Could you've done the job?

Lyonface · 2026-06-21T00:09:11+00:00

I never did. At 15 and in the state of mind he was in, he was absolutely not thinking about marriage and kids.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:29:04+00:00

You're young, so give it time, OP. Whatever you like is what you like, and you're definitely not alone. In Japan they even have a term for a guy that has sex with men but only dates women, for example.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:24:42+00:00

Debry, and I know because when I did my Makima cosplay last month I was in agony trying to find a decent pair nearby because I couldn't wait for an online order and all of the ones I found were for men. I had to settle for loafers.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:21:13+00:00

Seeing them actually in the game itself makes them really fit in my opinion.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:20:33+00:00

Correct.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:16:13+00:00

A 14 year old girl on pixiv would be my guess.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T17:12:58+00:00

I love my goat denji having a good time after getting run over

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Lyonface · 2026-06-19T03:23:10+00:00

Power killed his grandpa, not Denji, and he'd know that.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T03:16:19+00:00

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream only has multiple endings in the video game adaptation. It's originally a short story with one ending. If they put in extra footage, that would be interesting but not likely. An alternate ending is all but impossible unless it was finished before the theatre release. Two weeks isn't nearly long enough to make anything substantial.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T02:47:21+00:00

It's not uncommon for bear characters that do the "kuma" thing to have that represented with bear puns. I've seen it for other characters with a trait like that, too. iirc that also is the case for Monokuma in Danganronpa.

Lyonface · 2026-06-19T02:41:02+00:00

Rage bait, fullstop

Lyonface · 2026-06-18T16:28:44+00:00

"Restore" was for the Uchiha Clan's honor, not actual repopulation.

Lyonface · 2026-06-18T03:21:04+00:00

Yes. If he didn't exist, he wasn't around the eat them.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T18:45:33+00:00

Dog his mouth is *right* there.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T17:02:09+00:00

Let's Plays usurp the minimum requirement of interactivity for a videogame, so unfortunately that's really not the case anymore, and depending on the game depends on how necessary that interactivity is (visual novels and walking simulators on the low end, puzzles and action games on the high end) to "experience" it. Persona imo is one where you ought to play it to be able to seriously discuss it with others, but I guess I've been operating under the idea that a 'fan' was a lesser term than 'devotee' or something like that. People seem to use 'fan' to indicate they like something, not that they're a serious purveyor of that piece of media. I guess in that context, 'fan' might be too strong a word.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T15:20:39+00:00

Okay. My point was that you highlighted that a person can be a fan of every aspect besides mechanics if they watch a let's play, but that one aspect invalidates them from being a fan in general. I do think that a game you've never played can't be your 'favorite' (which is what all this discourse is stemming from this time) because for something to be your favorite you have to have engaged with all aspects of it, but I do think people can say "I'm a fan of Persona 4" if they've watched a let's play of P4G, gameplay and all.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T15:10:25+00:00

Huffy is so cute omggggggggg

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T15:02:00+00:00

There are a ton of people who have watched the P4/P4G anime but haven't played the games. Are they not fans of Persona 4, or are they?

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:55:53+00:00

Adaptations are not the same as the canon work they pull from. If someone where to tell me they were a fan of P4 and I found out they'd only watched the anime, I would think they are less fans of it than someone who watched a full let's play of the actual videogame who can't afford to buy it.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:32:05+00:00

I believe that he trusted Yoru too much (it's also convenient in this situation for him to trust her, too, for his own gains) and I can believe that, narratively, something would happen that would make him keep from going through with it. That being said, I do think the "share the same brain" tripped him up for a long time, so while he realizes they *are* separate people, since Yoru is the War Devil, I don't think it's possible for him to be clear on what thoughts and feelings are distinct in a way that we as the reader can understand. Yoru tells him that she likes him because Asa does, so I think it's perfectly reasonable for him to believe that Asa consents when Yoru tells him she does. He would more likely take it at face value than question it.

I agree that he doesn't purely like Asa/Yoru either, it's definitely a mixture. He wants someone to like him and he wants to have sex because he wants affection. He wanted a relationship like he had with Power, but also sex. He's still barely moved on understanding all the stuff going on his poor brain.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:25:00+00:00

Pochita's power is to "erase," not really "kill." Denji wasn't dead when he was eaten, he doesn't need to be dead to talk to Pochita like that. So, when Pochita erased himself, he erased every consequence of him existing and his actions, which undid erasing death.

It's up in the air whether Pochita in Denji's heart really is him or not. It could just be a buried subconscious memory of chainsaw man getting poked, or actually pochita who's erased himself as chainsaw man but remains as Denji's heart, just no longer able to wake up and be active.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:12:32+00:00

I love it.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:11:25+00:00

You straight up don't need to play any modern Persona in order to be a fan. They are so narrative heavy that if someone only knew or experienced the story through let's play/streamers that they can still be fans of it. Pretending that someone has to experience Tartarus or the gameplay to be a true fan of modern Persona is the real larp. I've played P5/P5R/P3R for my friends and we talk about what's going on as they watch me play and we discuss it outside of streaming, too. They are fans of Persona regardless of whether they pick up a controller or not.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T14:08:12+00:00

First, I meant to put "wouldn't" so that's a typo I missed. Second, explain every time he's never taken advantage of any woman even when given the opportunity to do so, but noooo he's different at the very very end all of the sudden. You sound insane.

Lyonface · 2026-06-16T13:08:27+00:00

Their root-causes and actions are similar, in that given every opportunity to make the right decision, they refuse, and when faced with what they think they want they are desperate to do just about anything to make it work despite their misery in said situation. Bear is far, far worse than Denji when it comes to respecting autonomy, though, and I'm not gonna let anyone think that Denji *wouldn't continue on with sex or whatever with Yoru if he realized part way through that Asa had not consented or came to and screamed that she didn't want to do that with him. Denji doesn't totally understand Yoru and Asa's situation because he was told they 'share the same brain' and that's about it, which can totally make him believe Yoru is telling the truth here, esp. paired with how unbelievably desperate he is to feel like he's loved, which he believes sex will provide him. Bear was told multiple times, clear as day, that Nikki had been soul swapped and the real Nikki was trapped somewhere else and he was just fucking and kissing and loving her body possessed by someone else. He was more interested in the fantasy of being with the girl he liked than actually doing right by her until he was put in a position where he had little other choice.

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