Persona 5 Royal Akechi Romance Route (Bi Joker Mod)

All credit goes to Alive_Neptuna for creating the mod. Thank you for making such a wonderful mod for the community!
You can download the mod here gamebanana.com/mods/493214
Event Pre Call 0:00
New Event Start 0:23
Post Event Fight (win): 1:11
Post Event Fight (lose): 1:33
Post Event Fight (platonic end): 1:41
Post Event Fight (romantic:) 2:35
2/2 call: 3:36
Date - Amusement Park: 3:59
Date - Planetarium: 4:39
Date - Ferris Wheel: 5:12
Date - Destiny Land: 5:42
Date - Bookstore: 6:16
Date - Aquarium: 6:53
Date - Ogikubo: 7:29
Date - Shrine: 8:03
Date - Sky Tower: 8:39
Date - Museum: 9:05
Date - Your Room: 9:40
Please read these before commenting
"How did you get this uploaded so fast?"
I used Zmenu mod menu's event viewer that allows you to force load any event in the game from wherever, even modded in ones by looking inside the mod folder to find the new event IDs and manually input them in.
"How come the calender dates are all the same/no proper transitions?"
It's from using Zmenu, there's going to be some funkyness associated with it but I personally really didn't want to replay a long game that I only beat a few months ago.
"How come you got x thing to load in but I didn't?"
Don't know, ask the mod creator if you're having difficulties. My method can basically pull up any event that's been coded in the mod, regardless if its actually accessible or not at the moment.
"Why is Akechi wearing his white Phantom Thief outfit in the fight scenes?"
No idea, its either a Zmenu bug or a bug with the mod itself since I didn't load it in the intended way. But it's clearly meant to take place in the third semester.
"Does he not have any Christmas/Vday/White Day events?"
Nope, the creator did not include any for him, presumably to keep things as close to canon as possible.
"Is there any other existing events altered?"
Not to my knowledge, I looked into all the events in his folder and the misc events folder and didn't find anything that relates to him besides these scenes.

[@Xenosaga]

Persona 5 if Atlus weren’t cowards

[@Siter]

Persona 5 if Atlus was woke(which, hopefully, never happens)

[@24hr-Gaming]

Persona 2 already had a bi MC and P3P also had a bi romance with FEMC and Aigis. There's no reason for Atlus to not continue the trend.

[@Xenosaga]

@@SiterJun Kurosu from the Persona 2 duology is gay lol

[@mintpanda1]

if atlus was woke, that would be so based

[@blazekip3207]

Having a gay character doesn't mean woke so what your point​@@Xenosaga

[@pastelicious5422]

Romancing Akechi during third semester is so unbelievably cruel to Ren. You romance him because it seems like you've been given a second chance with him, and then you're told you have to let him go. And he wants you to, as well. Akechi seems to be someone that Ren can't keep. So painful I love it lmao

[@loveisblue8080]

They let us date grown adults and alcoholic but not a boy 😢

[@Kneevirus]

Atlus hates the gays sadly

[@Alive_Neptuna]

It's amazing to see people looking at and liking my mod. It took a while to get out, but I am glad to finally have it out for you all!

[@bluesky0152]

Hey, sorry for the bother, but others have asked about Iwai and Maruki in other videos. Is there a possibility that it may happen in the future as a way to balance the amount of partners? Regardless, thank you so much for the mod! It's incredible!

[@janek1031]

Just out of curiosity, does Denuvo make it harder to mod the game or is it whatever from modding perspective?

[@janesmith5259]

YOU DID INCREDIBLE WORK WITH THIS MOD!!!!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work! And thank you OP for the video! The route makes me so happy I'm so appreciative and thankful for the hatd work!

[@Alive_Neptuna]

@@bluesky0152 I did not plan on doing Maruki or Iwai. Perhaps in the future after I perfect the four out now, but not right now. Also, I do not know what Denuvo is, so probably not lol

[@DigitalStarry]

@@Alive_Neptunadenuvo is anti piracy protection that some PC games like Persona 5 have, its why you cant play this game offline for long despite it being a single player game

[@brkli1485]

this was maruki's vision

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

Maruki's Reality = gay fanfic He was the ultimate shipper

[@nicola7021]

This is amazing. I LOVE how despite dating, Akechi still stays in character & isn’t super lovey-dovey. The little details, like his focus on completing Maruki’s Palace, the Sky Tower date linking to his Engine Room death and his comment about not eating much, are impeccable. Love love LOVE this!!!!

[@Alive_Neptuna]

I tried to make sure he stayed as in character as possible. I love character writing so I tried my best to do him justice here as well

[@nicola7021]

@@Alive_Neptuna u definitely did! Amazing work 🥹🥰🙏

[@lallide]

HIS DIALOGUE IS SOO PERFECT !!

[@Animeluvr03]

going through multiple dates of debating to finally give him the vitamins 🤣 I love this mod

[@DigitalStarry]

Lol I recorded them in a different order than what the video is presented here (for example the room date is numerically the first one that pops up in event ids) and after getting his best and okay reactions I figured I didn’t need to do it anymore.

[@cinnibunbun7389]

Imagine he finds out that you're cheating on him and just empties the mag on you 💀

[@marsbars6489]

he would be well within his rights to do so because any version of me that cheats on my glorious king akechi is clearly an impostor trying to steal my identity

[@ivandoesmc9954]

8:41 is so scarily in-character I love it.

[@marcelinescoldfry]

atlus needs to get their shit together- between them and then yosuke and yu, stop making gay people if you aren’t gonna let them be together!!

[@voiceunderthecovers]

I mean, there’s no proof that Akechi is gay at all. This is just a want from the fans, which is great, I do hope the next game allows a bi protagonist and I think it will. But they don’t need to do anything.

[@marcelinescoldfry]

@@voiceunderthecovers psshhh that man does not like women, thats like saying nagito is straight.

[@shinelokabrenna]

I wonder if when Akechi mentions not eating much is a past habit, could that have something to do with growing up in a neglectful foster system? Getting enough food can be a real problem. Excellent video.

[@DigitalStarry]

Possibly, or he is too busy and doesnt stop for a minute to eat more than whats necessary

[@Lautaro069]

so happy that the mod add that detail

[@SoggycereaI]

Absolutely. But if it *wasn't* that, I was also thinking it could lend into the 'detective prince' image that he was forced to have, having a sort of idol diet?

[@hatsunedkaname]

​@@SoggycereaIThis is from official sources I just dont remember if it was a QnA or an interview, but in his briefcase he keeps very little things like light snacks and stuff for when he shows up on TV .ie im imagining some light makeup/a brush-comb etc (dude also says in the metaverse that for lunch he gets weirs looks cuz he only gets an apple so who knows) And the fact that he tried to convince Sae to get actual sushi with him might be related to the fact that he's not good at cooking (this is from the jazz club) and just eats stuff on the go

[@latemporis5430]

It was mentioned in one of the guidebooks that he doesn't get much enjoyment from food. He only eats at famous places to post on his detective prince social media. He also can't cook. As to why then yeah probably due to his neglected childhood. Cooked meals are a language of love, and he had none of that.

[@Aisubun]

The Sky Tower date made me audibly go "JESUS CHRIST AKECHI"

[@darksunshinx1288]

This is what Atlus stole from us 🗣‼️‼️ I NEED THIS MOD SM AAAA.

[@badbloodc8058]

Obsessed with how much of a prick he is this is perfect

[@axelsgf]

This just made want to replay P5R, they did Akechi some justice but man the slight flirting between these two is so paper thin rlly would've been interesting if Akechi was a romance option.

[@Lightgirlification]

Akechi: *Doesn't eat much* Just a past habit. Me: *Shouts downstairs* MA. MA GET THE KITCHEN READY WE NEED TO MAKE FOOD FOR THE BOY.

[@romeokafi7796]

2017 youtube ahh comment

[@vayuuuuuuuu]

2017 youtube ahh comment

[@marcofischer5978]

Also,Joker loves cooking for others,he feeded the Phantom thieves the whole trip aroud Japan during P5:Strikers

[@amitr24242]

Finally...Thank you, Alive Neptuna, for what Atlus failed to give us...

[@DigitalStarry]

Thank Alive Neptuna not me. All I did was record scenes I found in the mod menu and edited it into one video. Thats like nothing compared to the effort and work to create and debug this mod

[@amitr24242]

Oh ok, so thank you Alive Neptune if you see it!

[@Alive_Neptuna]

@@amitr24242 I started this mod with the mentality of "if they won't, I will," so I am glad I did it justice lol

[@amitr24242]

@@Alive_Neptuna I'm glad too, you've also respected the character and not just made a romance option for the sake of having one, which I also appreciate

[@dhans9662]

​@@Alive_Neptuna Youre a saint 🙏

[@n25kaito]

persona 5 if it was awesome

[@annisamazing]

*Akihiko's Voice* I been waiting for this!!

[@alarbu17]

3:28 GODAMNNN

[@marjbon5008]

😏😏😏

[@poe8910]

the way joker stood up so eagerly lol

[@alarbu17]

@@poe8910that boy was READY🙏🏻

[@salt8044]

@@poe8910I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@lolzu]

​@@salt8044WRONG GAME AKIHIKO

[@o0Cheator0o]

Akechi : Joker, why are you so interested in me ? Ren : Just so I can make Shido go mad by calling him "father in law" in my NG+ Akechi : (Murder noises)

[@accountid9681]

say gex

[@desertfalcon1539]

yay xex

[@TempDevil]

Gex

[@Kiiouux1]

SAY GEX‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@TheBodyEuphoric]

FUCK YEAH!!!!

[@Alive_Neptuna]

SAY GEX🎉

[@_yourlocalartist]

Bro my reading speed is fast but how the fuck do you expect me to read everything in a fucking second 😭😭

[@pookiewookieuser69]

whole vid was fine for me where were your problem?

[@arcragerdbd3220]

Truly based, I slowed the video to x0.5 so I could relax and process what I'm reading

[@InternetPers0n]

Maybe my reading speed is faster than I thought it was

[@towaism]

I read everything in 2x..😭

[@josephjoestar4655]

I would actually pick the romance options if this was available

[@daelynnmoore8232]

thank you sm for posting this but how quickly you clicked through dialogue options raised my blood pressure. slow down homie ily tho 💕💕

[@DigitalStarry]

Sorry I have a pretty high reading speed. I tried recording with auto but the auto mode would skip lines for some reason

[@daelynnmoore8232]

@@DigitalStarry no totally I get that

[@twansmasc]

SAME LMAO I HAD TO KEEP PAUSING .. until i remembered that i could slow down the video’s speed to .75 towards the end 🤦

[@nonaster1561]

@@twansmascI wish I saw this comment before finishing the video 💀

[@shumika]

i was looking in the comments for someone to say this bc its all i could think about during the entire vid 😭 i tried slowing the vid down but then i got bothered by the audio being slow but still wanted to hear the voice lines so i just paused to read

[@swagfiainc.2785]

ROMANCE IS BACK PEOPLE!

[@daetonharris886]

YERS

[@jjeecc]

save me shuake romance route.. save me…

[@poe8910]

the sad look he made when joker gave him aroma machine…

[@TheBodyEuphoric]

8:29 "pretend" *Joker?! Hey, get up!*

[@birdie5029]

bro thought he had him for a sec

[@VanNessy97]

I wrote something for the 4:39 timestamp "Up there are the stars Deneb, Altair, and Vega" You said to me when you showed me the Summer Triangle I remember And look at the sky Gazing to the right, I found Orihimesama But never could I find her love Hikoboshisama And like that, I'm truly all alone As we stood and gazed up From this world that was black as night The stars looked like They were falling from the sky Who knows how long it's been? Or when it all began? My pursuit of you Goes on without an end I beg of you, my dear Don't be overcome with fear Just look at me And listen to The love I have for you

[@lederpu]

THAT IS SO SWEET AND PAINFUL AUGHHHH I LOVE IT

[@SaelisSociety]

You know, if we can't at least have a female option to play as in the next persona game, can we PLEASE just have the option to romance someone of the same sex? Like, you almost did it for Yosuke back in 2008, so like you can definitely do it 15± years later??

[@DigitalStarry]

Atlus did it officially even in Persona 2 Innocent Sin

[@goroweed]

​​​@@DigitalStarry its kinda crazy how much homophobic stuff is in newer persona games, considering theres also canon lesbians in p2 and 3 canon bisexual characters in p3

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

Broke: *Only let's you romance characters of the opposite sex from the protagonist* Woke: *Let's you romance anyone you want*

[@6ftergIows]

Thank you so much for this 🙏🖤

[@erynnjeagerbomb]

Amazing I have been waiting for the update of this mod for awhile i actually got extremely emotional 😮

[@Rene99999]

AMAZING WORK ALIVE AND THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS

[@elizabeth-lmhxmx]

I wish atlus put this in, for any game really. Not just bc gat ships but I personally just prefer some guy characters, I guess our only choice is if we get a female mc. Never forget scrapped Yosuke route..

[@latemporis5430]

I love whoever who made this sm

[@marukididnothingwrong]

... Amazing.

[@Lautaro069]

OMG ITS YOU

[@marukididnothingwrong]

🕶️ ​@@Lautaro069

[@abimorris1970]

Maruki is shuake's biggest shipper, breaking reality to see the bi joker mod lol

[@marukididnothingwrong]

At least Maruki tried to make it happen... *sobs*

[@justicearcana55]

I USED TO PRAY FOR SOME TIMES LIKE THIS!!!!!!! THANK U

[@scar8o284]

Dates with Akechi are short and snappy, I wouldn’t have it any other way, this is so In-character

[@grammy_hnng]

i cant with the constant resetting of the date music

[@yiyunzhuo5991]

damn this is solid

[@julia7492]

PEAK FICTION

[@RealGoroAkechi]

best mod ever.

[@presh.]

p5r if it was peak

[@evansentcoffee]

Never played the game myself so idk if it's the mod or not, but props to the henry V reference with the glove :D i think shakespeare would love persona 5 royal

[@agentkittymeowmeow]

In tears because i have the console version of the game so i cant use this mod

[@user-141N]

do you think he noticed

[@sslimeman]

god bless

[@marybravo8484]

I freaking love this but it was too fast! I almost couldn't read ;v;

[@craftymind406]

I NEED THE RYUJI VERSION N O W THIS IS SO GOOD AND I NEED TO ROMANCE MY BOY

[@DigitalStarry]

The gay mod has a Ryuji option

[@craftymind406]

@@DigitalStarry :0!!!!!!!! this is the best news thank you so much for informing me

[@koulsoull]

THANK GOD 😍😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏🤑🤑🤑

[@todimherbst]

Happy pride month guys ❤️

[@aidanmajor7269]

Fun fact: in persona 4 there is a scraped Yosuke romance route so in persona 5 there may never have been a chance of this but in persona 4 we could have had this and im just saying that i have a idea for the p4 remake

[@jetstreamsam1992]

For the events to play do you have to wait till after you finish marukis dungeon while waiting for the deadline

[@DigitalStarry]

I do not know because I found the events from forcing them to load via zmenu

[@itzdedsec1111]

Damn wish we had a mod for Sae too

[@fandomaddict505]

I WILL BUY P5R ON STEAM JUST FOR THIS MOD PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE-

[@marjbon5008]

Literally what i did lol

[@seibetsu]

I liked the part where you let me read

[@LightKing1237]

Can you slow down with the text, I can hardly read anything without pausing

[@DigitalStarry]

Sorry I cant edit it after posting it. I apologize for how fast it is, my reading speed is fast so I don’t notice and auto mode is broken with these events and skips whole lines when I tried it

[@klng1285]

Wow, they really allowed us to say "date". I thought it wa only an implication

[@aduckinlingerie]

Name of yuri please?

[@yr-bq6in]

Hi, thanks for uploading this video! I’d like to translate it into Chinese and upload it to Bilibili. May I have your permission to do this? I will include a link to your original video and channel in the description.

[@DigitalStarry]

Sure go on ahead

[@yr-bq6in]

@@DigitalStarry Ty!

[@starrshort6403]

Omg wtf I thought this was real why isn’t it real this is so accurate to his personality

[@zacharylandrum4789]

Maybe slow down a bit on advancing the dialouge? You kind of go too fast for some people to read Akechi's lines without pausing.

[@faIsified]

Set the video to 0.5 or 0.75 speed

[@ASimpleCloudy]

Is in Spanish too?

[@lilyogamer955]

How do you unlock it? I’m in 3rd semester and secured the treasure, but akechi hasn’t called me

[@DigitalStarry]

Dont know because I used mod menu to load the events. From what I know its best to load a save before the third semester starts when you install the mod

[@lilyogamer955]

@@DigitalStarry sorry to keep bothering you, but do you just go straight through reloaded II to do that or is there more to do than that

[@DigitalStarry]

@@lilyogamer955 you install zmenu through its tutorial, open it up and use the event player

[@deathiezzlulz]

pan persona mcs canon

[@guiseppejoestar4149]

How’d you get the mod

[@DigitalStarry]

See description

[@sketchy_girl666]

Persona 5 if it was epic

[@rosessmallcorner2195]

Does this work on switch?

[@DigitalStarry]

No

[@weisstofall2615]

Where is this mod?

[@DigitalStarry]

Check description

[@weisstofall2615]

@@DigitalStarry ty

[@fyodorBSDhater]

hey u gays, look at this

[@LillianGriffin-zj8ut]

If Ren was Batman, and Akechi was Catwoman

[@nancyvu751]

God damn that's accurate.

[@Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.]

date ur teacher ✅ date a random much much older alcoholic who just sits in a bar ✅ date a random strange fortune teller who is also much much older than you ✅ date the girl who you have a brother-and-sisterly relationship with ✅ date a guy ❌❌❌❌❌ WHAT TF IS WRONG WITH YOU AAAHH THAT IS SUCH A STRANGE CHOICE WHY WOULD YOU WANNA DATE A GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@a.t.trujillo9970]

Also it makes perfect sense in Persona 5 you'd be able to date a male character because the game is all about how Society is bad and freedom

[@Hinata_11037]

I love gay people

[@victoriasharpe1661]

Whoever made this, thank you!!!! But as much as I love and want this in game, it’d be even more heartbreaking to let Akechi die at the end 😢 Also Atlus needs to get their sh** together. They need guy romances too. Getting tired of the lady’s man stuff from persona games now

[@rosessmallcorner2195]

Thanks for the spoilers 💀

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

@@rosessmallcorner2195 Persona 5 has been out for over 5 years now. Also, why are you in the comments? There are always spoilers in them.

[@joshuasiebenhofer2452]

Wait... If this exists, does that mean theres a Sae Romance Mod too? I have a mission

[@DigitalStarry]

No but there’s bounties and requests for one on Gamebanana. I suppose it would be a lot of work, this one works (to my understanding) because it uses existing flags in the game to trigger the romance.

[@joshuasiebenhofer2452]

@@DigitalStarry NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo

[@sayumi173]

isnt ren 16 and akechi18 making the ship illegal

[@empressesspresso]

It's just a 2 year age gap

[@kamikechi]

2 year age gap, which isn’t bad at all. also in the wiki it says akechi is 17-18 so not exactly.

[@Kendroid3000]

No? Ren is a 2nd year and Akechi is a third year, so they are only about a year apart. Even if they were 16 and 18, who cares

[@animeprince7866]

If anyone from Atlus is watching...it's sad that fans have to mod your game to get some same sex romance options. Would it really hurt to include it into your games? I mean you already goofed and showed this was possible before the final edit with "Honey, I'm home" that ultimately went nowhere. Stop making the fans have to work so hard for inclusion please.

[@rexlogan1495]

You know ,what if the woman joker was protecting in the beginning, happen to be akechi's mom.🤔

[@Ifeellikethis]

That would be a cool theory, but unfortunately it's confirmed that Akechi's mother took her own life when he was still young, so no dice 🙁

[@MistyShnekin]

New AU just dropped

[@rxx.Samira]

That would be pretty hard considering his mom committed suicide when he was young

[@rexlogan1495]

@@rxx.Samira I know buddy, I was trying to cook something up, but I'll go back to the kitchen.🤣

[@rxx.Samira]

@@rexlogan1495 You cooked, we threw up🗣💯🔥🔥

[@atiyahall9516]

I have a special bond with Akechi

[@luisvenegas4893]

Now that i see this idea in the game as a mod, i'm glad Atlus didn't do something like this specially with Akechi. It kinda destroys his character. It is a fun idea tho so i'll probably try it out.

[@tart06tron91]

I think it could have been WAY worse. The modders have done a really good work with the character. When clicking this video I was afraid to see Akechi passionately smooch Joker lmao

[@DigitalStarry]

@@tart06tron91did the thumbnail not clue you in enough lol?

[@tart06tron91]

@@DigitalStarry good point 😂 anyway, thank you for the video sir

[@Permaban_Account]

Gay

[@PearangeProductions]

This is like Yu romancing Adachi or Matoko/Kotone romancing Ikutsuki...and I love it. Literally falling in love with the backstabber...God this is so lovably goofy.

[@wonderhoy.u]

ADACHI AND IKUTSUKI???

[@muuksnki]

NOOOOOOOOOO this is really different..

[@amitr24242]

I accept Yu and Adachi, but Ikusky? Nope sorry...

[@wonderhoy.u]

@@amitr24242 nah bro both is bad 😭😭😭 adachi is grown ass men

[@amitr24242]

@@wonderhoy.u Tell that to joker and his grown ass optional girlfriends in P5 lol! At least Yu and Adachi had SOME chemistry...Ikutsuki and makoto had 0 interactions, and Ikutski have 0 redeeming qualities and he's not likable...At least in the original, I haven't played reload yet if his voice acting is better now...

[@Temulgeh]

oof the writing in the original persona 5 had some... moments but still you can tell that this is fanmade 😭😭😭

[@RoseOfTheDawn]

tbh the dates aren't so bad but the beginning section setting up them "dating" is uhh rough lmfao

[@Temulgeh]

@@RoseOfTheDawn oh, maybe.. i haven't watched the entire thing but after a few lines that really do NOT feel like Akechi i stopped watching

[@Temulgeh]

@@RoseOfTheDawn (and to clarify i do think akechi is gay gay homosexual gay towards protag but... this is not it)

[@rosalia1240]

Ew no

[@DigitalStarry]

You didnt have to click on it

[@lemonlime8949]

Nasty

[@AdachiSimp]

Persona 5 but cringe writing

[@imperatorofman]

Disgusting

[@emilysmith5360]

Don’t watch the video then Like you clicked on it knowing exactly what you see so I don’t know why you’re griping

[@imperatorofman]

@@emilysmith5360 I didn't. It's disgusting

[@emilysmith5360]

@imperatorofman So why click on the video? Btw Ren x Kawakami is much more disgusting than this imo

[@imperatorofman]

@@emilysmith5360 To remind everyone this is disgusting. Glad Atlus never included it. Not every game needs this bullshit.

[@emilysmith5360]

@imperatorofman Why waste your time though? Go fap to your favorite waifus or whatever instead of being an ass to a ship that literally doesn’t hurt anyone.

[@RedLine_Renesis]

This is cursed

[@Ohyeahitsnotme]

someone exterminate this mod (I hate shuake so much)

[@TheBodyEuphoric]

let people ship what they want dude

[@wonderhoy.u]

Respect other ppl ship bru if ya dont like just scroll or sum

[@personasinmyass]

everybody pack your bags, @Ohyeahitsnotme disapproves! fun’s over!

[@twansmasc]

nawww not the fun police over here 😔 i dont even like pointedly ship them (im neutral) but bro. its fucking persona 5…….. shuake is not the hill to die on

[@muuksnki]

no one asked really. why did you even open the video