I'm surprised to find myself still lurking about...
But yeah, just thought I'd chip in on the whole splitting into groups aspect.

No matter how competent a GM Crimmy is, running a roleplay ultimately comes down to the players themselves. AKA "How well your characters interact with one another."
So it's good to see some initiative.

Unfortunately [s]I don't support team Reiji[/s]
... I don't know if splitting into [u]solid[/u] teams would be such a great idea.
I mean if people are going to stick to small cliques, you might as well grab half the players and start up another Persona roleplay~ (Sarcasm, I'm not actually suggesting this). xD
I guess smaller friendship groups are inevitable, but it'd be nice to see people being more liberal and flexible when it comes to character relations.