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📚🖋️Leblanc’s Lending Library: a Shuakeshu Anthology
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📚🖋️Leblanc’s Lending Library: a Shuakeshu Anthology @shuakeshuwritezine.bsky.social · 8d
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The graphic is in full greyscale. The art is in a rough style depicting Joker and Goro Akechi in alternative fashion sitting in a bath tub together. There’s tinsel and confetti around them. Joker is playing his guitar with his leg hanging out the side of the tub, and Goro is seated under his other leg in the tub with his own legs hanging over the rim. Goro is smoking a cigarette and has a black lipstick kiss mark on his cheek. Art by: jestarcana. The text reads: Contributor Applications are Closed Thank you to all who applied! ♡ In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker in their same style as the art. They are each holding a sign with a checkmark.
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shuakeshuwritezine.bsky.social 📚🖋️Leblanc’s Lending Library: a Shuakeshu Anthology @shuakeshuwritezine.bsky.social · 8d
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Thank you everybody, and good night!! As we sort through applications, please take care and stay tuned for our response e-mails which will be sent by Dec. 19!
The graphic is in full greyscale. The art is in a rough style depicting Joker and Goro Akechi in alternative fashion sitting in a bath tub together. There’s tinsel and confetti around them. Joker is playing his guitar with his leg hanging out the side of the tub, and Goro is seated under his other leg in the tub with his own legs hanging over the rim. Goro is smoking a cigarette and has a black lipstick kiss mark on his cheek. Art by: jestarcana. The text reads: Contributor Applications are Closed Thank you to all who applied! ♡ In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker in their same style as the art. They are each holding a sign with a checkmark.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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And bookending our writers is @mintcookie.bsky.social ! If you share her love for darker settings, we invite you to lock in for her next piece!*

*We do not guarantee Goro Akechi will hand the key back.

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Writer Zoe Bsky | mintcookie Tumblr | cookiecomics AO3 | Zoe2k8 I'm Zoe! I’ve been here for 4 years now, as Goro Akechi has broken into my brain and thrown away the key. I’m being told to say we’re both very happy with this arrangement! My all-time favourite book is "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo, ft Fantasy Goro Akechi. I adore Dark Academia, Noir, Horror, and Memoirs! My preferred fanfic soup is Canon Divergence, Role Swap, Accomplice AU, and of course, Freak4Freak. Like hell it doesn’t. Goro digs split nails into chipped wood as he sags through the door frame. His breath rattles and his head fogs before vomit spews hot from his throat. Spit hangs in blood-red ribbons and the hand cradling the hole in his gut grows wet and warm. His left leg goes numb and useless as he drags it past the stench of garlic and stomach acid to his desk. Alone, past the searing in his chest, he hears them. The heavy thuds. The hushed whispers and creaking of lice-infested steps from all sides. Fumbling orders in the dark as they scurried through his home like rats. Bubbling fools. Goro couldn’t contain his grin. Sitting against the flat of his desk, he smiles at the open cross-bag crusted stiff from blood and a zipper of wires and black metal smiles back. This is how it should be. There’ll be no trial or hangman’s rope. No sagging maggot-ridden skin or blackened teeth from receding gums. No, he built this hell. It’s only fair, he burns with the rest of them. His hand doesn’t shake as he kisses his mother’s charm or when the blinking red button slides between his fingers. He did so terribly hate to be left behind. Feeling eyes on him, his fingers freeze at the hilt of the detonator as the scent of chicory coffee slips in like an ill wind. His body goes rigid as his gaze lifts to the sight of the cat-like nails and the mouth he’s kissed all his life smeared in blood. His tongue drowns in spit and copper. His vision wobbles and slides as he shakes. No, damn you, no...
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our next writer is @willfulabyss.bsky.social ! The boys might be having a bad time, but you'll surely have a great time reading her work!

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Writer WillfulAbyss Bsky | WillfulAbyss Tumblr | willfulabyss I’m WillfulAbyss, and I like cute boys having bad times. Is “whump” a genre? 🙃 The rain always makes Goro’s wing-spots ache. “Lousy weather.” The barkeep of Tavern Leblanc nods toward the door as Goro closes it behind him. “Can I get you something to warm you up?” “Coffee. Any blend so long as it’s strong.” The words are forced, ground out in pain; Goro softens his tone. “Please.” When the barkeep ducks down to retrieve a jar of beans, Goro discreetly rubs his shoulder. Pain trickles like poison from the severed bone-ends pressing into flesh. So he settles his eyes and his anger on the barkeep: bespectacled, messy-haired, deceptively nondescript. Goro watches as he grinds the beans. His are nimble hands, fleeting of touch yet almost impossibly dexterous. A thief’s hands, perhaps. Goro takes a seat at the bar, clasping his hands in his lap so that they don’t wander to his back. Like the barkeep, Leblanc looks unimpressive, patchwork in a way that might be charming if Goro cared for such aesthetics. Its walls are asymmetric and asynchronous, the aged amber of maple stark where it seams against the ashy brown of new oak. There’s a leak pooling into a bucket on a booth’s tabletop. A radio spits static at the end of the bar. “House blend.” The barkeep sets a steaming mug on the counter. His eyes are sharp behind his glasses as he watches Goro take his first sip. “It’s delicious.” Somehow, it isn’t a lie. “May I know my barista’s name?” The barkeep’s eyes crinkle as he smiles. “Ren. Glad you like it.”
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Let's go, lesbians! Where to? Well, with our next writer @therapist-solarist.bsky.social at the helm, we know we're headed to a great story!

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Writer Therapist Solarist Twitter | _starlightsky AO3 | therapist-solarist Carrd | therapist-solarist.carrd.co Hello Shuakeshu nation! I'm TS and have been here since vanilla released back in 2017. Have loved the game ever since! My favorite book is Bunny by Mona Awad, favorite books genre is horror fiction and my all time favorite fanfic trope is enemy to lovers. So you can see why I like writing about shuakeshu. “...I know we never say what we’re really thinking but can I be brutally honest for once?” He could feel the way Goro stiffened under his hold. “Go ahead.” “I don’t want to go today.” A sharp inhale from Goro’s end urged him to continue. “Not because I agree with Maruki—I don’t think this is right. I just— it’s not fair for anyone. It’s certainly not fair to you.” The light weight on his back moved to his shoulders as Goro gripped him, his nails digging in as he pulled Ren from his neck and forced him to sit up more. He let his own arms fall around Goro’s waist in a loose hold. “Ren Amamiya, if you're considering leaving me in this reality I will never talk to you again. I don’t care if you think it’s better—I’ll go fight Maruki myself.” Ren didn’t let him finish, he let his hands come up to grip Goro’s jacket on both sides and prayed that this would get his feelings through. He didn’t know how else to express just how in love he’d been with him from the moment they’d met. It was reckless and cruel to them both but he needed Goro to understand just how heartbroken he was about their imminent future at this exact moment. He leans in and kisses him hard.
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Our next writer is @nilikhangdiwa.bsky.social ! Whether you're looking to soar through worlds unbound or something steady to keep you grounded, our Skye's the limit!

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Writer Skye Bsky| nilikhangdiwa Twitter| nilikhangdiwa AO3| nilikhangdiwa Hey, gang! I'm Skye, but some people also call me Lance. I named myself after Lancelot du Lac. No, not the actual canonical guy. Yes, from some anime boy version, how did you know? :0 I'm a sucker for cool worldbuilding, but I've also got a penchant for found family, hurt/comfort, and slice of life! I'll read mostly any genre as long as it's written well! You may therefore be unsurprised that I like P5. Go figure. :p On a particularly quiet day in the middle of August, there’s no one around but himself. Soft music wafts from the small speaker at the end of the counter, and Ren busies himself with a required reading for his coursework. Books are another thing that he’s taken a liking to, for various reasons – chief of those being that black-and-white books look the same even when the colors are faded. The sound of a chiming bell alerts Ren to the arrival of a new customer. He raises his eyes to greet them, and he comes face to face with bright, jazzy crimson. “I see this place hasn’t changed,” Akechi Goro says mildly, sliding into a seat—his seat—like it’s 2016 and things are okay and he hasn’t caused Ren’s world to burst into pops of color for the second time. When Ren turns away to compose himself, everything is as it was years ago. The burnt umber of the floorboards and the dusty blue of the refrigerator and the deep red of Sayuri’s shirt all jump out at him, and he wonders if it was always this bright, always this dazzling. When he raises his hand to a jar of coffee beans, he sees every blue-green vein under his skin, details that tend to get lost and muddied when things fade to gray. You’re alive, is what Ren almost says, though he doesn’t, because Akechi would definitely be an ass about him ‘stating the obvious’ or whatever. It’s not like this conversation was great the first time around, words spoken amidst empty gray washing machines in the little laundromat across the street..
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Wrapping up our merch artists is Ufoez! With art this cute, their work is out of this world!

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Merch Artist Instagram | ufoez_art tiktok | ufoez Twitter | ufoez.art Ufoez Hi! I’m Breck and I’m an illustrator! I love reading classic literature and horror stories. So excited to be a part of this project! [Ufoez’s sample art is an illustration showing the range in Goro Akechi and Joker. Beginning on the left, Goro is in his Detective Prince persona smiling with his hand on his cheek, then he is more bitter in his third semester uniform. Joker is presented upside-down, with his third-semester version looking toward Goro and his regular winter uniform self on the right wearing a neutral or curious expression.]
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Yeehaw! Our next writer is @cowboycorekimmi.bsky.social, and you can always count on them to seize the moment between the pages of their notebook!

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Writer Kimmi Bsky | cowboycorekimmi Tumblr | cowboycorekimmi AO3 | cowboycorekimmi hi there!! i'm kimmi, i'm 28 years old and i'm a professional cook being piloted by a rat-sized akechi goro at all times (shhhh don't let my boss know)!! i started writing when i was 13 years old, writing fanfic by hand with gel pens while i spent my school breaks in the library, and nowadays i write in back pages of my work planner during slow shifts. my favorite book series is the hunger games, i love reading action and adventure as well as murder mysteries, and i can't really pick a favorite fic trope lmao “I see something in the corner,” Ren announced to the team, to everyone’s collective horror, without breaking eye contact with the spectre. Akechi scoffed. “Yeah, it’s a bunch of cobwebs. This place is overrun with spiders,” he mocked. “Biggest fucking spider I’ve ever seen, then,” Ren wittily replied, being rewarded with a breathy laugh from Akechi. He didn’t have time to bask in the sunlight because the ghost started hissing more aggressively, certainly offended. “Oh, hey, sorry, I know you’re not a spider, sorry…” He raised his hands apologetically. It settled back in the corner. “Okay, let’s try extracting something from this… person.” “Are you unsure if it is a person? What else would it be?” Ren gave it a hard look. It was definitely a person, at some point or the other. It didn’t feel demonic even if it looked a bit like one, yet whatever emotion or terrible act done to it or by it kept it tethered to their realm, has stripped it of its humanity and taken front stage on what it was at that time. “I don’t wanna assume its gender, Akechi, come on,” Ren quipped, giving him a teasing look. “Whatever you say.” Akechi rolled his eyes to fight off the smile curling on his lips. “Now, how do we proceed?”
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Up next for our writers is Ren_Saxon! There are many tropes Ren loves about Persona 5, but we expect their next story to take you by surprise!

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Writer Ren_Saxon AO3 | Ren_Saxon Hi, I'm Ren, I've been writing for Persona for almost 5 years and how could I not, it's got everything I love: Enemies to Lovers, Fantasy, Found Family, "It's only one bed and it's in a shitty attic, propped up on milk crates", Celebrity/Fan, it's just. Beautiful. Ryuji's best man speech was sweet. It was full of anecdotes he really shouldn't share, and he got stomped on his foot by Makoto for trying to share them anyway, then shared them anyway, much to everyone's mix of exasperated moans and amusement. Akira, already lightly tipsy, just laughed harder and harder at every comment. Even Akechi couldn't help the grin growing on his face, his gloved hand loosely inside his husband's for the entire time. “No, but really,” Ryuji was just saying. “Back then, we all were slowly getting behind the whole 'he's a deadly assassin who murdered two of our parents' thing.” “Ryuji, for God's sake, at least lower your voice,” Makoto hissed, but Ryuji – also incredibly tipsy – ignored her. “And we were all meeting in that stuffy little room wondering how to contact him and know what Akira said? Remember what he said, everyone?” Akechi turned to Akira, who grinned back at him and kissed the tip of his nose softly, ignoring his husband's grimace. “He said, 'I have his number, actually.'. Makoto was all like, trying to find out how to get his number from Sae without much of a fuzz and just like that. Our leader announced to the whole room of confused Phantom Thieves-” – “Ryuji!” Makoto sighed, tone completely exasperated now – “... that he had his number all along and apparently went on several dates with him behind our backs the entire time?” “Morgana knew,” Akira informed him between laughter. “It wasn't behind your backs, I just... kept it to myself. You'd have made fun of me for being a nerd if you heard about our spicy aquarium dates.” “I got tickets from a colle–” “Ohhhh, you're really sticking to that story, honey?”
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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📚 Spot Artist Applications Are Closed! 🖋

Thank you everybody, and good night!! As we sort through applications, please take care and stay tuned for our response e-mails which will be sent by Dec. 19!
The graphic is in full greyscale. The art is in a rough style depicting Joker and Goro Akechi in alternative fashion sitting in a bath tub together. There’s tinsel and confetti around them. Joker is playing his guitar with his leg hanging out the side of the tub, and Goro is seated under his other leg in the tub with his own legs hanging over the rim. Goro is smoking a cigarette and has a black lipstick kiss mark on his cheek. Art by: jestarcana. The text reads: Contributor Applications are Closed Thank you to all who applied! ♡ In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker in their same style as the art. They are each holding a sign with a checkmark.
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Spot Artist applications for Leblanc's Lending Library: a Shuakeshu Anthology will be closing tonight (Dec. 12) at 11:59PM EST! This is your last chance to apply or edit your application!

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The graphic is in full greyscale. It depicts the boys in a classic sci-fi style and setting, complete with space suits. Goro is centered and wielding a ray gun with a determined expression on his face. Joker is at his side with a confident grin, also wielding a ray gun. Morgana is floating in the space behind them in his own kitty space suit. Art by: minkidoodles. The text reads: Contributor Applications Spot Art Apps close Dec 12th Final day to apply In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker in their space suit helmets. They are each holding a sign with a question mark, checkmark, and checkmark, respectively. An arrow beside them points towards text that reads: See thread for app checklist
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Our next writer is @salexectria.bsky.social ! Fueled by over a decades' worth of readers' tears, we hope you're ready for tears from a range of emotions with her next piece!

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Writer Salex Bsky | salexectria AO3 | salexectria I’ve spent over 10 years collecting readers’ tears to fuel my writing, and have no plans of stopping. Some of my favorite tropes to write include hurt/comfort & fantasy and sci-fi AUs! These genres are also my favorite to read in fanfic and original works, following some of the best writing advice to read the genres you want to write! Some of my favorite novels include Leviathan Wakes (Expanse Series), Uprooted, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Six of Crows. “I’m not just grieving over you,” Akira said with a sniff, his voice beginning to crack, “I-I’m grieving over the people we were together when all pretenses dropped that died in February. I’m grieving over the way you made me feel, and—and how I won't ever feel that way again. I’m grieving over the conversations we’ll never have, the closure we’ll never get from all the shit we survived, the apology I’ll never get and never give from all the harm we did to each other. I’m grieving over everything we could have been and will never get to be. “You were always special to me, Goro.” His given name rolled easily off his tongue this time, perhaps even easier than the tears rolling down his face. “And always will be. I would have told you this, over and over and over again—as many times as you needed to hear it, in as many ways as I could so that you’d believe me.” The stuttering breath he took did nothing to calm his nerves, but it was now or never. “I’ve never been in love before, but the borrowed time we spent together in January felt an awful lot like what I’d hoped the beginning of love to be,” Akira confessed, his vision blurring Akechi into a kaleidoscope of bleeding colors. With his free hand, he roughly wiped his face. “I’m so sorry it wasn’t enough.”
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The graphic is in full greyscale. The scene is outside Leblanc at night, sometime during the second semester, with dramatic light cast from the lamp on the outer wall. Goro Akechi is taking his leave and halfway down the step, but Joker stops him by his sleeve. They’re both miserable over what Goro leaving means for them. Art by: ghostsjogging. The text reads: Contributor Applications Spot Art Apps close Dec 5th 3 days left to apply for spot art In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker; They are each holding a sign with a checkmark, question mark, and no symbol, respectively. An arrow beside them points towards text that reads: See thread for app checklist
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Our next merch artist is @suzoscissors.bsky.social ! You won't want to miss out on his cutting-edge colors!

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Merch Artist Twitter | suzoscissors Instagram | suzoscissors Suzoscissors Hi Hi (￣∇￣) my name is Suzo and im an artist!!! Ive been in the persona 5 fandom since 2020 and my favorite character is Akechi! My favorite book is No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai partially because it reminds me of the anime Bungou Stray Dogs and the anime character Dazai but also because I enjoy older Japanese literature! It's hard to read mostly due to its contents being not very joyful but it's still my favorite book because of how realiTic the portrayal of mental illness is written ^_^. My favorite book genre is definitely horrors, mysteries, psychological horrors [Suzoscissors’ sample art is an illustration of the Royal Trio (Joker, Goro Akechi and Sumire Yoshizwa) together on a train ride. Joker is sleeping, and sitting across from him is Sumire snapping a picture of Goro happily, and Goro has his arms crossed, facing her. There are several photographs of the three of them floating around the image.]
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our next writer is @phantomhearts.bsky.social ! As she's working towards her doctorate, you can expect the same degree of dedication and care in her craft!

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Writer Katie Bsky | phantomhearts AO3 | Phantom_Hearts Hi, I'm Katie, a struggling biology PhD candidate by day and fanfic writer by night. I've been a Persona fan since I first played 4 on the Vita in high school, and I've been writing and publishing fic for about five years now! I'm a big fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and intrigue, with one of my favorite books being the manga Liar Game (I can't wait for the anime!). When writing fanfic though I love canon-compliant angst and a good enemies to lovers story! Akechi may not have recognized him earlier, but even the hands of time can’t hide him from Akechi this close. The instant Akechi recognizes him, he reacts in the most characteristic way possible—violently. With a click, Akechi’s seatbelt rockets off his body. He makes a move for the door, but Amamiya beats him to it, holding its lock down. Akechi glowers, pointedly staring at the window as if he intends to break out. Feeling responsible for the conflict, Maruki throws his hands up in a gesture of peace. “I assure you that I mean no harm, Akechi-kun.” “Shove that sentiment up your ass,” Akechi snarls, the smell of alcohol heavy on his breath. Maruki knows that he has no chance of resolving the situation. Amamiya, however, is more than capable of soothing Akechi. He takes off both their gloves so that he can reassuringly thumb the back of Akechi’s hand and presses a tender kiss to his lips. Akechi’s frown neutralizes, then gives way to the smallest and subtlest but undeniably there smile Maruki’s ever seen. Amamiya gently laughs at the change in his attitude and whispers something in Akechi’s ear. The scene before him is so intimate that Maruki feels like a voyeur. He fixes his gaze on his steering wheel, mindlessly tapping along its smooth surface as he waits. An expectant cough breaks Maruki out of his monotony. He turns back to see Amamiya nudging Akechi. Akechi scoffs, looking out the window instead of forward...
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our next writer is KILLC0MMAND! The yaoi may be doomed, but he's here to bring us hope in these trying times!

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Writer KillC0mmand Tumblr | one-way-dream Twitter | KILLC0MMAND AO3 | OceanPalace HELLO!!!! i'm tee!! :D i'm delighted to be a part of this writer's zine alongside so many brilliant creators! my favourite book is actually the very first one i read cover to cover in one night (12yo tee's first all-nighter!) called "ashes" by ilsa j. bick (2012). it also introduced me to my fav book genre; post-apocalyptic fiction, but zombies aren't my focus! i love to see love persevere in a dystopian, difficult, often unkind world—and i look for similar things in fics too! character studies are wonderful, but i'll savour just about anything that's lovingly made! As breathtaking as the view is in the open air, the bite of early autumn nearly stings his dry eyes to tears. Watery or not, the way Akira’s shoulders hunch up to brush the bottom of his earlobes in a futile attempt to retain a scrap of warmth catches in his peripheral, as well as the way his boyfriend still refuses to meet his gaze. A playful grin sets his courage alight as he gently nudges Akira with his elbow, shuffling close enough to share body heat. “Hey. You’re going to catch a cold, idiot.” Akira finally turns to him with a hint of surprise etched in the curve of his raised eyebrows, although his rebuttal doesn’t get a chance to be heard before Goro softly tuts and harshly yanks the other’s hood on, intentionally using a little more force than needed, until Akira stumbles and falls forward into a kiss. It’s comforting and safe and warm – he’s always warm, Goro’s very own home away from home. Yet, Akira Kurusu is not his ‘other half’, because Goro finally knows after years of loathing and self-sacrifice that he is already a whole man; in the way that a planet is whole, the way that they are two newborn stars that revolve around each other in a binary system, drawn to each others’ gravity and burning with an unmatched intensity no one could ever hope to extinguish...
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Our next merch artist is @snipescythe.bsky.social ! With lines as sharp as their scythe, we know they'll slash through to your heart with incredible art!

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Merch Artist Bsky | snipescythe Twitter | snipescythe Instagram | snipescythe Sniper Hi, I'm Sniper! Very excited to be here and show the boys some love. (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) I loveee yuri and vampires so if a story has those two things it will be interested 110%. I am also just a big fantasy lover in general, and getting into the Persona fandom in 2022 sparked a love of reading in me. There are so many amazing shuake fics out there! [Sniper’s sample art is an illustration of Sumire Yoshizawa. The version of her in the front is dressed in white is suspended by red strings tied around her wrists, and the larger illustration of her in the back is wearing all black with a pained expression. She is surrounded by a detailed border with crows and flowers, specifically spider lilies.]
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Next up for our writers is @saikolikes.bsky.social ! If angst is your cup of tea, we know you'll love Aki's signature blend!

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Writer Saikowrites Bsky | saikolikes Tumblr | saikolikes AO3 | saikowrites I've been dreaming of a writer-focused JokerxCrow anthology for a while now, and I can't believe I'm helping make this zine a reality. I'm so hyped!! Together with my long P5 fujo career (6 years and counting), I'm also a creative professional and an avid fantasy reader of all genres. You will see me champion The Locked Tomb and the Broken Earth cycles, but another formative work for me was His Dark Materials. My fanfic jam lies with Time Traveling, All Things Accomplices, Character Studies, and especially Angst. Like the scab of a still-healing scratch, like an obnoxious round pimple on his chin or cheek, like a hangnail stinging every time he moves or brushes his fingers, Akira Kurusu grates on Goro’s nerves in a way that makes the palms of his hands itch with the urge to act. It’s visceral, bitter, and hazy but it involves some kind of movement, some kinetic force at play, Goro is sure. Akira, who barely ever played billiards yet picked up enough skill to defeat him right-handed in a matter of months; Akira, who nonchalantly dragged him into a bathroom and messed with his hair and always tags along no matter what Goro brings up; Akira, who brightens and stands straighter like a houseplant finally being granted the mercy of water each time he enters the road of Penguin Sniper and finds Goro waiting at the usual spot. Akira, who is wiping clean the last cups of the day under the soft lights of Leblanc, wrapped in his moss-green apron and with a pinch hardening his gaze as a tough spot refuses to come off. Goro makes the residual coffee at the bottom of his cup swirl before drinking it. The extra bitter taste of the last remaining shot, by now gone lukewarm, coats his tongue and slides down his throat. Billiards matches weren’t enough. Chess games weren’t enough; nor idle discussions about washed-out philosophy concepts...
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Our next writer is Munchmuffins! With their love of historical fiction, you know their recipe for writing is tried and true!

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Writer Munchmuffins Twitter | munch_muffin AO3 | munchmuffins Carrd | munchmuffins.carrd.co hi im muffins i love historical fiction and crime novels! still not sure what my fav tropes are but cant exactly go wrong w/ enemies to lovers tbh. my favorite book of all time has to be 'all light we cannot see' and it has yet to be dethroned. so happy to be writing for shuake too literally best persona ship to date <3 So there he is, saddled with a tiny life that he has no idea what to do with or even how to take care of. Even though Akira hadn't explained himself, the intention isn't all that hard to figure out. Akechi wouldn't listen to him if he tries to debate about how people aren't selfish—his probation should've provided him enough proof to refute his point—so he gives Akechi something that will depend on him to survive instead. Sure, maybe, people are selfish, Akira won't argue with him. But is Akechi the same as the rest of them? Is Akechi willing to let something die on his watch? It doesn't matter if Akechi knows whether or not he can take care of a goldfish. What matters is if he'll put in the effort. It may not be a responsibility that he chooses to have. Even so, it's still a living thing that is at the mercy of his hands. Hadn't he been exactly the same once? Helpless in the hopes that someone who loves him enough to at least try to care for him? Akechi wouldn't be at fault for not wanting to take care of the fish. Unlike Shido and his mother, Akechi didn't choose to have something he had to nurture. He wouldn't even be to blame if he decides to give it up and let it be taken care of by someone more competent. Yet Akechi still wants to try before throwing the towel, if only to prove that he won't be so quick to give up on him like they had. He is unwanted, yes, but aren't those who were abandoned deserve a fighting chance to be loved? To have their needs met regardless of what value they may eventually have? Akechi won't be like everyone else...
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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‼️ We are extending Spot Artist Applications! ‼️

We understand this time of year is busy, both in and outside of fandom events, so we're extending apps by a week in case our schedule is being difficult for people to work around!

Apps are now open until 11:59PM EST Dec. 12!
shuakeshuwritezine.bsky.social 📚🖋️Leblanc’s Lending Library: a Shuakeshu Anthology @shuakeshuwritezine.bsky.social · Nov 7
📚 SPOT ARTIST APPLICATIONS OPEN! 🖋

Spot artist applications for Leblanc's Lending Library: A Shuakeshu Anthology are now open until Dec. 5! As a reminder, our book's pages will be in black and white. If you'd like to help us fill our library, please see below! ⁀➷
The graphic depicts three images of Joker and Goro Akechi walking together. The first shows Joker carrying a stack of books while Goro talks to him, and both boys are in full color. The second shows Joker losing his balance with the books, Goro pausing, and they are losing saturation. The last shows Joker dropping all his books and both boys shocked about it, and they are in full black and white. Art by: minkidoodles. The text reads: Spot Artist Applications are open until December 5th. Apply Now! A colorful arrow points below accompanied by Goro Akechi holding his pen in a death grip, Morgana holding a sign with a cancel mark, and Joker holding a sign with a check mark. The text reads: See thread for app checklist!
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Our next merch artist is @scarysu.bsky.social ! And you can bet she'll be cooking up some akeshu that's equal parts adorable and delectable!

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Merch Artist Carrd | scarysu.carrd.co Scarysu Howdy! I'm scarysu, aka Moni. I'm a freelance artist, and sell at conventions under the studio name Massiveus. I've been a fan of SMT/Persona since 2007. Playing Royal for the first time straight up changed my brain chemistry, so now all I can think about is Akechi and Joker... I normally like to read non-fiction, but I spend a decent amount of time reading fanfic, which is seemingly endless due to how many amazing writers there are in this fandom! I love stories with horror elements, but I'm also a sucker for angst and hurt/comfort. [Scarysu’s sample art is a sticker sheet of various rank up moments from Joker and Akechi’s confidant, including their aquarium date, all in a chibi style.]
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Up next for our writers is KJ! In both mystery and character, you can rely on him to take you to the heart of it all!

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Writer KJ Twitter | magatsula Tumblr | supremesanada AO3 | yosgay hey, i’m kj! i’ve been writing for persona since way back in the p3 and p4 days, and the world and characters have always stuck with me. ren and goro’s dynamic in particular has been a joy to explore and tease apart from the beginning, and i’m excited to have the opportunity to put them both in more situations. my favorite authors are chuck palahniuk, gillian flynn, and shirley jackson. i love a good mystery surrounded by off-the-wall descriptions and prose, and it's a huge inspiration in my own writing. Across the way, something catches Ren’s eye. A copy of the ferris wheel that’s been shrunk down and scribbled with loud patterns and bright color. He points with his chin. He has to laugh a little when he says it, but what the hell: “How about that one?” Akechi tilts his head the way a curious dog might. With pursed lips and a furrowed brow, he considers this like he considers everything. He looks it up and down, finger to his chin. He could be auditioning for the role, how well he sells it—but it’s so strangely natural. You’ve got the part for life, kid; Detective Number Two. A smile creeps onto Ren’s face. He pictures Akechi in the grocery store, magnifying glass out, to pick out a single apple for his lunch. And Akechi opens his mouth; looks at Ren, then stops up short. “What?” The way a smile can catch like the flu, man. Face reddening like you’re holding in a cough. “Nothing,” he says, and it’s just one grin for another. Akechi rolls his eyes, still. One hand on his hip, he allows, “All right then. Lead the way.” Yeah, it’s surrounded by merry-go-rounds and cartoon animals. And sure, they’re the only ones on line over four feet tall. Still—Ren can’t help himself. He gives Akechi a serious look. “You nervous?” “Oh, yes.” He nods, earnest. Ren tilts his head. “Are you planning to comfort me, Ren?” “Born ready.” Akechi smiles, warm up to his eyes. “I’ll hold you to that.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Our next writer is @kupowonders.bsky.social ! When you need someone to strike while the emotion's hot, she's a master in her craft, kupo!

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Writer KupoWonders Bsky | kupowonders Tumblr | kupowonders AO3 | KupoWonders Hi, Kupo here! Very excited to be a part of the library! I enjoy reading different genres and trying new things, but am always a sucker for interesting characters, angst, the power of friendship and bittersweet endings. If it made me cry (which isn't very hard to do), it did something very right! At the moment I think my favourite book is Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - the dramatic finale to the Six of Crows duology! “Hey, Ren?” Ren turned to look at him, and Goro took his chance. He launched the water he had gathered in his arms up toward Ren with as much force as he could, and he had the pleasure of seeing him taken completely off-guard before his face was covered with seawater. He cackled as Ren spluttered, and there was a flash of anger in his face before he started laughing too. He swept his arm in a wide arc, sending a wave of water that clocked Goro in the jaw even as he turned his face away, and they started heading deeper into the water as they splashed each other with increasing force. The other people around gave them a wide berth, not keen to get caught up in the battle, and soon it seemed to be just them in the water. But as Goro stepped further away from Ren to get a better angle of attack, he slipped. His sure feet got caught in the shifting sand below, and Goro was unable to readjust before he started falling backward. He screwed his eyes shut against the inevitable saltwater, but before he could hit the waves one hand grabbed his wrist and another splayed across the small of his back, catching him just in time. Goro opened his eyes to the sight of Ren’s face consuming the sky, the eclipsed sun making the ends of his damp, dark hair glow, and as Goro stared into the face of this new sun he was Icarus, lost in the light.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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‼️ 📚 3 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY! 🖋 ‼️

If you've been on the fence about submitting an application, don't let the opportunity slip away! We're down to the final days, so be sure you have enough time set aside to read through the application! See below for tips to keep in mind for your portfolio! ⁀➷
The graphic is in full greyscale. The scene is outside Leblanc at night, sometime during the second semester, with dramatic light cast from the lamp on the outer wall. Goro Akechi is taking his leave and halfway down the step, but Joker stops him by his sleeve. They’re both miserable over what Goro leaving means for them. Art by: ghostsjogging. The text reads: Contributor Applications Spot Art Apps close Dec 5th 3 days left to apply for spot art In the top right corner are Goro, Morgana and Joker; They are each holding a sign with a checkmark, question mark, and no symbol, respectively. An arrow beside them points towards text that reads: See thread for app checklist
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Be 👁️ not afraid—👁️our 👁️ next merch👁️artist is 👁️ @joshuakiryu.seraphiiim.com 👁️! With art this heavenly, you'll wish you could look at it a million times 👀

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Merch Artist Carrd | joshua-kiryu.carrd.co Bsky | joshuakiryu.seraphiiim.com Seraphiiim i have millions of eyes 👁👁👁 [Seraphiim’s sample art is a set of his el wiwi charms, and the sample set includes Joker, Crow (both Black Mask & Prince), Violet, Mona, and Maruki as chibi animals.]
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Our next writer is @glittrcrittr.bsky.social ! If unfettered indulgence is what you crave, then their work will provide endless satisfaction you can sink your teeth into!
Writer Kitty Bsky | glittrcrittr AO3 | glittrcrittr I am a horror-loving creature who enjoys happy endings, despite how generally inadvisable it is to mash those monsters together (but someone has to smooch the eldritch beings and/or find the silver lining to Situations) Goro spit. Joker swung. His gloved fist connected with his jaw with enough force to deform the armor protecting Goro’s face. The second punch broke through, and the pain was exquisite and excruciating. He’d abandoned his usual knife and gun, and Goro was almost insulted, despite how intrigued he was by this physical approach. Joker wasn’t prepared for a lethal confrontation, and really he should’ve known Goro better by that point. The idea that Joker had increased his physical strength so drastically in the month Goro spent in stasis seemed impossible, but he could feel the gap between them. He was only barely holding off his attacks, teeth rattled in his skull, and he just wanted to scream. There was still the option of tearing his heart free of limits, the blessing of the berserker that had come with his Persona, but relying on his trump card felt like admitting a kind of defeat. He was enough on his own. He could be enough. And if he wasn’t, it was only because Maruki had shaped him clumsily. Goro had been reinvented, but only to cede to his rival. He had not experimented enough to know if he had any free will when it came to the counselor’s pet, or if he was truly in hell. Goro kicked Joker off and away. Joker slid backward, fingers gripping the slick floor to slow his momentum. He coiled, impossibly acrobatic, and came at him again. Joker caught Goro’s mask by the horns, then twisted them both toward the rippling puddle of a break in Maruki’s cognition. He opened the door half back in reality, and swung Goro in and against a shelving unit. Boxes of abandoned building materials rattled and sagged above them. Joker ripped away the top jaw of Goro’s mask like he was any other Shadow..
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM