Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade: Ai no Seiyaku/Hekikuu no Kanata e

Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade is a stage play based on Persona 3 and the sequel to Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade -Souen no Kesshou-. Unlike other stages, this is two separate but simultaneous plays; Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade: Chapter 4: Ai no Seiyaku and Persona 3: the Weird Masquerade: Final Chapter: Hekikuu no Kanata e.

Release

 * Japan: April 14-23, 2017 (Performance)

Chapter 4: Pledge of Indigo

 * Japan: July 26, 2017 (DVD Released/Limited Edition)

Final Chapter: Beyond the Blue Sky

 * Japan: August 23, 2017 (DVD Released/Limited Edition)

Profile
The stageplay was announced at the Summer Festival 2016 event. It took place at Tokyo Theater G-Rosso.

Like the previous installment, both the male and female protagonists appear, but feature in separate performances.

Male Route
The beginning of the plot recaps the major events of April to November.

Female Route
The beginning of the plot recaps the major events of April to November.

Hekikuu no Kanata e

 * "Kokoro. Sagashite" sung by ZAQ (Aigis)
 * "Communication!" sung by (Sakuya Shiomi)
 * "Kimi no Kioku" sung by ZAQ (Aigis) and the members of SEES.

Cast
The performers for this fourth play are returning actors from the previous plays:
 * Male protagonist (汐見朔也, Shiomi Sakuya):
 * Female protagonist (汐見琴音, Shiomi Kotone):
 * Yukari Takeba:
 * Junpei Iori:
 * Mitsuru Kirijo:
 * Akihiko Sanada:
 * Fuuka Yamagishi:
 * Ken Amada: / (Double-cast)
 * Aigis:
 * Takaya Sakaki:
 * Jin Shirato:
 * Chidori Yoshino:
 * Pharos/Ryoji Mochizuki:
 * Natsuki Moriyama:
 * Shinjiro Aragaki: (Special Performance, only in the female route of Final Chapter: Hekikuu no Kanata e)

Adaptation Differences

 * In both adaptations, none of the main cast wears their winter clothes. The female characters do not wear kimonos on New Years, instead wearing their school uniforms.

Ai no Seiyaku
There are differences between the game and stage play:
 * In the beginning of both stage plays is a recap of major events from previous stage plays, except Natsuki appears in the recap of the June operation even though she wasn't present in the first stageplay, -Ao no Kakusei-.
 * Despite the beginning of the story mostly recap some major events from the previous stage plays except the only Shadow Arcana appears are Arcana Magician, Empress, Emperor, and Hanged Man.

Hekikuu no Kanata e

 * In both adaptations, none of the main cast wears their winter clothes in December, instead wearing their school uniforms.
 * In both routes, neither protagonists choose to be with someone in their last moments besides Aigis in March.

Female Route

 * Shinjiro appears in Kotone's dreams.
 * An extended scene where the entirety of SEES, sans Koromaru, hear Shinjiro's voice before the final battle against Nyx.

Trivia

 * This is the first stage play to have two separate parts rather than one.
 * Elizabeth and Theodore don't appear in the final stageplay. Instead, they appear in a flashback of the previous stage play. Their voices can be heard either in the Velvet Room or through their cellphones.
 * Since Shinjiro's actor wasn't present in either version (except the final chapter), he was played by one of the ensemble cast in -Ai no Seiyaku-.
 * Both of the actors who play Ken switch to their original respective routes like the second stageplay, -Gunjou no Meikyuu-.
 * Yukari working part-time as Feather Swan in Phoenix Ranger Featherman R's outdoor show is a nod toPersona 4 Arena Ultimax.