to lose.”
: “Oh, sorry! I was referring to the exhibition match… I’m going through with it, as planned. However, before that, I’m going to confess everything.”
: “I know I’ll receive a lot of criticism, but I must ensure the truth is known. This next match will showcase my true talents. I don’t know how it’s going to go… but I hope you’ll watch.”
: “As your teacher, I promise to put up a good fight so I don’t embarrass myself…”
: “…I would be lying if I told you that I’m not scared. My kingdom is a house of cards… I’m not sure if it can withstand a true battle.”
: “There’s a new move I’d like to test out for the exhibition… will you stay for another game?”
: “I was just a little curious about your thoughts. Regarding my decision to reveal my fixed matches, that is.”
: “Thank you… I’m so glad to hear that. You’re the reason I managed to make that decision, after all. Our talks helped me realize I should play with the utmost sincerity.”
: Next time, we’ll catch up on Iwai’s confidant, meet the “King”, get smoked, and finish billiards forever. We’ll also be forced into a Maruki event and an Akechi event. Joy.