so i played p3p all the way through for the first time yet i never got this option??? i just spent it with aigis 😭 i saved shinjiro and spent the night with him and everything??? so confused
You know what I really like about Shinji living and being the "canon" pairing for FeMC? It completely changes the group dynamic in the hypothetical FeMC version of The Answer in extremely interesting ways, as now Shinji slots very nicely into Yukari's shoes and Akihiko could still be the opposing force that wants the group to move forward, but now the conflict between them is extremely deep and personal because not only have they known each other for so long and have so much shared history, Akihiko could be extremely scorned that FeMC loved Shinji instead of him, and that could inform so much of their decisions throughout The Answer. In the original version of The Answer, Akihiko made a very good foil to Yukari because while yes, Yukari probably did love Minato, everyone in SEES lost him, but Akihiko also lost a little more than anyone else because he was closest to Shinji. Flip the script to the FeMC route, Shinji lives and is now directly opposed to him, Akihiko suddenly has a lot less weight to throw around. Or, you could be even more radical with your changes and have someone like Mitsuru take Akihiko's position and explore that dynamic.
Worst part people forget, Shinji dies regardless of whether Strega shoots him or not... His Persona pills he took consistently actually have been killing and worsening his health for a long time. I've heard people say that after this, Shinji dies on the roof with Femc, which I do find really sad but sweet that he ran up there.
@@PlatinumDustVA The problem overall with the Suppressants is that we know very little about them, we know they are extremely bad for you, but it is never stated that the side effects can't be treated in some way with the help of the Kirijo group. Sure Takaya mentions that Shinjiro will die regardless/soon, but what is soon in their eyes, a week, a month, half a year? I know it's meant to be vague since all about living your life to the fullest never knowing when your life will end, but I wish they made it more clear, hell we have to assume Strega has been taken the Suppressants longer than Shinijro, and they are still kicking around.
@@MrAxedead My roommate and I were discussing this last night ironically. Technically I'm going off Reload but my following point still stands. When questioning if there's some way SEES can help Aragaki with his condition, he's vague with his response. He did not say YES or NO. This tells me there COULD be a way to help him, and he is choosing not to help himself for the reasons he gives us in the game.
@@rockmanbeta8055 I'd like to think that when he gets put into a coma in the female route they find some way to possible treat his condition when he is in the hospital, maybe not entirely just according to his own wishes, but I'd think he'd want to live his best life once he realised he was inadvertently saved by Kotone.
I can definitely see a Female Route "The Answer" with him taking Yukari's place, quarreling Aigis, blaming himself for her death, wishing he was dead and losing his mind. But at the end he finds "the Answer" and overcomes his issues.
This is totally what I would have wanted for a The Answer Femc route, you can have it even going two ways at the end, Shinjiro accepts death once again willingly joining Kotone in the Sea of Souls, or Awakening to his Ultimate Persona right before the Erebus fight(or after learning the truth about Kotone's sacrifice).
Wait do I have to play the game again just to see this? DAMMIT! This isn't a game I can easily breeze through. I saved Shinji before. That alone should be the requirement for this ending. Does Aigis even speak to you in your room in this ending?
man comes out of a coma to find the best thing that ever happened to him is dying I choose to believe he stopped taking his suppressants after that, to die with her
He never struck me as a suicidal person at all. He always knew he was dying. That didn't change. He just wanted to die for a good reason. He chose to give everything he had left. In this ending, he is given more than he ever hoped for, only to lose it again. But that was always going to happen. We know the Answer will still draw them all into the Abyss of Time afterwards...I think he'd respect her decision and not try to undo the past. After all, in the end, they made the same choice.
@@rayvenkman2087 I don't think he'd have any reason to want to die when Ken has forgiven him... Sure, he would have a hard time accepting his forgiveness at first, but the reason he resolved to die in the first place was because of Ken and that's why he came back to SEES, so Ken could have his revenge. As for a cure, assuming it's not too late yet, I always headcanoned that his coma route enables them to get him clean off suppressants while he's sleeping (getting the "poison" out of his system the same way you would a drug addict), as he's in a coma maybe Castor would also be more dormant so the withdrawal symptoms wouldn't be as bad (Castor wouldn't go berserk on him)?
Idk but I feel like this scene could have lead to some weird "if" scenario where Shinji got Minako's Fool Card instead of Aigis, making the FES episode pretty different. Would have to do something rediculous though like curing his whole slowly dying thing though.
If Shinjiro temporarily wields the power of the Wild Card in the female route’s The Answer, it may introduce Shinjiro’s Shadow like Métis is Aigis’ Shadow. I hope The Answer for P3: Reload or updated version gets release in the next few years.
It's kinda sad in a way. I'm in the camp who sees Shinji being alive as completely fucking the motivation of Akihiko and Ken and their new convictions, but I can see why people enjoy the but of fan service that him being alive gives.
One thing I'm glad they did in the live action play of Persona 3 with the female protagonist, they shipped her with Shinji. That shows everyone knows it should be canon
Well, I'd imagine what it mostly has going for it is that women can actually play as a woman for like the first time ever in a persona game? That's why I like it.
BrassPetals I do understand that. There are positives to the game like controllable party members, femc. Her story is a little different to the male. However I just don’t like the look of it. It’s mostly 2D instead of 3D and that’s what puts me off the most about it. Obviously it’s on the PSP. Portable would be my least favourite version of persona and that includes 1 and 2
I just finished the game on a New Game + on Maniac after romancing Shinjiro (and yes, I talked to the student in the classroom who told me that he woke up), but Shinjiro didn't come. Does this mean that it's not possible to get any of the special endings on Maniac due to Maniac not allowing you to carry anything over except playtime?
This is why portable is so good since Shinjiro gets to live. Too bad we don't get to see him in FeMC's the answer, unless that part isn't canon for her?
Goddammit ATLUS... I am tired of you kicking my heart in the balls like this... LET MY BABIES BE HAPPY FOR ONCE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH BS ALREADY AND THEN FATE JUST PULLS THIS GARBAGE?!?! IF THIS WEREN'T SO EFFING BEAUTIFUL I'D HATE YOU FOR THIS!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Seriously though, this is probably the most painful of all the endings considering the fact that they only had like a month together before he got stuck in a freaking coma and he literally just woke up TODAY of all days for a solid minute before she died in his freaking arms. He finally had a second chance at life and a reason for doing it and the instant he was able to return to it she was just taken away from him. That's not even tragedy, that's just flat-out mockery. Shinji's been through way too much already and doesn't deserve this crap in the slightest (and the only reason I'm emphasizing how crappy this is for Shinji is because Minako at least had time to accept it. Though I can only imagine how heartbroken she must be over realizing how broken this cruel timing is gonna leave the person she loves). Neither of them deserve this. In the slightest. I mean it's still spectacular but I'm still really freaking bitter about it because I just want my favorite characters to be happy is that too much to ask?!
you know if portable got remade to have the answer. i think shinjiro should take aigis role for the female route. i'm thinking like he would wish he died when takaya shot him. so he could be with her again. probably thinking "what about metis" probably would be changed to a human dude with a diffrent name. or be a human girl named miki. i'm leaning towards the latter. due to how metis was born from aigis rejected emotions. so it would make sense that shinjiro rejected emotion would take the form of someone he lost and something he was trying to forget. as for weapon. i'm thinking either naginata or revolver. naginata due to the loss of the female protagonist. revolver. due to how he almost died. tell me what you think.
Sorry to dissapoint you but if the answer was made then Aigis will still take the role as the protagonist. You should know by now saving Shinjiro is optional and can be considered non-canonical as much as you wanted him to be alive, the same thing like saving Chidori. And there is not even a single hint of him liking her romantically. I highly doubt Shinjiro will be there and if so what's the point of Akihiko and Ken's development? And the whole "accepting death"? Sorry that's not gonna happen
It would be interesting to explore Shinjiro if he lived to be present for the Answer but more for the fact that he’ll still be dying because of the stuff he was taking to suppress his Persona and how a seeming miracle of survival becomes a curse when his body starts to really act up as he starts approaching his expiration date. The bullet shot in the main timeline was a merciful one for him compared to the agony P3P Shinjiro is going through.
If they ever make a Persona 3 reboot, with the answer included, they should just make whoever you had social linked your final protag. Give us Shinjiro on his last breath fighting for the memory of Femc. He would want to protect her sacrifice and not rewrite the past...in the end, she makes the same decision he did. To accept death and then to die for a good reason.
