Hahaha. From a standpoint that's not a huge shipper at all... I, honestly, can't really see it happening, not unless Yukari was willing to swallow mountains of pride and then some. I-- well, no, I won't get started on my viewpoints on YUKARI AND LOVE OLOLOL 'cause oof.
OH GOD, TRICK QUESTIONS. HNGGHH.
Akihiko? Man, this is tough; I will admit right here and now that I've never had an easy time interacting with an Akihiko in a casual sort of scenario, mostly because, well... as I mentioned above, communication is the key, and these two don't have it. Their personalities don't really click, even if they did ever interact in canon much-- which they didn't, and that ... helps us none. He's not very good with being social, whereas Yukari has nothing to relate to when it comes to him. So, well... Yeah, they're friends, but he's really someone she can easily drift away from should the link between SEES somehow ever break apart. That isn't to say she has no respect for him; she does, as he's both her senpai and a capable leader figure. Yukari doesn't think badly of him, although she might realize he's kind of a single-minded guy and would probably even tease him about it from time to time. But otherwise, there's ... not a whole lot to go on, really. /so unhelpful
Jin is ... another tough one. I know I mentioned playing with one before, but that was an entirely AU scenario that completely changed things. In full canon? Most likely nothing more than what's shown in canon, barring RP CR happening (which, I don't have, not in a non-AU rp). He's just the bad guy, the lackey to Takaya, and she only has this surface information to go by. She doesn't know about his loyalty, or his past, or why he's a big freakin' nerd. First impressions go a long way, especially to Yukari; and considering how often he's tried attacking them, and... hell, Strega killed Shinjiro. It would take a fucking lot for Yukari to ever think anything good about Jin. He's a jerk, a creep, a bad guy 2 da extreme, but in the end... she doesn't want him dead, in return. I doubt Yukari knows just what kind of justice she wants done to him, or Takaya too, but he simply needs to be stopped. /more ... unhelpfulness??? baw.
They'd be horribly awkward and she's smack him one and everything would go back to normal. STORY OF THEIR LIFE
On Akihiko: I realise these are small instances, but I remember one of the first SEES cutscenes in the game, when Aki draws the first Shadow back to them. She hasn't even summoned her Persona yet, but as soon as she sees he's injured, she's yelling his name and kneeling down next to him to help out. While that's mostly covered by what you said, the day-to-day stuff that would've been left out of the game kinda suggests to me that there's a respectful friendship in there somewhere...even if it is mostly screwing with him.
On Jin, just...the final time you see him. It's a little late for redemption after he grenades himself, but the shock she seems to be feeling at that point suggests she respects his determination, at least. Plus, they're fun to make bicker and yell at each other. Heck, she could mostly forgive Chidori, so he might get a little bit of a pass, in extenuating circumstances. BIG extenuating circumstances.
Oh, yeah, that isn't to say they NEVER EVER TALK and they just sort of exist in the same place; she worries about him as much as she does anyone else in SEES. I mean, I agree! They're friends, and she respects him. Needless to say she was probably a little miffed at him when it came to those times when the seniors were hiding stuff from the juniors, but certainly not to any degree she had with Mitsuru. But I digress, that's pretty much it. They don't click, not extensively so, and they can probably hold ... some sort of conversation, whatever it may be, but in the end I don't think they really click. At least, I don't believe their dynamic would ever hold an any deeper meaning that it already has.
Pfft, I always tend to forget near the end, since ... I don't play Yukari that far into the game, ahaha. It's hard to judge, not when her side of things regarding Strega aren't really shown. Maybe it showed even the tiniest fragment of light, maybe it didn't. But anytime before that, hardly. Chidori ... another one I've yet to fully figure out myself, although I haven't really sat on it too much yet. But I don't know if Yukari could ever fully get over her initial feelings for her, not until Chidori kicks it. But there's a difference between her, and Jin and Takaya. Chidori seemed to be more along for the ride because she had no where to go, she was an outcast like them. She was pretty indifferent to them, even before she got captured. Not only that, but she was just really confused about life, her own life, what it meant, what it was supposed to do... her sacrifice to Junpei definitely would have opened some eyes for sure. Jin and Takaya were just dicks until the bitter end.
Ffff on the contrary, not really. I've threaded with some a few times, but not ... a lot, so it's hard to say anything beyond the first impressions/casual acquaintances thing. But if we're going by DR "canon", she knows enough about him, and basically that he and his buddies pretty much saved the town and beat up Izanami (which Naoto explained to her), what kind of place Inaba is, and uh ... lots of other mundane things. So if anything, Souji is a pretty cool dude to her, or at least someone she wouldn't mind striking up a conversation with. He's capable and can fight, and ... well, I can't really think of anything deep and meaningful, since like I said, I've never threaded TOO much with one. I guess this means I really need to play more in the DR, hurr hurr.
My thoughts are that Yukari didn't have a passion for archery and that's why she decided to join, but rather, she joined on a whim and ended up liking it a lot that way. Although to her it's just a hobby, and probably doesn't plan on pursuing anything professional with it. She enjoys it enough to stick with it, but not so much that she wants to be THE VERY BEST, LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS dun dun dada dun!!1
OH GOD, TRICK QUESTIONS. HNGGHH.
Akihiko? Man, this is tough; I will admit right here and now that I've never had an easy time interacting with an Akihiko in a casual sort of scenario, mostly because, well... as I mentioned above, communication is the key, and these two don't have it. Their personalities don't really click, even if they did ever interact in canon much-- which they didn't, and that ... helps us none. He's not very good with being social, whereas Yukari has nothing to relate to when it comes to him. So, well... Yeah, they're friends, but he's really someone she can easily drift away from should the link between SEES somehow ever break apart. That isn't to say she has no respect for him; she does, as he's both her senpai and a capable leader figure. Yukari doesn't think badly of him, although she might realize he's kind of a single-minded guy and would probably even tease him about it from time to time. But otherwise, there's ... not a whole lot to go on, really. /so unhelpful
Jin is ... another tough one. I know I mentioned playing with one before, but that was an entirely AU scenario that completely changed things. In full canon? Most likely nothing more than what's shown in canon, barring RP CR happening (which, I don't have, not in a non-AU rp). He's just the bad guy, the lackey to Takaya, and she only has this surface information to go by. She doesn't know about his loyalty, or his past, or why he's a big freakin' nerd. First impressions go a long way, especially to Yukari; and considering how often he's tried attacking them, and... hell, Strega killed Shinjiro. It would take a fucking lot for Yukari to ever think anything good about Jin. He's a jerk, a creep, a bad guy 2 da extreme, but in the end... she doesn't want him dead, in return. I doubt Yukari knows just what kind of justice she wants done to him, or Takaya too, but he simply needs to be stopped. /more ... unhelpfulness??? baw.
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On Akihiko: I realise these are small instances, but I remember one of the first SEES cutscenes in the game, when Aki draws the first Shadow back to them. She hasn't even summoned her Persona yet, but as soon as she sees he's injured, she's yelling his name and kneeling down next to him to help out. While that's mostly covered by what you said, the day-to-day stuff that would've been left out of the game kinda suggests to me that there's a respectful friendship in there somewhere...even if it is mostly screwing with him.
On Jin, just...the final time you see him. It's a little late for redemption after he grenades himself, but the shock she seems to be feeling at that point suggests she respects his determination, at least.
Plus, they're fun to make bicker and yell at each other. Heck, she could mostly forgive Chidori, so he might get a little bit of a pass, in extenuating circumstances. BIG extenuating circumstances.
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Oh, yeah, that isn't to say they NEVER EVER TALK and they just sort of exist in the same place; she worries about him as much as she does anyone else in SEES. I mean, I agree! They're friends, and she respects him. Needless to say she was probably a little miffed at him when it came to those times when the seniors were hiding stuff from the juniors, but certainly not to any degree she had with Mitsuru. But I digress, that's pretty much it. They don't click, not extensively so, and they can probably hold ... some sort of conversation, whatever it may be, but in the end I don't think they really click. At least, I don't believe their dynamic would ever hold an any deeper meaning that it already has.
Pfft, I always tend to forget near the end, since ... I don't play Yukari that far into the game, ahaha. It's hard to judge, not when her side of things regarding Strega aren't really shown. Maybe it showed even the tiniest fragment of light, maybe it didn't. But anytime before that, hardly.
Chidori ... another one I've yet to fully figure out myself, although I haven't really sat on it too much yet. But I don't know if Yukari could ever fully get over her initial feelings for her, not until Chidori kicks it. But there's a difference between her, and Jin and Takaya. Chidori seemed to be more along for the ride because she had no where to go, she was an outcast like them. She was pretty indifferent to them, even before she got captured. Not only that, but she was just really confused about life, her own life, what it meant, what it was supposed to do... her sacrifice to Junpei definitely would have opened some eyes for sure. Jin and Takaya were just dicks until the bitter end.
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CROSSOVER TIME BUT THE SAME REPETITIVE QUESTION
I tend to play off Soujis a lot in the DR, and I think you do too. What's your thoughts on what she thinks of him?
ALSO, IDK, WHY DOES SHE LIKE ARCHERY ENOUGH TO JOIN A CLUB
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Ffff on the contrary, not really. I've threaded with some a few times, but not ... a lot, so it's hard to say anything beyond the first impressions/casual acquaintances thing. But if we're going by DR "canon", she knows enough about him, and basically that he and his buddies pretty much saved the town and beat up Izanami (which Naoto explained to her), what kind of place Inaba is, and uh ... lots of other mundane things. So if anything, Souji is a pretty cool dude to her, or at least someone she wouldn't mind striking up a conversation with. He's capable and can fight, and ... well, I can't really think of anything deep and meaningful, since like I said, I've never threaded TOO much with one. I guess this means I really need to play more in the DR, hurr hurr.
My thoughts are that Yukari didn't have a passion for archery and that's why she decided to join, but rather, she joined on a whim and ended up liking it a lot that way. Although to her it's just a hobby, and probably doesn't plan on pursuing anything professional with it. She enjoys it enough to stick with it, but not so much that she wants to be THE VERY BEST, LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS dun dun dada dun!!1
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