#fool!yosuke

Saki still dies at the same time but none of them can go into the TV yet, but do know about the midnight channel. But that still doesn't comfort Yosuke so like one night he's off wandering Inaba hoping to get clues or at least clear his mind

This is when he meets Izanami, and they talk a bit bc he's unmoored and Izanami mentions how Narukami is special, but not this time and that Yosuke should help out around the gas station to show Junes solidarity or whatever and Yosuke is like "what tf are u saying" but still shakes hands and have the headache thing

But now he can feel his shadow calling out to him, he swears he sees his eyes flash yellow in his reflection sometimes, and get home closer to midnight, and when he's about to go to sleep the midnight channel turns on and shows a vague outline of him in thick fog and he hear a very distorted voice asking "Is this your truth? Is this your honest self?"

And he’s like "wtf was that ig I will let the others know in the morning" and falls asleep and have a dream where he’s by a road in thick fog and he decides to start walking and bumps into this girl also by the road and she have no memories or name but want to find the truth (of herself) and questions what is he afraid of, when he is not alone unlike her and a limousine pulls up but he wakes up before the doors open

And he’s like "wow what a weird dream, anways" and took the gang to Junes after talking about the midnight channel (which btw they did not see what Yosuke saw) and Narukami joked that if they had a better tv maybe they get better connection n Chie needed to get a new tv anways

So thry are checking out tv and Yosuke goes to ligntly knock on the screen bc line maybe Narukami questions how a think screen like those are stable and so his fist goes through and it shocks them ALL

And that's how they enter the tv world

Cues them wandering around but Yosuke is weirdly paranoid (compared to the others) bc he SWEARS someone is watching him from the shadows but the others don't feel it and then they meet teddie and fucjing normal p4g shit here

But Yosuke still can't shake off the stare, the pressure in his chest, an energy that is begging to be let free but he doesn't know what it is and Narukami asks if he is okay and if he wanted to show him any good food spots and usually Yosuke's go to is to say no or brush it off and isolate but he remembers what the gas station attendee said and his dreams and the midnight channel and decides to be honest and go show him Aiya's or smthing

To which (after eating) Narukami brings up searching the TV more for clues and Yosuke agrees bc 1. Def weird fucjijg shit happening and 2. It's clearly connected to the murders so fuck yeah let's do that

So into the TV world and its shopping district and they got jump by shadows and instead of Narukami summoning his persona they just beat em to death using their weapons (Yosuke being more violent bc there is this tension in him and his skin is buzzing and he wants to summon something forth but his mouth can’t form the words) and enter and see what Saki's repress feelings were

And surprise! Kagemura and it taunts and laugh at Yosuke and say the thing from last time and Yosuke wants to so bad to deny deny deny but it... It’s really him, no? And it's like that girl in her dreams said, and like Narukami has his hand on his shoulders and saying it's okay and Teddie is saying that is him and just

He looks at his shadow and admits he is afraid and shallow and a coward, but he wants to change- no, he has to change. For himself, for Saki, for Narukami and the nameless girl and to catch the killer. And Kagemura is shocked but also really happy to be accepted without getting his shit kicked in and starts to transform into Jiraiya

okay small aside but I hc that Yu Narukami got his persona directly from Izanami, she was holding the best memories she has of Izanagi and put it in him to let him fully turn that into a proper persona

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOSUKE GETS THIS CRAZY HEADACHE AS A DIFF BUT V SIMILIAR VOICE ECHOES OUT IF HE IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH, TO OPEN THE DOOR AND SHINE A LIGHT THROUGH THE FOG

and he down on his knees and Jiraiya's card is flickering and he reach inside himself and admits he's scared, but people are relying on him, no? He has to try. Let Him Try

Jaraiya forms and then Yosuke hears the voices™ and accepts and Izanagi (which looks diff, like Izanagi picario Yosuke addition) burst out of his body and goes towards Jaraiya, and they circle each other (dance?) And say "Thou art I... I art thou, we shall guide you towards the truth and change the winds of fate" before becoming cards and joining back with yosuke

After resting they go back and Narukami is saying that while he doesn't have a persona like him and just move he still wants to help amd Yosuke is ecstatic to have someone to help him out and to not scare Narukami off via his shadow and agrees and then he gets flashbanged and hear the "Thou art I... I art thou" and gets rank 1 fortune and he just. Have to pretend nothing happens bc Narukami didn't even fucking flimch and wtf is going on

Then he goes to bed and Igor pulls up and be like “sign this contact” and Yosuke is like “sure fuck it we ball”