please give us the roommate au lore
The Roommates au takes place 2-3 years after P5R! So everyone is in college except for Futaba and Sumire, who are high school seniors.
This is in no way a serious au, it's just all fun, goofy, and unhinged stuff.
I'll break it down based on the room assignments
The Yongen Jaya Residents | Akiren, Akechi, Morgana
They live in a 2-bedroom apartment near Leblanc!
Akiren moves back to Tokyo for college. I'm not sure what he's studying... I'm open for input on that. He decided to live off-campus so he could bring Mona with him. Don't judge him, he has a lot of 7 am classes he needs his alarm.
Akechi went MIA, under the radar, etc after the events of P5R and is now back under a fake name! Let's pretend it's all Pubsec's doing. He still works as a detective, he just gave up the whole "detective prince" thing. He's also in college, but not in the same university as Akiren. He goes by the alias Robbie H.
Shibuya The Ueno Park Pals | Haru, Makoto, Yusuke, Matthew
I wrote Shibuya in the chart but retconned it to Ueno after some research
They live in a big apartment near Yusuke's campus! Either it's Haru's late father's property, or Haru handles most of the rent.
Haru! She's still the same as ever! Working for the company, getting her degree, whilst opening her cafe! Our girl is hustling!
Makoto... Due to my disdain towards the police, I'll say that she quit the police academy and transferred to a university. The dark recesses of my brain are telling me she's studying PolSci or law
Yusuke is still Yusuke. He just goes to art school now.
They became roommates when Haru went to Yusuke's dorm to pick up a painting she commissioned for the cafe and ended up dragging him back to the apartment like a stray kitten.
Haru unintentionally started a business selling Yusuke's old paintings he hates. To make room for more canvases he'd give them to Haru to use as firewood but Haru simply couldn't destroy them.
No one knows where Matthew came from. The working theory is that lobsters live in the sewers in rich neighborhoods.
Makoto is the mom! She keeps everyone in check and makes sure everyone does their chores.
Author's note: They eat up my brain the most bc their living situation is closest to mine! I'm an art student & my roommate is a painter. I like to joke that we're both Yusuke.
Ann mentioned wanting to go abroad at the end of P5R, I only placed her in France because Model + That's where my friend is studying! I don't know what she's studying though.
A few things that came to mind for me are: Business, Psychology, Liberal arts, and Fashion
She lives in an apartment with a photography student named Erica
I like to think she sends the PT's the weirdest most unhinged photos of Paris. Like the fat rats in front of the Eiffel tower or sculptures at the louvre purposely taken in the wrong angles to tease Yusuke.
I don't actually know where he is, I just said Nagoya because that's where my friend studies.
I don't know if he's going to college if he's taking a gap year, or something else. I like to think he's in college & joined his university's track team. I don't know what he's studying though.
I like to think he's started getting back into running!
Goes back home a lot to visit his mom! Would crash at Akiren's place to hang out when he does. He always comes without Akechi knowing and Akechi hates it
If you know Omori, I like to think Ryuji's like the Kel of the group. He somehow keeps everyone in touch!
The Shujin Seniors | Futaba, Sumire
Sumire approached Futaba at first to get help with her studies (balancing gymnastics and high school isn't easy) and they quickly became close!
They hang out a lot outside of school. It's like, they somehow complement each other so they end up having fun trying new things together?
Futaba teaches Sumire Gen-Z lingo.
They hang out at Akiren and Akechi's apartment sometimes to slack off from studying.
The only serious/angsty thing in this au that I can think about is Akiren's relationship with Akechi. Akechi just pops back into his life so Akiren would have some... Thoughts.
If this were a spin-off slice-of-life/sitcom anime I'd like to imagine Akiren and Akechi having a deep conversation about life on the balcony, both overcome with their strong feelings from one another, anger? Yearning? Who knows. And then it cuts to Haru, Yusuke, and Makoto, trying and failing miserably at catching a rodent that broke into their apartment. Some wacky, Community-Esque hijinks ensue.
So yeah that's the roommates au, sorry for making it long,,