History Characters / Persona5GoroAkechi

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: On the surface, Akechi has the appearance of an androgynous PrettyBoy with equally dorky and innocent mannerisms. Deep down, he's a psychotic criminal and a manipulative schemer who is willing to brain damage and outright murder people in order to take down his father.

** [[ItsAllAboutMe Selfishness]]. Despite his desire for other's affection, [[AllTakeAndNoGive he does nothing to earn it]] and instead creates a false "Detective Prince" facade to gain the worship of the public. His refusal to form actual relationships keeps him from taking full advantage of his Wild Card ability, and despite genuinely hating his father, he still [[WellDoneSonGuy desperately wants validation from him]], allowing Shido to manipulate him. He does genuinely grow to care about the thieves but refuses to admit it to himself and rejoin them despite a mutual goal because he alone wants to be the one to ruin his father.
** Pride: Another of Akechi's flaws is that he's [[SmugSnake nowhere near as smart or clever as he believes he is]], this allows the Phantom Thieves and specific individuals like Sae Niijima, [[ArchnemesisDad Shido]] or [[GreaterScopeVillain Yaldabaoth]] to manipulate and outsmart him instead. It also makes him a lot like [[LikeFatherLikeSon his father]] Shido.

** His last name means 'wisdom' and his first name means 'son', which is pretty fitting for a TeenGenius with severe DaddyIssues.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Continuing from the base game, when he rejoins the Phantom Thieves during the new palace in ''Royal'' they make it explicitly clear they don't trust him. Though this time less for what they now know is his extremely fake self-righteousness persona, and more for the obvious reason they ''know'' he's a {{Jerkass}} who's already betrayed them once. Futaba and Haru will never forgive him for what he did to their parents, Makoto and Ryuji have HateAtFirstSight with him: Makoto for calling her a pushover and Ryuji for badmouthing the Phantom Thieves, and Yusuke, Ann, and Morgana have no personal beef with him but still are extremely wary for his traitorous actions in the past and his true bloodthirsty nature. Sumire gets along with him a bit better, but finds him "ruthless." Ironically by this point, Joker is probably the only party member who likes and respects him, to the point of having a Showtime with Akechi. The only reason the other Thieves tolerate Akechi is because they need his help against the new Godlike Maruki. Haru is also confident that if he betrayed them again, they could easily defeat him again. Despite this, after they restore reality, they take the news that Akechi might be truly be dead when Morgana informs them about it much harder than expected, since it also came on the heels of Joker turning himself and that both of them knew it. Even after everything he did, especially to Haru and Futaba, they did end up considering him one of them.

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->''I decide the truth.''

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->''My sole interest is uncovering the truth.''

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** ''Royal'' maintains the ambiguity of Akechi's death: Maruki believes that [[DeadAllAlong Akechi died in Shido's Palace]]. Maruki only rewrites history to a point prior to a person's death and/or corruption to revive people, however; the Akechi encountered during the third term events remembers fighting his doppelgänger in the Metaverse. Joker also never told Maruki about Akechi at all, so he isn't supposed to know anything about the affair between them, as the Akechi boss fight happened way before Maruki is capable of knowing any desire from anywhere. The fact that Akechi retains his original personality, as opposed to Okumura, whom Maruki not only brought back from the dead, but also reformed, raises further questions. Things get more confusing in the true ending, as a person who resembles Akechi can be seen in the background as Joker leaves the city, which is followed by Joker seeing his own Phantom Thief self in his reflection. The ''Persona 5 Royal Official Complete Guide'' interview with the creator clarifies that Maruki jumped into the Phantom Thieves' memories and didn't truly know if Akechi is dead or alive.

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->''"My sole interest is uncovering the truth."''

->''"I decide the truth."''

->''My sole interest is uncovering the truth.''

** In the third semester, the thieves will all still play billiards with Akechi, even Futaba and Haru, which is either this trope or GameplayAndStorySegregation.

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* SadClown: Akechi is beloved by the public for his bright and cheery facade, and makes many jokes when speaking in public, as seen in his talk show appearances and when talking with the Thieves. However, beneath said facade is a tortured soul. His mother was a prostitute who may or may not have been raped by Shido, who obviously left her while she was pregnant, and she committed suicide out of grief sometime after giving birth, which led to Akechi being passed around from one child institution to the next.

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[[Characters/Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]] ([[Characters/Persona5StartingMembers]] [[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]]] | [[Characters/Persona5LaterMembers Later Members]] ['''Goro Akechi''' | [[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]])\\

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[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]] | [[Characters/Persona5RyujiSakamoto Ryuji Sakamoto]] | [[Characters/Persona5Morgana Morgana]] | [[Characters/Persona5AnnTakamaki Ann Takamaki]] | [[Characters/Persona5YusukeKitagawa Yusuke Kitagawa]] | [[Characters/Persona5MakotoNiijima Makoto Niijima]] | [[Characters/Persona5FutabaSakura Futaba Sakura]] | [[Characters/Persona5HaruOkumura Haru Okumura]] | '''Goro Akechi''' | [[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]\\

** He is also likely a nod to Tasuya Sudou in the ''Eternal Punishment'' timeline, a very similar disloyal contract killer who commits violent crimes for his father to fulfill a certain goal, becomes their biggest stepping stone to political fame and are one of the most valuable pawns on an evil entity's chessboard. The difference is that Sudou is so insane that he is completely detached from reality, while Akechi has agency over his actions and is a much sane and intelligent person compared to Sudou.

* CallBack: As a Persona user that uses these abilities to assassinate people without being caught in the real world, and who also commits a major plot critical murder in October, both call back to Takaya Sakaki in ''VideoGame/Persona3''.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In general, none of the thieves are particularly excited to work with him when he rejoins them during the Third Semester in ''Royal'', and the feeling is mutual. It's especially prominent with [[YouKilledMyFather Futaba and Haru]] (who almost never interact with him during then and won't play Tycoon with him in the Thieves Den), but most of the thieves [[TheFriendNobodyLikes make their displeasure clear]] at one point or another. The only thieves he gets along remotely well with are [[WorthyOpponent Joker]] and [[NiceGirl Sumire]], and even then the latter finds him "ruthless". However, the others gradually truly accept him overtime, to the point that they take the news that he died after all pretty hard.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In general, none of the thieves are particularly excited to work with him when he rejoins them during the Third Semester in ''Royal'', and the feeling is mutual. It's especially prominent with [[YouKilledMyFather Futaba and Haru]] (who almost never interact with him during then and won't play Tycoon with him in the Thieves Den), but most of the thieves [[TheFriendNobodyLikes make their displeasure clear]] at one point or another. The only thieves he gets along remotely well with are [[WorthyOpponent Joker]] and [[NiceGirl Sumire]], and even then the latter finds him "ruthless".

** Rebellion Blade, Hereward's unique skill that deals colossal Almighty damage to one target and deals more damage if they're downed. Loki also learns this skill in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''.

** Rebellion Blade, Hereward's unique skill that deals colossal Almighty damage to one target and deals more damage if they're downed. Loki would also learn this skill as well in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''.

* SignatureMove: Laevateinn, a single-target move that deals colossal damage. Akechi uses an Almighty version of this skill in his boss fight as a LastDitchMove to try and kill Joker when his health drops low enough, and knows a physical version when he rejoins during the third-term events.