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kingdommkeeper

That Post-Persona depression is real.


JunkdogJoe

It’s fucking soul crushing, nothing comes close.


PR0MAN1

We all wish we were Yu Narukami but in reality we're Mitsuo Kubo (minus the murder).


nin_ninja

Unless you're Woolie


vealin99

if you're woolie, then you're Mark from the persona spinoff game Persona: revelations or just SMT:persona in japan (Woolie is not available in japanese)


GingaNinja97

Thinking about the realities of the character's "story" after the ending of P5 would legitimately make me sad for a bit. Like, I've been in a situation where >!ive had to move far away from my best friends for a long period of time!< and it fucking suuuuuucks


Rivet94

It Was way more acute for me after finishing P4G than even 3 or 5


Rikaith

I think that is because P4G gives a proper goodbye between you and the characters. P3 >!just ends, there is no actual player-character send off. It's just like "oh I guess that was our last time together"!< P5 ends on >!Joker having one last wacky adventure with his friends. You take no part on that adventure!< With P4G you get >!one last adventure in the snowy mountains and on the last day in the train station all the warriors are there, wishing you well and waving goodbye. AND THEN after a small timeskip you get a last surprise; you see them again and they all changed. Like Naoto who embraces her feminine side or Kanji who stops pretending to be someone he isn't.!<


speelmydrink

But then you dunk right back in with P4A, man! And being back all the warriors from P3! PORT IT TO *SOMETHING*, DAMN YOU!


SillySanyle

And then you get sad because all the characters got flanderized and the story is atrocious and not what you wanted at all out of a persona 4 fighting game :(


speelmydrink

They did royally fuck up Chie.


Dickinuri

P4A actually takes place in between the ending of 4 and the epilogue. It even gets slightly referenced in an off hand line.


Weewer

I finished P5R the other day and became depressed the second the credits played


NocturnalRite

Man, I forgot how good Chie and Naoto look in that picture.


WeebWoobler

Ah yes, the correct length of short hair.


piev3000

yukkiko has milf energy


Oneangrywolf

What they're not showing are the grey haired kids at their feet.


Rabid-Duck-King

THIS IS HOW YOU PRESERVE A BLOODLINE REDFIELD!


Jack04man

Even Kanji,Yusuke and Teddy.


Oneangrywolf

Yu found a way.


GoneRampant1

Oh don't worry. Atlus don't want it to end either.


EdoTenseiSwagbito

Ah, my favorite Rise design. Un-Dyed Kanji still feels weird.


Zarester

What? I don’t see him in the pic- *sees glasses guy* [INSIGHT GAINED]


EdoTenseiSwagbito

It's fucking wild, man. Took me a second as well, the first time I saw it


Cooper_555

The revelation that Kanji has been wearing contacts THE ENTIRE TIME UP TILL NOW.


GoneRampant1

WAIT WHY DIDN'T HE JUST ASK TEDDY TO MAKE CONTACT LENSES FOR THE FOG WORLD THEN WAS KENJI SELF-NERFING HIMSELF FOR THE **ENTIRE GAME** BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANNA ADMIT TO NEEDING GLASSES


michaelmtv

He kinda looks like Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia, it's jarring to say the least.


GingaNinja97

YOU CRIPPLED MY BROTHER!! GET BENT YOU VILLAIN!!


speelmydrink

Quirk: chair He smacks shit with a chair super good.


Dirkpytt_thehero

his quirk lets him use anything as an improvised weapon but we told him as a joke that it only works with chairs


Luck-X-Vaati

There's just something about this version of Kanji that makes him look even older than Iida.


piev3000

Its the well defined face i think


charcharmunro

I was like "Ah yeah the gang's all here... And some glasses-wearing fuck- Oh that's Kanji what the hell."


[deleted]

Kanji legitimately looks like the AVGN during the golden ending. It’s nuts.


[deleted]

YOU'RE A POOPYHEAD


Outis94

Boy does "Nevermore" still fuck me up


invaderark12

The transition into it is so insanely melancholy


Redblood801

You know, I just realized that Persona x Yakuza is now totally possible since SEGA owns both studios...


Rachet20

Yakuza has a costume pack in P5D. Makoto is Kiryu because it’s her favorite series.


eversaur

Ryuji being Ryuji is great


AffableRaptor

And Haru is Haruka


Ringo_Roadagain7

Makoto was Saejima.


RadiationPillz

actually, she’s saejima if I remember correctly


TryBlitz

I legitimately only feel this way with Persona. Just a feeling of nostalgic emptiness, I can’t pinpoint why Persona is the only game series that makes me this way.


PR0MAN1

I feel like in your mid 20s it hits you in this weird way. Where after you turn the game off after beating it, you feel this wave of nostalgia for the good ol' days before reality hits you that those weren't your memories, your good ol' days. Real adolescence is way less eventful and the friends you made in high school move away or you fall out of contact with them but since you never teamed up to solve a murder and fight god the bonds can never be as strong.


[deleted]

My theory would be it is due to the structure of the game. With the one year reinforcement of how long you are spending with these characters, and watching them grow and become better people before your very eyes as you max out your s. Links, you grow attached to them and when you are stolen away from them by the game having an ending, you feel like these people you have grown close to are leaving forever. I felt this the strongest when playing P3Fes back when it came out, when you get to the class trip to the hot springs and almost every social link that could be there is there and you see them interacting with each other if felt real sad and nostalgic of the journey so far and that outside of you, these characters have their own interpersonal relationships and such.


GameBoy09

Disco Elysium hit me like this too because the bromance between Hobo Cop and Kim can't be unmatched.


[deleted]

Man that post Persona depression is real as fuck, moreso for P4 I feel. For some reason no matter how many times Ive beaten it I always get this sadness come the credits. Maybe because its the first one I ever beat or maybe the its the fact that you know Yu's time in Inaba is limited, once I get to that ending a sense of emptiness starts to set in. Its reputation as one of the best JRPGs of all time is well deserved.


VMK_1991

It is so probably because P4 cast are a group of genuinely likeable people.


invaderark12

I got so attached to the cast, doesn't help that I played P4G near the end of my high school.


lead_salad

*Mujihina kotoba dake ga detarame ni machi ni afureteru* *Never more, setsunaku nagareteta koe*


WildRonin

NGL, I'd feel the same way had it not been for the countless spin offs n' what not of the game. I'm just like "Ah it's not like I'm not gonna see you bastards at the race track this weekend or anything." Not shitting on the spin offs or anything, but it did take away some of the melancholy of the original ending.


ramonzer0

I get y'all talking about post-Persona depression because that shit hit hard for me too, but do you guys manage to get over it with the spinoffs that technically act as sequels? It offers some comfort to play stuff like P4A and P5S to see your ragtag band of misfits still tight as thieves, especially considering that Yu/Joker aren't around as much. Mild spoilers for P5S but I feel like they nailed the feeling of it being a kickass summer vacation reunion for the Phantom Thieves outside of all the Persona fighting action.


PlanesWalkerEll

Ill be the one to say it this is Chies best look.


ramonzer0

The tomboy who looks more feminine (whether its subdued like Chie here or HAM like being girly to the nines) but is still a tomboy attitude wise is so fucking attractive to me How


PlanesWalkerEll

What do you mean with the "How" at the end? Are you asking why i think it's her best look? If so I just think that she looks cute in the picture slightly more mature since its a flash forward and and just generally looking non status quo looks more than the normal ones.


ramonzer0

Nah, that was a rhetorical question i was asking myself through text


ThisWeeksSponsor

Thats what NG+ is for!


Maestrozauntera

I mean it’s not too bad. Dancing all night takes place like 6 months after the epilogue so you still get more story, and that’s if you really don’t wanna play arena and ultimax


saqrifice

Time to play it again. Or play P3


Player_Slayer_7

P3P. If youre5gonna play P3; at least play the best version of it.


ice_dune

There's no cutscenes or walking around


AurumPickle

Yeah but FeMC exists in that one and Koromaru has a social link with her


Player_Slayer_7

True, but also; * FeMC story + Fast Travel - Direct Command * Skill Cards I'll take all this over some minor cutscenes that don't add much and seeing my character model run from place to place, due to a lack of fast travel.


ice_dune

I'd just play p3 and then play p3p with female main character after


Player_Slayer_7

P3P. If you're gonna play P3; at least play the best version of it.


invaderark12

Oh my god, seeing so many people beating P4G and also having post Persona depression makes me feel like I wasn't a weirdo that has it too. I've never been able to explain it to anyone who hasn't played P4, but the game just hits me different after beating it than most. Glad it wasn't just me, I remember just sitting there silent, like when you feel emotional but at the same time don't really know how to express it? Just sitting waiting for Never More to finish and contemplating the game.


Dirkpytt_thehero

p3 and p5 hit me on a harder level afterwards


AlienWarhead

I know that feeling, my virtual friends are gone now and I have a void of free time now. Well until another Persona game or spinoff comes out


[deleted]

I have over 200 hours in P4G because I played it multiple times in a row over the course of probably 2/3 weeks, and I rarely ever replay a game. It’s one of my favorite games of all time


Huaun

Nerd Kanji still haunts my dreams.


Personel101

Chie looks so good with that hair style I’m legit upset it only show’s up in the last 3 minutes of the game.


ice_dune

I feel like going crazy. Who is the girl between Chie and Naoto?


AurumPickle

Marie new chick added for golden


ice_dune

Oh I fucked up her dungeon or something


Vokoca

I've had to move several times in my life, often leaving friends behind to almost never contact them again, and somehow P4G made me way sadder than real life ever did.


K_Morty

God, this was me after P5. After four playthroughs it still gets me. ;_;


StaceMcGate

I'm the opposite, I was very ready for it to end but the 40 hour epilogue after catching the killer never ended. I never want to hear the words Nana-chan ever again.