The deadline would be unique: instead of it being your life on the line, it's his. He has become so obsessed with his art, he's neglected everything else but breathing. When the others meet him in the events that lead to this Palace infiltration, he's gaunt, unkempt, and fatigued, but he refuses to stop. The Palace location would be the Ueno museum, and its distortion is a classic Japanese temple, with him as a High Priest.
@@MothDaxI love this as well. I love this. It takes his “Starving Artist” gag to new heights. This would’ve added even more depth to his character in my opinion because it fits perfectly if they heighten Yusuke’s desires to a peak.
I feel like what makes the most sense as a harmful distortion of reality in Yusuke's Palace would be the exact opposite of Madarame's problem: whereas Madarame uses art only as a ticket to material riches, Yusuke would absolutely despise material things (like he does in his Social Link, refusing a sponsorship because it'd be too career-driven) and consider only pure, unspoiled Art for the sake of Art as divine. True Art is God, average people are worthless idiots and beneath Yusuke for not seeing this truth, and Yusuke himself is the prophet of this "Religion of Art". He gives up earthly things like food or money but considers himself so far above all others that that doesn't matter. Art is eternal, and Yusuke's fame will live forever. The Palace would be his own studio, become Yusuke's Buddhist Temple of Beauty, perched on a mountaintop with Yusuke being the pope/high priest/guru. He looks very thin and empoverished but "spiritually much richer than all of you fools". His Shadow could even float above the ground to indicate how "enlightened" he is. Shadows appear as monks.
shadow yusuke: this world doesn't need any art except mines, mines is true art, it's not made for fame, fortune, or glory it's made from my heart. every one else's art is tainted cause of greed, so I say all the art must be destroyed and replaced with mines, yes that sounds selfish but it's for the greater good for Japan, so joker you want to stop me? well I'll promise you I'll personally take you to the promised land after your death, the rest of you, your all to dirty to be in the promised land the rest of you can rot in this world with the others
one of his attacks is that he releases lobsters and you get damaged if you attack the lobsters if you don't, the lobsters just waggle their tails, while Shadow Yusuke comments on their beauty awesome music as always, great job!!
It would be interesting if yaldabaoth some how sent the phantom thieves to alternate universes where they have to explore their own palaces and fight their own shadow versions
It'd be really cool if ATLUS were to release some sort of DLC etc where we get to explore the main casts palaces. It would help flesh out and develop their characters more (something they don't really get much of compared to P4 for obvious reasons) and would just be interesting to see them as "villains", especially Joker. It's never gonna happen, but would be really interesting to see!
I agree. I would love to explore the various worlds of not just the main cast,but the side characters as well just to see what it's like,what kind of shadows lurk there and their quote before confrontation.
persona users cant have palaces, at one point morgana confirms it in the game but it would be cool though. some people on reddit (I don't know their user names but if I did I would credit them for figuring it out) theorized that persona users cant have palaces because shadows are what people wish to keep hidden, persona users accepted who they are so they arnt hiding anything, sorry if I get some things of this wrong I don't really remember much about the post.
Entering the Metaverse, Ren found himself surprised at the dim lighting. Ann, Ryuji and Morgana glanced around in confusion and wondered if something was odd before lanterns began to glow a soft blue hue. The Phantom Thieves stared in awe as a pathway beyond a set of Torii gates before them. Not far from their feet, they could see people dressed in yukata and occasionally they see some people -- primarily men -- walking kamishimo garbs. At this point, the leader hears Ryuji swallow nervously. "Dude...those are samurai clothing. Are those *swords* on their belts?!" He exclaimed while trying to keep his voice down. Unfortunately, a pair of women and men overheard him and began coming their way. Ren immediately told everyone to stay wary but not to get ready for a fight yet. Yusuke didn't see them as a threat yet. When the ladies arrived, he noticed they were carrying yukatas that were neatly folded. "Welcome, newcomers. Kitagawa-sensei asked us to give you these garbs." The woman on the left stated kindly. Morgana glanced up in surprise at how kind she was being. Upon further inspection, he brought it up. "They look more human than cognition. But I know that's all they are. But they could attack us if we don't go along with this. Be on your guard everyone." His whisper was heard by all and each member nodded; not taking their eyes off the people in front of them. The woman, who was becoming insistent, practically forced the yukata in her hand into Ren's hands. The other woman passed out the rest to Ryuji, Ann and even a smaller one for Morgana himself; which was considerably thoughtful. Now the men behind the pair were most likely samurai and definitely gave off the aura a Shadow gave off. They even wore animal masks over their faces to prove just how inhuman they were. One stayed in the front of the group while another moved to the back. "You will follow us, understand? Master Kitagawa summons your presence. If you do not follow us, we will not hesitate to strike you down." The samurai's words were blunt and to the point. There was no sugarcoating this. If they showed they were a threat, they would be attacked. And all of them wanted to get through to Yusuke as quickly as possible. Especially before he fell into too deep a pit. "Are we really doing this, Joker?" Ann whispered; following Ren as they were led by the samurai to what seemed to be a building designed for changing into the Yukata. At least there was something for that. Glancing over his shoulder, he gave a reassuring nod to Ann. "It'll be fine, Panther. We'll get through this." "I hope so..." [This was just a little idea I had about Yusuke's Palace and stuff.]
As ren followed them to the changing station he noticed all the art works out of place for such a place like this and then after he has changed he sees more samurai who want to guide him to yusuke himself for evaluation and when they get there they see him shadow yusuke “No, these won’t do at a- well well who do we have here? It seems like my model has come here by choice... Well then shall we start immediately?” Yusuke starts to grab at and tries to drag Ann to the chair where she would be drawn nude. “Ugh? No get away creep!” Then Ann pushes him away as the clothes they wear turn into their phantom thieves clothing. “Is that it HUH! It seems you have no intention on playing nice”. He gives the guards the ok to deal with the thieves at once. The first enemy appears and the thieves deal with him fairly easily but then yusuke gains a sadistic angry expression and splashes his paint everywhere soon he has more guards come so the thieves dip and they try to find a blind spot they can take a break in when they see it, Madarame in a cell and the thieves run over to him. “Hey what are you doing here hurry up and leave there are guard here.” The thieves proceed to pick the lock hiding Madarame “Huh? Why did you save me? Hurry I know where is safe. The thieves run with him as they question why the good guy act but Morgana acknowledges the fact it’s a cognition how yusuke views Madarame after the change of heart. Madarame is then killed by a guard and to not be known of their location they take it out too. After that fiasco they see a huge tower built entirely by stone with names on them as Ren Ryuji and Ann are named there amount thousands of names most likely stepping stones to the great tower of yusuke and Ryuji starts to get pissed with lines like “For real?!?” And “this is ef’ed up” that’s it that’s the most I’ve thought up
@@wendykasa he 1st became distorted when Ann tricked him into thinking she’d strip but in reality just dragged him to an alternate dimension where his sensei is a vain shogun who runs a museum
I tend to give these songs nicknames, since just referring to them as "X's theme" seems dull if you can think of a name, so.. This one I imagine being called Beauty And Vice (after Goemon's awakening quote) I kind of imagine his palace beng a twisted Japanese style castle, and the final show down with Shadow Yusuke, who I assume would represent a distortion of Pride, or possibly Vanity, would be a battle on the roof, like in those old ninja/samurai movies, but the sky is instead a psychodelic version of Starry Night
2bros gaming It would be awesome if in that battle the characters faced the boss from a side-on 2-d perspective on the peak of the roof, to emphesize the crazy sky and to make it even more like those old movies.
Yusuke's sin would probably be gluttony, considering how he talks a lot about food. The protagonist would be pride, Morgana would be greed, Ryuji would be wrath, Ann would be lust, Makoto would be envy, Futaba would be hollowness, Haru would be sloth and Akechi would be vanity.
I feel like Yusuke’s palace could be like Transylvania. His icon reminds me of a vampire and since Yusuke appreciates the fine arts his castle would be extremely detailed and maybe have a mix of Gothic/Japanese. I could also see his palace having coffins dedicated to the pupils before him that had their talents sucked away by Madarame, but that’s just my take on it. Overall, you did a fantastic job on Yusuke’s theme! Kudos to you!
Wouldn't Akira/Ren's palace be the Velvet room? The velvet room is what the heart looks like to the user. As all others with a distorted desire to palaces
Evyn Waltmire I think so too that’s what I thought at first. I think it can have jazzy, classy, and but sense his heart looks like the velvet room it could also have a prison feel time to time slowly braking free.
"Don't act so surprised, Joker. Do you remember what I told Madarame...? 'In order to ascertain the truth, one must be dispassionately realistic.'" "You call this the TRUTH?!" "This is MY truth, Joker. The only one that matters. And in this distorted world we all live in... I'd say that it's quite realistic."
I feel like Yusuke's palace would probably emerge during the time when he's trying to find the true meaning of art. The song itself gives off the feeling of idealism while stuck in a realistic mindset. As for the palace, it would be similar to the painting hopping in Maderame's palace though it's more going through the past,to a time where he was blissfully ignorant when he painted. He still holds some sentimental feelings for him despite what's he's done.
TT_TT its actually nearly impossible without money and coding skills, and they simply can't just work with a game developer or someone who's experienced. Trust me, I tried.
Ah so pretty! I really love to music, gives of an eerie vibe. Anyway, I kinda feel like his palace would like some sort of dream/nightmare world. Yusuke, in my opinion isn’t the type to be evil, I kinda imagine his palace to be like Fatuba’s if you get what I’m saying. Okay, after Yusuke learns about Madrame’s true personality he takes it pretty badly. He would want to improve his art and make his own without the help of others. He would want to improve himself so much to the point that it becomes unhealthy. Not eating enough, not drinking enough, not getting enough sleep and ignoring everyone and everything, basically not taking care of himself just to improve his artwork. Eventually this would just get worse and make him to start feel worthless and that his art isn’t good enough and eventually forms a palace (and may I say, as an artist myself, artists tend to be very self-critical with their own work, and Yusuke didn’t really take it well when he was criticized by a professional.) So I imagine his palace like a dream world, because artists when the draw tend to have a perfect vision of the drawing in their heads, kinda like a dream job, but a drawing. Basically his palace would be outside, a dark eerie forest perhaps, to represent his feelings of hopelessness with his art. A bunch of completed framed paintings everywhere, in other words the picture of a drawing that Yusuke has in his head. However those drawings are impossible to reach, being block by a bunch of discarded canvases of failed drawings, and the number of discarded half-finished drawings increasing the closer you get to the treasure. His treasure would definitely be the true Sayuri, I know it was Madrame’s treasure but come on, come on! It’s to fitting for it not to be his treasure, he always wanted to make art like the Sayuri.
Here goes nothing I'd say his palace is an odd one (no surprise there) But I'd say it's somewhere between the two types of palace we know from the game, the ones that just cry for help (futaba) and the ones that are aggressive towards persona users (all of the others😅) As to get a palace he'd get one from finding out everything Madarame did, as obviously that would screw with someone mentally and we see in haru's father's palace he always remembered that and was still kinda hurt by it. I say a mix rather than a call for help as we see he's hostile towards the other's when they first try to help him in the game, threatening to call the police! So it'd be a palace built from bad emotions but it would be dangerous unlike futaba's. I'd say it's be a traditional Japanese temple, with all the yokais from paintings coming to life as monsters, with the themes of the sins in the ones that are there. There would be shrines for the dead, ie the other students, but they'd be destroyed beyond repair. There would be hidden torturous depths with the faceless shadows being empty of inspiration....being tortured for it, it's not clear what this is about, whether his own internal struggle for inspiration or trying to show what Madarame did. The guys would first be treated nicely by the shadow, (dressed as an oiran) but when they fail to bring inspiration or do what the other's have in the depths it becomes like the average palaces. The treasure would be the police report filing madarame's arrest.
Maybe you don't even need to fight Yusuke's Shadow, or maybe you must under the command of another, having the Sahdow Yusuke taking the form of a Corrupted Goemon lookalike, forced to fight against his friends under the command of the escaped convict and true threat of the palace, Cognitive Madarame. C-Madarame pulling the strings, still leading poor Yusuke on and using him like a puppet. The reason he sees the thieves as a threat, is less because of them as people, and more out of fear that the only other people in his life beyond Madarame will start using and abusing him too. Poor boy is lashing out due to fear of others, and a loss of trust in people. The Phantom Thieves unearthed the truth, and saved him from his abuser, now he's just paranoid that they'll use him too.
To the artist of virtue and vice Your artistic vision and creativity is unmatched through japan. Such drive that come from your mother who you have become in haert and soul. Her death and plagarism by you mentor hands has caused you to see the world nihilistic, a true pity. Tommorow we shall paint over the hole that covers your heart by stealing it Love, the phantom thieves of heart
Kind of like with Hifumi, it seemed appropriate to have some more traditional elements mixed in there. I'm happy it wasn't just me who saw the connection :)
Idea for Yusuke's distortion. In his social link, Yusuke runs into trouble in his pursuit of beauty when he misunderstands the nature of the heart due to his past. He sees it as a pool where all the suffering, love, agony, hate, and desire collects to create an image of bleakness and emptiness. Your role in the link is to help understand the heart and help him find hope. His distortion could be how he percieves the heart as a bleak emptiness, where no light shall enter and nothing will ever escape. His paintings would be plastered all over the walls of say... a studio, they would depict agonizing depictions of suffering and agony, and hollow depictions of love and sincerity. He would be a universally praised artist for his "accurate" depiction of the heart, and people would hate him for "knowing" the truth. His palace would be large and give off a bleak, sinister vibe, and the soldiers would be his depressing thoughts given form, making them mostly gloomy and or irritable. His shadow be depressed, but proud, doubtful, but arrogant. He would cry for his fans and scoff at his non-believers. His treasure would be a portrait of madarame or in actuality, the false Sayuri they he and Ann found in the closet. In the end, you beat him and tell the heart is also driven by hope and the light that comes from it.
I'll be honest, I wasn't sure about your remixes, they just weren't appealing to me. But after hearing this one, wow it has opened my eyes because they're amazing. I cannot wait for a Makoto one, I hope its as amazing as the others. Keep up the great work!
That isn't too far fetched musically in this case since both of them employ a Japanese mode called "in", as well as traditional Japanese instruments. Thank you for listening :)
No problem, I always love to hear the ideas you have. I am kinda working on a Persona 5 esque RPG Maker game with own Persona Ocs right now, so these works inspire always a bit.^^
How I imagine his cognitions of some of the Phantom thieves would be: Ann: She would stand on a pedestal in the middle of a room, standing as still as a statute in an artistic pose. She would be draped in fabric like one of those Greek goddess statues. Every now and then when you re-enter the room, she will be in a different pose Ryuji: He would look like a warrior from a classic painting. He will be one of the only cognitions that will fight you. Makoto: She would be like an old painting of a samurai. She is the only cognition other than Ryuji to attack you. Futaba: In Yusuke's eyes, she'd probably just be a troll or goblin from an old fairytale painting. She won't attack you, but she will make your life more difficult by blocking of some areas and other things. Haru: She would look like a Victorian era queen, standing behind a glass wall posing similarly to Ann. I don't really have very many ideas for her.
@@thecursedpotato6561 I kinda think that Haru would be hidden,since her nature and Yousuke would define her "An hidden work of hart" or something like that.
honestly I am very speechless right now. But damn Ode this one is good! There is this somewhat threatening but artistic flair to this music. exactly what Yusuke is. Okay now down to the Palace… what could it be? Yusuke has often expressed that he still cares about madarame a great deal and despite his actions he still kind of looks up to him. I believe a palace that Yusuke has would somehow be connected to that. Yusukes palace would probably have a shrine at its center. Around the shrine would be a fortress surrounded by a beautiful fortress and an astounding scenery. the bright full moon casts an eerie but mesmerizing twilight upon the world. the perfect surrounding for someone who values art and beauty like Yusuke. the fortress would be partially a Japanese fort but partly a museum as well. in this museum Yusuke is the ruler and the greatest artist in the world. it is somewhat poetic. His palace has great resemblance to Madarames. even the paintings of… the Phantom Thiefs. Yes. Yusuke is in his heart afraid of being left alone without anyone in this world, which partly explains why he is still so attached to Madarame. So… he tries to control everything with his art. that beautiful scenery? That eerie twilight fro the full moon? all is painted by HIM! His paintings and his colors can shape the very fabric of existence in this world. Like how Art is the one tghing Yusuke can always control. In the shrine at the middle of the fortress would Yusuke himself be. The shrine itself was once for Madarame but is now destroyed and Yusuke rests here and paints all day long. Once you defeat him his treasure could be his own mother, someone he as well painted into the world. Once you take his mother she will turn into the Sayori… but the one Madarame created and not the real version with him as a baby on it.
I'm so happy with these fan themes for the Phantom thieves 💕💕💕 they all fit so well, it's really cool! Also I like this one a lot, specially because of the calm, refined and mysterious vibe it has! I would feel lost in this palace, probably would have lots of puzzles haha. Keep up the good work!
In the story of Goemon, he and his son were executed via boiled in hot water. Perhaps one of Yusuke’s stronger attacks is making it rain scalding hot water on the Thieves, causing burn.
Hey if anybody were going to write a story of all the main characters and confidants having palaces how would you guys write it? because I have my own ideas like Futaba after two years getting send back to a week before Akira/Ren arrive and finding the world different then last time before the velvet room with the real Igor arriving along with Lavenza ready to help Futaba who have the fool card for some unknown reason. Then Futaba finds out that they are in a new game and the reason why she isn't having a palace is because she already accepted her shadow in her palace before. now her goal is to restore her friends back along with their allies back to their true selves as they figure out who place them into this new game. but what do you think and how would you start a story with the main characters and confidants having palaces? Oh ya forget good theme.
Well, i think we need to figure out their sins first. Ryuji loses his shit very easily, so he should be wrath. And i always imanged Akiras sin to be pride. He can be very arrogant and cocky inside the metaverse and he puts himself above the others and the criminals as leader of the Phantom Thieves. Any ideas about the rest?
I don't know I just have ideas for what starts some of their palaces. oh ya they will only remember the first game by their phantom thieves selves who hide from their shadows like Ann would have a shadow that doesn't remember any of that but have a second half like Panther who does but unfortunately can't do anything since she can't leave the palace so she try to send message for help somehow. So until they get restore they will not remember any of it. Like Ann's palace I Imagine would form around guilt along with depression of what happen to Shiho, herself believing that it her fault, believing that if she that she did anything then Shiho wouldn't have jumped or just did what kamoshida wants then Shiho wouldn't had gotten hurt then slowly she become more distorted like trying to force herself to change becoming more vain and manipulating to the point she doesn't recall herself anymore For Makoto's palace maybe she snap inwards from maybe being unable to find the phantom thieves, being called worthless and treated as so. maybe become envy of Akechi who does seem to get respect and never stress of anything. try to make herself useful like the last game but she ends up becoming distorted by trying it. Sorry I don't know about Yusuke, Haru, Morgana or the other confidants yet and sorry for it being long. what do you think so far?
Perhaps with Yusuke's case, he would find himself to be greatly philosophically confused like he was for the majority of his social link. He would remember a few things such as his illustration of desire/desire and hope, Madarame's scandal, etc. but not in their entirety, leaving him to become so tortured and distraught to where he tries to force himself to come to conclusions that he knows deep down aren't true and attempt to pursue them to give a sense of false clarity, which only makes him become cold, distant, and almost a far cry from the passionate man he once was. Distorted by a desperate desire to understand, but is ultimately unable to. Or perhaps, there are some things that he doesn't want to? Maybe both?
Ode Imaginations Ahh, I would love to hear Akira’s Palace Theme... I just don’t know what it would be... I would think it would be a prison (again) because his hometown basically kicked him up in a way...
I LOVE THIS ONE !!! oh my god, you’ve really outdone yourself with the lovely art boy’s theme. i can’t stop listening to this :D this is probably my second favourite besides akechi’s, i clicked on this as soon as it popped up on my recommended :)
I really like this a lot. It's a perfect fit for Yusuke, using classic music from both the East and the West as befitting one who truly respects the concept of art above all else. It also gives off some Catherine vibes as a bonus. Awesome job!
It took a little while for me to notice that this was uploaded, but this was uploaded on my birthday, and with Yusuke being my fave male P5 character, this is highly appreciated thank you so much for doing this it’s beautiful
I feel that if Yusuke had a palace, it would be based on a vampire’s castle filled with destroyed art. Yusuke has neglected everything in the real world and strives to create his greater masterpiece
Feels like Bowser's Kingdom from Odyssey. It would be a huge Japanese style tower with samurai and ninjas guarding it. There would also be lots of paintings to jump into.
This is SPOT ON in my opinion. Easily my favorite of your pieces not only because the composition is my favorite of the sounds, but also because I think you hit the closest to home with an interpretation of what Yusuke's palace music would be (as far as the Phantom Thieves go).
Yusuke reads his calling card:Hmph they think this is not true beauty we will see Shadow Yusuke:People who dont know true beauty like this shall be executed Security level 99%
Within the palace would be a massive portrait of Ann nude. Akira is speechless, Morgana faints, and before Ryuji can even say "Dayum!" Ann summons Carmen and burns it to ashes. A few seconds of awkward silence go by, until Ryuji finally speaks up... "I thought they'd be bigger than tha-" *WHACK* Ann knocks his lights out! She looks at Akira and says "Don't say ANYTHING!" Akira silently gestures a zipping motion across his lips. Morgana and Ryuji eventually wake up and have absolutely no memory of what happened...
Alright, time for another palace idea! Perhaps our revered artist appears to be an emperor of his own kingdom, his minions his source of inspiration and power. There's a lot of ideas behind his corruption, from a manifestation of an art slump, to his resentment of being manipulated for his talents, or maybe something to do with his mom or Madarame, plenty of potential for our starving artist's distortion. The whole emperor's palace being infiltrated fits so well for our phantom thieves or should I say ninjas. Great work as usual Ode, keep it up!
I feel that Yusuke's treasure depends on if it's after or before you beat Madarame. After: The Sayuri, again. it represents his love of art but also reminds him of Madarame. It would appear as the complete version IRL as well. Before: An idol of Madarame, most likely you'd need to change his heart to make him realise Madarame isn't good. IRL it would be his adoption papers signifying his connection and dept to Madarame
After listening to so many of these, Yusuke's is by far my favorite. It fits so well and is just so very nicely done. Amazing work on all of these, but this one top-notch.
This is so haunting and beautiful. Perfect for beautiful art boy. For some reason everytime i listen to this I think of the video game Psychonauts but like....set in ancient japan
Each one of your palace theme concepts have a nice eerie vibe to them and I like to think that is because in theory the rest of the thieves are infiltrating the palace and thusly might feel uncomfortable or unsettled by the concept
I love the use of traditionnal japanese instruments in this one ! This theme has a classy, distinguished vibe while still feeling threatening. Very Yusuke, I love it !
This is straight up my FAVORITE of your interpretations for an original palace theme. Like oh my gosh. I think I want to make my own Yusuke palace theme now 😭💕
Thank you for your amazing work, I'm only disappointed I didn't discover your channel sooner. I love your music, each piece is unique and fits the character really well. I know this is commented a lot but I love your portraits as well! Everything here is beautiful. Instant subscriber from me. Keep doing what you do :)))
I'VE JUST SPEND A HALF AN HOUR JUST LOOPING THE P5 FAN SONGS ON REPEAT, I'M NOT EVEN MAD- My favorite has got to be Yusuke's and Becky's thou. I've always had a thing for clashing genres in music (The classical-rock clash in Becky and the traditional Japanese-orchestral esque theme in Yusuke is just HNGGGGHHHH-)
Now i want a AU where the villains are the phantom thieves and vice versa. Like kamoshida persona hold be the demon he transforms into his boss fight and the clothes could be the clothes that he uses into his palace? I dunno but i think with could be great!
Out of all of the themes you’ve made so far, I can honestly say (with no bias, even though Yusuke is my small artist son) that this is the catchiest and best one imo. I love it so much!! I actually learned part of it on my piano just by ear - using the kato setting because it sounds eerily similar. I’ve gotta say, you managed to get a tune stuck in my head for more than a week. Which is an accomplishment considering that my main music playlist has 600+ songs on it. TL;DR: I love this song and I will praise you music overlord.
The main characters having palaces would be cool and all, but I feel like after a while, it would just seem like persona 4. Because just imagine it - yusuke enters his own palace and is mildly embarrassed by his distortions, then when he gets to the boss fight, Shadow Yusuke will be like "I'm you and you're me." And then it's basically persona 4 from there XD
When yusuke gets a calling card: Regular yusuke: so this was made by the phantom thieves? I don't know why they would want to steal my heart? I haven't done anything wrong. Shadow yusuke:what am I going to do? I don't want to fight them, but... I feel like I must... To finish my masterpiece to show to the whole world and finally get my art noticed and praised! Nobody can stop art! ( The security level raised to 99%) Sorry if this doesn't fit yusuke, this is just a concept.
This may just be me but, as an artist, you can never find inspiration in just one place. You need to see a lot of things, go to a lot of places to see different people and meet them (as difficult as it may be) to get truly inspired and that isn't an easy thing to do. While I don't think Yusuke's place should be this, it's just an idea for an artist palace. I think that the palace should have a variety of locations/themed areas, and each one could be themed around a certain style of art. There would also be sections for the different phases of the process. Ok, each district thing would have a different theme to give variety. Like those Little Italy, and Little Tokyo towns you can find, parks, carnivals, restaurants, etc. etc. There would be three different layers to each district, the discarded pieces, the process, and the product. The product would be the finished masterpiece in the center and the most visually appealing, a little area to walk around in and solve puzzles. Statues representing people, stylized in that area's art style, like painting, sculpting, life-like, Japanese, you get the picture. (Ha) Everything in the palace tries to draw your attention to these via signs and such. The process would be in a ring around the product, including choppy, demolished, half finished pieces of the final product. There's some that are more finished than the ones in the discarded section, and there all at least half intact. There would also be tools, blank canvases, filled paint cans, pencil sharpeners, that sort of thing. Discarded would be the section between districts and have piles upon piles of discarded, demolished pieces. Crumpled papers, stuffed folders, broken statues, empty paint cans etc. It's just a mess of junk. Each district has a puzzle/enemy theme as well, which kind of trains you for the boss fight. The most enemies would be guarding the product districts because the Shadow doesn't want anyone defiling there masterpieces, and the shadows are pleasing to look at cause the Shadow "won't have anything less than perfect" as such, most safe rooms are outside the district (just barely cause game play) and there is little to no enemies in the discarded portions. The treasure would be in the biggest masterpiece district, which is what the Shadow views as their greatest work for whatever reason. Could be it's fame, could be it's just something their proud of, could be there forte, could be all three. The boss fight would have multiple phases themed around those art styles from earlier. During each phase, the Shadow summons different pieces of art to run both support and attacks while they command. Like having multiple parties that have specialties. Their place could be their workshop/house and their treasure would be the piece that inspired were the treasure is located. May be asking for too much here and my Zelda obsession may have leaked in a bit too much but this was fun to think up ^^
The palace formed when Yusuke decided to get into NFT’s
Ha ha! That is the best explanation so far :D
You go into the palace and theres just a hallway with a bunch of Bored ape NFTs hung up along both sides of the hall with gold frames around them
"Yusuke Becomes A Crypto Bro And Invests In Bored Apes"💀💀💀
With what money sir
@@SHFirefly the money he was originally spending on art supplies.
"Let us beat that rubbish mentality into submission!"
Yusuke is pure boi, he deserves all love he can get
I wholeheartedly agree
Essix TheFalcon Best boi must be protected
He protecc
He attacc
Most importantly
He get the smacx
He desrves the love and the funds so he can actually eat well for once 😭
"Let us beat my rubbish mentality into submiss- hol' up"
The deadline would be unique: instead of it being your life on the line, it's his. He has become so obsessed with his art, he's neglected everything else but breathing. When the others meet him in the events that lead to this Palace infiltration, he's gaunt, unkempt, and fatigued, but he refuses to stop. The Palace location would be the Ueno museum, and its distortion is a classic Japanese temple, with him as a High Priest.
Oh I like that idea
*Days until Yusuke dies: 17*
I'd literally do that palace immediately, I cant have my penniless art bro die like that
I don't know why but the line "he's neglected everything else but breathing" had me wheezing (pun unintended).
@@MothDaxI love this as well. I love this. It takes his “Starving Artist” gag to new heights. This would’ve added even more depth to his character in my opinion because it fits perfectly if they heighten Yusuke’s desires to a peak.
imagine if it was a Kofun
I feel like what makes the most sense as a harmful distortion of reality in Yusuke's Palace would be the exact opposite of Madarame's problem: whereas Madarame uses art only as a ticket to material riches, Yusuke would absolutely despise material things (like he does in his Social Link, refusing a sponsorship because it'd be too career-driven) and consider only pure, unspoiled Art for the sake of Art as divine.
True Art is God, average people are worthless idiots and beneath Yusuke for not seeing this truth, and Yusuke himself is the prophet of this "Religion of Art". He gives up earthly things like food or money but considers himself so far above all others that that doesn't matter. Art is eternal, and Yusuke's fame will live forever.
The Palace would be his own studio, become Yusuke's Buddhist Temple of Beauty, perched on a mountaintop with Yusuke being the pope/high priest/guru. He looks very thin and empoverished but "spiritually much richer than all of you fools". His Shadow could even float above the ground to indicate how "enlightened" he is. Shadows appear as monks.
This is a very good idea. It really fits Yusuke's character!
Dang, a palace like that really suits him when you think about it a lot! I really love your ideas!!
shadow yusuke: this world doesn't need any art except mines, mines is true art, it's not made for fame, fortune, or glory it's made from my heart. every one else's art is tainted cause of greed, so I say all the art must be destroyed and replaced with mines, yes that sounds selfish but it's for the greater good for Japan, so joker you want to stop me? well I'll promise you I'll personally take you to the promised land after your death, the rest of you, your all to dirty to be in the promised land the rest of you can rot in this world with the others
Plus it would serve as a very good criticism of Buddhism belief, as well as religious extremism in general, fitting with the key themes of the game.
Captain Question I LOVE this idea. I think it fits Yusuke perfectly. Good job, I can tell that you really thought about it. I respect you, good sir.
Nude Paintings... Nude Paintings everywhere.
Of akira/ren
Random characters are inflicted with the Lust status effect, rendering them useless in battle.
GENIUS!
@@polkarrty and ann
So much censoring
Of Ryuji
one of his attacks is that he releases lobsters and you get damaged if you attack the lobsters
if you don't, the lobsters just waggle their tails, while Shadow Yusuke comments on their beauty
awesome music as always, great job!!
Oh dear lord, that is... beautiful!
And one of them is named "Leonardo Di Pinchi
*Gold Experience*
Actually makes a good fight too since it would prevent Ma skills, given that his fight has multiple targets that need attacking.
Painters Bliss
238-876 dmg (depends on difficulty and lvl)
Almighty
Paints a majestic sword and slices you
Hits one target
Rages them
Yusuke reads his calling card:
*Yusuke:* hmmmmm art art art no money art art lobsters art
*Shadow Yusuke:* strip
*Security level: 99%*
*STRIP*
S T R I P
*_seduces Joker_*
Funny as hell
Nieklak IM CACKLING WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
remember cognitive Ann in Kamoshida's palace?
she made a comeback as Shadow Yusuke's model -among other things-
That would be rather awkward probably for the other Phantom Thieves to confront, I would imagine :D
Ode Imaginations imagine if he was actually there with em he'd have some explaining to do lol
I'm just imagining a big art room with a giant naked Ann XD
"I will put my heart and soul into creating the best nude painting ever!"
"Among other things" nah yusuke is too gay for that
It would be interesting if yaldabaoth some how sent the phantom thieves to alternate universes where they have to explore their own palaces and fight their own shadow versions
Brendan Pokémon Trainer *Persona 4 intensifies*
emotional mess Sorry I haven't played persona 4 yet :')
If they ever make a remake in the future for these games they should create persona 5 Ruby and Persona 3 Sapphire
Persona4 style
@@MrCreeperson1st I think Persona 5 Crimson fits more than Ruby
It'd be really cool if ATLUS were to release some sort of DLC etc where we get to explore the main casts palaces. It would help flesh out and develop their characters more (something they don't really get much of compared to P4 for obvious reasons) and would just be interesting to see them as "villains", especially Joker.
It's never gonna happen, but would be really interesting to see!
I agree. I would love to explore the various worlds of not just the main cast,but the side characters as well just to see what it's like,what kind of shadows lurk there and their quote before confrontation.
That would take ages to complete.
mods
Check out the comments on the other palace themes, they're concepts are amazing
persona users cant have palaces, at one point morgana confirms it in the game but it would be cool though. some people on reddit (I don't know their user names but if I did I would credit them for figuring it out) theorized that persona users cant have palaces because shadows are what people wish to keep hidden, persona users accepted who they are so they arnt hiding anything, sorry if I get some things of this wrong I don't really remember much about the post.
Entering the Metaverse, Ren found himself surprised at the dim lighting. Ann, Ryuji and Morgana glanced around in confusion and wondered if something was odd before lanterns began to glow a soft blue hue. The Phantom Thieves stared in awe as a pathway beyond a set of Torii gates before them. Not far from their feet, they could see people dressed in yukata and occasionally they see some people -- primarily men -- walking kamishimo garbs. At this point, the leader hears Ryuji swallow nervously.
"Dude...those are samurai clothing. Are those *swords* on their belts?!" He exclaimed while trying to keep his voice down. Unfortunately, a pair of women and men overheard him and began coming their way. Ren immediately told everyone to stay wary but not to get ready for a fight yet. Yusuke didn't see them as a threat yet. When the ladies arrived, he noticed they were carrying yukatas that were neatly folded.
"Welcome, newcomers. Kitagawa-sensei asked us to give you these garbs." The woman on the left stated kindly. Morgana glanced up in surprise at how kind she was being. Upon further inspection, he brought it up.
"They look more human than cognition. But I know that's all they are. But they could attack us if we don't go along with this. Be on your guard everyone." His whisper was heard by all and each member nodded; not taking their eyes off the people in front of them. The woman, who was becoming insistent, practically forced the yukata in her hand into Ren's hands. The other woman passed out the rest to Ryuji, Ann and even a smaller one for Morgana himself; which was considerably thoughtful.
Now the men behind the pair were most likely samurai and definitely gave off the aura a Shadow gave off. They even wore animal masks over their faces to prove just how inhuman they were. One stayed in the front of the group while another moved to the back.
"You will follow us, understand? Master Kitagawa summons your presence. If you do not follow us, we will not hesitate to strike you down." The samurai's words were blunt and to the point. There was no sugarcoating this. If they showed they were a threat, they would be attacked. And all of them wanted to get through to Yusuke as quickly as possible. Especially before he fell into too deep a pit.
"Are we really doing this, Joker?" Ann whispered; following Ren as they were led by the samurai to what seemed to be a building designed for changing into the Yukata. At least there was something for that. Glancing over his shoulder, he gave a reassuring nod to Ann.
"It'll be fine, Panther. We'll get through this."
"I hope so..."
[This was just a little idea I had about Yusuke's Palace and stuff.]
Very well written, I could see this as a full fledged story! Good job!
I’m a modder, and I would love to have permission to use this as dialogue in the mod! Would this be ok with you?
How can you marry a dialogue
As ren followed them to the changing station he noticed all the art works out of place for such a place like this and then after he has changed he sees more samurai who want to guide him to yusuke himself for evaluation and when they get there they see him shadow yusuke “No, these won’t do at a- well well who do we have here? It seems like my model has come here by choice... Well then shall we start immediately?” Yusuke starts to grab at and tries to drag Ann to the chair where she would be drawn nude. “Ugh? No get away creep!” Then Ann pushes him away as the clothes they wear turn into their phantom thieves clothing. “Is that it HUH! It seems you have no intention on playing nice”. He gives the guards the ok to deal with the thieves at once. The first enemy appears and the thieves deal with him fairly easily but then yusuke gains a sadistic angry expression and splashes his paint everywhere soon he has more guards come so the thieves dip and they try to find a blind spot they can take a break in when they see it, Madarame in a cell and the thieves run over to him. “Hey what are you doing here hurry up and leave there are guard here.” The thieves proceed to pick the lock hiding Madarame “Huh? Why did you save me? Hurry I know where is safe. The thieves run with him as they question why the good guy act but Morgana acknowledges the fact it’s a cognition how yusuke views Madarame after the change of heart. Madarame is then killed by a guard and to not be known of their location they take it out too. After that fiasco they see a huge tower built entirely by stone with names on them as Ren Ryuji and Ann are named there amount thousands of names most likely stepping stones to the great tower of yusuke and Ryuji starts to get pissed with lines like “For real?!?” And “this is ef’ed up” that’s it that’s the most I’ve thought up
BROOOO YOU SHOULD WRITE THIS INTO A FANFICTION JKDKFKFMD
This just screams Yusuke... 👌🏽
That's so nice to hear! :)
Oh wait that also sounds..
YUSUKE!!!
is that Joker screaming at Yusuke for trying to do nude paintings of everyone?
@@wendykasa Most likely XD
@@wendykasa he 1st became distorted when Ann tricked him into thinking she’d strip but in reality just dragged him to an alternate dimension where his sensei is a vain shogun who runs a museum
Yes
I tend to give these songs nicknames, since just referring to them as "X's theme" seems dull if you can think of a name, so..
This one I imagine being called Beauty And Vice (after Goemon's awakening quote)
I kind of imagine his palace beng a twisted Japanese style castle, and the final show down with Shadow Yusuke, who I assume would represent a distortion of Pride, or possibly Vanity, would be a battle on the roof, like in those old ninja/samurai movies, but the sky is instead a psychodelic version of Starry Night
2bros gaming It would be awesome if in that battle the characters faced the boss from a side-on 2-d perspective on the peak of the roof, to emphesize the crazy sky and to make it even more like those old movies.
2bros gaming
I like that psycodelicc version of starry night as the sky, sounds sexy
Yusuke's sin would probably be gluttony, considering how he talks a lot about food. The protagonist would be pride,
Morgana would be greed, Ryuji would be wrath, Ann would be lust, Makoto would be envy, Futaba would be hollowness, Haru would be sloth and Akechi would be vanity.
I was really confused for a moment. I named the Protag "X" in my second playthrough.
i would probably say akechi’s sin would be wrath or vengeance tbh, he’s not really that vain
I feel like Yusuke’s palace could be like Transylvania. His icon reminds me of a vampire and since Yusuke appreciates the fine arts his castle would be extremely detailed and maybe have a mix of Gothic/Japanese. I could also see his palace having coffins dedicated to the pupils before him that had their talents sucked away by Madarame, but that’s just my take on it. Overall, you did a fantastic job on Yusuke’s theme! Kudos to you!
Oh my, a Gothic vampire atelier the size of a castle sounds awesome.
Oh man, that is so good!
Shooketh Baria
Hoo boi you know my emo ass likes that gothicc part and also I like the part with the coffins of Madarames past pupils
Vicki Barkley Maybe the painting Madarame claimed that Ann complimented in the gallery?
Shadow Yusuke is a vampire confirmed..!
They will have a Leech Life-esc spell that heals them, and an art related attack as well.
I can’t wait to see what akira’s tone would be like jazzy or something fit for his persona.
That's the tough question indeed!
Wouldn't Akira/Ren's palace be the Velvet room? The velvet room is what the heart looks like to the user.
As all others with a distorted desire to palaces
Akria's palace would have to be Juvie Hall in the form of the school or a house filled with pics of his Confidants
Kassandra Rodriguez I think it would be a jazzy mix of detective/mystery music and some 007 heist music.
Evyn Waltmire I think so too that’s what I thought at first. I think it can have jazzy, classy, and but sense his heart looks like the velvet room it could also have a prison feel time to time slowly braking free.
"Don't act so surprised, Joker. Do you remember what I told Madarame...? 'In order to ascertain the truth, one must be dispassionately realistic.'"
"You call this the TRUTH?!"
"This is MY truth, Joker. The only one that matters. And in this distorted world we all live in... I'd say that it's quite realistic."
W
If Yusuke's mother was alive and happen to go to the metaverse, I bet she would be heartbroken that her son is like this.
Maybe even heartbroken enough to face her own insecurities and-- yeah, you get the idea
The Sayuri painting would talk, a treasure that talks to him.
Mother is a disappoint
I feel like Yusuke's palace would probably emerge during the time when he's trying to find the true meaning of art. The song itself gives off the feeling of idealism while stuck in a realistic mindset. As for the palace, it would be similar to the painting hopping in Maderame's palace though it's more going through the past,to a time where he was blissfully ignorant when he painted. He still holds some sentimental feelings for him despite what's he's done.
Have you ever thought about making your own game? You’re talented with art AND music, I can see your game being a masterpiece.
Kenny
Well as much as i would love a game Made by Ode there ks a lot more that comes with it. Like coding for example.
L30n G he could be visual and auditory designer, maybe even a creative director.
DioxiDan
Now THAT is a possibility.
I’m a coder! 😊 I *coouuulld* try and get in contact with him, possibly. But I highly doubt anybody would really be interested. 😅
TT_TT its actually nearly impossible without money and coding skills, and they simply can't just work with a game developer or someone who's experienced. Trust me, I tried.
Ah so pretty! I really love to music, gives of an eerie vibe.
Anyway, I kinda feel like his palace would like some sort of dream/nightmare world. Yusuke, in my opinion isn’t the type to be evil, I kinda imagine his palace to be like Fatuba’s if you get what I’m saying.
Okay, after Yusuke learns about Madrame’s true personality he takes it pretty badly. He would want to improve his art and make his own without the help of others. He would want to improve himself so much to the point that it becomes unhealthy. Not eating enough, not drinking enough, not getting enough sleep and ignoring everyone and everything, basically not taking care of himself just to improve his artwork. Eventually this would just get worse and make him to start feel worthless and that his art isn’t good enough and eventually forms a palace (and may I say, as an artist myself, artists tend to be very self-critical with their own work, and Yusuke didn’t really take it well when he was criticized by a professional.)
So I imagine his palace like a dream world, because artists when the draw tend to have a perfect vision of the drawing in their heads, kinda like a dream job, but a drawing. Basically his palace would be outside, a dark eerie forest perhaps, to represent his feelings of hopelessness with his art. A bunch of completed framed paintings everywhere, in other words the picture of a drawing that Yusuke has in his head. However those drawings are impossible to reach, being block by a bunch of discarded canvases of failed drawings, and the number of discarded half-finished drawings increasing the closer you get to the treasure.
His treasure would definitely be the true Sayuri, I know it was Madrame’s treasure but come on, come on! It’s to fitting for it not to be his treasure, he always wanted to make art like the Sayuri.
Here goes nothing
I'd say his palace is an odd one (no surprise there)
But I'd say it's somewhere between the two types of palace we know from the game, the ones that just cry for help (futaba) and the ones that are aggressive towards persona users (all of the others😅)
As to get a palace he'd get one from finding out everything Madarame did, as obviously that would screw with someone mentally and we see in haru's father's palace he always remembered that and was still kinda hurt by it.
I say a mix rather than a call for help as we see he's hostile towards the other's when they first try to help him in the game, threatening to call the police! So it'd be a palace built from bad emotions but it would be dangerous unlike futaba's.
I'd say it's be a traditional Japanese temple, with all the yokais from paintings coming to life as monsters, with the themes of the sins in the ones that are there.
There would be shrines for the dead, ie the other students, but they'd be destroyed beyond repair.
There would be hidden torturous depths with the faceless shadows being empty of inspiration....being tortured for it, it's not clear what this is about, whether his own internal struggle for inspiration or trying to show what Madarame did.
The guys would first be treated nicely by the shadow, (dressed as an oiran) but when they fail to bring inspiration or do what the other's have in the depths it becomes like the average palaces.
The treasure would be the police report filing madarame's arrest.
random panda
Damn that Sounds amazing!
Maybe you don't even need to fight Yusuke's Shadow, or maybe you must under the command of another, having the Sahdow Yusuke taking the form of a Corrupted Goemon lookalike, forced to fight against his friends under the command of the escaped convict and true threat of the palace, Cognitive Madarame. C-Madarame pulling the strings, still leading poor Yusuke on and using him like a puppet. The reason he sees the thieves as a threat, is less because of them as people, and more out of fear that the only other people in his life beyond Madarame will start using and abusing him too.
Poor boy is lashing out due to fear of others, and a loss of trust in people. The Phantom Thieves unearthed the truth, and saved him from his abuser, now he's just paranoid that they'll use him too.
SmoothCitrus bingo! That sounds perfect
To the artist of virtue and vice
Your artistic vision and creativity is unmatched through japan. Such drive that come from your mother who you have become in haert and soul.
Her death and plagarism by you mentor hands has caused you to see the world nihilistic, a true pity. Tommorow we shall paint over the hole that covers your heart by stealing it
Love, the phantom thieves of heart
I found it quite adorable how you replaced the normal *from* with love. I can imagine Ryuji or Akira thinking of that
Kinda Like a Japanese Palace, fitting for his Persona
Kind of like with Hifumi, it seemed appropriate to have some more traditional elements mixed in there. I'm happy it wasn't just me who saw the connection :)
And simliar to yukiko a bit
Yusuke DID say “pose nude for me or I’m calling the cops” and if it were anyone other than Yusuke, they might have a palace for that.
Materials will be consumed, for there is only avant-garde.
*"If only mother could see this, my silver Gallery."*
The entire time you fight his shadow, it's permanently Hungry.
Idea for Yusuke's distortion.
In his social link, Yusuke runs into trouble in his pursuit of beauty when he misunderstands the nature of the heart due to his past.
He sees it as a pool where all the suffering, love, agony, hate, and desire collects to create an image of bleakness and emptiness. Your role in the link is to help understand the heart and help him find hope.
His distortion could be how he percieves the heart as a bleak emptiness, where no light shall enter and nothing will ever escape. His paintings would be plastered all over the walls of say... a studio, they would depict agonizing depictions of suffering and agony, and hollow depictions of love and sincerity.
He would be a universally praised artist for his "accurate" depiction of the heart, and people would hate him for "knowing" the truth. His palace would be large and give off a bleak, sinister vibe, and the soldiers would be his depressing thoughts given form, making them mostly gloomy and or irritable.
His shadow be depressed, but proud, doubtful, but arrogant. He would cry for his fans and scoff at his non-believers. His treasure would be a portrait of madarame or in actuality, the false Sayuri they he and Ann found in the closet.
In the end, you beat him and tell the heart is also driven by hope and the light that comes from it.
Ok now I'm getting obsessed with this themes.
I'll be honest, I wasn't sure about your remixes, they just weren't appealing to me. But after hearing this one, wow it has opened my eyes because they're amazing.
I cannot wait for a Makoto one, I hope its as amazing as the others. Keep up the great work!
I think for me this one ties with Hifumis as my fav out of your series.
It is beautiful. Probably their palaces are neighbours in my mind.XD
That isn't too far fetched musically in this case since both of them employ a Japanese mode called "in", as well as traditional Japanese instruments. Thank you for listening :)
No problem, I always love to hear the ideas you have.
I am kinda working on a Persona 5 esque RPG Maker game with
own Persona Ocs right now, so these works inspire always a bit.^^
Ooh, sounds exciting! Good luck with that :)
How I imagine his cognitions of some of the Phantom thieves would be:
Ann: She would stand on a pedestal in the middle of a room, standing as still as a statute in an artistic pose. She would be draped in fabric like one of those Greek goddess statues. Every now and then when you re-enter the room, she will be in a different pose
Ryuji: He would look like a warrior from a classic painting. He will be one of the only cognitions that will fight you.
Makoto: She would be like an old painting of a samurai. She is the only cognition other than Ryuji to attack you.
Futaba: In Yusuke's eyes, she'd probably just be a troll or goblin from an old fairytale painting. She won't attack you, but she will make your life more difficult by blocking of some areas and other things.
Haru: She would look like a Victorian era queen, standing behind a glass wall posing similarly to Ann. I don't really have very many ideas for her.
Wow you got very cool ideas!
@@alexalasognatrice726 thanks
@@thecursedpotato6561 I kinda think that Haru would be hidden,since her nature and Yousuke would define her "An hidden work of hart" or something like that.
honestly I am very speechless right now. But damn Ode this one is good! There is this somewhat threatening but artistic flair to this music. exactly what Yusuke is.
Okay now down to the Palace… what could it be?
Yusuke has often expressed that he still cares about madarame a great deal and despite his actions he still kind of looks up to him. I believe a palace that Yusuke has would somehow be connected to that.
Yusukes palace would probably have a shrine at its center. Around the shrine would be a fortress surrounded by a beautiful fortress and an astounding scenery. the bright full moon casts an eerie but mesmerizing twilight upon the world. the perfect surrounding for someone who values art and beauty like Yusuke.
the fortress would be partially a Japanese fort but partly a museum as well. in this museum Yusuke is the ruler and the greatest artist in the world. it is somewhat poetic. His palace has great resemblance to Madarames. even the paintings of… the Phantom Thiefs.
Yes. Yusuke is in his heart afraid of being left alone without anyone in this world, which partly explains why he is still so attached to Madarame. So… he tries to control everything with his art. that beautiful scenery? That eerie twilight fro the full moon? all is painted by HIM! His paintings and his colors can shape the very fabric of existence in this world. Like how Art is the one tghing Yusuke can always control.
In the shrine at the middle of the fortress would Yusuke himself be. The shrine itself was once for Madarame but is now destroyed and Yusuke rests here and paints all day long. Once you defeat him his treasure could be his own mother, someone he as well painted into the world. Once you take his mother she will turn into the Sayori… but the one Madarame created and not the real version with him as a baby on it.
I'm so happy with these fan themes for the Phantom thieves 💕💕💕 they all fit so well, it's really cool! Also I like this one a lot, specially because of the calm, refined and mysterious vibe it has! I would feel lost in this palace, probably would have lots of puzzles haha. Keep up the good work!
Aww, thanks! :) By the way, I had a lot of trouble pronouncing "fan themes for the phantom thieves" in my head :D. It's a bit of a tongue-twister.
Ode Imaginations Oh, wow you're right! Guess I didn't notice while typing it 😂 it really is a tongue twister!
In the story of Goemon, he and his son were executed via boiled in hot water. Perhaps one of Yusuke’s stronger attacks is making it rain scalding hot water on the Thieves, causing burn.
I would pay to see best boi Yusuke's palace in action. Great job as always!
this is so good it makes me wish yusuke had a palace
This probably tops all of the other themes for me! Literally can’t stop listening to this one.
Keep up the good work! :)
I’d like to imagine that Yusuke’s hypothetical palace would be just like Black Velvetopia, minus the Mexican theming.
Black velvetopia sounds badass. Is it a real thing?
Ode Imaginations You ever heard of Psychonauts? It’s one of the levels there.
Hey if anybody were going to write a story of all the main characters and confidants having palaces how would you guys write it? because I have my own ideas like Futaba after two years getting send back to a week before Akira/Ren arrive and finding the world different then last time before the velvet room with the real Igor arriving along with Lavenza ready to help Futaba who have the fool card for some unknown reason.
Then Futaba finds out that they are in a new game and the reason why she isn't having a palace is because she already accepted her shadow in her palace before. now her goal is to restore her friends back along with their allies back to their true selves as they figure out who place them into this new game.
but what do you think and how would you start a story with the main characters and confidants having palaces?
Oh ya forget good theme.
Well, i think we need to figure out their sins first. Ryuji loses his shit very easily, so he should be wrath. And i always imanged Akiras sin to be pride. He can be very arrogant and cocky inside the metaverse and he puts himself above the others and the criminals as leader of the Phantom Thieves. Any ideas about the rest?
I don't know I just have ideas for what starts some of their palaces. oh ya they will only remember the first game by their phantom thieves selves who hide from their shadows like Ann would have a shadow that doesn't remember any of that but have a second half like Panther who does but unfortunately can't do anything since she can't leave the palace so she try to send message for help somehow. So until they get restore they will not remember any of it.
Like Ann's palace I Imagine would form around guilt along with depression of what happen to Shiho, herself believing that it her fault, believing that if she that she did anything then Shiho wouldn't have jumped or just did what kamoshida wants then Shiho wouldn't had gotten hurt then slowly she become more distorted like trying to force herself to change becoming more vain and manipulating to the point she doesn't recall herself anymore
For Makoto's palace maybe she snap inwards from maybe being unable to find the phantom thieves, being called worthless and treated as so. maybe become envy of Akechi who does seem to get respect and never stress of anything. try to make herself useful like the last game but she ends up becoming distorted by trying it.
Sorry I don't know about Yusuke, Haru, Morgana or the other confidants yet and sorry for it being long. what do you think so far?
Perhaps with Yusuke's case, he would find himself to be greatly philosophically confused like he was for the majority of his social link. He would remember a few things such as his illustration of desire/desire and hope, Madarame's scandal, etc. but not in their entirety, leaving him to become so tortured and distraught to where he tries to force himself to come to conclusions that he knows deep down aren't true and attempt to pursue them to give a sense of false clarity, which only makes him become cold, distant, and almost a far cry from the passionate man he once was. Distorted by a desperate desire to understand, but is ultimately unable to. Or perhaps, there are some things that he doesn't want to? Maybe both?
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Probs Madarame.
that pose....
IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE
You thought it was Yusuke but it was i Jonathan Joestar
Now I REALLY want a Persona 5: 2. Just to see these Palaces come to life.
Based on your description, I think the palace location would be the Shibuya Underground Walkway, where he does his people watching :)
How long did it take you to write this
Wow... you really have a lot of talent, creating all these character themes... Great work! I really enjoy listening to them
Thank you! It makes me happy to hear that :)
I’ve been waiting for this for a while! Thank you, I love it!
Slowly but surely incing our way towards Akira. Thanks for the comment!
Ode Imaginations Ahh, I would love to hear Akira’s Palace Theme... I just don’t know what it would be... I would think it would be a prison (again) because his hometown basically kicked him up in a way...
I LOVE THIS ONE !!!
oh my god, you’ve really outdone yourself with the lovely art boy’s theme. i can’t stop listening to this :D
this is probably my second favourite besides akechi’s, i clicked on this as soon as it popped up on my recommended :)
Thank you for the wonderful comment :)
This palace theme feels like an Early 2000s type beat 🔥🔥
I really like this a lot. It's a perfect fit for Yusuke, using classic music from both the East and the West as befitting one who truly respects the concept of art above all else. It also gives off some Catherine vibes as a bonus. Awesome job!
I think he would steal Madarame’s palace and kick him out and upgrade all shadows and traps.
I love how these themes are not only catchy, but they really match the essence of the character. Well done my friend. Keep up the good work.
It took a little while for me to notice that this was uploaded, but this was uploaded on my birthday, and with Yusuke being my fave male P5 character, this is highly appreciated thank you so much for doing this it’s beautiful
I feel that if Yusuke had a palace, it would be based on a vampire’s castle filled with destroyed art. Yusuke has neglected everything in the real world and strives to create his greater masterpiece
Feels like Bowser's Kingdom from Odyssey. It would be a huge Japanese style tower with samurai and ninjas guarding it. There would also be lots of paintings to jump into.
you never fail to impress me man
clear eastern influence yet maintaining this 18-19 century europe style. yusuke is a man of many cultures
Found this video last year and since then I've been revisiting it almost every day I love this so much-
Gosh, some of your palace themes are just so awesome! There are a couple like this one that I could totally see being in Persona 5!
This is SPOT ON in my opinion. Easily my favorite of your pieces not only because the composition is my favorite of the sounds, but also because I think you hit the closest to home with an interpretation of what Yusuke's palace music would be (as far as the Phantom Thieves go).
His palace is a giant museum filled with paintings in all the artsyles with lobsters. Lobsters everywhere.
Shadow yuske is a 9 tailed kitsune butt the tips of the tails are paint brushes
So the one from okami
I really love the art , so good! the song too :)
Thank you!
Ode Imaginations Thank you too :)
Yusuke reads his calling card:Hmph they think this is not true beauty we will see Shadow Yusuke:People who dont know true beauty like this shall be executed Security level 99%
All of your fan made palace themes are amazing and this one is great like the others!! It’s so fitting to Yusuke’s character!!
Oh my god it sounds so amazing
Within the palace would be a massive portrait of Ann nude. Akira is speechless, Morgana faints, and before Ryuji can even say "Dayum!" Ann summons Carmen and burns it to ashes. A few seconds of awkward silence go by, until Ryuji finally speaks up... "I thought they'd be bigger than tha-" *WHACK* Ann knocks his lights out! She looks at Akira and says "Don't say ANYTHING!" Akira silently gestures a zipping motion across his lips.
Morgana and Ryuji eventually wake up and have absolutely no memory of what happened...
Alright, time for another palace idea! Perhaps our revered artist appears to be an emperor of his own kingdom, his minions his source of inspiration and power. There's a lot of ideas behind his corruption, from a manifestation of an art slump, to his resentment of being manipulated for his talents, or maybe something to do with his mom or Madarame, plenty of potential for our starving artist's distortion. The whole emperor's palace being infiltrated fits so well for our phantom thieves or should I say ninjas. Great work as usual Ode, keep it up!
I feel that Yusuke's treasure depends on if it's after or before you beat Madarame.
After: The Sayuri, again. it represents his love of art but also reminds him of Madarame. It would appear as the complete version IRL as well.
Before: An idol of Madarame, most likely you'd need to change his heart to make him realise Madarame isn't good. IRL it would be his adoption papers signifying his connection and dept to Madarame
After listening to so many of these, Yusuke's is by far my favorite.
It fits so well and is just so very nicely done.
Amazing work on all of these, but this one top-notch.
This is so haunting and beautiful. Perfect for beautiful art boy. For some reason everytime i listen to this I think of the video game Psychonauts but like....set in ancient japan
Psychonauts is such a unique game! But so difficult. Did you ever play the Ratchet and Clank games by any chance?
Oh yes of course! I’d play them with my brother all the time when we were kids
Each one of your palace theme concepts have a nice eerie vibe to them and I like to think that is because in theory the rest of the thieves are infiltrating the palace and thusly might feel uncomfortable or unsettled by the concept
I love the use of traditionnal japanese instruments in this one ! This theme has a classy, distinguished vibe while still feeling threatening. Very Yusuke, I love it !
I just discovered this whole series and I'm really in love
Welcome! I'm happy if my music can provide some entertainment :)
This is straight up my FAVORITE of your interpretations for an original palace theme. Like oh my gosh. I think I want to make my own Yusuke palace theme now 😭💕
Thank you for your amazing work, I'm only disappointed I didn't discover your channel sooner. I love your music, each piece is unique and fits the character really well. I know this is commented a lot but I love your portraits as well! Everything here is beautiful. Instant subscriber from me. Keep doing what you do :)))
This is fitting for my boy Yusuke. The lanky art boi.
Theme Name: Art, Beauty, and Spite
I'VE JUST SPEND A HALF AN HOUR JUST LOOPING THE P5 FAN SONGS ON REPEAT, I'M NOT EVEN MAD-
My favorite has got to be Yusuke's and Becky's thou. I've always had a thing for clashing genres in music (The classical-rock clash in Becky and the traditional Japanese-orchestral esque theme in Yusuke is just HNGGGGHHHH-)
Now i want a AU where the villains are the phantom thieves and vice versa.
Like kamoshida persona hold be the demon he transforms into his boss fight and the clothes could be the clothes that he uses into his palace? I dunno but i think with could be great!
This one is probably my favorite so far (I'm still listening). It captures Yusuke SO well. It really fits him
Loving this in order for my Yusuke Palace AU
Thank you so much for this
shadow yusuke be like: *ai art IS true art*
Out of all of the themes you’ve made so far, I can honestly say (with no bias, even though Yusuke is my small artist son) that this is the catchiest and best one imo. I love it so much!! I actually learned part of it on my piano just by ear - using the kato setting because it sounds eerily similar. I’ve gotta say, you managed to get a tune stuck in my head for more than a week. Which is an accomplishment considering that my main music playlist has 600+ songs on it.
TL;DR: I love this song and I will praise you music overlord.
Phantom thieves: No Yusuke?! You have a palace ?
Yusuke: This is my other self !
This is so good! I can’t stop listening.
The violins really give it a nice touch.
What a concert of melody that " Say no escape" for you buddy
Deadline: Stop Maderame from being executed ( Yusuke would rearrange and corrupt the evidence so Maderame gets a death sentence)
Ahhh that sounds beautiful...
*I was bopping super hard to this*
Yusuke is one of my favorites, along with Joker and you know who else...so seeing this stunned me for a good minute..
jeez this is really good i cant get it out of my head
Thank you :)
The main characters having palaces would be cool and all, but I feel like after a while, it would just seem like persona 4. Because just imagine it - yusuke enters his own palace and is mildly embarrassed by his distortions, then when he gets to the boss fight, Shadow Yusuke will be like "I'm you and you're me." And then it's basically persona 4 from there XD
Shadow Yusuke: *exists*
Me: Yusuke! Go home, you're drunk!
When yusuke gets a calling card:
Regular yusuke: so this was made by the phantom thieves? I don't know why they would want to steal my heart? I haven't done anything wrong.
Shadow yusuke:what am I going to do? I don't want to fight them, but... I feel like I must... To finish my masterpiece to show to the whole world and finally get my art noticed and praised! Nobody can stop art!
( The security level raised to 99%)
Sorry if this doesn't fit yusuke, this is just a concept.
During the boss battle shadow Yusuke keeps telling you to strip for his art lmao-
@@scrawny6278 yes
I can’t explain why but I really like this
I love the mix of sinister atmosphere and traditional Japanese music undertones! It’s a perfect blend for Yusuke!
another amazing work from the ultimate Ode Imaginations.
The security pic in the video really makes him look like Seto Kaiba.
“Pose nude for me or I’m calling the cops? Where’s Yusuke’s palace?!”
Yeah, about that...
Such a good theme!!!! You did such an excellent job!!!!!
His Palace would be full of sculptures made by real people, suffering and posing in real time not being able to move
I can picture Yusuke's palace on being a art museum in the style of a Japanese temple
This may just be me but, as an artist, you can never find inspiration in just one place. You need to see a lot of things, go to a lot of places to see different people and meet them (as difficult as it may be) to get truly inspired and that isn't an easy thing to do.
While I don't think Yusuke's place should be this, it's just an idea for an artist palace.
I think that the palace should have a variety of locations/themed areas, and each one could be themed around a certain style of art. There would also be sections for the different phases of the process.
Ok, each district thing would have a different theme to give variety. Like those Little Italy, and Little Tokyo towns you can find, parks, carnivals, restaurants, etc. etc. There would be three different layers to each district, the discarded pieces, the process, and the product. The product would be the finished masterpiece in the center and the most visually appealing, a little area to walk around in and solve puzzles. Statues representing people, stylized in that area's art style, like painting, sculpting, life-like, Japanese, you get the picture. (Ha) Everything in the palace tries to draw your attention to these via signs and such.
The process would be in a ring around the product, including choppy, demolished, half finished pieces of the final product. There's some that are more finished than the ones in the discarded section, and there all at least half intact. There would also be tools, blank canvases, filled paint cans, pencil sharpeners, that sort of thing.
Discarded would be the section between districts and have piles upon piles of discarded, demolished pieces. Crumpled papers, stuffed folders, broken statues, empty paint cans etc. It's just a mess of junk.
Each district has a puzzle/enemy theme as well, which kind of trains you for the boss fight.
The most enemies would be guarding the product districts because the Shadow doesn't want anyone defiling there masterpieces, and the shadows are pleasing to look at cause the Shadow "won't have anything less than perfect" as such, most safe rooms are outside the district (just barely cause game play) and there is little to no enemies in the discarded portions.
The treasure would be in the biggest masterpiece district, which is what the Shadow views as their greatest work for whatever reason. Could be it's fame, could be it's just something their proud of, could be there forte, could be all three.
The boss fight would have multiple phases themed around those art styles from earlier. During each phase, the Shadow summons different pieces of art to run both support and attacks while they command. Like having multiple parties that have specialties.
Their place could be their workshop/house and their treasure would be the piece that inspired were the treasure is located.
May be asking for too much here and my Zelda obsession may have leaked in a bit too much but this was fun to think up ^^