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SirDemiLich
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First off, this is an outstanding persona fan fiction. Before finding this, I was tempted to write one myself, but this is better than anything I could put out. I am only on chapter 16, but It has a very interesting take on Joker, and the plot follows just closely enough to the original that you can see a more in depth look at cannon events, but not feel like it’s just a copy and paste of the persona 5 story. Now onto my complains, of which there are a few. First off, the pacing is breakneck, it is incredibly fast, the entire first 3 hours of the game is condensed into 5 chapters, and that speed leads to my next complaints, which is the characters. They are faithful to the original in terms of personality, but it feels like they good from just introducing their names, to suddenly being best friends. Ann and Ryuji are barely introduced, than are immediately shown the palace, and then by the next chapter they are all hanging out at the gun shop. It just has a very weird feeling, because they had barely had a conversation, and now are acting all buddy buddy. Aside from that though, this is a really good fanfic, 9/10 would recommend, just gotta get used to the whiplash from the pacing, I might leave a comment if it gets better.

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SirDemiLich
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I have read further over the past few days, and can definitely see an improvement in the areas I complained about. It’s nice to see more team building aspects which were rather lacking in game, and I also really like how you introduced Madarame. Proactively introducing palace owners is much more engaging than just stumbling upon them like in the game. Also, introducing Futaba early was really cool, and I hope the same will be done for Kasumi! 😁👍

BonVoyage:Hey there! Thank you so much for the feedback and the review. I do have to agree, I have a hard time starting stories, so I definitely rushed those early parts. And just kind of made them friends. I'm also aware of just how fast some confidants progress in the early chapters, but I think that by chapter 20, I am able to stabilize that and get a good pace going from there. I am also (as of chapter 89) very proud of how the story is going and the path that is laid out for its future. And I am also very happy with the routes I have taken with each confidant. I am always open to feedback since it helps me improve. And it's even better if it comes from someone familiar with the game.
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Hey there! Thank you so much for the feedback and the review. I do have to agree, I have a hard time starting stories, so I definitely rushed those early parts. And just kind of made them friends. I'm also aware of just how fast some confidants progress in the early chapters, but I think that by chapter 20, I am able to stabilize that and get a good pace going from there. I am also (as of chapter 89) very proud of how the story is going and the path that is laid out for its future. And I am also very happy with the routes I have taken with each confidant. I am always open to feedback since it helps me improve. And it's even better if it comes from someone familiar with the game.