I had some fun challenging myself to write a story featuring Rise – my favorite female character in my favorite JRPG series – and at least one real-life idol since we haven't seen many stories featuring that, if at all – and that opens up a lot of possibilities in my opinion. If you saw Brioso, you also know I'm on something of a K-Pop trip and definitely an SNSD trip as well within that...Genie is my favorite K-Pop song and also happens to be the very first single that Girls' Generation released in Japanese, so I had fun trying to blend the original Korean and Japanese versions together (which have different English-translated content) and think of a Dancing All Night-inspired scenario that might call for that...and I didn't have to think much because if you've read into it, the history of Koreans in Japan has not always been good, but music has definitely helped bridge the gap, with some of the biggest K-Pop idols being Japanese as well (of course, Twice's Sana, Momo and Mina come to mind). Even decided to go a little off the wall and go with a half-Korean Yu/Souji, but I did strive to have some method to the madness.

I also made the cover with some help on Canva for the layouts and text. Rise's picture is from the official art for P4D, while Taeyeon's and Tiffany's pictures are part of a cool set by Eden Hunter (Eden.H on Pixiv) that includes one piece of art for every Soshi.

Usual rules apply – reviews always welcome, but I ask for no flaming just because you're not a Girls' Generation fan or Rise fan.

Disclaimer – I own no trademarks related to Girls' Generation, Persona, SM Entertainment or Atlus.

Ages of included idols

• 17 – Rise
• 20 – Seohyun
• 22 – Tiffany, Yoona, Sooyoung, Yuri, Hyoyeon
• 23 – Taeyeon, Sunny, Jessica

In case you haven't played Persona 4, I absolutely recommend it since it's my favorite JRPG series – and in the meantime, you can learn quite a bit about Rise here: Rise Kujikawa on the Megami Tensei Wiki