Polite and energetic, Yoshizawa Kasumi is the charming new addition to the roster of playable characters in Persona 5 Royal. Though she only joins up as a persona user later in the game, you can start her confidant in May, just after finishing the first palace.
Availability
She’ll start popping up at the entrance of Arcade Street in Kichijoji after 5/30 during the day. The days of the week that she’ll be available change month by month:
- June: Wednesdays only
- July – August: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays
- September – November: Wednesdays only
- December: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays
The deadline to raise her confidant rank to 5 is 12/22 – if you don’t, you won’t be able to resume her confidant in January starting at rank 6.
Perks
Kasumi offers small permanent increases of 5 HP during her rank up events up until rank 7. In addition, she grants a few neat perks:
- Rank 2 || Tumbling: Occasionally, you will evade being surrounded by enemies when they assault you first.
- Rank 4 || Chaînés Hook: You can now ambush enemies from a distance by using your wire— enemies will often start the encounter with Dizzy, Confusion, or Fear.
Rank Up Events
As with every confidant, having a persona of a corresponding arcana will increase the number of points you earn with them by one. The point increases with a Faith persona on hand are indicated in brackets next to the regular increases as such:
Prompt 1: (point values for answers a, b, c )[point values with matching persona]
In addition, Kasumi is one of the confidants where scoring high on exams will also provide a bonus. Ranking first in the entire school will give you 1.5x affinity points, while ranking within the top ten will give 1.2x. This stacks with the bonuses from having a matching persona. If you’re receiving bonus points on top of 3 points already, you will still see only three musical notes but gain more within the actual mechanics.
Rank 2
- (1, 0, 1) [2, 0, 2]
- (1, 0, 0) [2, 0, 0]
- (0, 0)
- (0, 0, 0)
- (0, 0, 0)
- phone call: (1, 0, 0) [2, 0, 0]
Rank 3
- (2, 0, 0) [3, 0, 0]
- (1, 1, 0) [2, 2, 0]
- (2, 1, 0) [3, 2, 0]
- (0, 1, 0) [0, 2, 0]
- (0, 0)
- (0, 0)
- (0, 0, 0)
- (3, 2, 2) [3, 3, 3]
- (0, 0)
Rank 4
- (0, 1, 0) [0, 2, 0]
- (2, 0, 1) [3, 0, 2]
- (0, 0)
- (1, 1, 0) [2, 2, 0]
- (0, 0)
- (1, 0) [2, 0]
- (0, 0, 0)
- (1, 0) [2, 0]
- (0, 1, 0) [0, 2, 0]
- (phone call) 1, 1, 0 [2, 2, 0]
Rank 5
- (1, 0, 0) [2, 0, 0]
- (0, 0)
- (1, 3, 0) [2, 3, 0]
- (0, 0, 0)
- (2, 3, 1) [3, 3, 2]
- (3, 1) [3, 2]
- (0, 0)
- phone call: (2, 1, 3) [3, 2, 3]
If you’ve gotten to rank 5 by 12/22, the confidant will resume in January.
Non-Rank Events
All the same parameters for bonuses apply to non-rank hangouts as well. All the events listed below are only available until 12/22.
Meiji Temple
- (2, 2, 3) [3, 3, 3]
(Unavailable on rainy days)
Inokashira Park
- (3, 2, 2) [3, 3, 3]
(Unavailable on rainy days)
Shinagawa Aquarium
- (3, 2, 2) [3, 3, 3]
- (1, 1, 3) [2, 2, 3]
(Acquire room decoration)
Odaiba Beach
- (3, 2, 2) [3, 3, 3]
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