Surprisingly Realistic Outcome / Persona

• Persona 4:
  • When Yosuke is showing off potential weapons to Yu for the first time for them to take to the TV world, they both get arrested. Turns out being RPG heroes is not a good excuse to blatantly carry weapons in broad daylight in a crowded public space, especially with a murderer running around. The only reason that Yu and Yosuke weren't interrogated by the police is due to Yu's uncle Dojima being a detective on the force, and even then they're on thin ice with the police afterwards.
  • When the School Festival rolls around, Yu is given the chance to vote for what the class will be working on for their booth. Vote for whatever you like, because the end result makes no difference; the popular Group Date Cafe idea wins by a landslide. Unlike other games where players have options to choose from, Yu has no decision-making authority here; he's just one student in a class.
  • At the end of Yosuke's Social Link, Yosuke confesses that he'd always been jealous of Yu, and they work out their issues with a fistfight. Talk to Yosuke in a dungeon afterwards, and he'll bring up that he got in trouble for it; someone saw the whole thing and reported the public fight to the cops.
  • The Investigation Team are just a bunch of high schoolers racking their brains to solve a case that stumps even the police. Unsurprisingly, they spend most of the game wrapped around the killer's thumb, chasing after someone that the actual killer has duped into creating a series of false leads. Once someone with actual detective training joins their team, the case gets solved in relatively short order.
• Persona 5:
  • The Phantom Thieves meet in fairly public places to discuss their activities. Combine this with Ryuji, who has No Indoor Voice, and he very nearly spills the beans several times. In fact, Makoto was already tailing the gang under orders from the principal, and gets solid proof that they're the Phantom Thieves thanks to Ryuji's inability to keep his mouth shut.
  • The school rooftop is repeatedly stated to be off-limits because the plot kicked off with Shiho attempting suicide by jumping from it. When the group's trespassing up there is finally noticed, they get a warning and it's properly locked.
  • Late in Sojiro's Confidant link, Futaba's uncle claims that Sojiro is an abusive parent to Futaba (so he can get money from Sojiro) and that Joker attacked him, after falling down in front of two witnesses apart from the so-called attacker. While a police detective shows up to Leblanc, he just asks a series of questions to everyone involved, including Futaba. By the end, it's clear that the uncle filed a false police report, so the detective bids the group good day and leaves without arresting anyone.
• Persona 5 Strikers:
  • Kaburagi continues to emphasize to her subordinates the importance of investigating every lead for genuine links to the Thieves, as similarities to past modus operandi are all they have to go on. As a result, when Owada attempts to arrest the Thieves and takes Zenkichi into custody without following proper arrest protocol and lacking legal justification on which to conduct the arrest in the first place, Sae Niijima terminates their operation immediately on the grounds that the arrest was illegal.
  • Makoto and Haru are the only Thieves with driver's licenses, but Makoto refuses Haru's aid and insists on driving by herself because of Haru's particular style of driving. Several hours of marathon driving take their toll on Makoto, and Jail excursions further cut into the rest she requires; by the time they need to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto, Makoto is too exhausted to drive and Haru has to take over for the next step of the journey.