Don't Ask, Do Tell

Paul: There are like 5 girls anyways but IIRC kung fu spaz is the fan favorite.

Paul: Don't tell me you prefer Yuki!

Paul: Yukiko.

Me: No it’s too weird how the game keeps having her get hit on by elderly men.

Paul: Okay.... I don't recall this.... Like, actually sexually hit on? Or just like they think she's a good young woman?

Me: She does a TV interview where the reporter is like “You sure look hot in that kimono, I bet you have guys coming by your inn all the time!”

Me: Maybe Kirk did the translation.

Paul: Japanese are so perverts.

Paul: Remember Mr. Moraoka?

Paul: Ugh.

Me: “King Moron” the anti-pervert.

Me: He’s so against perversion it’s perverted.

Me: The two universal themes of anime are guys being perverts and characters constantly thinking about food.

Me: I guess the Japanese are constantly hungry because all they eat is noodles.

Paul: This is why they lost the war.

Me: Apparently there is also a transgender girl who is a popular character?

Me: So progressive for Japan, who apparently put a gay panic rape scene in the follow-up game.

Paul: She's a tomboy who really wanted to be a son.

Paul: Idk if she's "transgender."

Paul: Haha wait until you see how they treat the ambiguously gay character in THIS game!

Me: Bro this game is savage.

Me: I failed a flirt roll and it said “Unfortunately you didn’t actually have the courage to say that.”

Me: It really is just like high school!

Paul: Haha RAISE YOUR STATS

Me: YOU CAN ONLY RAISE YOUR STATS BY EATING BEEF

Me: I’m RPing as a vegan.

Paul: I forget what the best way to raise stats was.

Paul: Was it eating at the best restaurant? I kind of think so.

Me: Rainy Day Beef Bowl Challenge or something.

Paul: Very powerful soup.

Paul: Didn't it raise like 40 stats at once?

Paul: Lol video game.

Me: It raises all your stats but only if you already have high enough stats.

Me: My diligence is too low from not going to soccer practice so I can’t get the full boost.

Paul: Dude sports practice!!

Paul: Isn't there a social link from that?

Me: Yeah but those are the most boringest characters.

Me: I can’t force myself to play sports in video games.

Paul: Hahaha dude....IIRC I too immediately dropped their social link.

Paul: Did not care about those characters.

Paul: I think my fave was the little brother of the first murder victim.

Paul: Think he only shows up much later.

Me: Yeah haven’t met him yet.

Me: I am in like early June after playing for 13 hours.

Paul: Does it start in April? Japanese school year is weird.

Me: I think so.

Me: It took me a while to figure out why I was going to school on Saturday.

Paul: lol

Paul: What dungeons have you completed?

Me: Yokiko castle and Gay Guy gay sauna.

Paul: Yukiko was a hard boss for me!

Paul: Omg that guy is so gay but like...idk I think they portray him as straight later on? It's weird. Cool character though.

Me: I think she killed my whole team but I have it set to the lowest difficulty so they just came back to life.

Me: When he sublimated his shadow he realized that his queerness wasn’t caused by his hatred of women but by his fear of being rejected.

Paul: Oh one of THOSE.

Me: It’s not about who he’s attracted to, it’s about loving himself so others can love him as well.

Me: But he is totally gay though.

Paul: I still... yeah I thought it was interesting but a lil off, like they couldn't have a full gay character. Idk, compared to [what] we have today, a bi guy who goes gay because it's easier and less stressful than getting pussy is... kind of refreshingly nuanced?

Me: Yuoususkaske is clearly queer-coded by his homo devotion to the protagonist + going into gay panic in the face of Tatusumeisme’s openly gay shadow self.

Me: I read an article about how this game was a complete failure of LGBT representation because the gays weren’t gay enough and the trans wasn’t really trans.

Me: The solution is to make every character in Persona 6 bisexual so the player can fuck all of them.

Paul: ME3 style!

Paul: You're right, it's actually better that it be a little ambiguous.

Me: They did that in Dragon Age II where every romance NPC will respond to you the same regardless of your gender.

Paul: Americans want to slot people into sex categories lol, maybe WE'RE autistic and the Japanese are actually normal.

Me: That is less interesting to me because it kind of takes away from your ability to customize your character, your gender doesn’t really matter if the game doesn’t acknowledge it.

Me: But whatever, just let me fuck them all!

Me: Well it probably doesn’t help that all the DA2 characters are boring and lame.

Paul: In a game called Dick Ass 2...? No kidding.

Paul: Dude who's the best character?

Paul: In your opinion.

Me: Well from watching the anime intro there are two more party members to recruit, girl with pigtails and trans detective.

Paul: I mean generally, including the NPCs.

Me: I like Chai Tea, Yousuke, your uncle the cop, and the little girl.

Me: Oh and the fox.

Paul: Chie is honestly a good sturdy woman.

Paul: The uncle rocks.

Me: I laughed out loud when the game was like “gather the gang to discuss the case?” and then the fox was randomly there sitting at the table with everyone and no one commented on it.

Paul: Anime moment.

Paul: Anyhow you forgot to mention Teddy.

Paul: The greatest bear alive.

Me: He’s an empty costume.

Paul: Have you seen inside?

Paul: Scary.

Me: Are you supposed to figure out who the killer is? Like is it an established character or just some bullshit demon or something?

Paul: Figure it out, it's a person in the game with a portrait and everything.

Me: Ok cool.