Of course there’s a couple Persona 5 characters in the Studio Futaba could’ve hypothetically picked, but I’m really not super confident in her dynamics with any of them in the game and wouldn’t want to risk a pairing that wouldn’t make sense for this question. When it comes to finding crossover partners, I’ll usually either go off vibes or just a character the Subscriber posting the Ask likes, but I don’t really know this Subscriber’s tastes super well, nor do I know much about Futaba’s vibe beyond her being a shut-in and good with computers. I did end up with this idea of a more outgoing character helping Futaba get out more, like a positive influence on her, and I ended up going with Makoto as she just kinda felt right to me.
This is one of my Epic Tier rewards for July. The client wanted to see Sammy/Shingo Tsukino paired up with one of the Sailor Scouts (except Moon, Uranus or Neptune), and I decided to go with Jupiter of the remaining options. Sailor Moon is always a franchise I would’ve thought I’d drawn more of by now, but for some reason it’s never in the forefront of my mind when coming up with new concepts.