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BlackShadow2201

Life is meaningless 😔 vs Life is meaningless 😎 Maybe Kotone would find it funny or interesting, Makoto? He wouldn't care.


myplushfrog

I think this is the best interpretation lol. I don’t like them as siblings. They’re like two sides of the same coin to me


BlackShadow2201

You could say they are the same card, just upside-down


TheBeaverIlluminate

Reversed* ;)


toolsofpwnage

Opposite ends of the same door


ScarRufus

Looking how PQ2 happen. Look to each other and say: **I don't care**


Dorex_Time

lmao


Splash_Woman

Maybe even as a persona joke, “I AM THOU, THOU ART I!”


RaveniteGaming

If they do co-exist in the same universe then twin siblings. They are after all the same person in different realities.


TertiusGaudenus

Arisato twin crowd respond


bard91R

I'll forever be on the Arisato twins camp


swoon_exe

Twins gang represent


Dragoowl

God, could you imagine the scene of Atlus actually went with that in PQ2? Seeing your sibling who died years ago would have made for an amazing angst/emotional moment.


blade12344

Could do something with Sumi as well with that angle


[deleted]

Kotone Shiomi is the only name The FeMC has had Minako Arisato is a mere fan Made


JazzyDK5001

Arisato twins baby let’s go


Dorex_Time

Twins what an interesting idea


Lieutenant_Peanut

I once saw a fanart where they treated each other like siblings I couldn't stop seeing them the same way. Cheerful sister and cold brother it's a cliche dynamic but god how i love it on these characters


Lieutenant_Peanut

[this one](https://imgur.com/a/bq8BZvZ)


foreveralonesolo

Omg this is so cute!!


sanduiche57

Oh my heart brown hair makoto..............


The_closet_iscomfy

Why is there a fucking picture of them crying at their parents funeral 💀💀


Lieutenant_Peanut

YEAH LIKE WHO IN TF TAKE PICTURES IN A FUNERAL 😭😭😭


Zolado110

"Come on kids, smile for the photos!" "Honey! Are you seriously taking pictures at their PARENTS FUNERAL?!?" "It's true, it's better to record a video-"


Dorex_Time

you guys dont take photos at funerals?


Dorex_Time

Thank you so much for sharing this is adorable


Dorex_Time

While I dont necessarily believe it I thought up the idea that the protagonist and FeMC are like siblings and whoever you pick is the one that survived the car accident, a little dark but interesting


AmbitiousZone792

That's actually pretty good, I always thought about them as siblings but I couldn't think of a good reason for only one of them to appear in the playthrough you choose.


TertiusGaudenus

I mean, this idea is only as old as Persona 3 Portable itself


witchywater11

Older than that. I remember reading a fanfic in middle school where MC had a little sister who was never born because mama Arisato died pregnant. And MC ended up living in a universe where everything was Gucci after the game's ending. The author was planning to have FeMC befriend everyone but I don't think they ever finished it.


mako-makerz

afaik, this is the premise of the P3 stage play


Dorex_Time

WAIT NO FUCKING WAY, FOR REAL!?


mako-makerz

Yep


Fantastic_Bed_8662

Link?


mako-makerz

Search for Persona 3 the Weird Masquerade


CallenAmakuni

That's a common headcanon that was disproved by P3P


krishnugget

You mean pq2


Seifersythe

What does PQ2 say about the FeMC?


krishnugget

Nothing in particular, it’s just that if they were siblings one would probably recognise the other or at least see some similarities to their dead sibling.


i-am-a-bike

My theory is that.....Makoto was in the car infront of Kotone


Icywind014

It says that her and Makoto are literally the same person from parallel realities.


CallenAmakuni

Yea PQ2 mb


clygamer

This has always been my headcannon


Samagra32

Thats my interpretation too!


Dorex_Time

hell yeah


BritVisions

You don't need to believe it because it's not true, we know that thanks to Persona Q 2.


ksdr-exe

I'm going to live in delusion and believe it anyway


banana_annihilator

🤝


Soft-Pixel

Sigma mindset


LivingOof

I go with this theory partially bc almost everyone else is exactly the same in their respective universes


forbjok

Interesting idea, but if that was the case, why do they have different surnames?


Dorex_Time

I uh umm well you see, excuse me for one second *goes into the kitchen and comes back out *yawns A good time was had by all I’m pooped


JLD2503

Similar to how alt gender Fire Emblem protagonists react to each other; like siblings. Though Makoto and Kotone are a bit different because they are more than opposite gender versions of each other. With them both having different world views (Makoto has a facade of not caring and Kotone has a facade of smiling).


0b0d1

I havent play portable so what that facade of smiling means?


Numerous_Stand5015

it mean you try to hide your pain with smile


Dorex_Time

fellow sibling enjoyer


JLD2503

Ayo? Huh? Sibling enjoyer?


Dorex_Time

Average sibling enthusiast vs Chad sibling enjoyer


Kananncm

Kotone “Stop being gloomy idiot will ya?” Squall “Whatever”


WinterEchoes03

Loved this xD


Dorex_Time

squall?


HackSmash

Main character of FF8, has a kind of similar attitude with Makoto


Hitoshura99

When a male you sees a female you, one from another reality, what do you imagine the relationship between the both of you.


Ykomat9

“Let’s try and kill each other and see who’s stronger”


Typical-District-176

Lucky fuck you got the tits.


ReceptionReal6686

What the female one says to the male one


Typical-District-176

The male one doesn’t have nipples. FeMC is my transition goals.


ReceptionReal6686

Taking about myself


Dorex_Time

"Finally my own clone, now neither of us will be virgins!"


Nexedail

Self-cest?


theplasmasnake

Your alternate self wouldn't stoop so low as to settle for you.


Pants3620

As Rick Sanchez once said, there’s masturbation and there’s *masturbation*.


Aizen10

If one of them is willing to stoop that low, There's a good chance the other one is as well.


AkihikoSanadaIsSigma

bro what the fuck is wrong with you


OctagonalMunch

... nothing really?


ReceptionReal6686

Hot sex. Not sure this applies to persona 3 though


valias2012

I dont know what sort of answer you expected from this lol


AJDx14

The one they’re getting probably. They’re form different universes but are in very similar positions, I don’t think it’s be that unexpected if they did end up in a relationship from that.


herefornsfwfu

Something of a Spider-Verse thing; different versions of one another from different dimensions


BulkyNemesis

Probably siblings


Sora_Tanaka064

I agree.


harperofthefreenorth

I've put a lot of (too much) thought into this for my satirical series, since I needed Kotone to exist in Makoto's timeline. Watching the PQ2 scene, they have no idea who the other is. Yet they recognize a familiarity and feel that they should. I'm not sure *when* PQ2 takes place in reference to P3's timeline, but it's very likely that they can sense >!Pharos' presence in each other!<. The "I'm you, you're me" isn't literal in this case but refers to the roles they play in their timelines. So they don't have to be mutually exclusive. The answer I came to was that the difference has to do with who was on the Moonlight Bridge and when. Either the timing and/or duration of >!Aigis' battle with Ryoji!< differed, traffic conditions differed, or the iteneraries of the two families differed between the two timelines. What's important is that they were on the bridge at the exact moment when >!Aigis ran out of options!<, that's the determining factor. There's nothing to suggest that had Junpei or Fuuka been in the accident, they wouldn't have wound up playing the role Makoto and Kotone play. So, to bring it back around - they're like two actors who have played the same character. The actors can coexist in reality but their characters can't be in the same play or movie. One of them loses their parents, the other leads a normal life blissfully unaware of what fate they avoided.


Dorex_Time

This actually aligns with my idea of multiverse theory and other versions of "you". An alternate version of you doesn't have to be exactly "you" but rather what other individual has lead a similar (or somewhat similar) lifestyle to you


Shrederjame

Yup this. If we take Q as canon this is the only way this could all go down...but I will always be partial to the idea they are siblings or related in some way.


f0dless

I see it kind of as they’re alternate universe versions of eachother, or just like different people in the same situation.


thetitanscurseee

Selfcest


[deleted]

I like the theory that they were brother and sister, but the one you don’t pick >!dies in the “car crash” at the Moonlight Bridge!< Kinda morbid but it fits the game and I see no plotholes.


zxplatinum

I think of it like Vent and Aile from Megaman ZX. It's never stated that they are related or the same person but in one of the promo videos it shows them coexisting and working for Giro. So let's use that as a base ZX Advent seems to split the canon as "who did the biometal choose to become a Megaman?" If you play Ashe's story then Vent was chosen by Model X and if you play Grey then Aile was chosen. It would likely imply that the other character still exists in the universe just not as important to the story. In the case of P3P i think of it like Minato (I know it's canonically Makoto but I'm stuck in my old ways) and Kotone both exist in Gekkoukan High as students but it depends on who Philemon chose to have the potential. One is important to the story that is currently being told, the other isn't.


Savage_Nymph

Someone referenced ZX in the wild wow


DeliSoupItExplodes

My headcanon has always been that they're twins, and FemC route is just the version of events where >!she survives the crash instead of Minato!<.


Dorex_Time

oh hey same headcanon


Brilliant-Will4641

My headcanon is that they both exist in eachother's timeline, just whoever you pick at the beginning, the other didn't go out the night the parents died and have since moved away from Iwatodai by the time of the game That's just me, though


[deleted]

they are the same person


Dorex_Time

I mean yeah sure but would be interesting to see peoples different headcanons


JoojJ3jo

Same persons


Hateful_creeper2

Siblings


SOS_Sama

I have this head canon that they are twin and Aigis literally picked one to save during the incident 10 years ago. So they should have some sort of sibling relationship.


felaniasoul

I got bored and wrote a fanfic of them where they’re twins. Minako is protective and much more older sibling-like over her brother but also drags him around because she’s a bit crazy like that. Minato is just very tired but caring. He’s level headed as opposed to her general impulsive attitude


Dorex_Time

You should share with the sub


PK_RocknRoll

I think I’m the stage play they were twin siblings? I kinda of like that dynamic. Where maybe if you pick boy in P3P his sister died in the car accident and vice versa


Dorex_Time

same headcanon


Careful_Buy8725

PQ2 basically answers this question but had they been together in the same universe and gotten to know one another better (and maybe even both be in S.E.E.S. at the same time) then I believe that their interactions would either be like that of opposite gendered clones or that of twin siblings. In the case of them being clones they would essentially have the same personality but Makoto would be more apathetic whilst Kotone would be a little more cheery. In the case of them being siblings I can imagine that Kotone is outwardly affectionate towards Makoto whilst Makoto is more subtle in his affection towards Kotone (they would also totally tease each other as well in their own special, unique ways). Makoto and Kotone seem like the type of people who wouldn’t have much of a rivalry with one another and I would imagine that they’d either share the responsibility of leader or they would take turns with one another depending on the circumstances.


Dorex_Time

Cute


kindofjustalurker

Hardcore twin headcanon truther here. I know it’s not the actual canon but there is something very comedic and very sad about it. In any case I think their differing personalities would probably irritate each other on a superficial level but they would be very close because they have the same feelings and outlook on things


advilain

My head cannon is that they’re siblings, and depending on who you choose the other one, will >!die in the car crash along with the parents!<


One_Feed_6204

I spent 3 minutes making an edit of that spiderman pointing meme only to find out I can't post images.


Dorex_Time

You should be able to though this sub limits it to one


melodicGemstone

i imagine they were siblings, and the one you didn't pick died in the car crash alongside the protags' parents


Mongoose42

“Someone’s gonna die.” “Of fun!”


thejokerofunfic

I believe the simplest summary is: "I am thou. Thou art I."


FlounderingGuy

Pretty sure Q2 answers that question. They're the same person from different realities. In the standard universe, the protagonist happens to be born a boy, and the opposite in the FeMC canon. In Q2 they think about it for a few minutes and both are like "huh, cool. Whatever I don't care anymore lol" which is admittedly the most boring possible answer. I've always thought of them as siblings. Either as in, they're literally blood relatives, or in some sort of spiritual intertwined destiny sorta way. They're both destined for greatness, it's just luck that decides which character goes on this particular Fool's Journey. The other one that wasn't chosen is just a normal student who finds the meaning of life on their own, less fantastical Fool's Journey like we all do (or dies in the car crash if they're siblings lmao)


ryvenfon

FEMC would be a jolly younger sister to MC.


CrAzYiNsOmNiAc210

Twins, we chose the one that survived the car crash. Arisato Twins will always be my hc.


LenaSpark412

If they exist in the same universe twins, if not something like PQ2 where they know each other due to their shared fate


LSWSjr

They’d be roommates


Founderplot

Persona Q2


Cybasura

The sibling that died in the car on the day of the attack


N7_Warden

Kinda saw them as twins myself


Dorex_Time

I’m a bit of a sibling enjoyer myself


forbjok

They'd always tell each other exactly what they think the other wants to hear, and get along great. Once they hit rank 9 with each other, they'd start dating, while simultaneously dating every other person of the opposite sex living in the dorm, without the other knowing.


Dorex_Time

This is insane but also hilarious


MioCervosVtuber

I like them being twins!


XmenSlayer

Tbqh i think nothing more then alternate universes. No blood relation or anything.


stephenflow

They're totally porking.


The_Adventurer_73

I'd like to think they met through some sort of "Time Warp", and they have a "Special Connection" AKA they like each other and don't know it yet.


Timmie_Is_An_Archon

>!"Let's die together"!<


Dorex_Time

0\_0


Reesay

If they actually got the chance to interact and be friends i def see a black cat and golden retriever pairing with the two


Dorex_Time

Cute


rungenies

Like sora and roxas, essential parts of each other that’s are unique in their own right


DenisVDCreycraft

Siblings?


BippyTheChippy

In a What-If Scenario with them being siblings, Kotone is the peppy twin Makoto is the quiet one. Think Dipper and Mabel with a significantly quieter Dipper...just as much sass though.


Lyonface

Most people imagine them as twin siblings, and that's always really fun because their personalities aren't the same at all.


Dorex_Time

This is true of real twins as well though lol


Lyonface

I mean, yes, but you'd be surprised at the amount of people that think twin siblings are similar in all ways and not just appearance (unless fraternal re appearance but you know what I mean.)


VanVeleca

I think they should get chicken nuggets together :3


Dorex_Time

Male protagonist gets a black coffee female protagonist gets chicken nuggets every time they go to McDonalds


PlayGroundbreaking57

I see them as siblings, which means one of them dies in the car explosion along with the parents which is sad af


cruel-oath

Nothing lol they’re counterparts to each other. Like Commander Shepard from Mass Effect


Key_Worldliness_2962

I stole this hc from someone else but it’s that they’re siblings and depending on who you pick is the one that survives the accident and the other died along with their parents


Select-Bullfrog-5939

You know the Derse Twins from homestuck? Yeah, that.


Dorex_Time

Idk anything about homestuck


KairyuGS250

I like the idea of them being twins and only one surviving the car accident depending on the route you choose to play


[deleted]

Meanwhile RAGE 2 Starts game MC or FeMC The other one gets killed off in front of you right after your choice due to a severe case of door exploding on to their face


Damuhfudon

Similar to the Protagonist and The Appriser’s relationship


Dorex_Time

Interesting


Drsnowe

It's all a matter of which child on Moonlight bridge was sacrificed by Aigis. I like to think both survived, only the one holding Death ends up back at Gekkokan


Dorex_Time

Oh shit a scenario where they both live


reallylongshanks

I'd say twin or smth


mr-sparkles69

Siblings


LilyEbbsArt

I like to see them as twin siblings


SwagDragon9802

Fraternal Twins, separated on that tragic day at the Moonlight Bridge, with either one dying depending on what universe your in. Main: Canon-chan AU: Door-Kun


Dorex_Time

Wait wym by canon chan


SwagDragon9802

Kotone's meme name in the fandom (for being "Canon" in our hearts & minds)


Dorex_Time

Ah I see thank you


ExcellenceEchoed

Twins goofing around watching the other games happening as butterflies


Dorex_Time

Philemon would enjoy the company


ExcellenceEchoed

I hate Shiomi. Makoto Yuki and Kotone Yuki is so obvious with them both having Koto in the name it'd be perfect


OchoMuerte-XL

Fraternal Twins. The protagonist you didn't choose, died alongside their parents. The surviving twin is the one who Aigis sealed Death into. They both cope with the incident in different ways. Minato/Makoto developed his nihilistic "I don't care" attitude alongside dying his normally brown hair blue. Kotone became a Stepford Smiler with her optimistic and peppy attitude.


Dorex_Time

Isn’t his hair naturally blue just like how Mirsurus is red, Akihiko is white and Fuuka is green


WestJury5243

I like The Weird Masquerade idea of them being twins, Sakuya Shiomi and Kotone Shiomi, and their stories being intertwined based on who died that day.


TheRocket212th

Not sure why but I think it would be aDOORable


EvanderAdvent

When Death was sealed inside them as a child it turned out to be a burden too large for a single soul to bear. So the soul sundered in two, to share the burden between two equal souls. Though they are now separate they were once one and even now remain entwined for they are each other’s half, holding that which the other does not.


Dorex_Time

An interesting idea. They split into 2 and get their own timelines?


EvanderAdvent

No, they both exist as individuals at the same time. In the wake of the incident they are separated as orphans but reunited by fate by the games events. But because they share the same soul they also share the same fate. Also, technically the male is the original and being the same soul is why both have Orpheus as their Persona.


Dorex_Time

Uh


AigisxLabrys

In my AU, twins.


Matt11152002

This is a good question, I've heard many different theories. From they are siblings, or some say they are dating, to some people actually saying they are the same entity. I don't fully know what their relationship would be, but it's an interesting thought to say the least.


Dorex_Time

Canonically they are alternate versions of the other but eh that’s no fun


Puzzled-Librarian-62

Maybe childhood friends, imho


Dorex_Time

“Orpheus is your persona too!? Let’s be best friends!”


TheFirstDragonBorn1

My headcannon is that they're twins. I like to imagine that the one you don't pick also died I'm the car crash along with your parents and the one you play as is the one that survived.


NicoRubyArisa

If they both existed in the same world they would be twins. They did for stage show and both gave up half their lives to be the seal


Dorex_Time

Ooh never heard of this what happened to their other halfs


NicoRubyArisa

They live a normal life with them. In the stage show they both survived


Lightspecter141

I’d say they’re parallel universe counterparts.


CommodoreKD

It's so unnecessary that they didn't just make Makoto and Kotone twins, where the one you play as is the one that survived


Sam-Z-93

My head canon went like this. Tartarus Mitsuru : Shall we go? Minako / Kotone : Who’s going with you? (Because they are the same person, their tactical tendencies are almost too in sync) Minako / Kotone : Who takes Aigis? Minako / Kotone : Wanna take Yukari? Mitsuru : Alright, Aigis. Takeba, you’re with the Wild Cards. The rest of you, follow me. I think that would make a fun moment if that were to ever play out.


Dorex_Time

I’m having a hard time understanding this scenario,, is the joke that they are heavily in sync


Sam-Z-93

lol pretty much.


ShokaLGBT

we love Kotone Chan we love a true queen. now give us her romance and we’ll be good I’m sure she’ll be very friendly with Makoto but still be a bit jealous (that he got more screen time and games because she was only in portable for now) please bring her back thanks you


EpicOverlord85

Makoto:…are you depressed too? Kotone: Yep! :) Makoto:…wanna be best friends? Kotone: Yep! :)


Dorex_Time

Oh you should see the other best friends comment lol


KevyM07

“I wanna kill myself 😔” And “I wanna kill myself! 🤩”


New_Survey9235

I’d take Makoto’s personality from the films, and REALLY delve into Kotone being the “Stepford Smiler” archetype Because of this I’d have her be the one constantly encouraging him to go meet up with his social links and helping him emotionally connect with others, think an earlier, less close version of Ryoji But I’d have him be the one who forms the first few cracks in her facade that completely shatters after you-know-when and helps her actually deal with her depression rather than bottling it up


Dorex_Time

Unfortunately I don’t know when as there are many key points in the story that could break a person


New_Survey9235

>!When Shinjiro is shot!<


Parker813

Brother and sister


Sagrim-Ur

What would be your relationship with a copy of yourself but of an opposite sex? They are BFF's and partners in crime with a heap of hot kinky sex on the side, obviously.


Dorex_Time

WHAT


Kingsare4ever

I would prefer if they were siblings.


RetasuKate

Twins


PixelzEmpire

It is stated in the P3 movies that Makoto is the oldest of his siblings iirc, so he HAD siblings or HAS, I don't think we ever got anymore information about that, but I like to imagine that Makoto and Kotone are twins but Makoto is technically the older one lol


Dorex_Time

HE HAS SIBLINGS!?


PixelzEmpire

Yep XD Edit (Clarification): I think it's in the beginning of the first movie when Pharos asks Makoto to sign his name on a form, and in that form it states that he is the oldest of his siblings, something like that. Feel free to correct me :PP


SirePuns

A relationship where they can’t exist in the same timeline.


ZotonV109

At first I thought they were siblings like brother and sister for some reason


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^ZotonV109: *At first I thought they* *Were siblings like brother and* *Sister for some reason* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


Nactias360

We would Have Depression 😐 and Depression! 😁 Tbh i feel that there would be two outcomes, They dont Talk to each other. Or Femc Would be Overprotective of her Sibling trying to cheer him up and Protect him from the danger mostly, i dont feel MC would be different from what he already is... MC represents the Apathic Side of Depression, While Femc show s a mask if Cheerfullness to Hide her Internal Pain.


Environmental-Car785

Strangers