More Persoana 3, 'cuz it's fun

I had my first event-based boss battle while playing the other night. I fought a half-naked, giant, black and white, woman-shadow who sits in front of you with her legs spread waiting for you to.....uh.....attack her! It made me laugh out loud when I saw her; she's so blatantly sexual that I couldn't take the boss battle seriously. The icing on the cake: on one breast was the letter B and on the other was the letter J. BJ? Seriously? Awesome!

I can't make this stuff up!

Aside from that, I'm really enjoying the dating/relationship aspects of the game. The problem I'm having is that I can't decide which relationship to pursue. So far I've just been following the "whatever suits my fancy," strategy for dating. But, somehow I feel like you're supposed to be more deliberate. I was hoping to find the classic, anime stereotypes and then date either the crazy slacker or the motherly dim-wit (with big boobs). No such luck. I think I'm either going to go after the otaku or the team manager. I've been warned enough in the game that you shouldn't date two girls at the same time that I think I'll have to save that task for another playthrough of the game. Suddenly the lyrics to a Lovin' Spoonful song are going through my head. "Did you ever have to make up your mind?"

I went to fight the second boss in Tartarus and got my ass handed to me, so I've been grinding. And while I've been doing that I have also learned a bit more about the intricacies of fusing personas.

You can fuse personas by combining either two or three of them at a time. Depending on the stats, skills, and level of the personas you put in, you'll get different personas that come out. At first I was reluctant to fuse personas, but now a new options has been unlocked in the Velvet Room. I'm not sure exactly how it works but it seems that you can purchase any persona that you've ever let into your soul. And if that's the case then there's practically no risk in fusing personas.

While grinding I've managed to create a persona that has all but one of the skills that I commonly use in battle. I'm sure there's online guides about creating personas and how to get exactly the personas you want, but I'm having so much fun experimenting on my own that I don't want to spoil it with a guide. Before each session of grinding I go through all the new combinations of personas that are possible. First I try to create the ultimate persona that has all the skills I need. Then I just try to create new personas that I haven't created before. But all this talk about battle, dating, fusing personas, and ridiculous bosses makes me really want to get back to playing the game. What fun!