If you guys have any recommendations for dances you want me to analyze whether it's in videogames, anime, or whatever, I'd love to do more of these kinds of videos for things outside of the Persona Dancing Games!
I know it's only two cinematics of 2~ minutes each but would love to have your opinion on both azura's dances from fire emblem fates. As a 3d animator i love these also if you'd like maybe every character from league of legends has a little dance animation (some are voguing, some are doing some b boys move etc)
Joker matching his partner and adapting to fit their dance style makes total sense given the lore and story of him being a wildcard. He's matching personas to the Arcana.
Haru's dancing eliciting the response of "I wish Haru would interact more" just makes her parts actually extremely accurate to her role in the main game in a very sad, meta sort of way
Spend all the money on something visually pleasing just to end up with no money on necessities (in this case the 2nd dance)? Sounds like Yusuke's financing.
Probably the most unexpected partner routine for me is Ryuji and Futaba at 7:13, where they do a mutual headbang on a center drum. It's just so out of left-field, yet it fits so well.
Watching both Yusuke’s partner dancing to Blooming Villain & Ryuji partner dancing with Morgana with him Yeeting him off the stage is something I never thought I needed until I finally saw it.
The first time I saw Yusuke and Joker's dance on Blooming Villain, I was playing the game and when they did the pose that they do in the church, I started laughing so hard that I messed up. It is absolutely my favorite one to watch in this game.
Akechi’s dances are based on personality and how he feels towards other and how those people feel about him, like you can see with Makoto that she’s very wary about him and she’s ready to fight him at anytime. Which i love so much
I'm going to go cry over the fist bumps and hi-fives used in this. These little character moments are what I LIVE for for casts like these, and I only really latched onto a select few because I burnt myself out trying to get King Crazy's on every dance that Naoto and Kanji were partners on in P4D. Thank you for going over these! ... and making me sound like less of an idiot talking about dance a year ago, really um, thank you a lot for that, too.
I love every chance Haru and Ryuji interact even if it's in a dancing game, like they are two sides of the same coin and you cannot convince me otherwise!
I still can’t get over how Futaba is trying to throw a Kamehameha only for Yusuke to jump in and do it instead with Futaba getting pissed off, pointing at him and going “HEY!” (I can also hear her going “Stupid Inari!”) Also I love all of Morgana’s partner dances, he so goddamn adorable!
19:05 Exactly. Futaba wanted always to be pretty like Ann in P5 and P5R when they talk in mementos Futaba mentions quite often that she likes Anns Phantom Thieve Attire and that she wanted to wear it. In P5S in the hotspring she wanted to have her boobs to be as big as Anns or as Harus. I think Futaba wants a body to show off like not in a perverted way but she wants to be pretty to be noticed which kind of makes sense cuz she was always afraid to show herself to the pulblic but now after she changed her heart she wants to pop out of her shell and Ann, Haru and Makoto(more Ann in this case) are the perfect role model for her which i think its really cute. Also cute is that the Girls help her with the Beauty stuff and remember her how she needs to eat balanced so that her dream comes true
It is very difficult to say who the best partner is. But I will say Futaba does bring the most smiles with each one between her adorable movements and interactions with everyone else.
I feel like Makoto being better at solo than partners works well with with her social link and story in p5 since she always distanced herself so that she could focus on performing academically and after her awakening, she decided to stop pleasing others over herself.
Why am I about to cry watching this 😭, I love these characters so much and watching this made me realize how much I miss them , time to replay persona 5 royal again 😌
21:56 both of them posing like that references the scene in the church where joker tries to help yusuke get his mojo back by posing like jesus, i LOVE that it's become an in-joke for them.
I know I commented in this video before, but in the Akechi and Joker dance I also like how they have some distance with each other and the moments they get near, they can't avoid to clash at the exact moment they are near each other.
The Morgana x Joker dances were so amazing and I truly love them because of how amazing their bond and friendship is and they're just so amazing together. I love the Akechi x Joker dance as well with the ending friendship they have near the end of both Vanilla and Royal.
Always a treat to see your videos! Fun fact! Me and my brother actually preformed Joker and Futaba's dance ( 30:07 ) as part of our skit for Colossalcon East's Masquerade! We are not professional dancers, and we probably weren't clean by any means, but we practiced a TON and I think we did an amazing job! Even got the Best Novice award! Dancing is not my strong suit, but I love doing it when I get the chance!
I'm so happy you made this video because it really highlights how all of these dances are made up of the bonds they all made throughout the story, which is something you wouldn't normally see during gameplay. So thank you!
So with the Yusuke and Makoto in Blooming Villain I think I'd call him floaty to Makoto's grounded? It's definitely the word that popped into my head when you started talking about it. It shows how he's more rooted I think in the fantastical, the dream. While Makoto is more rooted in reality, the truth of the world.(Edited to add more explanation I thought of shortly after lol.)
Joker & Yusuke dancing together to Blooming Villain feels like the final episode of a dance competition anime where the two heavily-shipped lead protagonists do their winning dance together.
Mikoto is such a test as a character in these partner dances. They struggle so hard to get past "she punches the air" that you rely VERY heavily on the partner interacting with that and vibing with it. YOU have to match HER, because you can't meet her half-way. If you try, you'll end up like 75% her way.
Joker and futaba being the partners that seem to most consistently liven up or really add to the dances feels so incredibly fitting and in character for them
joker and yusuke blooming villain was fucking awesome the way they recreated the iconic church scene😭😭 joker posing and yusuke saying its wrong and then the both go for the jesus pose ARGHH I LOVE THEM
ctrl+c. ctrl+v I'm using a translator At the end of Akechi and Joker's dance, Joker leaves looking at Akechi with complicated feelings And the camera will zoom in I think there's a lot in this scene Like the shutter scene after the shutter scene If there was dancing after Royal, there would have been more variety of dances and partners dances I'm so sad
Ryuji and Ann dancing... THEY ARE DATING. Change my mind. Seriously, that's perfect chemistry only matched by Ryuji and Joker's bro energy and Joker and Futaba's sibling energy. Also Ryuji's dancing with the twins gives me vibes of "the cool big cousin who was always down to play with you at a family party"
To be honest, I don't see the romantic chemistry. Their moves give off more best friend vibes than anything else, especially Ann's fist bump exit. I think the fact you got similar vibes to the energy between Ryuji and Joker, and Futaba and Joker, both of which are close relationships that are not romantic, just solidifies that. A better example of romantic feelings shown through dance would be some of the dances between Rise and Yu, where you can tell Rise definitely looks at Yu in that way (although it's not totally reciprocated by Yu, which is still in character).
Just wanna say I love this content from you so much as it’s so unique and really matches up with what you’re passionate about! I always love your dance analysis videos/steams and can’t wait to see more!
I never actually paid much attention to the partners dances much, but seeing them fully is interesting and I love the interactions. I'm curious to see how you'll rate persona 3 partners if you do it.
The P3 cast seem to have better dancing technique, but the P5 cast really let their own styles and feelings toward eachother show in their moves. Both very good in their own ways :)
I absolutely adore these games for what they are, and your insight, ESPECIALLY to these partner dances, gives me so much more respect for these titles, their attention to detail, and care for representing these nuanced characters through dance. Absolutely wonderful video, hope to see more on the partner dances from the other games!! 💖
Ok, if seeing persona 4 partner dances showed me how much effort was actually put into the coreography, this video showed me how you can grab the exact elements or even add letmotifs to a dance and let them have totally different meanings. PD: Also, I imaginé Makoto the moment Ryuji offered her a fist bump just doing every calculation known to mankind in her CPU brain only to come to one answer "Run".
Its sad how little they build on Haru's relationships with the characters, while most of her dances do have some undertones a lot of them are really easy to take at face value, A lot of harus dances with others could be improved a lot. Morgana and Makoto's in my opinion do actually showcase their relationship better then most of the dances, while Joker's dancing works better with her, it doesn't showcase their relationship well in my opinion. Makoto and Haru both try hard in their performances which helps them match up more. Morgana and Haru have a close relationship, which is reflected in their dances showing Haru to be a bit more laid back with Morgana and seemingly having more fun together!
I forgot to add this for why Haru and Makoto work but both distanced themselves from people so they're not the best working together! This also shows why Haru's dances seem so one sided from time to time because if someone cant keep up with her its hard for her to slow down because she was always pressured to do her best. Haru and Makoto both push each other harder and keep the dance flow going despite not knowing how to work with each other, they can keep up with each other.
Yusuke is the textbook definition of "quirked up white boy (with a little bit of swag) busts it down sexual style (is he goated with the sauce???)" and I will die on this hill.
This video was amazing!!! I love how you not only looked at the dancing but focused on the relationships between the partners, it really adds a layer of a deeper analysis into the choreography I never considered before. Is this kind of analysis a major part of the professional dance? On a side note, I was wondering if you have ever seen Akibaccano, it's a dance battle kind of event where all sorts of dancers dance to a variety of anime music, and it reminded me of these Persona partner dances as well, it's really cool to watch if you're interested!
aww NICE! I'm glad you're planning to give a whole stream each to the other games, there is SO MUCH to unpack here, and it is GREAT to have you to do it for us! I learn so much from these types of vids!
25:46 ryujis doing a kamen rider pose also at the end he’s faking her out because they’re so in sync, teasing her like he caught her being a dork with him
G o d you can hardly even see Lavenza behind Liz. She's so BITTY. And Theo with Lavenza and the twins is so different from his dances in the other games with Liz and Margaret. You can tell Lavenza actually likes him lmao And fr Blooming Villain with Yusuke and Joker doing the Jesus pose was AMAZING. PERFECT comedic timing 10/10 no notes. Then Joker and Akechi was just chef kiss. The Toxic Gay Drama(tm) in dance form.
I just watched all the partner dances myself so this was great timing! It seems that any time the guest dancers include 2+ girls or 2+ guys, that's when you get the reused choreography for the main dancer. If for guests you only have one girl or one guy + Morgana, that's when you get unique choreography (Tiny Mona and the Twins can't share choreography with anyone). The only songs that have all 4 unique dances are ones where the 4 guests are Morgana, Twins, 1 guy, 1 girl: So, Yusuke's Blooming Villain, Futaba's When Mother Was There, Makoto's Price, & Ann's Wake Up Get Up. The unique dances aren't necessarily always better, but since they're constructed specifically for that relationship, you'll notice those ones (usually) get to tell more of a story. (Fun fact: Yusuke gets the most unique dances, and poor Haru the least.) Anyways, it was really fun hearing your insights into the dances! I'm looking at some of the ones I wasn't that wild about differently now.
Hey Crystal, watching your reactions to these and the P4 partner dances was pretty fun, I'm looking forward to your reaction to the P3 partner dances whenever you do it, keep up the good work
YEAHHHH! Morgana never misses! ...In relation to dance partnerships! I also adore Ryuji being a bro to all. In general all of these are so charming and I agree with Crystaaaaaahl's general prognosis.
This is a long while ago but I wanna say it here. The reason the choreography is reused is because it’s a pattern. (Excluding P4D) the pattern is… Each character gets 4 partners each song. It’s always gonna be the same choreography for the females and a different one for the guys. If their partner is a child/small model (I.e Justine and Caroline), it’s going to be a different choreography. It’s also going to be a different choreography if there’s the mascot dancing. Like Morgana.
i actually can’t get enough of watching joker dance he’s SO GOOD on his own or with partners idk i just get the impression that he’s so sure of what he’s doing it’s great i love him
If you guys have any recommendations for dances you want me to analyze whether it's in videogames, anime, or whatever, I'd love to do more of these kinds of videos for things outside of the Persona Dancing Games!
I know it's only two cinematics of 2~ minutes each but would love to have your opinion on both azura's dances from fire emblem fates. As a 3d animator i love these
also if you'd like maybe every character from league of legends has a little dance animation (some are voguing, some are doing some b boys move etc)
I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts on dances from idol anime like the Love Live series
Persona 4 partner dance are great. You could check the dance in an old ps1 game called Bust a groove
Yes to LoveLive! Even if idols dances aren’t as complex, they pull off amazing things. Ex Miracle Wave Live (won’t spoil what happens)
@@Yiazmats she actually already did those on stream if you check the vods
Joker matching his partner and adapting to fit their dance style makes total sense given the lore and story of him being a wildcard. He's matching personas to the Arcana.
Yes
And that he's named "Joker", like the playing card.
Haru's dancing eliciting the response of "I wish Haru would interact more" just makes her parts actually extremely accurate to her role in the main game in a very sad, meta sort of way
Yusuke's Blooming Villain took all the budget away from his other dance...
Life goes on goes crazy
Mmhmm. As someone who didn't really remember Yusuke's dances, his Blooming Villain dance partners were fascinating.
Spend all the money on something visually pleasing just to end up with no money on necessities (in this case the 2nd dance)?
Sounds like Yusuke's financing.
Oi! Mum said it was my turn to use the budget! *Budget breaks.*
An unfortunate consequence of coming in over budget on the stage design.
Probably the most unexpected partner routine for me is Ryuji and Futaba at 7:13, where they do a mutual headbang on a center drum. It's just so out of left-field, yet it fits so well.
I love it. It's like when two siblings have to share one brain cell.
@aquartertwo
“Sojiro says it’s my turn with the brain cell.”
Watching both Yusuke’s partner dancing to Blooming Villain & Ryuji partner dancing with Morgana with him Yeeting him off the stage is something I never thought I needed until I finally saw it.
With the latter all I heard in my head was Max going YEET! from the anime's dub lmaooo
CMON CAT WE GOTTA GO! YEET
The first time I saw Yusuke and Joker's dance on Blooming Villain, I was playing the game and when they did the pose that they do in the church, I started laughing so hard that I messed up. It is absolutely my favorite one to watch in this game.
IKR I LOVE THAT REFERENCE
Same lol. I also couldn’t do Our Beginning as a group number because I cried 😂😂😊
reading someone in the chat say "Yusukue put his whole dancussy into this" is a highlight of my day.
23:00 onwards
Akechi’s dances are based on personality and how he feels towards other and how those people feel about him, like you can see with Makoto that she’s very wary about him and she’s ready to fight him at anytime.
Which i love so much
As she should
I love how all the ryuji dances are just "hey guys i can do that too!!!1 "
I'm going to go cry over the fist bumps and hi-fives used in this. These little character moments are what I LIVE for for casts like these, and I only really latched onto a select few because I burnt myself out trying to get King Crazy's on every dance that Naoto and Kanji were partners on in P4D. Thank you for going over these!
... and making me sound like less of an idiot talking about dance a year ago, really um, thank you a lot for that, too.
I love every chance Haru and Ryuji interact even if it's in a dancing game, like they are two sides of the same coin and you cannot convince me otherwise!
Yet they're on two different sides of the same axe...
i ship them quite a bit
Blunt weapon bros
Joker and Akechi Ver 2.0
Team Daddy issues
I still can’t get over how Futaba is trying to throw a Kamehameha only for Yusuke to jump in and do it instead with Futaba getting pissed off, pointing at him and going “HEY!” (I can also hear her going “Stupid Inari!”)
Also I love all of Morgana’s partner dances, he so goddamn adorable!
Joker adapts and matches his partner's energy... because he's the Wild Card. :)
Every Futaba partner dance is like a shitpost given choreography, I can't help but love all of them.
[ Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There (Remix) w/Joker ]
Ryuji: 0:38
Ann: 1:22
Haru: 1:51
The Twins: 2:25
[Rivers In the Desert w/Joker]
Morgana: 2:50
Makoto: 3:53
Futaba: 4:19
Yusuke: 5:00
[ Blooming Villain (ATLUS Konishi Remix) w/Ryuji ]
Morgana: 6:16
Futaba: 7:13
The Twins: 7:41
Haru: 7:59
[ Keeper of Lust w/Ryuji ]
Joker: 8:36
Ann: 9:11
Yusuke: 9:54
Makoto: 10:34
[ Tokyo Daylight (ATLUS Kozuka Remix) w/Morgana ]
Yusuke: 11:02
Makoto: 11:36
The Twins: 12:16
Haru: 12:34
[ 星と僕らと/Hoshi to Bokura (tofubeats Remix) w/Morgana ]
Joker: 13:10
Ann: 14:14
Ryuji: 14:52
Futaba: 15:58
[ Rivers In the Desert (Mito Remix) w/Ann ]
Joker: 16:37
Ryuji: 17:01
Makoto: 17:25
Haru: 17:41
[ Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There w/Morgana ]
Ann: 17:59
Futaba: 18:45
Yusuke: 19:27
The Twins: 19:51
[ Life Goes On w/Yusuke ]
Ryuji: 20:05
Ann: 20:35
Haru: 20:49
Futaba: 21:11
[ Blooming Villain w/Yusuke ]
Joker: 21:28
Makoto: 22:36
Morgana: 23:23
The Twins: 23:43
[ The Whims of Fate (Remix) w/Makoto ]
Joker: 24:08
Ann: 24:46
Yusuke: 25:03
Haru: 25:23
[ Price w/Makoto ]
Ryuji: 25:42
Futaba: 26:01
Morgana: 26:21
The Twins: 26:29
[ Will Power (Shacho Remix) w/Haru ]
Joker: 26:47
Ryuji: 27:07
Yusuke: 27:22
Ann: 27:41
[ Beneath the Mask (KAIEN Remix) w/Haru ]
Morgana: 28:09
Makoto: 28:56
The Twins: 29:17
Futaba: 29:28
[ Last Surprise (☆Taku Takahashi Remix) w/Futaba ]
Joker: 30:04
Ann: 30:43
Ryuji: 31:02
Haru: 31:37
[ When Mother Was There (ATLUS Kitajoh Remix) w/Futaba ]
Morgana: 31:56
Makoto: 32:26
Yusuke: 32:39
The Twins: 33:10
[ Will power w/Akechi ]
Joker: 33:50
Makoto: 34:55
Futaba: 35:21
The Twins: 35:37
[ Life Wil Change (Atlus Meguro Remix) w/The Twins ]
Joker: 36:37
Morgana: 36:57
Theodore: 37:16
Elizabeth: 37:37
[ Beneath the Mask w/Lavenza ]
Elizabeth: 38:11
Margaret: 38:36
Theodore: 38:51
[ Blooming Villian w/Yusuke Replay ]
Joker: 39:25
✨Have a good day! :)✨
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Thanks, King/Queen
19:05 Exactly. Futaba wanted always to be pretty like Ann in P5 and P5R when they talk in mementos Futaba mentions quite often that she likes Anns Phantom Thieve Attire and that she wanted to wear it. In P5S in the hotspring she wanted to have her boobs to be as big as Anns or as Harus. I think Futaba wants a body to show off like not in a perverted way but she wants to be pretty to be noticed which kind of makes sense cuz she was always afraid to show herself to the pulblic but now after she changed her heart she wants to pop out of her shell and Ann, Haru and Makoto(more Ann in this case) are the perfect role model for her which i think its really cute. Also cute is that the Girls help her with the Beauty stuff and remember her how she needs to eat balanced so that her dream comes true
It is very difficult to say who the best partner is. But I will say Futaba does bring the most smiles with each one between her adorable movements and interactions with everyone else.
I feel like Makoto being better at solo than partners works well with with her social link and story in p5 since she always distanced herself so that she could focus on performing academically and after her awakening, she decided to stop pleasing others over herself.
21:42 I love the reference to the Yusuke social link rank in the church with the pose here. It’s just so perfect.
Why am I about to cry watching this 😭, I love these characters so much and watching this made me realize how much I miss them , time to replay persona 5 royal again 😌
Same, I have played it 3 time already, but who is going to stop me?
21:56 both of them posing like that references the scene in the church where joker tries to help yusuke get his mojo back by posing like jesus, i LOVE that it's become an in-joke for them.
The velvet room attendees interacting with eachother is so fun, wish we got more of them in canon as siblings. Love them so much
I know I commented in this video before, but in the Akechi and Joker dance I also like how they have some distance with each other and the moments they get near, they can't avoid to clash at the exact moment they are near each other.
Ryuji and futaba, matching clown energy
I absolutely love the way Futaba interacts in all the dances
The Morgana x Joker dances were so amazing and I truly love them because of how amazing their bond and friendship is and they're just so amazing together. I love the Akechi x Joker dance as well with the ending friendship they have near the end of both Vanilla and Royal.
Always a treat to see your videos!
Fun fact! Me and my brother actually preformed Joker and Futaba's dance ( 30:07 ) as part of our skit for Colossalcon East's Masquerade! We are not professional dancers, and we probably weren't clean by any means, but we practiced a TON and I think we did an amazing job! Even got the Best Novice award!
Dancing is not my strong suit, but I love doing it when I get the chance!
Cant wait for the P3 and 4 partner dance ratings. Something about Crystahhl's commentary is just so fun
agreed
Oh totally. Can't wait to see what she thinks of some of those.
I've seen what she thinks of the p4 partner dance it's on her other channel.
@@bukalayzx literally watching it right now lolol
I'm so happy you made this video because it really highlights how all of these dances are made up of the bonds they all made throughout the story, which is something you wouldn't normally see during gameplay. So thank you!
So with the Yusuke and Makoto in Blooming Villain I think I'd call him floaty to Makoto's grounded? It's definitely the word that popped into my head when you started talking about it. It shows how he's more rooted I think in the fantastical, the dream. While Makoto is more rooted in reality, the truth of the world.(Edited to add more explanation I thought of shortly after lol.)
I love the way Ryuji's bad dancing seem to really bring out a sort of fun real side with his friends
Joker & Yusuke dancing together to Blooming Villain feels like the final episode of a dance competition anime where the two heavily-shipped lead protagonists do their winning dance together.
Mikoto is such a test as a character in these partner dances. They struggle so hard to get past "she punches the air" that you rely VERY heavily on the partner interacting with that and vibing with it.
YOU have to match HER, because you can't meet her half-way. If you try, you'll end up like 75% her way.
I love Haru and Morganas because its clear Haru isn't trying to show him up just trying to find a way to compliment his style without being too flashy
Joker and futaba being the partners that seem to most consistently liven up or really add to the dances feels so incredibly fitting and in character for them
2:47 you'd better hope they work well together after spending every waking moment of every day with each other
joker and yusuke blooming villain was fucking awesome the way they recreated the iconic church scene😭😭 joker posing and yusuke saying its wrong and then the both go for the jesus pose ARGHH I LOVE THEM
"Why is Ryuji trying to yeet everybody"? He's an equal opportunity yeeter, everyone catches the hands eventually :v
We can just conclude that futaba being futaba makes these dances adorable
Everyone: ...
Joker and Yusuke: "This is the passion and anguish of Christ!"
Futaba being incredibly and unapologetically awkward is giving me life
ctrl+c. ctrl+v
I'm using a translator
At the end of Akechi and Joker's dance, Joker leaves looking at Akechi with complicated feelings And the camera will zoom in I think there's a lot in this scene
Like the shutter scene
after the shutter scene
If there was dancing after Royal, there would have been more variety of dances and partners dances
I'm so sad
God this really makes me appreciate the effort the devs put into the choreography a lot more XD
My personal favourite is Ann in wake up get up get out there with the twins. It had so much personality and the choreography was great.
Thanks for another fun Persona Dance Tier List video! It’s always entertaining watching you react and break down each of these awesome dances! 🥰😎❤️
Ryuji and Ann dancing...
THEY ARE DATING.
Change my mind. Seriously, that's perfect chemistry only matched by Ryuji and Joker's bro energy and Joker and Futaba's sibling energy.
Also Ryuji's dancing with the twins gives me vibes of "the cool big cousin who was always down to play with you at a family party"
They give me more like close best friend energy to me personally
Idk their dialogue really didn't give me Impression of that once again personally
They’re definitely not dating lol
To be honest, I don't see the romantic chemistry. Their moves give off more best friend vibes than anything else, especially Ann's fist bump exit. I think the fact you got similar vibes to the energy between Ryuji and Joker, and Futaba and Joker, both of which are close relationships that are not romantic, just solidifies that.
A better example of romantic feelings shown through dance would be some of the dances between Rise and Yu, where you can tell Rise definitely looks at Yu in that way (although it's not totally reciprocated by Yu, which is still in character).
Just wanna say I love this content from you so much as it’s so unique and really matches up with what you’re passionate about! I always love your dance analysis videos/steams and can’t wait to see more!
THE FIST BUMP WITH RYUJI AND ANN UGH I SHIP IT SO HARD 😭
It appears that Joker, Futaba and Morgana are the best trio when it comes to partner dances!
I never actually paid much attention to the partners dances much, but seeing them fully is interesting and I love the interactions. I'm curious to see how you'll rate persona 3 partners if you do it.
The P3 cast seem to have better dancing technique, but the P5 cast really let their own styles and feelings toward eachother show in their moves. Both very good in their own ways :)
Futaba is precious and adorkable. You can NOT convince me to hate her or Erica Lindbeck.
This stream was so much fun to watch. There's something about P5 dancing that makes me feel even more affection towards the characters.
I absolutely adore these games for what they are, and your insight, ESPECIALLY to these partner dances, gives me so much more respect for these titles, their attention to detail, and care for representing these nuanced characters through dance.
Absolutely wonderful video, hope to see more on the partner dances from the other games!! 💖
Ryuji and Mona's Blooming Villain reminds me of this P5 anime quote:
"C'MON CAT, WE GOTTA GO! YEET!"
*yeets the Mona*
Ok, if seeing persona 4 partner dances showed me how much effort was actually put into the coreography, this video showed me how you can grab the exact elements or even add letmotifs to a dance and let them have totally different meanings.
PD: Also, I imaginé Makoto the moment Ryuji offered her a fist bump just doing every calculation known to mankind in her CPU brain only to come to one answer "Run".
Looking forward to the P4 ranking. Yosuke x Naoto for Backside of the TV is so unexpectedly perfect, and their dance styles match so well.
Yusuke‘s partner dances are just, Chefs 💋
Did not expect Yusuke and Morgana to be a great duo
8:49 Ryuji did the peace sign you told him to do
Its sad how little they build on Haru's relationships with the characters, while most of her dances do have some undertones a lot of them are really easy to take at face value, A lot of harus dances with others could be improved a lot. Morgana and Makoto's in my opinion do actually showcase their relationship better then most of the dances, while Joker's dancing works better with her, it doesn't showcase their relationship well in my opinion. Makoto and Haru both try hard in their performances which helps them match up more. Morgana and Haru have a close relationship, which is reflected in their dances showing Haru to be a bit more laid back with Morgana and seemingly having more fun together!
I forgot to add this for why Haru and Makoto work but both distanced themselves from people so they're not the best working together! This also shows why Haru's dances seem so one sided from time to time because if someone cant keep up with her its hard for her to slow down because she was always pressured to do her best. Haru and Makoto both push each other harder and keep the dance flow going despite not knowing how to work with each other, they can keep up with each other.
21:43 OMG It's the Orobas pose! (or that one Yusuke Confidant rank at the church)
I can’t wait to see the P3 version with Sho, his partner dances (especially with Makoto) are some of my favorites
Yusuke is the textbook definition of "quirked up white boy (with a little bit of swag) busts it down sexual style (is he goated with the sauce???)" and I will die on this hill.
Something about a majority of Yusuke dancing with people is just them syncing up with him or vise versa. Yusuke's vibe just rubs off on others
Joker just equipping the corresponding persona for each dance partner
Already seen the full stream vod but it was so much fun I'll gladly watch this again ! Love these streams !
This video was amazing!!! I love how you not only looked at the dancing but focused on the relationships between the partners, it really adds a layer of a deeper analysis into the choreography I never considered before. Is this kind of analysis a major part of the professional dance?
On a side note, I was wondering if you have ever seen Akibaccano, it's a dance battle kind of event where all sorts of dancers dance to a variety of anime music, and it reminded me of these Persona partner dances as well, it's really cool to watch if you're interested!
My top pairs are Joker and Ann in Rivers Remix, Joker and Yusuke in Blooming Villain, and Ryuji with Futaba and with Morgana in Blooming Remix.
Becoming one of my favorite channels fs.
aww NICE! I'm glad you're planning to give a whole stream each to the other games, there is SO MUCH to unpack here, and it is GREAT to have you to do it for us! I learn so much from these types of vids!
I NEED more of ryuji making valiant attempts at imitating his partners’ choreography and failing so beautifully
I love watching these. Looking forward to seeing the other partner dance rankings.
25:46 ryujis doing a kamen rider pose
also at the end he’s faking her out because they’re so in sync, teasing her like he caught her being a dork with him
Who would've thought we'd be crying to video game characters dancing in a spin-off?
Morgana and joker in the bedroom has "guy taught his cat to dance" energy
Some of these dances had me tearing up. Too cute for me to handle.
im thoroughly convinced that makoto is the female equivalent of "head empty me protein"
Is it just me or are these videos really tempting me to get into dancing? Lol
Ann and ryuji are the cutest
G o d you can hardly even see Lavenza behind Liz. She's so BITTY. And Theo with Lavenza and the twins is so different from his dances in the other games with Liz and Margaret. You can tell Lavenza actually likes him lmao
And fr Blooming Villain with Yusuke and Joker doing the Jesus pose was AMAZING. PERFECT comedic timing 10/10 no notes. Then Joker and Akechi was just chef kiss. The Toxic Gay Drama(tm) in dance form.
Am excited for the vod
I just watched all the partner dances myself so this was great timing! It seems that any time the guest dancers include 2+ girls or 2+ guys, that's when you get the reused choreography for the main dancer. If for guests you only have one girl or one guy + Morgana, that's when you get unique choreography (Tiny Mona and the Twins can't share choreography with anyone).
The only songs that have all 4 unique dances are ones where the 4 guests are Morgana, Twins, 1 guy, 1 girl: So, Yusuke's Blooming Villain, Futaba's When Mother Was There, Makoto's Price, & Ann's Wake Up Get Up. The unique dances aren't necessarily always better, but since they're constructed specifically for that relationship, you'll notice those ones (usually) get to tell more of a story.
(Fun fact: Yusuke gets the most unique dances, and poor Haru the least.)
Anyways, it was really fun hearing your insights into the dances! I'm looking at some of the ones I wasn't that wild about differently now.
Hey Crystal, watching your reactions to these and the P4 partner dances was pretty fun, I'm looking forward to your reaction to the P3 partner dances whenever you do it, keep up the good work
YEAHHHH! Morgana never misses! ...In relation to dance partnerships! I also adore Ryuji being a bro to all. In general all of these are so charming and I agree with Crystaaaaaahl's general prognosis.
I look forward to seeing the p4d partner ranking! The nanako dances are best
If you love P5 Partner Dances Just wait til you see P3 :3
i’ve been waiting for this
This is a long while ago but I wanna say it here. The reason the choreography is reused is because it’s a pattern.
(Excluding P4D) the pattern is…
Each character gets 4 partners each song. It’s always gonna be the same choreography for the females and a different one for the guys. If their partner is a child/small model (I.e Justine and Caroline), it’s going to be a different choreography. It’s also going to be a different choreography if there’s the mascot dancing. Like Morgana.
Did Yusuke and Joker just do the goddamn Orobas pose together??
She did my suggestion yassss!!! I screamed internally when I saw this I love hearing her rank dances.
yusuke really just went "Have you heard of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ?" to Ann in wake up
Coming back to this from the p4 dancing, I'm genuinely disappointed we didn't get to see joker dance with lavenza
i actually can’t get enough of watching joker dance he’s SO GOOD on his own or with partners idk i just get the impression that he’s so sure of what he’s doing it’s great i love him
if i were akechi id do all that shit too how is joker this good at literally everything 😭😭😭
I just watched the VOD of this in the stream channel.
The Ryuji partner dance with Joker in Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There is actually a great Ryuji dance DAMN
Tbh what I'm disappointed about in dance cosplays. Is that nobody does a dance cosplay with partner dances, I get why but.. GODDAMMIT I NEED ONE.
11:12 THAT IS IT. Any CONCEPT of heterosexuality within me is lost
I love the partner dances with Mona it’s very cute