yourstraightforwardnessisquiteaggressive

@Snip3rfall

3 жыл бұрын

Bro that hits the spot so well when he says that

@Snip3rfall

3 жыл бұрын

Gives me goosebumps gosh damn

@oinka

3 жыл бұрын

that messed up with the timing of my brain

@FazPersona

3 жыл бұрын

Same lmaoo

@PurpleStarryGalaxy

3 жыл бұрын

I like this line for some reason

Robbie Daymond's voice makes this scene gold, the way he said "but it's how I FEEL, so there's nothing I can do about it," just hits so well on a personal level.

@DLxxx

3 жыл бұрын

Facts. That line is one of the most relatable things I've ever heard in a story like this, and it sums up Akechi's feelings in this scene beautifully (probably my favorite part)👌

@bessieburnet9816

3 жыл бұрын

Robbie's voice acting makes an already spectacularly well written character even better. I wonder what he would have done with Hubert's voice if his arc, development and character depth were made more clear.

@alleycat2297

3 жыл бұрын

his voice GIVES ME CHILLS

@elicenyne

Жыл бұрын

on a Persona level

The happy "see you" is so out of place I love it

@EricMcNugget

3 жыл бұрын

It's not out of place at all for Akechi

@Sabiyori

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t out of place uwu

I’m kinda disappointed this didn’t make it in in some form, maybe just as a normal story event and not as his awakening. Him talking about how he missed his revenge was interesting, I feel this conversation would’ve fleshed out Akechi a bit more during the third semester, and show why he despised Maruki so much, since he reminded him of Shido. Also really interesting that they voiced this as well.

@oldchannelforayoungstupidf2649

3 жыл бұрын

That's honestly something I don't quite understand. Akechi thinks Dr. Maruki is the same as Shido, but Shido's intentions were to hurt anybody and everybody to get what he wanted, while Dr. Maruki only wanted to put an end to everyone's hurting by creating a new reality. I must be missing something because I see no real similarities between Shido and Maruki here. They both look and act just as different as day and night.

@kichiroumitsurugi4363

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldchannelforayoungstupidf2649 The idea is they both want to reshape the world on a grand scale. Maruki may do it without ill intention, but Akechi believes that the result would be no different than with Shido

@thekidintheredhoodie2374

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldchannelforayoungstupidf2649 The similarity between the two is that, like Shido, Maruki wants to change the world on a grand scale HIS way, regardless of how other people might feel. The only real difference between them is what their end goals were. Maruki's goals, on the surface, seem a lot more altruistic than Shido's, but if you stop and look at the ways that both Maruki and Shido went about trying to achieve these goals, and the mindset that they have when faced with opposition, you can kinda see how they're similar. With both characters, there's no consideration (at least from what I was able to gleam when playing) for the consequences of their actions, and how it affects the people around them. Shido manipulated people around him (ie. Akechi, the SIU director, etc.) through threats and promises of power. Maruki manipulates literally everyone in Japan after he awakens to his Persona, and even before that, he manipulates Sumire by using his power on her to make her think that she's her dead sister, and manipulates Joker into assisting him with his research by playing dumb about him being able to use the Metaverse. Also, when Joker, Akechi and Sumire enter his palace for the first time in the third semester, he intentionally re-traumatizes Sumire by showing her a memory (that he made her repress using his powers btw) of her sister dying in front of her, in an attempt to get her on his side. I think the actions he takes with Sumire are particularly striking examples of the similarity, because you can clearly see that Maruki has no problem doing it as long as he believes that it will help him achieve "total happiness". In essence, both characters don't have any consideration for the consequences of HOW they try to achieve their goals. It's their way or the highway, and they'll do whatever they need to to get it. Hopefully this helps clear some stuff up

@kichiroumitsurugi4363

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekidintheredhoodie2374 Maruki is basically giving others what they want, but not what they actually need.

@jj_grabes

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekidintheredhoodie2374 Yeah, don’t forget Maruki was willing to put Ren in an enternal sleep if it meant his goals could be realized. Or even using Sumire, a suicidally depressed teenager, while validating her feelings of worthlessness and convincing her no one truly cared about her. For good reasons or not, those acts are reprehensible. I’d argue that Maruki is up there with Shido and Yaldabaoth in capacity for atrocious acts.

I presume this was meant to have taken place after first visiting Maruki's Palace due to the lack of note regarding the other Phantom Thieves and at this stage it fits in with Akechi's demeanor towards the player. I can only assume the reason they cut this version is because is MASSIVELY gives away the reason Maruki bought Akechi.

@Nyxie6666

Жыл бұрын

can i ask what you mean by why maruki brought back akechi because i cant figure it out

@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective

Жыл бұрын

@@Nyxie6666 Well bud, the answer to that question has slightly changed with new details on the 25th anniversary. But the long story short is Maruki assumed he had bought Akechi back from the dead and the reason he did that was to try and strongarm Joker into accepting his reality. Specifically because Joker had huge regrets for how their final encounter ended. However, the 25th anniversary interviews massively hinted at the fact Akechi did actually survive.

@syche2688

Жыл бұрын

@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective Sorry, can you please explain about anniversary interviews hinting at Akechi's survival? I read through the one posted on personacentral's blog and found nothing on it. I only know there is an old interview where it's stated that Maruki assumed Akechi was dead without actually knowing it.

@TheDracolordian

Жыл бұрын

Still didn’t stop my mom from guessing it the second Aketchi came back

@unknowed5048

3 ай бұрын

This dialogue is also removed probably because of balance reasons. Imagine destroying shadows in both Mementos (Lavanza and Reaper) and Maruki's palace with REBELLION BLADE.

What Akechi said: "I simply can't lose to you again." What I heard: "I simply can't lose you again."

@vobz321

Жыл бұрын

what you heard is EXACTLY what he said

@theanonymouschicken169

Жыл бұрын

@@vobz321 one is 😐 The other is 😏

Akechi during the whole Maruki Arc actually made me cry and its really hard for that to happen

I love how he acknowledges that his plan to take down Shido was actually kind of stupid and would had ultimately end up in his dead anyway. But he doesn't care "Are you saying I'm being illogical with this? I'm well awere'' ''But, it's how i feel, so there's nothing I can do about it'' This lines really make me admire Akechi's determination and honesty to stick to his ideals, even if they costs him his life (Like later with Maruki in 2/2). And I love how much he trusts Joker with this personal stuff. It really shows how much his friendship/rivalry with Joker matters to him. Also, Robbie Daymond's voice acting is the icing on the cake here! He is amazing!!

@imbibitorlunae813

3 жыл бұрын

I also like how those lines in particular are similar to the lyrics being sung at the jazz club, in the song "No More What If's". It's basically Akechi's perspective, there's no doubt about it but its easy to miss if you don't pay attention to the song at first

GOD THIS ONE IS SO GOOD TOO??? Like, okay, yes, original is good and angsty and it did it's job of making me feel very empathetic towards him. But this one???? It's good in the sense that they actually feel like they're friends! Or rivals. He actually gets somewhat of a conclusion in regards to Shido's downfall outside of the thieves den, and that he actually knows that he's being stupid and emotional when he gets jealous of Joker for beating Shido It feels more like a last (albeit very sassy and JEALOUS) farewell in Akechi's favourite jazz club rather than a sort of "oh hey I'm boutta leave leblanc but lemme unload all my anger about this reality before i go". I imagine that they got rid of this because they probably wanted to make Akechi's awakening automatic and they probably couldn't wiggle in a trip to the jazz club into the story. I just think this one fits more to Akechi's character, personally. (Also, can I just say 0:19, 1:03 and 2:17 ARE SO GOOD? Robbie, you're killing me with your voice acting MY LORD. We love Joker and Akechi rival dynamics in this household.)

@jj_grabes

3 жыл бұрын

I also can honestly see this one still fitting with the direction the game ultimately ended up going story-wise. Maybe Akechi just invited Ren to chat after dealing with Sumire to thank him for dealing with Shido, which is how he awakens to Hereward.

I think the part I love best about this scene is just how... HONEST Akechi is being about his feelings here. He's not afraid to address his history with the protagonist, he's not afraid to thank him, and he's not afraid to admit that he's still bitter about some things (even though he'd much rather not be). Similar to the scene we got in the final version, it feels like I can truly respect and trust his integrity here.. for the first time. In fact, he's being even more explicit about how he feels here compared to his talk with Joker in Leblanc, even if it's all still there through subtext (for example, he says outright here that Maruki is no different than Shido in his eyes, but it's only heavily implied that this is how he feels in the final version). _"Nostalgic, eh? _*_*chuckles*_*_ You very well could be right. I'm remembering things that are a bit too bitter for me though..."_ _"Boy you are honest to a fault, aren't you?"_ _"Sorry, but I don't see it as a favor to me. If anything it's the exact opposite. After all, I lost my one shot at revenge."_ I love how Akechi's apology here is a genuine one. He wants to be wholly grateful to Joker for keeping his promise, but he can't control his jealousy and bitterness for not being the one take down Shido himself, even if it doesn't make total sense for him to still be hung up over it now. As he says: _"Are you saying I'm being illogical with this? I'm well aware."_ _"I know this isn't the reaction I'd usually have. But it's how I feel, so there's nothing I can do about it."_ This line in particular really sums up the scene best for me. One major change from the original comes toward the end: _"You're straightforwardness is quite aggressive. Actually it's to the point of irritation. I genuinely cannot comprehend how you live your life like that.. After speaking with you here though, I've come to a realization. I will never accept this form of reality. I'm done being manipulated. "_ Unlike in the final version, where Akechi is shown to already be unwavering and "aggressive" with his own resolve from the start (showing that he learned to stay true to his most honest principles during his last moments on Shido's ship, and thus tries his best to convince the protagonist not to abandon his ideals either), here it seems like he was inspired through their conversation after witnessing _Jokers_ conviction and straightforward mindset against Maruki's reality, rather than the other way around. In that sense, it's much more in-line with the other Phantom Thieves' third awakenings. Either way, he ends the conversation firmly declaring that his days of being a pawn are over. Very much an echo of his final words on Shido's ship (especially when looking at the original japanese diologue of that moment). "So, my final enemy is the puppet that I used to be. Not bad.."

@rebekahwolkiewicz449

2 жыл бұрын

Can you explain your point about the history confession? I’m not sure I understand what you mean… Akechi in this versus in the final version? Akechi is just too confusing… I can’t fathom a character with no remorse and when does he thank Joker for his actions other than a blink and miss it momentos conversation…

@shcoolshcoter5276

2 жыл бұрын

No one reading all this

@TheDeathOmen

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why honestly while this is good, the one they went with is so much better. Back in Persona 3, the SEES’s casts 3rd awakenings all came as a result of the plot and their own development rather than the protagonist being the one who does it by arbitrarily by reaching Rank 10 in their Social Links or Confidants and all the next persona awakenings. It makes the characters feel so much more alive and real when they can develop and grow outside of the protags influence, obviously there is influence even in 3, but less so that it makes it feel everyone is dependent on the protag. Akechi having this firmly rooted desire in his heart to stay true to his convictions to no longer be manipulated and have his free will be stripped away by living in a fantasy world concocted by someone else being alive due to outside influence rather than being alive because of his own decisions… It makes that resonate so much stronger than Joker inspiring Akechi to resolve himself to that. It feels much more organic and makes Akechi seem much more alive for it. Honestly this has a lot of great ideas in it, things they should’ve taken and kept, but overall in its current form this unused awakening was definitely better off unused since it feels to me to hurt his character more than it added. Even with the great bits of speaking of his revenge against Shido, him feeling bitter because of it even if he doesn’t want to, his serious respect for Joker, speaking of the confidant they added that that had the glove being thrown moment. It’s a great culmination of their relationship but at the same time harms a bit more because it boils down to ‘Joker causes final development in character’ that’s been rehashed since Persona 4 and makes it feel the characters are just dependent on him

@DLxxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebekahwolkiewicz449 Apologies for the late reply (KZread doesn't notify me when I get responses to my comments), but to answer your question: by "history" I meant things like Akechi getting openly nostalgic about their previous visits to the Jazz Club, recalling their final meeting on Shido's ship, and reminding us of the promise for a rematch we made during his confidant. He thanks you, without hesitation, at 0:22 during this unused version of his third awakening. That's what I was referring to mainly, but also yeah, he does do this in Momentos as well.

@kimberlybrown22

Жыл бұрын

@@shcoolshcoter5276I… I did read all of it…😰

I think this would have worked better if it wasn’t his third awakening, and took place shortly before the real infiltration of Maruki’s Palace with the team. Having reconciliation with Joker and Akechi, while he talks about his feelings regarding Shido is great, but it’s only tangentially related to this arc, and doesn’t really work for a third awakening because there isn’t really a big event that causes it, it feels like Akechi just decides to get another Persona just... because. So, if I was making this game, I would keep the first half of this scene and put it earlier, but keep the final version of Akechi’s third awakening as is.

To be honest, I like more his awakening at 2/2 right after talking with Maruki. I wasn't expecting him to have a 3rd form for his Persona, so seeing him suddenly evolve after making my choice to face the final palace no matter the cost hit extremely hard. It made me realise... Akechi was scared. He harbored doubts like all the others, but just hid it. He needed someone to support his decision, to tell him rejecting Maruki's offer and giving up his life was the right choice and he asked Joker to be that person. And when he was reassured and embraced the sacrifice he was about to make, he had his 3rd awakening. I love his 3rd persona too. It looks dark like Loki, but its heroic like Robin Hood, it is an anti-hero and it reflects Akechi finally finding his own justice. With your help, which I'm sure would piss him off if he realised it.

robbie daymond's voice is really attractive and i think it messes with my perception of akechi in the best way

@Riku2293

4 ай бұрын

TO BE HONEST YEAHHH

ngl akechi is probally the most well written character ive seen so far in P5R

@MariusBoss11458

10 ай бұрын

Definitely. Like him or hate him. You can't deny that he's the best written character.

The song always makes the mood better

@FazPersona

3 жыл бұрын

Wanted to change the song because having gentle madman in the background ruins the scene lmao

@lambert2301

3 жыл бұрын

Oof lmao

@stevenpham1044

3 жыл бұрын

@@lambert2301 what’s the song called again? My brain is just empty right now

@aasinitall

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenpham1044 it’s called alley cat :)

@alleycat2297

3 жыл бұрын

alley cat is so nice and always sets the mood

Sadly this scene replaces Akechi’s most important scene (him putting the world and his freedom beyond the possibility of losing his existence). I’m glad I saw this but I can see why it was cut.

some people would say that him not being grateful for Joker doing his "favor" means that he's still ungrateful for Joker. Which is a lie. It's completely logical to think that you would've massively preferred to do the thing you've been planning from 3 years without wavering your conviction than a new opportunity given to you out of nowhere, sure, you wouldn't say that aloud, but I'm sure that no one would be grateful for someone doing what you've been trying to do for the last 3 years, even if you asked them to do so. You wouldn't feel exactly satisfied. Akechi's very straightforward and doesn't mince his feelings, so it's only logical he wouldn't mince that part of his feelings, he knows it's illogical but he can't do anything about it, which is true for many of our thoughts as humans. And Akechi is still grateful for Joker, I mean here he says that talking with him gives him great resolve and insight, it infuriates him but it also intrigues him. Joker's a great person for Akechi, who is his antithesis yet is willing to hear the thesis without any hatred or ill-will. PS: AHHH HE REMEMBERED THE GLOVE YESSSS.

@zobozo5059

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely this! If I was akechi, I would be bitter if I was working to get revenge on shido for like the past 2 years and I didn't get to be the one to take him down. Like thanks for doing so but also thanks for making me waste 2 years of my life lmao

@jj_grabes

3 жыл бұрын

Plus, he has a moment in Mementos where he does thank the Phantom Thieves for taking Shido down in his stead. Despite his clear wishes to do it himself, he still felt the need to thank them for keeping their word.

@zobozo5059

3 жыл бұрын

@@jj_grabes Exactly this! He's still thankful shido was taken down overall

"are you saying I'm being illogical about this? I'm well aware." that really hits different

Sucks they didn’t voice the awakenings

@bessieburnet9816

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr?! They're pivotal scenes!

@curlyfries6228

3 жыл бұрын

The only one who did was akechi 😩

@arjostarudo9406

3 жыл бұрын

And guess which Persona (Shin Megami Tensei) game has voice in awakening scenes? İts Persona 4/Golden!(includes the 3rd tier awakenings too!)

@todorokipicturebutitsusedb6756

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjostarudo9406 my disappointment is beyond your understanding

@lildrawhub1025

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjostarudo9406 The ONE part of P4G that is better than P5R...

1:35 is such a good exchange honestly. It really makes Akechi feel more relatable, I’m sure we all have moments where we know fully that we’re acting illogical but it’s just how we feel, so we can’t do much.

All hail Robbie Daymond! 🙌🏽

Akecki is best character in persona 5

@browhathow1397

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@jainrosalinda7524

3 жыл бұрын

Well no shit Sherlock

@gabrielwarren6054

3 жыл бұрын

That's a weird way to spell Yusuke

@AxRiderLegend

3 жыл бұрын

In Royale

@yordicheung6921

3 жыл бұрын

No he is overrated

Joker and Crow are my favorite anime rivals because it feels like a mix of the best parts of other anime rivals from Sasuke's desire for revenge and for Naruto to understand his pain, Kaiba's promise to defeat Yugi in a dual, Vegeta's pride and respect for Kakarot, Light and L's mental game of Chess, and Bakugo's irritation of Deku's ability to be surpass him. But what makes Akechi my favorite is because the ships are actually justified. Ok but in all seriousness it's also because of how Akechi always wanted to be a hero which is what his false atire represented and that he knew what he was doing was wrong but he believed that there was no turning back and if he met Ren years earlier maybe they wouldn't be forced to fight each other. If you want proof look for the P5A OVA Proof of Justice aka Joker missing his bf for 17 minutes

@TrivatorGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Also I'm not insulting any shippers... Only the toxic MHA ones

@Meowjocat

11 ай бұрын

@@TrivatorGamingHonestly idk how people think shipping Midoriya with someone that bullied/humiliated him in front of the class and told him to kill himself. It’s just messed up. Not only that I saw one that gross me tf out. It was Aizawa being shipped with Tsuyu. Like wtf is wrong with these people 💀🧍🏽‍♀️

@Meowjocat

11 ай бұрын

But I agree these two are like the best rivals just like with Narukami and Adachi. They have that rivalry that was just on mutual basis and when you get to know them probably they’re somewhat similar in a way.

Deep down. I still wish we had a final fight between Joker and Akechi. It would feel so carthatic to fight your "rival" after everything you both have been through.

I wonder why Atlus didn’t used this Awakening scene

@jewelvana

3 жыл бұрын

Because they had a better one that played into the story??? I love this scene too, but the one we got it definitely the better one

@DLxxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@jewelvana Yeah, this exactly. It's not that this scene was necessarily inadequate, but the final one we got highlighted Akechi's resolve and overall strengths as a person the best. Akechi telling Joker not to question his ideals even if it meant losing him was my absolute favorite scene of the character in the series (just ahead of his rank 8 confidant scene).

@FireBlitz

3 жыл бұрын

i wish they atleast kept the part that was unrelated to the awakening for when joker first went to the jazz club w him again but im guessing they left it out in order to make their relationship further left for interpretation by others

Wow, I always knew there as connection between Maruki and Shido in regards to ideals, and Akechi just proved my theory right.

@jj_grabes

2 жыл бұрын

I started to view Maruki more malevolently after learning about what he does to Ren in the bad ending, but this cut exchange cemented my newfound view of him. He is a villain in my mind no second thoughts.

This broke my heart, I would’ve loved if they used this as an awakening and 2/2 as a platform to tell the player that Akechi is Jokers wish

just when i thought i was done crying, i'm crying again

Pancake being this way makes him such a joy to spend time with

We really out here and gonna have another P5 release with cut content.

@marrowyoutube

3 жыл бұрын

a bunch of mashed together cut scenes? I'm here for it

@vanessachowjiaying4423

3 жыл бұрын

@@marrowyoutube technically, Scramble do use some of the cut out content concepts to a certain extent; viewing the targets sealed past, the breaking point that lead to distorted desires. Also Persona 4 Arena do use some of Persona 3 Drama CD mentioned events, even 2 pivotal characters are from the CDs; Labrys and Kikuno, later on have some place in the subsequent media.

@621Chopsuey

3 жыл бұрын

If/when they decide to do Persona 5 Strikers Ultimax, that would be the golden opportunity to utilize this among more cut Royal content in some shape or form.

Wish they had this. Akechi lays out in clear terms why Maruki is wrong and why his supposed helping of other people is actually not selfless but selfish

@jj_grabes

2 жыл бұрын

And I for 100% agree with him. If you’re willing to exploit a suicidally depressed teenager and take away someone’s will to do anything but sleep in the name of “kindness,” you’re a villain. No debate.

Honestly every time I see Akechi in the 3rd semester I wish they had made P5R canon and Akechi lives so we could have his sass throughout Strikers. It would’ve been sweet/hilarious to watch him heal and grow with the PTs and to watch the welcome home scene when Protag(Ren) comes back to Leblanc and watch him unenthusiastically use a party popper and be like “why did I let you all talk me into this?” Not to mention we’d get more “everyday (ruthless) Akechi” in the jails. I would’ve loved to watch him rip into Zeinkichi too. You know he’d diss him nonstop lol.

@emilysmith5360

2 жыл бұрын

Royal is canon, as is vanilla and Strikers.

@thatweirdgirl8466

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilysmith5360 you’d be surprised how many people take massive hissy fits saying Royal isn’t canon.

@emilysmith5360

2 жыл бұрын

@ThatWeirdGirl Oh, believe me I’ve seen them

@naos8116

2 жыл бұрын

There's little to suggest it isn't canon. There's just no real reason to mention it. Pretty much any loose end is tied and any character not present is accounted for.

@TitoMcFadden

2 жыл бұрын

@@naos8116 Agreed. Royal felt like the game Atlus wanted to make to begin with but ran out of time or resources to do so before the original release. In fact, I don't know of any reason to play the original P5 anymore. P5R is better in pretty much every way conceivable. What's more likely is that they started development on Strikers around the same time as Royal. They likely wanted to release both games back to back (which they pretty much did) to cash in on P5's success. So Omega Force likely had no idea what Atlus were planning to do with Akechi in Royal. In fact, I doubt they had much say in the story of P5S at all since it's an Atlus IP. So I don't think the story of P5S is indicative of what is and isn't canon. If they started development of Stikers after P5R, I think Akechi, Sumire, and Maruki would at least be mentioned in the game. TLDR: Omega Force couldn't make Strikers follow a story from a game that hadn't even been released yet so they followed the original P5 instead. That doesn't necessarily mean Royal isn't canon.

Ok, it's definitely an unused AWAKENING but this scene is definitely in the game. I took Akechi on a date to the jazz club after we secured the route to Maruki's treasure, and that's how I got it. I secured the route on 1/23, and after getting a massage from Kawakami so that I could wander around, I invited Akechi to the jazz club because I wanted to work on maxing his stats (in preparation for final Mementos grinding everyone to level 99). I got this exact scene, minus the awakening near the end. I stumbled upon it because I was trying to get his third awakening, so I went to the spot he hangout in Kichijoji to see if the opportunity would come up (I didn't know it would automatically happen later). I literally finished P5R early this morning (woo cryin' over P5R at 3am), and in watching this "unused" scene my first thought was "wait, I just saw this in game," and I've been playing super spoiler free and this was my first play through. The scene actually caught me off guard because I wasn't expecting a voiced dialog scene. He also leveled up and got 20 HP so it HAD to be 1/23 based on the drink selection that night. I took him on two additional dates after (1/26 and 1/27) to see if I'd get another voiced scene, but didn't.

@621Chopsuey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! I will make sure to bear this in mind on my next playthrough.

@aphaiknaime5920

2 жыл бұрын

SAME! I was watching this entire time thinking either I had got this full scene in my Playthrough or some of its dialogue was reused in a different scene. Glad to know I wasn’t just imagining things.

Imagine if Maruki had arranged to meet us at Jazz Jin on 2/2, and then we got _this_ scene instead of the Leblanc one. Don't get me wrong, the Leblanc scene is great in its own right, but this one...chills, man. Chills.

The amount of stuff that they made and removed for Akechi oh my lord. I'm just glad that Atlus kept this in the game files to keep it a topic of discussion.

This is why akechi is one of my top 5 favorite character in persona 5 From a anti hero to a villain to die as a hero. Give his rival his glove to remember him that one day he will has a rematched Akechi deserve better

Literally every line just gives me pure seratonin.

Damn they're in love.

@zobozo5059

3 жыл бұрын

That's how I feel lmao

@borisjohnson5417

3 жыл бұрын

Jazz club date

@VioletWisteria287

3 жыл бұрын

💯

Im going to cry now

I can't choose which awakening is better, I like this 1 cause Akechi says allot more and u have more dialogue choices but I feal the in game 1 fits the story better

I'm glad they went with the awakening they did, even if it means there's no time left to use hereward

The song. The frickin song. Whyyyy😭

I wish they used this after sending the calling card, it would be perfect if it was at that day

i get why they removed this but god i wished they put in the line about the glove

3:27 is it just me or is this little movement akechi does just adorable?

@akira_gojo

3 жыл бұрын

You're not alone, I find it very adorable too.

@letter6017

3 жыл бұрын

@@akira_gojo ✨✨✨protect him✨✨✨

@OmegaM3TE0R

Жыл бұрын

​@@letter6017 I don't think he needs protection, rather someone will need it from him

They dubbed the cut content..makes me think the localisation process didn't begin after the Japanese release unlike what most believe so the P5S localisation may be more far along than we think.

@PoIarization101

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly in the latest financial report, the P5S localization wasn’t mentioned anywhere, even though it had been mentioned in the report before it. Meaning that at the moment, the localization probably isn’t happening.

@alanatorres4335

3 жыл бұрын

Iirc, they usually dub EVERYTHING in the VA script because they don't know if it's actually going to be in the game or not. It's easier to get everything recorded at once than to call everyone back to voice a scene that they decided not to cut.

@FazPersona

3 жыл бұрын

They localize text and voice for almost everything.

@LexCorniciuc

3 жыл бұрын

There was another cut cutscene that was just like this one, which had dubbed voices with Japanese text in the original game. I think it was the one were Ryuji and Ren finds untouchable and Ann spy’s on them.

@sahajpreetsingh6035

3 жыл бұрын

@@FazPersona huh, interesting.

Is it just me or does he say “your straightforwardness” very fast?

@SakuraKishimoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I noticed that too! I thought it was the video

@CereDulce37

3 жыл бұрын

Does he pronounce arrested bad too? Like wtf

@Unknown-zn8cg

3 жыл бұрын

The English VAs have to match their voice to the Japanese dub mouth movements.

@mewgami

3 жыл бұрын

@@Unknown-zn8cg there aren't any lip flaps to match here though, the sprites don't actually move in relation to the dialogue

@Unknown-zn8cg

3 жыл бұрын

@@mewgami not lip flaps, but when the characters mouth closes, they have to finish speaking by then. And Japanese people speak fast.

god i LOVE this. akechi is already my fav character but this??? it just???, makes it so much better.. thank you for uploading this i am now very happy :)

Yourstraightforwardnessisquiteaggressive

@marjbon5008

3 жыл бұрын

Akechi likes aggressive Joker 😏😏

@zobozo5059

3 жыл бұрын

@@marjbon5008 lol I typed it like that cuz he said it so fast and it just sounded off. But he definitely likes jokers aggressive side ;)

@marjbon5008

3 жыл бұрын

@@zobozo5059 ikr it did sound a bit weird 😂 but i love how he said it with a smirk and he sounded like he was genuinely intrigued (in love) with Joker's attitude. XD

@zobozo5059

3 жыл бұрын

@@marjbon5008 He's in love with Joker lmao

@alleycat2297

3 жыл бұрын

@@marjbon5008 i think maybe that line accidentally got sped up in the edit

Excuse me while I wash out my brain of all lewd/shipping thoughts. I need to approach this video with a clean mind, I can't seem to get past the "Your straightforwardness is quite aggressive." line. Any advice is greatly appreciated

@xoriatis7146

3 жыл бұрын

I can't either. It's so... Straightforward.

@alleycat2297

3 жыл бұрын

e m b r a c e y o u r l e w d s h i p p i n g t h o u g h t s

@KaiDoesGameplay

3 жыл бұрын

N O H O R N Y

Thanks faz I downloaded some mods! Because I enjoy your content

This damn guy is frustratingly so good

**I simply can’t lose to you again.** See you! ❤

oh i love him sooo much

I'm of a mind with Akechi concerning Maruki's actualization. Even if he's not as malevolent as Shido or Yaldabaoth, what he's doing isn't much different from them: dictating how people live their lives simply because the world "chose" him to do it. What worth is there living in a world like that, even if it works out in your favor? I'd also say none. To use myself as an anecdote, standing up to Maruki was a bit personal for me because in my first run of the game, I actually considered accepting the god of control's offer to alter the world at the cost of humanity's autonomy. I was weak then, so I couldn't take the easy way out again. Plus, his actualization of Sumire made things personal too (Beyond the fact I've romanced her in all my Royal playthroughs). Seeing her go berserk really cemented in my mind what Maruki wants won't really help anyone. Because of it, Sumire's pain was left to fester inside of her for nearly a year when it could've actually been healed until it boiled over with her trying to kill me. Some of this may be hard to rationalize, but to quote Akechi, "it's how I feel, so there's nothing I can do about it."

All I wanted was to tell him goodbye, just one last time.

I feel robbed

"I feel so ALIVE!" Very poor choice of words.

Would have much preferred it like this, because unless ive been playing wrong you can only get hereward for the actual day of the treasure

I probably would have preferred this over waiting till the literal last day before the final boss to awaken. You barely have any time to enjoy he and kasumis awakened persona. Though kasumis makes more sense to happen later because you still have to level her up in her confidant too

@rahted282

2 жыл бұрын

but if this did happen youd only be able to enjoy loki on the first infiltration of marukis palace

@BleedingDaze01

2 жыл бұрын

@@rahted282 yeah that's true I guess. Maybe they should have just made the time frame(and story element) for this palace longer.

@rahted282

2 жыл бұрын

@@BleedingDaze01 that could work

I think this is a lot better than the final one. It gives you more closure for Akechi’s death and better represents his confidant.

CRYING

YOURSTRAIGHTFOWARDNESSISQUITEAGRESSIVE

I wish this form of awakening would be used so we could use Hereward earlier.

Alternate title, cut date with best boy

P4 Golden and P5 Royal really makes me appreciate honest and self serving antagonists/villains way more than the "for the greater good," kinds of antagonists. Their something refreshing about the sincerity in their madness that I can appreciate more than the self righteousness of other kinds of villains/antagonist.

akechi in maruki arc 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 so good

honestly i think atlus should have used this scene rather than the one at leblanc for akechi's 3rd awakening.

So I was playing through persona 5 royal on new game plus and in Madarame’s palace during the part when Morgana trips an alarm which lead you to finding a treasure demon during the part where you have to save Ryuji by going to the crooked painting when I moved close to I heard painful grunts that I didn’t even know existed, gave me a fright. I just wanna know if anyone else has heard this just to see if that’s normal or I somehow have gone insane (note this only seem to happen when the painting wasn’t moved to reveal the button).

I'm gonna cry

he mentioned the glove too... im going to cry...

3:34: dude, I misread that as “I simply cannot lose you again” *Guess this is what happens when you ship something so hard..! 😅*

Wait...didn't we have an unused Third Awakening for Akechi already??? How many unused Third Awakening scene does this boi have!?! Edit: oh wait, looked back and this is the dubbed version of that third Awakening. Nevermind...BUT STILL only Akechi's Third Awakening is dubbed XD

I always wondered if he’s still alive in the true reality. Or if they save a rehab storyline for later persona game

@Allthingsasian

3 жыл бұрын

They’ll probably keep him around considering what a popular character he is in Japan. And out of everyone he’s the character with the most potential, with his past, unused wildcard abilities etc...

@vanessachowjiaying4423

3 жыл бұрын

@@Allthingsasian Considering how Royal true ending is a cliffhanger and Scramble display/suggest more researchers attempting to pry into/gain access to the cognition/Shadow Worlds, it might take a while before the next mainline enters. Scramble events kind of matches Maruki's actions, considering Royal true final arc is the basis of EMMA storyline. It also tackles the theme of escapism, in a similar manner as Surime's denial and granting wishes/desires at a cost of being brainwashed. It also matches Jose's statements of more beings watching humankind and "they" can't leave humans be. Jose might be refering to the past generations battles (also post trails like the Answer, Arena and LMB Fest), including future battles that the Phantom Thieves can't avoid, like the EMMA case, plus the Velvet assistants are viable even in post trails. It can be assumed that Jose is a resident of the Velvet Room, but assigned with a different task in the main campaign until the next P5 story, which is when he plays a major role. Plus Atlus also prepard more P5 domains beforehand. They might bound to be used, possibly announce next year 25th anniversary. I can see them revealing a new girl in the next story, with her Arcana being Charity to complete the theological virtues. It's seem to be a pattern in the neo-era stories that another Wild Card is found by Igor after the main campaign within the same generation; Aigis due to inheritance and Abyss of Time, Sho accept after Minazuki personality left him. It can be assumed the same thing might happen, but occur during the period of the Phantom Thieves investigation on EMMA, like a midquel; occurs at the same time but different story and perspective, which explains his absence though Lavenza hinted he's still present. Possibly Akechi's trail under the real Igor will be similar to Aigis, since both have many similarities; being the deteragonists of their respective generations.

WHEN I SAY I CRIED-

I love how Akechi flirt with Joker 🥞 ☕️ 💕 Thank you for the ShuAke content uwu

I really would have preferred that his awaking happened on the 1/9 instead of 2/2, because from a game play standpoint it would have given players more time to use Hereward instead of just on the final boss fights.

Imagine you had this plus the chance to fight Akechi one last time so neither of you had any regrets.

@rahted282

2 жыл бұрын

if you could fight him again, itd be cool if he switched between robin hood and loki like how yu does in the challenge battles

I definitely prefer the scene we got from a storytelling standpoint, but _damn it_ it woulda been awesome to have access to Hereward for the full palace.

I swear i remember this being in the game

I don't hate this or anything, but I'm pretty glad it goes unused. It feels a little underwhelming for his awakening honestly, the one used in the real game feels much more fitting to me. It shows that even if he hasn't become "a good guy", he is true to his ideals even if it costs him his own life. He isn't a backstabbing coward, and he isn't evil for the sake of being evil; his evilness developed as a result of his mistreatment and abuse during his upbringing, it can seem his character is too cartoonishly evil when he's telling you things like "Friends? Don't patronise me with that bullshit!", but when you really stop and think about it and realise that the only people who ever treated him well were strangers that didn't even know the real him it makes sense. The idea of friends probably does sound like bullshit if you've been mistreat by everyone who truly knows you, and the only people who treat you well only do so because of the shallow and insincerely polite facade you put up, to Akechi the idea of love or friendship is just people trying to make themselves look good so they can say they're better than him. When you look at it like that, his utter hatred for Joker makes so much sense, as he is the epitamy of that idea to Akechi.

HOLYYYY

I wonder why they recorded english voicelines for this, but didn’t use it. I assume translated voicelines are like the last thing done in development

@noraeshua3415

3 жыл бұрын

the voice actors just receive all the lines they need to voice before the game is finalized so there’s a chance it might get cut, hence the infamous yosuke confession scene

Hey Faz! What'd you think of my costume suggestions from that one comment you hearted?

This is where Akechi accepts his death or so we think

I wish this happened instead of the event then. The writing was great but it would’ve been great to play around with Hereward earlier

The part about the glove is off here. In the undub one, Akechi says something like dont lose that glove since I wont give you another one (which in-line with how Akechi being in the 3rd Semester and why he cant give you another), while in this dubbed version he simply just dont wanna lose the fight

Whoah it was fucking voiced!? Nice!

Sad this was cut

IT'S VOICED! 😱

“I’ll sow chaos as far as the eye can see!” … “btw still have my glove?”

his "see you" is so weirdly friendly caught me off-guard

It’s so good

0:27 cheeto was arrested 😭😭

this one is good but I feel like it's far less like a struggle like in this version Akechi was suppose to have left Shido's palace alive that Akechi's struggle would have been one of only manipulation instead of one of I WANT MY FREE WILL NO MATTER WHAT and boy is one far more powerful than the other because one brought me to fuckin tears the other is a touching moment but nothing more

I like this, but the scene that was ended up being used it's much better honestly, it kinda lose impact some sense once you see the post credit scene, but other than that, I stay with the one that was used for his 3rd awakening.

This scene is best! Why was it cut?! Dammit😢

I think the dialogue here is great and made me understand how Joker and Akechi had similar motivations but Akechi was more desperate to get Shido. But I think the scene they put in the official game would work better cuz if this is at the jazz club, I’m not sure how it would would happen since it happening out of the blue would be odd.

I wonder if his outfit changes bc of this too... like a combo of prince and dark akechi

robbie is so good