For the female lead character available in Persona 3 Portable, your Magician Arcana Persona fusion abilities will be determined by your Junpei Iori social link, a closer relationship between you and your fellow SEES member than players can fuse in the male path through the story.
Junpei’s storyline stops short of being a romance for reasons that'll become clear, but heading through the ranks of his social link reveals additional layers to his character and also naturally allows you to get greater EXP bonuses when fusing Magician Arcana Persona – as well as unlocking Surt, the ultimate Magician Persona in this game. This guide will help you to reach max rank to see the full story and get all of the bonuses.
Junpei Iori S-Link Guide – Magician
The female protagonist will automatically begin the Junpei Social Link without any prompting – it’ll just happen in late April as the story progresses. From that point, you’ll be able to find Junpei in your classroom at Gekkoukan High School on certain days of the week.
In Persona 3, your S-Link ranks are governed by a hidden experience stat for each friend you have. This stat gradually rises each time you hang out, but by saying and doing the right thing you can get bonus EXP that levels the relationship up faster. This guide lists all responses that offer such bonuses, allowing you to min-max relationships and see the full story more quickly and efficiently.
Any choices not listed in this guide don’t carry bonuses, which means you can respond however you want. The point totals shown in this guide include the Arcana extra, which is achieved by having a matching Persona – in Junpei’s case of the Magician Arcana – in your party whenever you spend time with Junpei.
- After establishing the Junpei social link, you’ll be able to invite Junpei to hang out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday daytimes from inside Classroom 1F of school
Unlock & Rank 1:
First off, it's important to note that the Junpei Social Link is exclusive to the female protagonist, and therefore is exclusive to Persona 3 Portable. The social link storyline will kick off automatically in mid-April as the story progresses. The male protagonist instead has the Kenji social link as its Magician rep.
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- This is an automatic rank – you have a couple of dialogue choices, but no specific response offers any bonus points.
Rank 1 > 2:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- Junpei’s eyes are lit up…
- “C’mon, let’s go in!” +3
- There are a lot of dudes who envy me because of that…
- “I’m… sorry?” +3
- “Let them be jealous.” +2
Rank 2 > 3:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- Junpei seems a little embarrassed…
- “Where do guy friends go?” +2
- He probably roasts them all differently, using special waters for each type…
- “You know a lot about coffee.” +3
- “You’ve got good taste.” +2
- What did you order, Kotone?
- “Coffee.” +3
- “Hot cocoa.” +3
- Haha, it’d be something right out of a manga.
- “Maybe I should give it a try, then.” +3
Rank 3 > 4:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- What do you want to eat?
- “Ramen!” +2
- There have to be some parents that their kids would be better off without…
- “That’s not true!” +3
Rank 4 > 5:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- Junpei is awfully generous.
- “Thanks for the food.” +3
Rank 5 > 6:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- I’ll try asking my guy friends again, too. Wait right here.
- “Thanks.” +3
- “I’m counting on you.” +2
Rank 6 > 7:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- You might be fine now, but you don’t wanna be a tub in 10 years, you know?
- “Look who’s talking.” +3
- “Shut it, jerk.” +3
- Junpei seems to stare off into the distance…
- “You’ll be a great man.” +3
- “You’ll turn out okay.” +2
- Junpei mutters as if to himself…
- “Your terrible jokes?” +3
- “Your brown-nosing abilities?” +3
- Do you ever think about what you can do…?
- “Of course.” +3
- “Sometimes.” +3
Rank 7 > 8:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- I’m sorry. I just can’t figure this homework out by myself.
- “We had homework?” +3
- “Ask me anything.” +3
- Alright, I’m gonna do this today! I’m gonna overcome my fear of math!
- “You’re on fire!” +3
- Haha!
- “Well done!” +3
- “You actually did it!” +3
- Friends are important, after all…
- “I think I understand.” +3
Rank 8 > 9:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- I don’t think there’s going to be any more photos of you going around.
- “You got them back for me?” +3
- “Thank you!” +3
- ……
- “Junpei…” +3
- “That’s not true.” +3
Rank 9 > 10:
The following choices can impact your relationship with this rank.
- Any choices at this rank will have the same effect, and you’ll ultimately enjoy seeing the Junpei social link hit max rank at last.
Phone Calls
- 4/29 – I bet they’d be shocked if they saw how much you can eat.
- “You got a problem with that?” +3
- “Like I care.” +2
- 5/5 – I had a little windfall, you might say, so I’m actually rich for once!
- “Did you win the lottery?” +3
- “Win big at pachinko?” +2
- 8/5 – Am I sounding like something out of a shonen manga?
- “I think it’s wonderful.” +3
- “Yep.” +2