Practicing traditional athletic activities isn't going to give you the fine finger control for playing an instrument, either, but apparently we're putting instrument-playing under Athletics.
I personally would've thought it would make more sense to be a specialization of Performance, rather than Athletics.... as that's what Performance tends to involve according to the rulebook (heck, one of the listed specializations is "Playing the Lyre").
I think the rationale was that Amu and Miki were doing everything that would normally come under Performance with Psionics, thus she doesn't actually have any skill in playing instruments, only "pretending" to play instruments and using Psionics to make the sound come out right.
If it comes down to that, it is at least possible to persuade Kana to go to JPs for a checkup.
I think this has been mentioned in one of the previous chapters already, although I'm not sure if any of them remember at this point
Midori invited her over, yeah. She judged that after everything which had already happened, giving her daughter some emotional support—and Utau, for that matter—was far more important than any concerns she might have about leaving them together, or about the current discombobulated state of the Hinamori household.
Dig up as much space as you need using Illusion 3 and pretending the piping beneath the house still works anyway?
Fair enough, although a response that is digging into Manticore for us would be nice too (I think she can handle herself, given her being a max level Persona user so it should be a net positive?)
I don't feel comfortable leaving Kana around Amu's family, especially if she's really about to respond to kindness and cake with violence.
Blame the Shadow UMI situation for that, not Kana; and even pragmatically speaking Kana isn't about to harm her only ally indirectly and drive her away in the process after this situation is resolved, or give Naoto a reason to take Kana down anyway?
We don't know what set Kana off. I don't think there's any indication her shadow UMI'd her, but the fog probably hasn't been good for her rationality.
If Kana attacks Amu, that's going to significantly tip the scales.
Personally I think Kana will be more mentally stable after this rather then less (excluding external factors, which may remain significant to be fair).
I don't know what's going to happen in the upcoming scene. But yesterday, Amu could have said "Kana would never hurt me!" and meant it. If Kana attacks her, that'll be downgraded to "Okay, Kana tried to stab me today, but she wouldn't do it again! I, uh, I think."
Doubt Amu will agree to abandon Kana, even if Kana tries to mind crush her.
I don't think Naoto is going to be satisfied just leaving the confessed murderer alone in that house.
She won't be satisfied, but Naoto is also a rational individual and won't dismiss the obvious problems with all the other solutions either.
I think Naoto is going to want to prevent Naomi from finding Kana alone, since Naomi is likely to vanish with Kana if that happens. Then Kana is back to her only social group being the Scavengers, putting her at risk of backsliding, endangering herself and others. Naoto does not want Naomi taking Kana on missions again.
If so, her only realistic option in the current timeframe is Amu's house unless she wants to knock out Kana and treat her like a lost kitten (not infeasible, given their relative strengths but still), and so we've circled back to the start of the discussion?
Then again, what Naoto wants is secondary to what Kana herself wants.
That's... not wrong, you know. Just because he's Hotsuin Lite doesn't make him less of a child. Having a heavily lopsided upbringing makes it more likely they'll hit one of his sharp edges, which might be bad for everyone involved, but I would not recommend leaving Hikaru as their point of contact, of all people.
Sure, and Amu as well. My point is Utau would handle this by acting as a go-between... and then Hikaru's grandfather would probably butt in. It'd be a whole Thing.
JP's is still an option. How palatable that option is to various parties depends on just how the upcoming confrontation goes.
Naoto has the power here. If Naoto decides that leaving Kana alone carries too high a risk of her going back to murdering people, she can take Kana to JP's, whether Kana likes it or not.
100% yes. Can't really blame them.
Gotta point out that bringing in JP's would be an even bigger thing than a still mostly-informal situation involving Hikaru, Kazuomi and Utau.
If Naoto tried to do that, I get the feeling Amu would be the first to help her run away.
Looked like Kana herself also joined in on that when she crushed that man's brain in the memory Amu saw so.... seems she shares the same sentiment, to an extent.