A huge part of Persona 3 Reload is making friends and forging close bonds, as is Persona series tradition. This commonly takes the form of the social links, a story-driven mechanic that nevertheless has a significant impact on your role-playing battles. However, some relationships can be taken to the next level, as Persona 3 Reload has a suite of Romance Options for the protagonist to consider shacking up with.
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This is normal across all versions of Persona 3, but what’s quite interesting is that in the pantheon of Persona 3 releases, Reload is nevertheless quite unique. The way its romances work is different to vanilla, FES, and Portable versions of Persona 3 – taking a few cues from the later games in the series to improve the romantic offerings in this remake of the game. This page covers the changes, who the romanceable characters are, and other elements of romance in P3 Reload you should be aware of.
How Romance works in Persona 3 Reload
At its core, Romance in Persona 3 Reload is basically an extension of the S-Link system, and so in order to chase a romance you can basically follow our P3 Reload social link guides to max out the social link of and impress the girl you’re most interested in. However, there’s a little more to it than that.
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A core thing to explain is that romance in Reload has been tweaked to function more similarly to Romance in Persona 5. In the previous versions of Persona 3, you’d automatically enter into a romantic relationship once an S-Link proceeded to a certain point. In Reload any character that’s a viable Romance Option has an explicit ‘path split’ in their S-Link – meaning you can now choose between a romantic or a platonic max rank.
This means that there are new scenes for each of the romance characters, or certain events have been rewritten to accomodate the additional factors introduced by these changes.
Additionally, players now need to be more careful. In previous versions of P3, you could go for a ‘Harem’ play through and romance multiple characters – but if you get romantic with multiple characters in Persona 3 Reload there will be consequences. Thankfully, there are no negative consequences for turning down romantic advances – ranks can no longer rank down or backwards in P3R.
Persona 3 Reload Romanceable Character Options
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In Persona 3 Reload, there are ultimately six different romanceable characters the protagonist can pursue a more-than-friends relationship with. These six romance options are slightly truncated from the most recent release of the game prior to this – but that’s because Persona 3 Reload lacks the female protagonist, so only love interests for the male protagonist are available.
The romance options are as follows:
Yukari Takeba
Lovers Arcana representative and SEES member, Yukari can be romanced and is an impossible-to-miss character. For help ranking her up, see our Yukari S-Link guide.
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Mitsuru Kirijo
The de-facto leader of SEES (other than the player), Mitsuru is another party member that can be romanced.
Fuuka Yamagishi
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Romancing Fuuka will require you to unlock hangouts with her in the first place, which is difficult and can only happen fairly deep into the game. For help with that, check our Fuuka S-Link guide.
Chihiro Fushimi
Chihiro is similar to Fuuka, as a quiter and more reticent romance option. Through a friendship, you can bring her out of her shell, as our Chihiro S-Link guide helps you to do.
Yuko Nishiwaki
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Yuko is encountered via the athletics club at school, and is the Strength Arcana S-Link but can be advanced into a romance, as detailed in our Yuko S-Link guide.
Aigis
Aigis having a full social link was added to later versions of Persona 3, and it’s been retained for Persona 3 Reload. This is a very late-game unlock, so you’ll need to be patient.
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