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: All we’re really doing today is sending the calling card.
: I actually found a table of how many points you need to reach each breakpoint for the social stats - as it turns out, proficiency is by far the easiest to max. Knowledge is the hardest, requiring a total of 192 points to max out.
: “First, I have an announcement about an upcoming school event.”
: “As part of a city beautification project, the entire school will be participating in a public clean-up campaign.”
: “…That means we’re going to Inokashira Park to pick up trash.”
: Joker immediately picks up Morgana and tells everyone he found some trash.
: “Settle down. The cleanup will take place next week, on the 30th. All students are required to wear their gym uniforms during the event, so don’t forget to dress the part.”
: I’ve seen Maruki fan accounts on Twitter. I honestly don’t get why people like him.
: “Sakamoto-kun! Here for a counseling session?”
: “Well… it’s not like I wanted to or nuthin’.”
: He’s turning this therapy session… into a tsundereapy session.
: “Ahaha, sorry you were forced into this. But anyway - come in, come in!”
: “Oh? Why’s that?”
: “I mean, I don’t really go see teachers unless they wanna chew me out for doin’ somethin’ wrong.”
: I think one problem I have with Ryuji’s writing is that half the time he sounds reasonably intelligent, and the other half he sounds like a cross between a stereotypical inner-city kid and a redneck.
: “Oh, I’m not a teacher here. If anything, well… I’m here to be on the students’ side.”
: “Oh, yeah…? So… am I supposed to tell ya about Kamoshida now?”
: “Oh, no, no - this isn’t some kind of interrogation. You’re free to just kick back and talk about whatever you want.”
: “Liiike… what?”
: “Hmm, how about… is there anyone in your class that you like?”
: “That’s not exactly easy to talk about either - and it’s not like there IS anybody…”
: “Uh- Oh, sorry! I just meant, you’re in the middle of your teenage years and all, right? High-schoolers are just discovering romance and all, so…”
: " 'Zat how it went for you?"
: Maruki is one of those people who played Tokimeki Memorial, isn’t he.
: “I’m sorry, I’m supposed to be hearing you out, but instead I’m just bringing down the room.”
: “Oh, how about this instead - what do you do in your free time, Sakamoto-kun? On the weekend, after school…”
: “Uhhh, hang out with my buds, mostly - though I just started doin’ that recently. Before that, I was just pissed all the time, and even before that… I was only all about the track team.”
: “Ah… So… is your leg better now?”
: “…Oh, so you know about that, too. Well, yeah, pretty much - so long as I don’t strain it or nothin’.”
: “I see… You really do enjoy running, don’t you?”
: What are you, Psycho Mantis? Gonna read my PS4’s hard drive and find out I haven’t touched it in years apart from this LP?
: “Guess so… I mean, after all that trainin’ I did, it makes sense I’d like it… I’d be training constantly, getting sweet times at meets along with everyone else…”
: “Eventually, I was gonna get my hands on some running scholarships to make it easier on my mom… but alla that’s in the past now. It’s cool, though. I got way more important shit to do now.”
: “More important, huh? Well, no matter what path you might have to take to get there… I hope your track dreams will still do you some good in the end.”
: “Heh… thanks.”
: Oh, fuck you Hashino. That was Maya’s thing, and of course you’re stealing it because you’re an unoriginal fuck.
: “Huh? You tryin’ to sell me some kinda line now?”
: The worst part of this is that Hashino missed the entire point of WHY Maya was doing that - because she was trying to mask her deep insecurities and her entire life situation by pretending she had her shit together.
: “Oh no, this is actually a genuine phenomenon, with a lot of research going into it even now.”
: A lot of research, Hashino says as he reads through “Persona_2_Innocent_Sin_Script.txt” and copies out random passages to slap together for Maruki’s dialog.
: “Look at it this way, Sakamoto-kun - what do you want most out of life, right now?”
: A writer who isn’t Hashino. Seriously, I’d rather have Satomi Tadashi and his dumbass idol thirst over Hashino any day. Tadashi was at least competent, he just had no self-control.
: Oh, and of course a re-release of
: “Uhhh… I want somethin’ to drink, I guess.”
: “And now, I’d like for you to have it.”
: “…Thanks?”
: “See? Your wish came true!”
: “Yeaaah… Hey, Dr. Maru- ah, I mean Doc. Anyone ever tell you you’re kinda… not normal?”
: “You think so? …Ooh, could that be a compliment, coming from you?”
: I went and sold all the treasure items to make sure we have plenty of money. At roughly 460,000 yen, we definitely do. It’s a good thing too, because I was basically dry on SP when I finished grinding.
: “Madarame’s going to be a changed man. There won’t be any way to revert it though. Are you sure you’re okay with that?”
: “I have thought it over carefully, and I cannot think of a future in which he does not pay his dues. He has preyed not only on the art world, but on countless talents… so, I humbly request your help.”
: “I apologize for making you do this…”
: “Not at all. We just didn’t want to impose if you weren’t feeling up to it, Yusuke. But if you’re already determined to do it, then there’s nothing more for us to say.”
: “If I recall, our next step is sending a ‘calling card,’ correct? What a suave maneuver.”
: “It’s not about acting cool. The calling card is a way to trigger a change in his cognition.”
: “A change in cognition… that reminds me, you went through some trouble regarding that before…”
: “Ah, you must be talking about when we forced open that security gate in the courtyard.”
: “The Palace is a cognitive world, so changing its ruler’s cognition changes the topography! …I think!”
: “Very nicely put, Lady Ann! You’re absolutely correct. This will be a vital tactic from here forward.”
: Hahaha, no. All of the other dungeons can be cleared in one day, plus the day spent sending the calling card and the day spent fighting the boss.
: “Actually, may I ask a truly basic question? You continue to mention cognition quite readily… but why does this world formed from materialized cognitions even exist to begin with?”
: Well, you see, it all starts with this guy named Tatsuya…
: “Don’t tell me… has it always existed, while we go about our daily lives completely oblivious?”
: “Honestly, I’m not sure. At the very least, I know it existed before the Kamoshida incident… but that’s all.”
: “I see…”
: “Crap, he totally caught me off-guard with that… it’s kinda weird thinkin’ there might be whole worlds we just don’t know a damn thing about… did the thought ever cross your mind, Akira?”
: “Don’t be so anxious. You don’t even know everything about the city you live in, after all.”
: “All that’s important is that we know how to make use of that world and how to traverse it.”
: “A calling card, hm? Will he take it seriously? He is famous, after all… he has often received slanderous letters till now, as well.”
: “He’ll know best whether the crime written on it is for real or not.”
: “Wait. Are you going to write it again, Ryuji? That last one was questionable at best.”
: “You should do it then, Yusuke! Oh! Make it really artistic and stuff!”
: The curse of being “the art kid”.
: “No. It’ll end with him figuring it out. He knows my drawing and writing styles all too well.”
: “Oh, then I’ll think it up, and you make it cooler!”
: There was a comic I saw on /v/ that I wish I had saved of Joker dictating the calling card to Ryuji for Kamoshida, and Ryuji just posts a screenshot of their texts all over the school.
: “Designing a calling card, hm… interesting. It shall become proof that the Phantom Thieves do exist.”
: “It’s decided, then!”
: “Great! All that’s left is to make the Treasure ours! You guys better come fully prepared!”
: We then spend the night studying.
: “It appears you’re lying low lately. What’s with the change?”
: “Really… is it just my imagination then? Anyhow… I wish the culprit would come forward soon…”
: “It’s absurd to pretend I can do the police’s job. I wish he considered my feelings before asking me this.”
: “Please excuse me for a second.”
: “A letter?”
: Joker looks at Ryuji and just goes “What the fuck, man!? Why’d you put my name on it?!”
: “Whose doing is this!?”
: Clearly, John Persona’s.
: “What about the security cameras!?”
: “Remove these at once!”
: “Yup! It was perfect! The composition was way cooler too!”
: “The Treasure should appear right about now.”
: “You better enjoy the air of freedom while you still can, old man. Anyways, d’you guys check online? People are already talkin’ about that callin’ card.”
: “I’m sure you know, but we only get one shot to pull this off!”
: “It’ll be fine. We managed last time too.”
: “You have no reservations about this either, right, Yusuke?”
: “Of course not. …We’ll do this.”
: “I mean, we did basically declare war on him by sendin’ that card.”
: “But there’s nothing to fear. We’ve secured a route, and we’re ready to go. We’ll take the Treasure in style!”
: After warping, I go the wrong way by accident, and…
: Find out that all the stealable items have respawned again. What I forgot is that the chance of a Treasure Demon showing up when you steal an item goes up the higher the security level is.
: The second treasure I stole was a Regent, and at that point I said “Nah, let’s just keep going”.
: “There will be no turning back once we begin the operation.”
: “And if worst comes to worst, we might have to fight…”
: “That’s right. Are you ready, Joker?”
: “Okay! Everyone to your positions!”
: “I mean, we’ve done a ton in here. It ain’t surprisin’. Anyway, I’m gonna try and draw it out, so I’ll leave the switch to you guys.”
: “Will you be okay? What if it catches up to you?”
: “Heh, don’t underestimate an ex-runner. I’m definitely gonna shake it off!”
: “Yeah, it’s perfect!”
: “You seem to be enjoying this.”
: “Only the best can appreciate these critical moments. Plus, this feels like we’re really phantom thieves!”
: “We’ll be counting on you, Mona. And Panther as well!”
: “Good luck, everyone! Let’s do this!”
: One thing I find kinda funny - notice how much bigger the treasure is than Morgana. We’ll see it again a few screenshots from now.
: “My bad! It took me ages to get that guy off my tail!”
: It’s funny he says that, given that he’s the only party member who doesn’t have a tail. I’m really surprised they didn’t point that out.
: “Wait, where’s Mona?”
: That treasure sure looks smaller than it did.
: “That was amazin’, Mona!”
: “Ngh… how dare those vermin… but now we’ll corner them like the rats they are! Lock all the doors at once! They have nowhere to run!”
: I get the whole point is that Ryuji talks like a punk or whatever, but "what’d the treasure turn out bein’ " kind of crosses over into Ralph Wiggum territory.
: What gets me is that Satomi Tadashi wrote three different characters (Mark, Yukino, and Eikichi) who were all supposed to fill the “delinquent/punk” party member slot, and none of them were ever portrayed as stupid.
: Actually, you could throw Tatsuya into that since he’s a party member in Eternal Punishment.
: “We can look into that later. For now, we must escape.”
: “Yeah, it’s time to go!”
: And now the treasure is roughly the same size as Morgana.
: “Wh-wh-what do we do!?”
: “You don’t got a plan about how to get outta here!? What kinda master thief are you!?”
: “In any case, let us search for another way out. We must escape!”
: “Oh, a window! But where’s it go?”
: “Now is no time to be lost in thought. We must go!”
: “Whoa, this shit’s real high up…”
: “But at least we’re outside! Is there a way down out here!?”
: Boy is there. It’s like a fifteen second climb down. In case you’re wondering why the security level is 90%, it’s because we fought that Regent.
: It’s clearly a portal to the Goatse Dimension.
: “We don’t have time to lose. Just go through it! Now’s our chance!”
: “For real!? But… I guess there’s no other way!”
: “It seems we managed to escape their siege.”
: “Mrrr… meoww…”
: “Dude… why’s Mona gettin’ excited now of all times…?”
: “I just can’t take it any more! Let’s take a look at this Treasure!”
: “How dare you try to trap me like some kind of mouse!”
: “So you had a fake prepped, huh?”
: “Counterfeits are accepted in the world of Japanese art.”
: “What made you change like this!? Is it because you became famous!? Can’t you understand how much it pains me to inquire about the crimes of my foster father!?”
: “…Now that I think back, the only reason why I took you in was due to my ties with your mother. That woman never lost her passion for painting even after her husband died.”
: “Her skills and talents were quite astonishing… that’s why I decided to look after her.”
: “How low can you sink?”
: “I suppose I can grant you a gift before you die - a glimpse of the genuine ‘Sayuri’!”
: “Genuine…?”
: “This can’t be! Mom…”
: Remember how I said there was something about the painting puzzle that didn’t make sense? This is what Sayuri actually looks like - so none of those paintings were the real one.
: “Huh!?”
: “Indeed it is. This was painted by your mother. It’s a portrait of herself. A woman who knew her death was coming painted her last wishes, for the son she would leave behind.”
: “That is the truth behind the mystery of Sayuri’s expression!”
: “You stole something THAT personal!?”
: We’re getting to the part where Madarame becomes almost as cartoonish as Kamoshida was.
: “I knew at first glance. I knew it’d be a huge success if I added a touch to the painting and announced it under my name!”
: “But the baby in the picture… why did you paint over it?”
: “…It was all to stage it. If the babe is erased, the reason for the woman’s expression will become a mystery!”
: “If you really treasured that painting, you wouldn’t even think about replicating it for profit! You don’t love art at all!”
: I mean, I’d argue there are definitely Japanese artists who both loved their art and replicated it for profit - that’s kind of what the whole ukiyo-e thing is about.
: “Though you have a real Treasure, your true skills are nothing more than those scribbles on that fake!”
: “It makes me laugh, asshole!”
: “So you’ll defy me no matter what… well then, since you’re my work of art, Yusuke, I’m going to reap you for the sake of my future.”
: “…Along with those insolent friends of yours.”
: “I can’t believe you’re treating both mother and son like they’re objects… you’re inhuman!”
: I think part of what doesn’t work about this is that they’re talking to his shadow. This would work so much better if it was like the early games where everything just happens in the real world.
: “Fox?”
: “I’ve heard that you destroy your ‘art’ once they outlive their usefulness… did that include my mother as well?”
: Get ready, because this is where Madarame goes from kind of believable to fucking Saturday morning cartoon villain.
: There are ways this could’ve been well-written to make Madarame hate-able but not overdone. Hell, they almost did it in the unused will seed cutscenes. I have no idea why this had to be here.
: “Above all, Yusuke, didn’t you think it was odd that I discovered your talent when you were only three?”
: “The reason I kept you around was to keep you from discovering the truth behind Sayuri.”
: “The artistic talents you inherited from your mother were a delightful miscalculation though. If I’m to steal ideas, it’s much easier robbing the future of brats who won’t talk back than adults.”
: The other problem I have with this is that each boss is supposed to be themed around a sin - Kamoshida was lust even though really he was more pride than anything.
: Madarame is supposed to be themed around vanity and narcissism, but he’s not really about that - he’s really more about greed than he is vanity.
: “It’s thanks to you that I came up with the idea. You have my gratitude.”
: * chuckle *
: “Yusuke?”
: “You aren’t some rotten artist… you’re a despicable fiend who wears the skin of an artist!”
: “All you good-for-nothings…! Barging into my museum and doing whatever the hell you want…”
: “Not to mention, the value of art is all subjective! I make the rules in the art scene! I am the supreme being! I am the god of the art world!”
: Man, he is loving this shit.
: Meet Madarame’s demon form - Azazel.
: A couple of notes about this boss fight. Madarame was probably the most challenging fight in the original game because of how random he was. He was nerfed HEAVILY for Royal, but is still pure RNG.
: So as you can see, the face is split up into four parts. Each one absorbs four damage types - the eyes absorb the elements (Fire/Ice/Wind/Elec) and the nose absorbs force-based damage (Nuke/Bless/Curse/Psy). Here’s where the RNG comes in.
: The mouth absorbs physical and gun, but nothing else.
: Each piece of the face gets its own turn. The nose is the only one with any kind of attack spells - the rest all have physical attacks and buffs. First, it uses ice to knock Ann down…
: Then fire on Yusuke, which completely fucks him up…
: And then lightning on Joker to hit Matador’s weakness. The only way to not be hit is to either equip the will crystal we got, or to have a Persona who has a force-based weakness since the nose only has fire/ice/wind/elec spells.
: It then uses another fire spell on Yusuke, because it will not attack anything that would cause it to run into a Null and Ryuji has the anti-weakness crystal on him. I probably should’ve put that on Joker.
: So let’s say it’s been a few years since you last played this, and you forgot his OTHER gimmick and decide to take him on one part at a time.
: Yeah, no. They all have to be brought down at the same time or they’ll revive - granted, with only 25% HP. It’s actually a viable strategy if you have a power attacker like Matador to use Makouha or Maeiha to do fuckloads of damage to the eyes and mouth, and then have the rest of the party work on the nose, so you can bring them all down in one hit when they revive.
: The mouth also has an attack called “Artist’s Grace” that covers someone in black paint. This makes them automatically weak to everything - and no, he won’t use it on the person with the will crystal.
: Matador isn’t having any of this shit. He’s supposed to be the one racking up the free press turns.
: Once you down the painting, Madarame’s shadow appears. In the original game, this was the entire fight. You’d knock down the paintings, Madarame would appear for a few turns, you’d hit him, and then it’d cycle until you won.
: The difference is that the paintings didn’t have their resurrect gimmick until after the first loop, and didn’t have Artist’s Grace until the second loop either.
: If you didn’t do it in two loops, Morgana would come up with the idea of using the black paint against Madarame, at which point you could send someone out (the same way we did with Kamoshida) for three turns to use the paint and auto-win the fight.
: “The Madarame who gathers a full crowd every time he opens an exhibit! I’m not someone that worthless brats like you are allowed to defy!”
: “You’re STILL saying that? There’s no need to hold back then! Let’s get hm, Joker!”
: Note that our All-Out only has three people (and thus is weaker) because anyone who has a status effect can’t take part in it, and the black paint counts as a status.
: Welcome to the new second phase of the Madarame fight. Rather than re-summon the painting, he just goes full on fucking Naruto and summons clones.
: “Wha-!? He made copies of himself!? …Ha, I see. Creating duplicates IS his specialty!”
: You’d assume that the best strategy would be to AOE everything down, because logically, the clones should absorb magic the same way the painting did (apart from their obvious elemental weaknesses).
: Yeah, no. They actually REFLECT everything but their weakness, and I get a game over after Joker eats several times his max HP in reflected bless damage. They don’t reflect physical or gun.
: On the second run, the game combos Ann to death and nearly kills Yusuke and Ryuji by abusing extra press turns before I can even move. This fight was complete bullshit in the base game.
: In my base game run, I was around level 12 when I ran into this fight. Yusuke was three levels higher than the rest of the party instead of being about five levels lower.
: The second time around, I try the intended strategy - hit the clones for their weakness, baton pass, and then use the maxed-out baton pass to do tons of damage.
: Unfortunately, I can’t get the baton pass to end up on Joker, and after a gay/lesbian high-five we wind up doing…
: Basically fuck-all for damage. Yusuke is like… at least three levels higher than he was in my base game run.
: Let me tell you, the baton pass strategy is fucking bunk. You don’t want to do that. Here’s what you want to do.
: You want to have each party member (except Ann) use their spells to knock down a clone, and then use a physical skill on Madarame. Fuck baton passing, that shit’s dumb. Besides which, the RNG can actually fuck you out of baton passing to begin with.
: The reason you don’t want to baton pass is because this shit can happen. While Madarame starts with clones of four different elements (Fire / Ice / Wind / Elec) he can summon multiple clones of the same element once the first wave is dealt with. Good luck baton passing that.
: The three fire clones quickly wipe out Yusuke with extra press turns, and at this point I’m like “Fuck it.”
: I stop even trying to pretend there’s a point to attacking the clones and just go all out on Madarame himself. Notice how Yusuke is doing almost as much damage with a single physical skill as he was with Bufu after three baton passes.
: I also just noticed that when it’s Yusuke’s turn, he does the infamous “check my dubs” pose from American Psycho on his status bar - look in the lower right.
: The wiki claims that if you kill the clones enough, Madarame starts summoning them with most of their HP already gone, or with status effects that stop them from acting right away. Fuck that shit.
: “No one cares for true art… all they want are easily recognizable brands! I’m a victim in this too! Wouldn’t you agree!?”
: I hate that I can read this in… dammit I don’t know what his name is, but the voiceactor for Huey in MGS5. His voice.
: “Excuses now?”
: “The art world revolves around money after all… you can’t rise up without any money. Yusuke, you understand, don’t you!? Being a poor artist is truly miserable!”
: “You’re done for - along with this whole wretched world!”
: “No, please! Just… don’t kill me!”
: God having this be the shadow is so fucking dumb. The sort of visceral thing with Yusuke grabbing Madarame just doesn’t fucking work when it’s a clone.
: “Return to yourself in reality and confess your crimes - all of them!”
: “Y-You’re not going to kill me?”
: “Swear it!”
: “Hm?”
: “A black mask? Wait, who’s he talking about?”
: “It can’t be… there was another intruder besides us within this Palace!?”
: There’s a line here that didn’t capture. It’s Madarame going “Hey, Yusuke… what should I do?”
: “…Put an end to all this and use your own artwork for once.”
: “Yusuke!”
: “It would be bad if people started getting suspicious of us. We should leave at once.”
: “Yusuke, c’mon.”
: “Right… goodbye, Sensei.”
: “Ugh, so bitter… why’d you get it black?”
: “The Sayuri…”
: “You’re not gonna get all teary-eyed and say stuff like “Mom…!” are you?”
: “To think that this painting was the source of Madarame’s distorted desires. The only saving grace is that my mother won’t know of what transpired…”
: “The genuine painting at his atelier has been altered, after all… ironic as it may be, this one here is her true self-portrait now.”
: The wiki mentions that there’s unused content which suggests that the painting was never actually finished before Yusuke’s mother died.
: “…It’s a wonderful painting. And… although it took some time, it’s in your hands now, Yusuke.”
: “…I’m thankful for it. However, it’s impossible for this painting to be acknowledged by society anymore…”
: “No. I doubt it’s the name of any woman in particular. I bet it was to make it more mysterious - just a part of Madarame’s foolish staging.”
: It’s funny he says that, because in the first Ace Attorney game, in the case where Phoenix cross-examines a parrot, the Japanese version has the parrot say “Sayuri” instead of “Polly” and everyone assumes that’s the parrot’s name.
: Besides, everyone knows that Yusuke is just Jun, so clearly his mother’s name is also Junko.
: “Well, it would’ve been obvious that he plagiarized it if he had used the real name.”
: “So this is my mother… there’s no way that I would remember her face clearly… but I was right about the rush of emotion I felt when I saw this painting.”
: “Stop that!”
: “You’re so vulgar, Ryuji.”
: “It’s to get back at scumbags and like… society in general? We also wanna give courage to the people that’re sufferin’ because of selfish adults.”
: I wish this game would touch on the fact that Ryuji is only in it because he gets to be a super-thief with superpowers.
: “Courage, hm… what good does that do? You mean the courage to stand up for themselves, correct? Will acquiring that make them happy?”
: “…Yeah. There’s no knowin’ whether it’ll turn out good for everyone or not. Still, we won’t know unless we give it a try.”
: “…In other words, it all depends on the person, hm? Then the same can be said about myself right now. I also suffered because of an adult’s selfish act.”
: This plot is so fucking dumb. Most of the party members in this game are 16 or 17 years old. They’re a year away from being adults themselves.
: “Moreover, if we investigate these Palaces, it may expand my artistic repertoire.”
: “You really only think about art, huh? You’re impressive.”
: “Well I won’t take part in any inelegant plans, all right?”
: “No worries! I’ve got us covered! Plus, we have a rule that says we always have to decide on a target unanimously.”
: “How about it, Joker? We can give our calling cards a lot more “oomph” if we have Yusuke on our team.”
: “I will try and live up to these expectations.”
: “At any rate, I’m curious… another intruder besides us, huh?”
: “Our only clue’s a black mask, so that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s just one person, right?”
: “But there’s no way to check anymore. The Palace is gone.”
: “I’ll try probing Madarame. I maybe able to learn something from this.”
: “Are you sure? I mean-”
: “I’ll contact you all if anything comes up.”
: “We should probably exchange our contact info with you then.”
: “An artist and a phantom thief… it seems I’ll be engaging in two trades from here on… very well. You only live once, after all.”
: So yeah, we’ve got a party consisting of a guy who’s really only in it because he gets to be a super-thief, a girl who’s in it because ??? and a guy whose entire motivation is #420yoloswag.
: “Still, the incident about this other intruder does concern me a little.”
: “Goodness, things are going so well!”
: “Hehe… could the day our name becomes common knowledge be nigh?”
: “But I have to say, you sure are something special. This is our fifth Persona-user. It’ll help broaden our battle strategies as well.”
: “Besides, having an eye for beauty is a must for phantom thieves. We’re lucky to have Yusuke. An artist is a talent you rarely come across. I mean, he IS a bit strange, but still…”
: “An artist, huh… what kind of person do you think I was? There’s no way I’d turn out to be some bad guy in the end, right? I get so engrossed with the embodiment of human desires…”
: “And that’s not all. When it comes to the Metaverse, I’m the only one who can transform into a car…”
: John Persona looks at him and goes “I could be a car” and then has Yusuke ride on his shoulders.
: “I’m special… but it’s still odd. Who could I actually be?”
: “Will you give it a rest!? That’s definitely not the case! sigh What a half-assed answer.”
: “Well, there’s no way a dashing, honorable rogue like me could be evil. A man who saves those in trouble in the west, while punishing evildoers who may lurk in the east! A man who chastises people that smoke inside in the south, while saving bullied cats in the north.”
: “A man who has a sturdy body and vows to always do one good deed a day, be it rain or shine. I’m that kind of ideal person… or so I hope.”
: “So if I turn back to being human… surely she’ll take notice of me, won’t she?”
: John Persona reaches for the “Cat is being horny for Ann again” air horn he keeps on his person at all times.
: “What do you think?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPM6FFD2eCk
: I feel like they needed a “response” button where you could press it and John Persona would insert a line reading “Ann, the cat’s being horny for you again.”
: And that does it for this update. Next time, we’ll meet another person who is overly horny for Joker, eat a giant burger, and of course grip and sip.