The web’s been buzzy of late for the freshly introduced Persona 5 spin-off recreation, Phantom of the Night time (P5X). Followers had been intrigued by the brand new characters, however they had been additionally excited to satisfy their previous favorites once more. However once I regarded on the screenshots, I observed one individual lacking: Goro Akechi. What provides, Atlus? You possibly can’t simply fake that Persona 5 Royal’s foremost antagonist wasn’t additionally the sequence’ most compelling character. He was a real member of the Phantom Thieves group, and his haters can die mad about it.
Goro Akechi is a highschool pupil who acts as a rival for the primary protagonist of Persona 5. Within the unique recreation, he’s recognized for betraying the get together after pretending to be their buddy. He additionally does this within the enhanced Royal launch, however this 2019 replace of the sport provides extra scenes for him. These social interactions make Akechi really feel extra like a deeply troubled buddy, somewhat than a shithead cop who had a change of coronary heart on the final second.
Like most RPG antagonists, Akechi has a tragic backstory. His mom died when he was younger, and he grew up as an orphan (who usually face appreciable social stigma in Japan). Akechi wished revenge towards his neglectful and merciless father, so he cooperated with him with the intention to get shut sufficient to assassinate him. Sadly, his father additionally deliberate to assassinate his son all alongside. Akechi ultimately acknowledged that the protagonist is an identical individual to him, and selected to sacrifice himself to make sure the escape of the heroic Phantom Thieves.
It additionally helped that in Royal, gamers acquired to spend extra time with him in a wholly new arc. The post-game added a brand new semester wherein actuality has been fully modified. On this altered Tokyo, each character has their private tragedy undone, and every individual lives a cheerful life. That is the one state of affairs wherein Akechi could be saved. Nevertheless, he rejects the factitious world and the false happiness that comes with it. Since he’s implied to have died within the unique plotline, defeating this world’s proprietor means he’ll stop to exist. He doesn’t care. For him, dying is preferable to residing below the thumb of some increased energy.
However I wished him to reside! While you pursue the ending wherein the factitious world is destroyed, Royal teases the likelihood that Akechi may need survived. And so I held my breath for the potential of having the ability to see Akechi once more within the sequel recreation Scramble. I by no means ended up ending that musou recreation regardless of finishing so many others. Akechi wasn’t in it, and that was undoubtedly a part of the rationale. I wasn’t terribly invested in a P5 wherein he didn’t exist.
I hoped that it was a fluke. Akechi is nice, and he deserves to seem in different spinoff video games. Now it looks like P5X may let me down too, and I’m beginning to lose hope that Atlus remembers who he’s. That is homophobia, and I received’t stand for it. Atlus, give us my feral fowl son or give me loss of life.
