Hello and welcome to Take Your Time, a Persona podcast in which hosts Jonathon Dornbush and Tom Marks are playing through Persona 3 Reload week by week along with the in-game calendar. On episode 45 of the Persona 3 Reload playthrough this season, we recount the final days in Persona 3 Reload's calendar, March 4 & 5.

Yes, we've finally reached the end of the road with our P3R playthrough, and with that comes a big breakdown of the end of this wonderful adventure. Tom and Jonathon take their time going through the many final day social link conversation opportunities, exploring town one last time, and dreaming of a better tomorrow as they compare their experience.

Then, we dig into the final day of the game, our emotional reactions to it, and how we feel it works as a culmination of this story. From Tom's first-time reactions to Jonathon's second playthrough, we offer our perspectives on this ending. But, of course, we also make time to discuss some of your reactions to the ending, the game in general, and some additional commentary that offers new insight into the finale.

As we've said along this whole journey, thank you so much for your continued support of our wacky little experiment. It has been a joy to play through this game with all of you along for the ride, and we look forward to stepping into the world of P3R one last time when we return for our Episode Aigis DLC discussion on March 31.