Just beat it.
I thought Josette was gonna join the party because she looked like a main character but instead I got an old man (30 years old, 5 years younger than myself) that has the physique of a grizzly but all his arts are small as fuck so I guess I have to wait for the next game for that huh?
Somehow Tita ended up being my favorite character because of how great her animations are. Please tell me that the next game don't have characters constantly joining and leaving the party so you're never allowed to have a proper party outside of the last 5 minutes of each chapter and in the final dungeon?