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- In the prologue, when the interrogator threatens to brutalize the other Phantom Thieves in Ren's place if he doesn't give his name, Ren complies without hesitation.
- The first thing Ren asks when Sae enters the interrogation room is if his friends are okay. When Sae confirms he's the only one who was captured, he breathes a sigh of relief.
- The look on Ren's face when Ryuji tells him that he did the right thing on the night of his arrest. Up until this point, he had been viewed as a violent delinquent by everyone around him, both adults and peers alike. Ryuji is the first to tell him he did nothing wrong and that Ren is a good guy.
- Shiho's first appearance in Episode 3 establishes her kind personality by having her express concern for Ren due to the unsavoury rumours surrounding him; exhibiting the very same compassion she showed to Ann in their middle school years. Which makes what happens to her all the more tragic.Shiho: People are saying awful things about your new classmate.
Ann: Yeah, I know. They're just stupid rumours. And they keep getting crazier.
Shiho: You think it bothers him? I hope he'll be okay...
Ann: See? There you go, worrying about others again. But I guess it wouldn't be you if you didn't. Because you were like that with me too. - The ending of Episode 4 depicts Shiho waking up from her coma when Ann visits her in the hospital. The latter excitedly calls her new friends on the phone to tell them the good news. Given the additional focus on Shiho in the anime, it's a pleasant sight.
- The moment Shiho sees her best friend, her face lights up in an adorable smile
as Ann cries Tears of Joy.
- The moment Shiho sees her best friend, her face lights up in an adorable smile
- Episode 9 focuses in large parts on Ryuji and Kawakami's confidant arcs but with a heavier focus on Ryuji's in that Ren is the one to initiate most of it as compared to the game. When Ryuji refuses to tell him about what's going on with him and the track and field team, Ren calls over Kawakami. Not to speak to her about her part-timing as a maid, which he only found out about recently, as he does in the game; but to question her on the reason for Ryuji being kicked off the team. He's also the one who finds out where Yamauchi and the other teacher go to eat and comes up with the plan to spy on them. His reason for all this is that Ryuji moping around bothers him. It's sweet enough to make Ryuji blush.
- When Ryuji confronts his former teammates with what Ren learned they ask for proof. Unlike the game they didn't record the conversation Yamauchi has with the fellow teacher and Ryuji just says "I believe Ren. That's my proof!" It's ridiculously sweet how far their friendship has come already.
- The episode also shows Kawakami start to warm up to Ryuji a bit, since she quickly realizes that he holds back his temper for others' sake, rather than his own. It's quite touching considering that she'd originally advised Ren to stay away from Ryuji (albeit with some degree of pity for how much Ryuji had changed), and shows that she's starting to understand Ryuji more.
- Episode 11 begins with a flashback montage of Makoto in her childhood with her father, before his tragic passing. During which, we see Mr. Niijima buying the Buchimaru-kun pencil case for her, Makoto running up to and hugging her father, and he tells his youngest daughter of his desire to help those in need.
- Episode 14 expands Makoto's Confidant with a dose of awesome. After running off from Makoto's reprimand, Eiko posts Tsukasa's misdeeds to the Phan-Site, and a lot of other girls victimized by him follow suit and turn Tsukasa into a Mementos target. Afterwards, instead of never being heard from again, she texts an apology to Makoto and invites her to visit her house and enjoy her Buchimaru-kun collection.
- In Episode 15, when the group discusses the Sakura family via IM, Makoto asks Ren if Sojiro seems like the type to abuse Futaba. Ren pauses, thinks for a moment, then replies he can't imagine that. Immediately afterward, all the other Phantom Thieves chime in to agree with Ren. Ren smiles and texts "Thank you," clearly touched that his friends think so highly of the man who's looking after him.
- Episode 16 has Ann have the strongest reaction towards Futaba's suicidal thoughts, telling her to stop talking about dying. Considering what almost happened to Shiho, of course Ann would feel so strongly about helping Futaba overcome her own ideation.
- In Episode 17, Makoto sees her favorite childhood character and wants to take a picture. So everyone in the Phantom Thieves joins in with her. It's adorable to see.
- Episode 20 takes the scene that introduces Haru's fiance and focuses it more on Morgana, who got injured trying to help Haru. Ryuji's outraged with Sugimura, while Ann cradles Morgana in her arms, and Futaba worriedly calls his name. Haru herself—who had just had to deal with that creep again—prioritizes Morgana and his recovery first. Then, after they arrive at Leblanc, Ryuji charges in with a first-aid kit, and later does something that is noticeably absent from the original game: he apologizes to Morgana for what he said before (in the dub, he's nearly in Tears of Remorse over his actions). Morgana's embarrassed and ultimately touched reactions to everyone caring about him is noted, doubly so in his feline form. It all gives him the assurance Morgana sorely deserved: that the people who became his friends were indeed worried about him, and that he belongs here with them. In the game, Morgana does apologizes for worrying the others and briefly breaking off his friendship with them due to his lack of communication.Ryuji: You don't need a reason to be here. You are the reason we're here. And we're friends! You're not useless, you've never been useless! You're our friend, Morgana! I'm so sorry for what I said...I'm so sorry...
- Ann's Rank 9 event as seen in Episode 22. With the support of Ann and Ren, Shiho revisits the roof where she jumped. She admits that she didn't want to die; she just needed to escape, and she felt that there was another person inside of her who wanted her dead. Having confirmed that the person is truly gone, Shiho takes Ann's hand and thanks her for her unconditional support as the two share a heartfelt moment.Shiho: I owe you so much, Ann. Thank you.
Ann: Shiho...
Shiho: And I swear, I'll always be there for you.
Ann: Right, and I know you'll be watching me. So I'll never give up, no matter what. [To Ren] I remember now. Thanks to Shiho. That's why we started all of this. Because of her. We had to know if there were more people like Shiho who needed our help.
Ren: That's right.
Ann: No matter what's happened, we can't let our sadness get the better of us.- Haru overhears this conversation, which gives her encouragement to keep going even with her father's death raw on her mind.
- The way Ann speaks openly about the Phantom Thieves in front of Shiho indicates that the latter knows her best friend is a Phantom Thief and is grateful to them for bringing Kamoshida to justice.
- Episode 24 sees Akechi empathizing with Futaba over her abuse at the hands of her foster homes and stepping in to get her Evil Uncle off her back.
- In the Dark Sun OVA, Makoto says that while the plan hinged on Sae's cooperation, she believed her sister had a strong enough sense of justice that she could understand that the Phantom Thieves weren't the real enemy, and thus help them against the mastermind behind the case.
- Also from Dark Sun, even with public support of the Phantom Thieves at an all-time low, Mishima keeps on supporting the Phantom Thieves, and Hifumi doesn't hesitate to leave a message of support on their site.
- During the final battle against Yaldabaoth, Joker hears Akechi's voice encouraging him along with the rest of the populace.
- At the end of Stars and Ours, a message at the ending says "Never Take Your Heart".
