Persona 3 Abridged Episode 1

Persona 3 Abridged Episode 01 is the first episode of the P3A series, introduces much of the main cast and is the first third of the film Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth.

Episode Summary
High school student Makoto Yuki finds himself swept into a conflict as he transfers to Gekkoukan High. After signing a bizarre contract, he ends up in a dorm full of students on a mission to destroy strange monsters called shadows, and Makoto finds that he, too, shows the "potential" to fight.

Major Characters

 * Makoto Yuki: Kurohei
 * Pharos: Kurohei
 * Yukari Takeba: Cyaato
 * Mitsuru Kirijo: Linkzeldi
 * Isako Toriumi: r0sem4ry
 * Junpei Iori: trans-spam
 * Natsuki Moriyama: Kawaiijessyo
 * Shuji Ikutsuki: Pandasiah
 * Igor: SlowkingCole
 * Elizabeth: Chickenstab
 * Fuuka Yamagishi: hancori
 * Akihiko Sanada: Bonez180
 * Orpheus: Kurohei
 * Thanatos: Kurohei

Minor Characters

 * Train Conductor: Stapledlimbs
 * Sidekick Bullies: SlowkingCole
 * Victim's First Pal: skrimirs
 * Victim's Second Pal: JeremyTheBlack
 * Victim: SlowkingCole
 * Magician Shadow: SlowkingCole

Music Credits

 * (0:00 - 0:09) - "Planetarium" - Shoji Meguro
 * (0:22 - 0:30) - "Current Net Makoto" - SlowkingCole and Kurohei
 * it's... listen, it's 2 in the morning. I just uploaded the video. Let me rest. We're tired. I just wanted to play the new Fire Emblem.... We'll have this done... at..... some point......

Development Notes
Early on in the writing's progress, it was originally planned to be a full abridged episode of the film, but progress shifted in a different direction later on in the production. Writing for this episode began on 6/8/14 between Kurohei and SlowkingCole. A full script was initially written, but scrapped later. On 8/20/14, more progress was made with the best jokes from the previous script being absorbed and remodeled into the newer script. Between August of 2014 and September of 2015, not much progress was made save for a script of loosely-connected jokes, but on 9/11/15, SlowknigCole and Kurohei finished the script.
 * SlowkingCole's lines on 9/11/15 and 6/14/17
 * skrimirs's lines on 9/20/15
 * Linkzeldi's lines on 9/27/15
 * Kurohei's lines on 9/29/15, 5/15/17, and 6/14/17
 * Bonez180's lines on 9/30/15
 * Pandassiah's lines on 9/30/15
 * Kawaiijessyo's lines on 9/30/15
 * Stapledlimbs's lines on 10/1/15
 * anarchicCorrosivity's lines on 10/2/15
 * JeremyTheBlack's lines on 10/4/15
 * Cyaato's lines on 11/28/15
 * Pandassiah's lines on 6/11/17

Opening/Ending Credits
The opening plays off of the opening from Persona 4 Abridged. Instead of the Junes theme, however, it's "Current Net Tanaka" being used. The backing vocals, drums, and omnichord were performed by SlowkingCole, and the singing was done by Kurohei as Makoto Yuki. The ending theme was "Joy" from the Persona 3 OST.

Trivia

 * This took three goddamn years. We started writing this three years ago.