One of the most fascinating aspects of the latest Persona games is the ability to earn confidants, which enhance your abilities and powers. Confidants are individuals within the game whom the protagonist can trust. By building relationships with them, the protagonist learns new skills that contribute to their growth. In Persona 5 Royal, there are various confidants that Joker can interact with, including chess protege Hifumi Togo. You can meet Hifumi after about two months of in-game time at Kanda Church. The following is everything you need to know about Hifumi Togo’s confidant guide all the way to the final rank.
Complete Hifumi Confidant Guide in Persona 5 Royal
Hifumi Togo encompasses the Star arcana in Persona 5 Royal. You’ll be able to level up this Confidant level quicker by bringing a Persona of the Star arcana. After speaking with her the first time, you’ll have access to the rest of Hifumi’s Confidant tiers.
Tier 1
- Dialogue: “Before you head home, would you like to exchange IDs with me? There’s no obligation, of course…”
- Best Response: “Lucky me.”
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points
- With a Star Persona – Three Points
- Best Response: “Lucky me.”
After this scene, Joker will receive +1 to his Knowledge skill.
Tier 2
- Dialogue: “I tend to get very aggressive. It’s as if I assume to role of a queen in kingdom.”
- Best Response: “That’s interesting.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “That’s interesting.”
- Dialogue: “Um, well, I’m doing a photoshoot for one…”
- Best Response: “But you don’t want to, right?”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “But you don’t want to, right?”
Joker will receive a point for his knowledge skill after this interaction.
Tier 3
- Dialogue: “Did you see it…? It was called ‘The Venus of Shogi’…”
- Best Response: “Describes you perfectly.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Describes you perfectly.”
- Dialogue: “It’s as if she wants to be the manager of a celebrity.”
- Best Response: “Having a difficult time?”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Having a difficult time?”
- Dialogue: “But this hardly seems fair… How can I teach you properly when I’m this distressed…?”
- Best Response: “Bring it on.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Bring it on.”
Joker will receive another point to his Knoelwedge after this.
Tier 4
- Dialogue: “She’s my senior… I defeated her in a recent title match.”
- Best Response: “Must’ve been the katsu curry.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Must’ve been the katsu curry.”
- Dialogue: “What do you think about them?”
- Best Response: “They’re cool.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “They’re cool.”
- Dialogue: “I hope this won’t discourage you from spending time with me. Really, I would be delighted to do this again.”
- Best Response: “Where shall we go next?”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Where shall we go next?”
After this event, Jinbocho will unlock on your map.
Tier 5
- Dialogue: “…I apologize. That must have been quite a shock.”
- Best Response: “She’s scary.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “She’s scary.”
- Dialogue: “But it’s honestly quite difficult for me.”
- Best Response: “You should stop then.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “You should stop then.”
- Dialogue: “She didn’t mean to offend you at all. I hope you’ll accept my apology in her place.”
- Best Response: “You’ve got a lot to deal with…”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “You’ve got a lot to deal with…”
Joker will receive yet another Knowledge point after this scene.
Tier 6
- Dialogue: “So now she’s even more insistent on having me do more TV and magazine interviews than before…”
- Best Response: “Is that frustrating?””Describes you perfectly.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Is that frustrating?””Describes you perfectly.”
- Dialogue: “Maybe I should stop playing shogi and just get a job… That way, my family won’t get hurt again…”
- Best Response: “Do what you love.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Do what you love.”
- Dialogue: “…You might make a fine priest yourself. Considering how good a listener you are, I mean.”
- Best Response: You’re imagining things.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: You’re imagining things.”
After this scene, Joker will earn another Knowledge skill point and Asakusa on his subway map.
Tier 7
- Dialogue: “…I confess I am a bit scared, though.”
- Best Response: “It may come down to luck.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “It may come down to luck.”
- Dialogue: “But I’m sick of being treated like an idol. I have to show them what I’m made of!”
- Best Response: “I believe in you.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “I believe in you.”
Joker will receive another Knowledge skill point after this interaction.
Tier 7.5 – Level 5 Knowledge
- Dialogue: “That way, I can use the weekly magazine’s popularity against them and instantly become famous.”
- Best Response: “That won’t work.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “That won’t work.”
Joker must have a level 5 Knowledge skill for this. He will then receive the Upstaging Stage Mother Mementos quest after this. This Mementoes quest will need to be completed before Hifumi’s confidant can rank up any more.
Tier 8
- Dialogue: “Perhaps they eavesdropped on our conversation?”
- Best Response: “I’m glad her heart changed.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “I’m glad her heart changed.”
- Dialogue: “…I’m not going to lose.”
- Best Response: “I support it.”
- With Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “I support it.”
This scene will earn Joker an additional Knowledge rank point.
Tier 9
- Dialogue: “However, I’m not going to give them the satisfaction. I’m going to win… with these very hands.”
- Best Response: “Give it all you got.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “Give it all you got.”
- Dialogue: “I was so ashamed of myself. I didn’t want to hurt the pieces any longer…”
- Best Response: “A very queenly decision.”
- With Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “A very queenly decision.”
- Dialogue: “…So this is goodbye.”
- Best Response: “I want to become stronger.”
- Ends conversation.
- Best Response: “I want to stay by your side.”
- Moves towards Hifumi’s romance track.
- Best Response: “I want to become stronger.”
- Dialogue: “What do you mean by that…?”
- Best Response: “I want us to date.”
- Start dating Hifumi.
- Best Response: “We’ll be friends forever.”
- Cancels romance and ends the conversation.
- Best Response: “I want us to date.”
Tier 9 (Friendship)
- Dialogue: “That’s why I can say with certainty. Today’s loss was not a setback, but a glorious step forward.”
- Best Response: “That’s a great way to see it.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “You’re overthinking it.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Let’s win the next one.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “That’s a great way to see it.”
Tier 9 (Relationship)
- Dialogue: “But I had you… and through our mutual revelations, I was saved. So thank you.”
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “It was all a big coincidence.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “It was love at first sight.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
Tier 10 (Friendship)
- Dialogue: “But I had you… and through our mutual revelations, I was saved. So thank you.”
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “It was all a big coincidence.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “It was love at first sight.”
- With a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Without a Star Persona – One Point.
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
Tier 10 (Romance)
- Dialogue: “I quit the Ladies Professional Shogi Players’ Association. I need to start over as an amateur.”
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “It was all a big coincidence.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “It was love at first sight.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “Anything for you.”
Invited Hangouts That Don’t Involve Ranks
Sometimes, Hifumi will call Joker and invite him to go hangout somewhere to have a better friendship.
9/10 Hawaii Date
- Dialogue: “Perhaps I should go change.”
- Best Response: “You look great!”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “You look great!”
- Dialogue: “Shrimp are symbolic of living a long life. Shall we have some?”
- Best Response: “Yeah, I’d like to try some.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “Yeah, I’d like to try some.”
- Dialogue: “We would’ve had a more enjoyable time if I had made better conversation…”
- Best Response: “I had fun.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “I had fun.”
- Dialogue: “If only we went to the same school…”
- Best Response: “We’ll see each other again.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “We’ll see each other again.”
Joker must have the Star confidant at Rank 5 before this event can happen.
9/22 Shopping in Akihabara Date
- Dialogue: “I’m sorry I’m holding us up.”
- Best Response: “Take your time.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “Take your time.”
- Dialogue: “Thus, the clear solution was to find a place of more comfort, so that my creativity might flow once more.”
- Best Response: “Why not just strip?”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “Why not just strip?”
- Dialogue: “A bit eccentric, isn’t she?”
- Best Response: “That’s good, right?”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Two Points.
- Best Response: “That’s good, right?”
Players must already have the Emperor and Fortune confidant before this event can happen.
Non-Invited Hangouts That Don’t Involve Ranks
There will be times when you can hang out with Hifumi without having been invited.
Inokashira Park
- Dialogue: “I’ll be able to utilize all five of my senses… Perhaps I’ll even come up with some new ideas.”
- Best Response: “It’s a good stimulator, huh?”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “It’s a good stimulator, huh?”
Jinbocho
- Dialogue: “…But look at all these books. It’s not going to be easy to find.
- Best Response: “Leave it to me.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “Leave it to me.”
Shinuya Buffet (Hifumi Friendship)
- Dialogue: “Now, how shall we plan our attack?”
- Best Response: “I have a recommendation.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “I have a recommendation.”
Odaiba Ferris Wheel (Hifumi Romance)
- Dialogue: “Similar to this Ferris wheel… You showed me a different view, and changed my world…”
- Best Response: “You can always count on me.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “You can always count on me.”
Destiny Land (Hifumi Romance)
- Dialogue: “What do c-couples do here?”
- Best Response: “Just be how you normally are.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “Just be how you normally are.”
Joker’s Room (Hifumi Romance)
- Dialogue: “I was worried that if I visited without the intention of playing shogi, it would be misconstrued…”
- Best Response: “I’m glad you came.”
- With a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Without a Star Persona – Three Points.
- Best Response: “I’m glad you came.”
