I am back from my long hiatus with another iceberg video. If you have any suggestions on what should be added, feel free to leave it in the comments. Thanks for watching!

The tip of the iceberg in a nutshell: Let's talk about all the persona memes.

Anyone who calls Yu by the name of Souji can't be trusted

Shinji would have died anyways he was a drug addict, don't do drugs kids

Fun fact: the “that’s comedy” voiceline is actually used and always has been when learning a new skill or leveling up with Asterius or Asterius Picaro

Dont know if anyone said this but reason they made the persona 3 party members uncontrollable is to imitate you are fighting alongside real people and make them stand out another way they do this is through sickness and each character not wanting to go tartarus at certain points.

I feel like the whole “I look like ren” thing exists because he looks so generic

Fun fact: In P5Strikers, Ryuji in a voiced cutscene does say "Fuck". He was really pissed so it was a justified reason.

The reason you couldn't control them in Fes was because they wanted them to feel like different people instead of you

The thing is with Joker parents in Japan being in probation is a very shameful thing so his parents not contacting him isnt surprising since it does happen irl where in Japan people being in probation dont get contacted by family members since its an embarrassment and very shameful

The Persona 3 Remake entry aged like fine wine

I've never felt like, cemented light bulb

Here's a recurring detail in the Persona series that I think would have been warranted to mention (unless it was and I just zoned out at the time). Each game's main rival Persona user (if it has one) acts as an inverse of the protagonist.

Persona 3: Takaya looks Jesus and starts a doomsday cult. He is a false prophet whose ideology is that the future doesn't matter and that apathy should rain supreme. Makoto's ultimate Persona essentially IS Jesus and he makes the ultimate sacrifice just like Jesus did. While he doesn't have the same kind of charismatic influence Takaya does, his ideology of living for the future is what saves all of humanity.

Persona 4: Adachi went through life without forming bonds with other people, only focusing on what would land him the best position in society (which ends up not working). As a result, he is a jaded and cynical individual. Yu parallels this by choosing to enjoy life and spend time with friends whenever he can, and he is anything but cynical about life.

Persona 5: Near the beginning of the game, Igor warns Joker not to form superficial relationships, to which Joker obeys. All of Joker's relationships are genuine bonds with other people, even if they don't start out that way. He's able to make many friends very easily despite his position as a social outcast. Akechi is the exact opposite. ALL of his relationships, except for his one with Joker, are superficial- He uses the media to gain fame and he's only getting close to Shido for the purpose of eventually killing him. Akechi is beloved by society, but has no friends at all.

You could probably make a case for Tatsuya and Joker as well, although their parallels are a little less clear.

“When you summon a person you also summon then in real life” oh wow i can’t wait to see the live action adaption of Shakespeare’s midsummer’s night dream

-proceeds to summon titania and oberon

I personally think that the reason that you can't control your party in p3 and fes, is because they wanted to make them seem like actual people, not just you but with different abilitys. Since basically everyone basically hated it, they gave you actual control in portable

The "Cycle" is synonymous with the Fool's Journey. Once the Fool completes their journey and reaches fulfillment with the World, they do not stop growing - the Fool will soon start a new journey with all of the understanding and accomplishments from their last journey. This is why New Game Plus is such an integral part of the Persona franchise; when you start over, all of your accomplishments (social stats, social link items, and personas) carry over into your next playthrough or "cycle".

"Unlike his parents" Lol

Philemon still exists within the universe but decided not to get involved with humans. It's complicated to explain without spoilers but he still watches over the members of the velvet room

"Persona is a spin off of the shin megami tensei series"
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNEW THIS!!!!!

Philemon just doesn't want to get punched again