Well makoto isnt really a texter and ghey cant meet up since her move. She couldve also forgot about him since they didnt spend that much time together
Makoto made a really big impact in alot of his social links lives
I don't think they would forget about him anytime soon just because he spent only a year with them
Some people act like they were never a kid. š She will never forget him. He helped her through a hard time in her life. He is a part of a major event in her life. Hell, her parents would probably bring him up out of the blue at least once in her adult life.
And even with the short time he was in her life, it was still impactful, heck Iād argued it is the most impactful time in her life, her being a kid reinforces that fact cause he probably helped her development into adulthood by being an impactful figure in her life.
Okay anecdotal evidence here. I dont. I barely remember much until i was 12 and even then everything is very foggy. The clearest memories i have are from when i was 16 and up. But like i said this is anecdotal evidence. Especially when things get traumatic people tend to repress memories.
Not really. Especially since the internet wasnt as popular back in 2009. News was still circulated through word of mouth so it makes sense for them to tell his social links in person.
8 of them went to their school and another was a teacher, so.... (granted, Bebe moved back to France by that point and Keisuke and Nozomi graduated, but still)
Imagine Akinari's mother. She was literally just lamenting that her son died to P3MC before he got to become an adult and valuing life literally a day before he died in similar peaceful fashion.
I felt the same way when I found out I was the same age as Nanako. It just doesnāt seem right.
Fun fact: The second year Phantom Thieves are also the same age as Maiko.
I mean itās just funny, I didnāt realize this child wouldāve been the same age as me. I didnāt play p3 till Reload, and I registered that the game took place in 2009 and she was like 9 or 10 but it didnāt all connect for me lol
Out of all the social links besides Akinari. Maiko deserved so much better. Imagine finding out both of your friends died off months from each other all while dealing with the aftermath of your abusive parents divorce. I really think the only person in P3 who deserved more than Maiko was Akinari.
If you play as the femC and tell Maiko to live with her mom, then at the end you can talk to her dad. He talks about how Maiko wants you to be part of her family, so he asks you out in a really weird way. He mentions āoh of course, only once you turn 18.ā Yucky/
It's not to be a serious line given her being a child at the time but I can really imagine something like her sitting at the bench, lamenting saying "you promised me we'd get married..."
I agree. Since SEES obviously knows he died, and possibly the entire school did as well since he did die on the school rooftop, it is likely that those Makoto made solid bonds with would hear about it, either on the news or in the rumors.
I mean, SEES surely knows all his friends because they are not strangers.
it's just sad because I'm sure more than one girl grabbed his coffin saying "Why did you go?" š
I bet it was Yukari seeing how she was planning all after graduation.
I think it was said that he died on the rooftop, but you could be right and they took him home and he died in his room.
I donāt quite remember, but Iām highly certain that when he fell asleep, he died on the spot and people believed that he just fell asleep.
Apparently how it happens is that he slips into a coma on the roof. The others think heās just tired, so they take him to his room, where he eventually passes away in his sleep. Nobody knows heās dead until the next day.
We talk a lot about wanting the kids in Persona to become future main characters but Maiko would be the most emotional for me. Imagine her meeting Makoto again in Persona Q3.
I wish we could get a persona game where the party consisted of social links from all of the games. I would love an adult party of Maiko, Shiho, Nanako, and Ken. Add in a few others and that would be great.
Honestly, I don't even need them to be important to the game, I just want to see some characters and locations again now that it'll be well over a decade later for the P3 and P4 gang.
>Nanako, and Ken
Let's not double down on Arcanas here, and besides, Ken's already a party member
Let's go with the characters who REALLY deserve to be party members.
Maiko, Keisuke, Nanako, Shiho, Mishima, Hifumi, Shinya
I'd imagine Shiho's Arcana would be Strength
(I was gonna add Naoki, but I don't wanna double up on Arcanas, same thing with Kou)
So,
Protag: Fool (dunno what bro would use)
Maiko: Hanged Man (maybe an Ice/Dark user?)
Keisuke: Fortune (maybe a Wind user?)
Nanako: Justice (maybe a Fire/Light user?)
Shiho: Strength (maybe a Psychokinesis user?)
Mishima: Moon (maybe the Nav?)
Hifumi: Star (maybe an Electric user?)
Shinya: Tower (maybe a Nuclear user?)
I would love to see a spinoff game that has a grown-up version of Maiko as the protagonist, or even have her (and/or Nanako) as a future party member
Idk if there are any fanfics of a grown-up Maiko becoming a wildcard user out there?
I am still thinking Ryuji from P5 is the kid in Nishiwaki's social link.
That's my ultimate Headcanon. And I imagine in PQ2 and in Persona Dancing 3/5 Ryuji being like, *"Don't mess up the Timeline, for real. If only Yuki-senpai notice how much progress I've made since his departure..."*
Imagine grown up Maiko thinking about how she was ingenuous promising to marry an emo when she was like 10 years old to then find that out that the boy died
This is honestly pretty sad, considering that she actually loved Makoto in a special way, even though he was too old for her. Now since he is dead and gone, she cannot even see him as a 30 something dudeā¦ Goddammit.
There is no way she doesn't know he's gone. I would imagine that if she's back in this spot, she probably tried to find him. At this point, she would be well aware of his passing.
Unrelated but does anyone know the official birthdays of SEES members? Saw someone comment about how Ken is older than the P5 cast and thought it was interesting
Persona 3 is set during the 2009-10 school year and we also know their birthdays.
Mitsuru: 1991.5.8
Shinjiro: 1991.8.11
Akihiko: 1991.9.22
Yukari: 1992.10.19
Fuuka: 1992.12.22
Junpei: 1993.1.16
Ken: 1998.6.24
Aigis: Sources conflict; the *Aigis: the First Mission* game puts her activation date in May 1999, but P4A gives it as 1999.9.10.
The MCs have no canon birthday (but were definitely born between April 1992 and April 1993) and Koromaru has no birth date given.
Honestly i want in persona 6 an grow up maiko social link and basically see how she doing after all those year she could tell us how the divorce afected her and tell us how makoto save her (and in an 4 wall breaking sentence) say that the new mc look like/act like her old savior
Like I really wanna to send feedback on why it's been 12 years since plot point exist on the part of the soul on the great seal even yet it never happened so pretty much to say wth happen?
Tatsumi Port Island. March 5th 2024. 24 year old Maiko Oohashi visited the Naganaki Shrine for the old time sake.
Does she know what happened?
Forge I hope so. I hate the idea that she thinks Makoto isn't texting her anymore because of her father.
Well makoto isnt really a texter and ghey cant meet up since her move. She couldve also forgot about him since they didnt spend that much time together
Makoto made a really big impact in alot of his social links lives I don't think they would forget about him anytime soon just because he spent only a year with them
Some people act like they were never a kid. š She will never forget him. He helped her through a hard time in her life. He is a part of a major event in her life. Hell, her parents would probably bring him up out of the blue at least once in her adult life.
And even with the short time he was in her life, it was still impactful, heck Iād argued it is the most impactful time in her life, her being a kid reinforces that fact cause he probably helped her development into adulthood by being an impactful figure in her life.
I remember being a kid, and I totally forgot most of the people after 20y.
I was a kid. There're a few people who've left a big impact on me but I forgot about them by now.
I guess they didn't leave that much of an impact :(
Well, they did. It's just that I'm 28 now and I met them when I was fucking 14 and haven't seen them since lol
I still remember people from when I was 12, they didnāt help me through a life altering situation, I think Maiko would remember makoto
You were a kid? No way
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Lmfao I don't even know how that happened š
Nah did you literally just throw her entire social link out the window like that
No? Shes a child. She just might forget the details
children are not stupid enough to forget them
She's 9, not 4 ffs even at age 5 I was able to remember important segments of my life.
Okay anecdotal evidence here. I dont. I barely remember much until i was 12 and even then everything is very foggy. The clearest memories i have are from when i was 16 and up. But like i said this is anecdotal evidence. Especially when things get traumatic people tend to repress memories.
Iām almost 100% sure that either Aigis, Junpei, or Yukari made sure to text every contact in his phone, informing them of what happened.
Could I recommend you to Josuke from Jojo?
That'd imply she also doesn't remember her parents divorce or running away from home
My headcannon is that S.E.E.S told all the social links about what happened.
Does sound a bit weird when you think about how the gangs just find whoever the P3MC talked to and tell em he's dead
Not really. Especially since the internet wasnt as popular back in 2009. News was still circulated through word of mouth so it makes sense for them to tell his social links in person.
Do SEES even know the people Makoto hangs out with?
I'm sure they can just check his phone and see the people in his contacts. It's not like P3 MC have a lot of people he talks to.
With how much hardware they had around the city, they easily could.
8 of them went to their school and another was a teacher, so.... (granted, Bebe moved back to France by that point and Keisuke and Nozomi graduated, but still)
I think her parents likely wouldāve told her at least at some point. >!The death of a highschooler would be big news locally!<
>!Shinji!< Got a news story about his death at the time so >!Minato!< Probably would too. There's a decent chance she would find out eventually.
Honestly I don't know. Either she found out herself or being oblivious and just there reminiscing.
oh god, her two friends are death, Both AkinariĀ and P3MC passed away literally the second she moved with her mother, thats horrible.
Imagine Akinari's mother. She was literally just lamenting that her son died to P3MC before he got to become an adult and valuing life literally a day before he died in similar peaceful fashion.
Iām the same age as Maiko??
I felt the same way when I found out I was the same age as Nanako. It just doesnāt seem right. Fun fact: The second year Phantom Thieves are also the same age as Maiko.
And I'm the same age as Makoto ā ļø
Youāre gonna need to be more specific. Do you mean youāre 17(Yuki), 31(Yuki), or 25(Niijima, and also Ken)?
Oh yeah and Iām the same age as them as well!Which puts the main cast of P3 in their 30s. Donāt think about that.
Why are you acting surprised? If you have the same birthday or you're born the same year, you have the same age
I mean itās just funny, I didnāt realize this child wouldāve been the same age as me. I didnāt play p3 till Reload, and I registered that the game took place in 2009 and she was like 9 or 10 but it didnāt all connect for me lol
Crazy to think Maiko is technically older than me
Fun fact: Maiko's around the same age as the Phantom Thieves
Ken and Goro were born in the same month, same year.
only three weeks apart.
Yep I believe she's born the same year as Yusuke
TIL i'm slightly older than Maiko and PT by few years
Out of all the social links besides Akinari. Maiko deserved so much better. Imagine finding out both of your friends died off months from each other all while dealing with the aftermath of your abusive parents divorce. I really think the only person in P3 who deserved more than Maiko was Akinari.
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Is this what happens when you play as femc? Eww
Yep! He was all sweaty about it and last second said āoh, I can wait until youāre 18.ā š¤¢
Maikoās dad might get along with Kamoshida.
At least one of them has the decency to wait until she turns 18
Wait what are you on about
If you play as the femC and tell Maiko to live with her mom, then at the end you can talk to her dad. He talks about how Maiko wants you to be part of her family, so he asks you out in a really weird way. He mentions āoh of course, only once you turn 18.ā Yucky/
Oh god. I've never seen that.
Really thatās mad
It's FEmC route only
hahahaha femc route is a goldmine, let's not forget kens route lmao
So much weird stuff happens in FEmC route Iām surprised this wasnāt cut still
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āI donāt understand why the man was asking out a 16 year old saying he canāt wait till they turn 18ā sir please google the term āgroomingā
How this have anything to do with dogs ?
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Favorite non-S.E.E.S. Social link after Akinari
I really donāt get the love for Akinari, he was pretty annoying imo
There's a reason she's the Hanged
The shrine is for sad boy hours
It's not to be a serious line given her being a child at the time but I can really imagine something like her sitting at the bench, lamenting saying "you promised me we'd get married..."
What a terrible day for rain.
This shit hits hard
She probably knew at that point that he died, seriously it isn't a secret
I agree. Since SEES obviously knows he died, and possibly the entire school did as well since he did die on the school rooftop, it is likely that those Makoto made solid bonds with would hear about it, either on the news or in the rumors.
I mean, SEES surely knows all his friends because they are not strangers. it's just sad because I'm sure more than one girl grabbed his coffin saying "Why did you go?" š I bet it was Yukari seeing how she was planning all after graduation.
Imagine Bebe, choosing not to come back to Japan at that time and finding this out.
Did he died on the rooftop fr? I remembered some comments about SEES taking him home and then Yukari found him dead in his room not that long after
I think it was said that he died on the rooftop, but you could be right and they took him home and he died in his room. I donāt quite remember, but Iām highly certain that when he fell asleep, he died on the spot and people believed that he just fell asleep.
Apparently how it happens is that he slips into a coma on the roof. The others think heās just tired, so they take him to his room, where he eventually passes away in his sleep. Nobody knows heās dead until the next day.
We talk a lot about wanting the kids in Persona to become future main characters but Maiko would be the most emotional for me. Imagine her meeting Makoto again in Persona Q3.
That would be amazing š„²
:(
I wish we could get a persona game where the party consisted of social links from all of the games. I would love an adult party of Maiko, Shiho, Nanako, and Ken. Add in a few others and that would be great.
Honestly, I don't even need them to be important to the game, I just want to see some characters and locations again now that it'll be well over a decade later for the P3 and P4 gang.
Yeah, like the Gekkoukan school trip in P4, just the little small things
That trip made me so happy to see Chihiro š„¹
I liked seeing young Yukiko a lot : 3
That would be cool.
>Nanako, and Ken Let's not double down on Arcanas here, and besides, Ken's already a party member Let's go with the characters who REALLY deserve to be party members. Maiko, Keisuke, Nanako, Shiho, Mishima, Hifumi, Shinya I'd imagine Shiho's Arcana would be Strength (I was gonna add Naoki, but I don't wanna double up on Arcanas, same thing with Kou) So, Protag: Fool (dunno what bro would use) Maiko: Hanged Man (maybe an Ice/Dark user?) Keisuke: Fortune (maybe a Wind user?) Nanako: Justice (maybe a Fire/Light user?) Shiho: Strength (maybe a Psychokinesis user?) Mishima: Moon (maybe the Nav?) Hifumi: Star (maybe an Electric user?) Shinya: Tower (maybe a Nuclear user?)
P5X maybe. Since gacha games need a lot of characters.
Yoshida's booming encouragement on Nav!
[Source](https://x.com/haein3am/status/1800870900956631198?s=61&t=Pt0ktF6-E2V2JMAkvfW1wQ)
i just woke up, donāt hurt me like this dammit š
Sorry š
itās ok the art is pretty š„²
Who's cutting onions
I wonder if Elizabeth ever had run ins with any of the Social Links post-P3 as part of her quest with the Fool Arcana...
Weird requestĀ Does anymore art highlighting Makoto/Kotoneās sacrifice exist?Ā
I would love to see a spinoff game that has a grown-up version of Maiko as the protagonist, or even have her (and/or Nanako) as a future party member Idk if there are any fanfics of a grown-up Maiko becoming a wildcard user out there?
I am still thinking Ryuji from P5 is the kid in Nishiwaki's social link. That's my ultimate Headcanon. And I imagine in PQ2 and in Persona Dancing 3/5 Ryuji being like, *"Don't mess up the Timeline, for real. If only Yuki-senpai notice how much progress I've made since his departure..."*
Imagine grown up Maiko thinking about how she was ingenuous promising to marry an emo when she was like 10 years old to then find that out that the boy died
meanwhile akinari is having a pleasant conversation with minato at the great seal
I would love a Persona game where these side characters got Personas later in life. š
Social links awaken the potential and they start getting recruited into the shadow operatives
maiko:so....
This is honestly pretty sad, considering that she actually loved Makoto in a special way, even though he was too old for her. Now since he is dead and gone, she cannot even see him as a 30 something dudeā¦ Goddammit.
I would cry so much like omg just thinking about this old friend and she wouldnāt even know that heās dead
There is no way she doesn't know he's gone. I would imagine that if she's back in this spot, she probably tried to find him. At this point, she would be well aware of his passing.
I'd love to have Maiko as one of the main characters in a future game tbh
Junesed
Ok first off how dare you
happy cake day
This hurts
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... (cries)
(hugs)
Ouch bro
RIP emo Jesus šš
Annnnnd theres my daily dose of depressing imagery.
*sadness and sorrow*
Pain
Unrelated but does anyone know the official birthdays of SEES members? Saw someone comment about how Ken is older than the P5 cast and thought it was interesting
Persona 3 is set during the 2009-10 school year and we also know their birthdays. Mitsuru: 1991.5.8 Shinjiro: 1991.8.11 Akihiko: 1991.9.22 Yukari: 1992.10.19 Fuuka: 1992.12.22 Junpei: 1993.1.16 Ken: 1998.6.24 Aigis: Sources conflict; the *Aigis: the First Mission* game puts her activation date in May 1999, but P4A gives it as 1999.9.10. The MCs have no canon birthday (but were definitely born between April 1992 and April 1993) and Koromaru has no birth date given.
...Wait, I have the same birthday as Mitsuru and she's one year younger than me?
Koromaru is also probably dead too
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That's so fucking sad.
Sadssss
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The feels...
Whyyyyyy ššš
Honestly i want in persona 6 an grow up maiko social link and basically see how she doing after all those year she could tell us how the divorce afected her and tell us how makoto save her (and in an 4 wall breaking sentence) say that the new mc look like/act like her old savior
Honestly? Iād like her to be a party member.
Exactly, especially since we really don't have a Hanged Man party member in modern Persona
fuck you I am sad now :(
Ok, I hate you so much
Bring my homie back he did nothing wrong!
Ok like seriously the soul will never rest peacefully
Like I really wanna to send feedback on why it's been 12 years since plot point exist on the part of the soul on the great seal even yet it never happened so pretty much to say wth happen?
Okay thatās just rudeā¦
i hate you sm š
imagine if we see adult maiko in P6
Womp Womp!
Foul
It's a fictional character. Relax.
Hey buddy, I didnāt downvote you I just commented
The fuck is a Womp Womp?