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Im just gonna throw massive Xenoblade spoilers everywhere, just so were all clear.

7. Melia Antiqua


I have way more Melia images, but GameFAQs wouldn't let me put any more in a single post. It's not too much of a loss, though, because all of them are just Melia trying and failing to make Shulk-senpai notice her or seething at Fiora.

Leonhart said earlier that Melia is a better waifu than Fiora, and hes right. This is another lol categories situation. If Xenoblade had an option for who to go on a date with to the Gold Saucer, and your options were Melia, Fiora, Sharla, and Dunban, Im going with Melia every time. Unlike Shulk, Cloud actually ends up with the correct girl, so thats one advantage for him. Im actually shocked that both Xenoblade girls made it into the top ten. I can tell you for sure that Sharla would not have.

Is there any waifu who suffers more than Melia for basically no reason? I have to believe that suffering porn is the fetish of someone at Nintendo. Like, everyone else in the game is basically happy and carefree and things work out for them, and Melias life is just horrible tragedy after horrible tragedy for no reason. Her brother dies, her father dies, her people all die, Im probably forgetting more family members who die, the boy she likes doesnt care about her at all and it turns into a 4chan meme, she has to help rescue his actual girlfriend, her kingdom is destroyed, she's passed over for Shulk's final smash in favor of Dunban and Riki, and then her friend gets the chance to fix the world and doesnt undo any of those things. She suffers so much and its for no reason at all. Theres even a moment when Sharla is like go Melia, you can totally get Shulk to notice you, and then once Fiora shows back up, Sharla never mentions it again. I guess you can argue that its to examine how much pain she can take after being a princess her whole life, but it really feels like its more just so that someone in the game can experience drama after Fiora shows back up. So, I was surprised at how many people werent sure who the next up clue referred to, because I was afraid it was too obvious.

I am choosing to call Melias hairstyle the Leiatails. I dont even know how to factor in the head wings. Are tiny head wings the silliest thing you can give your bird people in a video game? I know that they had to mark how shes a bird lady in some way, but these wings arent even located where they would be for a bird. At least put them on her back or give her feathers on her arms or something. ****ing Samus makes more sense as a bird lady, and Samus doesnt even have any bird traits at all.

I should say that for purposes of this list, Im assuming that this is post-racism Melia, who freaks out when she sees humans. Im also only rating her based on the original Xenoblade, not the remake, which I know has a new epilogue for her. Sorry! I did look up the new version, though, and it factored into her attractiveness.

Im going to say that Melia and Fiora are the waifus who benefited the most in this list from having their game remade. Xenoblade on the Wii is a fun game, but its so, so ugly. Its one of the ugliest games of its generation. Freaking FFX from 2002 looks leagues above Xenoblade. Ive seen people complain that the new art is more generically anime, and thats absolutely true, but you cannot tell me that the old art looked as good. I bring all of this up to justify Melias extremely high attractiveness score because, to put it bluntly, Wii Melia is not getting a 75. Either way, she pulls off the graceful princess look very well, you glance at her and you instantly know shes the offensive wizard and the princess of the group. And it helps that since Xenoblade is about putting on silly gear and looking ridiculous, we know that Melia has zero problems running around in tropical hula wear and swimsuits. Thats only an advantage.

Ive gone into my problems with princess characters before, but Melia dodges a lot of them thanks to the development she gets over the course of the game. She actually starts off as one of the princessiest of princesses, but mellows out as she suffers and suffers and suffers. Ive got to say that again, the game ****s on her for just no reason, it becomes funny after a while. Anyway, the Melia of latter game is a top tier waifu in terms of personality for sure. I guess if you were going to define her main personality attribute, it would be determination? She just keeps going despite all of the crap that happens to her, all while maintaining her composure. Thats another thing about Xenoblade, I love the range of British accents. Melias got an RP one like Luna from FFXV, but less ridiculous. Too bad for her that its not quite as cute as Fioras, but well get to that later.

I was actually torn on how to rate Melias girlfriendness. Ill say immediately that shes not really an adventurer, so she again dodges any penalty for that. Basically, by the end of the game, shes not really a princess anymore, and shes now merely a rich, powerful, respected superwizard. Like, honestly, I cant imagine Melia not being the perfect girlfriend, because she's always attentive, dedicated, and empathetic (after her kingdom is destroyed). You cant even argue that her duties get in the way like most princesses, because all of her people turned into monster birds and got shot by lightning, and then her country was deleted and turned into a new planet. You know what, if Melias bad luck rubs off on me, Im docking her some Girlfriendness points, sorry. I also didn't factor in her species living to like 300 years old or whatever, that seemed complicated. Imagine your girlfriend remembering the founding of the United States.

So, anyway. Melia Antiqua. Quality waifu. Quality princess waifu. Im actually curious how often in RPGs the hero ends up with his childhood friend instead of the mysterious magical girl or princess he meets when the journey is already underway. Crono sure as hell has more going on with Marle than Lucca, that's for sure.

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https://youtu.be/x9D0uUKJ5KI

Not much to say, really.

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Part 1 spoilers
After they wrote in time ghosts, Sephiroth changing the timeline, and Biggs and possibly Jessie living, I'd be very surprised if Aerith actually dies for real this time. I think we're getting an everyone lives ending.

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No heists?

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I'm very curious how much Danganronpa S costs on its own.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/americas/live-news/haiti-president-assassinated-updates-intl/index.html

sorry about the link, Im on my phone.

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azuarc posted...

So just solve it yourself? kek

I tried, dammit.

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Mewtwo59 posted...

So we're going back to the impossible hints since that last one was too obvious.

I'll admit that hint was a mistake.

bwburke94 posted...

Chiaki is best DR2 girl.

I've obviously put Sonia above her, but they're both top tier.

Unrelated: I'm playing a Zero Escape knockoff named Birth Me Code, and I can't finish one of the puzzles because the only two walkthroughs for it on the internet, one of which is on GameFAQs, are terrible.

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Hope you like rabbit girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Gr9gKFxpE

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Next Up: A waifu who suffers

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8. Chiaki Nanami

Series: Danganronpa
Nominator: RaidenGarai (0/4 remaining)
Personal Familiarity: Yes
Attractiveness: 68 (53/145 tie)
Personality: 75 (18/145 tie)
Girlfriendness: 99 (1/145 tie)
Overall Waifu Score: 80.6
Hair: Purple (0/14 remaining)
Eyes: Pink (0/3 remaining)
Race: Asian (2/58 remaining)
Age: 15-19 (5/62 remaining)
Medium: Video Game (7/85 remaining)

Im an adorable gamer girl with enormous breasts who needs to be protected and will always love you~

Im not saying that Chiaki is the best waifu on this list, because Ive obviously put seven other ones ahead of her, but I am saying that she is the most blatant waifubait ever. I say this even knowing of series like the Quintessential Quintuplets, where the entire point is to argue about waifus. And you know what? Im okay with it. Chiaki might be the single most pandering waifu ever, but I will allow it because in the context of the story, Chiaki is literally waifubait designed by a computer to be the perfect girl everyone will instantly befriend and love, which is a hilarious concept.

By the way, yes, the hint was about her hair. I could not for the life of me figure out what color her hair was. I asked multiple people, I found the hexcode for it and ran it through google, I did it all. I finally listed purple because I didnt want to give an entire unique hair color label for a single character, even though Ive done similar things for other characters.

Danganronpa girls really benefit from their series art style. Danganronpa isnt quite normal, generic anime art, and it does have a distinct look to it, but it also uses a lot of generic anime cuteness. Maybe Im explaining this poorly, but basically Im trying to say that even the boring girls in the series still have fun designs, and Chiaki is no exception. I really like how she gets across the idea of a nerd girl without going full bore like, say, a chef who always wears a chef outfit. Ill allow one Galaga hairpin, sure. I really like the permanent bed hair, the pale I-never-go-outside skin, and her inability to stay awake for very long. Im sure that in real life, a girl with these qualities, who just falls asleep on her feet and starts drooling without thinking about it and blowing giant snot bubbles, would be a big problem to deal with, but Chiaki is lucky to live in the world of anime.

I was torn a bit on Personality. Again, Chiakis shtick is that shes the Ultimate Gamer, the best video game player in the universe, and that could get old if they did it in like a Futaba from Persona 5 sort of way, where shes constantly referencing real memes or something, but instead, Chiaki actively mocks the idea of being only a video game player, and gets annoyed at someone assuming she has no interests beyond that, which is fine. Thats not exactly a benefit, its more like a lack of drawback. The ideal waifu wont just be a complete stereotype, which may not be the best thing for me to say given some of the ones I put above her, but so be it.

Point is, Chiakis always calm, observant, and understanding, which are all positive traits. She sort of takes a backseat approach to just supporting everyone else around her, and like, thats fine. Not everyone has to love the spotlight. So, when 90% of her sprites are just her staring blankly, or when she ends every other sentence with maybe?, it comes off as super cute. When she actually does take a stand for the things she believes in, she suddenly becomes determined and awake sort of. My point is that Chiaki is scientifically designed to be the perfect waifu so that youll feel bad when she dies in such an absurd, horrible way.

And Girlfriendness, well. I decided that being the Ultimate Gamer is equivalent to being the worlds best esports player, which does count as a job, and in the context of a bunch of dorky internet guys, girl who is better at video games than you is A+ material. Whats her worst quality, that she likes taking lots of naps? Man, I take naps all the time, I cant possibly blame her for that. I guess Chiaki would probably fill an apartment full of old gaming crap, and I know better than most the horror of trying to untangle five-hundred power cords for consoles you dont really play anymore and have no idea which belong to which I eventually resolved that issue by taping notes to all of the power cords so I could easily tell them apart without having to jiggle the consoles to see which ones moved. Point is, mutual interests are good, and I can deal with messiness. And hey, looking up the Wiki, it says that her birthday is March 14. My birthday is March 12, so man, Im never going to accidentally forget and look like a jerk 101 pounds, though, huh. That seems unhealthily thin.

I really enjoy Chiakis mild development over the course of the game, as well. Shes not the most complex character ever or anything, or even the most complex character in her own game, but seeing her connect with everyone and become the lynchpin of the group, only to finally have to tell everyone that shes a traitor, but not be able to explain herself, and have to sacrifice herself to save the others is such a strong moment. This goes beyond a waifu ranking, but that murder case is basically the entire game as far as people are concerned, because its by far the most interesting and emotional thing in Danganronpa 2. Even the people who dont like the game admit that that trial is the best part.

So, to sum this all up, Id say that Chiaki occupies a really interesting space as our final remaining quirky waifu. I mean, sure, all of the girls left are at least a little quirky, but Chiakis on another level. Its important to remember that while all of top 20 or so are extremely high-quality waifus (except Miu, who really snuck in on a technicality), Chiakis by far the most blatantly pandering one, and thats okay. Its okay to pander sometimes. Its not always a bad thing. I mean, who wouldnt want a girlfriend who's adorable, shares all of your interests, and is always a good person? It's just that I'm trying to imagine a non-video game example of something like this, like a movie with a girl who loves movies, or a book with a girl who loves books, and it doesn't quite come across the same way as a video game with a girl who loves video games, and I'm not absolutely certain why. It could just be the anime elements, I suppose.

Anyway, Chiaki, A+ waifu.

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9.5

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More soon

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Literally any of those is sufficient reason to be too busy for a silly internet list, much less all three.

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Why was he given this blanket immunity in the first place?

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kevwaffles posted...

I did not, but I figured it would be pachinko.

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I'm playing Head As Code right now, and I actually can't believe how much of a Zero Escape clone this game is while being legally sold.

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I also got lasik like three years ago. Great decision.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Danganronpa is the epitome of a love/hate series, and you don't know what side of the aisle you'll fall on until you play it!

This is very true.

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Mac Arrowny posted...

all incarnations of Ema are hotter than all incarnations of Mia tbqh

(I don't think Mia's very attractive as far as AA characters go...)

I'd say that all Ema incarnations are hotter than their equivalent Maya ones, but Mia? Not sure of that!

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Dont spoil ZTD stuff, let him find out how bad it is on his own.

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zinformant posted...

As an Ema fan, that was a fun read. Unfortunately, while she has recurrence, she is apparently not popular enough with the fan base to warrant any real merchandise.

That shocks me. I just kind of assumed that AA gets endless merch for everyone.

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LeonhartFour posted...

It's Turnabout Revival in the Japanese version, so I don't know why they dropped it in the English version!

That just makes it even more confusing.

LeonhartFour posted...

also I would guess the vampire is actually Edgeworth and the judo guy is probably Gumshoe if they're showing off the major characters from the first game

Oh, Gumshoe, of course. No idea why he's wearing that, though.

Mewtwo59 posted...

Oh, we're about to get two whole games without any episodes with "Turnabout" in the title.

Leonhart4 posted...

Well, if we're being technical, none of the Layton cases use the word "Turnabout" in them either!

Those games are different enough from the main ones, though, aren't they?

Mewtwo59 posted...

I know Gumshoe was totally out of character in AA4, but he does show up there.

I had to look this up, I have zero memory of Gumshoe being in AA4. I could have sworn he disappears after the original trilogy and Edgeworth games, except for Edgeworth mentioning him briefly in AA6.

MrSmartGuy posted...

Never had a problem with those spoilers. The Brushel thing, yes, but the other one, no.

In my playthrough topic, I remember everyone complaining about the vase.

SSBM_Guy posted...

I looked it up. It's Phoenix, Edgeworth, Maya, Mia, Gumshoe.

in an alternate universe, gumshoe would be nominated here

I guess they reduced Edgeworth's age and dialed up the sexiness. Probably the right call.

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I saw it. It's not very good.

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Next Up: The waifu who I spent the most time trying to determine one of her physical attributes for my Excel sheet of any waifu, and the answer I eventually settled on will not be universally agreed upon as accurate

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9. Ema Skye

Series: Ace Attorney
Nominator: Nameless2000 (0/4 remaining)
Personal Familiarity: Yes
Attractiveness: 80 (24/145 tie)
Personality: 80 (9/145 tie)
Girlfriendness: 82 (11/145)
Overall Waifu Score: 80.6
Hair: Brown (1/22 remaining)
Eyes: Blue (2/45 remaining)
Race: White/Asian (0/2 remaining)
Age: 20-29 (2/59 remaining)
Medium: Video Game (8/85 remaining)

Why is Rise from the Ashes the only episode in the series without Turnabout in the title? Its not really from the first game, since it was added in rereleases, so it doesnt predate the idea, and its not a particularly special case that might warrant breaking the rules, so I just dont get it. Anyway, the two angry faces hint referred to the pins she wears as a teenager, where two of them are angry. Really, I should have just said four faces, since she wears three pins total, but it's fine. And poor Gumshoe! Having his role in the series completely usurped by Ema just because shes a cute girl and hes a middle-aged man. I think she even appears more often than he does? Lets see, hes in AA1, 2, 3, AAI, and AAI2, while shes in AA1, AAI, AA4, and AA6. So, I was wrong, but Im not going to go back and delete that even though it would take me less time than describing the process of me not deleting it. As long as there's never a loli police investigator, Ema is probably safe for the future.

Does Ema count as the last waifu left with a normal job? After this, we have a goddess, three princesses, a video gamer, an anti-bioterrorism activist, and a concert pianist. I guess pianists and competitive video game players might count as normal jobs, but Emas certainly got the only job left that wont raise some eyebrows.

Ema, of course, is beautiful. Deep brown hair, nice top-knot? bun?, pink sunglasses used to detect bloodstains (apparently she needs those at all times), all of its great. I wasnt into the pink hat she has in that one Edgeworth game, but luckily, she dumps it by the time shes an adult, which was the right call. The most important part, though, is the lab coat. I vaguely alluded to this with Tae, but scientist waifus are great. I dont know what I consider the best waifu aesthetic to be, but certainly a girl wearing a lab coat, looking smart, being smart, doing smart things is really high up there. I mentioned how business suit waifus who look more professional than you are great, but lab coat waifus are definitely better. I dont even really know what it is about lab coats, youd think their kind of unmarked formlessness would not be super conducive toward powerful waifuness, and yet we have definitive evidence to the contrary. Id say its probably more what they represent. As for Emas particular, I dont know, stances? Sprites? The way she holds herself? Theyre really good. I really like the way in later games where shes clearly shifting her weight onto her right foot, so her coat is slightly off-kilter. I like the way she awkwardly looks away while she talks, I like how she eats when she gets nervous, its all a very solid way to convey her personality. Hell, even her smug sprite is still ****ing adorable. Too bad her 16-year-old happy sprite is only used in her first appearance, though, because it gives a ton of personality and her adult version doesnt have her folding her hands in front of her waist. Liking it when anime girls fold their hands in front of their waists is a little particular, but hey, Ema just happens to hit a stance I like. Basically, what Im getting at is that I had no idea Ema was 53. I thought she was like 57 or something, shes much shorter than I expected.

While exploring the Phoenix Wright Wiki for more information, I stumbled upon this early concept art:

Im just going to say, that Maya looks terrible. I assume the vampire is von Karma, and the redhead is Mia or Dee Vasquez? I have no idea who the Judo guy is, but I'm confident that Leonhart will appear within thirty minutes after I post this and explain. I bring this up because Mayas pink sunglasses were eventually given to Ema, which is mildly interesting.

I already covered her personality a little bit, but Emas really high up there, too. Shes smarter than you, but has juuuuust the slightest unprofessionalism and weakness to make her relatable and not seem like shes just completely better than you. And yet, she never like breaks the law or compromises her ideals. That compares her to Gumshoe again, who constantly just ignores his duties to help Edgeworth. Im imagining Gumshoe trying to deal with Nahyuta, or anyone who hasnt played the games understanding what Im talking about right now. Basically, the point is that Ema is a good person whos optimistic and honest, but also enough of a professional that she doesnt let her feelings impact her job, unlike the series other cop. Like, if you want a waifu whos just really passionate about some weird niche thing that is actually a job, like police forensics, Ema is your girl. Even as an unofficial lawyer assistant, though, Ema still beats the hell out of her competition. I dont think shes as much fun as some of the others, but in terms of actually being useful, theres no question that Emas knowledge of police forensics is the most useful skill any of them possess, at least in the context of a murder mystery game. You might think thats obvious, but her competition includes two people who can speak to murder victims, and yet Ema is still the most useful.

It also goes without saying that Ema has the tremendous advantage of having just a completely normal, respectable job. Too bad that the people she investigates inevitably turn out to be innocent, but thats not her fault. If I was a lawyer in the Ace Attorney universe, I would do absolutely anything except take a case against Phoenix Wright or his friends. Similarly to Aoi, Emas big weakness is snack food? Imagine getting into a fight with your girlfriend or something, and you need a way to make it up to her and reconnect, and she goes wild for something you can easily buy at a 7-11. Yeah, okay, Ema also likes a childrens samurai show and hates horror movies, which puts us at odds, but thats by no means a dealbreaker. And since shes a forensic analyst, and not a normal cop, Ema doesnt even have to deal with the weird hours regular cops have to go through. I know about this because my sister used to date a cop, and he explained it all to me. And since Ema already lives in Los Angeles, we dont even have to deal with relocation problems. Basically, everythings coming up Ema.

I'm trying to decide if Ema is the highest-ranking Phoenix Wright waifu, and I think she is. Mia might be higher based on my categorization system, but I'd still put Ema above her in a direct ranking. Justine Courtney is hotter, but worse at everything else... I typed in 'Phoenix Wright waifus' to see if I was forgetting anyone, and that gave me mywaifulist.moe, which has Edgeworth as the #7 waifu in the series by peoples' votes. I'm actually shocked he's that low.

Were already well into the realm where every waifu is a keeper, so I cant even really sum this up in any meaningful way. Ema's just a really great waifu. I suppose the best way to end this is to say **** the vase puzzle, that ****'s unbearable. I had to look up a YouTube clip of it and precisely match the guy's movements to get it to register as correct. I completed everything else in the series legitimately, except the armpit sweat guy who I also had to look up, but the vase broke me.

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Axe was my first, Im surprised its so common.

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The third Halloween 3, actually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL6R3HmQfPc

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Probably tomorrow, maybe Saturday.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvsnRzOXIj0

I guess as far as crossovers go, this is a shockingly reasonable one.

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Hes the character I've felt the most whatever about besides certain FE ones.

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azuarc posted...

Fifth? When was there a fourth? Or are you counting UDG?

UDG clearly counted enough to get representation, so I'd say it's okay to count it. Or you can count DR3, which makes V3 the fourth. Either way, it still sort of works.

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colliding posted...

Being anti-punk music is such a weird thing in the year 2021.

I'm not against it for moral reasons! I just think it's bad to listen to.

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The series has a thing about confusing letters and numbers even back to the first game with 11037. Again, though, I think this may be stretching it.

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The evidence for that is just Danganronpa S = 5, and its the fifth game, and the screen glitches out when Nagito shows up. I would like if that happened, but I dont think its seriously likely.

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Next Up: A waifu with two angry faces

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10. Tae Takemi

Series: Persona
Nominator: MrSmartGuy (0/4 remaining)
Personal Familiarity: Yes
Attractiveness: 65 (65/145 tie)
Personality: 77 (16/145 tie)
Girlfriendness: 99 (1/145 tie)
Overall Waifu Score: 80.3
Hair: Blue (0/7 remaining)
Eyes: Brown (0/27 remaining)
Race: Asian (3/58 remaining)
Age: 20-29 (3/59 remaining)
Medium: Video Game (9/85 remaining)

Let it be known that when I googled Tae Takemi, "Tae Takemi Body Pillow" was the first option. No other waifu had anything like that happen. Is Tae way more popular than I thought, or is she such a middling P5 waifu that the handful of body pillow buyers pushed her into a weird spot compared to the others? I cannot answer this useless question. By the way, obviously surrounded by death referred only to her being the Death tarot card.

I said earlier that Miu is the waifu who benefits most from the category format I invented, but Taes not far behind. Like, if you told me to just directly rank all the Persona waifus, Tae would be pretty high, but nowhere near #1, and nowhere near #10 on this list. Im actually shocked she edged into the #1 Persona waifu over Mitsuru. I guess I may as well undermine my entire list by just super quickly ranking the Persona waifus (discounting the ones Im not familiar with), not even doublechecking the overall list to make sure theyre all in the correct order:

Sae > Makoto > Mitsuru > Kawakami > Tae > Margaret > Haru > Chie > Toriumi > Rise > Futaba > Aigis > Naoto > Chihiro > Hifumi > Yukiko > Sophia > Ann > Yukari > Fuuka > Yumi > Ai > Chihaya > Yuko > Ohya

Tae makes it this far based on basically two attributes. Certainly, its not how important she is to the story of her game, because she is by far the least important waifu remaining.

The first advantage Tae has is that shes the one and only proper doctor on the list. Frans a doctor, but shes also crazy, Fios into weird alternative medicine, and Sailor Mercury only plans to be a doctor. Tae actually is a doctor, which is pretty much the perfect job, waifu or otherwise. It pretty much cannot be beaten except by Olympic athlete or astronaut, and even then, for waifu purposes, it probably still beats both of them. She doesnt even have the disadvantage of traveling around a lot and not seeing you. Not only is doctor a wealthy, respectable job, but youre also set if you get sick or something. I know that in the context of P5, Taes a back alley doctor whose life was ruined when she was framed for using untested medicine on some kid, and that she works weird hours, but since you obviously know that shes secretly goodhearted and just seems like a weirdo, and that shes not actually responsible, its fine.

Not sure I agree with her scientific testing methods, though. Im pretty sure you have to test your experimental new medicine on several volunteer test subjects and publish it for other scientists to cross-examine instead of just drugging up the same teenage boy half a dozen times, but Ill allow it. Im just saying, though, I have to believe that a teenage boy whos been affected by magic metaphysical dimensions has to be the worst test subject ever, you would not be able to trust any of your data. Its like testing your medicine on the Elephant Man; the results will only be reliable if youre planning to exclusively treat people with Proteus Syndrome. I dont even know why I know what disease the Elephant Man had.

The second advantage is that Taes a goth waifu. I do like my goth waifus. For such a popular archetype, this list only has like four? And the idea of a goth doctor! What a strange combination, I cant think of anything like it. Normally, goths are associated with like magic and occultism, not out-and-out science? Im not complaining, though. Im imagining Tae as just a normal doctor with like brown hair or something, who doesnt wear high heel sandals, and she would not be particularly high in the looks department. The style really raises her above where she should probably be, is what Im saying. Like, when you go into her store to buy the only item in the game that matters (+SP per turn accessories), and for no good reason, theres a silhouette of her lounging with her high heels up against your TVs side, its so good.

Persona 5 is really good with that sort of style and presentation, and Tae really benefits from it. Thats another advantage she has over the P3 and P4 waifus; their games style is much less distinct. And I really appreciate her dark sense of humor. Thats not terribly uncommon among doctors, and I, too, like cynical jackass humor. I see this relationship working out extremely well.

Look, with Tae, it comes down to this: do you like dark, cynical waifus? Do you like goth and punk aesthetics? Do you like waifus with extremely tall high heels? Do you like waifus whose heads are too big for their bodies because the art style is kind of inconsistent? If the answer to all of these questions is yes, then Taes the waifu for you. Because Taes great. A relationship with her is likely to be kind of weird, but not in a bad way, so it all works out.

I docked her points for liking punk music, though. I cannot believe how many times punk music has come up in this list twice. Punk music is awful, and youre awful for liking it.


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I'm glad I played the series last year if only so I can keep up with the memes.

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ctesjbuvf posted...

Ending was Kazuya killing Heihachi once and for all, as the devil gene made him survive things Heihachi couldn't. Kazuya's mother was also in the game, though I can't remember her exact story point, perhaps it was just flashbacks and explanations. They can of course continue if they want, it's not like the story is that great, but they promoted the game as the conclusion to the Mishima story line and I don't think they've done that previously.

Neat, thanks.

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ctesjbuvf posted...

I thought of Tekken, where the Mishima story arc began in 1994 and ended in 2017 with the seventh game.

What's the ending?

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How does the series connect with SMT? I know nothing about SMT except that it's in the post-apocalypse and it somehow also takes place in the same universe as Persona despite the latter not being in the post-apocalypse?


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azuarc posted...

Board game?

The V3 bonus mode is now its own full game.

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Its both standalone and part of the pack.

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Both Komaru and the UDG version of Jack.

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I really enjoy how the official artwork for the new Danganronpa release prominently features Hifumi for no conceviable reason.

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People always say Nintendo wins, every year.

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