I like Persona. But FanFiction is diseased and I don't go near it.

Thanks for posting this. It's really good and the story managed to grip me. I'm definitely interested in seeing where the author goes with it from here on out. Things have been pretty bleak so far, but hopefully they can sort everything out in the end.

i hate fanfiction, but i decided to give this a chance,, finally a good one that doesnt cross naruto ,starwars,samurai warriors, and TMNT

So the guy updated not with a new chapter (Though its apparently coming soon) but announcing that theres going to be a radio play version of it. 
 
Trouble is, its being concocted by the fine folks of the Voice Acting Alliance website. 
 
I...ugh...dont know.

So I says to myself, "You know, I'm not sure if they can find a suitable actor for the main character." Then I says to myself, "Why dont you put up and audition for yourself?"
 
....so...I did. They're still looking for more voices though. If you fancy yourself a part in it, you can get the details here.
http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=45735

That is exactly why I can't read fanfics. It's ok if they are bad, at least you can get a laugh or two out of it. If they are actually well written it's a completely different thing. You might like it and even want more, but no matter what it's still only a work of a fan. It's not canon, the characters will never behave like they are supposed to by their original design and in the end it's a huge waste of time.

Oh, just try and imitate Johnny Yong Bosch. Basically just listen to Adachi speak a bit. Same voice.
 
Still, making a radio drama version of it? Sounds a bit... Full of oneself in my opinion. Might just be skepticism kicking in.

" Think you could send us a voice sample so we can mercilessly criticise your vocal chords? "

" @Eirikr said:

"I loathe the name Souji Seta, but I can understand its necessity in a context like this. Still, I think it could have allowed more creativity to use a first-person narrative and have people not refer to him by anything specific, like in the game. "

Exactly, I think it would be way more interesting if they made it in a way that he didn't have to be called by his name (all the time), just like in Persona 4. "

I wonder if the third person dialogue will be transformed into first person dialogue for the radioplay. 
Because I'm sure we want to hear the main character put his engineer experience of recording everything down with some hot pen scratching action.
 
Also, remember the Drama CD? the main character wasnt called Seta Souji. Teddie just referred to him as sensei, and the others (Or just Chie) referred to him as "Leader" Pretty clever, eh?

" @IntramanDW: It'd be very possible. And you wouldn't even have to use "senpai" all the time either! 
 
A first person narrative would make it even easier. Here's a theoretical example:
 
As I stepped off the train, a familiar headphone-wearing outline waved to me from the crowd. 
 
"Hey, we've been waiting for you!" shouted Yosuke enthusiastically. Not even a minute in and it already felt nostalgic to be back in Inaba.   I hope this doesn't count as fanfiction I've written. Eww. "

Hello everyone.  I'm computer-geekz over at FanFiction.net, and a little while back one of my readers there referred me to this thread.  I've been following it off and on, and would just like to thank you all for taking the time to comment on Simulacrum.  Even if you didn't like it, you've still taken the time to at least look it over and offer your criticism, for which I'm grateful.  Thanks also to Kombat, for starting this discussion in the first place :)
 

@Vect

Still, making a radio drama version of it? Sounds a bit... Full of oneself in my opinion. Might just be skepticism kicking in. "

" Oh, just try and imitate Johnny Yong Bosch. Basically just listen to Adachi speak a bit. Same voice. 

I had already started reading this earlier (it's recommended by TV Tropes), but I was away from the internet, so I couldn't finish it. It's pretty good, from what i read.

Oh, sorry then. I guess I misread something. I though the author himself made the radio drama thingy.
 
Oh and welcome to Giant Bomb. As you can tell, Persona 4 is actually a pretty popular game around here due to the people in charge of the site doing a Let's Play of the game known as the Endurance Run. Also your story's pretty good and sorry for wrongfully accusing you of Small Name Big Ego.

Never said anything about having problems with the name. I'm perfectly fine with the name Souji, even if I do think that Charlie is a much more fun name to use (I'm the kind of guy who enjoys abusing the naming feature to make up silly names).

New chapter is up!

Heres an update on that radioplay. The auditions for all the characters were extended to the end of this month. Theres at least an audition for each character except Nanako. Theres a surprising lack of 13 year old sounding voices...apparently? I wonder why none of the women are shooting for it..
 
As for me? I got a critique from the guy and he said that he liked my voice. But he wants me to sound younger, because the voice I provided made the character sound like he was 30...whoops. (Hes supposed to be 22 in the story....even though I'm 23.) I still dont have any place to put them online for the rest of you to tar and feather. But if you want to put it on your personal web space for awhile, I'll go get the tar.
 
Oh, and uh...they're still looking! Why dontcha guys put on your best Dojima face or...hey, maybe you can do a 13 year old Nanako voice.
 http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=45735

16th chapter is uploaded. Also the auditions to the radio play are ending tomorrow. 
 
I'm crossing my fingers.

Wow, the ER reference was amazing.

Meant to edit my post to mention the ER reference too, but the board wouldnt let me edit my post for some reason. No matter though. All I was going to say was "I see what you did there."
 
I also noticed that he wrote a short story on Persona 4 in the midst of Simulacrum titled "Thread of Fate" 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4884020/1/Persona_4_Thread_of_Fate (Okay, so I dont know how to add hyperlinks for some reason.)
 
I didnt particularly care for it much, but a nice little observation as to what happens when you fail to rescue somebody in the game.

Yeah, I just now got around to uploading it to my Kindle and came here to check and see if anyone caught the ER reference.  Nice.

Its past midnight and the auditions for the radio play version are closed.
 
I dont know what I'm doing up but... Homina homina homina. I would say somebody wish me luck, but theres still not that many people (On this board, especially) that have no idea what I sound like, so I guess it'd be kind of pointless, wouldnt it?

" Its past midnight and the auditions for the radio play version are closed.  I dont know what I'm doing up but... Homina homina homina. I would say somebody wish me luck, but theres still not that many people (On this board, especially) that have no idea what I sound like, so I guess it'd be kind of pointless, wouldnt it? "

Dont have any webspace to put them up on.
 
But oh well, I didnt get the part. I'm sure the other guys did a better job than I did.

Read the new chapter. Good as usual and liked the reference to the ER. 
 
I almost want to join in on this VA thing if only so I can voice Igor like Joker.
 
"Hey hey, Soggy! Welcome back to my ride, with the glorious Margaret at my side! Now... Pick a card! Any card! Oop! Sorry, ya got... THIS GUY!"

I just read though the story practically from start to finish in one setting and oh god, while I did enjoy the story (which had some unexpected plot twists) it just drained me reading the story in the dull web page. Made me think of printing it out.
 
Edit: After thinking about it I have came up with a few issues. The way he 'shoe-horned' gameplay references into the narrative was almost painful to read (eg the boss battle music playing in Seta's mind during a boss-like fight). The ending while nothing wrong with why it end it did occur me as odd as into how it ended. It didn't really end as it just stopped (well at least I think is the ending, that wasn't well explaned either.).

Thanks all!  The ER shout-out was the least I could do for y'all :)
 
@Bartman3010: Sorry you didn't get any parts.  I didn't get to listen to any of the auditions myself (since it's entirely LG's production), so I'll probably hear the voices for the first time after they finished product is released.   If you're still interested in voice acting, though, there are plenty of other projects on the site (I'm thinking about giving it a try myself, sometime after I've finished Simulacrum).
 
@Lights_Up_The_Shaft:   Thanks for your honest opinions, I truly appreciate it (it's how I learn to get better at writing).  And don't worry, it's not over just yet for our friends in Inaba ;)

"

For example: There's the Let's Play of Persona 3 of Something Awful works sorta like a fanfiction. The guy uses the name Minato Arisato for the MC and he writes the LP as if it's his Livejournal. He gives him a relatively fleshed-out personality, that of a snarky Emo who through the power of Hanging Out With People To Get Magic Powers becomes more the Messianic Figuretype he's meant to be by the end.      
 http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Persona3/    

"

Wow after stumbling upon this thread after creating my account here on Giant Bomb, I have to say this could quite possibly be one of the best fanfics I've ever read. The story is nice, and I can almost see this as an honest continuation of P4. The changes to the characters seem solid, and I can actually make sense with. Overall, I like the story a lot and I'll be keeping track of it as it continues to unfold. It's good to see something like this receiving such praise here on Giant Bomb, but I do have one complaint about that. This is only one of many fanfics about P4 (or Persona in general), so now any attempts an author would take to promote their story here, would immediately be criticized for trying to steal the thunder of this one. 
 
Now, I know  computer-geekz didn't make this thread, but the fact still remains. I'm an aspiring author, who has plans for a Persona sequel, and this is just a something that kinda bothered me. Not saying I'd use Giant Bomb for advertising (though now it's a thought), but if I (or any other author) did I'd immediately be critisised for stealing computer-geekz thunder from his amazing story. I would never wish to do that, but I know how internet forums work, and this is just a potential problem. Incidentally, I actually might use Giant Bomb for advertisement once I get the story rolling, but that will only be in a link in my signature. 
 
Still, a wonderful story that I will continue to follow until its completion, and I hope now that even after this rant, when my story is ready for judgment it will receive fair treatment. Even though I could have just shot myself in the head on that one (P3 reference hardy har har).

Well, this was a surprise! I landed a role in the radio play after all. Not too sure how, but I'm quite excited about it. I wont say which part I got, but I'm in a pretty good mood that I suppose I can do this...
 

" You said Fan Fiction. That word is taboo. Also, there is a massive spoiler for the game within the first few paragraphs. That is all. "

" Well, this was a surprise! I landed a role in the radio play after all. Not too sure how, but I'm quite excited about it. I wont say which part I got, but I'm in a pretty good mood that I suppose I can do this...
 

http://www.mediafire.com/?tktzunwnktm

    Grab onto your pitchforks everybody! Its my audition for Souji/Charlie. I've read through all five lines. I've also gave them several reads that have a slight variation. As a bonus, theres also one line I quoted from the story I didnt send to LG.  I figured that he should be disgruntled or easily irritated since the way hes written in the story almost seems as if a nervous attitude would probably fit him pretty well. "

I admit, there was something about the voice that seemed a little off. Maybe it wasnt such a good idea to watch episodes of Duckman. Not saying that I was trying to be inspired by how the characters talked, but  sometimes I felt that I was speaking too quickly and had a little too much attitude for a character who seems rather calm or mellow. I also fear that I was slurring my words, which I might've done.
 
But hey, thanks for the comments you two. Hopefully I can pull this other part off. I should probably use that 'energy' for this other character I'm going to do.

Wow, just started reading yesterday and already halfway through. I've only ever read one fan fiction before so you are setting quite a high bar for me. The one problem I have with it is that so far it feels a bit monotonous, though that is probably more to do with my personal taste than a flaw in the writing. Keep up the good work. I wished I hadn't discovered this until you had finished, it's gonna suck when I hit the latest chapter and have to wait for the next one. How many chapters are you planning to do?

... "I wished I hadn't discovered this until you had finished, it's gonna suck when I hit the latest chapter and have to wait for the next one." ...