Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Golden Game Journal - Part 2

 10/8/2020-

After Yukiko's been rescued, I proceed live my life as a normal schoolboy. I've been having money troubles though. Since i'm starting out with bottom-tier stats, there's little for me to do. All I can do is do my social links. But the days towards Yukiko's recovery are rainy so I can't do most of them. The only thing I can do is start the Sun social link. I chose the drama since i've heard it was better than the music club.

I tried to get myself a good sun persona but as I said, i'm low on cash. I guess that's the importance of having a general dungeon that you can go whenever, which this game doesn't, opting instead for story dungeons that disappear when you complete them, leaving you with nothing to do. I think i'm starting to appreciate 3 & 5 a little more now.

Side-note: Holy crap it's so sad and painful to see Nanako coping with her loneliness. Jesus Christ.

1/9/2020-

Thank you, Yosuke.
So, Yukiko recovers and later joins the Investigation team. Chie just won't shut the fuck up about meat. I  feel like it'll get old real fast. It doesn't help that her voice is very loud, and kinda super autistic. Reminds me of that music camp girl from American Pie. I'm liking Adachi though. He just feels very likable, y'know? Also Yukiko. I'm liking Yukiko so far. Maybe that's because she's always next to Chie, though. 

Ok so I was wrong about the dungeon thing. You can go back, but only after the deadline is done, which is still pretty gay. Anyways, I go back to the Castle for grinding, because my party is 3 levels behind Yukiko. I left after reaching the 8th floor to heal. I unlocked some quests and went back to face the Contrarian King.

- Contrarian King

Ok so this guy's a fucking dick. He drains fire so Yukiko is demoted to the designated healer. I didn't realize that he takes more damage from Zio and Bufu skills until later. I ran out of revival beads and once he killed Yosuke I gave up and closed the game. My 2nd attempt was even worse, as this jackass did rampage on it's 2nd turn, killing everyone except MC. I decided to grind some more.

More everyday stuff happens and I start the Hermit social link by accident and the Justice social link. When a thunder storm comes in, I decide to scare Chie and it was funny. I have also been studying diligently. I then cheer up Nanako about her dead mom. The next few days are the exams and I was doing it well but then I clicked the wrong answer by accident. What the fuck. So I learned how to make Beef Stew and started Adachi's social link, the Jester, also known as the alternative to the Fool. (Sidenote: I didn't do his social link after that. Busy with other links and stuff.) 

The Midnight Channel comes on and we see Kanji. The next day, Chie tried too hard to sound smart and it was funny. Later we go to the Tatsumi Textile Shop and encounter a slender young "man" there. We spot a familiar looking scarf... it's the one the that was tied up in a noose in the room in the TV World. The plot thickens.

We proceed to catch Kanji getting a hard on for the "boy" in all blue. The next day we do a stake out like real detectives. I start new social link with Yukiko and Yosuke and Chie get chased by an insecure Kanji, and then we get chased by him again because of his own insecurity. We watch the Midnight Channel again, where we catch a flaming Kanji hosting a very homo show. It was funny as hell dude, especially that little caveman walk he did at the end.

Imagine seeing that on a completely blind playthrough holy shit.


Everyone's reactions I assume

So I hold another Investigation Team meeting and get introduced to the Fox's abilities. But I can't test it out as Yukiko won't let me go until tomorrow. I ended up doing some social links instead. The next day I found my test scores and got an average grade. Damn finger slip. I met up with the effeminene looking boy and found out some traits of Kanji. I don't know why we needed to hear this guy say some words to find out how to describe Kanji but ok. So I get back into the TV World, test the waters in the bathouse, left and fought the Contrarian King again. First attempt back was going good until he did rampage and killed us all.

The next attempt he didn't pull any of that shit and I beat him. I was satisfied to say the least. I continued to grind and left to start the Hierophant social link and made a garden with Nanako. I was gonna go back that day but I accidently went back inside and I wasted precious time holy fuck. Anyways, the next day I go to the Bathouse and face every enemy I see to gain those precious levels.

- Shadow Kanji

So we meet up with Kanji and he rejects his sensitive side so his Shadow-Self turns into a boss. This one managed to be harder than Shadow Yukiko. It didn't start off too well, as I mixed up the weaknesses of the his back-up goons. I made sure to fuse Rakshasa for this fight as i've heard he's pretty good for this fight. When fusing him I made sure to give him Rakunda, which turned out to be a really good decision, as one of his Mooks keeps buffing his defense, which would've been hell for me.

I also made sure to use the Diamond Shields i've been saving up. They're a real life saver, saved my ass many times in this fight. Kanji's Poison attacks weren't that bad, and his rage attacks didn't exactly slowed me down either. In fact, an enraged Chie actually defeated one of his goons for me.

Everything was going steady until he killed Yukiko. I was slipping up after that, especially since his other goon kept using Heat Riser on him. I spent a turn reviving Yukiko so Yosuke wasn't defending and I was expecting Kanji to murder him with his charged attack but Yosuke took it like a champ! I took this opportunity to recklessly attack him while he's charging his attack and I was able to finish him off with the MC. It was super satisfying guys.

So after all that I see Kanji punch out homo-Kanji and it was real cool and epic and stuff. He transforms into a persona and we go back home. Have I mentioned how good the voice acting in this game is? Troy Baker has pretty good range. I think i'll like Kanji, he seems like a likable character I am looking foward to his social link. Also he's not gay you self-righteous fucks.


(Ok so I forgot to record my stats please forgive me)

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