![]() They’ve had the gall, the audacity, the nerve to censor one of the best and most sacred works of art of all time: a JRPG featuring a talking cat that turns into a bus. HARD DIFFICULTY!!!!! - Stay In Your God Damn Lane (Go the whole game without one unnecessary demeaning comment about mlm/wlw that otherwise changes the game in no substantial way beyond, of course, strengthening the game’s core themes of social reform in every way).Normal - Microaggressions Only (Relive the true high school experience!).Easy - Mild Homophobia (Minor translation edits to paper over the deep contempt atl*s has for same sex attraction up to and including homophobic caricatures).Safe - Original Flavor Homophobia (Take unnecessary and hurtful digs at the humanity of other people for no reason!).on screen, the man in the suit goes on: “ And of course, a punk like you, gallivanting around, pretending to be a Phantom Thief of Hearts… you had the nerve to kiss every boy in Tokyo while you’re at it, didn’t you?” he’s not a pussy he is, in fact, a Real Gamer. “ And you seemed to be enjoying every second of, huh?” says the man. ![]() he plays through tutorial and quickly reaches the scene with joker being interrogated by the man in the suit. And we would have been, if the other characters were written to respond in kind to this: however, Futaba and Haru, his two biggest victims, barely react to him more than to call him cold-blooded in a slightly awed manner.P5R is released. Persona 5 Royal’s decision to take him out of the fridge just makes it worse: instead of using his new month of being alive again to start to smooth things over with the rest of the team, he just… does not care that he caused harm to others and the audience, somehow, is expected to respect his strong will to stand by his decisions. ![]() But no, he stands by what he’s done to the end and his only regret is that he allowed himself to be manipulated by Shido. It’s just that I think that, at the very, very least, they should regret their actions in order to justify such a reaction from the protagonists. It’s not that I don’t think villains can be redeemed. This, I consider an absolutely unforgivable flaw in the writing, as the team includes not one, but two people whose parents he killed- with one murder setting off a plan to intentionally ruin Futaba’s life. His final scene in the original storyline of Persona 5 is the biggest offender- after absolutely no effort at redemption or even remorse on his part, the entire team simply forgives him and asks him to join them. The heinousness of his crimes add more weight to the cruelty he suffered, because what in the world could motivate a fifteen year old to commit murder and willingly destroy another child’s life? In essence, his character is meant to show the tragedy of how those who are traumatized by the system are isolated from help and one another. Akechi fell to the desperation of his situation, while Joker went on to fight for the sake of his friends, and by extension, others who were also victimized by the system. The game demonstrates that this one difference- solitude or companionship- makes all the difference between a hero and a villain. The only difference is that Joker managed to find like-minded souls to share this power and responsibility with, while Akechi remained alone. ![]() The beginnings of their stories are very similar: both are dealt unjust hands by an unsympathetic system, then abruptly given an incredible power to influence others. The thing is, he’s written as a foil to Joker in order to drive home a major theme of the game: the importance of human connection in an unjust world. Persona 5 akechi goro crow all out attack finishing touch card The Classic Rival Character Foil
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