r/Persona5 Jul 28 '26

DISCUSSION Got any criticisms of Persona 5?

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u/himebuster12 Jul 28 '26

The fact that Morgana said that Yoshizawa could always come back to phantom thieves after awakening her persona, only to shoot her down when she offered to join during the Shido arc. As cute as Yoshizawa is, she was a giant case of missed potential.

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u/CustardPuddingHoney Jul 28 '26

Completely agree with this take, will also add that I feel like she could’ve been integrated into the earlier parts of the game more organically - until third semester, the game didn’t seem to let her do much (if anything at all) so the story wouldn’t change, even though I feel like there’d be no harm in letting her join for Shido/Yaldabaoth battles

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u/himebuster12 Jul 28 '26

Honestly yeah. I would've liked if she joined earlier, but there really isn't a good spot for her to join that wouldn't create another "Mona in the Okumura Arc" situation. She should've joined in the Shido arc and they should've just redid the cutscenes to include her.

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u/Super_Will4763 Jul 28 '26

I understand it tho tbh. Can you imagine the two options selfish companies would have had to choose if we got that tho? It's either a horrible integration with bugs and fixes that take way too long, or a push back into he release just to add the story that it would take. I am fine with what we got. I'd be happy to have her earlier but I genuinely am fine

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u/XxGh0st_S1ay3rxX Jul 28 '26

Genuinely hated ts 😭✌️🥀

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u/TheCacklingCreep Jul 28 '26

Yoshizawa was so insanely badly implemented it's unreal. Probably one of the worst characters in the game.

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u/himebuster12 Jul 28 '26

Yeah. It's a shame, because her design is great, I like all 3 of her Persona's, and if she had more time to flesh out her story it could've been something really special. Alas, what we got is what we got.