Persona 3 Portable Male Protagonist Social Link Guide

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Welcome to our Persona 3 Portable Male Protagonist Social Link Guide. Any information you may need for all male protagonist social links, such as rank up requirements and best dialogue choices can be found here.

Persona 3 Portable Male Protagonist Social Link Guide

Any information you may need for all male protagonist social links, such as rank up requirements and best dialogue choices can be found here. This’ll help you with planning ahead for maxing out Social Links, or just to make sure you didn’t miss a special event cutscene for your favorite character.

We know that there are people who have a hard time finishing the Persona 3 Portable game. If you are one of those who find it difficult to finish the game, let’s take you to our Persona 3 Portable guide.

Understanding the Social Link System

Social links are a key mechanic in the persona series and represents the bonds that you form with people throughout your journey. In Persona 3 Portable, there are 22 social links altogether, with a few that rank up via story progression, but most following a point system for rank up.

In P3P, and so far only exclusive to this game, the Charm social stat provides a social point multiplier of up to 1.51x that stacks with having a matching persona as the social link you gain points for. So it’s important to max this early during your first playthrough.

Some changes have also been made to the social links since Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES, namely removing some of the negative social link aspects such as the reversal mechanic which triggers when you don’t hang out with that particular person frequently enough before you’ve maxed out the social link. Social link reversals still exist, but they are much more manageable now, as they can only occur when you pick the wrong dialogue choices during rank up. You also no longer lose social link points for picking an answer they dislike, and refusing date invitations won’t have any adverse effects.

Here are some ways you can earn points for social links that rank up through the point system:

  • Spend time with them (or rank up interaction)
  • Choose dialogue response that make them happy
  • Drawing a fortune at the shrine
  • Meeting them during your evening walk

Fool Arcana – 0

SEES (Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad)

Social Link Trigger
Automatic on April 18

RanksRank Up Requirements
1(Automatic) April 18
2(Automatic) After entering Tartarus for the first time & returning to the ground floor.
3(Automatic) May 9
4(Automatic) July 7
5(Automatic) July 22
6(Automatic) November 2
7(Automatic) November 4
8(Automatic)
9(Automatic) November 28
MAXDecember 31
Requires choosing to let Ryoji live (True Ending).

Magician Arcana – I

Kenji Tomochika

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Tue, Thur, Fri
Location: Classroom 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
  1. –
2
  1. “No.” / “That’s a secret.”
  2. “I like older women.” / “I like them all.”
3
  1. “What, life?”
  2. “Go for it.”
4
  1. –
  2. “Good luck.”
5
  1. “I agree.”
6
  1. –
  2. “I have 30-year goals.”
7
  1. Ask what’s wrong
  2. “Bride-To-Be Magazine.”
  3. “That’s great. Congrats!”
8
  1. “Are you in trouble?”
  2. “You should go with her.” / “You should talk to her.”
9
  1. Confront Emiri
MAX
  1. –
  2. Any
  3. –

 

Bonus Events

Phone Invite (4/26)

  • “Think of something else.”

Phone Invite (5/10)

  • “Just do your best.”

Phone Invite (6/14)

  • “I won’t eat certain things.”

Phone Invite (8/26)

  • “That’s rude.” / “Like what?”

Priestess – II

Fụuka Yamagishi

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Fri, Sat
Location: 2nd Floor School Corridor (Near Bathroom)

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Fortune Rank 1
Requires Courage Rank 6 (Badass)

 

  1. –
2
  1. “Sure.”
3
  1. “I believe in you.”
  2. –
4
  1. –
  2. “Oh, I don’t think so.”
5
  1. “It’s really good.” / “You did a great job.”
  2. “I’m glad I could help.”
6
  1. “Okay.”
7
  1. –
  2. –
8
  1. Any
  2. “I want to be with you too.”
9
  1. –
  2. –
MAX
  1. –
  2. “I’ll be by your side.”
  3. Any

Empress – III

Mitsuru Kirijo

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Tue, Thur, Sat
Location: 1st Floor School Corridor (Near Faculty Office)

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Academic Rank 6 (Genius)

 

  1. –
  2. –
2
  1. “Is this your first time?”
3
  1. Ask her to treat you
  2. “Does that make you happy?”
  3. “Maybe you’re in love.” / “Maybe you’re anxious.”
  4. Agree to forget about it
4
  1. “Did something happen?”
  2. “It’s the result of love.”
  3. –
5
  1. “I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
  2. “A motorcycle?”
  3. “Let’s go for a ride.”
6
  1. “Can I get a book for you?”
  2. “That’s news to me!”
  3. “You have to reconsider.”
7
  1. “Let’s do it!”
8
  1. –
  2. –
  3. Say something to the guy
  4. Any
9
  1. “That makes me happy.”
MAX
  1. Any

Emperor – IV

Hidetoshi Odagiri

Social Link Trigger
Automatic on May 6

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Wed, Fri
Location: Student Council Room opposite of Class 2-F
*After January 25th, he will also be available on Tue and Thu.

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
  1. –
2
  1. “It’s a waste of time.”
3
  1. “Stop fighting.”
4
  1. –
  2. “Good work.”
5
  1. “They can be pretty cruel.”
6
  1. –
  2. Any
7
  1. “He should suffer.”
8
  1. –
  2. “It wasn’t me.”
9
  1. “Don’t blame yourself.”
MAX
  1. “So-so.”
  2. Any

Hierophant – V

Bunkichi and Mitsuko Kitamura

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat
Location: Bookworms Used Books at the Iwatodai Strip Mall
*Bunkichi will be one of the victims lost in Tartarus on 9/12. If he is not rescued by 10/4, the Social Link cannot be continued.

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires talking to them and going to school to retrieve a persimmon leaf.

 

  1. –
  2. Show it to him
  3. –
2
  1. Tell him
  2. “Thanks!”
  3. –
  4. –

Receive Melon Bread

3
  1. “Cleaning the store?*”
  2. “I’ll help you look.”
  3. –
  4. –
  5. –
  6. –

Receive Medicine

4
  1. “I should go there too.”
  2. –
  3. “Now, you have me worried.”

Receive Cylon Tea

5
  1. “I’ll ‘root’ out the truth!”
  2. Any

Receive Crab Bread

6
  1. “Please stop quarreling.”
  2. –

Receive Fried Bread

7
  1. Ask why she’s crying
  2. “That’s great.”
  3. Any

Receive Cielo Mist

8
  1. Any
  2. –
  3. “Let’s go.”
9
  1. Any
  2. –
MAX
  1. –
  2. –
  3. “What!?”
  4. –

Lovers – VI

Yukari Takeba

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat
Location: Classroom 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Charm Rank 6 (Charismatic)

 

  1. –
2
  1. “Pink’s cute.”
  2. “That’s messed up.”
3
  1. –
4
  1. “Are you alright?”
5
  1. –
  2. –
  3. –
  4. Try to cheer her up
6
  1. “Anytime.”
7
  1. “Sounds good.”
8
  1. “Alright.”
  2. –
9
  1. “Um…” / “……”
MAX
  1. Any

Chariot – VII

Kazushi Miyamoto

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri
Location: Corridor Outside Classroom 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
  1. –
2
  1. “Toughen up.”
  2. –
  3. –
  4. Talk to her (Strength Flag)
  5. Wanna walk home together? (Strength Flag)
3
  1. “Are you sure you’re OK?”
  2. “Will it heal?”
  3. Talk to her (Initiate Strength Social Link)
  4. Wanna walk home together? (Initiate Strength Social Link)
  5. Sure. (Initiate Strength Social Link)
4
  1. –
  2. “That sucks.”
5
  1. “The hospital again?”
  2. Let him use your shoulder
6
  1. “Suck it up.”
  2. Any
  3. Any
7
  1. “How’s your knee?”
  2. “You need to toughen up.”
8
  1. Any
9
  1. “I’m fine.”
MAX
  1. –
  2. “What about the big meet?”

Bonus Events

Phone Invite (6/7)

  • “A game.”

Summer Film Festival (8/22)

Justice – VIII

Chihiro Fushimi

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Tue, Thu, Sat
Location: Student Council Room opposite of Class 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Emperor Rank 1
Requires having spoken to her 3x (different days) prior.

 

  1. –
  2. –
2
  1. “Don’t worry about it.”
  2. “I read the classics.” / “I read manga.”
  3. “Not really.”
3
  1. “How rude.”
  2. “I agree.”
4
  1. –
  2. Speak to her calmly
5
  1. “So, how was it?”
  2. “It’s just a coincidence.”
  3. “Don’t be hard on yourself.”
  4. Hold her hand
6
  1. “Is it good?”
  2. Any
7
  1. “You’re not to blame.”
  2. “We have to do something…”
8
  1. –
  2. “Talk to the teacher.”
9
  1. “Don’t worry, she’ll help us.”
  2. Wait and see what happens
  3. –
  4. “What’s wrong?”
MAX
  1. “Thank you.”
  2. –

 

Bonus Events

Phone Invite (5/31)

  • “There’s always next time.”

Phone Invite (6/14)

  • “You can do it.”

Hermit – IX – Persona 3 Portable Male Protagonist Social Link

Maya

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Sunday (and holidays)
Location: Laptop in Protagonist’s Room

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
  1. –
  2. –
2
  1. “Of course.”
  2. “Sunshine is overrated.”
3
  1. “Oh really? o_O”
  2. “So you don’t like your job?”
4
  1. “Why don’t we get married?”
5
  1. “Don’t you mean S.O.B.?”
  2. “Are you a teacher?”
6
  1. “Which bastard?”
7
  1. “Guys like younger chicks.”
  2. “She um… what?”
8
  1. “Hurry up and tell me.”
  2. “What is he like?”
9
  1. “No way!”
  2. –
  3. “What are you planning?”
MAX
  1. “Oh, no worries.”
  2. –
  3. “I’ll miss you.”

Fortune – X

Keisuke Hiraga

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Tue, Wed, Thu
Location: Outside of Club Room

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
  1. –
2
  1. –
  2. –
3
  1. “Great job!”
4
  1. Any
  2. “Complaining won’t help.”
5
  1. “You should tell your dad.”
6
  1. –
  2. “Do whatever you want.”
7
  1. “Are you gonna be a doctor?”
8
  1. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
  2. –
  3. –
9
  1. Try to stop him
  2. –
  3. –
  4. –
  5. –
MAX
  1. Any
  2. Any

 

Bonus Events

Phone Invite (8/4)

  • “Okay, Brother.”

Summer Film Festival (8/19)

Strength – XI

Yuko Nishiwaki

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Wed, Sat (except before exams)
Location: Outside Classroom 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Need to have walked her home during Chariot Rank 2 & 3 events

 

  1. –
2
  1. “What happened?”
  2. “I agree.”
  3. “That’s true.”
3
  1. “Not really.”
  2. “Not necessarily.”
  3. “Let’s go.”
4
  1. –
  2. –
  3. “No worries.”
  4. “I’m honored.”
5
  1. Hold her hand
  2. “Do you know him?”
  3. Any
6
  1. “Let’s hope for the best.”
7
  1. “Are you relieved?”
  2. “Sure.”
8
  1. –
  2. Any
9
  1. Any
  2. “An instructor?”
MAX
  1. Any
  2. “That’s true.”
  3. Any

Bonus Events

Phone Invite (5/31)

  • “You’re amazing too.”

Hanged-Man – XII

Maiko Oohashi

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Wed, Sat
Location: Playground at Naganaki Shrine
*Maiko will be one of the victims lost in Tartarus on 10/21. If she is not rescued by 11/3, the Social Link cannot be continued.

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires having given her a Mad Bull & Weird Takoyaki prior. (Mad Bull can be purchased from Iwatodai Dormitory’s 2nd floor vending machine for ¥120, and the Weird Takoyaki from Octopia in the Iwatodai Strip Mall for ¥400)

 

  1. –
2
  1. Sure, let’s go.”
  2. –
  3. –
3
  1. –
  2. “Don’t worry, he’ll be there.”
4
  1. “I’m happy for you.” / “Nobody could forget you.”
5
  1. “That’s terrible.”
  2. “That isn’t true.”
6
  1. “Calm down.”
  2. “You don’t need that stuff.”
7
  1. –
  2. –
8
  1. “Hamburgers.”
  2. “Yeah, you did good.”
  3. “Choose your dad.”
9
  1. “We’re friends forever.”
MAX
  1. “I bet you will.”
  2. “Sure thing.”

Death – XIII

Pharos

Social Link Trigger
Automatic on June 12

RanksRank Up Requirements
1(Automatic) June 12
2(Automatic)
3(Automatic) July 12
4(Automatic)
5(Automatic) August 7
6(Automatic) September 12
7(Automatic)
8(Automatic) October 6
9(Automatic)
MAX(Automatic) November 4

Temperance – XIV – Persona 3 Portable Male Protagonist Social Link

Andre Laurent Jean “Bebe” Geraux

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Tue, Wed, Fri (except exams and holidays)
Location: In front of Class 2-F or the Home Economics Room
*If you do not initiate this social link before the third Full Moon, he will be unavailable for the rest of the game

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Academic Rank 2 (Average)

 

  1. –
  2. –
  3. –
  4. –
2
  1. “There’s nothing to teach.”
  2. “Yeah, Japan is great.”
3
  1. “Thanks.”
  2. “Something traditional?”
4
  1. “Are you alright?”
  2. –
5
  1. “Sure.”
  2. “Then, stay.”
6
  1. “Take a break.”
  2. “Alright.”
  3. Support him
7
  1. “That’s a good idea.”
8
  1. “He’ll agree for sure.”
9
  1. Congratulate him / Ask about his country
MAX
  1. Any
  2. Any

Devil – XV

President Tanaka

Schedule

Time of Day: Evening
Day of Week:Tue, Sat
Location: Paulownia Mall

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Hermit Rank 4
Requires Charm Rank 4 (Smooth)
Requires having paid him ¥20,000 and ¥10,000 over two separate days (Third time requires an additional ¥10,000 and initiates Rank 1).

 

  1. –
  2. –
  3. –
  4. –
2
  1. “Placebo.”
  2. Any
3
  1. “Maybe a little.”
4
  1. “I sure have!”
5
  1. “Who’re you talking about?”
  2. –
  3. “Is it always about money?”
6
  1. “Sounds fun.”
7
  1. “Sort of…”
  2. “The organic one.”
8
  1. “Oh, really?”
9
  1. Any
MAX
  1. “Absolutely…”

Tower – XVI

Mutatsu

Schedule

Time of Day: Evening
Day of Week: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (and holidays)
Location: Club Escapade

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Strength Rank 4 to learn of monk.
Requires Courage Rank 2 (Ordinary)
Requires speaking to bartender at Club Escapade first and take the customers’ orders to initiate social link.

 

  1. –
2
  1. “None of your business.”
  2. “I’m sorry, um…”
3
  1. “I don’t have any friends.”
4
  1. “Yeah, that might look cool.”
5
  1. “I have enough.”
  2. “No.”
6
  1. “You should go home.”
  2. “What about the others?”
7
  1. “I don’t think you should.”
8
  1. “Dad?”
  2. “I was with a friend.” / “None of your business.”
  3. –
  4. “Are you running away?”
9
  1. Any
  2. Any
  3. Any
MAX
  1. “Awesome!”

Star – XVII

Mamoru Hayase

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
Location: Iwatodai Strip Mall

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Courage Rank 4 (Tough)

 

  1. –
  2. –
2
  1. “I’m jealous.”
  2. “Myself, really.”
3
  1. Any
  2. Any
4
  1. Any
  2. “Sounds like a good plan.”
  3. “Yeah, I bet she would be.”
5
  1. “Are you okay?”
  2. “We should come here again.”
6
  1. –
  2. –
  3. –
  4. “Hey, no problem.”
7
  1. “I don’t mind.”
  2. Any
  3. –
  4. “Don’t give up!”
8
  1. “You should get some more.”
  2. Any
9
  1. “And you won?”
  2. Do a victory celebration
  3. Any
  4. Thank him for his generosity
MAX
  1. –
  2. –

Moon – XVIII

Nozomi Suemitsu

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
Location: Paulownia Mall

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Magician Rank 4
Requires Charm Rank 2 (Unpolished)
Requires Odd Morsel.
Requires answering initial questions correctly: Pheromone Coffee, Green, Hagakure Bowl.

 

  1. –
2
  1. “Sure, okay.”
3
  1. “You are the Gourmet King!”
4
  1. “Did you eat too much?”
5
  1. “Yeah, that’s right.”
6
  1. “Are you feeling sick?”
7
  1. Wiped off the face of…!?
  2. –
8
  1. “Oh brother.”
9
  1. –
MAX
  1. –
  2. Any

Sun – XIX

Akinari Kamiki

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Sunday
Location: Naganaki Shrine

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1Requires Academic Rank 4 (Smart)
Requires Hanged Man Rank 4.
Requires talking to him, and afterwards interact with Koromaru to retrieve his fountain pen.

 

  1. –
2
  1. Any
  2. Any
3
  1. “I don’t know.”
  2. “Try not to talk so much.”
4
  1. “Yeah, I like reading.”
  2. “If it’s boring, I stop reading.”
5
  1. Reprimand Akinari
6
  1. “Hey, that’s cool.”
  2. “It sounds interesting.”
7
  1. “That’s a good story.” / “It sounds really depressing.”
8
  1. Any
  2. Any
9
  1. Any
  2. Any
MAX
  1. –

 

Bonus Events

Speak to Akinari’s mother at Naganaki Shrine (3/3)

  • –
  • “Okay…”
  • –

Judgement – XX

Nyx Annihilation Team

Social Link Trigger
True Ending Route

RanksRank Up Requirements
1December 31
Requires choosing to let Ryoji live (True Ending).
2Reach Tartarus Floor 215.
3Reach Tartarus Floor 220.
4Reach Tartarus Floor 224.
5Reach Tartarus Floor 228.
6Reach Tartarus Floor 236.
7Reach Tartarus Floor 240.
8Reach Tartarus Floor 244.
9Reach Tartarus Floor 252.
MAXReach Tartarus Floor 254.

Aeon – XX

Aigis

Schedule

Time of Day: Daytime
Day of Week: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Location: Classroom 2-F

Rank Up Progression
RankRequirements / Dialogue Choices
1
2
  1. “I like it.”
3
  1. –
  2. “That’s not true.”
4
  1. –
  2. –
  3. “All right.”
5
  1. “You may be right.”
6
  1. “No you didn’t.” / “He saw me as a boyfriend.”
7
  1. –
  2. –
  3. –
8
  1. “I’m doing it now.”
  2. –
9
  1. “You’re right.”
MAX
  1. –
  2. –

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