Persona 4 - Progress 3-1

This is my brand new progress after an apparant failed mission as stated on my last blogpost...

Note : I don't have my paperguide so I try my best based on my memory. If theres anything wrong when I later double check it'll be updated immediately.

16/4
Magician 1 (Automatic)

17/4
Fool 1 (Automatic)

18/4
Chariot 1 (Automatic) Rescue Yukiko!

19/4
Strength 1 (Soccer)
Yep, once again I joined the Soccer team.

20/4
Magician 2.

21/4
Strength 2.

22/4
Magician 3.

23/4
Temperance trigger.

24/4
Magician points up.

25/4
Lunch with Daisuke. Sun 1. (Drama)
This time it is Yumi Ozawa that the MC meets in the Drama Club.

26/4
Chariot 2.

28/4
Sun 2.

29/4
Midnight Channel event.

30/4
Yukiko joins the group! Fool 2. (Automatic)

1/5
Fishing.

2/5
Study with Chie.

3/5
Junes event. Justice 1. (Automatic)

4/5
Hangout with Yosuke, Daisuke and Nanako.

5/5
Hermit 1. (Automatic)

6/5
Chariot 3. Hierophant 1.

7/5
Study with Chie. Hierophant 2.

8/5
Chariot 4. (Phone invite) Justice 2.

9/5-11/5
Midterms 1.

12/5
Last day of Midterms 1. Magician 4.

13/5
Lunch with Yosuke. Temperance 1. Justice 3.

14/5-15/5
Midnight Channel event.

16/5
Visit Tatsumi Textile Shop event.

17/5
Stakeout event. Midnight Channel Event. Priestess 1. (Automatic)

18/5
Strength 3. (Special)
Special day to do this cause normally you can do this on even schooldays. However, sometimes either one of them (whichever sports club you join) is also available on Wednesdays, but that is situational.

19/5
Rescue Kanji!

End of my game diary.

Persona 4 - Failed mission

I have officially failed my great P4 mission, to MAX out ALL S.links.

It was my fault for poor planning. Instead of going all-out on Hanged Man S.Link, I should do 2 for 12/12 and 13/12, then Moon S.Link on 14/12-16/12. Then I would've completed all S.Links by 21/12! But geez, whats done is done.

So my plan is to restart my 2nd playthrough, and this time I'll do this properly.

Stay tuned for a brand new 2nd playthrough!

Persona 4 - Progress 2-9

This is a rather short progress.

12/12-15/12
Hanged Man 7, 8, 9, MAX

16/12
Moon points up.

17/12
Explore.

According to the guide I can do hers on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. HOPEFULLY I can still make it to reach my FULL MAX S.Links agenda before 24/12 (Last day to save Inaba.)

Persona 4 - Progress 2-8

7/11
Fortune 3.

8/11
Strength 8.

9/11
Hanged Man 6.

10/11
Sun 9.

11/11
Shrine (Naoto)

12/11
Fortune 4.

13/11
Death MAX.

14/11
Fortune 5.

15/11
Strength 9.

16/11
Fortune 6.

17/11
Fortune 7.

18/11
Shrine (Naoto). Fishing a Guardian at night.

19/11
Shrine (Ayane). Fishing a Guardian at night.

20/11
Shrine (Ayane). Midnight Channel event.

21/11
Hospital event.

22/11
Fortune 8.

23/11
Hangout with Yosuke and Daisuke. (Invite from previous day's call)

24/11
Fortune points up.

25/11
Fortune 9.

26/11
Fortune MAX.

27/11
Shrine (Ayane)

28/11-2/12
Finals 2 exams.

3/12
Final day of exams. MAJOR EVENT! Fool MAX. Judgement 1.

4/12
Major event. Judgement 2 + 3.

5/12
Major event. Judgement 4 + 5

6/12
Judgement 6.

7/12
Judgement 7 + 8.

8/12
Sun MAX.
... Phooh. The 5-day ordeal is finally over!

9/12
Moon 8.

10/12
Strength MAX.

Now with just 2 more to MAX out (excluding Margeret, which I'll do on 11/12), how long can I do this? Hanged Man is at rank 6 while Moon is close to MAX. We shall see....

Speaking of which, I made a MAJOR mistake on the number of Social Links. The ones that are sure to get MAXed are 3, but there are 21 Social Links to consider, not 20. I forgot that the Fool is the 0th tarot card lol. From previous blogposts, 17 becomes 18 instead.

Number of S.Links MAXed : 15/18 (New : Fortune, Death, Sun, Strength)

Persona 4 - Progress 2-7

17/10-19/10
Exams.

20/10
Last day of exams. Moon 6 lover flag. Letter event.

21/10
Moon points up.

22/10
Shrine (Ayane)

23/10
Death 8.

24/10
Fortune 1.

25/10
Sun 8 normal.

26/10
Lunch with Ayane. Strength 7.

27/10-28/10
Cultural FES preparations.

29/10
Cultural FES. Hangout with Daisuke, Ayane and Ai.

30/10
Beauty Pageant Event! Hot Springs Fiasco!!! Star 8.

31/10
Death 9. Night event.

1/11
Fortune 2.

2/11
Moon 7.

3/11
Shrine (Ai)

4/11
Shrine (Naoto). Midnight Channel event.

5/11
MAJOR EVENT!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

6/11
Fool 9. Ultimate Rescue!! Star 9.
Notes : I have not started the rescue yet. The next one is after I have finished the dungeon.

Number of S. Links MAXed : 11/17

I need to MAX out some of my Social Links as fast as I can now...

Persona 4 - Progress 2-6

18/9
Emperor 8.

19/9
Death 5.

20/9
Hanged Man 4.

21/9
Lunch with Rise. Moon 4.

22/9
Emperor 9. Devil points up.

23/9
Lovers 6. Devil 9.

24/9
Lovers points up. Tower 9.

25/9
Death 6.

26/9
Sun points up.

27/9
Strength 6. Tower MAX.

28/9
Emperor MAX. Devil points up.

29/9
Moon 5.

30/9
Lunch with Ayane. Lovers 7. Devil MAX.

1/10
Shrine (Rise)

2/10
Lovers 8 normal.

3/10
Lunch with Rise. Hanged Man 5.

4/10
Sun 7.

5/10
Shrine (Rise). Midnight Channel event.

6/10
Event. Fool 8.

7/10
Hospital event. Star 6.

8/10
Shrine (Rise)

9/10
Lovers 9.

10/10
Death 7.

11/10
Study group event. Star 7.

12/10
Shrine (Rise)

13/10
Lunch with Rise. Explore.
I need to complete a few backlogs of my quests, including 1 quest in Bathhouse that needs 10 of a particularly hard-to-find spoils. (Took me 25 minutes to fully grind em.)

14/10-15/10
Midterms 2 exams.

16/10
Lovers MAX.

End of my game diary.

Number of S.Links MAXed : 11/17 (New : Emperor, Lovers, Devil, Tower)

Persona 4 - Progress 2-5

30/8 (continued)
Tower points up.

31/8
Watermelon event.

1/9
Naoto event. Devil points up.

2/9
Shrine (Kanji). Devil 8.

3/9
Temperance points up. Tower 7.

4/9
Death 4.

5/9
Kunch with Rise. Sun 6.

6/9
Shrine (Eri). Tower points up.

7/9
Emperor 7.

8/9-10/9
Tatsumi Port Island trip. Star 6.

11/9
Lovers 5.

12/9
Lunch with Kanji. Temperance 9.

13/9
Hanged Man 3. Tower 8.

14/9
Shrine (Rise). Midnight Channel event.

15/9
Midnight Channel event.

16/9
Temperance MAX. Devil points up.
Woot! Another S.Link that I always ignored that is already MAXed out!

17/9
Rescue under construction! Empress 4-7

This ends my game diary.
Number of S.Links MAXed : 7/17 (New : Temperance)

Persona 4 - Progress 2-4 Part 2

Continuing from my last blogpost.

28/7
Tower 3.

29/7
Explore. Star 4.

30/7
Temperance 7. Tower 4.

31/7
Lovers 3.

1/8
Chariot 8.

2/8
Priestess 9 normal. Tower 5.

3/8
Emperor 5. Devil points up.

4/8
Magician 9. Devil 5.

5/8
Hangout with Naoki and Ayane. Devil 6.

6/8
Hermit 8. Tower points up.

7/8
Death 3.

8/8
Hangout with Yosuke and Ai.

9/8
Chariot points up. Tower 6.

10/8
Priestess points up. Devil points up.

11/8
Hermit 9. Devil 7.
Almost there! I'm going to max this one that I've never done before!

12/8
Fishing Guardian! Midnight Channel event.
Whew, the final ema request requires me to fish a Guardian, and its not easy to catch. It took me half and hour just to catch one.

13/8
Chariot 9 normal. Dinner event.

14/8
Lovers points up. Hierophant MAX.

15/8-19/8
Work at Junes.

20/8
Summer Festival.

21/8
Hangout with Ai at Summer Festival.

22/8
Magician MAX.

23/8
Chariot MAX. Help Nanako's homework until 29/8.

24/8
Priestess MAX.

25/8
Hermit visit.
Why Hermit visit? Even though I turned in the last ema request, according to the guide I need to visit it again to trigger the final rank up.

26/8
Temperance 8.
This one also getting there!

27/8
Hermit MAX.
YAY! Finally!

28/8
Lovers 4. (invite)

29/8
Holiday homework!

30/8
Emperor 6.

End of my game diary.

Number of S.Links MAXed : 6/17 (New : Magician, Priestess, Hierophant, Chariot, Justice, Hermit)

Persona 4 - Progress 2-4 Part 1

This will be a really long diary I'm gonna put so I'll divide into 2, 1st part is before 27/8 event.

7/7
Lunch with Yukiko. Emperor points up. Tower 2.

8/7
Hermit 6. Justice 8.

9/7
Midnight Channel event.

10/7
Event. Fool 5 + 6.

11/7
Event. Justice points up.

12/7
Study with Yosuke.

13/7
Lunch with Kanji. Priestess 8. Hierophant 9.

14/7
Emperor 4.

15/7
Temperance points up. Hierophant points up.

16/7
Justice 9.

17/7
Death 2. Justice points up.

18/7
Magician 8. Hierophant points up.

19/7-22/7
Finals 1 exams.

23/7
Last day of exams. Lovers 1.

24/7
Lovers 2. Justice MAX.

25/7
Temperance 6.

26/7
Last day of 1st term. Hermit 7. Midnight Channel event. Star 3.

27/7
Fool 7.

To be continued....

Persona 4 - Favourite Personas

Here's listing my favourite Personas. I'm taking a break from doing progress cause the next dungeon quest took me too long to clear since I still haven't clear Marukyu's extra boss.

Fool Persona : Izanagi
He is simply an awesome Persona and the first one the MC will obtain.
If you're lost in the game, Izanagi and Izanami are related.

Magician Persona : Jack Frost, Dis
Although I like to use Dis because of early Agidyne (that I used against Mitsuo), Jack Frost is way too irresistable and too cute not to say being my favourite Persona to use.

Priestess Persona : Ganga
Not only my favourite, but a lifesaver. That one learns Mediarama at level 33, plus absorbs Ice, a great Persona to use against Shadow Teddie.

Empress Persona : Gabriel
Quite cute for an angel, but seriously she's quite a lifesaver in Shadow Naoto, since she always like to abuse weakness.

Emperor Persona : Oukuninushi, Thoth
Both are my favourites cause both of them protected me from Zio attacks.

Hierophant Persona : Kohryu
Who would never imagine the wootness of his skills?

Lovers Persona : Raphael
Quite a cool looking Persona, along with early Mediarahan.

Chariot Persona : Thor
Thor is simply awesome looking!

Justice Persona : Principality
It took me a while to decide, but Principality has been my favourite Persona in terms of usefulness.

Hermit Persona : Nebiros
Quite a cool-looking guy.

Fortune Persona : Norn
Clock Persona anyone? XD

Strength Persona : Rakshasha
He is my favourite cause he looks badass! Also my best Persona to use against Shadow Kanji with Media and 2 debuffs.

Hanged Man Persona : No particular likings.

Death Persona : Samael, Alice

Temperance Persona : Suzaku

Devil Persona : Belial

Tower Persona : Yoshitsune
C'mon who wouldn't want him? To many he is the best Persona in this game.

Star Persona : Helel

Moon Persona : Seth, Sandalphon

Sun Persona : Yatagarasu

Judgement Persona : Trumpeter, Metatron

Persona 4 - Social Links reasons

Strength Social Link (Kou Ichijou and Daisuke Nagase)
There are 2 types, Basketball (Kou) and Soccer (Nagase)
Why it happens : For basketball, Kou is more worried about being abandoned by his adopted family. As you progress on, he slowly learns that his family still wants him as a family member. For soccer, Daisuke is not really serious into girls and soccer. As you slowly level this one, members will start questioning Daisuke's commitment and eventually after the date fiasco plan by Kou, he decided not to run away from this problem anymore.
How to level it : You can find them outside your classroom. Only available during schooldays.
Available days : Even non-rainy schooldays.
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : Basketball will be easier than Soccer, so join that first before going for Soccer on your 2nd playthrough. You will also unlock Moon S.Link when this link is at rank 4.

Hanged Man Social Link (Naoki Konishi)
Why it happens : After the death of Saki-senpai, her younger brother, Naoki, is often being pitied by many people. However at the same time, most of them started to talk their backs on Naoki. He is still struggling to cope with the death of his elder sister and allows people to take pity on him. As you progress on, he will begin to shine on and tell the people that he is okay and doesn't need to get pitied upon.
How to level it : Your Understanding must be at rank 3. Speak to him 3 times to trigger the link. After the 3rd time it should do the trick. He will be found outside Konishi Liquor Store on schooldays only.
Available days : Monday to Thursday (non-rain, schooldays only)
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : This is the one that I normally ignore, though I did max it out once. Its a very touching Social Link to do though.

Death Social Link (Hisano Kuroda)
Why it happens : Somehow the MC resembles of Hisano's husband who died recently. After his death, Hisano thinks that he goes to heaven and she goes to hell, thus decipting herself as Death. But as you slowly talk with her, she slowly learns that calling herself Death will only bring more sorrow to her, and in the end, agrees to let it go.
How to level it : Your Devil Social Link must be 4. Then talk to Yukiko about the old woman. She is normally at the riverside during holidays.
Available days : Sundays or whenever you have school holidays (NOT school break!) (non-rainy)
Need a matching Persona : No.
Comments : As you can only meet her on holidays, this is quite tight to level that link. However, it will level up no matter the circumstances.

Temperance Social Link (Eri Minami)
Why it happens : Eri has recently married to a divorced man and already having problems with her stepson. Their relationship are always on a strange note. As you move on, its still like that but in the end, they agree to move on and remake a family.
How to level it : Take the caretaker job on non-rainy Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. You need to do it twice to start this link.
Available days : Monday, Friday and Saturday (not raining)
Need a matching Persona : Vital.
Comments : This will be one of the most annoying S.Link to level. Just take your time, choose the right answers, and you'll be on track.

Devil Social Link (Sayoko Uehara)
Why it happens : This seems to be a little off-track at the start, she only takes interest in the MC. As you move on, she becomes obsessed with her work as a nurse and eventually it became too much for her. In the end, she realizes that her true purpose of working as a nurse is because she wanted to help people. She decided to quit her nurse job and go for the one she had once given up.
How to level it : Your Diligence must be at rank 3. At night you can go for the janitor job on Wed, Thurs and Fridays.
Available days : Wednesday to Friday (Available on rainy days)
Need a matching Persona : Vital.
Comments : When this link reaches 4, you'll unlock Death S. Link. Its also abit hard to level this one up.

Tower Social Link (Shu Nakajima)
Why it happens : At first Shu is a pretty smart boy, but as you move on, he start to fear of another student who happens to be a transfer student. At the same time he is under pressure to always be the number one, which is what his mother desires. In the end, he reveals that his mother will always love him despite the major setback and they can always start over.
How to level it : You need to MAX out your Understanding. At night, go out on even days to take up the tutor job.
Available days : Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (Weather is not a factor)
Need a matching Persona : Vital.
Comments : Like Devil, this one is also quite tough to level. Not only that, if this is your first playthrough it will be a little tight to max it out.

Moon Social Link (Ai Ebihara)
Why it happens : She is always obsessive with materials when it comes to beauty. Mess with her and you'll be in deep trouble. As you progress on, you have 2 options. Either you can be immediate lovers, or you don't want but still hang out with her. If you choose to be immediate lovers, she'll break up with you but still be friends. If you choose not to, she'll start to confess her true love to you. Whatever the choices, she'll give up being too materialistic to her beauty.
How to level it : Your Strength Social Link must be at rank 4. At the same time, you need to have Courage rank 3 to ask her out. After skipping class with her, the link starts. You still have time for others after school though. From there on, she will be near the lockers.
Available days : Wednesday to Friday (not raining, schooldays only)
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : Be really careful in selecting choices, this is one of 2 Social Links that can be reversed.

Star Social Link (Teddie)
Why it happens : Teddie still can't figure out what he is truly made of. As you progress on, he is still muffled in finding out of what he is. In the end, if you choose the correct answers in the path you're choosing, he will slowly come to know that he is only a Shadow, only that he is now reborned after obtaining his Persona.
How to level it : Automatic.
Need a matching Persona : No.
Comments : He's so cute!

Sun Social Link (Ayane Matsunaga or Yumi Ozawa)
There are 2 options, Drama club (Yumi) or Music club (Ayane)
Why it happens : For Drama club, Yumi loves to act. She is often dubbed as the Queen of Drama. But as you slowly get to know her more, she is still struggling with family issues, especially with her father. In the end, she accepts her father in the family even though she has sharp disagreements. For Music club, Ayane often sticks out whenever she plays the trombone. What's worse, she is selected to do the trombone solo. She is afraid to do it, but with your help, she overcome the fear and started to like it.
How to level it : Either club members can be found near the 2F main building staircase.
Available : Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (Weather not a factor)
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : I highly suggest going for Music club for first playthroughs, its a really good method to increase some of your parameters indirectly. In addition, you can do this on rainy days as well, so make full use of that.

Judgement Social Link (The Truth Seekers)
WARNING! SPOILERS AHOY!
Why it happens : After learning that Namatame is not the killer, the team decides to ponder back in the past and find out about the true killer. Once the killer was identified, they cornered him and he was ultimately defeated.
How to level it : Automatic. However, you must make the right choices in the crucial 3/12 and 5/12.
Need a matching Persona : No.

Persona 4 - Social Links reasons

Now here's the list of Social Linkers and the reasons behind it.

Fool Social Link (The Investigation Team)
Why it happens : It all started with 2 murder cases that are somehow linked to the TV world. As the team progresses, more and more are kidnapped and joined.
How to level it : Automatic as your game progresses.
Need a matching Persona : No.

Magician Social Link (Yosuke Hanamura)
Why it happens : After Saki-senpai's death, Yosuke thinks that having a Persona is a great thing to avenge her death. But as you progress on, Yosuke still cannot accept the reality of Saki's death and have to deal with the increasing pressure as Junes' boy. In the end, he finally realizes and accepts his true self.
How to level it : He's found near the Library on school days. During holidays, he is at Junes.
Available days : Even days and Sunday (situational). Not raining days.
Need a matching Persona : Yes but not vital.
Comments : Easy to level up, even without a matching Persona. He'll often be targets of teachers during your lessons so make sure to get it right and you won't waste time trying to get his points up.

Priestess Social Link (Yukiko Amagi)
Why it happens : After facing her other self, Yukiko thinks that she shouldn't inherit the historical inn and work outside. As you progress on, she will still insist on leaving Inaba. However, after a bad encounter with the "weirdo" media, she decided not to abandon the inn. Thus, she realizes that if she leave Inaba, she'll regret it later on.
How to level it : She is near the noticeboard (1st floor of main building) on school days. During holidays, she is found near the bookstore.
Available : Non rainy Monday to Wednesday. Sundays as well (situational)
Need a matching Persona : Yes but not vital.
Comments : Also quite easy to level, just that as you move on, its getting abit tough to level that S.Link.

Empress Social Link (Margaret)
Why it happens : She just wanna have a chat with the MC. I'm not too sure why but I have a feeling that she wants to know more about about the MC.
How to level it : Your Knowledge must be at rank 3. Complete her requests through Persona fusions.
Available days : All day! As long as you complete her request its done.
Need a matching Persona : No.
Comments : Be prepared to waste some money!

Emperor Social Link (Kanji Tatsumi)
Why it happens : Kanji admits that he is pretty scared of the people because of his hobbies. As you progress on, he starts to be open to the people through his love of making cute plush toys. In the end, he admits his weakness and is no longer afraid to mingle around.
How to level it : After 9/6, talk to a female student near 2F staircase. Then talk to Kanji on 1F Practice Building and start the link. He's found in 1F Practice Building on school days. During holidays, he's outside his shop north of the Shopping District.
Available days : Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Need a matching Persona : Yes but not vital.
Comments : If you can get your decisions right, you can potentially minimize the time needed to raise his Social Link rank.

Hierophant Social Link (Ryotaro Dojima)
Why it happens : After failing to get some days off during the Golden Week, he is still pre-occupied with one work - Finding the culprit that rams and kills his wife several years ago. He believes that this will justify for Nanako, but at the same time he is often ignoring her. As you move on, he slowly realized that chasing that alone will make family matters worse, and begins to be with Nanako more often than before.
How to level it : At night, you can sometimes find Dojima reading newspaper. If only Nanako is at home, you can't do this.
Available days : Situational. Weather not a factor.
Need a matching Persona : VERY important!
Comments : You might want to sacrifice a few nights just to raise his S.Link points.

Lovers Social Link (Rise Kujikawa)
Why it happens : After facing her other self, Rise decided to quit the showbiz, thats what she intended to do to live a normal life. As you progress on, Rise's junior joined the showbiz and she started to regret leaving. In the end, she decided to join back the showbiz cause even if she will be called "Risette", "Risette" will always be Rise.
How to level it : You can find her along the 1F corridor (main building) during school days. During holidays, she's outside the tofu shop in the Shopping District.
Available days : Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : Through the end-stage, its highly recommended to be couples, so that its easier to level. If you don't want though, it can cause a few problems but otherwise nothing significant.

Chariot Social Link (Chie Satonaka)
Why it happens : After facing her other self, Chie starts to train up to fight against Shadows. While she is pretty much protective with her friends (Yukiko especially), she often jumps into conclusions. As you progress on, she slowly come to know that if she wants to protect someone, she must know her steps carefully.
How to level it : She's found on the roof of the school on schooldays. During holidays, you'll find her near Daidara store.
Available days : Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Sundays are situational.
Need a matching Persona : Yes, but not vital.
Comments : Like Yukiko, through the end-stage its going to be a bit tough to level up.

Justice Social Link (Nanako Dojima)
Why it happens : Nanako is often alone and wonders whether her father actually loves her. At the same time, she also misses her mother (She died in a hit-and-run incident several years ago) and her father is often too busy to be with her. As you progress on, Dojima will slowly open up to her and Nanako soon realized that Dojima too is alone. She will then be determined to be with him, even when her mother is gone.
How to level it : At night, you can find her sitting on a different location at home. If Nanako is here, then Dojima is not free.
Available days : Situational.
Need a matching Person : Vital.
Comments : You need to level your Expression like mad if you want to max her out.

Hermit Social Link (Fox)
Why it happens : I don't know why but I believe that the fox is pretty desperate to revive the shrine and only you can do it. Through time, the shrine will slowly become more popular.
How to level it : You can do it through quests. The fox will give you an ema, you do the stuff, then report it back, and thats all. Simple? As you progress on though, the quests are becoming slightly tricky.
Available days : Anytime, including rainy days.
Need a matching Persona : No.
Comments : This is one of the several S.Links that are available on rainy days, so make good use of that!

Fortune Social Link (Naoto Shirogane)
Why it happens : After facing her other self, Naoto still wishes to become a "man" (She is actually a girl, you've been warned!). As you progress on in a private investigation, Naoto slowly learns about her past and how she enjoyed it and later, thrashed it. After the final challenge, she accepts the reality that she is not ready for adulthood and accepts the reality her Shadow is trying to say back then.
How to level it : Your Courage and Knowledge must be MAXed out. Speak to a person in black suit outside Aiya's. Then show the letter to Naoto. This will start the link. From there, you can find her near the school office on school days. During holidays, she is near the benches at Samegawa riverbank.
Available days : Anytime except Sundays. Rainy days are VERY situational.
Need a matching Persona : Yes.
Comments : Make sure you are VERY GOOD in riddles, or it is very tough to level that S.Link. Also, you will start that one quite late in game so make sure to do this as soon as possible. One more warning : This is 1 of the 2 Social Links that can be reversed.

To be continued~

Persona 4 - Progress 2-3

13/6 (continued)
Hierophant points up.

14/6
Hermit 4. Night event.

15/6
Emperor 2. Justice 6.

16/6
Shopping event. Hierophant 7.

17/6-18/6
School campout.

19/6
Emperor 3.

20/6
Chariot 6. Hierophant points up.

21/6
Sun points up. Midnight Channel event.

22/6
Midnight Channel event.

23/6
Stakeout! Midnight Channel event.

24/6
Star 1. Hanged Man Trigger 1. Moon 3. Justice points up.

25/6
Rescue Rise! Double Trouble!! Star 2.

26/6
Death 1. Justice points up.

27/6
Temperance 4. Hierophant points up.

28/6
Hanged Man Trigger 2. Justice 7.

29/6
Hanged Man 1.

30/6
Lunch with Yukiko. Magician 7. Hierophant 8.

1/7
Hermit 5. Justice points up.

2/7
Chariot 7.

3/7
Sun, Strength points up. (Hangout invite)

4/7
Temperance 5.

5/7
Priestess 7.

6/7
Hanged Man 2.

End of my game diary.

Notes :

1. I'll try to make specific goals for my members Social Link (namely those who are involved in the TV world). As for the next dungeon to appear, Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko have both met the targets, though I can push it a lil. Kanji to be at rank 5.

2. I'm doing my best to level the Social Linkers that I normally ignore, namely Temperance and H.M..

3. As from 2/7, it was spent building a model specifically for Hermit S.Link ema request. It took up 4 nights.

Persona 4 - Progress 2-2

13/5 (continued)
Temperance 1

14/5
Midnight Channel Event.

15/5
Midnight Channel Event.

16/5
Event.

17/5
Stakeout Event. Midnight Channel. Priestess 1.

18/5
Fool 3. Strength 4. Moon preview. Justice 2.

19/5
Rescue Kanji! Empress 1 + 2
I couldn't 1-shot Shadow Kanji but I did 1-shot both of his helpers, which is a great help.

20/5
Moon 1. Empress 3. Temperance 2. Justice 3.

21/5
Magician 5. Hierophant 3.

22/5
Priestess 2. Hierophant points up.

23/5
Chariot 4. Justice points up.

24/5
Priestess 3.

25/5
Lunch with Strength. Moon 2. Justice points up.

26/5
Chariot 5. Devil preview.

27/5
Temperance 3. Devil 1.

28/5
Strength 5. Tower 1.

29/5
Hermit 2. Hierophant 4.

30/5
Priestess 4. Justice 4.

31/5
Sun 3.
I've ignored this S.Link for some time so here ya go....

1/6
Lunch with Magician. Priestess 5. Devil 2.

2/6
Sun 4. Justice 5.

3/6
Hermit 3. Hierophant 5.

4/6
Midnight Channel Event.

5/6
Magician 6. Justice points up.

6/6
Event. Fool 4. Hierophant 6.

7/6
Sun 5. Justice points up.

8/6
Hanged Man preview.

9/6
Lunch with Priestess. Emperor 1. Death preview 1. Devil 3.

10/6
Fishing. Death preview 2. Devil 4.
I caught Huge Fish! I'll use that for later use.

11/6
Explore. Justice points up.
Darn, once again I failed to 1-shot the extra boss using Kohryu's charged Ziodyne. Oh well....

12/6
Priestess 6. (invitation)

13/6
Lunch with Moon. Temperance points up.

End of my game diary.

Persona 4 - Progress 2-1

Here beginning my 2nd playthrough.

11/4
Arrival in Inaba~

12/4
First day of school. First murder victim.

13/4
Midnight Channel event. (Mayonaka Terebi)

14/4
Inside the TV world event.

15/4
Inside the TV world event again. Midnight Channel event.

16/4
Magician 1. Midnight Channel event.

17/4
Rescue Yukiko Event. Fool 1.

18/4
Chariot 1. Rescue Yukiko!
Its also the day where I can resummon my favourite Personas, namely Trumpeter, Kohryu and Yoshi. On Shadow Yukiko, she got 1-shotted by my Kohryu's charged Ziodyne lol.

19/4
Strength 1. (Soccer)

20/4
Magician 2.

21/4
Strength 2.

22/4
Magician points up.
Oops, I did a mistake on 20/4.

23/4
Temperance preview.

24/4
Magician 3.

25/4
Sun 1 (Music). Lunch with Magician

26/4
Chariot 2.

27/4
-nothing-

28/4
Sun 2.

29/4
Midnight Channel event.

30/4
Event. Fool 2.

1/5
-nothing-

2/5
Help Chariot study.

3/5
Justice 1.

4/5
Magician, Strength and Justice points up. (Invitation )

5/5
Hermit 1.

6/5
Chariot 3. Hierophant 1.

7/5
Help Chariot study. Justice points up.

8/5
Magician 4. Hierophant 2.

9/5-11/5
Midterms 1

12/5
Final day of midterms. Strength 3.

13/5
Lunch with Strength.

End of my game diary.

Persona 4 - New Plans and Goals

Now that I completed my first gamethrough, here are my plans for my second cycle.

List-to-do:

- MAXing out ALL possible Social Linkers. That includes sacrificing some money and time for Hermit and Empress Social Link. x_xll

- Since I MAXed out all parameters. (I REALLY didn't expect to do that in just 1 gameplay), there's now more time for my Social Linkers and cooking at night. ^.^

- Completing ALL possible Personas in the Compendium.

Do stay tuned!

Review on Simcity Deluxe for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

Here's my review on that game on my iPhone.

+ Really good variety of buildings, I recognize some SC4 and SC3 buildings.

+ Nice music, SC4 musics are used.

+ Scenarios are quite realistic for once.


- Quite hard to build.

- If you don't know how to cheat in SC3, you'll suffer in this game in terms of money.

Overall, pretty good with a few setbacks that I really wanna highlight. Its a great game still and its worth buying. (Well, I jailbroke my iPhone so doesn't matter LOL!)

Persona 4 - Final Progress

Well, this is it.

Before that, I made some minor changes to my plans.

1. Forget Helel, Sandalphon is here!

2. I subbed Kanji instead of Yosuke just to make things a little interesting.

3. My final yen count is 188k, should be enough for 3 strong Personas when I resummon them on my 2nd playthrough.

Here we go!

TRUE FINAL BOSS PART 1 : Izanami
She's pretty easy to bring down, nothing notable.

TRUE FINAL BOSS PART 2 : Izanami-no-Okami
Personas used : Trumpeter, Kohryu, Norn
I have Yukiko covered for healing so all I do is Debilitate, Marakukaja, Mind Charge (Kohryu), Garudyne (Norn with 2 boosts, it deals better than my Sandalphon!). In the end, it looks like its almost impossible to defeat her. But....

The hearts of the people whom the MC formed the deepest bonds with helped his Persona evolved from Izanagi to Izanagi-no-Okami, and ultimately defeated Izanami.

The true ending has begun!

21/3
Its the day to go back.... but everyone is happy that it is TRULY over!

FIN.

Now, I can carry over to my 2nd gameplay using the end-game cycle. I'll post in details of what I'll plan to do on my next playthrough on my next blogpost. Do stay tuned!

Persona 4 - Progress 11

Well, why this progress? Cause its close to the end of the game.

25/11
Christmas Event.
Yay Nanako-chan can come home! And the cake the girls made went REALLY well!

And time passes on....

....

And comes the day before the MC must return to the city....

20/3 (the following year)
Now meeting up with.... (in order of who I went to see)

Moon (Ai Ebihara)
Fortune (Naoto Shirogane)
Sun (Ayane Matsunaga)
Hierophant and Justice (Ryotaro and Nanako Dojima)
Devil (Sayoko Uehara)
Priestess (Yukiko Amagi)
Chariot (Chie Satonaka)
Lovers (Rise Kujikawa)
Tower (Shu Nakajima)
Emperor (Kanji Tatsumi)
Magician and Star (Yosuke Hanamura and Teddie)

After that its time to go home.... but wait.... something is still up!

The true person behind everything.... the Midnight Channel.... the fog.... is the person the MC met in the gas station on the first day he arrived!

Now to end everything....

That ultimately ends my game diary. What happens on that day? Before facing Izanami, I'm doing a lot of stuffs:

1. Levelling Satan (I know I'm a Christian and I still can't believe Atlus added this one in. But in P4 his last skill to learn is Null Wind which I might need that so that leave me no choice but to level him once to get it.) and Norn (for alternate Debilitate)

2. Making Sandalphon and Helel.

3. Make LOTS of money!

Persona 4 - Social Links Part 2

Continuing from my last blogpost.

Social Links NOT MAXed

Empress Social Link (Margaret) (マーガレット)
Requires Knowledge rank 3 and complete Margeret's request through Persona fusions.
1 - 12/5

Reason : Constantly out of money

Hermit Social Link (Fox) (キツネ)
Requires completing missions.
1 - 5/5
2 - 20/5
3 - 27/5
4 - 6/8
5 - 2/9
6 - 3/11
7 - 18/11

Reason : My last quest requires Fishing and out of time.

Strength Social Link (Kou Ichijou + Daisuke Nagase)
(一条 康 + 長瀬 大輔)
1 - 19/4
2 - 13/5
3 - 18/5
4 - 29/5
5 - 13/9
6 - 10/12
7 - 13/12
8 - 20/12

Reason : Out of time.

Hanged Man Social Link (Naoki Konishi) (小西 尚紀)
Requires Understanding level 3.
Did not start at all.

Death Social Link (Hisano Kuroda) (黒田 ひさ乃)
Requires Devil S.Link rank 4.
1 - 13/11
2 - 27/11
3 - 18/12

Reason : Started VERY late in game, only available during off-school days.

Temperance Social Link (Eri Minami) (南 絵里)
1 - 12/5
2 - 31/5
3 - 16/9
4 - 19/12

Reason : Social Link was ignored.

Persona 4 - Social Links Part 1

In Persona 3 and 4 games, its not just about RPG game, its also about socializing with other people which indirectly leads to stronger-made Personas. They gain EXP based on the level of the Social Link they are associated to.

Here concluding my Persona 4 1st gameplay progress, with my Social Link ended like this (in order)

Notes 1 : I won't include Fool, Star and Judgement cause they are automatically MAXed according to gameplay.

Notes 2 : The way you write Japanese is the opposite of what you do in English. Its normally his/her surname first, then the given name.

Social Links MAXed.

Magician Social Link (Yosuke Hanamura)
魔術師 コミュー (花村 陽介)
1 - 16/4 (Auto)
2 - 25/4
3 - 6/5
4 - 23/5
5 - 24/5
6 - 13/6
7 - 27/6
8 - 3/7
9 - 25/7
MAX - 7/8
UNLOCKED : Mada

Priestess Social Link (Yukiko Amagi)
女教皇 コミュー (天城 雪子)
1 - 17/5 (Auto)
2 - 25/5
3 - 26/5
4 - 28/5
5 - 12/6
6 - 6/7
7 - 17/7
8 - 1/8
9 - 22/8 (Normal)
MAX - 30/8
UNLOCKED : Scathach

Emperor Social Link (Kanji Tatsumi)
皇帝 コミュー (巽 完二)
1 - 9/6
2 - 11/6
3 - 15/6
4 - 29/6
5 - 14/8
6 - 3/9
7 - 11/9
8 - 21/9
9 - 22/9
MAX - 27/9
UNLOCKED : Odin

Hierophant Social Link (Ryotaro Dojima)
法王 コミュー (堂島 遼太郎)
1 - 12/5
2 - 23/5 (Expression rank 2 required)
3 - 28/5
4 - 7/6
5 - 12/6
6 - 16/6 (Expression rank 4 required)
7 - 6/7
8 - 22/8
9 - 6/9
MAX - 25/9
UNLOCKED : Kohryu (4-way Fusion)

Lovers Social Link (Rise Kujikawa)
恋愛 コミュー (久慈川 りせ)
1 - 23/7 (Auto)
2 - 31/7
3 - 5/8
4 - 26/8
5 - 4/9
6 - 23/9
7 - 25/9
8 - 2/10 (Normal)
9 - 16/10
MAX - 23/10 (Invitation)
UNLOCKED : Ishtar

Justice Social Link (Nanako Dojima)
正義 コミュー (堂島 菜々子)
1 - 3/5 (Auto)
2 - 13/5
3 - 19/5
4 - 30/5 (Expression level 3 required)
5 - 5/6
6 - 8/7 (Expression level MAX required)
7 - 17/7
8 - 29/7
9 - 5/8
MAX - 9/8
UNLOCKED : Sraosha

Chariot Social Link (Chie Satonaka)
戦車 コミュー (里中 千枝)
1 - 18/4 (Auto)
2 - 26/4
3 - 8/5
4 - 30/5
5 - 20/6
6 - 30/6
7 - 7/7
8 - 2/8
9 - 13/8 (Normal)
MAX - 23/8
UNLOCKED : Futsunushi (Pentagon fusion)

Fortune Social Link (Naoto Shirogane)
運命 コミュー (白鐘 直斗)
Requires Knowledge and Courage rank MAX.
1 - 1/11
2 - 2/11
3 - 8/11
4 - 12/11
5 - 14/11
6 - 15/11 (Normal)
7 - 17/11
8 - 24/11
9 - 26/11
MAX - 12/12
UNLOCKED : Norn (Special Triangle fusion)

Devil Social Link (Sayoko Uehara)
悪魔 コミュー (上原 小夜子)
Requires Diligence rank 3.
1 - 10/8
2 - 16/9
3 - 26/10
4 - 2/11
5 - 11/11
6 - 16/11
7 - 23/11
8 - 8/12
9 - 15/12
MAX - 21/12
UNLOCKED : Belzeebub (Hexagon Fusion)

Tower Social Link (Shu Nakajima)
塔 コミュー (中島 秀)
Requries Understanding rank MAX.
1 - 29/9
2 - 1/10
3 - 6/10
4 - 11/10
5 - 13/10
6 - 22/10
7 - 1/11
8 - 8/11
9 - 15/11
MAX - 17/11
UNLOCKED : Shiva (Special 2-way Fusion)

Moon Social Link (Ai Ebihara)
月 コミュー (海老原 あい)
Requires Strength S.Link rank 3 and Courage rank 3.
1 - 15/6
2 - 24/6
3 - 28/9
4 - 29/9
5 - 20/10
6 - 26/10 (Lover Flag)
7 - 9/11
8 - 16/11
9 - 9/12
MAX - 16/12 (Lover)
UNLOCKED : Sandalphon

Sun Social Link (Ayane Matsunaga)
太陽 コミュー (松永 彩音)
1 - 24/4
2 - 28/4
3 - 1/6
4 - 2/6
5 - 14/6
6 - 26/7
7 - 6/9
8 - 4/10 (Normal)
9 - 24/10
MAX - 7/11
UNLOCKED : Asura

To be continued....