...Whoa. It's been more than a year since I last posted here. Cool... Well, to be honest, I haven't really been drawing. I can't blame school though. I blame laziness. (heehee) Just kidding. All I have are doodles I sketched in my notebooks, books, photocopies of lecture handouts, tissues, and receipts. Heh~ I'll post some (eventually) if I find them. (My room is a frikkin jungle! Ria~ Come help me clean! Bring a shovel. I haven't seen my floor for months! *exaj*)

What I HAVE been "using" my extra time on is this: PLAYING PERSONA 3 FES!!! WOOOTTTTT!!!!!!! ITS TEH BESTEST GAME IN TEH WORLD!!! *does a little happy dance*

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*full split*

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Goddammit!!! Ripped my fave shorts!!! >.< *changes*


Since I have no idea on a meaningful journal topic, I'll just rant on about my obssession of P3 (Persona 3). To start off, I'll post one of my friend's text messages:

"Yeah. I know how OBSSESSIVE you can get with persona. Heck, if you could marry the protagonist, I bet you would. Joke." - Jed the Jeddy Bear's text message.

Hmm... Well, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is one of the spin-offs of the Shin Megami Tensei series. Unlike The SMT series where you recruit demons/monsters, the protagonists are highschool students who weild melee weapons (for physical atks) and summon personas: another side of themselves (for magic attacks).

Oh~ I've only played Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Persona 3, and Persona 3 FES. Oh and I blame Jed for starting this obssession. *pouts*

Enwei, you control a silent protagonist which you name (His name in the official manga is Minato Arisato. He's a 2nd year highschool kid with an emo hairstyle. What's cool is that I get to control his life, his personality, the decision he makes, and his relationship with others. Heehee~ I named my chara "Kieran Faris" after one of the charas in our manga (please visit ).

Throughout a year, you live a life of a normal teenage kid in the morning but at night precisely at midnight, you battle with dark beings known as shadows during a time called "The Dark Hour:" a hidden time between a day and the next. These shadows,from Tartarus (aka as the Tower of Demise. A labyrinth/tower which appears only during the dark hour.) prey on the minds of those people who aren't "transmogrified" into coffins leaving them lethargic/apathetic to the world around them. The only weapons capable of destroying these shadows are called "Personas." Only a select few who have the potential have the ability to summon personas which are mostly based on mythology. I like the way they're grouped into different classes or Arcana of the Tarot system. ^.^

The protagonist isn't alone. He (reluctantly. J/K) joins SEES (Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad), a group of highschool students from his school (Gekkoukan High)[though one of them is a an elem kid, a dog, and a robot. !!! SPOILER!!!] who each wield a persona but not you oh noes~ you're special so you get to control 100+. Hehe~

This is now Obssession Reason #1: The Persona Compendium
- I am currenttly at 84%. I forgot to check how many there are. Pfft!!! I have to get the 100% Persona Compendium!!! You can either obtain personas via shuffle (you are given cards at then end of the battle if you meet specific requirements) or fusion. When you fuse personas, you can combine personas to make a new one though some require an item... and your player level must be the same or higher of the persona you're trying to invoke. This leads to...

Obssession Reason # 2: Levelling-up
- At first its really hard to level up. This requires a large amount of patience and commitment to finish. I am at level 75 and I have been playing for 115 hrs and 21 minutes and have explored up to Floor 254. Its getting kinda boring so I mostly like the "dating part."

Obssession Reason #3: Social Links and Event scenes
- Personas strengths and fusion depends on your social links or relationships with different kinds of people. Each arcana has a social link with a total of ten levels each. If you manage to max their levels out, you establish an unbreakable bond with them. They give you an item (most of them) which enable you fusion of the ultimate persona of their arcana (if you're at a high enough level). This requires hanging out or dating and giving gifts (to the girls only). You can end up with either the popular girl, the rich and hot student council presindent, the shy and gentle electronics expert, the timid and nerdy student council treasurer, or the caring club manager. Its cool because they get mad at you if you ignore them, don't hang out for a long time, or date other girls just like in real life. ...Dun worry~ I gotz REEL LYF friends~ (J/K).

Obssession Reason #4: Orpheus Telos/Telos/Orpheus Kai/Orpheus red
- If you manage to get all the social links maxed in one playthrough, you can get a another version of the protagonist's starting persona (which I have yet to see). I have to see it... I wanna know how different it is from the original!

Obssession Reason #5: Eye candy
- This game has one of the best artworks I've ever see. Just look at the protagonist and Akihiko! *drools* Oh and I like Chidori, the gothic Loli girl!

Obsession Reason #6: Teh Muzik
- The songs are pretty cool and easy to listen to. The background musics are especially fitting to the scene.

Obssession Reason #7: The Story
- I saved my biggest reason for last. The story is awesome~! You get super human abilities and then save the world! (Imma sucker for stories like this!) It's also imbued with occult stuff like Tarot cards etc. which really caught my fancy and has the perfect mixture of reality and fantasy which is rare nowadays.

Hope I didn't spoil much about it because I want everyone to experience this game~ Well, I'll stop here for now. Imma gonna go to bed now for some well deserved sleep. Oh and btw, I found this: [link] by I'll use this someday to make a DA ID~ xD

Obssession Reason # 8: I'll make a fan chara!!!