I had the same reaction playing the game : this is some serious lack of shit given, guys. Everyone just shows up and the guy instinctly knows it's them and neither seem to care much. I'd dare say it's one of the worst scenes of the game because even though they're just getting started as the PT, it also kinda reeks of the plot just not knowing how to chain the next bit more organically.
"when you stare too long into the abyss, Xehanort takes advantage of the distraction to break into your house and steal all your shit."It's not that the guy instinctively knew it was them. Mishima told Nakanohara to meet up with a shujin academy student who has a cat in their bag. Which is P 5 MC. Also the gang agreed to meet up with him. That's why they were there.
I guess it's just like with Ryuji's loud "we are the Phantom Thieves". It's like the game decides what is going to have consequences and what won't. I just find that moment extremely weird. Okay, I guess it's 100% plot convenience.
Edited by Cosplaythief on May 24th 2020 at 4:46:35 AM
Doing Madarame's palace heist and wow, it really was a good one. I think it's pretty much the best treasure stealing sequence in the whole game. I think only PQ 2's first boss had an as good heist as Madarame's.
It's been a while since I played Persona 5; I kind of stopped around Madarame's Palace and got distracted by other games. I thought I'd pick it up again and have been playing it recently.
- Kaneshiro turned out to be a pretty fun and funny boss, and I really like the theme song of his Palace. I also really love Piggytron's design.
- I ended up romancing Ann in this playthrough. Next playthrough I'll go for either Haru or Makoto.
- I was a tad bummed out that I missed my chance to recruit Regent during the guaranteed encounter in Madarame's Palace, and I never ran into any more before I took on Madarame's Shadow. I ended up running into a lot of Regents in Mementos. Figures.
- I'm currently in Futaba's Palace and just beat the miniboss that can inflict Rattled. I've been trying to get to the Treasure in one sitting and have done so for all Palaces so far, though Kamoshida's Palace was definitely the most taxing.
- I am woefully behind in fusing Justice Personas.
Done with the Madarame portion of the game. I must say, I'm enjoying the additions to Royal. New social links seem pretty okay so far. Maruki seems nice and Kasumi is cute enough.
I like the additional phone calls. Better than the incessant text messages.
Gonna tackle Kaneshiro's portion now. I didn't like this part all too much so I hope they added stuff to distract.
Nope it's still boring
FWIW Ryuji just gets shoved into a dress rather than get molested
Bewitching EyesKaneshiro's boss form is definitely the most amusing one for me so far, which kind of surprised me given how loathsome he is.
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."Meh, maybe it's because I'm not a Makoto fan (she's fine but not my fav by a long shot) so I really wasn't invested in how the whole Kaneshiro plot unfolded. I like the idea of taking down a mafia boss but I wasn't invested in the execution. Doesn't help that I liked both the Madarame saga and the Futaba saga.
But yeah, better than the Okumura portion.
Edit: that new area looks fun and I do enjoy new mementos missions. Enjoying Royal so far.
Edited by Cosplaythief on May 27th 2020 at 8:26:59 AM
Hrm, I didn't spoil myself for the third semester thing so I'm hyped to get to that place.
Meanwhile, starting the Kaneshiro arc. I guess in Royal the whole Makoto cornering us scene is less awkward because unless OG P5, Ryuji actually calls you from time to time so it's plausible that he would call you at that time to yell about PT meeting. Still, it's funny because even in Royal you almost always get text messages from party members when it's related to PT plot so that call still feels so painfully forced.
Playing the game again it's crazy how much the blackmail angle is used. Sheesh, I feel like aside from the Kamoshida, Okumura and Shido arc the gang was blackmailed one way or another. I never noticed how repetitive that got.
True. But storywise it just makes me want to write a bingo sheet/take a shot challenge.
Right now Kaneshiro's palace is pretty fun. I like the music and aesthetic. Since the boss fight for Kamoshida and Madarame changed I imagine this one too? I can't wait!
Edited by Cosplaythief on May 30th 2020 at 3:29:57 PM

I'm going to chalk it up to them not being very careful since this is only the second time they've done the whole process of stealing hearts.
The legend has returned.