Fynn
is an EoFF Hero and/or Heroine
Radical Dreamer

Oh man congratulations! Which story?

Also, I'm not sure if you've seen this.

That's one way of looking at it.

Cause you'll actually start writing again?

You're going to be so sad when it's all over.

Yeah its pretty neat, while the mechanics don't change much, the dynamics are changed based on the story. The reason they are not called social links is because none of these people are truly your friend as much as they are your accomplice in your endeavors. The game is far more plot driven than the slice of life titles of past. You don't get as much free time to rank everyone up, but they do rank up faster and one confidant teaches skills to help rank the others up even faster.

The two biggest differences between P5 and its predecessors, and I didn't really notice until your question made me think of it, is the fact the game takes advantage of the idea that your character is a delinquent and thus he's more assertive.

Unlike the older games where the girl confesses their opinions and you either accept or reject, they simply drop a line saying they're open to the idea and its up to you to pursue it with your options, thus the MC feels like he's the one pushing for the relationship. Its subtle but kind of nice.

The bigger change is the fact the game deals with more taboo relationships. You can date four girls your own age. One who is underaged (consensual in Japan but would easily get your ass thrown in prison in the U.S. and parts of Europe. The other half of your options are all older than you and would probably get thrown in prison for dating a high school student since most of them are career people. The subject comes up a bit in the confidant links but since I've only played through the game once so far, I can't really tell you how it plays out for all of them.

You do get the option to cheat on the girls and date multiples again like in P3, but unlike P3, there is a special event during the true ending where they will find out about each other. You get a special scene if you date all of the girls in the game where they beat the trout out of you for being a two-timer.

Some obsessions can be healthy. I had a similar experience turning down the Drama Club Sun Arcana in P4. I was really invested in her story, but kind of already had another character in mind to date, so when the sequence at the end of her social link happens concerning her wanting to date you happened, it was just so awkward and I kind of felt bad ditching a girl whose estranged dad was dying.

For now, I haven't done enough research into add-ons and expansions done by the community or the developers. I'm probably going to build a few versions, just to get the hang of the basics before adding on too many options.

That's cool, I always like when games throw in events that are still playable but have nothing to do with fighting.