I took a shot at the floor 59 boss in Persona 3, but got wiped out pretty quickly since I didn’t have enough revives or health to withstand the AE attacks, so I did a bit more grinding in Tartarus. Soon after, I saw a cutscene of a mysterious group of assassins that operate during the dark hour, and then headed back to Tartarus and finally beat the boss.

There was still plenty of time to kill before the next full moon event, so I built up social links, maxing out the swim team and student council, and gained enough Academics skill to guarantee acing the exams coming up. I’m also now considered to be officially dating Yuko, which prevents me from building social links with any other girlfriends until I max her out, but none of the others are available yet anyway.

The full moon event arrived, taking place in a ‘love hotel’, and it was annoying because I lost the first boss fight, requiring reloading and redoing a whole bunch of cutscenes. The fight was actually going very well, but an unlucky few rounds of AE fear effects and attacks put me into one of those downward spirals of always trying to recover. It went fine on the second attempt, including a second boss fight after that.

Afterwards there was an explanation of the explosion incident ten years ago that seems to have created the shadows and Tartarus, though it doesn’t really change anything about what to do about it. And now, having aced the exams, we’re off on vacation for a week. Though it’s to a location that will undoubtedly touch upon that initial incident…