Atlus, why did you revert Sumi back to the original look? 😞
If you're wondering why I didn't include much about 3rd semester in the original PT analyses, it's because I don't think it adds much to what was already covered in their original arcs.

Do you guys have a particular arcana you relate to or like most? And I'll be doing a video on the rest of the NPC arcana in the next couple months!

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Ryuji also threw himself straight into traffic to stop a cab so they wouldn’t lose Makoto. Very reckless and very good.

It anoys me when people say that the blow out between Morgana and Ryuji came out of Nowhere , they literally  bickered all game and it kept building till the point of no return

The detail of Ryuji punching his leg to numb it before the last sprint to release the life boat

Truly, the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed...

Honestly, Sumire's whole identity crisis arc is why I find it somewhat immoral to date her at the end of her confidant. She obviously has some deep emotional trauma, and she tends to cling onto those closest to her for support in lieu of growing on her own and carving an identity for herself. She did it with Kasumi before her death, she did it with Maruki after, and begins to do the same with Joker throughout the latter half of the game. I feel as if accepting her advances is somewhat analogous to allowing her to continue this cycle of co-dependency and guilt that has followed her through her entire life thus far. Shutting down those advances and allowing Sumire to grow on her own as a distant helping hand just seemed like the better option to me.

I love when Virgilia's analyzing the dark sides of each arcana and the character she's talking about is just in the background busting a move

Something I would love in P6 is if we have a quick cameo of where the p5 people are. For example, some news talking about the Olympic games and mentioning Ryuji in athletism and Sumire in gymnastics, saying they've won a medal or whatever. It would be really nice, and I know they did similar stuff in p5 with the other characters, so it would definitely be possible.

My mom loves tarot cards and reading. She told me the Magician is about transformation. Later I expressed my disappointment to her about how similar the Councillor was to the Magician. But she made me see a difference between how Morgana and Maruki represent the cards. Morgana is about Internal transformation. Maruki is about External transformation. Really shows how much thought is put into these characters.

What do the arcana even mean? Well, the arcana is the means by which all is revealed.

One big missed opportunity is not having Makoto serve as a big sister figure to Kasumi, since they are both perfectionists who struggle with their dynamics with their own siblings

Yusuke and Ryuji are the best boys in this game, I love them so much. Doesn’t help Jotaro is the same voice as yusuke (also Kakyoin is the same voice as Madarame)

Sometimes I wish persona had a timeless mode, which gave you infinite dead lines so you could actually see all of these events without following a strict guide

This was a really well-phrased look at the arcana and their respective representatives. One of my favorite aspects of the persona series, even the early ones, is how they can take the same archetypes and mold them into completely distinct characters. I mean, you wouldn’t call Maki and Makoto, Katsuya and Akechi, Jin and Futaba, and Kanji and Yusuke the exact same characters. But the characteristics are molded in a way that they each reflect their arcana perfectly. It’s the part of each Persona game that I look forward to the most. (The Social Link/Confidant system might be my favorite part of the game.)

It’s always really interesting to hear your thoughts regarding Maruki, especially in the context of your field of study. I genuinely question if he has a license to be a counselor (honestly, with how the principal is at Shujin, I wouldn’t put it past him to hire an unlicensed therapist just to get the press off of his back). Billy really did bring the role to life. Maruki definitely needed someone who could balance the sympathetic with the unreasonable in order for the character to work. Otherwise he would’ve fallen apart in his cutscenes. Billy absolutely nailed that balance.

I can’t wait for part two! Hope you have a nice day.

What could Nanako and Akechi POSSIBLY have in common to share an arcana

I will still never forgive Morgana for making me lose a week of social link time

This is just another reason why Ryuji is best boy <3

But... The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed! Duuuuuhhh!

The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed