oh em gee hourlyhanamura anon.... i am in thoughts with your tweet.....
maybe souyaoi is fairy prince yosuke x devil yu and souyuri is fairy princess yurisuke x devil yuri.....
thinking more on it, would yu (or yuri) be something like an agathos daimon? it would be funny if he was like a devil n stuff (evil but also very nice) but i feel like he'd fit in more with that (but still can and will go ham on whoever dares harm his friends and family)
small yosuke my beloved..... of course he can go to a bigger size (which is still shorter than yu's height, and no, he's definitely NOT pouting or sulking about it), but his usual size is like tiny......
yosuke kissing yu on the cheek but he's so tiny.... so he gives multiple kisses.... yu trying to kiss yosuke but its so hard trying to kiss his tiny bf... peppers his tiny face with his kisses... makes him more flustered than ever after yu's done..
yosuke has like bad luck for a fairy and it's kind of bothering his life as a prince, so maybe he tries to find out how to improve it and stumbles across agathos daimons. so yu gets summoned, takes one look at yosuke and is instantly enchanted by him. (not like yosuke's any better—his brain immediately tried to blurt out "you're really hot" the moment he saw yu)
unfortunately, when yosuke tries to ask him for help regarding his bad fortune, a stray gust of wind sends him flying right into a hole in the ground, and of course yu rescues him and immediately agrees to yosuke's request.
definitely not for any other reasons pertaining to yosuke. the fact that yu has to be near yosuke 24/7 doesn't mean anything, i swear
biggest fear of being yosuke fan: absolutely not getting him because my brain has been rotting from fanon but ALSO getting him at the same time... i can feel so mad but then i actually start thinking on whether i'm feeling the fanon or the canon and oh god maybe op is actually right on this and im the biggest fuck up in life like ever because i can't have a good grasp on his character... it's like a fish (🐟) thats slipping out of my grasp but in my hand as well
reading the sick and twisted world view of hourlyhanamura's anon.. and honestly im thinking of some dark thoughts... a very insane perspective that would make people go mad lmao
cat coffeeshop (is it considered a cat cafe), run by yu and his husband yosuke.. with their two cats... of course the place is semi-popular, mostly because of the cats and the food, but then they get like this kid who makes like really good coffee (apparently he worked in a coffeeshop before?? wild) then it really blows up... only a sick and twisted mind such as mine could come up with this..
yosuke is surprisingly the one to bring the cats into yu's coffeeshop. theyre named after his and yu's second tier persona... what an insane move...
the cats love them both. idk why it just seems very evil to me. more often than not they try to snuggle to yu and yosuke on the bed. They get a bigger bed in response. maybe susano-o is super fluffy, while okami (izanagi-no-okami in full) is like a sleek cat.
they hang out a lot in the coffeeshop in a very nice basket or alcove or little area made specially for them furnished with cat furniture and stuff they like and cat things to do. they come out a lot for pets and to absolutely soak up in people's attention. yosuke thinks its going to their little heads already. yu disagrees, because their heads are totally too small for praise to get to them
after yu closes up, he kisses okami and susano-o on the head but soon enough a few days later he sees yosuke fidgeting around and looking kinda flushed/embarrassed after he finishes kissing the cats on their lil heads. so he goes "what's wrong" and yosuke flushes even more before saying "wheres my kiss, partner?" all pouty and then yu laughs a lil bc it's cute seeing yosuke get a tiny bit jealous over the cats.
After that he makes sure to kiss yosuke multiple times (read: first) before the cats :3
With P3RE around the corner there has been a boom of P3 merch and I often see people wondering how they can buy all the stuff releasing on Japan or getting scamed by western scalper prices, so I thought a merch guide would come in handy.
I will talk about:
Kinds of merch & their usual prices
Persona figures: Kinds & prices
Shops with international shipping
Japan-only shops
Proxies & how to use them
Different proxies
If you have any more info or I'm mistaken in something, feel free to add to this!
💙 Merch & their pricing
These are the most common merch types & their usual retail price (in yen).
Keep in mind that "character tax" is a thing and often merch for the most popular characters has insame price. It's up to you if you want to pay scalper prices or keep an eye to find a good deal.
Acrylic Stands [アクリルスタンド] - Image printed onto transparent plastic with a small base so you can display it on a surface. Price: 1.2k
Acrylic keycharms [アクリルチャーム] - Same as acryic stands but with a strap, usually a lobster or metal chain one. Price: ~700
Acrylic frames [アクリルフレーム] - Frames meant hold inside photocards or acrylic chamrs/stands, kind of a mini mini ita bag or shirne. Price: Around 1.5k, 3k if they come with accesories to be put inside. They're sold via lottery often.
Keycharms [チャーム] - Mini-figures with a strap meant to be hang from phones and such. Price: ~400, usually sold in gatchapon & blind boxes
Can badges [バッジ]: I think we all had these. Price: 500-800
Plushes [ぬいぐるみ] - Everyone knows what are these as well. Price: Depends on the size, 1.5-2k for small or keychains ones, over 4k for bigger ones.
Nuigurumi [マスコット] - Usually called just "Nui". They're mascot plushes, but in the case of Persona, they're the 10cm chibi pushes of characters, often with a strap so you can hang them from your purse and such. The character plushes from the 25th anniversary are Nuis. Price: 1.5-3k
Nui clothes [ぬいぐるみポンチョ - おきがえポンチョ] - Ponchos and onesies to dress up your Nuis. I don't know if they have a catch-all name, but the 2 I mentioned are the most popular lines. Price: ~400 for gachapon ones, ~1.2k for the ones sold normally.
Clearfile [クリアファイル] - An art print on a plastic sheet, often they're folders as well. Price: 300-700
Tapestry [タペストリー] - Art printed onto fabric to be hang from a wall. Due to their size they're often expensive to import. Price: I'm not sure, sorry 🙏 I don't think the Persona ones are too expensive, maybe around 3k.
Character/ CD drama [キャラクターCD - ドラマCD] - Audio stories, some of the P3 ones are canon btw! Price: 1-3k
Artbook [アートブック - 画集] - Collection of official art by one artist or series. Price: Depends on how many pages the book has, around 3-5k
Guide - In the case of Persona, they're guide for the games. Sometimes they explain lore and such too. Price: 2-4k
Fanbook [ファンブック] - Book often focused on the series' lore, fun facts, answering fans' questions and such rather than art. Sometimes they even share art made by fans for that fanbook. Price: 1-3k
Novel - Light novels,Persona 3 has a few ones. So far not a single ones has been officially translated. Price: 1-3k
Anthology - Collection of comics/novels made by fans (or mangakas, Sogabe has participated on P3 anthologies before!). Each artist draws/writes one chapter, and while they're not connected, they often share a theme. They're not official content per se, but are licensed by the IP's owners to be sold in stores. Price: Around 800
Doujinshi [同人誌] - Self-published works by independent artists. Most often when people say "[Series] doujin" they're refering to the comics made by said independent artist, sold in very small numbers (to avoid legal troubble) at events. If they're derivated from an IP, most often these comics are sold at production cost with barely (if any) any profic margin, again due to legal matters. Contrary to popular belief, there's actually lots of SFW doujin comics so you definetly should try checking some out!. Price: 200-500
There are tons of more merch (Pita Nui, Noseberi....) but these are the most common ones. I usually just type [ペルソナ3] ("Persona 3", change the number for others) and browse everything there unless I'm looking for something non-persona related like Nui clothes.
💙 Persona figures
Figures need their own section since they're a trickier subject.
There are different kinds of figures, and their price changes depending on it. The main types are:
🌟 Scale: Pre-painted high quality figures, their name comes from the fact that most of the time the figures as sized in relation to the character's actual height (for example a 1/7 scale figure of Yukari would be 22-23cm tall, 1/7 of her height).
Due to the materials and all the work they require, their price is expensive, usually 12-30k yen. I recomend buying them with their box unless the figure has very a static pose, due to the small details they can break during shipping.
🌟 Garage Kits: Figures modelled and casted by independent artists and sold in very limited numbers at events via 1-day licenses (unless it's a GK of an OC, then some artists sell their kits online).
These figures come unpainted and unassembled, you have to finish them yourself. Since they aren't official the artist has some freedoom, so you can find some funny ones (like catgirl Aigis)
Their price can vary, current ones cost as much or more than scales, but older kits can be found for very cheap (1-3k yen) specially if the character or artist is unknown.
Remember you're paying the hours and hours a single artist put onto the figure, each piece had to be modelled and casted manually and resin is expensive, that's why the price is high despite being unpainted.
🌟 Prize & Noodle Stoppers: Pre-painted mss-producced figures made to be won via crane games and merch lottery, hence the name. Their quality and QC is way lower than scales, but you can still find some cute ones & their quality has improved lots in the recent years.
Their price is low, around 2-3k yen. Anything more than $40 is a scam, don't pay re-sellers that price. Usually, you will find prize figures for $15-20, that's a fair price. Since they're made for crane games, they're very sturdy so you can take the plunge and buy them boxless for an even cheaper price ($5-10), they will arrive safely most of the time.
🌟 Semi-prize: Lately companies have been jumping onto the "premium prize figure" trend. While not reaching the scale quality by a huge margin, they often have better casting and paint job than prize figures.
Some semi-prize lines are "Pop Up Parade" (quality varies between figures), "Tenitol" and "Artist MasterPiece+"
Their price is low/medium, around 3-5k yen. Still, just like prize figures, I recomend looking them for around $15-25, they're not worth more than $45.
🌟 Action: Pre-painted figures made to be posed and played with. Nendoroids and Figmas fall in this category. They're usually around 10-12cm tall, but there are some as big as 30cm.
Their retail price is around 5-12k yen depending on the brand. Action figures in scale or with actual clothing can fall in the 17-20k yen range
I personally wouldn't pay more than $60 for ones like Nendos and Figmas due to their size, but it's up to you.
"But how I differenciate between all of these?"
If while looking for merch you see a figure but are unsure if the price is fair, go to the website "My Figure Collection" & write the name of the series/character on the seach bar (I think MFC uses Surname - Name as the entry name) and click on the resut.
Click on the number there to see all the figures from said series/character. Now simply look for the figure you're interested in and check its table to see important info about it.
If you scroll down, you can also see user coments & photos, which can give you an idea of how much people sell the figure for (not always a fair price tbh) and how the figure looks like irl
💙 Where to buy: international shops
You will use most of these sites to buy new merch and preoders. I don't recoment places like Ebay since they often inflate the price of everything and even sell bootlegs (though you can sometimes find good deals there)
CD Japan: Great selection and prices, customer service is wonderful as well. If you live in EU, you can pay your purchase's VAT thru them to avoid handling fees.
Ami ami: Has lots of stuff, but some can only be shipped to US and a few eastern countries due to licensing issues. Has a great 2nd hand selection, but mostly for figures.
Hobby Search: I haven't used this one myself, but they're legit as far I know.
Hobby Genki: Mostly for figures. They let you undervalue your invoice (useful for EU VAT)
Solaris Japan: For figures, they have a second-hand section as well (some are good deals, some are not). They let you undervalue.
Mandarake: 2nd hand Japanese stores under the same wing. The prices are great, but depending on the store, shipping can be pricey (mostly for figures). It can be tricky to oder more than 1 thing as well.
Suruga-ya EN: 2nd hand Japanese store. The international website has less stuff than the JP one and their search system is weird ("Persona 3" and "Persona Persona 3" are different tags??) but you can't beat their prices. Lately they have been running lots of free shipping campaigns, keep an eye on that.
💙 Where to buy: Japanese shops
These are the shops where you can find good deals and any kind of merch. While in the international shops (except Mandarake and Suruga-ya) are only able to offer merch producced by Atlus, these can sell collaboration merch as well.
You will need a proxy to buy from them. For search, just put [ペルソナnumber] ("Persona") and browse. If you want something specific, try the words I put on the merch type section.
Suruga-ya JP: Same as its ENG counterpart but with way more stuff. Great to find single items at lower prices. This is one of the best places to buy doujin from as well. I think starting at 3k yen spent the national shipping is free, but don't quote me on this.
Mercari JP: Pretty much the Japanese Ebay. The best thing about it are the merch bundles (you can save lots) and "junk" items (figures with missing accesories and such, they can be dirt cheap). Since you have to contact the seller directly, some proxies charge extra fees for Mercari orders (and some sellers refuse to sell to proxies)
Yahoo Auctions: Auction site, you can find great deals and obscure merch there. Some listing are a "ready to buy", so you dont have to bid. Yahoo Auctions is blocked in EU, so you will need a VPN to browse it (I use Opera's free in-browser VPN, its works for what you need it)
Booth: Marketplace for japanese artists. You can find from prints and charms to 3D models and music. The national shipping price is always 750 yen.
💙 Proxies & how to use them
First off, a proxy is not a shop, but an intermediary. They sometimes have in-website shops so you don't have to change tabs to browse different shops, but all they do is to buy what you tell them to & then sent the item to you.
Each proxy has a user guide, but most of them work like this:
You sent them the link of the item you want
They sent you the invoce for said item
You pay the item (+ proxy fees & national shipping, if any)
They buy the item
Once it arrives to their warehouse, they pack the item & sent you the international shipping invoice
You pay the international shipping.
They sent you the item.
Akihiko is now on your house.
So what you will always have to pay is the item price & the shipping from Japan to your house, just like any other online purchase.
The optional payments are:shipping within Japan & proxy fees. And if you like in EU, the VAT of the item+shipping value (luckly, proxies almost never put the shipping price on the invoice)
It may sound complicated, but is very easy actually. All you have to do is sent them links & wait for "you need to pay" emails.
💙 Different proxies
Pretty much any proxy will do the work, the big difference is often how expensive they are. This is something you will need to research yourself to see what option is better/cheaper to you, but here are some proxies:
DeJapan
Fees- None. 100 yen per order/shop if buying from more than 1 shop.
Mercari Fee: 200 yen (handling fee)
Customer service - N/A
Can bid on Yahoo Auctions? - Yes
Can buy from physical stores? (not online ones) - Yes. 200y/oder fee
Can buy NSFW items? - Yes
Can undervalue? - No
Boxes - Okay
Good for - Buying in bulk, probably the cheapest proxy.
Complains - N/A so far
Buyee
Fees- Too many to count.
Mercari Fee: 300y/order
Customer service - Bad
Can bid on Yahoo Auctions? - Yes
Can buy from physical stores? (not online ones) - No
Can buy NSFW items? - When they feel like it
Can undervalue? - No
Boxes - You can use them as your new house
Good for - Buying a single item, specially with discount coupons.
Complains - Too many fees specially if you buy more than 1 thing. They throw the original shipping boxes onto a bigger box unless you contact them directly, so you will get an elephant-sized box with a elephant-sized shipping cost to match. Seriously, only use them for a single order with coupons.
Zen Market
Fees- 500yen/item
Mercari Fee: No
Customer service - Good
Can bid on Yahoo Auctions? - Yes
Can buy from physical stores? (not online ones) - No
Can buy NSFW items? - Yes
Can undervalue? - No
Boxes - Small, very sturdy. They weight quite a bit.
Good for - Buying one item. Also you can pay EU VAT thru them.
Complains - The new 500y/item fee piles up fast, not recomented to buy in bulk. They're slow to buy. You have to put money on the ZM wallet to pay.
Japan Rabbit
Fees- Per-item fee (depends on shop), >10% of your order total (depends on how much you spent). Minimun fee is $9 regarless of what you spend.
Mercari Fee: $3/item
Customer service - Amazing
Can bid on Yahoo Auctions? - Yes
Can buy from physical stores? (not online ones) - Yes, but only in stores located in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Can buy NSFW items? - Yes
Can undervalue? - Yes (despite claiming otherwise, probably due to legal matters. You can undervalue after the items arrive to their warehouse)
Boxes - Very small, they're masters at tetris
Good for - If you want to undervalue, but I their 10% fee can cancel a good chunk of what you save in VAT. They're fast buying & packing.
Complains - They got very expensive, specially now that they charge with USD instead of Yen. I dont know why would you use them now. I guess great service comes with a price to match...
Neokyo
Fees- 250y/order + 500y for packaging
Mercari Fee: None
Customer service - N/A
Can bid on Yahoo Auctions? - Yes
Can buy from physical stores? (not online ones) - Yes, 1k yen fee
Can buy NSFW items? - Yes?
Can undervalue? - No
Boxes - Okay from what I have heard
Good for - I havent tried them yet, but if the 250/order fee counts each store as "order" instead of every item as "order", it can be good for bulk shopping.
Complains - N/A
Other proxies:
From Japan - I have heard good things about it, but they changed their site & I find it hard to read, so I can't comment much on it on how its currently. Looks like they dont have fees either?
Remambo - I barely see people using this one, but from the ones that use it say its good. Looks like you can undervalue your invoice.
And that's all!
I hope you have fun buying, I started using proxies a few years ago and I got addicted lmao
You're the only one who gets to say what to do with your money, but I would use the retail prices I mentioned as a reference when buying to not get scammed with high prices.
Also if you want a specific merch, the key is patience! Check 2nd hand sites every 2 days or so until you find it.
If you have any problem or question, feel free to send me an ask/DM!! (except for bidding, I have never used Yahoo auctions)
ever so often i think about yuri souyo (souyuri?) with bodyguards post and im like so true op. Cuz like. Maybe fem!yosuke (sticking with same name cuz im dumb) is like the popular model for JUNES corp, so some bodyguards are hired to ward away creepy fans
Bodyguards are the investigation team. but split in half for fem!yu as well :>
maybe on yosuke's side it's yukiko, naoto and teddie as her bodyguards. meanwhile on yu's side it's rise, chie and kanji. insane, i know
i think when yu comes to town, yukiko catches wind that one of her old friends (kanji) are in the same area and of course yosuke meddles around a bit and says "let's go meet your friend :3"
the 3 of them then meet up with yu and the bodyguard trio and yu immediately forms a small crush on yosuke that slowly turns into a mega fat one when they click. and then yu turns into this sighing lovesick mess after yosuke leaves (and falls but at least theres no wounds)
meanwhile yosuke is over here after leaving going "fuck fuck fuck why is she so pretty. it's fine to think other girls are pretty right. totally normal. yeah yu is hot and that's totally friendship thoughts. from a platonic standpoint. i would date her- wait isn't that going a bit too far? nah it'll be like a date! for friends. friendship date. yessss. i want to kiss her. friendship kiss."
cat prince souyo hehehe... save me cat prince souyo..
maybe yosuke saves a cat from being run over on his way to work, and a new person shows up in town. those two events are definitely not in any way related.
yu is the cat prince who comes to inaba to experience what life is like to humans and how to blend in. dojima and nanako are cat royalty as well so he gets sent to live with them for a bit. yes they can turn into cats.
yosuke saves cat!yu from being run over by a car or something. the next night after, theres a knock at yosuke's door, and yu shows up, thanks yosuke for saving his life and tells him that he wants to show his appreciation.
yosuke is of course really confused, and he's like what?? so yu goes into his cat form and stands up on his hind legs. yosuke is starting to think that this is a dream and he really should start saying no to taking those extra shifts if this is the dream he's gonna get
also yosuke being yosuke is like "nah man s ok it was nothin" and yu is like "no, no, i insist" before he leapts off and yosuke's left wondering why he's dreaming of a hot guy turning into a cat
like a day later a basket of fish appears in his kitchen and he's like ??? where did this come from until he remembers what happened. he then starts going FUCK ok ok first of all the fish. i need to give it back to him because i don't like fish. then he hops on his bike and realises FUCK where does he live. so he keeps it in the freezer for the time being until he can figure out what to do
yu then shows up at JUNES going did you like the fish :3 and yosuke is like "im so sorry dude but i actually don't like fish..." but yu looks so crestfallen like a cute cat who's sad and yosuke is about to pat him on the back until he perks back up and goes "wait for tomorrow :3" and speeds off as yosuke realises that he never asked where yu lived so he can give back the fish
cue the next few days becoming extreme tomfoolery when yu gives him gifts that cats like because he doesn't get how humans work yet and he didn't ask nanako and dojima, cats who have been more accustomed to humans and their behaviour for help. smart move bancho.
until yosuke's had enough and just tells yu that he really doesn't like the gifts but yu just looks so sad like a wet cat that yosuke goes what if you took me out to eat or hang out because he's been affected by yu's charms.
after that surprisingly fun date outing, yosuke thinks that's the end of it, until yu shows up the day after like "hi lets go out :3"
and then??? he just shows up everytime??? and they both have fun together??? and then yosuke begins to fall for bancho (and vice versa) as they both get to know each other more??? (i mean, you do seem pretty good with your hands) astounding, brain. bravo. maybe yu tells yosuke more about the cat kingdom and how he doesn't know that much about humans
one day, yu decides to confess via courtship, and starts becoming really touchy with yosuke. like in his cat form he rubs up against yosuke more, and in his human form, he purrs a lot around him and links their hands together. And yosuke's like ??? (flushed) but he's not saying no because maybe its just a normal thing in the cat kingdom. definitely not cuz he likes yu or anything.
but yu thinks yosuke is giving out a lotta mixed signals to his courting, like shying away sometimes (he's embarrassed because they were in public) or accepting it but not leaning into it, so he goes to dojima for advice.
dojima: did you ever tell him you're courting him. he probably doesn't know what you're doing.
yu: ...oops :3
and off he goes to fix off his mistake! dojima sets him a few things straight and awkwardly tells him about dating and stuff before he goes to meet yosuke on the riverbank.
funnily enough that's also when yosuke decides to confess to yu, so when yosuke goes "I like you!" all blushing and after yu also reciprocates he's like "is this a good time to mention that I've been courting you"
yosuke: you've been WHAT
yu: :3
and so they became official boyfriends!! (and maybe cat husband kings but thats for later)
yosuke gets to tease yu about it for a week until yu kisses him til he's dazed and yosuke promptly falls into a trash can.
kinda miffed but not really that there isnt any change of dialogue in new game + when you equip the drag costume on yosuke before the beauty pageant
but it would be really funny if yu just whips out the drag costume, and yosuke's just like "oh is that for the girls?"
"it's for you :)"
"haha, great joke partner. it's a joke, right? partner-?"
":)"
idk what he would say about it in-dungeon tbh. perhaps he'd say something like "where did you even get this from??? and why me?????"
teensy tiny part of me wants for when the drag pageant comes he's totally used to it (but still unhappy and also annoyed about being comfortable).
maybe when chie gets out the costume he's like "is that-? WERE YOU THE ONE WHO GAVE THAT TO PARTNER??????"
another part of me says SCREW CANON I EXIST and yosuke and yu ties for first place with teddie because yu with his new game plus knowledge goes "hey chie what if you didnt do any makeup" and the day is saved.
bonus souyo: yosuke gets some lipstick on his lips but chie is like ???? i didnt put any on you, where'd you get that from
meanwhile yu (with smeared lips) looks incredibly smug with himself as yosuke turns into an exact impression of a tomato
i might be reading into things a lil too much but i noticed in the dancing all night opening when the fourth verse comes in and on the first word (sharing), yosuke's face is the first to turn towards the camera and then on the second word (real) the rest of the it (excluding kanji, naoto and teddie) all turn, which is kind of cool because i kind of read it as yosuke's dialogue when he has to do backside of the tv ("But as long as I have friends who accept me for who I am, I'm gonna stick with it!")
also i just realised that your affection (Reincarnation ver.) is literally talking about yosuke and some of backside of the TV's lyrics (Lotus Juice remix) is also yosuke coded but i might be reading too much into it haha
I haven't played p4d in months but this ask opened up a wormhole and suddenly I've spent like 10hrs on it straight
You're so right though, especially on the lyrics for Your Affection
Like idk if I'm just too yosuke brained but to me the whole song just speaks of yosuke's trajectory and coming into his persona, his growth as his motivation for wanting to help matures!!
Your affection, your affection, taking pride from fear
Past will tell you when to make yourself a hero
Withered flowers forget
What they wept for day after day
Withered flowers must blossom
In the stream of tears
They still think of the cause
Turning misery into meaningfulness
Changing day after day
I also hear you on backside of the TV like especially
Jealousy jealousy running like sonic boom
It's messed up how anger and hatred looms large in the dark
LIKE OH CAPTAIN RESSENTIMENT HUH the second line that's both his metaphorical, looming anger but also his literal shadow that he struggled to acknowledge at first
(remembers seeing the yosuke au blog's post about merfolk yosuke) Oh No
Like honestly when he moves out to inaba he's like "hey at least i wont be invited out to the pool or to the beach or something" (not that he doesn't reject those invites)
probably during the camping spiel he doesnt bring any swimming costumes cuz ya know. Gotta stay dry and theyre saved from morooka's puke! Hooray!!
Maybe he used to sing a lil bit back when he was more relaxed about it, and he might've accidentally nearly lured a small child into the deeper parts of the ocean, so now he's more strict on himself. He does miss singing, but it's better to blend in. Safer to (pretend to) be normal. For everyone. No more songs, no matter how much it hurts him because he'd rather hurt himself than to hurt someone else.
But perhaps he misses it too much, and it's like a part of himself that's locked away and the last connection to the sea that he so desperately wants, so he buys himself a pair of headphones. To at least be able to hear someone do what he cannot.
(And even in Inaba, it still is in use. Just for more reasons than for what it was bought for.)
And honestly yeah he REALLY would not be happy to go to the beach. Maybe he's excited to see Yu Rise in a swimsuit or something, but beyond that he's kind of terrified. Maybe because he doesn't know if he has enough willpower to prevent himself from jumping into the waves and swimming far away to another place where he isn't the plague of Inaba's shopping districts, where he's more than JUNES and people sweep past him cuz he's only a face in the crowd.
And also because. Yknow. If ya go to the beach he's expected to hop inside the water, and he absolutely can't do that.
Either ways, when they get to the beach, he's staying firmly on the sand. No water for this (mer)guy!
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