#MARUKI PERSONA 5 ROYAL PS4#
I sat down every night, booted up my PS4 (or Switch with Strikers), and hung out with my fictional friends, the casts of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers. In a time where people were (and are) getting sick and dying from the coronavirus, and humanity felt collective grief, these games provided an escape for me. Royal came out early on in the pandemic and Strikers came out a year into it. I played both of these games during this pandemic.
#MARUKI PERSONA 5 ROYAL FREE#
The Phantom Thieves argue continually throughout both games that a reality without free will is in no way the answer to addressing suffering, as humanity would no longer be able to face the joys of life that occur before, during, and after suffering. Both games position you, the protagonist and leader of the Phantom Thieves, as the driving force opposing their plans. In doing so however, they eliminate human will and the freedom to choose and change. Both of these characters wish to create alternate realities where humanity no longer needs to suffer. In both games, a central theme is the suffering of humanity and how we go about addressing it. Through the events of the game, EMMA gains power and becomes a god whose directive is to grant humanity’s desires, by releasing humanity from its desires to end humanity’s suffering. Frustrated by this, she then creates another AI named EMMA, asking instead if humanity requires hearts. Curious as to what a heart is, she creates the AI, Sophia, who then questions her about her own heart.
She shuts her emotions down due to unknown circumstances, but when her parents die, she starts to be perceived as a heartless doll by everyone she encounters. Kuon Ichinose (referred to as Ichinose in-game and here) experiences her trauma when her parents die. From there, he gains power through the events of the game and attempts to create a reality where humans no longer have to suffer, living in his fabricated reality. Maruki, in extreme grief, makes a deal with a mysterious entity (who we find out is his Persona, Azathoth), to manipulate Rumi’s cognition purging her of her traumatic memories and the memories she shared with him. Maruki in-game but as Maruki here), experiences his trauma when the parents of his fiancée, Rumi, are murdered during a home invasion, and Rumi herself is injured, falling into episodes of post-traumatic stress. A well-meaning researcher experiences trauma and decides to study the heart, ultimately resulting in them striving to rid the world of suffering and pain. There’s no doubting the similarities between the plotlines of both Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers.
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