Summary
: Let’s take a look at the other possible festival dates. I timed it, and these take about 12 minutes real-time each to get to. This includes the loading times, because it’s faster to dashboard out of the game and restart it than it is to get to a point where you can load your save.
: Don’t bother doing this if you’re playing the game yourself, because most of these scenes are word-for-word identical with only the names changed. The lines from the NPCs are always identical, so we’ll be skipping the two lines that start each route.
: Kawakami’s route is probably the best one for this particular scene.
: “That’s today’s youth for you, I guess.”
: “That includes you, because you’re still young. …Anyway, about what Akechi-kun said earlier…”
: “Wanna go someplace where we can be alone? There’s something I want to talk to you about. Enjoy the post-festival party. Just stop by the students’ association room when you’re done.”
: This is one of the two routes in which Joker gets picked.
: I like to think that if Joker took the mic, the only thing he’d talk about is how much he loves Yusuke.
: “…You know how Akechi-kun was talking about the true identity of the Phantom Thieves? Well, lemme know if you’re in any trouble, okay? I’ll be there to help you.”
: “No matter what’s going on around you… I’ll always be on your side. I know I always end up depending on you, because you’re so reliable.. but depend on me sometimes, all right?”
: I like this scene a lot, though I wish there was a version of it if you aren’t on Kawakami’s romance route.
: “No, we’re at school. Remember? It’s not exactly a substitute, but I can give you this.”
: Weirdly, all of the other items you get from this event have the person’s name in them.. except Haru’s, which was called a “Sakura Amezaiku”.
: It makes me wonder if there was originally supposed to be a route with Futaba (there isn’t, because I’m pretty sure you can’t have her at Rank 10 yet) and they put the item in but forgot to rename it.
: “…This is embarrassing.”
: sigh “That’s a relief..”
: “Oh, and about what you just asked me to do… I’m pretty okay with it… as long as we’re not at school. Get home safely.”
: “…Oh, sorry. I was just worried about the whole thing with Akechi-kun… we’re gonna be okay, right?”
: “It actually feels like that’s the truth when you say it.”
: “They’re really doing this again this year…? I guess this disorder really makes the post-festival party what it is.”
: To save space, Ann gets called up to the stage. The announcer refers to her as “the girl in the hoodie with the super-bleached hair”.
: “Huh? Me!? What should I do…!?”
: I wish I could find that video of Dark Souls 1 where a guy invades and there’s three people with channeler tridents doing the channeler dance in a field of prism stones to that song. I’d look it up, but given the internet’s propensity for giving me weird shit I’m sure I’d find like.. a weird erotic Makoto ASMR channel.
: Fuck! No! Fuck! Bad internet! Bad!
: “Would that be okay…?”
: “I-I don’t know…!”
: “Huh!?”
: “What do I think…?”
: “Ummm…”
: “Huh…!?”
: “H-Hold on a sec!”
: “Huh!?”
: “Ugh… that was embarrassing. I can’t believe you had the courage to stand up and say that in front of everyone.”
: “Huh…? So you did it to help me.. at any rate, I had really frozen up for a second there. So… thanks. You were a huge help. You know, you’re actually a pretty dependable guy.”
: “I think we’ll be good together… uh, i-ignore that! T-Talking about the future.. that’s a bit too heavy for right now, huh? Ahahaha!”
: I went back after this to see if you get points if you do this with Haru, and you don’t.
: “I’m still worried about Akechi-kun… but this post-festival party actually turned out pretty fun. I, um… I-I want you to have this.”
: “I hope you like it. Wanna head home together?”
: Ryuji’s scene could be canon to More Like Yusu-Gay, and actually lets Joker declare to the world that he’s gay and in love with Yusuke.
: The More Like Yusu-Gay scene that Salty Vanilla is working on right now happens in place of the Kasumi scene, though there’s nothing saying they don’t attend this event as well.
: “They’re doin’ this again…?”
: “This guy’s got something!”
: I applaud his dunking on Mishima.
: Oh right, Ryuji forgot that Mishima is invisible.
: “What!?”
: “Exactly.”
: “Dammit…”
: “Sakamoto…”
: Ryuji says this so quietly that you can’t hear it.
: “Ummm… uhhh…”
: “Huh?”
: “Huh…!?”
: “U-Um, well…”
: “S-So uh, y-y’know…”
: Had to pick this one.
: “What was that!?”
: “That dick…”
: “Hell yeah he does!”
: Ryuji’s scene is the most useful of all of them, because it’s the only one that gives you points toward a confidant you haven’t maxed yet. But… there’s really only one option here, isn’t there?
: Because Hashino is a coward and a homophobe, we don’t get to say it.. but it’s absolutely canon that Joker says it.
: “Turns out you’re just a big chicken, huh..?”
: “I’m gonna kill you if you don’t shut it…”
: “Ahahahahahahaha! No…! I… I can’t stop… laughing… snicker”
: “Dude… by the way, I woulda been totally effed if you hadn’t said something.”
: “You mean you were nervous…? But you’re the brilliant Sakamoto-kun…! snicker”
: “Dammit, I’m goin’ home! Grrr… Oh yeah, uh, this ain’t really the best way of thankin’ you, but uh, here. Take this.”
: “…Hehe.”
: “We’re knee-deep in shit dealin’ with Akechi, and he gets to just laugh his ass off.. huh, I’m kinda jealous. Later.”
: Finally, we have the worst possible option.
: “…My apologies for being so distracted. I can’t stop thinking about Akechi-kun… are we really no match for him?”
: I mean, you clearly aren’t.
: “Hm… you’re right. What’s done is done. We should enjoy ourselves for the time being.”
: I was going to make a joke about the lyrics to the casino’s theme here, but I’ll save that for later.
: “This event is never very popular. The older teachers seem to enjoy it for some reason though…”
: “Oh, he’s choosing from the crowd? The MC this year is actually somewhat capable.”
: So what did they do in previous years? Just give up? “Okay, who wants to share some juicy info about their love life? Somebody? Anybody? Fuck it, I give up, I’m going home.”
: “…Do I have to go?”
: “That’s not really the proper use for that phrase…”
: sigh
: “Hello…”
: “Ummm… I… don’t really have anything to say… I’m sorry.”
: He actually asks her the whole “Are the Phantom Thieves students at Syujin” question, but I missed a line and honestly it’s funnier this way.
: “What do I think…?”
: “That’s…”
: “Huh…!?”
: “…Urgh!”
: “R-Relation…!?”
: Only took her what… three months to admit?
: “The post-festival party has never felt that long before. By the way, I’m surprised you were able to say what you did back there.”
: “Huh…? I was at a complete loss for words. You really helped me… thank you. This may be a little rude to say, but you’re surprisingly reliable in a pinch.”
: “My sister always says if I get married, my husband should be someone dependable like that. Oh, um.. uh.. forget what I just said!”
: “…Urgh! Despite everything that happened with Akechi-kun… my final post-festival party has turned out to be quite the unforgettable one. Oh right.. here..”
: “If you’d accept this…”
: And that’s all of them.