it is truly sad that p5’s cast falls short, because if not for that major hurdle i truly think it would be more accepted as the best persona game if you include 3rd semester. you can take note of how akechi is one of (if not the best) better written characters, and he was introduced way earlier on, much like the other anon said about naoto. his presence has a certain weight to the plot, which makes sense with his role, but its a bummer to see that the other protagonists clearly didnt have near as much investment in their stories like akechi did.

all this to say: haru deserved better

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Got to the end of the vanilla storyline on my P5R replay. Earlier in the winter I played P3R twice, and then P4G before that. I’m not back on 3rd semester yet but having played all of these in a close enough timeframe to have their details fresh in my mind, I genuinely believe with all my heart that P5’s hate is undeserved and is wholly rooted in contrarianism. I truly can’t see any other reason why people would try to frame P5 as one of the worst installments when it’s a very strong contender for the best Persona experience; looking at it from an “overall” angle at least

Anyway Haru is best girl and the CANON romance