6/21/23
Me:
Me: its tiem
Me: bitch
Paul: Ooh are you playing P5?
Paul: Warning: it becomes retarded halfway through.
Paul: Well it's Japanese so.... Obviously.
Me: Main character’s backstory is he’s a social pariah for preventing a rape so starting off regarded as well.
Me: HIGHLY regarded by those in the video gaming community that is!
Paul: 3 felt very dry.
Me: Yeah I gave up.
Me: Maybe the remake will be better.
Paul: 5 has more verve and heart.
Paul: And it sounds and looks incredible.
Paul: I adore the battle theme.
Paul: Unfortunately idk they got too ambitious with the plot? And the characters are lame compared to 4 IMO.
Me: Lame but so far also the same. The funnie best friend character, famous professional model with pigtails, talking animal sidekick from the Shadow Realm, gruff-voiced surrogate father figure.
Paul: Idk I don't find any of the girls interesting, except maybe the older women.
Paul: This is really the litmus test of a good Japanese game.
Paul: Supposedly 2 is lots of fun.
Me: Very problematic to make a game where you can fuck your teacher tbh.
Me: Someone needs to report Japan to the ACLU.
Me: Can’t wait for the gay panic comic relief.
Me: bitch
Paul: Ooh are you playing P5?
Paul: Warning: it becomes retarded halfway through.
Paul: Well it's Japanese so.... Obviously.
Me: Main character’s backstory is he’s a social pariah for preventing a rape so starting off regarded as well.
Me: HIGHLY regarded by those in the video gaming community that is!
Paul: 3 felt very dry.
Me: Yeah I gave up.
Me: Maybe the remake will be better.
Paul: 5 has more verve and heart.
Paul: And it sounds and looks incredible.
Paul: I adore the battle theme.
Paul: Unfortunately idk they got too ambitious with the plot? And the characters are lame compared to 4 IMO.
Me: Lame but so far also the same. The funnie best friend character, famous professional model with pigtails, talking animal sidekick from the Shadow Realm, gruff-voiced surrogate father figure.
Paul: Idk I don't find any of the girls interesting, except maybe the older women.
Paul: This is really the litmus test of a good Japanese game.
Paul: Supposedly 2 is lots of fun.
Me: Very problematic to make a game where you can fuck your teacher tbh.
Me: Someone needs to report Japan to the ACLU.
Me: Can’t wait for the gay panic comic relief.
7/4/23
Paul: Bug eyes for bug men.
Paul: How is Persona 5?
Me: I was stuck in the first dungeon for a while because they’re stupidly huge and unlike P4 you apparently can’t return to them to hunt for collectibles after you beat them. Not too much fun but almost immediately after finishing it it picked up again. When I have more time to play I’m excited to get back into it.
Me: About to go expose the statutory rapist gym teacher to the whole school!
Paul: Spoilers he kills himself in prison.
Me: What's worse than being raped? Probably being raped on top of a bed of hot coals.
Me: One thing I was confused by though is the talking cat is named Morgana, code named Mona in the Shadow World, and clearly voiced by a woman. I assumed it was a female character until several hours into the game someone called it “he.” I guess because he simps for the hot girl and the Japanese were afraid to have a lesbian talking anthropomorphic cat?
Paul: Idk man it's probably just a woman doing a cute animal's voice.
Paul: Ash from Pokémon's voice actress was a woman, it happens.
Me: Most of the Rugrats too.
Me: Morgana and Mona are feminine names afaik but maybe the Japanese didn’t know.
Paul: You're not wrong there.
Me: The whole gym teacher plot was kind of comical, they make it out to be this huge abuse scandal like Jerry Sandusky raping kids in the shower room but apparently he was actually just physically beating his students and like throwing dodgeballs at them?? It was never really sexual abuse, he’s just physically beating up the volleyball team lmao.
Me: But then he’s also coercing underage girls into sex at the same time.
Me: Why not that just stick with that?
Paul: The Japanese don't know when to stop.
Paul: How is Persona 5?
Me: I was stuck in the first dungeon for a while because they’re stupidly huge and unlike P4 you apparently can’t return to them to hunt for collectibles after you beat them. Not too much fun but almost immediately after finishing it it picked up again. When I have more time to play I’m excited to get back into it.
Me: About to go expose the statutory rapist gym teacher to the whole school!
Paul: Spoilers he kills himself in prison.
Me: What's worse than being raped? Probably being raped on top of a bed of hot coals.
Me: One thing I was confused by though is the talking cat is named Morgana, code named Mona in the Shadow World, and clearly voiced by a woman. I assumed it was a female character until several hours into the game someone called it “he.” I guess because he simps for the hot girl and the Japanese were afraid to have a lesbian talking anthropomorphic cat?
Paul: Idk man it's probably just a woman doing a cute animal's voice.
Paul: Ash from Pokémon's voice actress was a woman, it happens.
Me: Most of the Rugrats too.
Me: Morgana and Mona are feminine names afaik but maybe the Japanese didn’t know.
Paul: You're not wrong there.
Me: The whole gym teacher plot was kind of comical, they make it out to be this huge abuse scandal like Jerry Sandusky raping kids in the shower room but apparently he was actually just physically beating his students and like throwing dodgeballs at them?? It was never really sexual abuse, he’s just physically beating up the volleyball team lmao.
Me: But then he’s also coercing underage girls into sex at the same time.
Me: Why not that just stick with that?
Paul: The Japanese don't know when to stop.
Paul:
Paul: They're not subtle like us.
8/1/23
Me:
Me: Me going to confession.
Paul: The Japanese are a deeply religious race.
Me: They witnessed firsthand the power of the spear of Longpenis.
Paul: Is that in the Bible?
Me: That reminds me there’s a great scene in Oppenheimer where he’s delivering his congratulations speech to his cheering team after the first bomb and he says “We don’t know yet what exactly the bomb did, but I bet the Japanese didn’t like it!” and then all the ambient sound cuts out and you just hear a woman screaming.
8/19/24
Me: What did Atlust mean by this
Me: Why did they do this to me twice
Paul: Hahaha wow never noticed this.
Paul: Somebody on the writing team has a hard-on for police femmes.
Paul: Umm are you playing both at once?
Paul: Are you playing P4?
Paul: WHO IS BEST GIRL
Paul: (it's Chie)
Paul: Hold on, I seem top remember you already played that one.
Paul: Yeah like a year ago or two.
Me: I played P4 last yearrrrr.
Me: Yeah.
Paul: You went with Chie?
Me: Almost, then I went with Rise instead.
Me: Literally dodged a bullet.
Me: I’m certain I made that same joke last year.
Paul: You playing P5 now?
Me: Yes!
Me: It’s good!
Me: (But not as good.)
Paul: Very stylish but not as good a plot apparently.
Me: Not as good a plot, also miss the setting and atmosphere.
Me: Character dynamics aren’t as good either.
Me: At least the talking cat is less annoying than the talking bear though.
Paul: Teddy ruled.
Paul: He was the token gaijin.
Me: He should have stayed in the costume.
6/16/25
Me:
Me: Localization or cultural appropriation?
Paul: P5 created Trump.
Paul: Are you playing this one?
Me: I've been playing it for so long.
6/18/25
Me: I finally beat who has been the main antagonist for the first 100+ hours and looked up about how much time is left from that point. People say about another 40 hours.
Paul: But music good
Me: P4 had a great soundtrack, I’ll be honest 5’s hasn’t blown me away
Me:
Paul: I'm going to 🍇 Ann
Paul: and get her anime pregnant.
7/12/25
Me:
Me: Most persona fans are pedos anyway.
Paul: Anime is horny.
Paul: It's not pedophilia if a woman does it, and doubly not so if a hot anime does it.
Paul: get ur fax strate
Me: I was super pumped to fuck my anime teacher but they really hedged their bets by making you do all her social links with her annoying maid persona.
Me: She had to work at a maid cafe to pay her rent because she was being extorted by the parents of a former student who she inspired so hard that they died in a car crash or something (??)
Paul: Those bastards ripped off Dead Poets Society.
Paul: Yeah I feel like I would've anime-dated either the teacher or the evil nurse, but TBF I don't know any of the other girls... Foreign girl, and autistic screen girl? Not too interesting
Me: Which one is foreign girl?
Paul: Anne Takamalaki
Me: I liked autistic screen girl as a character but you would have to be some kind of sex criminal to want to date her.
Paul:
Paul: Yeah the maid thing was definitely overdoing it.
Paul: Even ANIME is more decadent and less exxciting than it used to be.
Paul: Who were the other gurlz?
Paul: The wife bought me a Switch, so I could get P5...but I liked P4 so much and it was so retro, idk I kind of don't want to play any of the others.
Paul: Oh wow are there THIS many??
Me: Yeah I think that’s all of them
Paul: This is where they send people like us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russky_Island
Paul: Rusky Island.
Me: Home of the Ruskies
Paul: lit just Russian Island in Russian
Paul: I love it
Me: Haru is boring and lame. Chihuahua is like a fake psychic college-aged girl who you can help to stop scamming people by pretending to be psychic or something. Hifumi is a chess player. Ohya is a trashy drunk reporter.
Me: Kasumi is cool but not romanceable until post-game
Paul: Ohya seemed fun but I still ike the nurse or teacher more
Paul: lol
Me: Makoto is P5 best girl
Paul: I'll look her up.
Paul: "As a result of her dad's advice, whenever she plays Shogi, she verbalizes her actions in a lively and animated roleplay of being ruler of a mythical kingdom."
Paul: hahahahaha fuck them all
Me: She just plays board games in a church because she’s depressed about her mom micro-managing her shogi career
Paul: #relatable
Paul: Happened to #metoo
Me: They just announced that they are remaking 4 as “Persona 4 Revival.” I don’t think I’ll play it though, I liked the old voice actors too much.
Paul: dude did you do P4? yeah I think I remember you did!!!
Paul: "Despite appearing prim and proper on the surface, Makoto is actually more of a tomboy: she's trained in aikido, enjoys violent action movies, never wears skirts other than her school uniform (which she wears leggings under) and seems to care little about fashion other than the headband she wears in her hair."
Paul: it's angry chie
Paul: I like it
Paul: I was a Chiebro in P4
Paul: Makoto's thief outfit looks great
Paul:
Paul: I always thought that looked like a dick
Paul: I knew it couldn't be but I couldn't think of what else it might be??
Me: Dick armor.
Paul: you DID play P4 though?
Me: Yes!
Me: I am a devoted congregant of the Church of Rise.
Paul: Oh really? You did Rise...a lot of people I wouldn't expect to do her, do Rise.
Me: Oh I did her all right.
Me:
7/26/25
Me: Okay final statistics: I finished P4 in 65 hours over one month and P5 in 137 hours over two years.
Me: I’ll let you know how P3 is when I complete it on my deathbed.
Paul: I will never play P5 I think...too gay.
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