This has potential but reading this is like eating a really flat-tasting meal. I keep expecting Minato to do something interesting but only ended up with nothing. I like how Minato interacts with the characters but he has absolutely zero effect in the story. His 'assistance' to P5 group feels unnecessary and transparent. All he does is go back and forth dungeoning until he gain another persona or two. If you really want him to operate separately from Akira's Scooby Doo gang, he should instead focused on investigating who exactly took over the Velvet Room and find out where Igor is with Elizabeth and the rest.
You already established that Cthulhu-man is cheating, why can't Philemon do the same? Minato doesn't have to take direct part in the canon story, he could have his own adventure that he could do in the background.

Him being actively passive is honestly the least interesting part in this fic.

GIVE HIM SOMETHING ELSE TO DO ASIDE WAITING P5 GROUP TO PROGRESS THE PLOT!

I hope you'll continue this story soon. I've read on your other story that you've put this story on hold because of P5R while you're trying to implement new ideas in this story. Personally I really like this story as is, but you're the author and I can't wait to see what you're planning.

This story is my favorite P3xP5 crossover even over Ace in the Hole and the Hours' verse mainly because god i really really like your Minato. The interaction between Minato and Makoto is great, and having Minato tap into his inner Movie!Makoto Yuki as part of his act is a great detail. I am really curious to see how Minato is planning to help the Phantom Thieves now that they know Minato can enter the Metaverse but doesn't think he can summon a Persona.

The only thing that i'd criticize (although it is very subjective) is your treatment of Ryuji. He's a dumbass that cares for his friend, don't be mean :(

this interesting and fun. i hope for another update

Please continue

This is some good shit right here

Hmmmm you mean Ryuji is emotionally and mentally scarred by an adult breaking his legs and getting abandoned by his own father who also beat him and his mother which would even further traumatize him... I would say that Yusuke and Ryuji are pretty close in terms of their respective predicament though Yusuke is quite a bit more out of luck at this point in time, and lets not even compare Ryuji a mentally scarred teenager who can't handle the weight of the actions of 'shitty adults' who in his eyes ruined his life to Akira who basically just goes "Meh it doesn't bother me" about his entire situation (and yes I did just waste my time on a fic currently on indefinite hiatus just to complain about a simple view the author has) Note: I still honestly enjoyed this story I just felt you were being a bit unfair to Ryuji in your judgement of him at this point

I guess with the title it would be equivalent to calling Minato Messiah, but that doesn't really fit until after the fact, Joker (from what I can gather) was always meant to be "the Trickster" before his journey even started. An arise to the occasion situation compared to Minato's develop into story.

Well Minato and Yu's Velvet Rooms were on the move areas (elevator and limo) while Akira's is a prison, stationary with no way of getting out. Akira's Velvet Room is very symbolic of how different this adventure is compared to the previous games and how utterly rigged the game is, I'm not too sure if the real Igor would have noted it out loud but Joker is the exception to just about every rule that was established in the previous 2 games. Heck even his in game character is drastically different to Minato and Yu.
If you are experienced in the Persona series it would raise red flags but for newbies Igor being fake would been a major plot twist (akin to Ned Stark's execution and the Red Wedding in terms of obviousness and extreme surprise).

I feel like the next time Akechi meets Minato (which I assume is gonna be in Kaneshiro's palace since Kaneshiro also mentions the Black mask), he would figure out that Minato is not a member of the phantom thieves if Minato's questions were anything to go by (and If Minato's just flat out says he's not a phantom thief), he might be more willing to open up to minato about who he is, and why he's doing this, since Minato and Akechi are similar in a lot of ways. (Having a darker persona as apposed to their other one. Minato had Thanatos and orpheus, while Akechi has Loki and Robin to mention they both had to traverse through life alone after facing a traumatic experience)

This is actually amazing, like i dont know how to put it in words how good this is so far, its been awhile since something made me sit down and keep reading for hours and get invested, i cant wait for the next update whenever that is, but im sure itll be well worth the wait no matter how long it takes

I'm just gonna say this: this is great. You have a wonderful idea and i felt that you executed it almost perfectly as it differs way more than other P3xP5 as Minato is incognito and not recognized, but helping Akira and co. I'm gonna say that just find a way to hide his face and thats it and make him wear like a suit or something idk i'm just some nerd who decided to really like this premise.

I'm loving this story. But I just wanna point out that Morgana would know why that Minato didn't awaken to his persona, he would just assume that Minato doesn't have a rebellious side to him yet.

Loving the story so far.

Personally, I feel like Minato shouldn’t really get a Phantom Thief outfit. I think it’s more interesting to have him be unique amongst the Thieves, continuing to use his Evoker. Besides, summoning a Persona in P5 seems to require the character to get extremely emotional, which just isn’t something I could imagine him doing.

Oh my God I love this so much! Where's the next chapter?

An reader that has lurked on this here hope that you have the time to write a new chapter because i check every day to see if you publish a new chapter, because this is one of my favorite fanfics. I can understand that you have no time to do this i'm just writing this to check on you if your feeling bad thought or life is in your way don't give up. Good luck at having a good life!
-Noo5uke