#i got into vanilla p5 in 2020 and never got so invested in shuake like. it was there. it was the popular ship

[petorahs]

shuake rite of passage is like. spending most of the entire game going 😐🤨🤔😳 at their banter/flirting/dates. being intrigued when the normally silent protagonist exclaims a heated "this isn't 'trivial'!" about his one and only rival's life, completely independent of player input. accepting the undeniable fact that 'our light' is basically a love song from protag's point of view to said rival. finding out about proof of justice ova. watching proof of justice ova. watching proof of justice ova again. going insane at the fact that the normally silent protag who never cries, cried over their rival in public. the fact that he was thinking about him before bed. realizing the one active, 'selfish' choice and wish protag had always involved his fated rival in some way, again completely independent from player's views on said rival.

and then becoming lucid for one second and finding out you just dug yourself into a shuake rabbit hole and theres no getting out

#aishi.txt #highly specific but surely im not the only one #clutching my hair cry-laughing they drive me insaneeee ahhhh #shuake #goro akechi #akira kurusu #i got into vanilla p5 in 2020 and never got so invested in shuake like. it was there. it was the popular ship #plus i didnt actually see it for myself #2-3 years later coming back to the royal additions was.... a thing that made me widen my eyes at a lot of points. in a good way #like fckkkkk i can see why people like them frfr #the fics can be so quality and amazing too when you know where to look #novel length and accompanied by art 😭 you can feel the passion #one thing about coming into the fandom relatively late is discovering gems like this TT blessed