Fanfic / A Fool Named Fortune

A Fool Named Fortune is a Persona 3 fan novelization written by Magnus Ragnar. Inspired by Lusnati Style, it follows the trend of replacing the protagonist with an original character, in this case, Roy Fortune. Liberties with the source material take the form of Crazy Is Cool twists.

A notable aspect of this story is how it has its roots in the story of Persona 3, yet it offers a fresh perspective on the game thanks to the changes introduced in the story, like certain changes made to social links akin to Persona 3 Portable. Roy is also very creative in maximizing his talents as the Wild Card, and those discoveries vary from new ways to curbstomp opponents on and off Tartarus to interesting methods of having fun.

It has a sequel named P3 AFNF: Answer of Aeon. As of now, A Fool Named Fortune and Answer of Aeon are being rewritten as A Fool Named Fortune: Reshuffled. A Persona 4 novelization fic named Persona 4: Norimoto Style was being written to follow after the original duology, but has been taken down and re-released as Persona 4: Golden Moon, the first chapter of which was posted while the rest will follow once Reshuffled is complete. Persona 4 Ultimax Arena is the first of several planned sequels based on the Persona 4: Arena games after Golden Moon and possibly Persona 5 (though the author is still not sure if they will cover p5 as of yet). The original AFNF and Answer of Aeon, along with a one shot and an abandoned collaboration fic, have since been taken down due to the Author greatly disliking the writing.

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A Fool Named Fortune

• Actually Pretty Funny:
  Junpei: Call me if you get stuck [on your homework, Ken]!
  Yukari: And call me when he gets stuck!
  Roy (Narrating): I gotta admit, that was actually funny. But eh.
  
• Anti-Climax Boss: In-Universe example. The final Guardian of Tartarus goes down like a chump, slightly disappointing Roy.
• Arch-Enemy: Of all Roy's enemies, Jin seems to be the one he hates the most. Unless one includes Ryoji/Nyx on that list.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After getting beaten horribly by Roy and then acting as Mr. Exposition, Ryoji falls asleep on the bridge. His last conscious thought is that he hopes his nose doesn't get broken from the fall.
• Ascended Extra: Hamuko Arisato (the female P3 MC) acts as a recurrent side character.... until she joins SEES.
  • The Reaper is treated as a character and reoccurs throughout the story.

• Battle in the Center of the Mind: Subverted with Roy and Shade/Azren. Instead of denial, Roy quickly comes to terms with his flaws, and his powers go to extremes.
  • Roy and Shade team up against a third version of Roy inside a casino inside of Roy's head at one point.
• Berserk Button: Don't ever try to kill his friends (least of all, Aigis). Or damage his hat. Do not discuss his dead parents, especially not in front of other people. Don't take your marital problems out on your child. Lastly, don't lie about him, least of all to his face.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: Not only does he have a few buttons, but even accidental pressing will set Roy off.
• Big Damn Heroes: The Reaper pulls this off thrice. First he frees Roy from Ikutsuki's trap, then he keeps Takaya from attacking the group during an encounter with him. Then once more during the final battle.

• Blood Knight: All the Reaper wants is a good battle.

• Break the Haughty: The fact that the Tower (pride before the fall) Social Link was Roy himself, should say something.
• Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Roy delivered a beating of immense power unto Ryoji, but then he couldn't talk for the next day on account of roaring so many times that his throat got hurt.
• Butt-Monkey: Most characters Roy (and the author) doesn't like have moments of this. Characters who he still likes but had this trope in the game still apply. Ryoji is the most notable example.
• Call-Forward: In one chapter, Roy goes to Inaba and meets three of the Persona 4 party members, though younger. Later into the story, he even encounters the main character of the sequel.
  • When I came here, fate dealt you a Wild Card.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Many, especially towards the end of the story. Justified by the fact that the cast is pretty much overleveled at that point, and that Roy has been training them well.
  • Then there's each time Roy faces off with the recurring thugs.
• Determinator / Achievements in Ignorance: In terms of Wild Card Power...
  Roy: So, what, I just have to BELIEVE I can get away with something and I can?
  Shade: As you start getting more powerful, yeah.
  Roy: Damn. That's cool.
• Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Roy's reaction when he S. Links the Reaper, though actually the Reaper began Roy's link with himself.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: When Aigis asks Roy to touch the most sensitive part of her frame to leave his genetic imprint. The awkwardness is lampshaded when Roy's first response is a Flat "What".

• Early-Bird Cameo: Roy describes seeing Metis and Hades alongside SEES, but doesn't quite understand, as from their perspective, they are in The Answer.
• 11th-Hour Ranger: The Reaper during the final battle. He leaves afterward, though.

• Evil Detecting Person: Roy can tell right from the get-go that there's something wrong with Ikutsuki. In regards to Ryoji, Aigis is more of this trope, but Roy still has strong feelings.

• Flat Joy:
  Shade: Aigis in a maid costume.
  Roy: ... Squee.

• Hidden Depths: The Reaper. To the point of becoming a minor ally, even during the final battle.
• High-Heel–Face Turn: Chidori again, but this time she lives through it.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Lampshaded, of course, by Roy. Who set Roy up so that he could take down Ikutsuki? Koromaru, the very dog Ikutsuki insisted on adding to the team.
• Ice-Cream Koan: Roy's comforting words to "Maya", openly admitted by the narration.
• Inner Monologue: Considering that the readers are taking a peek into Roy's head, a lot of this is to be expected. If you combine this with Shade's or Azren's banter, it becomes something like an Inner Dialogue.

• Karma Houdini: Roy gets away with yelling/swearing at people he shouldn't, even if their slight is an accident. He usually apologizes later to the other character, but still...

• Large and in Charge: Roy, the field leader, is very tall compared to a few characters.
• Mood Whiplash: Lampshaded when Roy shouts an internet meme during the fight against Ikutsuki's Persona.
  • Almost any time Roy and Shade co-commentate during serious moments.
• Mundane Made Awesome: Roy likes to put Aigis's activities into perspective that a demon-slaying robot is (insert mundane activity) on a fairly regular basis.
• Mundane Utility: Roy makes mundane use of his skills and special equipment often. A very notable example is when he had all of SEES use ice spells to make snowballs for a snowball fight. On the beach.
• The Nicknamer: Roy really enjoys dishing them out. Ikutsuki is Sketchsuki, Takaya is Revolver Anti-Christ, Jin is Demolition Dipshit, just to name a few. Roy also calls Jin "Captain Emo Grenade Pants" in chapter 26.
• No Holds Barred Beat Down: SEES usually delivers heroic ones to the boss Shadows, but solely Roy and his Persona delivered one to Ryoji, the latter being thankful for being More than Meets the Eye, and therefore strong enough to take it.
• Noodle Incident:
  • At the very beginning, Roy mentions how TV Tropes has kept him from going to the hospital in the past.
• Oh, Crap!: Roy often has these moments. Arguably his largest is when he and Shade realized that the Dark Hour wasn't gone, seconds before they were proven right.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Whenever Roy dresses in the school uniform more formally than usual instead of with his own tweaks, he's usually mourning someone's death.
• Original Character: Roy, of course. He was based off of an O.C. Stand-in though.
• Person as Verb: Azren talking to Roy about the possibility of Chidori sacrificing herself to save Junpei's life by "pulling an Edward Elric". The best part is that Junpei and Edward are both voiced by Vic Mignogna.
• Perspective Flip: Chapter 45 takes place from Ryoji's point of view.
• The Power of Rock: How SEES ultimately combats the Hermit, or at least what helps set the mood. The best part is that Elizabeth, Theodore, and Margaret play Through The Fire And Flames for background music.

• Self-Duplication: Junpei eventually learns how to make two clones of himself for added attack power. This is constantly referred to as Rule of Three.
• Shout-Out: Some full moon bosses.
  • Hermit is an expy of Shadow Rise from Persona4
  • Strength is inspired by Jin from Grand Chase
  • The bosses in the Boss Rush near the end are almost all references to other video game bosses.
  • The beginning of the vacation story arc, as well as one time Roy made a threat to a thug, were both references to Pirates of the Caribbean.
  • "I AM A MAN!"
• Signature Sound Effect: "CRASH." Prepare for a social link level up when you hear this.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: The original game (Shinjiro in particular) wasn't afraid to drop a few bombs, but Roy goes to the next level. Shinjiro's position as this trope is actually somewhat lessened.
• Spared by the Adaptation:
  • Shinjiro, thanks to Hamuko's presence in the story. He still ends up in the coma, though for much shorter time.

• Super Mode: The "Joker State". Roy gets a second one when he accidentally learns to sync with Azren.
• Took a Level in Badass: The SEES.
  • Roy's discovery of skill channelling allows the SEES to throw around skills together with their attacks.
  • Fuuka can blast a hole through Tartarus using Oracle and a Megido skill card.
  • Taken further when their Personas evolve.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Roy loves the mystery cereal in his dorm. He also enjoys drinking Pepsi.
• Trade Snark: Chidori's Ultra-Mega-Bitch-Destroyer Doom-Slap™
• Translation Convention: Everyone speaks Japanese, but Roy also knows English due to having grown up in Seattle. All the dialogue is in Japanese unless otherwise narrated.
• Troll: Shade/Azren, Roy's shadow and later Persona, is this, often teasing Roy. This includes after he's Azren.

  Roy Narrating: He's basicly like Navi from Legend of Zelda, only badass and not obnoxious.

  Shade/Azren: Hey, listen!

  Roy: OH YOU LITTLE PRICK, I'M GO- wait you said that in my head

• Take Up My Sword: After Shinji falls into a coma, Roy starts using his preferred weapon.
• That's No Moon:
  Roy: "That's fucking Nyx herself!"

• The Unfought: Roy never directly fights Takaya. Many of his friends do, but since the story is from Roy's perspective, it could count as this trope.
  • Subverted with Ikutsuki/Chronos, who was not an enemy to fight in the game.
• Unstoppable Rage: In Chapters 44-45, Ryoji presses Roy's biggest Berserk Button of them all. On the anniversary of his parents' death, no less.

• Younger Than They Look: Roy got into a casino at the age of fourteen thanks to his looks and a fake ID.

Answer of Aeon

• Berserk Button: Hades has one, and it's pressed if one wants to hurt Metis and Aigis. He's just as bad as Roy.

• Big Eater: Hamuko is just as worried about a lack of food as Junpei.
• Convenient Coma: How else could Roy not be in The Answer while still surviving his Heroic Sacrifice?
• Failure Knight: Hades. Aigis also feels this way as in accordance with the original events.
• Humanity Ensues: A gift from Roy to Aigis.
• Love Makes You Crazy: Yukari's so depressed over Roy falling into a coma that not only does she act more abrasively like in the game, but even manages to make her Persona a monster.
• Mutual Kill: How Mitsuru and Chidori defeat each other in the coliseum.
• No Holds Barred Beat Down: Hades unto Yukari, in a very similar way to the one in A Fool Named Fortune. The victim even pressed the same Berserk Button. Further proof that it's Roy's worst button when it's revealed Hades is a part of Roy.
• Only Sane Man: Hades acts as this, especially when SEES about to start fighting over the keys. At that specific time, Shinjiro, Hamuko, and Koromaru adopt this behavior as well and take his side. Junpei has this trope in the same way he did in the original version of The Answer.
• Original Character: Hades was not in The Answer.
• Perspective Flip:
  • Chapter 5 is told from Shinjiro's perspective as Aigis fights SEES. The author said Aigis would not be likely narrate mid-battle like Roy would.
  • As with the original, the story is now narrated by Aigis instead of Roy.
• The Power of Hate: Yukari manages to have a perversion of Persona acceptance worse than Strega due to jealousy.

• Shut Up, Hannibal!: Junpei delivers one to Yukari at one point after (inevitably) being pushed too far.

• Took a Level in Badass: Junpei has accepted his Persona just like Roy did. He still loses his current fight, though it was a last second loss.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Yukari. And she wasn't even that pleasant in the original version of the events. Her particular Kick the Dog to Junpei is what clinches it. However she wasn't entirely in the best state of mind at the time.
• Unstoppable Rage: Yukari and Hades both end up just as bad as Roy did in the main story.
• What Have I Done: Hades asks this upon sobering up from his Unstoppable Rage.

AFNF: Reshuffled

Many character tropes for Roy still apply, though should be re-listed if they are used differently.

• Adaptation Expansion: This version further takes a look at Roy having a new life in Japan, specifically how he's left behind a few of his friends in Seattle and talks to them at one point, as well as his physical fighting abilities.
• And I Must Scream: In a Major case of Nightmare Fuel, we get to see Ikutsuki's hijacking of Aigis... From HER point of view in Chapter 26.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: Roy's weapon is gauntlets once again. Unlike last time, he uses them right from the first battle, not to mention his Mixed Martial Arts.
• Barrier Change Boss: Exaggerated with the Emperor and Empress once they Turn Red - They start changing weaknesses far too fast for the party (Fuuka included) to react accordingly.
• Big Damn Heroes: Hamuko helps the party against the Priestess Shadow when things are looking grim.
  • Referenced to before the Hierophant and Lovers Shadow fights.
  • A villainous example happens in Chapter 26. See Even Evil Has Standards below.

• Chapter 25 reveals that Roy and Junpei also have this trait.

• Blessed with Suck: Roy often remarks that being a Wild Card means "[he] can't even be weird in a normal way."
  • It gets reprised after Chapter 26 to "Seems even my problems can't be weird in a normal way..."
• Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Roy got two good shots in on the Reaper during their very first encounter, but it caused him to pass out. Also effectively turns out to be Roy's fate as revealed in Chapter 41.
• But Now I Must Go: Pharos in Chapter 25, but he leaves Thanatos with Roy as the completion of the Death Social Link.
• Call-Forward: In terms of the Persona series rather than the AFNF universe. Naoto appears at one point to question Roy and Junpei.
  • Chapter 12 has some Call Forwards, unexpected Call Backs, and a very unexpected Mythology Gag. In order: Roy literally runs into Yosuke after getting Aigis clothes. He then gets put through Training from Hell by Lisa Silverman, who is dating Tatsuya Suou. He meets Hito-Shura when Koromaru awakened Cerberus. After arriving in Inaba, Roy name-drops St. Hermelin, Seven Sisters and Kasugayama as competing schools. While searching for his uncle's shop, Roy gets run over by the dog that Chie raised for Yukiko and meets Chie, and unexpectedly shakes hands with Izanami. Finally, he watches Kanji beat the shit out of the bikers, and subsequently meets Dojima. What a mouthful...
  • Chapter 17 brings a bigger... crossover(?) ...to the table: Shinjiro has an aunt, uncle, and little cousin. His aunt and uncle are Argilla and Roland (although Argilla is renamed Asami). An older brother by the name of Katsuro has been mentioned, as has a grandfather named Daichi.
    • Katsuro has been revealed to more or less be none other than Owain, which by default makes Shinjiro's mother Lissa.Certainly explains where Shinjiro picked up his axe skills ...
    • On another note, a small note made by Roy calls Yukari (to quote): "the biggest closet Featherman nerd this side of Ken Amada and nothing you say or do will convince me otherwise". This is due to the author's headcanon that Yukari is the biggest sentai fan in the group due to her appearance in the Persona 4: Arena sequel.
  • Chapters 23 and 24 do a Whole-Plot Reference with the Asura Project, which is the Reshuffled version of the Karma Society and the subsequent events of the Digital Devil Saga duology. In this version, the Karma Society was the Kirijo-run Asura Project, which dedicated to finding a way to awaken Persona Users through the use of an MRI rather than force them into a "fight or flight" scenario. The plot continues like the games, Serph Sheffield tried to use the project to obtain godhood. Here's where the similarities end, however: in this continuity, Jenna Angel (named Tenshi here) is not only one of the heroes, but she's Mitsuru's mother. The rest of the playable heroes from the games are here: Fuuma Madakaze (Gale), twins Mizuki Dojima and Sayaka Norimoto (digital Serph and Sera respectively) ^note them being twins plays on their joined form Seraph from DDS 2, Hayate Norimoto (Heat), and Cielo keeps his "name" by virtue of it being a nickname due to his love of Cielo Mist. The two ally Tribe leaders helped them out as well: Kagerou Tadou (Lupa, Koromaru's owner) and Mio Yoshino (Jinana, Chidori's mother). Minor villain Bat from DDS 1 is named Tatsu Sakaki and is Takaya's older brother; Takaya himself was to be part of the Asura Project, before Ikutsuki abducted both him and Chidori for the Strega Project. The fight against Hito-Shura even comes up later in the story, as Naoki was working for the Kirijo Group as an engineer at the time and was caught up in the Asura Project's events.
  • Chapter 24 also has an appearance by the protagonist of Golden Moon, seen this time with a different Persona that he had in his cameo in the original AFNF. It's likely this is related to Norimoto Style being rewritten as Golden Moon.
  • Chapter 36 sees Erebus being mentioned by the Reaper, attributing their mere presence as being responsible for something that happened in the previous chapter.
• Character Catchhrase: Roy says "eyebrow" in his narrations whenever something catches his attention and he'd raise his eyebrow.
• Character Development: Out of universe. Roy is more composed and approaches relationships with others more realistically (i.e. he doesn't hate or like people as much off the bat).
  • Other characters also get surprising developments, mainly interactions with family members added by the other where none were mentioned in canon.
• Compressed Adaptation: Arguable. Things move much quicker, however all of the chapters are much longer than the early chapters of the original version.
• Creator Cameo: A blink and you'll miss it version in Chapter 20, and even then, only if you know where to look. It's hard to miss though, seeing as one of the other cameo characters, who are friends of the author by his own admission, that appears alongside the author's cameo apparently terrifies Roy.
  "IT'S THE KAIJU~!"
  Roy's Narration: OH GOD SHE'S BACK ^note considering this cameo is of the person behind Everything Into Darkness, terror is probably a good reaction.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Roy discovers one that Wild Cards have in Chapter 36 after having summoned NINE personas at once to hold back the final guardian of Tartarus long enough for SEES to finish it off in Chapter 35. According to Igor, doing that has the very real chance of outright KILLING the Wild Card from the sheer strain.
• Dead All Along: Possibly Akinari (sun arcana social link).
• Demoted to Extra/Ascended Extra: Shade is reduced to merely being Roy's answer to Orpheus, and Pharos more or less takes his place.
• Does Not Like Guns: Shinjiro on account of a friend of his dieing by way of her police officer father going crazy and killing the whole family.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Shadow Roy #1 of 2 comes out of Roy's head ready to kill him but first takes the time to crush Ikutsuki's neck.
• Fate Worse than Death:
  • Every Person who died during the Dark Hour cannot pass on to the afterlife. This sadly includes Yukari's father, Ken's mother, Koromaru's owner, and both of Roy's parents.
  • Made even worse when Takaya's victims are taken into account, as they likely shared the same fate.
• Gratuitous English: Roy to the other members of SEES and any time he summons Thanatos via Pharos' influence.
  "Come forth O god of Death...THANATOS!"
  • Invoked deliberately in chapter 16 by Roy when talking to Ikutsuki about Ken joining SEES.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Played with here. Roy is half Oni. Not to mention Ryoji/Pharos is basically a demigod due to being created from a significant part of Thanatos's body

• Hidden Depths: Junpei is quite knowledgeable about coffee, just like in the FeMC's link with him.
  • Roy also has a fair bit more than he had in the original story as shown in Chapter 26.
  • Chapter 37 implies the same for most of SEES compared to what Roy has said about them.

• Invisible to Normals: Pharos is only visible to Roy, just like in the game. This is noteworthy because in this story, he's following Roy around.
  • Chidori and Fuuka seem to at least sense his presence.
• Jump Scare: Roy almost never expects the Social Link crashing noise.
• Lame Pun Reaction: Ikutsuki's first pun in front of Roy actually hurt Roy a little.
• Large Ham: Shinjiro's older brother, Katsuro. Being a walking reference to Owain is likely the cause.
• Lap Pillow: Mitsuru says Akihiko makes a very good one under the right circumstances...
  • Akihiko was also using Mitsuru as one in Chapter 31.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Roy wears a sarashi on his arm until he decides to get serious in a fight and start going all out. He's able to succeed at fights splendidly without doing this, for the most part.
  • He decides to put his foot down and stop October Fourth dead in it's tracks by yelling at the senpai and Ken for not doing a thing to get things under control before Roy decided to do something. He stops an attempt from Ken to stab Shinjiro ... by breaking the table and hitting Ken with it.
• Man Behind the Man: Ikutsuki. He not only created Strega, but tried to kill Shinji by supplying him with the suppressants via Strega. When that failed, he brought Ken in. When that failed, he hijacked Aigis. When THAT failed, he tried to claim to have one more ace up his sleeve. He got his neck squeezed like a grape for his trouble. And THEN tried to cause more trouble as a ghost, but he was purified by the spirit of Koromaru's owner before he got the chance.
  • As of chapters 35 and 36 Erebus SHOULD be seen as this as it is heavily implied that the whole course of Ikutsuki's plans which included severely wounding Thanatos His OWN SON, getting him trapped in the dark hour, and then setting up the fall using the resonance from Pharos (who could be seen as Thanatos' child at this point) may be the best way to get Nyx (his ex) to show up and get what could be seen as vengeance for her leaving him. and based on how crazy the entity in question is in P3 canon, one shudders to think of how bat shit crazy reshuffled's version of him will be.

• And as of Chapter 26 for DAMN GOOD REASON!

• Mood Whiplash: Roy mentions this trope when he establishes the Devil Social Link with Ken in Chapter 13.
• Mundane Made Awesome: According to Junpei, Doritos.
  "No, Roy, you just don't get it." I said. "One does not simply LIKE Doritos, one fucking LOVES Doritos because they are what is right and just in the world! If you don't like Doritos, then the terrorists WIN!"
• Mysterious Middle Initial: Roy's middle initial, L. Short for Lawrence, and it fits into his Punny Name.
• Pals with Jesus: Anasi's presence has become almost mundane to the S.E.E.S members. Lampshaded in Chapter 29
  Narration: It says a lot about how used to insanity we've become when a deity crashing our random dinner party is treated the same as a relative sitting down at the table. It really, really says a lot and not all of it is good.
  • It's implied Nyx also has a similar relationship with SEES at the end of Chapter 38 and in the narration for Chapter 39.
• Papa Wolf: Roy stays behind to fight the Reaper on their first encounter so that no one else would get hurt fighting him. In general, he'll put himself between his friends and danger.
  • It shows again in Chapters 14 and 15 after Maiko ends up in Tartarus.
• Parental Abandonment: Averted with Hamuko, surprisingly enough; her parents are mentioned often, and even send her gifts for her birthday!
• Perspective Flip: Chapter 7 is from Junpei's point of view, which is the first of seven total. Chapter 11 has it from Shinjiro's point of view, Chapter 17 has it from Yukari's, Chapter 22 has it from Hamuko's, Chapter 26 gives Aigis the reigns, Chapter 30 allows Ryoji the author's pen and Chapter 37 showed the final instance of this trope as Chidori gave her perspective.
• Punny Name: To his chagrin, Roy has one. Roy L. Fortune, which sounds like Royal Fortune.
• Sarashi: If Roy describes whether or not he is wearing one on his arm, it as an indicator of how seriously he intends to fight. As of Chapter 27 however, Roy no longer wears them.
• Shout-Out: Shiny, let's be bad guys.
  • The start of Chapter 8 is one big reference to Caboose from Red vs. Blue.
  • A certain cabbage cart shows up in Chapter 16.
  • Team Pentakill shows up as Shadows in Chapter 17.
  • Various Touhou Project Shout Outs have started cropping up; Junpei and Hamuko start teaching Roy how to play the games.
• Slasher Smile: Hamuko sports one when she first uses her Persona.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Shinjiro and Chidori, as per the original story. Jin survived this time around, due to his loyalty to Tayaka being shaken. Takeharu Kirijo has also been spared, but he was still injured by Ikutsuki.
• Spiders Are Scary: Akihiko certainly thinks so.
• Success Through Insanity: Most of Roy's strategies, both solo and for teamwork, are this. Roy actually encourages the team to embrace these types of attacks towards the end of the story.
• This Is Gonna Suck: Roy utters this verbatim as soon as a rumor about him starts on the first day of school.
  • Ryoji has a reaction of this sort in Chapter 30 when confronted by Roy.

• Technicolor Eyes:
  • Roy's eyes are orange.
  • Shinjiro's eyes are later revealed to be pink; they were only graying due to the effects of the suppressants.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Yukari acts much nicer than in the previous iteration of the story. Despite being the hero, Roy could count as this too, or at least Took A Level in Calmness.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Junpei worships Doritos.
• Tranquil Fury: Roy when fighting Ryoji on the anniversary of his parents' death and when he uses an upgraded Berserker Persona in Chapter 34.
• Translation Convention: Once more, Roy speaks English and Japanese, yet only speaks Japanese unless stated otherwise.
• Unreliable Narrator: Given what happens in Chapter 26 as well as the other Perspective Flip chapters, Roy counts as the majority of the story is told by him.
• Unstoppable Rage: Roy used a Persona built around this at the start of Chapter 8. Needless to say, it's Awesome, but Impractical.
  • Until it comes back in Chapter 34, anyways, and becomes Awesome Yet Practical.
  • Hamuko exhibits this in Chapter 22 after Shinjiro takes a bullet for Fuuka when Takaya ambushes SEES after they beat the October 4th Shadows.

• Who Would Want to Watch Us?: Roy modestly denies that SEES is interesting enough to have a written story about them, and that if they did, Junpei would be the focus instead of him.
• You Just Told Me: That your Persona killed someone, Shinji.

Persona 4: Golden moon

• Call-Back: When Igor tells Rusei's fortune in the Velvet Room, one of the cards that comes up, much to Igor's surprise, is the Wheel of Fortune which lead Igor to say the following:
  "It seems fate has dealt a Wild Card I had not expected..."
  • Roy also makes frequent references to the events of Reshuffled, and Chie recalls his visit to Inaba from Reshuffled's Chapter 14 upon meeting him in Chapter 1 of Golden Moon.
• Meaningful Name: One way of translating Rusei Norimoto is "Original Law of the Quiet Moon". Considering that his initial persona is Tsukuyomi and Rusei himself seems rather stoic, this trope is played straight.

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