Psyche Soldier is a Persona 5 fanfic written by Righteous Maximus on AO3. The general premise is that the main character is female, and proceeds from there. This page contains spoilers for P5, P 5 R, and the fic as a whole.
This fic provides examples of:
- Adaptation: Yeah, it’s a retelling.
- Action Girl: Akira and the rest of the PT barring Futaba.
- Adapted Out: Jose.
- Adults Are Useless: Relatively averted. While most of the adults are useless, Labrys is an adult and does things, and we see the older Confidants pitching in at the end.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Maruki.
- Battle Couple: Akira and Kasumi, Ryuji and Ann.
- Break the Cutie: Akira goes through the ringer in the third semester.
- Big Eater: Akira manages to polish off a Big Bang challenge in less than ten minutes.
- Canon Immigrant: Labrys shows up from P4.
- Central Theme: Making your own family
- Completed Fic
- The Conspiracy: Shido and Yaldy, like in canon.
- Crossover: We get cameos of Dante and Lady from DMC, Alucard from Castlevania, and Jotaro and Kakyoin from JOJO’s
- Demoted to Extra: many of the non-PT confidants rarely show up, but are mentioned.
- Downer Ending: Akira sees a bit of this when Maruki is controlling her, showing her what life would have been like if things didn’t turn out well.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Some bits show up before being adapted out, such as Akira’s memories of another timeline and access to high-end Personas.
- Elemental Powers: The Thieves’ Personas, as in canon
- Even the Girls Want Her: Who doesn’t have a crush on Akira?
- Foreshadowing: Pops up. One key moment is when the audience sees Maruki awaken to Azathoth.
- Good Is Not Nice: Akira, mostly. She’s good, but she can be quite harsh.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: It’s persona.
- It's Personal: Third semester, given Akira and Maruki’s familial relationship.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Akechi, regrettably.
- Karma Houdini: Maruki, like in canon.
- Killed Off for Real: Akechi. Unlike canon, there is no post scene where you see a glimpse of him, so he’s dead.
- Large Ham: Many. most of the shadow bosses and Akira at times.
- Magic Knight: The Thieves, like in canon. Some value magic more than others, however.
- Messianic Archetype: Minako, when she appears in a side chapter, as per usual.
- Meaningful Echo: Several phrases are repeated for emphasis, and the start and relative end both feature Maruki dropping Akira off at a train station.
- Mythology Gag: Aside from the Q2 chapter, there are references to P3, P4, and even P2.
- Named by the Adaptation: We get the names of Akira’s family.
- Official Couple: Akira/Kasumi, Ryuji/Ann.
- Original Character: Akira's parents, grandmother, fiance, and the rest of Akira's hometown.
- Parental Substitute: Sojiro for both Futaba and Akira.
- Physical God: It’s Persona.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Akira is quite short.
- Power Incontinence: Akira can’t summon Satanael right after Christmas.
- The Promise: Akira promises to come back at the end. She eventually does.
- Put on a Bus: Labrys does not show up during the epilogue, having left Tokyo after all that happened. The Thieves don’t blame her.
- Remember the New Guy?: This fic uses the original Kasumi, the one who died in canon, but she acts mostly like canon Sumire, which makes sense.
- Running Gag: Several. These include making fun of recent anime, the phrase 'an honest-to-cat human', and others.
- Say My Name: Lots of it.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: As in canon.
- Sequel Hook: For Strikers.
- Ship Tease: Akira with Makoto, Ryuji, and Kasumi.
- Thicker Than Water: One of the main themes.
- Walking Spoiler: Labrys and Kasumi (at least for the main game).
- Wham Line: "But your will - your power, your Wild Card - is mine . Maybe a glimpse of how bad life is will make you see.”
- Wham Episode: Third Semester.
- What If?: several - Akira is a girl, Maruki is her uncle, both Yoshizawa siblings live, and Labrys shows up.
