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yayy i'd be happy to! :) none of htis is set in stone (and there's a good chance i forgot about something) but i've been struggling to write this for like two days so i'm just gonna post it already

she's besties with yosuke, just like the male protag is. but when yosuke steps a little over the line (you know how he gets upon kanji's arrival), she's not afraid to hit him with the bisexual woman stare and let him know that she thinks it's cringe. and her judgement is like a critical hit, a real "my girl [platonic][unless?] is mad at me i hope i die" prompted introspection lol. they listen to numetal together

masami feels a comradery with yukiko over defying familial expectations. she thinks yukiko's laughing fits are cute, and is happy to indulge in her sense of humor. masami's trying to do something about the cooking situation in this friendgroup (though masami's solidly mediocre at it), but that might be a hopeless endeavor

honestly i haven't decided what i wanna do w/chie in the alternate version of the game that exists in my mind palace yet, so i've got nothing serious... i think masami and chie get along well (though she can find her energy a little tiring). you think they'd enjoy sparring? they probably watch movies together.

kanji she respects on a fellow delinquent strength level at first, and then she respects him as fellow gay person and for resolving to embrace his gender nonconformity. and he respects how she's unabashedly herself. masami clothing+accessories involve a lot of diy, so when they hang out they like to sit and craft in comfortable silence.

i'm keeping rise having a crush on the protag, idgaf. and i think masami kinda doesn't know what to do with it haha. like she knows she's bisexual and has a little experience, but she's never really had a girl have like an actual crush on her (much less one as forward as rise). and honestly idk if either even know how genuine it is, if rise's doing some class S joking around or not. it's a bit awkward.

she likes naoto the least of the group lmao. like especially at first, she thinks he's stuck up. she respects the trans thing but thinks pretending to be smarter than you are is kinda loser behavior haha (this might make more sense w/this post explaining naoto's whole deal in my canon). things even out eventually.

now adachi… i think their social link is less… genuine? in comparison to the male protag's. in no small part due to adachi's misogyny, but also that while souji is like reaching out of some genuine care, for masami, her relationship with adachi is more of an unhealthy indulgence in her tendency towards cynicism/apathy. (accomplice ending being the worst case endpoint of this. i actually have a little wip zine about it, but who knows when i'll get around to finishing that)

idk about teddie. i'll work on it.

oh yeah, this is actually a great opportunity to say that im giving masami a new surname! it's persona tradition that every protag gets something completely different (even the same character in different adaptations) so i figured it was about time to stop riding narukami's coattails (i tend to imagine masami more as counterpoint to seta souji from the manga anyways, so it was kinda misplaced from the start lol)

so let's love ikeda 活田 masami 正見