AxleStukov

Well, episode 4 was definitely a good one. Next week appears to start us on social linking, Yu will be joining one of the sports clubs and getting into shenanigans with Ai. Hoping these social link episodes are as entertaining and good as the shadow episodes.

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/24/first-screens-of-teddie-and-naoto-in-persona-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arena/

Well, looks like the music club might end up being in the anime, and Kou and his balls are the sports club of choice. Of course this could just be Ayane getting a cameo appearance and nothing more.

Edit: Finished watching the episode, the Shadow Chie scene was absolutely amazing... and THIS... THIS!

Man, really liking how the Shadow fight went, can't wait to see how they'll do the others since the anime isn't pulling the "Hey it's boss time, go faint and be unconscious until the fight's over" thing the game did.

Hm, I bet Aika will be an anime only social link that replaces like Young Mother or something (because I don't see them having Yu go to daycare in the anime ever), or it's a tie-in with P4 Golden where she's some sort of side-quest related character.

So episode 2 got leaked a day early it seems. The twitter post about the episode not even being worth watching? It's full of shit. Also Yu's stats are confirmed to be raising each episode, his stat boost from Episode 1 was + 1 to courage. So to tide you guys over till it's legally available, have the opening.

So I watched the episode again and noticed the next episode preview's text wasn't "next scene" but "next SCENT', oh Teddie. And if this brief look is any indication, I think the shadow scene is going to be great.

Can it be next Thursday already?

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Starclopsofish said:

5 stats X 5 levels = 25 episodes :)

Except I don't think any of his stats went up in the first episode.

Are you kidding? His courage just shot up from rank 1 to rank 5 right here.

I have a feeling later episodes will not be going at such a breakneck pace, it reaaaaalllllyyyyy feels like they just wanted to get to Yu summoning Izanagi for the first time into the first episode. Also, thanks AN translation team for giving us bear puns instead of a verbal tic.

Whelp, putting myself in cold stasis until October 6th.

Really liking how they kept the whole game timeline when releasing all these trailers, there probably will be one last blurry image of Naoto's Lab being empty on the 5th, and then the anime starts on the 6th - the day Naoto joins and the Investigation Team is completely formed.