MY PERSONA HOT TAKES

Persona is a franchise I hold near and dear to my heart but at the same time I'd be lying if I loved everything about it, so here are some of my unpopular opinions/ hot takes on the Persona series! Warning there will be some spoilers for ALL the Persona games so be careful yo!

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[JohneAwesome]

Can a homie hit 500 likes before new years 🤔💭

[hobiedoh]

"People have sex in persona, just not you!" Is one of the funniest lines I've ever heard

[Emerald]

Nah dude, obviously when Yukari says that she hopes that no one will hear her scream is because you're about to watch Markiplier play FNAF. It's a little hard to get that easter egg, but don't worry I got you

[RobotGerbil]

Johne calling Maya "a child", when she's 23 years old, was a twitter moment.

[-Hee_Ho_Hey-]

The way John had to clarify which Maya he was down bad for like 3 times kills me every time

[liamclarke]

Another reason Persona in college wouldn't work is that the subjects you study are far more specific than the general education you get in high school. So either they'd need to bend over backward to be as vague as possible with the class questions, or alienate all the players who can't relate to a protag who decided to major in anthropology.

[reikurokaze]

I want the persona 6 velvet room to be a jazz bar where persona fusion is the bartender mixing drinks, playing the piano in the lobby not only changes the in game bgm but also applies different boons and bonuses, playing things like darts or other bar games increases persona of certain arcana. And since bars are social places, have "phantoms" of potential social links show up as customers since the velvet room has always been a place in between mind and matter. That way it ties back into those random points in the game where the mc dreams about a social link giving you bonus points towards them along with the idea that other people have been to the velvet room before.

[tyriquesmith]

My favorite thing about the Persona series has to be the little moments of friendship that you see. Every game leaves me saying, "I love these characters"

I hope they never lose that.

[Creeper-ezkn]

Tbh i really loved zenkichi he didn't come off as the badass type but the responsible but goofy character

[MrBells-unly]

I think we should get another college persona game but it doesn’t always need to be college. Same way it shouldn’t always be high school, it just starts to get old. There are plenty of stories that can be told through the lens of college students who may be starting to find life hopeless or ‘over’ because they aren’t kids anymore. It’d be super cool if there was a persona game showing that no matter what you can always have something to look forward to in the future. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t done that given how in Japan especially they see it like your life ends after high school LMAO

[planet_macee]

That Kasumi take hit me like Tyson’s uppercut. I would love for you to make a separate video on that! A MASSIVE amount of the fandom absolutely loves her (me included, I think I have very solid points as well let me know if anyone would like to hear!) and am super interested in the thoughts of someone who wasn’t really a fan of hers. I would especially love for you to elaborate on your comment that said “she feels forced” when I feel like she was integrated perfectly. Happy new year Johne!

[smilingman]

About Kasumi : I think that her being presented as "perfect" is intentional because that's how Sumire saw her sister. The social link still sucks but it's like Price and Price Another Version : the first sucked so the second one could be great

[inspace]

SO GLAD TO SEE AI EBIHARA APPRECIATION. She's one of my favs from P4 as well, her Social Link was super interesting to me, towards the end she became a genuinely good friend towards Yu and honestly it was kinda cool to see a romance route that ends in a break-up and them staying friends.

[dylanteloupe]

I believe that if they're gonna make Persona 6, they should write the character development for the party members similar to Persona 3, where the character's growth is tied to the story rather than their social link. P4 & P5's party members don't experience the same growth that the P3 crew have; You can tell the difference between Junpei's development vs Yosuke's or Ryuji's development throughout their respective stories.

inb4 this is a cold take lol.

[therandowanderer]

Another detail about Milady's design is that the reason she doesn't have a head is because her character Milady de Winter was actually beheaded! I find it really cool they decided to incorporate that element into her design, I don't think it would really be the same without it.

[Joaquin-xqwo]

people who want a college-centerd persona definetly just want it for the sake of relating to the characters more trough age, and not feeling weird about dating high school students even if they're fictional characters. They don't want college-characters because they think it'd actually be better for the franchise, but just for themselves

[ultima]

I think Joker is the best performance of a silent protagonist, he has a clearly established personality, but we still get to shape that personality.

[Fediel]

I don't think they were going for "cool" with Zenkichi's character at all... unless you're only talking about his phantom thief attire. He's made fun of for 90% of the game lol.

[escaflowne]

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I have to disagree with you on the college point. College is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood. You're expected to be an adult, but you've just taken your first steps out of childhood. There's a lot to explore with regard to the characters finding their path in life and their newfound independence.

[SeantheDracunyan]

My favorite thing about persona or SMT series as a whole is that they take folklore from everywhere like irish, greek, Japanese, Chinese, American, or even pop culture. I love the attention of detail some designs are better then others but i love they always ta have accurate lore in there info bios