Ryoji Mochizuki Husbando

Ryoji Mochizuki is a non-playable character from Persona 3. He is a transfer student who enrolled into Gekkoukan High School later in the story and became known for his flirtatious nature. Ryoji has black, swept back hair, blue eyes, and a beauty mark under his left eye. He wears the school uniform of Gekkoukan High School, with the added detail of folded black sleeves. He also wears black suspenders, a watch with crossed straps on his left wrist, and a yellow scarf. He is never seen without his scarf except in Kyoto. In the movie and Reload, his skin has a slightly warm complexion. In the original anime cutscene, his skin was very pale. With his debut in early November, Ryoji is introduced as an outgoing, naive, playboy-type who quickly finds a reputation for flirting with every girl in school. He immediately becomes a popular figure among both his classmates and the wider set of Gekkoukan's female students, remarked by many to be very physically attractive. Although not meaning any harm, his attitude makes some of his peers (such as Yukari) upset. He shows little concern for other peoples' boundaries and generally fails to pick up on the social clues expressed by those who dislike him or his flirtatious nature. His personality is similar enough to Junpei's to lead to the two of them becoming good friends within a few weeks. As a result of Ryoji's heavily restricted limelight in Persona 3 and FES, a great deal of his character is developed in additional content or adaptations. Persona 3 The Movie #3: Falling Down gives Ryoji considerably more screen time and insight into personality than the original game. While his obliviousness and womanizer habits remain, added to these is a great stubbornness and desire to help people. At the beginning of the movie, Makoto Yuki falls into a difficult depression brought on by a combination of his circumstances and Pharos' words to him. Ryoji slowly combats this through sheer force of will. Set on befriending Makoto, Ryoji spends a great deal of time with him– working a job with him, performing a help service at school with him, and remaining by his side as a persistently positive role model. Despite knowing him for "minimal time", Ryoji is willing to dedicate himself to the happiness of his classmate. The movie develops a Ryoji Mochizuki who is incredibly attentive, caring, and unwilling to give up on Makoto in spite of his attempts to push Ryoji away from him. His Social Link, as seen in Portable, is one which demonstrates a considerably softer, kinder side of his personality. As opposed to his portrayal in the movies, Ryoji is generally very calm and considerate of the protagonist's feelings. The Link starts him off relatively carefree and flirtatious before settling into a more serious and sensitive attitude around the female protagonist. He attempts to get through to her his genuine feelings of affection, having quiet conversations with her and making an open effort to respect her. On top of an ability to be more composed and appreciative than he is depicted outside of the Fortune Social Link, the Link also exposes the uncertainty he harbors. Ryoji admits that his existence grants him fear and uneasiness. While often very spunky and carefree, Ryoji also finds himself settling into a scared, sensitive, and fragile person who desperately wants to rely on the protagonist while also being afraid to take too much of her for himself. He is very selfless and self-conscious, and is consistently pained by it. He feels that his personal wants and what he believes is best for the female protagonist do not align. Persona 3 Reload expands on ideas touched upon in Portable and the stageplay: a great love for and interest in humanity. His hangout events show his interest in the world around him, and a great appreciation for the protagonist in opening his eyes to it all, "expand[ing his] horizons". In particular, Ryoji latches on to the concept of relationships between people. He wishes to understand why people form connections between each other and to define the meaningful connection between the protagonist and himself. Through it all, he is characterized as genuinely curious and warmhearted. When he realizes his feelings towards the protagonist are that of love, Ryoji focuses on how happy he was to be able to have such an experience. A new scene during the four days of career experience depict Ryoji's deep concern for Junpei and a greater insight to his care for people outside of the protagonist. Ryoji's rematch with Aigis marks the complete return of his memories as Death and understanding of his existence. The depictions of this version of him vary little in comparison to the him coming before it. Where he was previously bubbly, bright, and a bit insensitive, Ryoji becomes very mellow and apologetic. He harbors a great guilt for what he has done to the protagonist and Aigis, and what his existence marks concerning the end of the world. Despite being Death itself, Ryoji is incredibly sad to have to bring such a fate down upon the group he had spent the last month building a friendship with. Where Ryoji has zero obligation to care, he cares deeply. His great kindness leads him to beg SEES to take his life so that they need not suffer until the day of The Fall, going so far as to ask the protagonist multiple times and to appear before him as Thanatos in order to sway his decision. A conversation with Fuuka on December 10th will lead her to wondering if he's been spending his time crying. On New Year's Eve, Ryoji will accept any decision SEES chooses to make, understanding that it is their lives that only they know what to do with. He does not blame or criticize them for either option, being open to all ways of living, with his objections to them sparing him only resulting from a personal desire for the group to escape suffering. As Death, Ryoji wishes for the happiness of those he grew to befriend, and for humanity as a whole. He is incredibly thankful for the time he spent with the protagonist and the miraculous bond they got to share. The Nyx Avatar ultimately states it never minded the time it spent as Ryoji Mochizuki.