Marie is Waifu Material (Persona 4 Golden)

[@ChrisGamefield]

FSteak

[@alfiebenclark]

steaaaaaaaaak skewers

[@Tuberculolide]

FSteak

[@slimeknight6726]

fsteak is an acronym for first steak

[@whitebaphomet6484]

BeeSteak

[@island3609]

What word starts with F

[@jeichien7743]

I loved how she full blown confessed to Yu. And Rise got jealous lol

[@jeichien7743]

In the game. When you get true ending

[@justinkarunia5699]

@Yoshi both in anime and in the gamee

[@justinkarunia5699]

@Sir Douchebag yep itsbboth in the anime/ game

[@some_1214]

WHAT?

[@Thanatos35]

She's literally Yu ex wife

[@anotherace4015]

Marie: *does anything near Yu* Rise: A worthy opponent, OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!

[@shinlemos2308]

A ultimate waifu battle

[@VoidPaul97]

@@shinlemos2308 An actual waifu battle.

[@gregdespines9301]

Marie: *gets affection from yu* rise: are you challenging me

[@Algebruh2407]

I swear, Marie is just anti-rise

[@goroakechi6126]

Not wrong, my fellow wild card,

[@fenrisilver]

I'm not a fan of Rise so that explains why I didn't hate Marie...

[@goroakechi6126]

Personally, I didn’t like either and went for Yukiko.

[@fenrisilver]

@@goroakechi6126 Chie was my girl of choice and it kind of put me off how strongly Rise kept coming on to me after I was already in a relationship.

[@ashenone3050]

@@fenrisilver same haha , rise is really the only one interested in you

[@baggyyy]

I just wanna say that her hat is really a Jotaro level hat, 10/10 hat right there

[@ChrisGamefield]

for real?

[@mathpc4047]

Okay okay okay, but when will we talk about *"Waifu Hunter Chris Gamefield" is waifu material*

[@xemnasxiii3992]

at 50,000k subs lmao

[@scuffy1090]

I swear I read that in his voice

[@ThatGuyLav]

Yess when

[@writerlairchannel2636]

Is Chad/Best KZbin creator material you mean?😊

[@Seedmember]

She's top waifu just for the fact that her mere existence is bane for Rise.

[@devanshouse5027]

But Rise is awesome... lol

[@tobrob4909]

​@@devanshouse5027no, she's so annoying and clingy. You can feel it when you romance anyone else, you just wanna tell her off lol

[@devanshouse5027]

@@tobrob4909 Yeah, but she's the ONLY Persona 4 waifu option that I like at all, the rest of them are 💩 in my opinion... P4 has the worst waifu selection, though P5 has so many good options.

[@tobrob4909]

@@devanshouse5027 in your opinion maybe. But Rise is one of the worst imo, never clicked with me. I like the others in P4 too, they're not as annoying as Rise, trying to always butt in

[@crunchy303]

@@tobrob4909 She may be clingy but she does genuinely mean what she says unlike Ai Eibihara. And personally i think all the Persona 4 waifus are great although i only romance Rise in my every single playthrough since when you romance her, the entire game becomes more natural to play. (guess im biased)

[@issacthompson330]

Marie is a Goddess of Weather and became a Weather Girl. I love that little detail about her.

[@alejandroespinoza5680]

Fun fact: Marie's English VA also voices Hifumi in Persona 5.

[@firepuppies4086]

Extra fun fact: she is also the sister of Teddie's English VA.

[@jakeriese4862]

And ES in Blazblue Cross Tag

[@ulisesrl0]

she's also Isabeau from SMTIV

[@MatyVz]

Best girl voices best girl? Nice

[@GiordanDiodato]

she's also Estelle from Tales of Vesperia, May from Guilty Gear XRD Sign, and Duvalie from Trails of Cold Steel

[@fenrisilver]

Next Week: *"The Inaba Gas Station attendant who is secretly a goddess is Waifu Material"*

[@nhannguyen6819]

I like what you mean :3

[@tallzombie12345]

@@nhannguyen6819 What do you think he means?

[@JohnYakooza]

Funky student is Waifu Material

[@bagusputrawijaya468]

@@JohnYakooza "man...you killed ma' vibe"

[@mr.battle20]

@@nhannguyen6819 *spoilers* The gas station attendant turns out to be Izanami, the true villain of the entire story.

[@makotoyuki345]

Ok I’ll just fuse a persona and...damnit Marie, no I don’t wanna read your poems by accident for the 666th time, I just wanna summon Lucifer

[@binsent5416]

I feel you

[@stevenpham1044]

There should be an option to not even read the poem after like the first couple times, then we won’t have to read it and she won’t be mad, everyone wins.

[@KusanagiBoi]

Makoto, wrong velvet room

[@goroakechi6126]

Where am I...?

[@makotoyuki345]

Un Roacer wait...when did this become a limo

[@fraincross8644]

I just finished playing P4 Golden. And I am glad I chose Marie as my romantic interest. The title is just pure fact though. Besides, nothing wrong with fixing the marriage between Izanami anr Izanagi eh?

[@darrylaz3570]

I will romance her definitely... on NG+2. Gotta save my first NG+ for Naoto romance lol (my first is Chie and she is best girl too fight me lol)

[@AceW]

@@darrylaz3570 Or you can go the "safe" harem route and both Marie and Naoto (or any other party member). Orrr, you know, just go with the one true waifu, Rise.

[@darrylaz3570]

@@AceW I'll be honest. I don't like Rise that much. Thought she's too clingy. Kill me lmfao

[@franconunez925]

@@darrylaz3570 no, no, i'm in the "Kanji best waifu squad" and when he tells how she practically insulted my boy/da man art, i was like "I will make your last moments on earth it most painfull!"

[@MeepMeepMoopMoop]

Ya know Izanagi and Izanami were siblings, right?

[@darrylaz3570]

I like Marie and I will always defend her existence in Golden. Her implementation to the main story, considering how important she is in the grand scheme is shitty ngl, but I really do like Marie as a character, not my favorite, but certainly not the worst. I can't help but feel I felt robbed of her development though since they add all that in the Golden Anime instead in the game itself.

[@Kingofavolon]

I don’t like her poems either they’re super cringe and she treats everyone like crap and she never gets called out on it.

[@anothermark2082]

That's probably my biggest grip about her. Her relevance to the plot is pretty much non-existent. But as a character I don't think she's bad.

[@Riverlia]

@@Kingofavolon The point of the poem is it's cringy. She is bad at it, and she know it too hence she wanted to hide it. Someone **CoughMargaretcough** kept sneaking it into Yu's hand though, as a hint to what her thought is like, as well as a foreshadowing about her role. Blaming Marie as a character for that is kinda unfair. And yeah she's rude, but it's quite clear that's mostly because she was never taught how to behave socially. My nephew behaved worse than her if not scolded , and Marie has worse social-related knowledge than my nephew. To some it's still not tolerable regardless of reasons given and I understand that POV too. But err, I just find her hilarious.

[@dylanwilliams4302]

FUCK YES ANOTHER MARIE LOVER YOY SIR HAVE VERY FINE TASTE

[@sen07777]

I think I would've liked her more if she was blended in to the story better. It just wasn't well done and my first blind impression on her was not very good at all. I get that it was purposely added that her poems were cringey but it was enough to make me less interested in her social link. I could tell they just added her because new waifu, but to me she was just very.. bland I guess and her relevance to the story is just not there

[@KashouWannabe]

I like Marie. She is cute, funny, and I can deal with the emo thing. She works well with the rest of the group, though scenes are limited. Nice to see them all hang out at the end of her main story chain. And yes, she is clearly waifu material, but I feel at the time Golden is set it would actually be a bad idea for her to get into a romance. I feel at that time what she needs are friends, and a romance would actually confuse matters more for her. But, Dancing all Night and later, its fgame on.

[@michaelhall736]

I thought it was funny in the game when she would say so many words at once such "Ihateyoustupidmarmelaidemuffin!"

[@GREPAPA1]

That "oh boy" at 6:01 I felt that

[@meshie5958]

we all felt that

[@MikulOnIce85]

Everyone says that Yosuke is the 'i'll die for you' friend, but no one mentions that Marie takes that up to 11 when it comes to the hollow forest since she was resolved to die for the entire group. Anyways, going through her social link by playing p4g was a lot different from watching let's plays. There were details about her SL that I only realized when I played the game. She wasn't as rude as rumours made her out to be, she was just awkward in her interactions overall. And yes she could have been implemented better but I still enjoyed her interactions with the Investigation Team overall. I also appreciated seeing Yukiko's talks about friendship and spending youth with Yosuke challenged her thinking of 'there is no truth to find' without saying it to her face. And her social link ending with her choosing to focus on memories present and future over her past was a strong choice. And yes the poetry is bad but that's the point. She's trying to awkwardly figure herself out and the only means she has is her poems.

[@vio2626]

The “Yosuke will now die for you” quote came from the Hiimdaisy comic just like fsteak. It’s a quote that people find funny, which is why it is said a lot.

[@IamJerf]

When Rise suddenly goes from 0 to Yandere in seconds

[@Haremweeb]

oh boy now let's see ma boy yosuke being waifu material

[@gyppygirl2021]

yosuke is a way better waifu than marie could ever hope to be

[@EmEm-fm4nn]

I know that most people like "perfect" waifus like Kasumire or Makoto or Naoto but Marie's awkwardness and social inept are really charming for me, like Yusuke and Akechi. I always laugh when these characters are on screen.

[@enriquepowers]

What I find amusing about Marie and KaSumire is that they are the only ones who confessed first directly and how they are connected to Narukami and Amamiya respectively

[@EmEm-fm4nn]

@@enriquepowers Yeah, the focus girl in Persona remakes are always connected to the MC in some way or the other. Maya for P2, Aigis for P3, Marie for P4, KaSumire for P5. That's the closest thing to a cannon ship Atlus will give us. But P5 also seemed like Atlus shipping Akiren and Akechi lol. I thought I'm gonna see a lot of the new girl and was ready to ship her with Akiren but Akechi get the spotlight lmao. I wasn't even shipping those two until Royal

[@enriquepowers]

@@EmEm-fm4nn Sumire: This is my boyfriend Ren and this is Ren’s boyfriend Akechi

[@helghast_7203]

I find Makoto pretty akward too, actually. Yes, she’s intelligent and everything, but she can be really akward in social situations. For Sumire, I don’t know, haven’t played Royal. And I would never date Naoto, mostly because she fits so well with Kanji.

[@Fanimati0n]

Finally, someone who isn't scared to speak the truth!

[@darrylaz3570]

Isn't that the point of P4 anyways? Lol

[@ChrisGamefield]

"WHAT" -Rise

[@VGMBreaking]

Haha funny scream

[@monca1222]

I think she's okay. The whole tsundere thing makes her come off as the elegant/cool little sister who idolizes their brother though lol Like Mikyuki(Mahoka), Akiha(Tsukihime), and especially Noel(Blazblue) with the poetry thing lol.

[@jakeriese4862]

Noel isnt a Tsundere though

[@mr.battle20]

That's a little weird considering that Marie and Yu used to be married countless millennia ago.

[@Netherwolf6100]

Let's be real here, despite all our personal preferences and "best girls", in the P4 era, Marie is Yu's canon end game and honestly, I'm personally fine with that. Unlike most I did like her character and enjoyed how she went from annoying Tsundere, to distressed lost girl to playfully wholesome and natural. I enjoy how deeply connected she is with Yu, how she teases Rise, and the vibe she adds to the atmosphere of the storyline.

[@Kingofavolon]

She’s not canon.

[@darrylaz3570]

@@Kingofavolon There never is a canon route. It's your choice what is and isn't canon romance-wise

[@iker-jk2096]

There isn't a canon romance route in the persona games, the game do push some more than others but that's it. There isn't a canon romance options because when atlus do Spin-offs and shit they need to give something to every single person and the girl they went for, it's not that hard.

[@magatsudreemurr7717]

I liked Marie's plot but most of her social link was dreadful

[@thepillowhead2453]

Netherwolf6100 it’s more like what seems more likely as the canon waifu. P3: Elizabeth considering she wants to save MC or Aigis because obviously P4: Marie or Rise since they keep hitting on Yu P5: Kasumire or Makoto because similar colour palette.

[@adachivineboom]

SHE'S MY FAVORITE. I love her so much.

[@mariaevens8969]

Me: I don't like over the top Tsunderes, they are getting annoying Also Me: *plan on dating Marie in my first playthrough of P4G*

[@reinaters]

honestly same

[@reinaters]

but i kinda sad she doesn't get christmas and new year event :( then again its doesn't make any sense

[@mariaevens8969]

@@reinaters yeah, Linda Like with Sumi-Chan in P5R, Just the other way around. You only have Christmas, valentines and White day with her, everything Else ist either canon Material or Not possible with her.... *Wisper* even tho you totaly could have meet her in Hawaii for a Date i am Not angry about it or anything ~>~ maskdbs

[@mr.battle20]

Rise's far better.

[@mariaevens8969]

@@mr.battle20 Rise is and will be my p4 best Girl No doubt about that x3 yet i Must say If i wouldn't ship Like the other Girls of the group with Someone Else, i would say P4 and P5 have some really good Waifus

[@YohSou]

Don’t really like Tsunderes but Marie’s alright namely cause she’s just verbally Tsundere and not super violent. She also turns pretty deredere after the last dungeon.

[@mr.battle20]

No, she just goes into the dere part. Deredere means the character is lovestruck from the getgo and is more or less open about it (in other words, Rise). Marie is a classic tsundere, hostile at first but gradually softens up, eventually going full dere. If she was hostile and remained so for the duration of the story, she'd be a tsuntsun.

[@kazukiyomeyer2227]

6:59 THOSE ARE YU’S GLASSES

[@Sir_Neal]

“Chie with Envy” Heh, I got it

[@ChrisGamefield]

oh thank goodness someone got it :D

[@facundolopez2787]

I still don't get it. Maybe because I speak Spanish? I don't know.

[@ChrisGamefield]

@@facundolopez2787 the common phrase is "green with envy" like when you're jealous. So I just placed in "Chie" since she was called "green" by Marie.

[@leandroroman7053]

@@facundolopez2787 Yo tampoco lo entendí hasta esta rama de comentarios. XD

[@lightly5363]

Marie is okay I'm not a fan of her, but she's okay

[@bangunny]

Marie is not okay Im a fan of her and she's not okay

[@thrasher9534]

@@bangunny Marie is okay I'm a fan of her and she's okay

[@Game4Etienne]

That is one hell of a good choice for a waifu! The videos are really great and full of humour as per usual. Keep up the great work!

[@soulkeeperaj2005]

I actually want to see a Waifu Material for Kairi from Kingdom Hearts

[@stokeystevenson1554]

Namine would be good too

[@mr.battle20]

@@stokeystevenson1554 Namine is Kairi's Nobody, so wouldn't that be kinda the same thing?

[@ImagineMan6454]

Oh boy, I can’t wait to see someone say “first”

[@AkomirenYT]

HOo BOy

[@jisthebestletter]

50th!

[@ImagineMan6454]

@Cat Klutz Close enough

[@cjvs1604]

Ffirst

[@twistedgale]

First

[@ThatGuyLav]

Marie: don’t like rain. Also Marie: *puts three suns over the rain*

[@gitgudcasul2861]

When he said baka I laughed so hard.

[@jessyjoestar2080]

While in none of the persona series is there a "Cannon Waifu" There are characters that the story pushes the player to interact with. Like Makoto in P5 or Rise in P4. HOT TAKE HERE: Marie is one of them and To be honest I like her a whole lot better than Makoto.

[@renamamiya5997]

Makoto>Marie 90% of persona characters>Marie

[@jessyjoestar2080]

@@renamamiya5997 Mmm. Meh.

[@elgranhermano8872]

@@renamamiya5997 marie>naoto

[@burgerking-eg7xc]

You need to max out Marie to get the new dungeon in golden

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

I feel like there really wasnt one that was pushed above the others in base P5 (the high knowledge and charm requirements makes Makoto less likely than the others to be maxed out on a first playthrough). Sumi is definitely the one that P5R pushes as the quasi-canon waifu though

[@exostudios8563]

Fun fact about Marie: Even after rejection, she'll say she loves you and give you a Valentine's Chocolate.

[@ivanhunter6492]

Fsteak for the Win, Baka

[@furretloveruwu6121]

My favourite part about Marie in the anime is on the guitar, she's just playing the velvet room theme, thus making it canon that the velvet room plays music constantly

[@polarisqwq]

I just got compared to this character by a friend not even a moment ago due to how I talk and present my words, I do write poems sometimes and even songs, along with books. To be complimented like this be it in an odd way is still very much a delight Thank you, friend

[@puffpuffpassmako]

Week 3 since I brought this to light: We're still waiting for Shinjiro

[@gamestop15]

I luv Marie with all my heart and would give her steeeeeeaaaaaakee skewers

[@Random30276]

Your most controversial video

[@javierguerrero953]

For many she is our goddess. Well literally she is a goddess and i like the tsundere type.

[@kloronas2484]

Stupid no-tact love machine God I love it

[@joshuatm3572]

The whole story and mentions in this game about the legend of Izanami x Izanagi, really suggest that this she is the "canon" girl for Yu.

[@endexyz]

I've been waiting for this, surprised you haven't done it sooner

[@peanuttgg1996]

Rise's "WHAT!" was the Best part of the video.

[@HaiseKuromeruMMD]

I honestly have a hard time picking between Marie and Yukiko. Also it so happens Marie is voiced by one of my favorite voice actresses in the Japanese dub Kana Hanazawa.

[@klacov1551]

Can you do: Historia reiss is waifu material

[@hannijrch.5178]

Because of Marie. Persona 4 Golden just became Yu and Marie's love story because of the new plot added and the fact their persona's got a history (Izanagi and Izanami).

[@ecothunderbolt257]

Izanagi already knew Izanami was waifu material

[@alfie4234]

4:46 the song she’s playing is ‘the poem for everyone’s souls’ the velvet room theme. Pretty sure everyone knows this, I’m just bored.

[@Alibaba-id1cs]

Where’s Yosuke is waifu material?

[@BocchiRocks]

Got to love Marie I also did poetry during middle school (Was in the club)

[@sonicpuff9303]

i respect marie and her actions but as a character..... i don't like tsunderes

[@chickenstrips5138]

she’s like one of the only tsunderes i like, she’s pretty cute

[@Fanimati0n]

She's one of the few rendered I like. Theres Inuyasha, Taiga Aisaka, & Marie

[@darkrider1878]

@@Fanimati0n What about Tohsaka Rin?

[@Fanimati0n]

@@darkrider1878 her too

[@yaminben6716]

I like tsundere that don't hit and scream to the love interest every 5 minutes. If they just blushing when embarass that's kinda cute

[@bitfrosteseigeheim5605]

2:18 As expected from the "Legal Wife" Margaret; Another example of instances where Legal Wife and Mistress won't get along at all. Similarities of Joker and Marie? They both are the "Prisoners of Fate"

[@minthemadnezz200]

I never understood why people hated her,her poetry and tsunderness was annoying occasionally,but she grew. She’s fun and airy and if those traits i mentioned weren’t as prominent she’d easily be more people’s wives. She’s pretty great and has a good design and I like her a lot!

[@tusharsurankar5958]

Am I the only one who like those poems?

[@Josh-rs9kg]

I know it was supposed to be the velvet room theme but when Marie was playing the guitar I heard the first couple notes and instantly went "is this welcome to the black parade?"

[@Pandakiid]

i loved marie during my first time playing. i can see the polarizing stance with her though

[@animusmon]

7:07. Any day in the week.

[@tec2752]

Yuh finally caught a video early.

[@mariarosario2479]

got shivers by rise and Marie singin

[@justaguywithafedora54]

Marie is just the ramona flowers of persona franchise

[@michaelaburns734]

She is connected to the Velvet Room? That is really cool.

[@justinkarunia5699]

Marie is the best waifuu in p4g, couldnt agree more 😂

[@duke4726]

"crotch's thin and built for speed so..."

[@giroandkarin2822]

I just realized something. In the scene where Marie is playing the guitar, Chie is standing behind her. But it the VERY NEXT SHOT, she's standing next to Yukiko, with Marie to her left.

[@Aries-jw3eq]

Ah Marie probally tied with my second favorite girl from persona 4 chie and Naoto while my favorite being Rise so are the persona 3 girls next?

[@AbletonRinzler]

4:46 I guess Marie's time in the Velvet Room has taught her how to play The Poem of Everyone's Souls on guitar. That's pretty cool! ------- 7:00 Uh oh...

[@506hunterst]

"A very deep waifu"

[@samueljonathan6101]

Chie-Luigi Yukiko-Mario

[@Pokegirl3515]

Okay you finally won me over, I'm a sucker for tsuderes but I still love Rise.

[@porameachpanchang]

Finally she is best waifu 😍

[@B_A-tr]

That hugging scene When you date marie: rise shut up im being with my gf When you date rise: marie, my gfs right, can you leave When dating both: why dont you join us rise

[@rockethero1177]

She’s also the namesake of the Franchise as a whole

[@Nakarotto1]

Marie is fine, as far as characters goes. I honestly thought I would hate her before playing the P4G. But turns out, I do like her. But I always pick the friends option. I prefer either Naoto (if it wasn't for my man, Kanji, I will pick Naoto all the time) or one of the female team mates I felt the closest to. I think my reason for just friendzone her is similar to what the KZbinr, MangaKamen, put in his vids about Persona 5 Royal. About being somewhat forced to pick Marie as a love interest. I did say my reason is similar, because while I do see where he meant, it is subtle enough for me to not realize it till either at the point where one to have to choice a romance option in her social link, or after finishing her dungeon after the Investigation Team have that ski trip.

[@OFF-yq3kc]

Marie: *Confessed to Yu* Rise:"UNACCEPTABLE"

[@cpu8636]

Me: *reads the title also me: HA! imagine

[@sothis3435]

Best Girl finally gets her own episode.

[@syaasy4416]

5:16 she step up to the plate, i see u

[@hyliandoctor]

4:46 she just had to go full Velvet Room and play Aria of the Soul, didn't she?

[@allenkagami2438]

And i just love the fact that our first persona was izanagi and saying we can fall in love again with our ex-wife sonce izanami and marie are the same

[@WanderingOwlKH]

Finally my best P4 waifu

[@StanleyG23]

You gotta love her JP voice actor, Kana Hanazawa.

[@realkingofantarctica]

"Well that's a lie."

[@veleif7253]

Thanks for the spoiler warning, I am playing p4g so I appreciate it

[@ultragamer4465]

I really like how the velvet room scenes in the anime is made like one room the animation. 🤣

[@RaxonXVI]

Marie 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I love her so much

[@Mikura39]

I wished you showed the part in the anime where Yu and Marie are calling each other “moron”. It was quite amusing. It’s rare to see Yu like that at all. But great video nonetheless!

[@VCiPz]

YES MARIE IS MORE THAN WAIFU MATERIAL, SHE QUEEEEEEEEEEEEN MATERIAL! 🤯🥰

[@maramba32]

true shes great in the anime and in arena

[@dokkanbattleplayer2921]

Next Palutena is waifu material

[@ocmachine7072]

Oh boy, I can’t wait to see the Marie haters here

[@renamamiya5997]

Shes bad

[@jessielsanchez5079]

Don't like her, but don't hate her

[@MumeiGami]

Huh thought I was alone in Marie being my persona 4 waifu... She is pretty much as canon as you can get too without giving a canon. Being Izanami no mikoto makes her the Izanami before she became fragmented from eating the food of Yomi essentially since Yu is Izanagi no mikoto Marie is the goddess that his soul truly loved and became stricken with grief over. Izanagi no mikoto only divorced Izanami because of the taint from the food of Yomi having fragmented her and having spurned her wrath in said state. In golden I was moved by Marie's story and how we essentially repaired what was thought to be unfixable (the fragmentation of Izanami). Don't get me wrong I've played through every girls romance on separate playthroughs and did a harem playthrough too but anytime I didn't involve Marie romantically it just felt wrong since I know the lore and mythological implications it has that they belong together. Marie's poems work better in Japanese btw.

[@jdjgg9398]

Appreciate the spoiler warning bro

[@cuhdayy]

Marie and Rise are literally the best waifus of P4G. One is wholesome asf and the other is a cute ass tsundere. Literally the dynamic duo we needed.

[@mannyperiot8025]

5:32 sssaaammmmeee.

[@Ezekiel_Kleyer]

before I watch... are you thinking about doing the waifus of Date a Live? Cause ?Kurumi? is the best. original and childhood friend version (human)

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I'm not a fan of tsunderes... Or Mary-Sues... But hey, if you do, go for it.

[@renamamiya5997]

She’s not really a Mary Sue

[@EmEm-fm4nn]

I don't think so. Her whole SL is about trying to help or save her. She's more like a damsel in distress