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sogabe's second-in-command to the ryojihead army !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hi ^_^)/ !!! i'm vity, and i love persona 3 ! (to put it lightly)
i like to post a lot about archives of art, merch, books and other promo material, write fanfiction and history lessons, and reblog fanart relating to p3 :p !!! my dms are also always open !
though you may also see some posts relating to the rest of smt & persona, evangelion, guilty gear, lolita fashion, metal gear solid and visual novels from time to time !!!
above: a card from persona 3's weiss schwarz deck, titled "the last choice".
some informative & fun posts: ^_^)b !!!!!!
MESSIAH RECIPE 2008: backstory of the lost sogabe doujinshi
THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE: the persona 3 manga in chronological order
WEISS SCHWARZ: information about and every unique card in persona 3's weiss schwarz trading card deck
EDGE MAGAZINE: scans of a 2007 UK review of vanilla p3
CRペルソナ3: scans of a catalogue for the p3 pachinko machine
HAGAKURE RAMEN: a day-one review of the p3 yokocho ramen pop-up cafe
THE WEIRD MASQUERADE: a working link to the stage show's websites
SHININGWORLD.MP4: ryoji's shining world :]
i better see all of you at messiah recipe 2024 !!!!!!!!! ^_^)/ !
Persona 3's Weiss Schwarz Deck: For the Uninitiated
a few weeks ago, i fell into the weiss schwarz rabbit hole .. and figured that it was finally time today to share my findings !
as this is an informative post for people who are p3 fans above weiss schwarz fans ... here's the gist:
Weiss Schwarz (Weiß Schwarz, white-black in german) is a japanese TCG card game that is probably most well-known for releasing decks that tie into popular anime and game franchises, with participating titles such as Fate/stay night, Hatsune Miku Project Diva, Madoka Magica and - the most relevant to us - Modern Persona (3 - 5).
The cards featured include mostly official art - such as sprites and reused promo art - but some of it's special, unique or rare cards have custom art made specifically for the deck!
The P3 deck specifically was released only in Japanese (unlike the P4 and P5 sets) but it had two unique releases: it's first 2008 release that came alongside a boxset, mat and a premade deck available for purchase, and then later rereleased in 2021 as a special backlog Chronicle set where every card was made into a shiny foil card (only 3000 of this set were ever made, so it goes for a lot now)!
Fun Fact: this means that although the Chronicle boxset included every single card ever released (+ a bonus brand new one that sadly reuses FES art) it appeared to include some cards twice - because for some cards, the only difference between it and another was that it was a foil card :]c
The series name for the original release is P3/S0XX-0XX, and for the Chronicle release is P3/SC0XX-0XX !
Resources:
Archived Product Page: circa June 2008, includes a list of every artist featured in the deck!
Official Box Page: still-accessible version of Weiss Schwarz's original P3 release information
Heart of the Cards: a full list of every card in the original P3 deck, with translations!
Little Akiba: another full list of every card in the og deck, navigable by images!
Weiss & Such: a youtube unboxing of the beautiful Chronicle boxset!
Waifu Wars: a youtube review from 2016 of the original set from people who are far better at the game than i am ^_^ !
Below, is (what I believe is) a full list of every card with unique art in the deck, with titles attached! All images are high-quality sample images, but beware of a long post ahead! Enjoy ^_^)/ !!!
I am endlessly fascinated by the existence of the Persona stage plays. Like, I have seen some of the most unhinged shit from those. I have never been able to find the stage plays in full, only in clips and single frames. None of them have any actual Persona's in them. I know there is one instance where Ken goes to summon his because he is drawing his evoker in the clip. But it never reaches the point where he actually uses the evoker because the clip was focused on Jin beating the shit out of Akihiko. I'm not even certain they're completely real and that they're not something I imagined seeing.