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So, when Mrs. Terauchi taunts you, a presumably very stressed and depressed high school student at this time, by asking for the casual name for \u201cMay sickness,\u201d you get three options to choose from: May Days May Blues Moody Blues It was pretty easy to find articles about the \u201cMay sickness\u201d phenomenon and how Japan is basically totally cool with piling so much pressure onto its young people during one month that they get sick. But most of those articles simply refer to it as \u201cMay sickness \u201dor use the Japanese \u201cGogatsubyou.\u201d I persisted and found a few articles that mentioned the alternative name \"May Blues.\u201d So the other, more casual name for \u201cMay sickness\u201d is \u201cMay Blues\u201d and the answer to Mrs Terauchi\u2019s question is \u201cMay Blues.\u201d Give that answer and you'll earn a little bit of Charm. What is the other common expression used to describe \u201cMay sickness\u201d in Persona 3 Reload? The topic of \u201cMay sickness\u201d comes up again during the midterm exams, specifically in the English exam on May 19 (5\/19). This is presumably a Japanese exam in the Japanese version of the game, which would make a lot more sense. The exam question is almost identical to the in-class question, just worded differently: What is the other common expression used to describe \u201cMay sickness?\u201d And there\u2019s one extra possible answer in addition to the previous three: May Days May Blues Moody Blues Dropsy Once again, the answer is \u201cMay Blues,\u201d so give that as the answer and you\u2019ll be well on your way to acing these exams. And in case you\u2019re wondering, \u201cdropsy\u201d is the name of a real illness. 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It\u2019s May 15 in Persona 3 Reload<\/em>, midterm exams are fast approaching, and Mrs. Terauchi is somewhat cruelly asking you to name the sickness caused largely by those very same exams. \u201cMay sickness\u201d is a specifically Japanese phenomenon, so this is a tough question if you\u2019re not Japanese.<\/p>

The tricky thing here is that \u201cMay sickness\u201d only really exists in Japan, where it has a Japanese name. And, of course, its casual name also only exists in Japanese, so you\u2019re essentially being asked to guess which of three very similar options is the most accurate translation of some Japanese slang. But fear not; it can be done.<\/p>