Since Persona 5 launched this year, you know we had to do it to you. Not only are we returning to a Persona themed Waifu Wars this year, but it’s the biggest yet, featuring almost all playable characters, social links, antagonists, and other comrades! Welcome to the new Waifu Wars: Persona Rise-ing!

You can take a look at the full bracket here, or look at the embed below. We’ll be blitzing through these 64 (!) entrants at first, with Heat One featuring the first half starting right now! We’ll be ending votes on these Wednesday at noon, after which the winners will be announced pending a quick removal of obviously cheated votes (it shows us in the back-end). After that, the second half will begin, giving us a healthy 32 for the second round!

Without further ado, voting starts… now! Best of luck!

Best of luck to all the entrants!

Previous winners include Naoto (Waifu Wars 2014: The Legend of Best Girl, Persona Q), Kuroyukihime (Waifu Wars 2015: Return of Best Girl, Waifu All-Comers), and the male Persona 3 Protagonist (Husbando Battle 2016: Legend of Best Boy, Husbando All-Comers).

Take a look at the full brackets in the embed below, or on Challonge. Heat Two is just as jam-packed as Heat One and will go live on Wednesday, so think it over while you can!

Reminder, this heat of the first round ends at midday GMT on Wednesday! Good luck!