You came to the shore with Naoto... The cool breeze feels nice...
N: It's Quiet...
N: Um... sorry about what happened back at the school. I didn't have to say it like that, in front of everyone, but... I was just so nervous about today.
(Okay, so the first part sets the scene, sure. You'd think a woman who has been spending a day a week in your bedroom and/or going to the hotsprings with you would be a little less frigid, but w/e, that's Naoto.)
N: ....(VO: ummmm)
N: A-Anyway, here.
The Chocolate Naoto gives you is in a simple-looking box. (Dawww)
N: I... At first, I had it all wrapped up in some cute little package. But I took it off (VO: sigh), because it was too embarrassing carrying that around....
MC: Sounds like you / You're Right, it's simple. ('kinda jerk would say the second one?)
N: O-Oh...But... Maybe I should have kept it the way it was...
N: Still, I made it with you in mind. Please except it. And... um... well... if you could...
MC: Can I open it now? / Let's eat it together. (I laughed when I read the first option here - I know a guy who would have said exactly that in real life)
N: Oh, of course!
Naoto's chocolate has an adorable design etched in it with painstaking detail...(Daww)
... It tastes as elegant as it looks!(no clue how something can taste elegant, but sure - why not?)
The two of you share the chocolate...
N: I guess I did an okay job. I mean, what did I expect? I made it exactly the way the book said to... I started out wanting to make something that reflected how I really felt, but I couldn't think of anything...
(OKAY, NOW STOP ME IF YOU HAVE HEARD ANY OF THIS BEFORE)
(Also, this is where it starts being a bit cringe worthy)
N: When I'm with you... I start to lose sight of the identity I've created for myself. I'm blurring, becoming something new. I want to be happy with who I am... but I want YOU to be happy with who I am, too... And then I start wondering if I'm changing myself for my benefit or if I'm doing it for your approval... and what that means about me. (Yes. Yes you should wonder that oh my god - but again, if you've been paying attention to what she'd been saying for the last year this stuff comes as no surprise.)
N: I think... I want you to help me figure out who I really want to be. Because I know that if you're happy with who I am, I don't need anyone else's approval but my own. (Okay, that's a bit much but you still have at least a little backbone so that's good. I guess.)
MC: You're fine just the way you are / I want to change you / That's a big burden. (this can go either way really)
N: So... You're saying that... you like who I am now? I don't need to change myself for you?
N: (frustrated anime squiggle thing) I'm so immature. I hate it... This is the first time I've been in love. So matters of the heart are still... difficult for me.
The only sound you hear is the crashing of the waves...
(Best track in the game IMO comes in here, The Girl of the Hollow Forest - also heard in the plot climax of the Marie extra content)
(IMO, this part is actually very well written, and makes up for the rest, especially delivered in time with that music)
N: But... You've always got me figured out.
N: You're a master detective... Or a spy...(beat) It's not fair, stealing just my heart. (daww - a solid romance line which very much fits her character.)
(Aaaaand now it gets a bit much - craziest line in any romance scene I've seen in Persona)
N: If you're going to take part of me... Take all of me.
You smell the sweet aroma of chocolate...
(Okay, that second line is actually pretty good, well, I'd be more comfortable if they were adults but still)
You spent a long time with Naoto...
(Okay, that's all, move along folks.)
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