Am I really supposed to believe that some agency in Japan wouldn't have monitored their phones as soon as weird shit started occurring, or at least wiretapped the creator of PHANTOMTHIEVES DOT ORG to get an idea of what was going on? Those fucking brats would've been ousted in a few days tops.
Futaba basically uses plot magic for any inconvenient problems in the story, too.
Ryuji is an annoying, stupid faggot. Ann is boring as fuck in every possible way. Fluff comes in so late she's barely there. Morgana is a bitch.
Also,what fucking 16-17 year old thinks there's some clear distinction between adulthood and childhood, or thinks of themselves as children? MUH ROTTEN ADULTS.
Am I supposed to take seriously the idea of reforming society by changing the hearts of people who cheat at video games or slap their girlfriend occasionally? Fuck off.
Jonathan Nelson
>Futaba basically uses plot magic for any inconvenient problems in the story, too. True
Owen Clark
you don't play Persona for the plot user. You play it for comfy
Evan Sanders
Makoto is just Mitsuru-lite.
Robert White
You have to understand the Japanese otaku oriented media have had this running narrative about a youthful counterculture running interference against oppressive adults and what they feel are the failings of mainstream Japanese society pretty much since the dawn of otakudom with things like Gundam and Evangelion (which I swear was actually going for a narrative of youth can be trash human beings too that was completely misinterpreted by the fanbase to lasting effect). Never mind the fact that much like your average Sup Forums poster they don't handle it nearly as well when something points out the obvious problems with their subculture and habits.
In fact otaku media likes to whitewash stereotypes teenagers and millenials like laziness, addiction to mobile devices and twitter like they're good personality traits and habits so that they won't realize the corporate commercial intent behind the media and that none of the people making this stuff are really their friends or actually get them at all. They just have staff that read social media and know how to play the otaku like a fiddle with waifus and narratives that encourage them to stick to these hobbies, stay inside and keep spending money on mobile games and shit.
The otaku of today will realize it in another 5-10 years or so I'm sure once they get old and face real life or they'll just die in a mound of their own garbage and feces from being shut in too long and won't raise children so it won't even matter anyway.
Ian Nelson
>Ann is Yukari >Ryuji is Junpei >The art faggot is the boxing faggot >Futaba is Fuuka
Connor Flores
>fakes in the Metaverse vanish literally the moment they are killed >except when it would be inconvenient for the big gamble That "dead" police officer took like 5 minutes to disappear.
Eli Harris
What I hate about the game is the way it treated some of the themes present in it; it has a very childish and immature vision of the world, to be honest.
Leo Bennett
All I want is to live my life with Makoto. I just would want to make her happy and feel safe.
Christopher Hill
Welcome to anime/otaku/weeb culture. By that standard it's doing way better than most things.
Evan Taylor
>By that standard it's doing way better than most things.
The final boss is literally a god that is killed in the most edgy way possible, you can go more generic than that.
Jaxon Gonzalez
>The otaku of today will realize it in another 5-10 years or so I'm sure once they get old and face real life or they'll just die in a mound of their own garbage and feces from being shut in too long and won't raise children so it won't even matter anyway.
Lol'd hard.
But isn't that pretty common in media produced by big corps for a narrow audience anyway? I find it hard to believe it's just a Jap thing. I suppose the key difference is that they target manchildren explicitly, instead of manchildren just happening to enjoy stuff intended for ten year olds. I guess the best comparison in the west is the hardcore gamer nerd bullshit.
Logan Jackson
>Ann is sora >Ryuji is Masa >Futaba is Makoto >Haru is nanoha >Hifumi is rain Thanks atlus.
Jeremiah Sullivan
sae is bae that is all
Dominic Mitchell
>Am I supposed to take seriously
No, it's a video game.
Lucas Thompson
Bitch please, the game is filled with entirely retarded shit from the start.
Let's take for example, everyone's current bicycle waifu Makoto. She finds out about the Phantom Thieves by merely following the main character around until they slip up, she records them talking about changing hearts and being Phantom Thieves in public and Ryuji just seals the deal by being the loudmouth motherfucker he is.
Despite all this, they never once think to themselves "Maybe we should move our HQ to a place that isn't a heavily transited public walkway to somewhere more discreet" until Futaba makes them. Hell even just making Ryuji shut the fuck up would've been enough, but nope! let's let him continue scream about being Phantom Thieves in public like he's using a megaphone.
At some point, you need to accept some retardation comes with the playground. some of it is caused by cultural differences, some of it is caused by mere stupidity. Roll with it or don't play the game.
Ryan Wood
It's all big media sectors but anime/game stuff is sort of unique in that similar to economic stratification like 95% of it is targeted almost exclusively in overall conceptual appeal at like maybe 5% of Japan's total population that will spend literally every yen they have on their favorite waifu characters merch and mobile game gachas specifically cause they have absolutely nothing else going on in their lives. Anything else that happens with it globally is considered a nice bonus.
I mean Katsura Hashino seemed literally blown away by the reception it had overseas. "Like what somebody besides shut-in NEETs in Japan are enjoying this game? 93% Metacritic Score and universal acclaim?! This bears further investigation"
Logan Perez
Persona 3 was thematically much more mature and clever, and addressed things like grief, loss and inevitability. It had some standard anime bullshit, but at least it was contextualized by a more sophisticated structure.
Persona 5 is basically about how lolfuckadults and how you should mindrape them for not sharing your shallow, teenage view of the world.
Juan Reed
I could be playing EOV in english right now instead of P5.
Ian Brown
you do realize they knew who they were since medjed and were using them right?
im sorry OP persona 5 is too deep for you
Jordan Flores
Style over substance done right, you can go back and analyze the plot for all of its weaknesses, but then again you're still humming that one theme in your head.
Eli Bennett
>saying that from a fucking game that has the force of death come from the moon >the same fucking game that has everyone somehow wish for death despite being braindead zombies and thus cause this >also from the same fucking game with a magical dog and child who by the game's own fucking rules should not have magic I could go on and on. Anyone saying P3 is mature can cram their copy straight up their ass. It's the very game that caused all this idiotic immature bullshit in the fucking first place.
Oliver Powell
>bitching about logic in a kids game
Andrew Thompson
all those points don't make the game "immature", I don't know if I agree with it being mature but your criteria is so shallow is funny how childish your way of judging if something is mature or not is.
Jacob Foster
>Am I really supposed to believe that some agency in Japan wouldn't have monitored their phones as soon as weird shit started occurring, or at least wiretapped the creator of PHANTOMTHIEVES DOT ORG to get an idea of what was going on? Those fucking brats would've been ousted in a few days tops. The entire plot of the game is about Shidou building the popularity of the PT to use them for his own goal, while pureposefully mess with the invesgation through Goro and the SIU director >Futaba basically uses plot magic for any inconvenient problems in the story, too. She used wiretapping and hacking, but apparently when the bad guys use it it's good, when the good guys use it it's magic >Ryuji is an annoying, stupid faggot. Ann is boring as fuck in every possible way. Fluff comes in so late she's barely there. Morgana is a bitch. Ryuji and Ann behave like actual teenagers, unlike the rest of the group Morgana is great, considering he comes from the player's Velvet Room he's basically a part of yourself >Also,what fucking 16-17 year old thinks there's some clear distinction between adulthood and childhood, or thinks of themselves as children? MUH ROTTEN ADULTS. It's not about age, it's about power The PT goes after those who have power and use it to abuse their peers, regardless of age The main theme of the game is rebellion, it's not a coming-of-age story >Am I supposed to take seriously the idea of reforming society by changing the hearts of people who cheat at video games or slap their girlfriend occasionally? Fuck off. They do this to build the popularity of the PT so people acknowledge them and their ideals They were not aware part of this was planned by their enemies
P5 has some legitimate plot flaws (The Metaverse rules change accordingly to the plot convenience, Goro is wasted potential), but your complaints are just subjective opinions
Julian Watson
>Am I really supposed to believe that some agency in Japan wouldn't have monitored their phones as soon as weird shit started occurring, or at least wiretapped the creator of PHANTOMTHIEVES DOT ORG to get an idea of what was going on? Those fucking brats would've been ousted in a few days tops. Why would the wiretap anyone from the gang? Besides, I'm pretty sure you need a warrant for that. >Futaba basically uses plot magic for any inconvenient problems in the story, too. Agree. >Ryuji is an annoying, stupid faggot. Ann is boring as fuck in every possible way. Fluff comes in so late she's barely there. Morgana is a bitch. Yes, no, yes, yes. >Also,what fucking 16-17 year old thinks there's some clear distinction between adulthood and childhood, or thinks of themselves as children? MUH ROTTEN ADULTS. Because that's how 16-17 year olds are. >Am I supposed to take seriously the idea of reforming society by changing the hearts of people who cheat at video games or slap their girlfriend occasionally? Fuck off. Those were basically just PR, quality of life changes for people.