So Based On What I'm Gathering Of Translations Of The Artbook, Akechi's Wish In Maruki's Reality Is To

So based on what I'm gathering of translations of the artbook, Akechi's wish in Maruki's reality is to basically have friends. Like actual friends even just to play chess with... Damn dude! Also hold up, doesn't it mean that this Akechi is the genuine article then? If so then Atlus you just accidentally threw the ambiguity out the window with that omg!

"Some people want to run from their pain and cling to some other version of reality... Like I used to. But the knowledge I gained through that pain, and my desire to move on... Those are even more precious to me! And I won't let anyone take them from me again!"

Minus well finally post it a day early!

Happy Birthday Sumire and Kasumi Yoshizawa!!! (3/25)

This is Sumi finally reaching the nationals like she promised with Kasumi no doubt by her side in spirit feeling just as proud!

"Kasumi... I did it!! I finally did it! Thank you... For everything!"

Bonus:

Separate sprites as well for a better look at her!

sumire🎀

Takuto Maruki Character Pages from the "Persona 5 Royal official design works" artbook

So I decided to just go, "fuck it" and consider Aoi Hasegawa finished. I decided to make the top part of her hair (the roots) darker to indicate she dyed it. As previously mentioned, the colorful clips were from little Akane when she did her hair and she just kept them there since. One of the previous versions for comparison

Expressions!!!

Bonus blushing versions:

Previous versions for comparison (1st, 3rd, and 4th attempts to be precise, 2nd time got lost in the void and I gave the 1st attempt to a moot on Twitter since they took a liking to it):

Anyhow, look at my girl! This one's a keeper for me!

Back to fiddling with touch-ups since P5X's Sprites are super helpful with fine-tuning!