Persona series

See, I was always under the impression that "anime" is defined as "Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation," not a generalization of one or two genres in the entire medium. Hence why I find people saying something is too "anime" to be a really silly thing.

I mean, Devilman and Doraemon both count as "anime," even if they're very, very different in tone from each other...

edited 12th May '17 1:52:15 PM by dragonfire5000

Well, everyone knows what we mean wen we say "cartoony."

Is that a Wocket in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

And I'd say that that sort of "definition" is outdated, since cartoons now cover all sorts of styles, stories, and tones.

Kawashigis antics are a lot less funny considering the first arc of Persona 5 also deals with a teacher sexually harassing their students. And it's not played for comedy...

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.

5's tone is much closer to 4's than 3's, for the record.

Or a schizophrenic mix of the two. On the one hand you have absolutely abhorrent people opposing you

but on the other you fight goofy caricatures of them one of the bosses, a giant mosquito man who inexplicably flings outdated urban lingo at you, attacks is to climb outside his giant mecha piggy bank and proceed to roll it towards you like something out of Looney Tunes cartoon, are accompanied by a character custom made to sell cutesy merchandise, and the storytelling's still pretty squarely aimed at kids.

I'd start with 3 and work your way up, though.

edited 12th May '17 1:56:45 PM by Hashil

It's fine with Kashiwagi because predatory women are funny, duh.

Song of the Sirens

Okay, wacky and with really common stock anime character types. A few twists in how they're presented, but nothing major. Full of harem hijinks humor like bad cooking, accidentally walking in on people in the bath and perverts. It doesn't go to the extent of falling down and somehow groping a girl on the way down, though.

Kashiwagi is kind of pitiful, at least. King Moron is just a dick and seems way too interested in his student's sex lives to me.

edited 12th May '17 1:56:02 PM by Arha

Just got done with the Kyoto trip in Persona 3. Forgot about the drink down there, so I've missed out on that Elizabeth quest: did get the maid outfits for Yukari and Aigis. Albino Jesus of Strega needs to die in a fire. I knew what happens to Chidori, but watching it was still sad.

To be fair, Kashiwagi (Persona 5 spoilers) doesn't even approach Kamoshida's level. Like, not even close.

edited 12th May '17 2:00:55 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.

x5 Hey, it wouldn't be a Shin Megami Tensei game without some wackiness, right? I remind you that this is the franchise that lets you fight Michael Keaton and a Stephen King monster, has you fighting a god that looks like dung in the shape of a foot who's ticked off that humans don't follow restroom etiquette anymore, turned the "evil" version of the franchise mascot into a Magical Girl, and has the hilarious (or maybe not so hilarious) sight of God's greatest creations being handed their ass by a skeletal matador.

Yeah a recurring running gag in 4 is how none of the girls know how to cook for their lives. Only one can & that's cause she actually reads the instructions like a person with a functioning brain. And its the guys who have to suffer for their horrible cooking.

I think the term cartoony still works as a description these days.

Well she is not a rapist or abuser. Unwanted comments here & their but still.

edited 12th May '17 2:03:35 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

No there's a difference. Kashiwagi never really going beyond flirting which while inappropriate is completely different from Kamoshida abusing his male students and committing statutory rape with/raping his female students. She may be a creep but I'd still rather have her as a teacher over King Moron who was a total asshole.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

What's the general standing on driving a teacher to madness by elaborate plotting? Just an idea.

Wake me up at your own risk.

How about instead of any of them, we just get a good teacher.

I'd rather not choose between three equally awful options.

One Strip! One Strip!

That's why Kawakami exists.

This song needs more love.

x3

Are you talking to me or are your arrows off?

x2

Your homeroom teachers in 3 and 5 seem pretty decent. I'd probably lean towards the one from 5 more though as I'm more familiar with her from watching playthroughs.

edited 12th May '17 2:14:35 PM by Chariot

Actually is Moron a worse teacher than Kashiwagi just cause he's a jackass?

Its prolly not much but who most likely has the better teaching skills even if its only a margin of difference?

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

Persona 4 also had a teacher in Egyptian cosplay and another that brings a puppet to a high school class. There's also Edogawa in 3. Weirdoes for sure.

Wake me up at your own risk.

Most of the really weird stuff in SMT are side quests and bonus bosses.

Starting with Persona 4 the deathly serious villains you deal with are simultaneously the biggest source of off the wall cartoonishness, and imo that leads to wild mood whiplash.

That Dancing All Night video makes me happy.

God, I love the P4s so much. I wish they were my friends. I'm so lonely.

Wubba lubba dub dub!

Is that a Wocket in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Drakengard 3 is kinda similar, in that it's some of the darkest shit from Yoko Taro, but he tried to add a Suda 51 style of fourth wall breaking craziness. It didn't work very well.

edited 12th May '17 2:47:26 PM by Demongodofchaos2

Watch Symphogear

Persona 5 didn't have a standout weirdo history teacher like P4 and P3 did. They had samurai and Egyptian cosplayers, whereas I can't even remember which person taught history in P5.

I do remember the biology teacher was practically an emo with how depressed he was against everything city related.

If everyone were normal, the world would be a dull place. Like reality television.

That might have to do with the fact that the P 5 MC has no life in his school considering he's a social pariah and moonlights as a thief.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.

The teachers in P5 are pretty damn unsympathetic, really.