The pretty spಞorts team manager who could not care less about sports themselves, Ai Ebihara serves the role of your Moon arcana in . The daughter of a business mogul who focuses on aesthetics and has a crippling fear of rejection, your social link with Ai sees Yu help her learn to love herself again.
The road to this revelation requires some teenage rom-com recon work on your p💝art, but you’re exactly the kind of friend (or more) that Ai really nee🌄ds right now. We’ve got you covered on how to get closer to Ai Ebihara in Persona 4 Golden.
This🌸 guide contains slight spoiℱlers for the story of Persona 4 Golden.
How To Start Ai's Social Link
While Ai’s social link is completely her own, unlocking the ability to begin spe🌠aking to her requires a bit of prep work.
Ai’s social link doesn’t unlock until you’ve reached Rank 4 of your Strength social link. That’s Ko🧜u Ichijo, if you choose to be on the basketball team, while it’ll be Daisuke Nagase if you went for the soccer t🌄eam instead. She'll be the team manager for whichever of the sports clubs you elect to join.
Additionally, once you’ve reached Rank 4 of the Strength social link, you still have to have Rank 3 Courage before you can begin speaking to her.
Once you have these prerequisites complete, begin Ai’s social link by first talking to her on the first floor of Yasogami High.
It’s worth noting before you begin that Ai has one of the most difficult social links to max. Not only is her link contingent upon your social link with either Daisuke or Kou, but you can also undo your progress with Ai by making the wrong decisions in your dialogue.
You can also break Ai’s social link with a wrong dialogue choice on the False Romance path at Rank 9, which we’ll elaborate on in the tables below.
If you reverse Ai’s social link, you can simply speak with her again on another day to fix it. The action won't consume time, and your relationship will be 🍃back to normal the following day.
If you break Ai's social link, however, it remains broken. This can only happen 🌳once, thankfully, but tread lightly!
How To Rank Up Ai’s Social Link
As with all characters in Persona 4 G🅠olden, you earn bonus affinity with Ai 𒉰simply by having a Persona of the same arcana in your party.
She's your Moon social link, so hit the Velvet Room to grab a Moon Persona when you're going to see Ai.
If you’re trying to romance Ai, beware that you'll have a false start before the actual romance can begin, which isn't until Rank 10.
You’re presented with the option to “be Ai’s boyfriend” during her Rank 6 scene, but it's clear this is no ordinary romance. Agreeing to date Ai here will put you on a completely separate path that locks Ai’s actual romance path.
Additionally, your scenes with her for Ranks 7-10 will be different from her normal scenes that lead to the actual 🐽romance or platonic choice at Rank 10. We'll help you make the best choice✱s for both paths.
Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 1
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Heꦐy, you wanna ditch class? Don't worry, we'll be back before the last bell." |
"Sure, why not?" |
Proceed to Ai's Rank 1 scene |
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"Not really..." |
Leave the conversation ♛- cancels Ai's Rank 1 scene until you agree to ditch with her |
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"Just knowing ev💞eryone else is still stuck at scꦏhool studying makes it feel great to be out here." |
"It's okay once in a while." |
— |
— |
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"You shouldn't ditch class." |
— |
— |
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Ai onl๊y seems to be concerned about her own shopping... |
"This is boring..." |
— |
— |
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"Alright, I'll come." |
— |
— |
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Ai paid for everything with a gold card... |
"Got money to burn?" |
— |
— |
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"...Whose card is that?" |
— |
— |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 2
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Hmm, doesn't look like the𝐆y've 🌺gotten anything new in. I already have all this..." |
"Why do you buy so much...?" |
— |
— |
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"We'll have to come back." |
3 |
2 |
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"Stop complaining." |
— |
— |
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"Buy me an ice latte." |
"Sure." |
— |
— |
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"Buy it yourself." |
3 |
2 |
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"Let's split one." |
2 |
1 |
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"They should get rid of alဣl salespeople and put in vending machines. Press a button, and out come your clothes." |
"Sounds like a good idea." |
— |
— |
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"That'd be kind of boring." |
— |
— |
Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 3
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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"What should we do instead?" |
"Come shopping with me." |
3 |
2 |
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"Let's just chill." |
3 |
2 |
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"Why are we here again...?" |
— |
— |
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"Lo🏅oking at it from your perspective, I'd say you go🔴t pretty lucky." |
"I appreciate it." |
— |
— |
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"Not exactly..." |
3 |
2 |
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Ai rejected him without a second thought... |
"Can't you be nice?" |
— |
— |
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"You coulda talked to him..." |
— |
— |
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"That was downright cruel..." |
Reverses Ai's social link |
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"Are looks everything?" |
— |
— |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 4
If you reversed Ai's social link during her Rank 3 scene, you'll need to spend time with her again to fix your relationship. Ai's Rank 4 scene will play out the next time you hang out with her after that.
If you didn't reverse the social l💟ink, Ran🥀k 4's scene plays out as normal.
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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The conversa🥂tion is getting more and more vulgar... |
Stop them |
3 (to your Strength social link, Kou or Daisuke) |
2 (to your Strength social link, Kou or Daisuke) |
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Ignore them |
— |
— |
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"......" |
"...Did you hear them?" |
— |
— |
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Let's go."" |
3 |
2 |
Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 5
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Th-Thank you for that, last time..." |
"What are you talking about?" |
3 |
2 |
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"You're welcome." |
— |
— |
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"I didn't do much." |
— |
— |
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"Do you think maybe I'm his type? O-Or do you think he hates... people 🍷like me?" |
"He probably does." |
— |
— |
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"Have a little confidence." |
3 |
2 |
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"I wouldn't know." |
— |
— |
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"......" |
3 |
2 |
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"All I need you to do is... ask him what's hiꦆs type. That's it." |
"No problem." |
— |
— |
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"Not gonna happen!" |
Reverses Ai's social link |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 6
If you reversed Ai's social link during her Rank 5 scene, you'll need to spend time with her again to fix your relationship. Ai's Rank 6 scene will play out the next time you hang out with her after that.
If you didn't reverse th💮e social link, Rank 6's scene plays out as normal.
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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"But if I can't be loved, 💫then... Then what's the point!?" |
"Try to calm down." |
— |
— |
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"Come over here..." |
— |
— |
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"I'll hear you out." |
— |
— |
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"It's not ꧋like I have any other redeeming qualities..." |
"You're still young." |
— |
— |
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"He just doesn't know you." |
— |
— |
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"I'll yell at him later." |
— |
— |
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"Haha, just kidding..." |
"I'll be your boyfriend." |
False Romance path begins, no further choices |
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"......" |
Proceed to next prompt |
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"Hey... Why don't you and I just go out?" |
"Sounds good." |
False Romance path begins |
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"Are you sure about that?" |
Normal path continues |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 7
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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Normal Path |
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"I'm sorry. ꦕI don't mean to keep mak༺ing you hang out with me..." |
"I don't mind." |
3 |
2 |
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"About time you said it." |
— |
— |
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"I wonder why..." |
"Because we're friends." |
3 |
2 |
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"You have a crush on me." |
3 |
2 |
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"Because I'm special to you." |
3 |
2 |
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False Romance Path |
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"Hey, ജwhy don't you pick out some🍸 clothes for me? What do you think I'd look good in?" |
Cute clothes. |
— |
— |
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Sexy clothes. |
3 |
2 |
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Casual clothes. |
— |
— |
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"Isn't that right, (Protagonist)?" |
"Yep." |
3 |
2 |
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"We are?" |
— |
— |
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"...Do you think I'm pretty?" |
"Of course you are." |
3 |
2 |
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"Not really." |
— |
— |
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"What's wrong?" |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 8
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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Normal Path |
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"He was just... a normal, good guy. I guess what I felt was kind of a fl☂eeting thing." |
"Happens all the time." |
3 |
2 |
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"You can be so cruel." |
3 |
2 |
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"Are you okay with that?" |
— |
— |
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False Romance Path |
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"(Protagonist)... Do you love me?" |
"Of course..." |
3 |
2 |
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"What's wrong?" |
— |
— |
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"You need me, right?" |
"Naturally..." |
3 |
2 |
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"Do I really have to say it?" |
— |
— |
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Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 9
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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Normal Path |
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Thingꦿs 🎐don't look good... You feel Ai is in danger. |
Help her |
— |
— |
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See what happens |
— |
— |
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"Uh... Sorry, was that unnecessary?" |
"Thank you." |
3 |
2 |
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"Are you alright?" |
— |
— |
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"That was reckless of you..." |
3 |
2 |
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False Romance Path |
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"I think we need to... break up." |
"Why?" |
— |
— |
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"I don't want that." |
— |
— |
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"You're being selfish." |
— |
— |
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"I'm so worthless..." |
"That's not true." |
3 |
2 |
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"Then let's find your value." |
3 |
2 |
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"You decide your own worth." |
3 |
2 |
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"I'm su🌄re you'll eventually hate me... and then you'll leave meও." |
"I'm not going anywhere." |
— |
— |
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"Well, that could happen..." |
— |
— |
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"You can't live in fear." |
— |
— |
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"Is there any way... that we could just b🍰e friends?" |
"Sure." |
3 |
2 |
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"I knew the whole time." |
— |
— |
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"We need time apart." |
Breaks social link (see below) |
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Unlike reversing a social link, which can be repaired with a non-ranking hangout, breaking a social link in Persona 4 Golden is permanent! Ai will not speak to you aft𒐪er this, and the game will behave as if your relationship with her does not exist.
Additionally, Ai remembers this choice in a NG+ playthrough. If you move on after breaking her social link, you're locked out of maxing it in both this playthrough and any subsequent ones.
Ai's Persona 4 Golden Social Link, Rank 10
Only available if you did not break Ai's social link at Rank 9 (False Lovers path).
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Dialogue |
Your Response |
Points Earned With A Matching Persona |
Points Earned Without A Matching Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
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Normal Path |
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What will you do...? |
Accept her |
Romance path |
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Reject her |
Platonic path |
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False Romance Path |
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"Still... I'm not good at❀ being alone. I know it's a lot to ask, but... will you stay by my side?" |
"Of course I will." |
— |
— |
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"I'll do my best..." |
— |
— |
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"You're strong enough now." |
— |
— |
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Keeping all of this in mind on her notedly difficul🌱t social link, you'll now have everything you need to maxꦑ Ai Ebihara's social link in Persona 4 Golden.
