Sho Minazuki

Persona - The True Self

I've just been playing Master of Spirits 2 on GBA, because I liked that shit.

I could totally make a Shaman King RP though. But that'll have to be later.

Persona - The True Self

No but like, Jojo went as far as the whole stands and Personas thing. They didn't go as deep as character traits. Shaman King on the other hand had some very small ones, and one very very specific one.

Shaman King, has that spirits and Personas thing, plus a few character parallels. Ryunosuke like Kanji had an attraction for Lyserg or in Persona's case, Naoto. Both Naoto and Lyserg have not only similar dress, but also had detectives among their parents, plus both are androgynous. Lyserg was mistaken for a girl, but was a guy, while Naoto was mistaken for a guy, but was a girl.

That was the one thing that stood out to me as incredibly similar. Tough guys falling for an androgynous guy/girl/trap.

Oh then there was Chocolove, who shares traits with Teddy. Both are closely designed to a particular animal, and both make bad jokes.

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Oh my fucking god I just realized there was something even more Persona-like than most things people compare Persona 4 to these days...

Shaman King.

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1/6/2015 Monday

"Welcome, to the Velvet Room", Sato's vision returned to him, and so did Kotori's. The two didn't recognize each other personally, but they were aware they were in a very unique situation. They looked around them... A room, dining room draped in blue, and a long dining table. In some of the chairs they could barely make out some familiar silhouettes... Akane, Rui, Chiaki... And a bunch more. They looked down to see something inscribed onto the table... Respectively, "Fortune" for Sato, and "Priestess" for Kotori. And as they looked down, they also noticed their clothes... Sato wore a blue blazer, with a black dress shirt with white vertical stripes, as well as a lapel pin with the number of his arcana on it. His attire at the moment was well-kept, a white tie pulling it all together.

Kotori on the other hand wore a black strapless dress, with a shortcoat, covering her neck and with long sleeves, covering her arms too. She had gloves, and the dress was frilled towards the bottom stylistically, as well as upon her hair was a flower brooch, whilst blue, was definitely a chrysanthemum. They would next realize that they did not open their eyes here of their own volition. It was a voice that had called them here, and they looked to the source of that voice.

"This is a place between mind, and matter, dreams, and reality. I see we have two more guests joining us this time", he began. The man had a characteristically long nose, was bald, pale, with wide round eyes, and a large creepy smile.

"I am Igor, and this is my assistant, Henrietta", he continue, motioning to the blonde girl next to him. She was the image of class or so it seemed. Straight hair, excellent posture, and with a look of slight disdain.

"To have two in here at once... It has been a long time since I've had the pleasure, of having more than a single guest in here at any single time. Let's see... You... Have drawn the Fortune. To choose one's destiny is one of the many facets of life, but whether or not you can execute that choice is an entirely other matter. It appears you nearly simply gave into a predetermined fate, I'm sure you will agree", he spoke. Sato knew exactly what he meant... Then soon Igor turned to Kotori.

"And you, have drawn the Priestess arcana... A very pleasant arcana if I do say so myself, it represents the feminine, and means untapped wisdom or power... Which for you would have remained untapped if not for some persistent people yes?", the events he was referring to, Kotori seemed to also know.

"But... Now is not yet time to go any further... Henrietta", he clicked his fingers, and while she walked around the table, handing out a key to Kotori and Sato, he continued to talk.

"This is the key to this room, in due time you will find yourself returning here of your own will, but until then... Farewell", and with that, Sato and Kotori's consciousness faded.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

It's the easiest style to draw while achieving attractiveness.

I did that drawing in like, 40-50 minutes including colouring.

Oh and I upsized the head during the definition work, the proportions are fine. I don't know what it is with you and noticing legs most.

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Just for you Crimmy.

Hider

And for the record, they actually aren't too long, the coat just obscures where the legs begin. Here's the pose sketch.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Say hello to evil Jack.

Hider

His symbol even changes to the lightning Caduceus you can see on his neck belt, or something. It's around his collar bone.

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That's kinda like the people who play Persona. The ones who obsess over the Social Links, and the ones who grind countless hours in dungeons.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I finished designing assassin organization leader Jack.

I'll draw it later maybe.

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Strawman Hospital - Intensive Care Unit
31/5/2015 Sunday

The battle raged on, and the shadow was finally down to the last set of IV bags, the vines were slowing down. It seemed to be receding, and they were able to get more attacks in... But something didn't feel right to Rui, he asked Megumi too, but she said she couldn't find anything. Each time the IV bags were destroyed, they would burst in blood, and spew like a hose all around the shadow, it extended the electricity range, but that was it. No more.

The party began to charge in for the final push and end this, but as soon as they did, the blood all on the floor began to rise enter the heart, it began to swell in size and the shadow began to laugh maniacally.

"W-what?! Quick! Stop it! It's healing itself!", she urged. The party's plans had not changed then, they charged and concentrated fire, and concentrated fire, and... and concentrated fire... They realized they were fatigued, they couldn't keep up a large onslaught. The last IV bag was destroyed in the midst of that too, but that only gave the shadow more blood to heal itself. On the bright side, it wouldn't have the IV bags anymore, but now the vines were active again...

"It's... It's ki- just keep fighting, but don't push yourself. It's health is deteriorating",

"How long until it's vulnerable again?",

"At this rate... Five minutes", that was too long... The entire party felt almost ill from the exertion. Rui's and Akane's body were feeling their limits, while Chiaki and Leiko were starting to become mentally fatigued. Kotori was visibly frightened, and with the party in a tough spot... He had to try something.

"Kotori... There's nothing wrong with hiding away, when you're afraid... That's what we do", he panted. He lifted his sword again, and took slow deep breaths, recomposing himself... Trying to squeeze out ever second he could.

"But isn't it sad? To hide away alone like that... You need to get out there. I'm sure Akane would like that of you too", he continued.

"So watch, watch what you can do when you're not hiding away", as he spoke those words, the party advanced in formation again, Rui taking care of the vines from reaching the back line. They were already mentally drained from casting, they didn't need to be physically drained too, but the reality was they needed to start using their weapons too, and the party was pushed back again. It was a grueling and long five minutes, before the shadow began to simple fade away... The battle didn't end in a bang, it just withered, and like the battle, so did the petals around the shadow's heart wither, and soon it began to fade away, turning back into the familiar humanoid form.