Persona 4 Fan Fiction
1 More Chance!
In early 2009, the videogame “Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4”, by game developer Atlus, stole over 100 hours of my life. It also stole a little piece of my heart.
The game follows mostly-silent protagonist Seta Souji/Narukami Yu, but I identified with high-kicking girl sidekick Satonaka Chie. Chie was a tomboy. She trained hard. She fought monsters to protect her friends. She ate steak like a wolverine. And she bullied the boy she liked because she wasn’t confident enough to just be herself around him, and let herself be open to her tenderer emotions. At least, that was the way I played it.
From 2009 until 2012 or so, the characters of P4 took over my imagination, prompting me to write the massive serial “1 More Chance!”. This story is the centerpiece of my version of events that take place about 5 years after the end of the game (2017-2018). It focuses on Chie and her relationships with her friends and family, but everyone has a role and a subplot, if you look hard enough.
1 More Chance! Warnings
1 More Chance! is out-of-control long – it’s over 1000 pages. I could get that to a more reasonable number with some editing (which the story certainly could use)…but I wrote it as a kind of prose-manga, designed to be consumed in pieces over a long period of time. The characters are also quite sexual. I debated going back and softening some of those scenes, but as with all of my older stories, I decided that it is what it is and who was I to pass judgment on my younger, more indulgent self?
Other P4 stories
1 More Chance! occupies center stage in my P4 universe, but it is not alone. I wrote a few stories focused on some of the other characters. A few hits, a few misses, and a lot in-between. Use the links to check them out while I work on getting 1 More Chance! ready for reading again.
1 More Chance!
Links to each of the Arcs – there’s 4 of them – or possibly each of the chapters will go here. Let me know in the comments how you’d like to see them! This archive is for you, after all.
Other P4 stories
Each link will take you to a standalone post for these stories.
1000 Words : The kanji for her name means 1000 Words, but for Yousuke, even that’s not enough to fully describe Satonaka.
Firebrand : It doesn’t much matter, in the end. End of term, 2012, and Yukiko and Souji on the rooftop of Yasogami High.
I Can’t : They say it so many times, they can almost believe it. Kanji and Rise.
The Unhidden Truth : Rise is a liar. Naoto knows this.
Run : Ai never ran anywhere, until it was too late.
The Hit
Back when I was writing fan stories, I was very concerned about hit statistics. I would check my hit meters every day, and, if I didn't match my numbers from the day prior, I'd get a little depressed, or I'd worry about why I was "losing readers." Was I not making...
100-Word Challenge: Neither Hell nor High Water
It's Week 50 for the 100-Word Challenge for Grown-Ups! I've only been participating for twenty weeks (you can read my entry for Week 31 here), but I feel like I've really learned a lot - and grown as a storyteller - in even that short amount of time, so I'm so...
Forced Perspective
In photography and cinematography, forced perspective is a technique that uses optical illusion to make an object look closer/larger or farther away/smaller than it actually is. But this post is not about that sort of forced perspective. I like to tell stories from a...
Happiness and Sorrow
I freely admit it: I like the happy. Many stories dwell on the conflicts that arise from anger, misery, and hate. Those can be very powerful stories, as they resonate with men and women who have felt those same emotions in their own lives. I enjoy those stories, too,...
100-Word Challenge: Sad to Belong
Week 49's 100-Word Challenge for Grown-Ups is another text prompt: ….Murray was just about to serve for the Championship when… As Julia says, you have 100 words plus those in the prompt making 110 altogether. The prompt must be in the piece and not split. Okay, then!...
Fade to Black (The Sex Scene)
Warning: I've tried to keep it clean, but discussion of mature themes to follow. “It's been a while, hasn't it?” Venus guessed. “Since you two have...been together?” Ross paused, hand hovering over the electric kettle. “A bit,” he admitted. She offered him a slow nod,...
Backup! Backup!
I recently had a reader get in touch with me, about one of my older stories. This person told me the site was removing some stories, and I should back mine up to another source, if I hadn't done so already. I know the intent was conscientious and concerned...but I was...
100-Word Story: The New Girl
“The New Girl” She looked so much like Sally: bright, sparkling eyes; cute, upturned nose; precious pink lips; and dimples, just the barest hint of them, like Sally had when she smiled. Larry fell in love with her instantly. “You're beautiful,” he whispered, stroking...
100-Word Challenge: Blame the Hound
I had quite a bit of fun with last week's picture prompt; my head certainly went in a new direction from where I'd been before! But the 100-Word Challenge for Grown-Ups this week (week 48) is a phrase prompt: … I blamed it on the dog… Julia says: "Your pieces should...
Whom do you love the most? [Fearless: Chapter 17, Excerpt; DRAFT]
Here's an example of a longish excerpt that I could probably remove...except I like too much what it says about the crew, and it gives a neat little point for Amber at the end: Venus gave Emma a bounce in her lap and bent her chin to the girl's shoulder. “Emma. Who's...