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[Let's Play Persona 2: Innocent Sin] Update 15: Back in the Saddle VOTE
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In the Japanese city of Sumaru, strange things are happening at Seven Sisters High School. Rival school Kasugayama has been growing lately in popularity for unknown reasons. The most popular boy in Kasugayama has it in for the most popular boy at Seven Sisters. On top of that, someone's cursed the emblem of Seven Sisters, causing student's faces to become painful and misshapen.
Obviously, that last one is the weirdest. It's up to a group of teenagers plus one or two actual real life grown ups with jobs and everything that for real join a JRPG party to solve this mystery and all the others plaguing Sumaru. It all seems to go back to someone called The Joker...
No, not that one.
Yeah, that one. Still pretty much a creepy clown, so it's all good.
Before we even begin, let's start with this: Even though there are some references and returning characters from that game, and while I may make some references of my own, I want this Let's Play to stand on its own, just as the game does. Therefore, you do not need to have read (or actually played) my let's play of Persona 1 to read this!
Now. Welcome to Let's Play Persona 2: Innocent Sin! I'm excited. Are you all excited? Well, you should be and I'll tell you why:
Persona 2 is nothing like Persona 1. First, it is twice as long. Literally. Persona 2 comes in two flavors. Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. Although the two games are able to stand on their own as remarkably solid games, they are best when played in sequence so that is what I'll be doing for you here. Innocent Sin was never released in America, but thanks to the hard work of a few fans, a very high quality fan translation was released so we all can enjoy the game.
I'm going to be doing this one a bit differently than Persona 1. You see, the characters in Persona 2, aside from being likable, are all actually very well-developed characters with solid, consistent personalities. This includes the silent protagonist, so unfortunately, no complete asshole like John. This doesn't mean I won't be adding (hopefully) funny lines from time to time, just that it won't be as over the top as Persona 1. On the other hand, this could be seen as a good thing, as it means the game is interesting and strong enough to stand on its own.
Another difference is that unlike the horrible translation of Persona 1 (and, to a lesser extent, the 'real' version of Persona 1), Persona 2 is absolutely steeped in symbolism. Not just tarot symbolism, either. These two games are Carl Jung's wet dream. Now, while I am hardly a Jungian, I am fairly knowledgable on tarot and have at least a passing knowledge on Jung, so I will be taking time out occasionally to discuss these things, too.
Also, I actually own the soundtracks to these games, so I will be much more on top of providing you all music, and will in fact be able to link you to every song played in each update.
The last big difference is I'm hoping there will be a lot more input from you guys! Although I'll still be making all the "right" choices in order to show you all as much of the game as possible, there are a lot more areas where we're given a few choices that matter but not for endings, Personas, etc. On top of that, there are a couple wildly divergent plot points that will have guest updates by cj! Lots planned for this game, so we should get started.
UPDATES
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Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5 Part 2
Update 6 Part 2
Update 7
Update 8
Update 9
Update 10
Character Spotlight: Yukki
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Tatsuya "Tatsu" Suō
Age: 18
Birthday: 07/27
Sign: Leo
Weapon: Two handed sword
Persona: Volcanus, the Blacksmith.
Arcana: The Sun
Contact Options:
Imitation: Tatsuya imitated the sound of construction work.
Persuasion: Tatsuya tried to use gentle persuasion.
Manly Chat: Tatsuya started a heated rant about being a man.
Killer Stare: Tatsuya gave a striking glare.
Eikichi "Michelle" Mishina
Age: 16
Birthday: 11/15
Sign: Scorpio
Weapon: Machine guns hidden inside guitar cases
Persona: Rhadamanthus, the judge of the dead.
Arcana: Death
Contact Options:
Self Intoxicate: "Why oh why did I have to be born this beautiful!? Looking this good has got to be a sin... That's right, a sin! Oh, father... Please forgive me!"
Mark Territory: "Oh, oh! Look at the little demon, sweatin' bullets! Hey, when I'm talkin' to you, you'd better look me square in the eyes, bitch!"
Talk About Life: "Baby, you can't give up just because you've had a run of bad luck! I mean, they say it all the time! 'You can find pieces of gold in a line of clouds!' You know?"
Killer Song: "Hey, my sweet little honey-bunch! Listen up, please! 'Cause I've got some sweet, sweet lovin' comin' your way! Hoooo! :whistle:"
Lisa "Ginko" Silverman
Age: 17
Birthday: 05/04
Sign: Taurus
Weapon: Gloves
Persona: Eros, the god of sexual love and beauty
Arcana: Lovers
Contact Options:
Dance: "Lei hou! How's everybody doing, today? Well, it's the time you've all been waiting for! Lisa Silverman's dance hour! Alright then, everybody! Try to follow along!"
Kung-Fu: "You have killed my family and besmirched the name of my Shaolin temple... Or, however that line's supposed to go..."
Love Story: "You know, if you like somebody, you have to face up to how you feel and you absolutely can't ever give up! The moment you give up, it's all over..."
Seduce: "Oh, don't worry...I'll be nice. Come on, don't be afraid..."
Maya Amano
Maya's Theme - Sad
Age: 23
Birthday: 07/04
Sign: Cancer
Weapon: PINK HANDGUNS <3
Persona: Maia, of the lively black eyes.
Arcana: The Moon
Contact Options:
Interview: "Oh, [demon]! Your popularity is continuing to soar! Please, say a little something to all of your fans out there!"
Advise: "I'm so worried about you...Please, if something's on your mind, you can tell me."
Family Chat: "You should always treasure your mother and father!"
Overpraise: "You sure are something else! You've got it goin' on!"
Yukino "Yukki" Mayuzumi
Yukino's Theme
Age: 20
Birthday: 04/09
Sign: Aries
Weapon: Razorblades
Persona: Vesta, the virgin goddess
Arcana: Empress
Contact Options:
Warn: "If you don't realize that your actions in life have value, then they really don't have any value at all."
Scold: "Stop fighting me, here! You should be ashamed of yourself!"
Violent Rant: "You wouldn't know when to stop, without me to set you straight, would you? This time, you guessed it...You're just gonna have to grind on those teeth of yours."
Killer Photos: "C'mon, you can smile bigger than that!"
Let's get started.
Tension
Seven Sisters High School A
Ginko's Theme
Hero's Theme
Opening
Der Doppelgänger
The game opens with our silent protagonist working on his motorcycle. He stands, turns the key, and
...that probably wasn't supposed to happen.
:? Yo...On your way home, are ya? Heh heh! That piece o' crap ain't goin' nowhere! Not without this, anyway.
He produces a missing part of the motorcycle that looks shockingly like his hand when rendered in this game's graphics engine.
Our protagonist, not exactly intimidated, pulls out a lighter and flicks it open. Get used to seeing that, by the way. It's a bit of a habit for him.
Wait.
What?
Music: Cue Philemon's Theme
:? Does something look...wrong to ya? He's all covered in sweat all of a sudden...
PERSAUNA?
Music: Cue Tension
The two delinquents bust ass out of the parking lot after tossing the part back to our protagonist who...simply turns around and gets back to working on his bike.
Our hero flicks his lighter one last time as ???
And prepares for a lifetime of flicking it as Tatsuya Suō.
What? Did he sense our Persona?
He storms off after that somewhat cryptic note, and another student runs up to us.
And with that good advice, we now have control over Tatsuya. Obviously, the first thing we should do is check the menu screen to see what's what here.
...
Obviously, the first thing we should do is run around the school and talk to everyone we can find to see if anything interesting is going on.
:oops: Huh? You wanted to know where Professor Saeko is? Well...I think she's in the teacher's lounge on the 2nd floor...Uh...Yeah, forget what I said...
Looks like our Tatsuya is popular with the ladies. High school girls always love the jerky, quiet guys that hate everyone.
This may seem mundane, but it will be relevant in another update or two, trust me.
That's all for the parking lot for now, so let's head into the school and try to find this Professor Saeko.
Music: Cue Seven Sisters High School A
As you can see, Persona 2 does away with the First Person dungeons of the original. It won't take long for me to be very grateful for this. The dungeons in this game are much more complex than those in Persona 1.
Anyway, let's start talking to everyone that'll stand still long enough and see what's what.
Most of the students here are doing one of five things:
1) talking about the curse
2) talking about students that used to be shit that are now suddenly the shit for no apparent reason
3) hitting on Tatsuya
4) talking about Kasugayama (or, as they affectionately refer to it, K'ass-u-gay-ama), someone that goes to Kasugayama called "the underpants gang leader" that has it in for Tatsuya, and Kasugayama's apparent link to the curse
5) any combination of the above
Every once in a while, though, someone will say something interesting or at least hilarious, so it's worth talking to everyone just in case.
Apparently, if you call your own cell phone, it will be answered by someone called Master Joker, who will grant you your deepest desire.
The school's courtyard is full of interesting people. Let's take a look.
That's just tacky.
Well, clearly he's a douche. Let's bust up his statue!
Definitely a douche.
Two more things of note in the courtyard:
I don't know about you guys, but that sounded like "go poke the Narlato stone" to me.
According to the legend, the demon Narlatoteph was sealed by Saint Hillemon into this stone.
And now, a brief comical interlude:
We went to the faculty lounge to find our teacher, and found this instead...
Moving on...
Aw, someone has a little gay crush! How sweet. With such blatant displays like that, we aren't the only one that noticed, either.
Man, it seems like everyone relies on Tatsuya, no matter how much he tries to get them to keep a distance.
Hmm...should we? He is currently down admiring his statue...Oh hell, let's do it. Maybe we can find something to break!
Hmm...things just get weider and weirder around here, don't they? Man, that's enough of that. Let's go talk to our teacher. Now, where is she?
Turns out she was right where we started...you actually need to talk to certain students and teachers to get her to show up here, though, so at least it wasn't a total waste of time.
Now that's dedication. Or at least stubborness.
One update in, and we've already seen two returning characters from Persona 1! I wonder how many we'll see next time?
(spoiler: none)
Tatsuya flicks his lighter after every response.
She tries to be supportive, but Tatsuya jerks away and walks over to his bike.
Before he can say anything, someone else bursts onto the scene so quickly I can't get a screen capture of it.
So, this is the infamous Lisa that's after Tatsuya, huh?
Music: Cue Ginko's Theme
Tatsuya does his best to signal to Professor Saeko that he will likely be bound and raped if left alone with Lisa for any extended period of time, but it doesn't work
Tatsuya is resigned to his fate. Lisa does make a quick grab at his shirt, but fortunately not for sexy fun times.
Music: Cure Hero's Theme
We are then treated to a two second FMV of Tatsuya and Lisa driving off that transitions us to the next scene.
Which you will see next time.
Joker's Theme
Eikichi's Theme
Sumaru City
Music: Cue Comical Line
This dude gets a portrait, but no descriptive text, so...uh...
Ken Surname
He definitely goes to Kasugayama High. Which is a boy's school for delinquents. I don't think we mentioned that. Probably also second year, like Michelle. Uh...He probably likes puppies, because who doesn't, right? He probably has a goal for his future or something, too.
There, that sounds about right.
Everyone immediately realizes this was not the right thing to say.
Right on time.
Those emoticons are 100% part of his text. Eikichi is magic.
Shogo: Ummm...I'm really sorry about this!! We told Suō that we took Hanaji hostage to get him to come.
Takeshi: Michelle, you wanted to form a band, right? We decided to look for members...You can't just rely on vocals alone...
Shogo, Takeshi, and Ken: Yes, sir! "Real men show no cowardice"! We're ready to accept any punishment!
This appears to be 100% the wrong thing to have said.
PERSONA, I CHOOSE YOU!
The three wake up in an odd room, surrounded by pillars. The look around a bit, before things get even weirder.
Looks like I did. Sorry, Phil.
Philemon disappears and the screen goes black.
But, of course, Lisa's hard to say no to. Mostly because she doesn't take no for an answer.
They all pull out their cellphones and dial their own number...
Music: Cue Joker's Theme
Hmm...the Joker's not trying to claim Lisa.
No, Tatsuya. You are the demons.
The Joker throws the iris at Tatsuya's feet and vanishes.
Music: Cue Eikichi's Theme
We have control of Tatsuya again, so let's go around and see how everyone's doing.
Man, fuck this. Let's go kill that bastard.
Music: Cue Sumaru City
Up the stairs we go, to arm ourselves against the Joker...
Next time: A very respectable and trustworthy update.
Some criticism if I may: italicize the character dialogues and add the music in between sections where needed? Beyond that, A++ will read again.
Also, I better start my replay.
Welcome to the world on this side.
Yay, Persona 2!
SteamID - Fig-D :: Xbox Live - Fig D :: PSN - Fig-D
Still hoping Atlus gives us IS/EP on PSP. I can dream, can't I?
Welcome to the world on this side.
When we last off, we met the gang leader of Kasugayama, and he ended up being...much less threatening than the words "gang leader" would imply. We also met the Joker, who seems to have a grudge against Lisa, Eikichi, and especially Tatsuya. Now we're on our way to a ramen shop because there's a rumor that the owner secretly deals in weapons.
This is the main map screen of the game. One of them, at least. The city of Sumaru is broken up into districts, and each district has its own map and locations. The green triange is us, and the blue ones are NPCs we can talk to. None of them have anything interesting to say right now, but that should change as the plot starts to unfold. Our goal is the upper left corner of the map.
This is the Hirasaka shopping district. Each area has a shopping district, which usually includes a place to buy weapons, armor, and items, a healing spot, one or two food shops, and a Velvet Room.
Speaking of which...
Velvet Room
As you can see, the Velvet Room is where we can make new Personas. It works a bit differently than it did in Persona 1, so once it comes time to actually use it, I'll go into the specifics.
Our next stop on the way to Ramen Shirasai (you didn't think we'd be going straight there, did you?) is Gatten Sushi.
Gatten Sushi
Eikichi doesn't want us to be here at all. Maybe he's allergic to seafood?
What? Who--
...Oh. Oh my.
...let's spare Eikichi further humiliation and get out of here.
Next up is your favorite and mine...
Satomi Tadashi - Hirasaka
Each shopping district has its own Satomi Tadashi store, and each Satomi Tadashi has a unique remix of the theme. It's a pretty a nice touch, really.
Huh. Looks like we're not the only ones that can get into the Velvet Room.
That's really the only thing of interest here for now. We can't even buy anything yet. This is pretty standard for the early game, but will change very quickly.
Toa Defense
Weird Lady: What, you don't believe me? Should I prove it to you? I've got the proof hanging right between my legs!
Wait a minute...Cantonese? This sounds kind of familiar...
:shock: Holy crap, Lisa was in Persona 3!
Yeah, we're really only coming here so I can link the music.
Tominaga Chiropractic
Still, since we're here we may as well talk to the doctor, right?
But, enough's enough. Let's move on with the plot.
Ramen Shirashai
Well...let's go, then. Maybe someone there will know the truth about the weapons rumors.
Kuzunoha Detective Office
...what?
Tadashi and Tamaki aren't the only Persona 1 callbacks here. The old fade to black for exposition makes a return, too.
Here we have it. The rumor screen. From here we can spread various rumors we've heard from people around the town and reap the benefits. This first one is free, but future rumors will cost us. Generally anywhere from 1000 to 5000 yen, so it never gets outrageous. So, let's spread this rumor and see what happens.
All right! Let's head back to Ramen Shirasai and see who is unlucky enough to have to eat banana cha siu.
Like we don't already know.
Before anyone (Lisa) can mock Eikichi for actually eating that, Hanaji storms into the shop with big news.
As we leave, Tad, who had been listening to the whole exchange, rushes up to the counter to order his own banana cha siu.
Next time: A very respectable and trustworthy update for real. Plus, the first vote!
Anyway, quick question:
Welcome to the world on this side.
(I am of course referring to Tamaki's terribad design)
Why she has a Klingon weapon, who knows.
Welcome to the world on this side.
That's Tamaki circa SMT: If...
Edit: And see what happens when I waste time finding an image!?
And I went with her in If for a reason.
(I would've LPed it following SMT 1&2, but it's all moonspeak.)
Welcome to the world on this side.
ty for this blackjack <3
Welcome to the world on this side.
Welcome to the world on this side.
Let's get started then!
Part 4: In This City
When we last left off, Tatsuya, Lisa, and Eikichi had just received weapons and information on the Joker's location, and set off to hunt him down.
Now that we've unlocked the rumor system, it's time to introduce ourselves to the first Rumormonger in the city.
To do that, we've got to head back into Gatten Sushi and talk to the rotund man at the counter.
His Persona helped him...well, okay. I guess I can buy that. The only problem is, the Snow Queen Quest in Persona 1 shows Kenta's Persona to be (not even remotely work safe) Mara, the idea of him helping anyone succeed in anything is frightening at best...
Anyway, Kenta is our first returning Persona 1 character for this update, as well as our first Rumormonger. Like he says, we can give him info, and he'll exchange it for information of his own. Unfortunately, we don't have anything worth telling right now, so let's move on.
Seven Sisters is in the Rengedai district, so we head there. More districts are unlocked as we go along, at about the rate of one area after each dungeon/major plot point until they're all unlocked, so this map will get full fairly quickly.
Despite being in the middle of the city, this is a fairly boring district. Even the shopping center only has a few stores to check out. Let's start with the Time Castle.
Time Castle
Well, that was cryptic. Cheer us up, Lisa!
...uh. Eikichi?
...
...
Random guy in the back of the store?
... I really don't like it here. Let's try somewhere else, okay?
Rosa Candida
Rosa Candida was our next stop. I didn't take any shots because it was three people including Eikichi and Lisa, and all of them said the same thing "sure does suck that Sevens is cursed, huh?" So, moving on.
Satomi Tadashi - Rengedai
Looks like Lisa's still a bit down.
Everyone's still acting odd.
Maybe some aromatherapy will get them back to normal.
Kaori
That's better.
A nice trip to the park ought to keep us happy, too.
Honmaru Park
...or not.
Hanako: When I was there, some guy came up to me and asked my name. I told him "I'm Hanako." He ran away from me all of a sudden, shouting "Hanako! She's here!"
This is a lot funnier if you know about Japanese Urban Legends.
And here we have rumormonger number 2. We still don't have anything for him, so let's head to the next stop.
...Oh my.
Silverman Manor
Holy shit! Lisa's dad is Steven Seagal.
...Okay, clearly everything I try ends poorly today. Let's just head to the school and save ourselves further torment. Probably.
Not.
We'll head there in the next update, coming soon!
This is apparently a Big Deal. Such a Big Deal, in fact, that we're given a thirty-second cutscene of the clock moving.
Including a brief pan to Philemon in butterfly guise, naturally.
Oh no, it's 3:01 run for your liiiiiiives!
School Janitor: Oh, but you're wrong!! There certainly is a problem. Before that teacher died, he said..."Time must be stopped, or the world will be destroyed"...
School Janitor: Yes...That one...That teacher gave up his life so that the children would be able to live in peace...
And she runs off before explaining any of that crypticness.
Male Student: What's up with Professor Ideal? What could be more important than this!? The clock's working again...Something big is about to happen!
Female Student: Was tearing the emblem off my uniform really enough to ward off the curse!?
Seven Sisters High School B
Good idea, Lisa. Our first stop is to check out the Narlato Stone ourselves...
She would have a point, if it weren't for the fact that we're being hunted by demons even as we speak. She is right that we have somewhere else to be, though...
Namely, here. Let's kick the Principal's ass.
...Well, it was a sound theory. Unfortunately, he's not here. Again. Still. Maybe he just never uses his office.
Male Student: No matter where we look, we can't find him. Where could he have gone when the school needs him most of all...?
Female Student: If the principal were here, he'd be able to do something about this curse!
Male Student: Huh? Are you from K'ass-u-gay...I mean...from Kasugayama High?
Male Student: Get him! His emblem will ward off the curse!!
Ginko's Theme
Fortunately, before they manage to go at each other with their Personas, the trio is interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
Maya's Theme
Hey, they look unique enough to be party members!
Hey, it's Yuki! Hi, Yuki! Your hair got long!
Lisa totally just kneecapped Eikichi.
...
Before we find out what the consequences are, the door opens again.
Definitely not as awesome as last time someone interrupted us.
And Maya and Yukki Make Five
Main Theme B
Fade to black
We have a full party, now, so let's go ahead and look at the party as it stands.
And their Personas (in the same order)
Like Persona 1, a Persona's Level indicates the minimum level required to use the Persona, SP Use indicates the cost to use any of the Persona's abilities, and Rank is what dictates stats and spells learned. Unlike Persona 1, the progress toward a new rank is shown under the Persona's rank. When all the arrows are full, the Persona Rank increases. Each arrow takes approximately two summons to fill, though healing spells tend to fill them slightly faster. Finally, the Level Up Bonus below the Rank indicates the stat that gains a bonus point granted by the Persona. This is in addition to, and independent of, the three points each character is granted on a level up.
But enough of that for now. A lot just happened here, so let's talk to all our party members and get their thoughts on everything.
Riding A Vehicle
She demonstrates by throwing some knives at the wall, scaring the shit out of everyone except Maya (who is still just like "PINK GUNS! AWESOME!").
She then proceeds to fire her guns wildly and randomly around the room.
Maya is amazing, you guys.
TO BE CONTINUED...
And also demons to talk to, apparently:
A Boy and His Slime
There are a few more intricacies to the system that I will explain as they crop up. Beyond that, the biggest gameplay change in Persona 2 is the introduction of Fusion Spells. If you remember back to the second update, Tatsuya, Lisa, and Eikichi combined their Persona's abilities to attack the Joker. This wasn't only a cutscene power, though! With certain combinations of spells, we can create newer, more powerful spells. Here are the ones available to us with the default Personas:
Let's Fuse a Spell!
Pretty impressive right? If you were paying attention, you may have noticed something odd happen to Eikichi's Persona after one of the battles. Ending a battle with a Fusion spell gives the Personas involved a chance to mutate. A mutation is always positive and may include an increase to stats, an automatic two rank advancement, or even learning a new spell. Each Persona can learn one new spell through Mutation. Tatsuya's learns Dia (single target healing), Eikichi's learns Aques (second level Water damage), Lisa's learns Me-Dia (full party healing), Maya's learns Diarama (second level single target healing), and Yukki's learns Frey (first level nuclear damage).
Occasionally, we run into students standing in front of the doors. Looks like we weren't the only ones with the idea of smashing emblems. It's kind of nice to not have everything be on our shoulders, even if most things still are. Let's head to the next classroom and smash up the clock there.
Female Student: Miyabi Hanakōji's the chief in charge of the school newspaper. I'm telling you! There's no need to worry! She probably just tripped somewhere and got another nosebleed, huh?
Newspaper Staff Member: Mi...Miyabi Hanakōji's a student here...She said that she was going to K'ass-u-gay-ama High...Did you see her there?
Female Student: Huh? You met up with Hanaji...? Didn't you know? Hanaji is...
Not that the next classroom is any more sane.
Remember Hanako, from the park? Well...
Bandaged Male Student: Please! You've got to beat Hanako and bring me back some sort of proof that she exists! I'll even give you a reward!
So, let's encounter her then!
Hanako very literally in the toilet
We return the nametag, and the student gives us five Slippery Powders as a reward.
...Should've just given us the money.
Horror-loving Female Student: Umm, hey...Ten years ago, there was a serial arsonist running around, right? Even though there were lives claimed by whoever was behind it, no suspect was ever caught...Now, about that suspect...There's a rumor that he was once a student at this very high school...And his name was...Tatsuya Sudō...*Cackle*...Almost the same as yours, isn't it? I wonder if you've got some sort of connection...*Cackle*...
Bandaged Male Student: Hey, uh...Sorry, Suō...He told me that if we didn't spread that bad rumor about you, he'drip off my bandages in front of everyone... But hey, don't worry! That news is ten years old, right? It's not like I'm doing anything wrong...
Damn. I wonder how far back these rumors can affect reality? I also wonder if Maya and Yukki are going to end up having Daddy issues, too.
We only have one more room left to explore, too. There are some more clocks in the Faculty Room, so let's head there.
Yukino's Theme
Fade to black
And we do.
Or not.
Suddenly, the intercom crackles to life.
Like Lisa said, let's ask around.
Professor Asō: Ahh, right. You're looking for the key to the clock tower. But you know, somebody took it from the staff room. That's all I know. There's nothing I can do about it. Ah, right. Right. Just one other thing...Seeing Lisa here reminds me...She has the lowestEnglish grades in the class! Tell her to take it more seriously!
Professor Sōka: What? The key to the clock tower? Is that so? You're going to clean the clock tower!? No, is that really so? Wah haha! Is that so!? The principal took the one that was in the staff room...But the school janitor should have another one! Hahaha! Is that so!? I admire such thorough cleaning!
Well then, let's find the janitor!
School Janitor: Hm? The key?
School Janitor: The key to the clock tower...Now where did I put that darned thing?
And so we do. Unfortunately, there's no giant box labeled KEY this time. Maybe in these boxes...
...Yeah. Let's see how the others are doing.
School Janitor: Hm? It's a key.
...
...
Yeah. Let's go.
Lisa stops us right outside the clock tower, to let us know her Persona senses something, and it doesn't like it. This is basically your "THIS IS THE BOSS ROOM SAVE YOUR GAME" warning. It also comes with a really well done heartbeat vibration on the controller.
???: Hahahaha!
Joker's Theme
He tosses another flower before disappearing in a flash.
Hannya jumps down to confront us (where'd he get that wrench?), and Tatsuya and Eikichi leap onto the other gear.
You know what that means!
Boss Fight 1 vs Hannya
Foolish Boss
Before anything can happen, the ground starts to shake and the clock begins to collapse.
Suddenly, Maya remembers the Joker and picks up his flower.
Maya's Theme - Sad
Something tells me he won't.
Female Student: I heard the principal went into the clock tower to break the curse...Hey, have you seen the principal? Oh...Oh my gosh...Did he fall when the clock tower fell apart? Don't tell me he...He didn't die, did he!?
Well, that's up to you. Did he die? On the one hand, he has a Persona, which makes him tougher than normal. On the other, it's a pretty long drop and he had to be hurting after the beating we gave him...
Go ahead and vote, YOU can make a difference!
Who makes a wrench that big anyways?
I guess when you make gears big enough for three teenagers and two adults to stand on and fight, you need a big wrench to make any repairs after the fight.
Nooo don't hide! Honestly, if it wasn't for your Persona 2 LP I would have never done an LP for Persona 1, which means I would have never done one for this game, either!