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Holy shit... Someone said it... Someone FINALLY FUCKING SAID IT!!!!

Like... I've gotten so, so damn TIRED of people bringing it up almost every few days or even every month. It just gradually made me not as passionate about Ryuji over time to the point of finding him overrated and I hate that because I legitimately love the character but god damn... I'm already stressed enough because of working during the holidays, I don't need to hear discourse # 1,000,000,000 about that stupid scene. People really fucking need to move on imo. It's bad, I agree, I get it. Can we just talk about something else instead of beating a dead horse?

Before anyone asks, I didn't find it at all funny but the 1st half wasn't exactly bad and I can understand why they got mad at him. I actually thought he was kind of a dick for saying that Ann doesn't look cute when she cries because I remember being made fun of for being emotional/crying to the point where I developed a habit of bottling it up for years, so I fully understood Ann's response. What he said just really pushed my buttons so much regardless of intent. It didn't help that instead of maybe apologizing or a simple, "Crap, bad timing! My bad guys!" he just doubles down and tries to make excuses which made them madder.

Oh and people LOVE to CONVENIENTLY leave that part out because Ryuji would never! They got mad for no reason! Bull! Shit!

That aside it really just should have ended with a hug instead of a beating really since that was still very disproportionate and unnecessary. Or the anime's version of it at least. Or hell if they want to make it comedic, have a chase start as it fades to black with dialogue showcasing them going from mad to just laughing and starting to cheer up, Ryuji included. Easy! Just pretend those ideas happened! Or again the anime since we can pretend that it's an anime cutscene. There! Problem solved; can we talk about something else? Please!

persona 5 hot take but that one scene after Shido's palace is blown WAAY out of proportion by the fandom. its literally just an anime gag, which persona 5 is. its an anime game with anime jokes.

granted its not a particularly funny joke, its not even a joke i particularly think was warranted or funny myself, but the absolute HATRED towards that one scene is SO OVERBLOWN i honestly cant understand it

So do you ever reach the sad realization that the possible reason Maruki doesn't have stubble in his Palace is because all of his primary trauma and hardships along with his vow to Azathoth and Rumi started back when he was a college student (when he didn't have any) so that along with the white outfit resembling a mixture of a priest and a lab researcher is a visual representation of him continuing to cling onto the past by looking younger as well as any remaining innocence he had? And then when he starts to look more filthy and unkempt in the final phase, he looks more like his present self a bit which can represent him being exposed to the harsh reality and how much he's hurting both himself and unwittingly others? Well I just did...

Why did I recently realize that Sumi tying the ribbon back in her hair when officially joining the group actually kinda parallels to when she did it during her first session with Maruki but the contexts are different??

"Dr. Maruki, I... I want to become Kasumi." || "I want to live life as Sumire!"

I'm honestly having trouble grasping why people want the ribbon to be replaced besides "she's still clinging onto/dependent on her sister" which... Is not why she chose that? She even spells it out at the end of her SL: It's in memory of her sister along with her newfound promise and resolve. This is part of why her putting it back on works for me and not a sign of dependence on Kasumi.

Especially since having it all the way down just showcases her depression and mental state so it's like... Huh?

I can see it materializing her outfit being a mix of her admiration to Joker and her growing newfound promise to Kasumi. Cendrillon being brought back with Kasumi's spirit can kinda support that too imo.

Sure, a redesign would still be a massive improvement but still it's more about that particular bit and the ribbon which commonly used in criticisms and arguments. Idk, it just works somehow despite the writing issues and a lovely parallel!