ANTITHESIS (Persona 5 zine)

ANTITHESIS is a charity zine centered around the relationship of the Persona 5 protagonist and Goro Akechi from the video game Persona 5. The theme of the zine was the idea of an Roleswap alternate universe where the two characters swapped roles within the game's story.
==About==
Interest checks and applications for a graphics mod began on May 17, 2021 and ended on June 15, 2021https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1394459857705750534. Contributor applications opened on June 20 to July 20, 2021 https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1406479587106770950.
Synthesis, the tie-in visual novel game, was announced on the project's social media accounts with a promotional video created by Beebo on December 5, 2021 https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1467629937381105670. The game was later released on itch.io on July 1, 2022 https://antithesisvn.itch.io/synthesis. Purchasing any of the bundles during pre-orders would give buyers early access the game in development.
Preorders opened on December 17, 2021https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1471993322809999366. The pricing tiers are as follows:
* Rank 1 ($25 USD) - Digital Zine, Concept PDF, Early Access to Synthesis Visual Novel
* Rank 3 ($35 USD) - Sticker Sheets, Print, Star Buttons, Acrylic Charm, Acrylic Standee, Lanyard, Washi Tape, Early Access to Synthesis Visual Novel
* Rank 5 ($35 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Concept PDF, Early Access to Synthesis Visual Novel
* Rank 7 ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Sticker Sheet, Print, Star Buttons, Washi Tape, Concept PDF, Early Access to Synthesis Visual Novel
* Rank 10 ($55 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Sticker Sheets, Print, Star Buttons, Acrylic Charm, Acrylic Standee, Washi Tape, Concept PDF, Early Access to Synthesis Visual Novel
A giveaway was organized in collaboration with gorb zine and ran from December 19, 2021 to December 20, 2021 https://twitter.com/gorbzine/status/1472712787772198918. The chosen winner would receive a full bundle of both zines. The winner was declared to be Twitter user BurnMyBren on the gorb zine's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/gorbzine/status/1473092764288143361. Another giveaway with the SHOWTIME zine project ran from January 7 to January 9, 2022, where the chosen winner would receive full bundles from both zines https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1479513248303038469. Twitter user TheRoyalgoat2 was declared The winner of this second giveaway the next dayhttps://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1480600982379712526.
To thank buyers and fans for their support, the project announced that an enamel pin by MaybelsArt would be added to all physical orders https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1474439739524718597. When there was four days left until preorders ended, the project also added a foil print by sanctimonia to physical orders as thanks https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1482044514105798658. Preorders closed on January 17, 2022 with a shipping window estimated to be between March and April 2022 https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1483247982657028106.
Shortly after the embezzlement controversy in the SHOWTIME zine, the project released a shipping update in response, explaining the steps the mod team had taken to ensure accountability and transparencyhttps://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1540796137178681344. This update also addrssed customer concerns about delays in shipping, to which the team reported that the they had been stalled by the zine manufacturer sending them reprinted zines to replace zines that had printing errors. The team gave customers the options to have their order anyways with a B-grade zine and complimentary free merch item of their choice, have their merch shipped immediately and their zine shipped later, or wait until the reprints arrived and receive their bundles in one shipment.
Physical bundles began shipping on April 18, 2022 https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1516133775918657537 and digital bundles were sent on May 2, 2022https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1521327650270330882.
The project's storefront was reopened on May 21, 2022 for digital bundleshttps://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1528161023496273922. Leftover sales ran from July 22 to August 5, 2022https://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1550556253541261314. On the last day of sales, the project added mystery grab bags to be purchased at intervals of $5 USD, $10 USD, and $15 USDhttps://antithesiszine.tumblr.com/post/691675265688043520.
The project closed with an announcement of $8,474.26 raised and donated to ILGA Worldhttps://antithesiszine.tumblr.com/post/694510608090038272, as voted by contributors at the beginning of the projecthttps://twitter.com/antithesiszine/status/1430930476601069572.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	May 17, 2021 	June 15, 2021
Mod Applications 	May 17, 2021 	June 10, 2021
Contributor Applications	June 20, 2021 	July 20, 2021
Preorders 	December 17, 2021	January 17, 2022
Shipping 	April 18, 2022 	May 2, 2022
Leftover Sales 	July 22, 2022 	August 5, 2022
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the final copy of the zine/the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* Mads England
* Centi (goro_orb)
* Tori Smith (sicklyjelly)
* Corvus (impropercorvus)
* Suna (junhuans)
* Rina (todoyamas)
* Blazemalefica
* Alex S. (smultronte)
* Haris (zedeerus)
* Lati (icedlati)
* Karla (sactimonia)
* Ji (mirarasol)
* Maha (Poichanchan)
* Shiki (shikimatsuri)
* Toppie (toppiegames)
* Kain (_kailatte)
* Ram (_computerRam) - Cover Artist
* Kayla (taestykai)
* Grace (daisleis)
* Daniel (breloomings)
* Chapter56
* Xilo (xilohrdz)
* Mauhan
* Huixei (huixcia)
* Min (Minlover646)
* Frances (t0birooo)
* Lyly (lylisimaa)
* Poof (poofmalyakaet)
* Muffy (muffywithlove)
* Dia (PancakeSorting)
* MaybelsArt
* Ren (cursivepractice)
* waffle (waffletop_)
* Amber (pvppoh)
* Trolles (trolles_)
* Hannah Forward (hannadraworof)
* Heph (hephasst)
* Viria (viria13)
* Jazzy (jazlyn_jin)
* Miki (minkidoodles)
===Merch Artists===
* Jialu (jialudraws)
* Quire (QuireFeast)
* Specterthief
* LostKimin
* ARYLL (aryllins)
===Writers===
* Shanti (shantealeaves)
* Eho (rhodophytae)
* Emile (spideydevil616)
* K (3muske_tears)
* Atalan (brightwanderer)
* Hawk (gesugaogoro)
* Chidorinnn
* Salex (salexectria)
* Aki (akihmorn)
* Carys (swornrival)
===Mods===
* Nat (babelfell) - Host, Finance, Shipping
* Mango (beyondplusultra) - Intern Artist Mod
* Sara (TzviaAriella) - Writing Mod, Beta Reader
* Jialu (jialudraws) - Graphics
===Other===
* Beebo (bumblingbeebo) - Motion Design 
==Gallery==
File:P5_antithesis_socmed_banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:P5_antithesis_cover_illustration.png|Zine Cover by Ram (_computerRam)
File:P5_antithesis_full_bundle.png|Rank 10 Full Bundle Listing
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
tori wrote on Twitter
Black Lagoon wrote on Twitter
🎀tboy swag💌 wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:2022 Zines
Category:Persona
Category:Charity Zines