It was a really sweet story. Makes me glad Akira has someone by his side back home to weather the rumors and the time away from the gang.

This... Does put smile on my face

oh. yeah. this whole fic is so damn wholesome. i appreciate acknowledging a lesser known pairing that has a lot of potential. this is some gourmet shit

I really liked this story! It was really cute and had me smiling through it all.

This was adorable! I don’t personally ship them, but I felt like looking for a fic for this pair when I saw (yet another) P5 let’s play and they showed how nice Shiho was to Joker despite hardly knowing him. The game give the pairing a tiny little bit of potential and I wanted to see where someone could take it. Apparently, it can be taken quite far.

Freaking impressive! There's this quaint after-the-storm feel to it all, and it's really refreshing! The premise even had me going "Huh, why didn't I think of that before?" Also, this story is so freaking pure, I forgot how the game's True Ending went for a while there.

I want to say thanks for this amazing story, I've read it 3 times yet loved every time like it was a brand new story to me. If you ever do another Joker/Shiho pairing story I will definitely be reading it. Thanks again

Akira was greeted by the spring breeze. "Well, lead the way, Akira
[That line only makes sense coming from Morgana, but he’s in the bag. You only identify Akira in the narrative (if passively), indicating it’s his paragraph]

But this was the terms of his probation
[What about his probation mandated he leave Tokyo? I don’t understand what would compel him – after all, Sojiro correctly points out his parents kicked him out when he became inconvenient. Few positive interpretations of his family due to that]

homeroom teacher's head. He vaguely remembered him
[I don’t think he’d have the same homeroom teacher 2 years later. They tend to teach a single grade]

Akira was used to surprises by now
[By definition, that is untrue. A person can THINK he can’t be surprised]

seeing you here, Shiho."
"That's putting it mildly." Akira smiled
[This is REALLY confusing attributions. The former line isn’t given one at all, so I have to assume that it’s Akira. However, he’s the first name given in the paragraph below which implies the paragraph is his]

"Nothing." Instantaneous, as if she
[THIS is how attributions should be given. There’s only one female in the scene so ‘she’ can’t be confused, and there’s no name-dropping of other characters to confuse who the source of the paragraph is]

I REALLY like the idea of trying to get some resolution or additional interaction with Shiho. However, I have to be honest and say your attributions are awful. Sometimes I have to re-read passages 3-4 times to be sure who’s saying or doing what because you jam clear references to one character into a different one’s paragraph.

This is really great and sweet, how their companionship turned into a close friendship that naturally morphed into something more. Gives me sweet tingly feelings. Fluff. And the gang being there to the tease the couple for their cliche move was just brilliant. Ann's reactions is always priceless. Morgan's unheard comments too of course hahaha! The way Akira swiftly pulled Ann under the bus when she casually admitted understanding a cat is so funny.

Oh my. I was looking for something like this for so long. I was thrilled to read the story. It didn't go out cute at the beginning and the all drama in middle, and I mean forced drama. Whatever they did, however you narrated their behaviour it felt real, it felt natural. So sincerely, I thank you for writing this fabulous masterpiece.

What a lovely fic, thanks so much for writing this!
I am also one of Akira/Shiho fans, I understand why it wasnt done in the game, it would have been very difficulty and iffy to write, and even so it would still likely anger some people, but they could be so good for each other. It always kinda stayed with me after my first playthrough.

In any case, I loved the setup, this is how they would meet in my headcanon as well, I loved the personalization, Ann seemed maybe a tad overbearing in the chapter where she comes over, but thats probably just me and it was still very well done.
I very much enjoyed the chapters of them just having fun, tho I would appreciate at least one chapter where they are getting to know each other and do become friends, I know Ann told Shiho basically everything but still, its not like she had many interactions with Akira before.

Besides that imho the pacing was near perfection, I agree that adding much more into the chapters would detract from the experience, it was easy to imagine, digest and it drove me to continue reading.

All in all, fantastic job, id love to see more, doesnt have to be a continuation or even in the same "universe" maybe other ideas on how they would get together or some such. But anything will do, like you said, there really isnt many Akira/Shiho fictions, unfortunately :(

Have a good one!

I want more of this ship. This fic is amazing.

Amazing, my dude. I always loved Shiho and this is definitely a pairing I can get behind. The way you portrayed Ren/Akira was also fantastic in my opinion. Most portray him as this lustful, overbearing playboy but I love what you did to him. To that awkward first hug they had to that sudden first kiss on her crown to the final kiss at the fireworks, amazing.

We deserve more of this wonderful character and I'm all for it.

This story was amazing. I have been looking for a good Akira/Shiho story for awhile now. So thank you

Will there be a side-chapter / one-shot where Shiho learns the truth about the Phantom Thieves and Akira's involvement with them? Because it's clear in this chapter that she knows who they are, but in the chapter with Ann, it's clear that she's not aware that Morgana can talk, which probably would be brought up when discussing the PTs. Or is it more of a matter that she's figured out that Akira, Ann, and their friends were PTs but isn't aware of Morgana's involvement with them?