History Anime / PersonaTrinitySoul

CerberusSyndrome: The first few episodes are as light as you can really expect from a P3 follow up. However, after [[spoiler:Ryou's disappearance]] and especially [[spoiler:Jun's kidnapping]] the series ups the graphic imagery, dark themes and MindScrew.

* AnAesop: More like two made through DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, Shadow Extraction is used to hammer the viewer with aesops regarding responsible sex and drug-taking.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-trinity soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which was completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'' in the first place, and subsequent games continuing to have adults with Personas. ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' has an adult awaken, and while he does struggle for a second to rip off the mask he has no more difficulty summoning afterwards than the teenagers[[labelnote:*]]hot to mention the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/labelnote]]).

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-trinity soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which was completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'' in the first place, and subsequent games continuing to have adults with Personas. ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' has an adult awaken, and while he does struggle for a second to rip off the mask he has no more difficulty summoning afterwards than the teenagers. [[labelnote:*]]not to mention the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/labelnote]]).

* DespairEventHorizon: Ultimately, there's one that happens ten years previous to the story in the form of Ayane's attack[[spoiler:and the start of the Fall]], but Ryou gets hit with a particularly powerful one around episode 13.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The similarities between Shadow Extraction and sex or drugs, can be very {{Anvilicious}}. For the first half of the series, they won't stop parading Shadow Extraction and making connections to acting responsibly with whichever comparison they're choosing to play up for the episode.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Not only did some of the Persona qualities get tweaked, -- they fight for you and don't have to be recalled for every attack (they don't even really have "attacks" or elements at all) -- but some of the general mechanics are kind of wonky, like "adults-can't-have-Personas-without-side-effects". That last one doesn't match up to what was already canonized in the ''Persona 2'' duology almost a decade before ''-trinity soul-''[='s=] release.

%%* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Just the whole [[spoiler: brain transplant]] thing.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Kanzatos reconcile and destroy the FinalBoss before they can cause another Fall, but not without sacrifices and casualties from the syndrome.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Ultimately, there's one that happens ten years previous to the story in the form of Ayane's attack[[spoiler: and the start of the Fall]], but Ryou gets hit with a particularly powerful one around episode 13.

* PromotionToParent: Ryou suffers this, essentially, after the accident. However, because he had taken entrance exams to a Kyoto university not long before coming home for that time period, he couldn't take care of Shin or Jun, so they had to live with their aunt. He never returned to take care of them until the series start (which was then essentially 'forced' on him) out of, presumably, guilt [[spoiler: over Yuki's death and the measures he took to resolve everything after the disaster]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which was completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'' in the first place, and subsequent games continuing to have adults with Personas. ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' has an adult awaken, and while he does struggle for a second to rip off the mask he has no more difficulty summoning afterwards than the teenagers. [[labelnote:*]]not to mention the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/labelnote]]).

* PragmaticAdaptation: Not only did some of the Persona qualities get tweaked, -- they fight for you and don't have to be recalled for every attack (they don't even really have "attacks" or elements at all) -- but some of the general mechanics are kind of wonky, like "adults-can't-have-Personas-without-side-effects". That last one doesn't match up to what was already canonized in the ''Persona 2'' duology almost a decade before ''trinity soul''[='s=] release.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Most characters have relatively normal hair styles and colors - or at least workable ones - but Megumi and Kanaru are decidedly different, with pinkish-red and blue hair, respectively. Ayane also falls beautifully into this.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which was completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'' in the first place, and subsequent games continuing to have adults with Personas. [[labelnote:*]]not to mention the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/labelnote]]).

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which is completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'', ''Persona 4'', ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers''[[labelnote:*]]not to mention the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/labelnote]]).

* EnemyScan: In the official materials, this is stated to be one of Jun's Persona's abilities, although he never demonstrates it in-series.

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which is completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'', ''Persona 4'', ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'')[[note]]It also contradicts the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/note]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which is completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'', ''Persona 4'', ''VideoGame/Persona5: [[UpdatedRerelease The Royal]]'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'')[[note]]It also contradicts the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/note]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which is completely contradicted by ''VideoGame/Persona2'', ''Persona 4'', and ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'')[[note]]It also contradicts the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/note]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''-Trinity Soul-'' now is this with regards to ''Persona 3'' due to both ''Persona 4'' contradicting it and WordOfGod declaring it non-canon. Though to be fair, it already had traces of this thanks to the liberties taken with Persona mechanics (though some of it could be chalked up to playing up the SummonMagic aspect of ''Persona''), in particular the not-established-anywhere-else rule about adults losing their Personas (which is completely contradicted by both ''VideoGame/Persona2'' and ''Persona 4'')[[note]]It also contradicts the series's main theme of Jungian Psychology; since a Persona is the mask you use to face the world, an adult would logically have an even stronger Persona as they have more experience dealing with reality[[/note]].

* HeroicMime: Strangely averted. Despite being a part of the VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei series, the main protagonist Shin Kanzato is fully voiced, has a canon name right from day one and dialogue options and social links aren't even mentioned once. His own nature as a talking protagonist is a sign that the anime is a non-canon spin-off.

* HeroicMime: Strangely averted. Despite being a part of the VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei series, the main protagonist Shin Kanzato is fully voiced, has a canon name right from day one and dialogue options and social links aren't even mentioned once.

An {{Anime}} set as a very loose sequel to the popular game ''VideoGame/Persona3'' by Creator/{{Atlus}}, ''Persona -trinity soul-'' is set ten years after ''Persona 3'' ends, approximately taking place in 2021. However, certain plot points in the ''actual'' sequel ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and [[WordOfGod official information]] have basically made the series non-canon, even if it includes characters from the original game.

%%* AllThereInTheManual: You WILL need a [[GuideDangIt manual]] for this.

* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: The Kanzatos reconcile and destroy the FinalBoss before they can cause another Fall, but not without sacrifices.]]

%%* YouFailBiologyForever: Just the whole [[spoiler: brain transplant]] thing.