

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment is just as complicated as it’s IS counterpart. But, that’s actually alright, considering there are actually *two* Persona 2s and many 2000s adults to pick up the slack. well, I think Tatsuya would take a longer time picking up what’s going on. In fact there’s an option to slap Philemon for causing all of his suffering in the first place! When dealing with Maruki, I believe the rest of the team like Jun Kurosu would definitely fight-īut their leader. going back to the offer to reverse the apocalypse, Tatsuya. would the Persona 2 kids fight so fervently as their younger counterparts? In order to reverse it all Philemon offers to fix it-īut as a result, Tatsuya and all his friends lose memories of each other.īringing it back around to Maruki’s brainwashing/offer.
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He is an odd duck of the series considering he actually FAILED his mission to save the world. The second thing we have to worry about here is Tatsuya Suou, our protagonist. Well, surprise, it is actually this cute little French mess of a boy named Jun who had his mind corrupted by Nyarlathotep. If it is not a wish that is actually within your heart, Joker takes your soul. This game deals with rumors coming true, starting with one that if you dial up your own phone number, a magical clown will come and will grant a wish. Many, many many things happen within this game we would have to pick apart but most importantly is the OG Joker and what happens at the very end. We have Philemon who argues that a man is good, and Nyarlathotep, who argues that man is inherently bad. Is man inherently bad, good, or is man good and society messed us up? The rest of Persona 1-2 EP explore this Philosophy in different ways as seen by two hidden characters that are actually tied right into the Velvet room and the fabric of this series. Guess who just so happens to be dead so very one else could live life to the fullest?
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Besides, in Maruki’s pain free perfect reality, there IS no death and suffering.
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With this in mind, Persona 3 teaches that even though “life is meaningless” and full of pain it is much better to savor every single moment you have, and to forge your own meaning with the people you call friends and family.Īs a result, I doubt if Maruki had to go toe to toe against SEES he would not last very long.

Instead of escaping into this perfect world, Persona 3 is about humanity being filled with unending pain and the villain arrises because of the connected craving for the world to end. Persona 3’s philosophy is actually near identical- albeit much more drastic to what Maruki and our thought experiment wants.

It is now down to SEES to deal with this philosophy and Maruki. Let’s say now that somehow either the cast of Persona 3 caught wind of what was happening first or somehow both teams from P5 and 4 failed. They would figure out what’s going on very quickly and fight fervently. The Investigation Team, even in their 20s are a very strong first line of defense against Maruki’s perfect world. Teddie, would he even EXIST? He’s not fully a human so who would even know? You name a character from the investigation team, including Yu, if they were offered the ability to have every bit of shame scrubbed off them I believe they would cease to be them. Without all their complexities- Kanji isn’t Kanji without his struggle to learn that it is okay to look the way he does AND be allowed to be weak! Naoto wouldn’t be SUCH an amazing detective prince without her having to go through her struggles of being female. Taking up Maruki’s offer means reversing every little bit of work they did. Being covered in fog and alone, humans cultivate themselves in very messed up ways- Exactly like Adachi. In order to hide better, Inaba got covered completely in fog. While not my favorite out of each bunch I am actually very familiar with Persona 4 and it’s plot! It’s philosophy stems straight from the fact that humans do not like things they are shameful of and they desperately try to shove things they do not like about themselves down.
