Ren Amamiya (Persona)/Relationships

This page is a list of relationships that Ren Amamiya, the protagonist of all Persona 5 media has.
== Family ==
== Friends ==
=== Sojiro Sakura ===
Ren and Sojiro’s first encounter was tense as Sojiro disliked Ren for his actions and his criminal record, also assuming that he was guilty, despite his innocence. Despite this, Sojiro offered Ren a place to sleep as per his agreement to have temporary custody over Ren for a year while he was on probation, threatening to kick him out if he misbehaved. However, as time grew on, the two became closer ever so slightly. Sojiro then offered Ren a lesson on how to make the best cup of coffee, as well as allow him to go out at night without curfew in exchange that he helped him in his shop. But after changing Futaba’s heart and she became close to both Ren and Sojiro, the latter developed a more grateful attitude towards Ren and accepted him. Sojiro eventually opened up more to Ren and even revealed more about his own past as well as Futaba’s.
When Sojiro learned that Futaba’s heart change was caused by the Phantom Thieves, and that Ren was the leader, he was initially baffled and angered, but he quickly calmed down and accepted the fact that what Ren and the Thieves were doing was in fact just, and supported them further when they were coming close to finding out Futaba’s mother’s true killer. Sojiro was also relieved when he learned that Ren survived his “suicide” and was not dead, even extending an offer to use his shop as a Thieves hideaway whenever they needed. When Ren defeated Yaldabaoth, but had to turn himself into the police, he could not tell Sojiro as he did not wish to concern him. Sojiro was deeply saddened when Ren was arrested for false charges, but was extremely happy and grateful to see Ren was discharged, now having a clean slate.
When Ren was discovered cheating on his harem of girlfriends, which even included Futaba, Sojiro decided to leave Leblanc with Morgana to avoid the catastrophe that ensued after. He then returned to see Ren having been beaten to a pulp, and decided to give him some store-bought chocolate out of pity, while also doing him a favor of damage control by convincing every last one of his girlfriends that he never cheated on them. When Ren had to leave Tokyo to return home due to his probation being lifted, Sojiro was deeply saddened and shed a small tear after he left, showing that he accepted Ren as family and a friend due to his actions and his efforts as well as his gratitude.
===Ryuji Sakamoto===
Status: Close Friends
Ren and Ryuji first met during the former's first day attending Shujin Academy. Ren watched as Ryuji chased after Kamoshida's car in hopes of catching up and getting a ride to school in the rain, as he had picked up Ann Takamaki moments prior. Ryuji was initially slightly tense to Ren at first due to his bad mood against Kamoshida, but he let his guard down when he realized that Ren was transferred and therefore, could not have any connection to Kamoshida himself. The two then decided to walk to school together, and that was when the two ended up in the Metaverse due to Ren's navigation app triggering due to Kamoshida's keywords transforming his Palace. The two worked together to escape capture from Shadow Kamoshida, and Ren awakened to his Persona in order to save Ryuji from being executed by Kamoshida's Shadows. After escaping Kamoshida's palace, the two quickly warmed up to each other as they were at the time, the only ones who knew of the Metaverse and had a common disdain for Kamoshida. The two grew even closer when the two returned to the Metaverse and Ryuji awakened his Persona, enabling him to aid in the fight against Kamoshida. After changing Kamoshida's heart with Ann's help, the three along with Morgana had formed their own group known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, or the Phantoms for short, to help change the hearts of the corrupt. Ren spent some time with Ryuji and trained with him, even assisting him in confronting his old track team and help make amends and achieve redemption, allowing the two to become much more closer. By the end of the story, the two became best friends and Ryuji became dedicated to ensure that Ren would be safe should any battle become too dangerous. After Shido's palace was destroyed, since Ryuji was caught in a nearby blast, which he survived, Ren gasped and silently observed the place where Ryuji was caught in the blast and although not expressing it, was deeply saddened when he believed that Ryuji died in the blast. Ren was silently relieved when he found out that he had actually survived, but he allowed the rest of the Thieves to pummel Ryuji for driving the others to cry and mourn his "death," as punishment. When Ren was arrested, Ryuji was enraged at the fact that Ren's arrest was not fair and that he saved society by defeating Yaldabaoth. Ryuji was overjoyed and actually driven to tears when Ren was finally discharged with a clean slate and promised to visit Ren's hometown to run and train whenever he got the chance. When Ren had to leave Tokyo and go back home, Ryuji joined him and the other Thieves on a vacation to the ocean.
Ironically enough, in the Animation playthrough, although Ren had multiple girlfriends, he decided to simply spend time with Ryuji in Leblanc, but this friendship hangout was accidentally displayed as Ren cheating on each of his girlfriends with another, therefore earning him a beatdown, with Ryuji humorously asking Ren via text if getting chocolate from his mother counts.
===Morgana===
Status: Close Friends
Ren first met Morgana when he and Ryuji saw him locked up in Shadow Kamoshida's Palace dungeon. Ren freed Morgana in exchange that he assisted them in finding a way out. Morgana appreciated the power and potential that Ren had and the two fought together before Ryuji awakened his own Persona. When the two returned and met Morgana again the second time, after assisting him with more work inside of the Palace, the two left him as Morgana was angry that they did not do what he desired them to do for him. As a result, it took Morgana some time to escape the Metaverse and shunned Ren for abandoning him. Morgana, however, was willing to keep helping Ren in exchange that he gave him a place to live, sleep, and eat, essentially becoming his caretaker as he was just a cat in reality. Morgana then taught Ren how to train as a Phantom Thief, and make infiltration tools, and Ren carried around Morgana to wherever he went and took care of him in exchange, as per their deal. After Morgana's identity crisis resulted in him abandoning the Thieves, mostly due to Ryuji's disrespect, Ren worried for his safety and pondered how he would amend his strained relationship with him. After saving him and his new friend, Haru from being harmed by the latter's abusive fiancée, Morgana accepted Ren's care once again. As time went on, Morgana felt more comfortable around Ren and accepted him as his very close friend. After Morgana had decided to stay with the Phantom Thieves for good, he made the decision to stay with Ren permanently, or until he could turn into a human. After Yaldabaoth was defeated and the Metaverse was erased, Morgana had disappeared in front of Ren's eyes, which saddened the latter. When Morgana finally returned after over a full month and Ren was discharged from jail, the latter was silently overjoyed to see that Morgana had actually survived and was pushed out of the Metaverse, now a simple cat in reality who could still communicate with the Thieves. Morgana then decided to join Ren back in his hometown, entrusting him to be his caretaker once and for all, either for good or until he could find a way to become human again, showing that the two had an unbreakable bond. Even by 2017, Ren and Morgana still had a strong bond and remained very close.
===Ann Takamaki===
Ren and Ann first met when the two stood underneath a tarp in the rain on the former's first day of being transferred. The two stared at each other, but in a friendly manner as Ann smiled back at Ren, with the young man possibly taking an interest in her, but silently refusing to act. The two talked more when Ann became more concerned for her friend, Shiho Suzui. Ren followed her, which annoyed her more, but she realized that she was out of line and Ren wanted to help. The two talked at a diner, where Ann confessed her dilemma with Kamoshida and Shiho, which Ren silently listened, but felt guilt for her problems. When Ann wanted to get revenge on Kamoshida for causing Shiho's attempted suicide, Ren also refused to allow Ann into the dangers of the Metaverse, and when she accidentally went with them the first time, Ren, along with Ryuji, removed her from the Metaverse, but due to her app, she walked back in alone and was captured, prompting Ren, Ryuji, and Morgana to rescue her. She was grateful for Ren rescuing her, but was somewhat uncomfortable with the situation. The two bonded more as they became the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, both in and out of the Metaverse. Eventually, after Kamoshida's change of heart, the two began to hang out more, with Ann trying to improve herself with Ren's help. He helped her in whatever way he could and she was grateful. After being able to overcome her guilt for Shiho, as well as witness Shiho's full recovery, their relationship entered a pivotal moment.
In the end, Ren and Ann had an unbreakable bond and two faced death in Mementos' depths together. After their work as the Phantom Thieves was done, Ann, along with the rest of the Thieves, took Ren on holiday to the ocean. However, in the Royal ending, the two had an abrupt farewell at the train station due to the Thieves being pursued by agents, but promised to see him again.
===Yuuki Mishima===
Ren and Mishima were silent to one another at first, only properly interacting while the former was investigating Kamoshida's abuse alongside Ryuji. However, their relationship was at first frosty and it nearly headed towards a physical altercation from both Ren and Ryuji as Mishima tried to deny any involvement with Shiho Suzui's suicide attempt caused by Kamoshida's sexual assault, but Ren tried to remain diplomatic, with both of them promising not to rat on Mishima. Luckily, Mishima confessed to him being the one who called Shiho to Kamoshida's office, feeling immense guilt. Both Ren and Mishima ran to Kamoshida's office together to stop Ryuji from doing something he would regret against Kamoshida, with the gym teacher eventually revealing that Mishima was the one who leaked Ren's criminal record online and across the school, but Mishima confessed that he did it under Kamoshida's orders, which shocked Ren, but he did not harbor any animosity towards him. After Ren was able to change Kamoshida's heart, Mishima deduced that he was part of the Phantom Thieves, but promised to not reveal anything, and even offered additional support via his Phantom Aficionado Website, which would be a forum for people to post their problems about certain potentially corrupted individuals.
Ren and Mishima got along well mostly, but Ren was slightly a bit uncomfortable with Mishima's devoted behavior and his dedication to helping the Phantom Thieves. Nevertheless, he allowed Mishima to help and even appreciated Mishima's info in terms of dealing with small requests. When Ryuji proposed that he, Ren, and Mishima called a maid service to see what it is about, which Mishima called the plot "Operation: Maidwatch," Ren was initially hesitant, but eventually happily agreed to do so, and the three somewhat bonded in the situation. However, out of fear and embarrassment, both Mishima and Ryuji ditched Ren to fend for himself with the maid, whom unbeknownst to the two, was Kawakami, Ren and Mishima's homeroom teacher. However, Ren did not hold a grudge, but was simply embarrassed.
As Ren and Mishima spent more time together trying to bond, Ren began to figure out Mishima's true intentions of helping the Phantom Thieves - he no longer wanted to be known as a nobody and was using the Thieves to try and gain popularity via his website. However, when Ren confronted his Shadow, he ultimately decided not to fight and change Mishima's heart, realizing that it was not worth changing it. Later, however, Ren helped Mishima with finally finding the courage to stand up to his bully's bully and attacker, and ultimately began to see the error of his ways. In the end, Mishima thanked Ren for helping him change his heart in a different way rather than having Ren attack his Shadow, showing that Ren saw that Mishima could change without much intervention. When the Phantom Thieves confronted Yaldabaoth, Mishima yelled out that Ren was his best friend and will continue to support him to the very end, even being the first one who called out everyone's initial hesitation to support the Phantom Thieves and began to cheer for them. During Ren's last day in Tokyo, he stopped by to say goodbye to Mishima, and he gave him a gift.
===Yusuke Kitagawa===
Status: Close Friends
Ren and Yusuke were tense when they first met as the latter was stalking Ann for her to be a model for his paintings. He held disdain against Ren as well as Ryuji for accompanying Ann to his interviews that he wished she would go alone to, and he did not appreciate Ren's constant pestilence into Madarame's affairs, even threatening to call the police and sue him for harassment and trespassing. However, when Yusuke found out about Madarame's deception, he was sorrowful over the fact that he repeatedly pushed away and disrespected Ren, even though he knew the truth about Madarame, and two began a friendship after he had joined the Thieves, although Ren still found him humorously strange.
In time, Ren and Yusuke bonded further when the former decided to help Yusuke break out of his artist "slump" and find his creativity, some methods which slightly made Ren uncomfortable, but still willing to help. After much dedication into breaking Yusuke out of his block, the two finally came to a conclusion and Yusuke was finally able to paint a noteworthy art piece, cementing their friendship. On Ren's last day in Tokyo, he said goodbye to Yusuke, with the latter giving him a gift as a symbol of friendship.
===Makoto Niijima===
Ren and Makoto were initially on tense terms as Ren was the leader of the Phantom Thieves and Makoto was snooping into the Thieves' business, effectively hindering his own business. The two occasionally spoke on the train platform, but she always tried to get answers out of Ren. Eventually, Makoto confronted Ren and revealed that she knew about his involvement and she ordered him to lead her to the rest of the Thieves or she would report him. He did so out of force, and to Ren's surprise, Makoto wished for him to change a mob boss named Kaneshiro's heart as he targeted Shujin students, but threatened to report him if he failed. He did so and along the way, Makoto was captured by Kaneshiro, which prompted Ren and the rest of the Thieves to rescue her, putting their own safety at risk. Later, Makoto was brought accidentally into Kaneshiro's palace and there, after she confronted Kaneshiro, awakened to her own Persona, which impressed Ren and the rest of the Thieves. Later, the two grew closer as they became teammates and after Kaneshiro's defeat, Makoto vowed to keep Ren and the Thieves a secret as she officially joined them. Throughout the story, Ren grew closer to Makoto and even helped her with a dilemma where a friend of hers was involved in business which would victimize her, which included her being used by her boyfriend. As the two got deeper into the business, so did their relationship. During the Thieves' first meeting with Futaba, Makoto clung onto Ren out of fear as at the time, they were in a dark house and Futaba was hidden well. When Sojiro discovered the two frozen in the corridor after scaring Futaba, he immediately asked if the two were dating, in which she responded that they were only friends. After resolving her friend's problem and saving her from becoming a victim, the two had a pivotal moment where Makoto expressed that she did not know how to love.
===Futaba Sakura===
Ren and Futaba had an uneasy first meeting as the former, along with the rest of the Phantom Thieves, had infiltrated Sojiro's house to try and meet her. Prior to this, Futaba posed as "Alibaba," who had watched the Thieves and threatened to expose information about them unless they changed Futaba's heart. However, when Ren learned of her background, he felt guilt for it and sympathized with her. After Futaba's heart was finally changed and she became a valuable member of the Thieves, Ren and Futaba became closer, to the point where once she finally started going out into the real world more often, the two developed a relationship that was close to siblings, as Ren said so. Ren was the reason that Futaba managed to get out of her comfort zone and see more of the world. By the end of it all, Ren and Futaba had a pivotal moment in their relationship.
===Haru Okumura===
===Tae Takemi===
Ren and Takemi had encountered each other when Ren returned from school one day while she was enjoying a cup of coffee. Ren asked Sojiro who she was, which he responded that she was the local doctor that ran a shady clinic nearby. Ren realized that he could buy medicines from her to help with the Phantom Thieves during their journeys into Mementos and Palaces. Ren also overheard that she had "special medicine," which could help so much more. However, she initially refused as she did not wish to have Ren be affected in a negative way by her experiments, as well as the fact that he refused to elaborate in close detail on why he needed the medicine. Ren created a lie to say that it was for his college entrance exams. She decided to cut a deal with Ren, where he could get the medicine at a good price, in exchange that he took part in her shady medical trials. He partook in the deal, which also earned her respect. It was thanks to Ren that Takemi gained more patients, although she had embraced her role as "the Plague," a rumored nickname about her medical error in the past, which Ren did not seem to mind. The two became closer over time, but when Takemi's old mentor had told her that a patient of hers, who was a little girl named Miwa, had died because of her, she decided to close her practice and leave Tokyo, but Ren, being a Phantom Thief, decided to try and help her by changing the heart of her mentor, which led to him confessing that Miwa was actually still alive, but was sent into hospice care for terminally ill patients, and since it would leave a stain on his hospital's reputation, he labeled it as her returning home and dying. When Takemi learned this truth, her and Ren worked together once more to save Miwa and continue her practice and trials on her medicine.
In the end, Ren and Takemi were finally introduced to a doctor, who had offered to recruit Takemi into his hospital as a reliable doctor. However, she refused, but offered some of her newly made medicine to save Miwa's life as well as the lives of many other patients. From here, Ren and Takemi had a pivotol moment in their relationship, leading Takemi to ask Ren why he really went through her trials.
In both playthroughs, she revealed that she figured out that Ren was a Phantom Thief, considering his strange behavior of buying medicines from her, although he was not sick, and he kept dodging her questions about what he was doing with the medicines, with the final verdict being determined by his strange asking of her former mentor's name and the sudden change of his heart. However, she knew that the Phantom Thieves were just and therefore, continued to support Ren in his quest for justice by remaining a medical supplier.
===Sadayo Kawakami===
Ren and Kawakami had a rough start on their first meeting due to Ren's prior criminal assault record, with the latter being prejudiced towards the young man, even openly complaining that he was put in her class and asked why he couldn't be put in another. When Ren was late on his first day due to him entering the Metaverse and spending too long inside, she was annoyed when he finally came to Shujin and expressed disappointment. However, in time, she slowly but gradually began to warm up to Ren due to his continued silenced and often normal behavior, but she still had her disdain towards his presence, often telling him to stay out of trouble, even advising him not to hang out with Ryuji due to his own delinquency. After Kamoshida's confession, she hardly ever showed any disdain towards Ren and actually began to accept him as her student, but she did not say this out loud. On the 25th of May, Ren and Kawakami had an awkward meeting once again when he, Ryuji, and Yuuki Mishima called the maid service she was working for, and coincidentally, she was the one who came. She did not immediately recognize Ren as he looked away from her in embarrassment and even offered "other services," possibly related to sexual services. However, due to Ryuji and Mishima panicking, which alerted her and led her to recognize their voices, she eventually recognized Ren and slightly scolded him for this, but she realized that since Ren knew her secret, she told him to just keep quiet about her job and she will repay him somehow. Later, while Kawakami was investigated by Ms. Chouno, Ren stepped in to help her, earning her gratitude. She also decided to secretly give him her number for maid services, allowing him to call her to help around his room. Ren eventually did so and requested her services. The two then talked for a bit, which allowed them to form a bond of sorts. From then on, Kawakami offered Ren to slack off in class to do something productive as a Phantom Thief during this time, but Ren did not disclose his identity to her.
Ren occasionally called for her services, but each time, she expressed more about her personal problems and stress, to the point where she finally confessed that she felt guilty for a student that died, with the student's parents blaming her for his death, and extorted her to pay up for the trouble or they would expose her secret job as a maid and sex worker. Ren, feeling guilty and obligated to help, used her information about the two extortioners' names to change their hearts in Mementos, which put a serious amount of relief on her shoulders. After she revealed their change of heart and her determination to help her students even more than ever, Ren and Kawakami entered a pivotal moment in their relationship.
In the Animation, their relationship is quite similar to the Animation playthrough, except that she was initially more dodgy of him, but became more outgoing towards Ren after he helped her with Ms. Chouno, while he is more shy and slightly embarrassed, even outright offering him his maid services while in school, likely even becoming more sexually attracted to him.
===Hifumi Togo===
===Ichiko Ohya===
===Chihaya Mifune===
===Sumire Yoshizawa===
Ren and Sumire first met when she believed herself to be Kasumi, her late twin sister, while the two were on a train headed for Shibuya. When a man took her seat that she was offering to an elderly lady, Ren offered to make him get up, but she respectfully declined. She expressed gratitude for Ren attempting to help her, leading to the two becoming acquainted, encountering each other occasionally. The two attended the same park clean-up together and the two ate lunch afterwards together, where the two decided to make a deal where Sumire would teach Ren how to perform acrobatics in exchange that he assisted her with some of her own affairs, as well as be her emotional support. The two then occasionally went onto the pond at the park to row a canoe. During the school festival, Sumire danced in a glamorous manner while Ren watched in interest and awe, ending her dance with open arms aimed at Ren, leading to him being noticed by most students, who took interest in her dancing. When Sumire was removed from receiving honor bonuses as an honor student, she returned to the construction site, where Ren had followed her. She, however, also had a Metaverse navigation app, which forced Ren as well as Morgana to enter the Metaverse as well and rescue her from an unknown palace, where she had awakened to her own Persona. Sumire was grateful for Ren's intervention and thanked him, and after realizing that he was a Phantom Thief, although she initially had opposing opinions of them, she was extended an offer to join, which she politely declined. When Ren as Joker had infiltrated Sae Niijima's palace and had to fend off a large group of Shadows, Sumire, who had followed him and the Phantom Thieves, intervened and saved Joker, reminding him of the promise they made to stay friends and give her more support.
===Takuto Maruki===
===Sae Niijima===
===Igor===
=== Goro Akechi ===
== Romantic Interests ==
NOTE: This list contains possible romance options and scene involving such, therefore any characters with canon romance scenes are shown here.
=== Ann Takamaki ===
In the Animation and the Animation Playthrough, Ann became one of Ren’s many girlfriends, but is platonic in the Royal Playthrough.
The first instance where Ren took interest in Ann is when he first saw her while waiting out the rain on his first day at Shujin, gazing at her out of curiosity. She noticed this glance, but she rather returned a smile than a facial expression of disgust. Later, however, Ren later eavesdropped on Ann during an argumentative phone call with Kamoshida and followed her to get her to open up to him and talk, although she was frustrated and stressed, but she ultimately agreed to open up more, becoming more comfortable with him.
Their signs of romance did not occur much further until later when Ren started spending time with Ann to make her feel more confident in herself as well as gather the strength to overcome her stress and guilt for her best friend, Shiho. In the end, after Ren and Ann said their goodbye to Shido before she moved away, Ann cried and thought that she would end up alone without Shiho or anybody else. After considering his words carefully, Ren expressed that she had him and embraced her closely, making her finally fall deeper in love with him. Later on a gondola, the two spent alone time together and finally kissed as well, securing their romance.
However, like all of Ren’s other girlfriends, Ann went to Leblanc on the day after Valentine’s Day to confront Ren about him cheating, and with the other girls, beat the living crap out him as a response while also taking their chocolates with. Sojiro was able to do Ren a favor and ensured that Ann calmed down and believed that Ren did not really cheat.
=== Makoto Niijima ===
=== Futaba Sakura ===
=== Haru Okumura ===
Although Ren and Haru met under complicated and hostile circumstances due to Morgana’s frustrations, but this was immediately cleared up upon being able to help her against her fiancé and saved Morgana. Haru agreed to join the Phantom Thieves once Morgana admitted to wanting to stay. Haru eventually started to trust Ren more, and chose to contact him first after her father’s demise. Eventually, she showed him her flower garden on the rooftop and struck a deal - she would grow some vegetables for the Thieves to eat and use in exchange that he helped her secure and finalize the business that she inherited.
Ren gave her strong and valuable advice for Haru to use, while using her confidence in him as the key to her answers in decisions relating to her business. Eventually, she started to go into the coffee similar to Sojiro with Ren being in support. Eventually, she was finally able to sit down with one of the executives, who actually knew her grandfather who ran a cafe years ago and wished against it closing, even supporting and offering help in starting a new coffee chain with her. He also offered help against her fiance, while initially mistakenly assuming that Haru chose Ren as her new lover. After he left, she pondered as to why he said as such and bashfully asked what it may have meant, even blushing. In the Animation playthrough, he admitted to his feelings for her, which she in return reciprocated and accepted him as her new lover, happily entering a relationship.
However, much like Ren’s many other girlfriends, Haru went to Leblanc on the day after Valentine’s Day to confront Ren about him cheating, and with the other girls, beat the living crap out him as a response while also taking their chocolates with. Sojiro was able to do Ren a favor and ensured that Ann calmed down and believed that Ren did not really cheat.
On the contrary, in the Royal Playthrough, when Ren simply said the man thought that they were close friends, effectively keeping their relationship platonic, Haru seemed disappointed and sheepishly told him that she was going to go study and walked away, implying that she had actually fallen for him, even if he was not interested, and was saddened to an extent, but she later moved on and accepted Ren as a very close friend.
=== Sumire Yoshizawa ===
Ren and Sumire first met on the train to school when she offered a seat to an older lady but a man swooped in and took it and fell asleep immediately after. She thanked Ren for trying to step in and said her goodbye. Around this time, she was affected by Maruki’s cognitive power where she believed she was her deceased sister, Kasumi.
When Sumire learned that Ren was “the” transfer student with the record, she was surprised and shocked, but saw past the rumors and eventually came to realize that he may not be very bad. The two properly spent time together during the Inokashira Park clean-up and sat next to him during the lunch period. Ren learned her “name” when he saw her dropped ID card and she introduced herself as such. After seeing her perform an acrobatic move to retrieve a boy’s balloon, he requested for her to teach him. She agreed in exchange that Ren kept supporting her emotionally through her gymnastics training.
The two spent some time together a few times throughout the year, shopping for her father’s glasses, eating lunch together, either alone or even sometimes with Maruki in attendance, and training. The two also greeted each other in Hawaii. Eventually, the two formed a much closer bond when Ren noticed that Sumire was down on her luck and spirit and dropped her lucky charm from Hawaii and he wished to return it to her, who was waiting in Odaiba. She ended up inside of a Palace, whose ruler was unknown at the time, and she had to be rescued by Ren and Morgana. After her Persona awakening and escape from the Palace, she deduced that Ren was a Phantom Thief, and was embarrassed as earlier before, during an outing with Akechi, she basically straight up told Ren that she did not agree with the Theives’ methods asnd apologized. Ren was understanding, as usual and let it slide. After handing back her charm, the two parted ways on good terms, although Ren and Morgana offered her a spot on the team, an offer she declined.
However, later, on the 18th of November, the day that the Thieves were due to infiltrate Sae Niijima’s Palace, she met with Ren and asked if she could meet him on the rooftop. She thanked him for providing her the support she needed and decided to try and hang out with him a lot more, even offering a time where the two could. Ren had to reschedule another time as the time for Niijima’s Palace infiltration was near. She understood that Ren had one last thing to do.
She however realized that he was in trouble and stalked him into Sae’s Palace, ready to help if necessary. After Ren lured the police away but was surrounded by Shadows, Sumire arrived in the nick of time and together with Ren, killed the Shadows in an all-out attack. She then left after doing so, reminding Ren of the promise he made to her.
A few days after Ren’s apparent suicide, Morgana arranged for Sumire to go to Leblanc to find Ren, and was incredibly relieved to see that he was actually alive and well and even sat down for coffee with him and Futaba, with Sumire identifying herself as Ren’s savior in the Palace before to Futaba. She embarrassingly admitted to having followed Ren, but he was thankful for her intervention. After everything that had happened, Sumire ultimately decided to ask Ren if she could join the Phantom Thieves. Unfortunately, by this time, they were facing off against their toughest opponent yet - Masayoshi Shido, and there was no guarantee that they alone would survive, let alone Sumire. She understood this, but made Ren promise to come back alive and well.
Ren and Sumire did not see each other again until after the battle of Yaldabaoth in December. By this time, Maruki’s reality was put into effect, allowing him to transform the original reality into his reality. After so, since Ren did not need to turn himself in, he was texted by Sumire to attend the shrine with her after New Year’s, which he did so, even meeting her father, who thanked Ren for helping her pick out his glasses.
Their relationship was slightly strained during the first two fights against Maruki in his own reality, with Sumire, having her real identity learnt and revealed once more, becoming hysterical and more depressed, attempting to subdue Ren from changing who she wanted to be to who she really is. Ren stopped her and destroyed her berserk Persona to get her to calm down. After Ren carried her out, she regained consciousness and apologized for trying to harm him, and she needed time to think and recuperate.
After a few days of thinking, she eventually came to her senses that she was who she was and that Maruki should not be allowed to decide what reality they live in, rejoining the Thieves in their fight to return to their reality.
Over the time they spent in Maruki’s reality, the two became closer as Ren helped with her coming to terms on her true self and reality and even accepting the fact that what happened with Kasumi was not her fault, and even supported her further in her gymnastics, wishing to still fulfill her dream of becoming a champion for her sister, even if she was gone. During this time, Sumire often blushed when Ren made flirty or witty comments to her.
In the end, her dream was fulfilled and met Ren in Leblanc, where she sat at the counter while he served her coffee. After thanking Ren more, she blushed more and hesitated to say what she really wanted to say. After getting her composure, she finally revealed to him that she had fallen in love with him and admitted to her true feelings, likely having started feeling this way long ago as she consistently asked if she looked okay and even showed signs of shyness. Ren ultimately reciprocated these feelings and stared at her lovingly and leaning further towards her in a presumed attempt to kiss her, making her blush even more and overwhelmed with euphoria. The two started dating from there on out as well, with Ren being in attendance to Sumire’s successful ballet recital, which afterwards, the two embraced each other closely.
After the Thieves returned to their original reality, she learned of Ren’s imprisonment as instead of Akechi intervening and turning himself in Ren’s stead, Ren himself surrendered as time went by normally in the original timeline. Sumire then requested her coach to allow her time off to support Ren in his release from custody, showing that she dedicated to ensuring that Ren was released, with her being filled with happiness upon his return in early February.
On Valentine’s Day, Sumire brought Ren her own homemade chocolate for him, and on White Day, Ren, thanks to Sojiro’s connections, was able to take her out on a date to the aquarium and to a fancy restaurant with a spectacular view and rose flowers.
However, since Ren had to leave Shibuya after his probation ended, the two’s relationship presumably either ended amicably on good terms, or turned into long-distance as although Ren returned to Shibuya later that year, Sumire was nowhere to be found, likely away on a practice or gymnastics trip due to her recent success at making it into the internationals.
=== Tae Takemi ===
Ren and Tae first unofficially met when he returned home at one point, but the two did not make a proper introduction until he heard about the rumors of her being an outcast doctor with special medicine. When he asked for her medicine, she initially refused, but she ultimately realized that he could be a good test subject for her trials to perfect her prototype medicine that could save countless lives. After he agreed to her terms and conditions by drinking the first sample of medicine and agreeing for more in a deal for the medicine, she began to affectionately call him “guinea pig,” in a reference to him being her test subject.
As Ren spent more time with her, parts of her past are revealed. When a young girl named Miwa visited the clinic, Ren encouraged Tae to help and even pointed out to Miwa that she could help, much to her inital charge and even punished him by making him go through a more vigorous trial. However, she slowly began to get used to this change of her becoming the community’s savior and helper, even though her past was troubled. When Tae received fake news that Miwa died from her illness from her old superior due to his own jealousy, she sorrowfully sent Ren away, prompting him to take action against her old mentor.
After her mentor’s Shadow revealed that Miwa was alive but transferred to a different hospital for her illness, Ren gave Tae more motivation to keep working after he revealed the good news. After Miwa was finally healed, she further thanked Ren for everything and started to question as to the real reason why he would help her.
In the Animation Playthrough, Ren revealed that he fell in love with her. She was surprised and embarrassed to hear this, but when Ren reaffirmed his feelings, she realized that he was good enough for her and she fell in love. Later, she went to Leblanc to talk with Ren and spend time with him. She also revealed that she is aware of his identity as a Phantom Thief but swore not to tell anyone. She also curiously asked if Sojiro was around before deciding to give him “a close-up evaluation,” before entering Ren’s embrace, implying that the two would have sex together, but this is never shown.
However, like all of Ren’s other girlfriends, she eventually found out that he cheated and confronted him in Leblanc, proceeding to beat the living hell out of him before taking her chocolate with. However, Sojiro created a lie saying that Ren did not cheat.
However, in the Royal Playthrough, Ren simply said that he needed the medicine, which was a suitable enough answer. Later for the final trial, she revealed that she knew about his identity as a Phantom Thief, but swore to never tell anyone.
=== Sadayo Kawakami ===
=== Ichiko Ohya ===
=== Hifumi Togo ===
=== Chihaya Mifune ===
== Enemies ==
==="Igor"/Yaldabaoth===
Status: Nemesis/Enemies
===Goro Akechi===
Status: Rivals & Situational Allies