History Foreshadowing / Persona5

* Early on, the game establishes how the Metaverse is navigated - you state the Palace-owner's name, the location of their distortion, and what the distortion is. And as Ryuji proves right at the beginning, it's possible to accidentally enter a Palace by being in earshot of the Meta-Nav and saying the keywords in casual conversation. So how, pray tell, does Kasumi end up in Maruki's Palace? Simple. Pay attention to three lines of dialogue before she enters:

--->'''Kasumi:''' ''(on the phone with Joker)'' '''Odaiba''', in front of the '''stadium''', where we met before.\\
'''Kasumi:''' I do nothing but cause trouble for [[HelloInsertNameHere Player-senpai]], even '''Dr. Maruki'''...\\
'''Kasumi:''' (commenting on a bystander mistaking the building next to her for a research lab) It's not a '''lab''', it's a stadium.

** For that matter, Shido's outfit brands him a Char archetype popularized by ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. The original Char Aznable of Anime/MobileSuitGundam was a major antagonist, but he was always someone else's servant until his own movie. He was a servant of the Zabi family until they tore each other apart, or the AEUG in Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam. Sure enough, Shido is just Yaldabaoth's puppet leader.

** For that matter, Shido's outfit brands him a CharClone. The original Char Aznable of Anime/MobileSuitGundam was a major antagonist, but he was always someone else's servant until his own movie. He was a servant of the Zabi family until they tore each other apart, or the AEUG in Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam. Sure enough, Shido is just Yaldabaoth's puppet leader.

* One of the earliest questions in the classroom is about the phrase, "MyCountryRightOrWrong", where Kawakami asks Ann about both the current meaning (unquestioning support) and the original meaning (My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right). It foreshadows basically the two opposing factions: whereas Yaldabaoth (via Shido) aim to manipulate the masses via unconditional support to Shido's goals, whereas the Phantom Thieves eventually decide to work to free Japan from getting abused by the corrupt authorities by taking things into their hands.

** Similarly, there's a component of Igor's usual introductory spiel that's notably missing: his request that the protagonist take responsibility for his actions. (This is so Joker can basically go around privately fighting reprehensible criminals with no accountability whatsoever for a while.) A moment like this ''does'' occur, but it's when the police force Joker into signing a confession, which happens [[InMediasRes chronologically 2/3's of the way through the game,]] since that's exactly when you will actually have to take responsibility in several decisions that will determine if your life is forfeit, or if you escape the interrogation in one piece.

* Early on, the game establishes how the Metaverse is navigated - you state the Palace-owner's name, the location of their distortion, and what the distortion is. And as Ryuji proves right at the beginning, it's possible to accidentally enter a Palace by being in earshot of the Meta-Nav and saying the keywords in casual conversation. So how, pray tell, does Kasumi end up in Maruki's palace? Simple. Pay attention to three lines of dialogue before she enters:

* The first enemies you fight in Maruki's palace is a Biyarky. Not only is this a rare case of a "generic" demon debuting in a persona game (they appeared in ''[[VideoGame/Persona2 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]]''), but they and their creator Hastur are all from the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, alluding to the identity of Maruki's Persona.

* Early on, the game establishes how the Metaverse is navigated - you state the Palace-owner's name, the location of their distortion, and what the distortion is. And as Ryuji proves right at the beginning, it's possible to accidentally enter a Palace by having the Meta-Nav and saying the keywords in casual conversation. So how, pray tell, does Kasumi end up in Maruki's palace? Simple. Pay attention to three lines of dialogue before she enters:

* He is never shown fusing Personas, always leaving the dirty work to Justine and Caroline.

** If you ask him how he survived, he brushes the question off and claims it's not important, and he sounds noticeably hesitant when discussing the moment after as if he actually has no idea. Much later on, when he runs into you at the train station the day before you send the calling card, if you choose to ask him what he'll be doing after Maruki is stopped, he doesn't answer and instead chastises you for not focusing on the mission.

--->'''Kasumi:''' ''(on the phone with Joker)'' ''Odaiba, in front of the stadium'', where we met before.\\
'''Kasumi:''' I do nothing but cause trouble for [[HelloInsertNameHere Player-senpai]], even ''Dr. Maruki''...\\
'''Kasumi:''' It's not a ''lab'', it's a stadium.

* Early on, the game establishes how the Metaverse is navigated - you state the Palace-owner's name, the location of their distortion, and what the distortion is. We also see from the very beginning that you can enter a Palace by accident as long as you follow the rules. So how, pray tell, does Kasumi end up in Maruki's palace? Simple. Pay attention to three lines of dialogue before she enters:

** When the thieves enter Sae's Casino for the first time, they note that the palace also contains an undistorted copy of the police station. This is where they lure Akechi to kill the fake Joker.