TAROTOBER PART 8 TEMPERANCE AND THE DEVIL

 

Temperance is the 15th card of the Traditional Tarot and is Powered by Sagittarius and Designated 14.

An Angel Stands in a field with a Fiery Halo and 2 Pitchers in her Hands, pouring one from the Other, In a Demonstration to The Hermit on the Secret to life he spent years on discovering: Moderation. But to learn it now means that the Hermit's life Grows Short!

The Temperance means Mixture, Compromise and Harmony between Opposing Factors, As Referenced by the Angel who is Balancing the Four Elements.

The Field is Earthy, The Wings, Airy, The water jugs and the Fiery halo, all opposing but in Balance.

Reversed, it means discord, distraction, volatility and domestic Strife.

Back to the Straight meaning, it can also mean the Compromise of the Known and Unknown: the flow of Imagination into Reality, Much like the Angelic Presence into the Material plain. 

In Reference to a single Person, it's someone whose personality is personable or less broadly someone who is born under Sagittarius!

Getting their Measurements jotted down are Andre Laurent Jean "Bebe" Geraux, Eri Minami, A woman struggling with raising a son not hers, Sadayo "Becky" Kawakami and Code Name Crimson Viper, S.I.N's Superstar Scientist

ROUND 1 BACKSTORY AND INSPIRATION

BEBE

We are back in the Beginning of the school term in Persona 3 and everyone's favourite Blue haired Human Door Minato has to choose a School club for after-school.

But what if you don't choose sports or art or Student Council?

What if you made up a number in a single member club to stop it being closed down?

And so Minato can join the Fashion Club with Leader and only other Member, Andre Laurent Jean Geraux, But that's too long, So all his Friends call him, Bebe! Which he wishes he had in Japan since coming here, but you are a good place to start!

Bebe is a Foreign exchange Student from France living with his Aunt and is Enamored with Japanese Culture, so in love he plans for a school project to create a Kimono, Despite the Expensive Cloth and Laborious Work it would be for a Student.

However things take a turn for the worse, Bebe's Aunt Dies Suddenly and his Uncle who didn't want his Nephew to leave France has come to live with him, but only to collect him as soon as the red tape of the Student Visa is Cleared. But Bebe is Determined that he can use his Kimono to convince his Uncle to let him return to Japan, one day!

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT!

Keep in mind in Persona 3 the Social Links were a new Mechanic and while the 1st batch either set the standard, we also have ones like this. Despite being flat, this does gets a point for card meaning.

The Temperance of two different cultures and the Imagination into Reality of a Kimono he is making, also the Inversion is represented by the Domestic Conflict between Bebe and his uncle following his Aunt's death. Will Bebe Succeed, Sadly we will never know, and if there is An Anime or Manga that proves Otherwise, sorry but we are covering the Games only! 

Eri Minami 

The Second of 4 Social links that can be Created by taking after school Jobs to max out an Attribute, But if you Don't have the Diligence to be an Orderly, maybe you have Rank 3 Understanding to work at a Daycare Centre

One day, all but one Child is picked up after Hours, A Boy named Yuta, So you Track down his Mother, Eri Minami

"Mother" is pushing it, Not only because she is a Newly Married Woman coming out of being the Paramore of an Affair, but as you speak to her she had no idea on how to be a mother, not Completely out of Ineptitude, But out of Selfishness.

Eri Explains that after agreeing to Marriage, she learned to late about his son and his promotion to work in China for a year, without him, Eri and Yuta are at odds with each other due to this new Existence.

Not helped that Yuta's Frustrations are starting to come out in School as Aggression and Eri is not  aware as she is Spending times watching and going to Televangelist shows, that are on at the same time as the cartoons. With Yuta not able to play along, it affects his popularity, so Yu Clues Eri in, when she tries to buy a Present for him  and it raises his standing in Daycare. One day Yuta's teacher meets Eri after work and Brings up concerns about his Behaviour. You call Eri out on it! And she starts to cry, which causes Yuta to punch Yu for Upsetting "His Mom"

While she is Angry, she does feel better that Yuta called her Mother. They have a lot to work on but hopefully They'll be a family when her Husband returns. 

You know if it wasn't for the Perks I don't think anyone would do this rather forgettable Social link, as for the card meaning it's Compromise and Domestic Strife Again. Eri is an Absolute Idiot who who maybe worshipping a Cult to one of the False Gods as she harps on about being told not to feel guilty because free will is a lie! And it's affecting her Son, so he sought attention- BAD attention by roughhousing that is getting worse and worse, Also to get Eri to open up you must telling her when she asks about your Job that "you hate Kids!" This gets her to open up because at the time she saw kids as something cutting into her free time. She gets better but DAHM! Is it ever a Horse being Lead to Water!

Sadayo Kawakami

You don't know how it got there, or how Ryuji Even Kept it a Secret but one day Ryuji was Excited about something he Found on his locker.

A leaflet for an Adult Maid Service.

So Ryuji, Joker and Mishima make a Pact, they will Rent a Room in a nearby hotel, Call the number and Become Men that night!

Oh please!

This is Persona, the franchise that has being telling the same "Double Booked Hot Springs Session" joke if you could call it that for 15 years! Of course there is hijinks!

So Mishima and Ryuji chicken out at the last minute when the Maid turns up and though you had two options to lie about your age to "Becky", either way she knows you're underage, Which causes Ryuji and Mishima to cry out in the next room, and she knows that not only are they underage too, but by name!

Yes Indeed!

"Becky" is Your Homeroom teacher, Miss Kawakami!

Naturally, She's Annoyed that not only her students have called that number, but requested her specifically, makes her think she is being set up by the other English Teacher, Ms Chouno. The next Day you confront them both, when Ms Chouno, keeps prying into why Sadayo keeps leaving work early, only for you to help her out by claiming tutoring!

Sadayo thanks you, But Realizes you may use Blackmail on her so she blackmails you first! But She needs to explain herself, but can only do so after School.....at her other job! But she'll make it worth your while.... she's just not going to sleep with you!

So she explains that she's Doing every job under the sun, Because her sister is sick ... But then she gets a phonecall that mentions transfers and Threats so that's a lie. The Truth is She IS being Blackmailed, by the Family of a former Student

A few years back, Kawakami was the tutor to a Truant and Problem child, called Taiki Takase, But When she got to know him more, she learned that he wasn't playing truant, he was made to work several jobs at School Hours to pay for the Extravagant lives his Guardians was accustomed to. When they Complained that she was not doing a good job in reality it was cutting into time he should be at another job, she was threatened with firing, But incognito she was still tutoring him, until he died in a Traffic accident. And now his family are asking for money than what she is paid as a teacher!

That is until they find out that she is a maid, When her Cold and general bad health catches up to her and she faints, making those who saw her call the Hospital. So Joker asks her for their full names, in case their Shadows turn up in Mementos, which they do , sure enough if you defeat their Shadows, Oberon and Titania, they have the change of heart, which causes the Debt to be written off, which means Sadayo can quit her maid service job!

Like all the Female confidants you can Romance you teacher, But she is worried that they will be caught, However she is thankful that she has you in her life, whether as your friends or lovers, but more importantly, your teacher!

This time we have the Mixture aspect of the Card. Especially two very different professions. There is also the Harmony aspect, or at least an attempt to appease the Takase Family peacefully! Unlike Mr Torumi in persona 3 she doesn't deny who you are after, giving that you can Romance her, but she remains professional about it at work!

 Crimson Viper

For the long Awaited Sequel Street fighter IV, Capcom held a Focus Group of fans to create a Community fighter with the Synopsis given-Crimson Viper is a CIA agent, uncover as a S.I.N operative, who is a single Mother.

A lot of ideas were thrust to the art Department but the ones that stuck were

• She would be representing the then lacking Latino Demographic.
• She would Be a fighter who uses Spy Technology to manipulate Lightning and fire, but they would be Pragmatically on her person and not have it be a gun!
• While she would be attractive, she would have Heavy Makeup on her to cover the Rigours of long hours and sleepless nights.

And Most important of all, if she's Mommy, she has to have BIG MOMMY MILKERS! 

And with All that Valuable data, Crimson Viper was Created, A CIA agent uncover as a Scientist for the Shadaloo Intelligence Network. (S.I.N) Put into an R+D Department working on a Covert Battlesuit Division. This is the same Battlesuit she wears in game, Telling Seth that only she can use the suit to its full capabilities. If she is entered into the Tournament and wins. She wants in on the B.L.E.C.E Project.

We haven't really covered The Events of Street fighter IV, and given that of all the characters introduced in that game, Only Viper got an artwork in the 30 year Anniversary artbook, So let's talk about it!

Shadaloo and it's Intelligence Network Splintered when the Burning Liquid Explosion Cell Expansion Project (BLECE), A Gene Altering WMD, created it's only Successful Guinea pig. The 18th Test Subject and as such given a name beginning with S, Seth.

Seth, A Modified Clone of Bison, Powered by the Tanden Engine, that spinning Ying Yang symbol in his Chest, claimed superiority over his predecessor, and boasted to be the Perfect blend of Technology and Biology. Planning to obtain perfection by Using the Tanden Engine's power to absorb energy from fighters to steal their moves. But his real plan was to capture enough Chi Wielding Fighters to power and perfect a Worldwide BLECE bomb that would turn all those caught in it into perfect clones of Seth and extensions of his will.

We know that didn't happen, Seth was Defeated by Ryu, the S.I.N. Lab was Destroyed, the other BLECE pods were engulfed in Lava, Juri betrayed him, and his body deactivated by Rolento.

But back to Viper, she was called to action when the Powers-That-Be called her to report that her fellow operates have being killed by S.I.N. So she had been put on The Investigation, Not knowing Interpol and M.I.6 Had sent Chun Li and Cammy respectively to carry out their investigations into Seth. So Both had to be Defeated So Neither could find out the truth.

She was also tasked in Recruiting a Civilian Fighter with no ties to S.I.N, Shadoloo or Any Law Enforcement....But Unfortunately the CIA Chose Hakan, the Olive Oil company CEO and Turkish Oil wrestler with one Hell of a Sun Burn!

On the Back of Seth's Defeat, C. Viper went to Download All the Plans on the BLECE Project, not Knowing that Minutes before Cammy destroyed them. Though her Mission was not a complete success, The Death of Seth and the Destruction his Replacement Bodies, Bar 1. She Could Return Home to her Daughter.

In SFV, Viper, For all her real life Tournament Dominance, Was Reduced to a Cameo in both Juri's and Urien's  Storylines, With Viper playing Babysitter to a Bored and Out of control Juri, who was her "in" to investigating the Illuminati, But was Thwarted by Urien when he came and attempted to steal S.I.N technology.

As of the Newly Announced Street Fighter 6, Viper has been not announced as a playable character. Given Juri had bring Announced as being Wilder and more unpredictable, we will more than like see a cameo again, probably!

For Card Meaning, we have Harmony between two conflicting factors, Truth and Evil. She is raising a child to be a good girl. (albeit Remotely) But her job when you boil it down to it, is lying to people, even if it's for a greater good! Even her Moveset is a Reference to Temperance, though these Elements being Wielded is more Periodic than Arcane!

And this may Surprise you, But even her rivalry with Hakan is a reference. To the Straight Aspect meeting it's Reversed aspect!

THINK ABOUT IT! 

Hakan's Appearance is due to him Using his Oil Products on himself in excessive Quantities. His hair has Hardened into Clumps due to Hair Oil, His skin is red because of using Olive Oil as Tanning Oil and while it is said a Mediterranean Diet is one of the World's Healthiest, Eating that much Oily food will make you Stocky like the Turkish Olive Oil Baron.

Everyone gets a point.

Bebe-1

Eri-1

Sadayo-1

Viper-1

ROUND 2-PERKS

While you can't purchase anything there, Bebe unlocks the sweet shop as a spot for you to socialize in. But to Join the Fashion Club You need level 2 Academics to understand Bebe's Broken Japanese and you need to have reach Rank 2 in The Old Couple Social Link (See Tarotober Part 3 For details!) When Bebe makes a Cameo. When you MAX out his Social Link Bebe will Gift you a Money Pouch for you to Fuse for Yurlanger. However, Start this social Link before the 3rd Full Moon, Or Bebe will leave for France Forever, The Sign now reading "YOU DID NOT CAME, NOW I AM GONE!"

Eri is Hopeless, But at the very least being a Childminder pays very well. You get 5000 a week with a Grand extra for every hour overtime. In total you gain in excess of 56 grand by the time this is over. And your Understanding Attribute increases 10 times at work. Eri's Memento is a Clover Bookmark used to fuse for Vishnu!

Sadayo is a High Maintenace, High reward Confidant. To call her from the Payphone when she is At her "Other Job" requires Level 2 Guts and Paying 5 grand every time, But she will make it worth your While....NOT LIKE THAT!.....as long as your Academics Stat stays high enough, She will let you Slack Off In her class letting you have time to Study to increase Academics or Make Infiltration Tools. This can be Upgrade to Free Term, When she Fakes a teacher's meeting during other classes for you to do the same. As Becky, Sadayo cannot Leave until the hour is up, So This is where the Housekeeping perk comes in, Letting her do your laundry to clean armour you find in The Metaverse or to make the ever-Powerful Coffee items. And this can be upgraded to Super Housekeeping, Adding making the OP AND BROKEN AS ALL HELLS! Curry and have her make Infiltration tools, But when she makes them, You gain no Points in your Proficiency. To complete this Social Link you must Complete her Request, if you max her out, you gain the only Memento that is not a Physical Thing, The Unlimited Pass,

Not only can you fuse for Ardhra, but it will let Sadayo do the one "Service" she can technically do to a Minor-A MASSAGE!

This Massage when given after being in the Metaverse will Give Joker all the energy back from spending time in Dungeons. So longer is a day ended when you return from battle. You no longer have to choose between Battle and Socializing you can do Both!

Viper Keeps Undercover So well, there is no Canon Proof that she and Ryu have met yet!

Bebe-1

Eri-2 (just!)

Sadayo-2

Viper-1

ROUND 3-INFLUENCES ON THE HERO AND HIS WORLD

As a Side Character Bebe, like the others Your Age will call you to spend time after school and bares no greater Part in the Story.

For the sake of Not having to Repeat Myself Later, Eri and Sayoko Add their Thoughts about Yu During his Cinematic Final Turn against Izanami

And That is the Case in Persona 5, When Sadayo and Ohya Add their Cheers During Joker's Cinematic Final against Yaldabaoth.

Crimson Viper is Sarcastic and Condescending to all her opponents, and Ryu is no exception, actually calling him as she sees it, A"HOBO"! If Ryu defeats her, he compliments her on use of Gadgets, but points out her moves are easily dodged!

Bebe-1

Eri-2

Sadayo-2

Viper-1

THE WINNERS ARE ERI AND SADAYO

THE DEVIL

The Devil is the 16th card of the traditional Tarot, designated 15 and Powered by Capricorn.

In Pitch Darkness, the Only Light being the flames of hell, as the Lord of Darkness towers over the Hermit in his vision of Satan, Bound to Him by chains, are two Sinners, A man and a woman, Naked and Pathetic, their Punishment for their Sinful lives laid bare for all to see.

In Writing, It is Known as Classical Sin.

Greed, Lust and Ambition.

This Card Means Materialism, Greed, Lust, Guilt and Tyranny. Bad Habits and the wrong Influences are Starting to Stick on the Inquirer.

Reversed and this is the only time you want to see a card reversed, It means Charity, Good Deeds and the Overcoming of Vices.

This Card When used to Represent A single Person is Usually someone with more wealth than the Inquirer or more Broadly, Someone Born under Capricorn.

Please Allow Me to Introduce themselves, Our next Contestants are 4 Contestants are Chairman Tanaka of Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, Sayoko Uehara a "Naughty Nurse", Ichiko Ohya, an underhanded Journalist, and Akuma, The Self-proclaimed Master of Fists!

Tanaka

There are 2 Constants in the Persona world, 2 that has been invisible guiding hands for the Wild cards for nearly 2 decades.

We've already Covered some but not all of the Denizens of the Velvet Room, who have aided Igor in providing Guidance in the dreams of heroes and their parties.

But they Exist in the Spiritual Realm.

While here in the Waking World, our First Subject will always have the Backs of the Various Heroes of this world.

....For A Price!

One Sunday At Paulownia Mall, A passerby points out that the Effeminate Man there is Tanaka, Y'know THAT! Tanaka, Host of the Shopping Channel's Tanaka's Amazing Commodities? You talk to him and he creepingly cheeks you out, he's interested in having you model some clothing on his show, and he'll get in touch with an agent, but there is a finder's fee of 40 grand which you can pay in the space of 2 days. After scamming you out of the Money, he tells you he forgot to ask that agent, but he'll be that agent instead, he gives you an Autographed Business card in lieu of returning your money saying that it will be worth a lot of money when he's dead! He walks off complaining that you are brat, asking for his money back, but you are in ear-shot and you call him out! This causes the Usually Calm and Collected Chairman to get Startled that his fame could be taken by these accusations. So instead of giving you your money back, he will take you under his wing as his apprentice to teach you the tricks of the trade and if he's pleased with your Tutelage...he'll think about paying you back!

So Tanaka teaches you his Secrets, On selling Placebos, to selling Shares to his own gullible customers, to selling questionable items that don't work and watch that noone ask their money back to admit they have one, To Docking pay and all the while Threatening your life if you ever tell anyone he cheated you out of 40 grand!

But he lets slip to why he's like this, Growing up poor, and Bullied because of it, Makes you want to chase the Dollar even more. And there is a class Reunion coming for the Chairman. What Better way to Rub his Wealth in Everyone's Face!

So imagine his Disgust When a Woman came to his Studio and ask HIM! To Donate to her Charity, the Very Notion Repulsed him! He alone pulled himself out of the gutter, why should he give others what he took long to get himself?

.... But you meet the Woman and She Is Gorgeous According to Tanaka, She's running a Charity that gives College Business Training to 3rd World Orphans, turns out last night over Dinner and Drinks she "Convinced" our chairman, and now she has a joint investor. Imagine a generation of businessmen and women owning their wealth to him. He should have joined this charity shit long ago if it meant he can retire before old age!

Tanaka is not only greed and Lust, but all the Seven Sins in one man! But it's the almighty Dollar, er, Yen that has his heart, but it comes from a place of Hurt, still even though he does have Reversed aspects of Charity,  he's only doing it out of the same Motivations he always had- Greed, Lust and Ambition.

Sayoko Uehara

As you may remember, you met Hisano During your job as an Orderly in a Seemingly Haunted Hospital?

We let's Explore the Actual Job that Leads you to encountering the Widow.

The First Night at work you hear a Strange Noise but you ignore them. You see a doctor telling a Nurse about her new Duties and your Night Job to her.

So when the doctor leaves, Sayoko introduces herself and she's so excited to have a Handsome young Man "Under Her" or "Behind Her Every Night!" 

Oh boy she's gonna be like this the whole time, isn't she?

She tells you that to report to her when your shift is over before you leave and she'll "Show You Something Fun"

.....So she Forces herself on you!

But she laughs it off, when you tell her to Stop, She likes Flirting with anything that pisses Standing Up.

But it bit her in the ass in her last job, when she flirted with a Married Doctor that led to an affair and cost her her Job. She also gained a Seperation Complex, whenever her patients get better, it feels like the story of her life. People say they need her only for them to get better, and never see her again.

One Night you find Sayoko upset over Something. She just learned a Young Child in her care in her last job had died. And she blames herself. Because she was too busy Flirting to do her job properly. She promises after Yu Comforts her, to resolve to be better.

The Next Night, Sayoko is a Different Person as the other Nurses are Somewhat Afraid of her Proactive Attitude, Even her Supervisor is Frightened that she is taken on too much with this Gung Ho Approach she has Implemented.

And she had taken on too much.

In her Rank 9 event, A Nurse tells you to Clean the Empty Bed. There is an emergency: Sayoko Has just collapsed!

You Visit her as she comes to and after a heart to heart, she realises what she must do. The next time you see her, she tells you she is Retiring. She's going to sort out her life before wondering what's next, but this is goodbye as she gives Yu her Hospital ID, telling him that she is Giving you "The Person She Use To Be"

 

Sayoko is the Lust and Guilt Aspects of the Devil. She has Cheated with Married Men and gets a rise out of flirting with any male. She is also  Tormented by her past sins as she nearly dies, in the Reversed Meaning all the aspects mean Redemption in one form or Other, which she is now getting in retirement.

Ichiko Ohya

So the Phantom Thieves had Took Down two Villains who Abused their power over all under them, that was when Makoto Nijima Blackmailed the leader into Helping her.

As mentioned in her Social link, As Student Council President, Makoto was Made to Noterize a Loan by the Principal, from a loan Shark, Until he was Murdered in a Mental Shutdown, to Target the Gangster involved like everyone else, they needed his name to find his palace in the Cognitive World.

Luckily they met a Journalist During the School Trip to a TV Studio, who was Investigating Loan Sharks. From this woman, Ichiko Ohya, you learn the name of the 3rd Boss of the Game, Kaneshiro.

After defeating him in his Palace, The Vault of Greed, You find her in a Tavern Called La Escargot's in the Red light district.

Given how valuable her info was, Morgana Concludes she must have More 

....the Trouble is, her Editor has put her on the Story finding out the Phantom Thieves, which is leading her nowhere, Except the Bottom of a Whiskey Bottle!

Until you Arrive to give her some scoops in the Phantom Thieves, in exchange her pieces will be PR pieces, These Articles in the Cognitive World, will decrease the Security as you "Break into" People's Cognition, as, if you fall into Traps, the Targets Paranoia creates more Aggressive Foes to stop you.

As you Give Ohya Information, You Learn she is a very Cynical Person. And Technically, not a Ground level Reporter, she was Reinstated from being a Politics Correspondent, to what is Colloquially referred to as "A Chicken Coop', Woman Writing  Recipes, make-up tips and the General Fluff for Woman, For Something she had written in the Past as a Politics Reporter.

Then Ohya's Chief meets them on the street and Confronts her in doing her own investigation into the Firing of her Former Partner. To get Suspicion off her, Ohya claims that Joker here......he..is.... her...... Boyfriend?

The Chief in No uncertain terms, tells her that you Can't Bullshit a Bullshitter, he'll Ignore this, but if the Board finds out about this, it'll be his ass on a silver Platter! 

She finds out about you Criminal Record, But Lala tells her That Prying into his business will only make him Questions her Secrets. So even though she is drunk, She knows Lala is Right! So the Alky spills her Guts! NOT LIKE THAT!

So Ohya was Part of a Investigative Reporter Team with a Photographer called Kayo, who was Trailing a Bureaucrat rumoured to have Silenced People via Hush Money. One day, Kayo claimed to have a Big Scoop, But the Next time Kayo was in contact, the Target was Killed in a Love Hotel, and Kayo Disappeared, The Implication been she Lured him for Sex, and then Murdered him. And that's why she was Moved to the entertainment department, to stop her from Prying, and to make sure, the Chief saddled her with a huge Quota. She realizes that the Phantom Thieves are in earnest. Then she gets a Call that they may have found Kayo, but the Chief had Bugged her phone and Trailed Ohya. As Punishment for doing her own investigation, he docks her pay and Doubles her Quota. Joker asks for his full name, so he can change his Heart. After doing so, the Chief gives Ohya his information, but it's not all good news. Kayo is Alive, not institutionalised in a Mental Hospital and has lost the Ability to speak, due to trauma, but she Gifts Ohya a Hairclip and hidden inside, A photo that shows the real killer and Surprise, Surprise! It's a Confidant of Councilman Shido. But With his rise  to Presidency, the story may be Trampled by the Media. 

Finally you meet her at the Sky Tower, and she tells you that Despite the Backlash by the Board, all the dirt on Shido is being Published. It all comes down to People whether they will open their eyes before it is too late!

Well, About That.....

We had Greed and Lust, Now we have Ambition, we See Both Sides in how it can be a Gift and A Curse, we also see the Vices Aspect, in her Alcoholism. Like the others, she gets the Retribution, but it's not bittersweet, like Sayoko's Story. She gets her happy ending.

Akuma

This is Messatsu

This is the Kanji of the Japanese word for Heaven. But be warned, The Man who had his Emblazoned on his back is no Angel, But a man whose Ambition is as high as the sky and an Ego to Rival  That of a God!

But it wasn't always that way.

Once upon a time, long before even the events of Street fighter 1, there were two brothers.

Gouken and Gouki

Both were Practitioners of a Martial Art called Ansatuken- "The Assassin Fist", under the tutelage of their master, Gotestsu.

One day the Old Master,  posed to his Students, they themselves no longer Young men either, a Question.

"How will you teach my style when I am Gone?"

Gouki claimed that he would not change the style. In fact he would return "Assassin Fist" to his Literal Meaning.

Gouken, however would teach an Esoteric approach to not Purge Society, But to Purge the Darkness in one's Soul.

Upon hearing that, Gotestsu congratulated Gouken, he will be the sensei upon his master's death and as such teach him a secret technique.

This Rejection by his master, the only real father figure he had, was the beginning of the end for Ansatuken. 

He had followed his master to learn the secret, but Gotestsu sensed he was too far gone in his Rage and Jealousy.

As he turned from his student Gouki attacked his master. But Ancient as the master was, he fended off the sneak attack with his staff, As A thunderstorm broke out above of them, both were evenly matched, Until the Rage that festered literally burned up from within! Reddening his skin and Twisting his face into an inhuman Visage, the last thing Gotestsu heared was 4 words....

"DIE ONE THOUSAND DEATHS!"

With Demonic Speed Gouki encapsulated his master in shadow, before pummelling him from all sides with blows he could not guard. With his master dead, he tore off the Prayer Beads off his corpse, Proclaiming himself not only the Master of Ansatuken, but of the Master Of Fists. This World, full of Weakness and Wickedness, will bow its head to him, after all he just destroyed his master with the weight of his own sins, he now suffers 1000 deaths, as he has mastered the Raging Demon, The ultimate secret of the Satsui No Hadou, "The Wave of Murderous Intent"

During the events of Street fighter 1, years later  Gouken's own Students Ryu and Ken had two different paths, Ken Masters had become the Martial Arts champion of his own Country, Ryu came second in the Street Fighter tournament, but in his defeat, Brutalized the victor, with powers that are now familiar. With two different reasons to return to the Dojo, Both Paths lead to the same Conclusion

.....he got better!

Akuma as he now calls himself, lives for Fighting and Destruction,  all else doesn't matter for one who claims to have transcended Humanity. It's only when Ryu  has his power sensed in Australia, Akuma travelled there using his ungodly Power, he jumps into the sea,  destroying a Submarine in the process, destroys Ayers rock by Running into it, finding Ryu and Bison In a Field, the power combined turns the field Into an ominous Storm, The Battle of the Field of Fate, after Akuma gave Bison a Raging Demon, was a gruelling Fight, despite defeating his master's killer, learning that broke Ryu, causing Akuma to goad Ryu to finish him, kill him and inherit the Power of The Dark Hadou, become worthy by killing the other who wields it!

Unhinged by his words, Ryu almost granted Akuma's Wish, if it wasn't for his Friends, New and Old, to talk some sense into him! However In the next few Years, Akuma would Haunt Ryu like a Spectre, Until He Succeeded in Turning Ryu into Evil Ryu. Only for Someone to fight off Akuma, Showing him that you don't have to resort to the Dark side of this power to Match Akuma.

Gouken was Back!

Beating Akuma, Gouken used the secret Technique he learned from Gotestsu all those years ago.

"The Power of Nothingness"

Mu No Ken

Learning to focus on Spiritual and Material Detachment, Gouken was Able to separate the Spirit from his Body, Before Returning to it, when Akuma thought his brother was dead. Knowing more than ever his Student needs to learn his Secret Technique. Not just to Defeat Seth, And Bison, But to Purge The Evil Once and For All.

Come the Events of Street fighter 5, and Karin's Tournament was Raided by A Cursed Aztec Statue called Necalli, a being seeking divine power by devouring Souls to grant it Humanity. In other words,  the Souls of Ryu, Dhalsim, and Bison. With his new Technique mastered ,Ryu's Soul is technically not the power Necalli Seeks. Filling his soul with a pure light, Ryu channelled the Mu No Ken into his Master's Super Art, the Electrifying Raijin Hadouken.

Meanwhile in China, much later. Akuma desperate for competition, Breaks Gen out of Hospital for a fight, Despite his age and Dying of Leukaemia, could still hold his own. But a Coughing Fit gives Akuma an opening and without any Sympathy, Gen is Killed, Not knowing That Necalli was waiting in the wings. 

Akuma Easily defeats Necalli, but the clay Creature had a plan, he Conjors mud Tendrils to force Akuma into his Stomach, Only for the Satsui No Hadou not to be Absorbed, but the flames to burn and Harden the Clay Statue, As Necalli explodes into a cloud of Dust! Akuma Stands were his Assailant just stood, and Stands Defiant. This power is His, and His Alone!

With Shadoloo Defeated and the Illuminati working in the shadows, Akuma will return as one of 2 Confirmed Villains at this time.

Out of the box, Let's Confirm yes, "Akuma" is the Japanese word for Devil, gaining a point for straight meaning. Akuma is Pure Ambition Aspect. While Akuma is cold hearted and will kill to seek what he believes he is owed, He Surprisingly has a Code of Honour. He won't kill anyone who didn't seek to kill him, as seen with Elena, but will kill anyone who disrespects Martial Arts or Attack him with a weapon. Akuma's street fighter V ending shows him destroying a Meteor heading to Earth, but he did this solely for his own ambition, he cannot rule this World if it is destroyed.

All characters get a Point

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ROUND 2-PERKS

Tanaka requires A LOT to unlock him, First to Even See him at the Mall, you most do the "Maya" Social Link ( See Part 5- Strength and the Hermit for details) until she speaks of an "Effeminate man". next, your Charm must be Level 4. Finally you must give him two meetings a combined 40 grand. At the end of the social link, you gain A Thank You Letter. All the Gifts earned allow you to Fuse for Beelzebub.

You never get your 40 Stacks back, by the way!

You Need Level 3 Diligence to become a Night porter at 5 grand a night is not to be sneezed at. Even if there is a strange noise interrupting your Work Five times, making your Courage go up Five times. You can start Hisano's Social link (Which we covered in the last essay.) At Rank 3. Sayoko's gift is the aforementioned Hospital ID.

Ohya Unlocks Lala Escargot's Bar as a place to socialize in the Red Light District, It's open during the Day, so it's one of the least sleaziness parts of town. Ohya's Herself gives Varying Buffs of the same perk: Scoops that lower Security overnight, Starting with the Rumour-Filled Scoop, into Shocking then Outrageous and finally Ultimate Scoop which resets the Security to 0%. Dealing with a Drunk who has Beer Goggles for a Handsome Student is somewhat Flattering so Your Charm Attribute Goes up a Few times. Her Gift is her Investigation Notes.

Akuma Without question Has Done More as Ryu's Enemy Than any of his friends. Without the Constant Reminder that one mistake will turn Ryu into a monster. just like Akuma or Worse. It's probably a fact by now that if Ryu didn't Succumb to the Dark side, Gouken, wouldn't come out of Hiding, Cured his student and Taught Mu No Ken to Ryu.

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ROUND 3-INFLUENCES OF THE HERO AND HIS WORLD!

Tanaka is the only returning character over 3 modern Persona Games. As Tanaka as Admitted to, His Medicines and Lifestyle And Diet Aids are Placebos, which is why they are so Powerful in the Cognitive World. He also sells Weapons that are not to be sneezed at! In 4 he returns to sell you his wares every Sunday, though in the Endgame when you need him the most, Tanaka closes his number down to give away gasmasks for free.

In Persona 5, The shopping Channel No Longer has Tanaka, though it sells powerful Gear. there is another. If you fix a Broken Pc you find in a Second hand Shop, you are linked into a Dark Web store called Shady Tanaka's Commodities!

Yes, he is at it again! Fired but not 

Retired, Tanaka sells you all the Gamebreaking items he did in the past, Including armour, which once laundered reveals clothes of great Rarity and Power!

Akuma's Presence Follows Ryu like a Shadow. One will be curious to know how Akuma will react to training gained from both Gouken and Oro and seeing Ryu Dressed in the Garb of a master!

(Also Yes, I am Aware of the Rumours that Akuma is Ryu's Father. But that's what they are. Rumours!)

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THE WINNER OF THE DEVIL CARD'S ROUND IS AKUMA!

And that's it! Unless The WWE Draft Happens next Month, Or a get my hands on Pizza Doritos, this is the last Post of 2022. But I'm not finished yet. Join me over at boggerboxoffice.blogspot.com on November first to see the launch of My Clifford Review, Followed by Ugly Dolls a Month later for the Christmas Review.

The Next Tarotober Review will be in February, where I Cover the next two cards, The Tower and The Star.

If you what to follow me on Twitter, You can find me @RealEnli.

Opinion Piece: The Seven Sins Of Vince McMahon

 (THE FOLLOWING IS SOLELY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES, AND IS NOT A SLAM PIECE ON WWE!)

Long Eras of Success Usually Contain an Undertow of Sleaziness, Unchecked Disgraceful behaviour, carried out by People who then felt Untouchable and Continue to act that way via Inner Circles who with Cult Like devotion, Cover up the secrets to keep the Good times going!

It Happened to R Kelly, It Happened to Playboy, It's FINALLY Happening to Donnie Dipshit!, and soon it will happen to Vince McMahon, The now former Chairman of the WWE, Who has being Indicted and is being investigated on Sexual Harassment Charges since the 80s, with a few hidden behind NDAs.

But that's only the Tip Of the Iceberg.

This will not be first time he was on Trial. WWE Was Investigated in Part, during the Steroid Trials of 1993. For years there was Rumours of Affairs, Assaults, And Just Plain Bizarre Behavior. Today we will Go through 7 of the most Ridiculous but True Stories, each Representing one of the Seven Sins.

In No Real Order to be Determined Let's Begin!

PRIDE

"When Pride Comes, Cometh Disgrace, But with Humility comes Wisdom"

Proverbs 16:5

THAT TIME VINCE TRIED (AND FAILED!) TO ASSAULT A WORLD'S CHAMPION IN A RESTAURANT TOILET!

The 1ST Ever NWA Starcade in December 1983, Saw a Million Dollar Gate headed by a Blockbuster Main event of Ric Flair vs Harley  Race in a Match that Swung Interest in The WWF's Rival heading into the New Year with A new Edge and Momentum.

Knowing ahead of time, that the Show will Affect his Product, A Month Previously, Vince Has Invited Harley Race to Dinner, To Offer Harley a Contract For him to Jump Ship to WWE, And leave the NWA high and Dry for a reported Quarter of a Million Dollars.

However, Harley was Respected By not only the wrestlers in his Roster, But by Wrestlers in General. He Refused McMahon's Offer. He Excused himself to use the Bathroom to take a Breather, But Didn't expect The Millionaire to Barge in, Red-faced, Cursing, throwing Off his Expensive Jacket, and attempting to Leg-Dive Harley Race, the World's Champion of his Rival Company!

Harley was Not Having any of that, so a fight broke out that lead to Vince Having his Ass handed to him, and being Saved by his Wife, Linda!

JEALOUSY

"Surely, Resentment Destroys the Fool, and Jealousy Destroys the Simple"

Job 5:2

THAT TIME VINCE MADE HIS TOKEN INDIAN GUY A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, BECAUSE A DYING COMPETITOR WAS MAKING THEIR TOKEN INDIAN GUY A CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION FOR A FOREIGN MARKET THAT DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT!

Ah, Impact Wrestling! The Then Number 2 wrestling Company in the World...If Only by Default!

Back in 2017, Impact who was fluxcuationing between Money and Quality,to the point that they were Mass taping Shows to be shown in advance, and Not Stopping Audience Members from Leaking Spoilers for Shows to be Shown 3 Weeks Down the Road!

At this time India was Now Seen as a New Market for Content, After all we all Remember The PewDiePie vs T-Series Fight to be the most Subscribed Youtuber (Which T-series Only won By Using Bots and Dirty Government Connections, So fuck them!)

Despite not being able to afford a Studio for the Commentary team, Impact had Somehow made it to TV tapings in India. So what Better way to start the tour than give Sonjay Dutt, a wrestler who was there at the very beginning, Who had Come close so many times, to Finally Climb the mountain to be....The Secondary champion, the X division champion!

Word of the Indian Tour came to WWE and Vince hearing Duty will get at least national press, had a plan. He wanted the Cherry himself that was the Indian deal, so he'll make own Indian Guy a champion! But not any just champion, impact was going have a Indian Cruiserweight champion in 5 weeks, well my guy, PAL!, HE'LL BE WORLD CHAMPION, THIS WEEK AND IF IMPACT COMPLAINS ABOUT COPYING THEM, WE WILL EXPOSE THEM AS A CHEAP COMPANY THAT MASS RECORDS SHOWS!

I'm sure in his Office Laughter was Breaking out to the announcement of "HAHAHA, I'M A GENIUS, PAL!"

However, the only problem with that is, Jinder Mahal was not any good,

His work is Stiff, his Career was Stop-Start, his Physique comes from a Pill Bottle, and his promos do not extend further than "Grrr, I HATE AMERICA, GRRR!"

So, solely for to make money from a new market, Vince put the belt on a Roided up, unproven, Jobber who at the time he won the title, had 74 wins to his name and more than 100 in losses. All so Vince can line his pockets with Rupees.

In the end, the India experiment was a failure for both Companies, Neither title reign were rememberable, or that long.

It worked out better for Sonjay, who is now  manager and Road Agent for All Elite Wrestling, while Jinder is back to kissing Canvas and Counting the Lights!

GLUTTONY

A Discerning Son heeds Instruction, but a Companion of Gluttons Disgraces his father.

Proverbs 28:7

HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE FAKE-TAN FASCIST

By Gluttony I don't mean Physical Gluttony. People have said Vince has not left the house, seen a film in the last 40 years or famously didn't not know what a burrito is!

No, I am talking about Societal Gluttony, the want of power Beyond one's Station and Understanding

We could talk about Vince's Mass Hypnosis of trying to Convince People outside wrestling to call it Sports Entertainment, but in that Wwe was Successful in the same way Wwe is the Coca cola of wrestling: they Succeeded in Edging everyone out, instead let's go back to the Phrase "Power above your Understanding" let's talk about the time The Wifey wanted to Run for Senator under the banner of President Pig-Shit!  

Dump being a Fan of  Wrestling ( Something about White Trash cheering Foreigners being bet up must have resounded in trump!) And was involved in some way or another with 4 of the 38 wrestlemanias. And outside their social Circles overlapped ever since. 

So it's being said that Vince McMahon reportedly gave money in the range of 5 to 20 Million Dollars to the Trump Reich, all so Linda can play Senator in a political Career so underwhelming it puts Taft to shame!

Given That WWE is an International company, That had International and Ethnic Talent, Celebrate on air Pride and Latino and Black History Month, things that Trump has publicly derided, just smacks of Hypocrisy.

VANITY

Vanity of Vanities, saith the Preacher, Vanity of Vanities, All is Vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

THE XFL-SO SHITE, THEY DID IT TWICE!

More Silly than Sinful, The Xtreme Football League in 2001 was Vince's many Vanity projects outside of Wwe, from Wwe's answer to Planet Hollywood, to Vince's Bodybuilding league, None However could rival being a financial Sinkhole more than the XFL, a football league that came back from the Grave, not like a Majestic Phoenix, But as Fetid, Rotten zombie.

Created out of a demand that the NFL Winter off season is too long, in a world where heated Roofed Stadiums are the Norm, Wwe and NBC co-created the XFL, a Rougher game with Shorter play-times and Pro wrestling presentation: away teams got heat, promos and storylines and because this was Vince in the 2000s, all the cheerleaders were dressed like skanks! Despite the Initial High Rating, the numbers were due to Morbid Curiosity than anything else.  The Failure of the league, cane from despite the games touted as more Violent, people found the games boring, plus people who didn't like wrestling didn't like the Tawdry presentation and Predetermined storylines, Landing Both Wwe and NBC, A Loss of $35 million each, Recouping from their combined $100 Million Investment, Earning it the number 2 slot in ESPN'S List of Biggest Sports Flops of all time!

In 2018, XFL's Trademark was sold to Dwayne Johnson and his now ex-wife Dani Garcia, with It's fight league game starting in 2020, before being abandoned due to COVID-19, though the league is to resume next year, (2023), if God sends a virus to stop something coming back, then stay dead!

WRATH

Let all Bitterness and Wrath and Anger and Clamour and Slander Be Put Away from you, Along with all Malice

Ephesians 4:31

Vince being the Man who ran Wrestling's Monopoly for the past forty years has had the Aggression of this boardroom, come out in other avenues of his life, from the time he nearly fired a man for having better manners than him, to beating up actors who resemble people who slighted him, the true wrath of Vince came when the Whole world came after him!

THE STEROID TRIAL-THE PEOPLE VS VINCENT KENNEDY MCMAHON

In the 90s, Major Sports were Being Up-heaved due to a Crackdown of Performance Enhancing Drugs. In 1993, Former Ringside Doctor, George Zahorian Publicly Indicted his Employers after being arrested for Possession two years Prior. In 1993 The District of New York Charged Vince with Distribution and Possession of Steroids, as well as charges of Embezzlement. To stick the Knife in further, Ted Turner, owner of CNN and the Rival Wcw wanted to document the Downfall of his rival.

What Vince had in his Corner was Ironically 2 of the Prosecution's witnesses. Hulk Hogan, Who behind the Facade of Hero of Children everywhere, was revealed to be what he is now is-A self serving liar, who claimed never to have taken Steroids in his Career, EXCEPT under the instruction of Dr Zahorian. And Kevin "Nailz" Wacholz, A witness thrown out due to angry outbursts, who had Previously Assaulted Vince over pay, who wore a neck brace. For Sympathy. Despite Vince's legal team not Entering a Defence,  Vince was Found not Guilty , Vince claimed his Talent did use of their own free wills Steroids, but never after the Controlled Substances Act was put into law in 1991. In the next few years Wwe kept its Nose Clean with an Anti Drug Policy....until they scrapped it in 1996 to save money....

Speaking of Saving Money!

GREED

What Good Is it? For Someone to Gain the Whole World, Yet Forfeit Their Soul?

MARK 8:36

ALL THE FIRINGS DURING COVID!

The Corona Virus Outbreak  Irrevocably Changed the World two Years ago. Millions Dead, World In Fear, Panic and Misinformation.

However, Art Wins Again in the Face of All Terror, Natural Or Manmade! And The Entertainment Industry had to Adapt, It was Hard, Theatres, Galleries and Cinemas closing Down, as well as Smaller Wrestling Promotions, But those do could adapt Did, WWE Especially! With the Thunderdome, a Virtual experience of at home audience Members and Cinematic Matches.

Whether you agree with The Decision to keep in Business during the Pandemic, the Consensus was Talent were give the choice to Stay on the Road or Go Home to their families....SO WHAT SENSE DID IT MAKE TO FIRE 40 TALENTS TO SAVE ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS, AN AMOUNT THEY EASILY MADE BEING THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, IN THAT PERIOD.

The Firing did not go Down well with those Affected, Mike Bennett who was a new Father at the time of his firing went on a scathing Rant on Vince calling him "Greedy and Evil" Saying further that Wrestling will be a whole lot fairer for people once Vince no longer has a influence on it!

SLOTH 

The Way of the Slothful man is as a Hedge of Thorns, But the Way of the Righteous Man is made Plain

Proverbs 15:19

THE "BRASS RINGS" INTERVIEW-VINCE TRIES TO JUSTIFY WHY ALL THOSE SOFT WEAK MILLENNIALS JUST DON'T GET IT, PAL!

In 2014, Vince sat Down for an interview on the Stone Cold podcast, and in Camera, Vince tried to Justify why Wwe's Popularity was on the Downward Spiral, did he say the rise of Social media, the fact there was competition, or just how entertainment gives through slumps that are no fault of Anyone.

Instead Vince went on a Rambling Defensive Tirade on Millennials, Brass Rings, and how noone what's be a top guy, or girls. Which is Rich, because Vince is no longer hands on the Company. I chose this story to represent Sloth, is that there is a phrase called Belphegor's Prime, referencing the Demon of The Sin Sloth, who convince humanity to built machines to do everything while humanity grew lazy with every whim catered for, that is what happened, he designated so many he had designated himself out of knowing what's going on.

 He has Ran out actual wrestling bookers in lieu of Comedy writers and CW Script managers, all so Vince can show his Paralegal his Genetic Jackhammer!

Word for word, with me adding my own reactions, this is the now Infamous "Brass Ring Interview" 

"You have, You know, This is a Different Group of Guys, and Girls, it's Millennials. You know, they are not ambitious, Quite Frankly, they are Not Trepidatous At all....

We know that Vince in Reality is so out of touch with his Product that his old ideas no longer work, and any of the comedy Writers, bought in bridge the Gap are not fans of Wrestling, have no ideas on the inner workings and just have Vince sign off on things they possibly had Bullshited him in the process. And those who did question Vince on their direction, were Publicly Eviscerated- because it's not the Writers shamed by the stupid shit they wrote, its the poor guys saying it!

But here's more verbal Diarrhea!

"I just don't think they want to grab the Brass Ring. The Last Person to really Reach For It was John Cena..."

And Sheamus, Randy Orton, Batista, Edge....all with A Solid Decade of Work before Vince got the Horn for Cena's BEEF!

"Its a Different point of view. If you reach for that brass ring and you fall on your Butt, No one wants to Fail, and there's that Feeling, that if you fail, you're Exposed!...."

STOP MAKING MISTAKES! THAT'S AN ORDER! ITS SO EASY....LIKE MY PARALEGAL!

But there's More...OH GOD there's more!

"So I Think Pretty Much What It Is"

WHAT "WHAT" IS! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

".... Because You Give Everyone Opportunities, You Give Everyone Resources that You (Referring to Austin) Never Had, Things We Can Now Do From a Production Standpoint: Social Media, OH MY GOD, SOCIAL MEDIA IS HUGE!

"IF ONLY I PROPERLY USED MATT CARDONA WHEN HE GOT HIMSELF OVER USING SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN MAYBE HE WOULDN'T BE A BITTER OUTLAW MUDSHOW HACK SPENDING HIS PAYCHECKS ON DOLLIES!"

"It helps Talent in so many Different ways, It Gives them The Tools we Didn't have, It's Important for talent to use-AND THEY DO USE IT! BUT NOT IN A WAY I WOULD!

"I mean, Sami Zayn took a picture of a well he Dug in Syria-WHERE ALL THOSE TERRORIZERS LIVE, ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORIZERS,  THAT'S WHAT MY BEST FRIEND DONNIE TELLS ME!

LUST

For Everything in the World, the Lust of The Flesh, The Lust of The Eyes And the Pride of Life, Comes not from the father, but of the world!

JOHN 2:16

THE MANY SEXUAL MISCONDUCTS (OR AT LEAST THE ONES WE KNOW OF!)

Up to this Point, I have being Jokey and Silly and Not Explicit in My Story-Telling, but no More! Now the Kid Gloves are Off!

Vince's "Retirement" is Solely due to the Accusations Of Sexual Misconducts, Going Back Decades!

The 1st We Know of is in the 80s. WWF's First Female Referee, Rita Chatterton, Professionally known as Rita Marie, Accused Vince  Publicly on Geraldo Riveria's Show "Now It Can Be Told" In 1991. Chatterton claimed that Vince tried to Force her to Perform Oral Sex Acts on Him. When Rita Refused, Vince Allegedly Raped her In his Limousine.

Fast Forward to January 2006 and Vince was Accussed of Sexual Misconduct by a Tanning Salon Worker in Baton Rouge Louisiana. At First the Claim was Discredited as Vince was In Florida, being Televised for The Royal Rumble PPV. However, It was Soon Clarified that the Woman got her dates mixed up, However Charges were Dropped!

This Year However, The WWE Board Began It's own Investigations after a 3 Million Dollar Settlement came to light, that was paid to cover up an Affair that Vince had with a Paralegal. That Revealed Other Misconduct, Which were Hidden Behind NDAS related to claims by other women amounting to accusations silenced by paying "hush money" to the Tune of 12 million dollars.

Despite Being Investigated, Vince took the BAFFLING Action to Appear on Tv to make Banal Announcements about anything but his "retirement", which i'm sure felt like a mockery to the Women who suffered.

But these appearances bit Vince in his Ass, Because New Accusations Kept Being Made at a Weekly Basis, Until Vince stepped down Completely earlier this Year.

NOW WE CAN ONLY WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE INVESTIGATIONS UNCOVER FURTHER!

Well, That's It!

Unless the Draft is Official, that was my last Post about wrestling for the year. Join me In November when i will have another Essay on The tarot and it's use of Storytelling in Persona and Street fighter. This time Covering The Cards Temperance and the Devil.

Over on Boggerboxoffice on Monday we will have our Halloween Special. The ASS-ylum are at it again with Battlestar wars!

Until then! 

PEACE!

Announcement: BOGGER BOX OFFICE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL FOR 2022 IS....

 ONCE UPON A TIME....

IN A GALAXY, FAR, FAR AWAY!.....

SO FAR IN FACT, THE NAZI RAT COULDN'T GET OUT THEIR LAWYERS!

This October!

We Review the ASSlyum's Battlestar Wars!

ONLY ON BOGGERBOXOFFICE!

WWE CLASH AT THE CASTLE: DRAGON DEEZ NUTS!

 After 30 years, Wwe comes back to Britain to showcase a ppv for the Loud and Loyal Wwe universe on my side of the Atlantic.

So was the wait worth it!

Yes and No.

We will break it down by each of the 6 matches and segments of this show. 

Starting with the 6 woman tag. The Wwe women's champion, Bianca Bel-Air teaming with 2 former and future rivals, Alexa Bliss and Asuka to take on the team of Damage Control, comprising of Dakota Kai, Io Sky and Bayley!

Great Heel Work by the above! The Crowd in pure British Fashion, sang their thoughts to the wrestlers including the Return of "Hey Bayley" which Bayley tried to Downplay. This was a enjoyable match, but in the end Damage Control just had more Cohesion in their Group, hitting all their finishes on the champion. Bayley just pinned The Champion on her ppv return match. 

One thing that was unavoidable in the British Showing was the Blackouts of product placement due to English laws, which is why there was a lot of Video Packages last night.

Backstage Tyson Fury met Drew MacIntyre and the camera cut to the Boxer nicknamed "The Gypsy  King" now at Ringside, no doubt there to make Sami Zayn look more stupid by night's end.

We also have At Ringside, Georgia Smith the daughter of the Late British Bulldog and Bret Hart.

Bitter Grandpa gives this Ringside seat a 4/10!

Match of the Night! Well, one of 2.

As you know I am not a big Sheamus. You will remember I coined The Name "Lame-Arse" when Triple He's workout Buddy, got a push from nowhere, but now? Sheamus is a workhorse wrestler and I was a fool not to see that! He faced Ze Valter-Goontah! With Ze Kaiser! And at with them Fabian is back! Ok he's still repackaged as Giovanni Vinci, but to see them dressed as Imperium, to be billed as Imperium. Goosebumps!

And what a visual from the opening bell! The seconds for each opponent causing chaos , but the 2 fighters still staring at each other!

What followed was Wrestling in its Purest Form! Raw chops! False Finishes! Basic but tried and true holds! Sheamus did not go down without a fight, but down he did with a Lariat, after the Powerbomb had failed to do so more than once! Gunther is still your champion.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, there she is the most underwhelming women's champion in WWE, out comes Liv Morgan in her Victoria's Secret ring gear. Seriously it was a White Bra, shorts that rise up the ass into a thong, and knee high boots that looked like A naughty Schoolgirl stockings. I know I shouldn't deride Liv for starting out as a Hooter Waitress, but after those matches with Nattie, it's save to say the Difference with Shayna and Liv.

One wrestles like a former MMA fighter-Because she is.

The other fights with the basic moves they teach you in the Performance Centre.

And that's the Difference.

Nattie and Shayna are Wrestlers.

Liv is a Sports Entertainer!

So as Such have the Little Girl, in fetish clothes make a seasoned MMA Fighter outwork her with armbars is a strange visual. Liv retains, the only people cheering were all the horny men!

At Ringside, Adrian Street and His wife and Manager, Miss Linda. There is a film being made about his life and Career, and I cannot wait to see that! Next to him, but not announced except by Cole, Johnny Saint who is the NXT UK General manager.

Or....Was!

NXT UK IN DA MUD! as the Kids Say.

Next, it was Judgement Day Vs Rey Mysterio and Edge, who came out in a lucha mask and the crowd's enthusiastic singing of Metallingus. The good news, Rey's Fat Useless Son is not in this match, the bad news Rhea isn't either! So Dominic sets up the events to give his father and Edge the win, so it looks like the will be no heel turn if they won the ma....NO NEVER MIND! DOM JUST KICKED EDGE IN THE LOVE SPUDS! AND PIEFACED PAPI!

So Dominic has Joined Judgement Day. I hope they have a Tuxedo in Child's XL for him.

Second of the 2 best matches of the show, Seth "Franklin"Rollins Vs the Man who doesn't take no for an answer, especially from Teenage girls in Britain, The NOMEANSNO BRO, MATT RIDDLE. And Seth is a Miracle Worker, he really is the Messiah, they pulled a 5star match out of Riddle. Good storytelling,  good back and forth and great facials. Finish was Seth going over after Riddle got too emotional for his own good.

And then.....

AND THEN!....

Well, I'll just go out and say it!

They just Lex Luger'ed Drew in his own country!

To that point, this match was solid. There was no Bloodline, No Sami, no Heyman, Roman was all alone, facing a red hot Drew MacIntyre, with basically the weight of an entire country on his back, with his Old music teased, with 64000 people in attendance, with legends at Ringside.....why the fuck did they do this to him?

So the match had so many false Finishes in it, you would thing they were trying for a world record! Theroy tried to cash in money in the bank, when both were down, only for Austin to get knocked the fuck out by Tyson Fury at Ringside! ( Has there ever being a more pathetic holder of the money in the bank? You could argue Damien Sandow, but that was after Cena Buried him!) This match had more twists and turns than a bag of corkscrews as is, but then Drew is cost the title, by Solo Sakoa? Yes, he is the 3rd Uso brother, and Roman's cousin, but isn't the whole gimmick that he is seperate, "Solo" even from the rest of his family, so that would be the end right, except Tyson Fury waddles in like A drunkard, tells Drew he did Britain proud, and I was expecting him to knock Drew out.

What he did was far worse!

He and Drew, started singing karaoke!

The man just lost the title match of his career, in his home country, in a match where he gave everything he had, and more! 

And now A Drunk Boxer, is singing American Pie, Badly I might add, at him for no good reason!

Hasn't Drew Suffered enough?

Well, that was my final ppv of 2022!

But I am not done yet!

Keep an eye out for 3 more Posts, the Wwe Draft, a piece on the past and current Scandals of Vince McMahon, and Finally the next TAROTOBER essay for all the Persona and Street fighter fans.

Keep an eye here and until we meet down the road!

Peace!

TAROTOBER EPISODE 7- THE HANGED MAN AND DEATH

 

The Hanged Man is the 13th card of the Tarot's Major Arcana. Designated 12 and is both powered by the Planet Neptune and the element of water, Symbolising the collective pool of Conscious Thought and Emotions.

The Hanged Man is the most Bizarre card in the deck and despite it's name and the connotations it brings, this figure is hanging by his ankle, tied to a branch of a tree, over a river.

In the narrative of the Fool's Journey, the former Fool now Hermit comes across a man hanging from a branch of a fruit tree on the bank of a river. The Hermit approaches to attempt to rescue the man only to be told not to.

The Hanged Man explains that he is living a Perfect Simple Life, he has food, he has water, he has shade and when he's tired he can easily pull himself up and rest in the canopy.

He has everything he needs. There is one thing he doesn't have being suspended by his leg to a Tree Branch: Privacy, from the countless people trying to "Rescue" him.

Like the Upside down view of the Hanged Man, you may want to change the perspective of your life. This card means Sacrificing something to gain someone greater, but you must be patient. Inverted, it means Manipulation, Selfishness, and Acting the Martyr.

Showing us their World view, are Maiko Oohashi, a grade Schooler caught in the middle of her parent's divorce, Naoki Konishi, the Brother of the second victim, Saki, Muneshisa Iwai, the Gruff Owner Airsoft Owner and Rolento Sugerg, Final Fight's Perfect Soldier.

Maiko Oohashi

On the Grounds of the local temple, there is a playground, where a girl playing there asks Minato Yuki to get her something to eat. So you help her out, as she asks for Takoyaki and a "Big Kid Drink"

Understanding that meant a drink from the vending machine in your dorm, you get her some food and you have a little lunch with your new little friend, the Girl calls herself Meiko and she wants to be friends with you.

Meiko explains that she asked for food because her parents were late because they are constantly arguing about getting Divorced and argue the odds about everything. When she asks why, they blow her off saying it's a grown-up thing "You wouldn't understand!"

She also introduces you to another friend of her's, a Sickly Looking thin man she calls Striped Shirt(more on him when we Cover The Sun.)

Meiko is worried her Father won't come to her birthday, So you comfort her. The next time you Meet she tells you her party went great her parents never argued once, So naively she she going to ask why they are getting a divorce and if she can get rid of the reason , they can stay forever, which leads to her father Hitting her for pressing the issue and her mother saying that it's "Her Fault", So the poor girl thinks she is the reason for their divorce and Runs away

When she Does, Meiko's Parents Try looking for her, You Suggest the Takoyaki Stand and sure enough, there she is, The Parents are Relieved That their Daughter is safe, But she still wants her Parents Not to Divorce, So they Bring her home and they finally explain it to her. But there is something else: Custody! As much as Meiko wants to stay in Tokyo with her Father, Her Mother and Her is moving away, So she wants one more time to play on everything in the playground with Minato. She doesn't want him to forget her.....Because when she come back when she's all grown up, she wants to marry him! So she gives him a home made ring now, because when she comes back She'll have the real thing!

The Story is both sides of the Hanged Man's interpretation. The Perspective of a Child in midst of a divorce and the Manipulation, Selfishness and Martyrdom  Aspects of the Inversion. A short Story but one that i'm sure hits home for a lot of People. Meiko gets a Point.

Naoki Konishi

The Shadow of the Midnight Channel Murders Weighed Heavy on the minds of people of Inaba, Especially on the Family of Second Victim, Saki Konishi

To Keep it Brief, since we covered her Murder when we covered Yosuke in the Magician (See Tarotober Part 1-The Fool and The Magician) The Kanishi Family owns the local Liquor Store, Until the supermarket chain Junes came to town and drove Local Trade down. Saki using the fact The manager's Son, Yosuke's Crush on her, and by her own Volition, Got a job at Junes, to Manipulate Money out of Yosuke and use that Money to skip town and Elope with her Boyfriend, and not inherit a failing business, a plan she nearly got away with if she didn't find the body of a newscaster hanging telephone wires! And ending up sharing the same fate!

One day after School you and a Boy you never met are asked/forced to clean the Homeroom. They work silently until the blond boy asks his partner if he knows Yosuke, you tell him yes, and he responds that he hates him, and By Association, Hates You! That's when he tells you who he is, Naoki Konishi, the brother of the Murdered Saki Konishi, who shares the view that Yosuke's Family ruined his! As he leaves, he drops a scarf that Yu returns, to start the social link proper, the scarf was his sister's and after her demise, it's the only thing he had left. Naoki realizes that he overreacted and hopes to move on as friends.

Naoki's story is the Aftermath of his Sister's Murder and what was learned from it, because of the same Morbid Curiosity that Almost plagued the Amagi Family Inn, Ironically his Family's Liquor store is getting more Business, But in the Midst of all of it, he now has Well-wishers tell him he should "Live an Admirable Life!" A backhanded way of saying Saki died for attempting to abandon her Family! However any attempt to move on and have a laugh, is met with Disgust from neighbours, all these so called Well-wishers make a point to remind him not to be a Sinful Runaway like his Sister, which Ironically only makes him want to Runaway even more! It gets worse at school, he is now exempt from everything as if anything he does has no consequences. The next time they meet,  Naoki tells a story that Saki would eat his Creampuffs if he put them in the fridge. Only to see them expire, uneaten finally cementing in his mind, that his sister will never come home. He is stuck with this grief and doesn't know what to do!

He decides to take action! To make up his opinion on Junes, by going there with you to meet Yosuke. He tells Naoki how much he looks like his Sister which annoys him to no end....he's more that the Dead Girl's Brother. 

So the next stage of his grief is going to where they found her body, the telephone pole. He wants to know why he hasn't really cried yet. Is that why everyone is looking at him Strangely because he hasn't cried yet? He just wants to live more and when it happens, he cries!

Naoki's Story is the Perspective of the Hanged Man, the  family of a fallen Victim. Death is a hard thing to handle especially when well-wishers overstep their boundaries to tell the Bereaved how to Act, Think or Feel. Naoki was in such a state, he felt that crying was the worst thing he could have done. He felt like in his words that he was standing on the bank of a river, waiting for Saki to turn up on the other side, but now he wants to live more even if it means inheriting a dying business, because living means not giving up on life!

Muneshisa Iwai

Before I start I would like to address the Elephant in the room, in regards to the terrible timing that was this post's production.

Despite Japan's stringent Gun laws, to the point only police and army can carry firearms, This year Former Prime Minister of Japan,  Shinzo Abe was Shot dead during a public Rally. 

Since this essay I will  be talking about Gun-Running, Modding Airsoft guns and the Yazuka-it would be in bad taste not to say something.

So with that, on to Iwai's Story.

The idea that Ren and his new friend Ryuji to go into another world to settle the score with a Pervy Teacher and him not know, excited Ryuji, but they needed Supplies, Thankfully Ryuji knew two places a clinic for cheap meds, (more on that later!) And an Airsoft Shop owned by a Grizzled Unfriendly looking man called Iwai, 

Ren asked why come here, and Ryuji In a bit of cleverness, reckoned that in a world of  Pure Cognition, Iwai's Realistic Models would shoot real Bullets because they look like the real deal, Iwai would pay no mind to the Customers, as long as they pay and don't ask about the bag hanging above the counter. 

Gaining the Courage to actually ask about the bag, Iwai hires Joker to be his assistant, but in reality he has let Ren into the secret Life of The Yazuka. I'm sure Ren was like "Well, In For A Penny!...." If Ren keeps his pie-hole Shut, he'll Give him discounts on his Wares and Under the table Special Menu items.

Iwai's Social is his attempts on going Straight, and keeping alive the Yazuka's Code of honour that drew him into the gang world years ago. But it's hard to go straight when the Mafia and the Triads are about to go to war over a Cache of 1000 Million Yen of Guns is about to Happen.

One day a Bespectacled Boy named Kaoru Visited His Shop, he is Iwai's Adopted son, the result of a Druggie Mother, who tried to sell the baby for more Blow! Though To protect him, Iwai has told him a lie, his parents died in a car crash. It's a lie, but he wants Kaoru to continue to be a respectable man, something Mune wants to keep that way! Despite the Gang Leader Tsuda wanting  him back into the fold, Iwai refuses, but Tsuda pulls a gun and threatens Kaoru's life! Ren asked Iwai for Tsuda's  Full name so he can change his heart in Mementos.

Despite Changing Tsuda's Heart, Kaoru is still Kidnapped by another gang leader, Muda! Holding a knife to Kaoru's throat, he make Muneshisa still his guts about his son's true Parentage, but Kaoru doesn't care, Iwai IS his father no matter what, Muda enjoying what he is doing is about to kill Kaoru, until Tsusa arrives with Backup, and without blood spilt, Muda stands Down. Later Iwai thanks Joker for what he had Done, figuring out who he is, and he's glad his custom jobs are used for Good.

Iwai's Story is one of Redemption and like the others a Story of Self Sacrifice as Both a gang Member and later Father, but also inverted aspects of manipulation, Due to the Blackmail.

His life was not perfect, he's not completely straight, but he's Trying!

Rolento Sugerg

Street fighter shares an Universe with other Capcom Games, including the arcade side scrolling beatem up Final Fight, whose original name in Japan is Street Fighter 89,

The game follows the Denizens of Metro City, A crime infested Slum teaming with Hulking Thugs, Deranged Killers, Corrupt Cops and whatever the hell Sodom is supposed to be!

Planning to Clean up the city of the Mad Gear Gang, one Broken Face at a time, were The trio of Wrestler turned Mayor Mike Hagger, who's daughter Jessica was kidnapped by the Mad Gears, Cody Travers the Fiance of Jessica and Guy, a wandering Ninja, (As You Do!)

But before they cleaned up the the streets themselves, the prior Mayor had a similar plan: send a Battalion of Red Beret Soldiers, the Best most Perfect, Incorruptible Soldiers. They will succeed where the police did not! After all they had the guidance of a Seasoned Soldier, Colonel Rolento Surgerg.

But rather than Clean Up Metro City of the Mad Gear, the PTSD-laden Soldier JOINED them, Somehow seeing in Metro City a vision of a Utopia filled with Ready Made Soldiers, all they need was Discipline and a quick Cash flow, Like maybe...Cocaine?

Yes in the Original Final Fight, Rolento was the Boss Guarding a Huge Shipment of Product! Upon the Defeat of the Mad Gear, some of them went Separate Ways, Some went Straight and help Rebuild, some remained Crooks and Rolento?

He saw Bison, and Told Sodom to hold his Beer!

And so, we find Rolento in the Alpha Series, making his Debut in the Street fighter Universe, Joining the Tournament to Conscript Fighters into his army, and he has two Candidates in mind,  His Former Subordinate, Sodom, and Cody Travers, the Hero who defeated the Mad Gear.

The thing is Sodom, only wanted a life of Peace, he wanted to win the tournament so he could open, Of all things, A Kabuki Theatre in the Florida Everglades!

That Actually Happened!

 And Cody before becoming Mayor Had Fallen off the Deep end and was serving time in Prison. 

The Hero who Got the Girl, became the Man who Just Wouldn't Stop and Now he's incarcerated for Assault. Rolento Felt Sorry for the former hero who left Cody to be rearrested.

Rolento would Face Bison But his confidence was Misplaced, Bison would have killed him, if Sodom didn't Drove in with his Truck and rescued him.

Years Later Rolento would finally Amass an Army of his own, all they needed was land for their "Utopia" Rolento got Intel that the Shadaloo Intelligence Network "S.I.N."-Has announced a street fighter Tournament that is a front to field-test their creation, a Perfect Soldier. A Boast Rolento takes Offence to, After all a Soldier isn't made in a Lab in months, but by years in the battlefield,

It may Shock you to learn, But Ryu only defeated Seth, it was Rolento who destroyed Seth  Body with his grenades, the reason Seth is in a new Body in 5. the last time we see in Rolento's ending is his eyes shutting down.

As of Street Fighter 6 announcement, Rolento has yet to be Confirmed, But with the tournament Held in Metro City, expect a Cameo at least!

Despite Twisted by Madness, Rolento is Ironically the most Earnest Example of the Hanged Man Here!

His "Sacrifice" is his Dignity, selling drugs to fund his "Utopia". Even Sodom Call him out on his greed when it blinds his ideals. However his Moral Compass is not Completely Out of Whack, he feels sorry for Cody for losing his way and given the chance to steal the Psycho Drive, he instead destroys the machine with Mind control Properties it citing that Ruling without Free Will is Bad M'Kay! And before you ask, would Teaming with Ibuki in Street fighter X Tekken count as Self Sacrifice, Since the Ninja Clans are Rolento's Enemies? Sorry, but that Game is Not Canon!

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ROUND 2-PERKS

To start Meiko's Social Link, You must give her the Weird Takoyaki and a can of Mad Bull from the Dorm's Vending Machine. She plays everyday except Sunday. Her Gift is the Bead Ring Prove that you can fuse for Attis. All the Maxing out gift do this! So assume it I said that they all do. She also Introduces you to Akinari- The Striped Shirt-another Social Link

Meeting Naoki is an Automatic Event, But you must Speak to him twice before he opens up but you also need level 3 Understanding to understand Grief and it to be 5 to finish, he can be found in school Monday to friday and in the Shopping District on the Weekends. His Gift is The Junes Receipt, also used to earn Attis!

After you ask about the Bag hanging from the Rafters (Provided your Guts is level 3,) Iwai hires you and teaches you how to Customize, increasing through 3 levels of the Skill and your Proficiency level increases each time and you are given a Discount, all it all starts with a bag, containing a gun you now own. His proof to earn Attis is the Gecko Pin.

If Ryu and Rolento had Officially met, I doubt the conversation would go beyond "Join My Army"

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ROUND 3- INFLUENCE ON THE HERO AND THEIR WORLD

Maiko has no real bearing on Minato's Story At Large.

For the sake of Brevity both Naoki and Hisano add their words of Encouragement to Yu, during the cinematic final turn against Izanami.

Iwai is the only reliable source of weapons, that is if you go through the whole game without fixing the Laptop. So he and Tae are the more useful side characters who add their cheers in Joker's Cinematic final Turn against Yaldabaoth.

Rolento wants Ryu to join his army, just like everyone else, and Ryu has no real idea who Rolento is and what he had done Previously!

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The winner is Iwai.

DEATH

Death is 14th Card of the Major Arcana, Designated 13 and powered by the Star sign Scorpio.

Equally the most well known and Most Misunderstood Card in all the Tarot.

The Grim Reaper, As Depicted In The Book of Revelation on a white horse, Rides towards a group of 3,  A rich Dark Skinned Old man, a fair skinned Young Girl in Rags and a dog, all of begging, pleading or showing anger that death is Approaching. This shows the enviably of Death: Man, Woman or Beast, young or old, Rich or Poor, whatever Race or Creed, Death comes for everyone!

The Death Card DOES NOT MEAN DEATH! (Ironic since death plays a role in the stories I'm reviewing!)

The Death Card is the Counterpart to the Magician, But while the Magician card is a change from Within, the death card means a change being forced upon, one that seems hard at first, But it will be a hardship that makes you Stronger  after it. Inverted it means an enforced change, one that makes one into a martyr, vices, heartbreak, the denial of problems to others.

For a single Person, it's usually someone older than the enquirer, or someone born under Scorpio.

Sitting Glumly in the Funeral parlour, Are Pharos, A boy who visits Minato's Dreams, Hisano Kuroda, Death Herself, Dr Tae "Plague" Tameki, and Sagat, The King of Muai Thai.

Pharos

WARNING- MAJOR SPOILERS INBOUND!

When Minato Yuki first Arrived to The Gekkokan High Boarding House, At the desk a Frightengly pale Child hands you a clipboard for you to sign, thinking it's the terms For living here, the contract only has 7 words printed.

I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY OWN ACTIONS.

Minato signs the Contract, but When Junpei asks you who are you talking to, he tells you there is never anyone working the desk!

Then the shadows attack during Minato's first dark hour and when Yukari's Evoker fell at his feet, a vision of The boy tells him to point it at his temple and to "Go On!", Yuki would point the  gun to his temple, fire and Summon a Persona, Orpheus, the master of Strings, but that's not all was summoned as from inside Orpheus, something ripped out of his jaws to crawl out.

Thanatos-The God Of Death

Every full moon, The Dark Hour would send a powerful Greater Shadow to kill and learn of Humanity and it's weaknesses. And every time one is Destroyed, Minato would be visited in his dream , while still in his Bed, the boy would tell Minato in riddles what will happen next but he couldn't tell you his past, he gives himself the name Pharos.

Pharos wants to be your Friend... because how else would you know your Enemies? Pharos warned about Straga, the Evil Persona users, as well as him questioning his own existence. On the defeat of the "Final" Boss, Pharos says goodbye during the next morning, something is changing, he knows who he is, or Rather who we will be, he tells Minato that they are Friends and their link to each other can never be severed- Remember that!

That day at school, you are introduced to a New Student in your Class: Ryoji Mochizuki, Pharos' "Cooler Daniel" Form, Flirty and Extroverted he is like a better version of Minato, Everyone likes Ryoji...except Aigis who knows who he is!

It's during the next Dark Hour Aigis Confronts Ryoji on the Moonlight Bridge, with him not remembering how he got here. He Remembers with some coaxing, that he fought Aigis 10 years ago during the incident Yukari's father, and Minato's Parents Died, breaking the Seal of the Door to death saw Death himself in his fight with the Robotic Aigis, ripped the shadow into two beings- Orpheus and Thanatos, and in her desperation, sealed the 2 shadows into a young boy whose parents just died being caught in the battle- Minato Yuki!- Thanatos was weakened into a Second personality called Pharos, that gained Power with the felling of each Greater Shadow, inadvertently completing a ritual to summon The Fall of Mankind via the entity Ryoji would become the vessel to, Nyx. But like the Door to Mankind becoming a human, the God of death likes his life, but he is going mad, so he wants Minato to kill Him out of kindness.

Doing so will rewrite History, stripping Personas away and giving the player the bad ending, with you and your friends Blissfully unaware during A Night out, killed by the Fall without them realising

Pharos is Death, a God of Death going through a Enforced change beyond his control-Ironically, A life! Thus also the Transformation Aspect of the Death Card. He want to be killed, is also the Martyrdom Aspect of the Inverted Card. 

Pharos gets a point.

Hisano Kuroda

The Next 4 Social Links are obtained via after school Jobs, All based on your attributes- Diligence,  Academics and Understanding. If you have enough Diligence and wish to max it out, then take the Job as a night janitor in a seemingly haunted hospital.

We will speak about the Nurse you work under next time, but for now we will speak of the Elderly Widow, you mistake as a ghost, of who stares a hole into you when you first meet, she introduced herself as Death, the Recently Bereaved, Hisano Kuroda.

Hisano has lived in Inaba all her life, so she never meet Yu Til now. She takes a shining to him, who according to her, Yu has more than just a passing resemblance to her late husband.

Meetings in her Social Link is her memories of her husband, of her own fears of her own Morality. Having a friend really helps....but you look too much like him, so she doesn't want to see you again, though she is in two minds when you see Her again, so she gives you a story about how he use to send her love letters but forgotten where she kept them, 

You find the Letters but she has plans on burning them, you read some and she exclaimed the man who wrote that is not the man she buried, You ask her what she meant, she explains why she is going to Hell when she dies.

Recently, her Husband Got what I assume is Either Alzheimer's or Parkinson's (it's never directly named), how Bedridden, the husband would complain and not Recognize her and attack her only for her to cry and him to Comfort her in Moments of Clarity. But got worse when he forgot who she was completely! Heartbroken, Hisano would spend All that time til now wishing his death.

And now that guilt won't go away!

Her Guilt is so Great She Doesn't want to see the letters ever again. So you convince her that look at the Letters SHE sent HIM. Reading them again she realizes that she didn't want him dead, she was just sad that he had forgotten all about her and her love she gave him over the years.

In the end she tells you she is moving away to live with her children, she was Reluctant to leave her town after a long life, but he she would spend the rest of her life mourning. So she is leaving for good, But before she leaves, she give you a Fountain pen, for you to write love letters to your beloved and some advice- live a long life, it is the greatest you gift you can grant your loved ones.

This Story hits Hard and it resounds with other people who played it first hand or saw it on a let's play. I don't like to talk about my personal life, and I won't name her or divulge any thing I don't want to, but someone dear to me went through the same thing and before she died, she lost the ability to speak, and it lead to her having a complete change of her personality. 

Anyway to the story once more, Hisano gets a point for face Value like they all do for mentioning Death, but if we dig deeper, we find that Hisano is almost every aspect of the straight and inverted meanings. Her husband's illness is transformation, the burning letters is the Enforced change. And refusal of her family's help is no doubt the denial aspect.

With a Bit of Bias, due to my experience Hisano gets a point.

Tae Tameki

Ryuji, in his Excitement on buying weapons to take down a Pervy Teacher without him even knowing. Went over budget in buying weapons, so when the time came to buy Medicine and healing items. They only had 100 Yen to buy a box of bandaids.

As Morgana calls Ryuji an idiot. He fought back. I mean, there is no way a means for you to make money and get Medicine at knock down prices is going to walk into The café.

And then she did!

This was your Local GP, Who in Goth Makeup and Alt Style and Flirty Demeanor, had that sense of Danger. As Ren Served the Doctor her Morning Joe, She tells Sojiro she is working on making a new Drug to help in Focusing! Morgana suggests inquiring about the Drug. After Insisting it's just a Study Aid, Tae tells you it's not for Sale, But then tells you there is an Alternative as she locks herself with the naive Student.

She won't Sell you this Medicine, but she will use your body....For Field tests! She attempts to frighten you off by giving you a cup of medicine, which Ren Chugs with no fear! When Ren Comes to It's now Evening and Tae thinks you are either brave or Stupid, but one thing you are also is hired!

Tae's Story is that she was Blacklisted as A Surgeon after a Medical Mistake Put a Child called Miwa in A Coma, She was Not Sued or completely written off, but she was Demoted to General Practitioner, her lack of Clientele giving her free time to create her original Medicines. But the Truth is that the University Hospital only Treat the Very Rich, Case in Point when a Father desperate for care, Comes to Tae with his Daughter's Bronchitis , when she Examines the girl, she tells Joker to get her the contents of drawer and Hurry. The Girl was Misdiagnosed and given Medicine to Alleviate her Symptoms, when She Learns the same Doctor who treated them in the same Doctor who Bares the Grudge against her, she waives her fee.

Later You learn The Girl Tae and Oyamada were operating on was Suffering from a Muscular Distrophy Condition. and Tae's Experimental Medicine she was given put her in the coma, Because of which, Tae was Scapegoated and Blacklisted, for simply following Orders.

One Day doing the Rounds. Tae tells you ever since Saving that girl, the town has learned of her Original Medicines, that they ask Ridiculous things from her but at least she has earned their trust and that's when Dr Oyamada turns up about Tameki stealing his patients. He wants Tae to leave or he will tell everyone that Tae is a Child-killer, because he just learned that Miwa Died in her Coma. Tae is devastated, But Joker feels that something is up. So he asks what Oyamuda's full name is, Hoping to find his Shadow In Mementos, which he does.

Defeating it, Oyamuda gives a press Conference, taking blame for Miwa's Coma and explaining he LIED about her Death. Tae is Now Vindicated.

But she feels that she can't cure Miwa's Illness herself so she gives her Research to a Fellow Doctor to find a cure, Which she is recruited into, She accepts but it means she will have to close her Clinic. But she has Met the Townspeople and finished her Studies and it wouldn't happened without "Her Phantom Guinea Pig"! Yes She works Out who he is too!

Because of her past life, Tae like all of our contestants will Gain a point for just Face Value alone, But once Again lets Dig Deeper.

Her Striking of the Register is the Transformation ascept, a Harsh fate that doesn't spare Feelings or Ego, Ending with Lost Friendship.

Also the Whole Goth Aesthetic is a Reference to Death itself!

Sagat

His Name means Guardian or Protector in Thai. As Champion Of his Village, His Might as a warrior has made him Like A King to his people.

Ironic that it didn't start Like that!

Let's Go all the way Back to the very first Tournament, were Sagat was the Unstoppable Juggernaut Of the Underworld fight scene. A simpler time where Street fighter was Gritty and not Bankrolled by Bored Millionaires and or Cults! 

Growing Up Poor, and leaving his Village for the Slums of Bangkok At the age of 15, The boy born with Gigantism was already 7 ft at this age. Sagat made his money in Illegal Streetfights, For years after Sagat Reigned Undefeated and Unchallenged Until the Day the Master of a Karate Dojo came to avenge his School being Vandalised 

Go Hibiki.

Despite the Size Disadvantage, Go, a Skilled Master was too Much for a Brutish Amateur, However an accidental palm strike Gouged Sagat's Right Eye and in his Rage, Sagat felt Something Burning inside him, Chi Energy, That Manifested into an Attack called Tiger Shot, that Burned Go's chest with A fiery blast before being Pummeled to Death with Strikes and Clinches, as Go's Son Dan watched on in horror, vowing vengeance, as his father's corpse was lifted by his limp neck!

Then Came the Final battle against Sagat and a young Japanese Fighter named Ryu.

The Tiger and the Dragon had there first Legendary Fight, Matching blow to Blow. When it was all said and done.....

RYU LOST!

Despite what he had done Previously, Sagat was a good Sport to try and help Ryu up, But that's when it happened. The Urge to be Strong, twisted itself in Ryu at that Moment, and with a cry and a surge of Flame, Ryu had Uppercutted Sagat's Chest so hard...IT CAUGHT FIRE! Leaving him with the Scar we see in his Design to this day!

This is the true Untamed power Ryu had in him.

The Satsui No Hadou

"THE WAVE OF MURDEROUS INTENT!"

Shaking with Fear, Ryu ran off, thinking He had Just Killed Sagat.

Only he wasn't dead, but the Injury was so Gruesome all his gang members ran off. Only a New Benefactor was left and offered the Fallen King a new life.

A life of greater power as his Bodyguard for his "Good Samaritan"

M.Bison.

Soon, Combined with the Disgraced Boxing Champion, Balrog and the Spanish Ninja Vega, Sagat and Bison were the Four Kings of Shadaloo, the Four most Dangerous Men on the planet, But Sagat wanted one thing, Revenge on Ryu.

However Something Turned Up that Made Sagat Change his Outlook

Or should i say, Someone

Dan Hibiki, the Son of Go Hibiki

After Seeing Ryu Body Sagat, Dan Wanted To learn Ryu's Style So he could get his revenge, however Gouken would Dismiss Dan as he would not teach the Art of Fighting Solely For Revenge or Profit, more on that later.

Whacked With Guilt, Sagat's Own Bracket saw him Paired Against the Pink Gi Wearing Simpleton! With all the Taunting by Dan, with his weak one handed fireball, his Short hop uppercut, his moves that make him stumble and Trip like an Buffoon, when the Match was over....

Dan...WON?

Actually

Sagat threw the Fight!

Emboldened and Unaware that Sagat felt pity for the idiot, Dan Quit the Tournament to teach his Fake Martial Art to the Masses, Sagat also left, but this was not a Victory, But a Penance as he Returned to his Village and asked the Elders for Forgiveness.

A Forgiveness as the Village's Protector he had to earn, And many times Shadaloo had sent Soldiers to take out the "King", Undaunted, he Joined the Fourth Tournament to fight Ryu Again, But this time, as rivals, not enemies.

In 5, Sagat learns that his scar had inadvertently transferred the Satsui No Hadou to his body, making him hear his voice telling him to kill and see his servants and villagers as Demons taunting him to kill them. He controls himself but in the process, but gains a greater understanding and Respect to Ryu, not only fighting strong opponents, but only The Monster Within.

Shockingly, Sagat has not being Confirmed for 6. And in a game that's about a world without Shadaloo. Who knows? He's maybe dlc.

Sagat's 2 Disfigurements and His fall from Grace, are the Transformation Aspect, on top of gaining the Wave of Murderous Intent. The Transformation from Rival to friend also counts as his change from Evil to the side of Justice!

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ROUND 2-PERKS

As your enemy, Pharos' Social Link Progresses, Automatically, As it Skips Rank 2, 4,7 and 10

To Start Hisano's Social link you must Reach Sayoko's Social Link to 4 (more on Her on the next Essay!), But to do so, you MUST have Chosen the Janitorial Job at the Hospital, which requires level 3 Diligence to be there in the First place, after that you can visit her on the riverbank every Sunday, except holidays. To Progress past Rank 6, you must obtain the Husband's Letters after visiting the Metalworks, which as your go to for selling loot and buying Weapons you will be going there regardless. And again for Hisano's letters to get past Rank 7. You Gain the Aforementioned Fountain Pen, Your Proof to Fuse for Mahakala.

As your other Social Link Shopkeeper, Tae Comes with a lot of Perks, Working as your Guinea Pig, increase your Guts stat each time, Increasing Social links will add Certain medicines of a certain Property, starting with the healing Rejuvenation, the Status removing Sterilisation, at 3, The Fortifying Immunization at 5, a Discount at Rank 7 and finally Resuscitation. Her key item in her dog tag, that lets you fuse for Alice.

After Leaving Shadaloo, Sagat and Ryu Spare whenever, Ken or Gouken is not Available.

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ROUND 3 INFLUENCE ON THE HERO AND THEIR WORLD

Pharos is a form taken by the Main Antagonist, so of course he plays a huge part in this Story.

As mentioned Before, Hisano if you finish her Social Link adds her thoughts to Yu doing the Cinematic Last Turn against Izanami.

Tae is the other Shopkeeper who is the only other useful character to add her cheers During Joker's Cinematic Last Turn against Yaldabaoth. You can also Romance her too, in fact Despite, having reservations, Of the girls, Tae actively takes Joker's Virginity!

Sagat's life was irrevocably Changed when he met Ryu. His life went down a further down slide, after their first fight. And as Bison's Stalwart Bodyguard, Shadoloo may have not been the force for so many years. Once he left, they didn't really recover, leading to the death Of Bison, free from his guilt,Sagat seeks only legitimate fights for the good of his village. When Sagat and Ryu meet eachother they will complement how strong the other is.

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Join me in November when we cover the next two cards, Temperance and The Devil.