Music Used: A Sky Full of Stars: Persona 4 Golden Black Market - Revelations Persona The Agastya Tree - Persona PSP Ice Castle - Revelations Persona Sumaru City - P2IS PSP Honmaru Park - P2IS PSP Padparacha - P2EP Compatability Horoscope - P2EP Danger Zone - P3P During the Exam - P3 Memories of the City - P3 Deduction - P4 Princess Amagi - P4 Arena Who's There? - P4 Hatsumode - P5R Camping Night - P5 Strikers
i'm quite honestly surprised that Messiah, Satanael and Loki weren't mentioned in this video; they both have stellar designs that are ripe with symbolism. Although Messiah get's bonus points from me thanks to it's stellar combination of Thanatos' and Orpheus' design that really shows how the protagonist has grown.
Satanael and Loki weren't on because I don't really like how they visually look. Messiah not being here is definitely strange, but I attribute it to me not wanting it to be too long of a video combined with liking other Personas more.
Could you elaborate on the symbolism in Loki's and Satanael's design? I kind of see it for Satanael but I don't really get what Loki is symbolic of besides, you know, being a traitor god who was misunderstood.
the reason i don't answer myself is because it's been a while since i watched any persona 5 video essays and delving into the game myself as it is the first persona game i played and at the moment my least favourite of the modern personas.
I love how all the official artwork of Thanatos has him looming over the MC and or the cast of the game,. It's literally the weight of death looming over them at all times, out of sight.
The mask. Arsene had an amazing design with the wings that reference a thief’s coat, the top hat, the knife-heels… but in my opinion what brings the whole design together is the freaking mask.
About Izanagi's zipper, i found a dude on reddit who said this "If I were to make a guess, it's in reference to the Shinto act of Misogi, where you bathe yourself to purify the energies in your body, starting with your mouth and then your groin (yep). In Shintoism, Izanagi bathed himself after visiting the underworld, and as a result, 6 deities were born, most notably Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano-o. " So i guess its that
Honestly P5 has definitely my favorite persona designs even if the second forms can be a little hit or miss, they’ve all just so cool and striking, unlike some of the persona 4 ones where I can barely even remember the names and what the second forms look like save for like Yosuke and Kanji’s P3 I can’t say for sure yet because it’s fresh in my mind rn but I will say that it’s weird how some characters ultimates have completely different designs and poses in their art like Caesar and Artemisia, while Trismegistus and Juno are more like the P4 brand of sharing the same silhouette and key art pose
Spoilers ahead - 3:58 Yeah about that. According to the sources Cendrillon is sort of the same to Sumire as her second awakening was done via Kasumi's spirit. Essentially it's the same thing as Yamaoka. Kasumi's spirit became Sumire's persona Cendrillon
My top 3: 1: Hades (Persona 2: Innocent Sin) 2: Caesar (Persona 3) 3: Callisto (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) While I do love all the persona design from Persona 5, I love the Robotic and surreal designs from 2 and 3.
I was 50/50 on mentioning this in the video as well lol Also was very close to putting Black Mark in over normal Mark at the beginning for a few frames, but my editing program crashed when I did so I forgot to put it back in.
The most interesting aspects of the P5 casts persona was more how the Persona and its lore fit into the users phantom thief outfit, but on their own the designs dont stand up as well compared to others
This was cool to see your preferences. I'd like to see your thoughts on generic demons and personas as well. Some of the normal personas have such cool designs.
I'm glad to see Haru got the praise she deserves, and I completely agree that P5's designs rely heavily on liking their initial personas. For me, Captain Kidd, Carmen, Milday, Robin Hood and Cendrillon steal the show.
P5 Astarte is really cool but I really enjoy the simplicity of Persona Trinity Souls Astarte. Spoilers for Persona Trinity Souls: Kanaru initially awakened to Astarte after Shin and the others help her overcome her Kagenuki/ Shadow extraction addiction. (It sorta resembles drugs or intercourse in the effect it leaves?) Kanaru also has a second persona known as Ashtoreth who is not a natural persona because Kanaru is a robot Astarte is awakened naturally by Kanaru while the artificial Ashtoreth is forcefully summoned by the villains controlling Kanaru. Ashtoreth is the corrupted interpretation of Astarte in the Bible because of the “there is no god but god” rule. It’s interesting how it relates a lot to Kanaru. It’s pretty sad that she died in Shin’s arms as she was programmed to deactivate after a certain time.
I like thanatos and cerberous from p3, izanagi, jiraya and konohana sakuya from p4 and arsene, satanael, captain kidd, loki, carmen, johanna and milady from p5
i think actually my favourite persona of all time is asterius from p4 arena. i have a soft spot for tsukiyomi as well (i play minazuki in that game) but asterius is just... such a well done representation of labrys' inner turmoil and self-hatred over the things she's been forced to do in her life. the minotaur as a mythological representation of her issues is such a totally on-point connection that i almost find ariadne disappointing in comparison. plus asterius/shadow labrys is such a smart way of designing a berserk form for shabrys that both makes sense and feels narratively well done while still working in a fighting game. no notes, absolutely love this giant bull
Mines are: Izanagi in 1st place, then Izanagi no Ookami, Tsukuyomi, Kaguya, Thanatos, Apollo, Sakuya, Arcene, Satanael, Opheus, Fem Orpheus , Hermes, and Trismegistus
Yesss Lucia is my personal fav Persona design, tho tbh in general I actually like P5's persona designs more than P3?? Arsene, Carmen, Goemon, and Milady are among my favorite too
I would say my favourite persona in the series is Fafnir from p5 (not sure if it’s a royal exclusive or not) but it has by far my favourite design especially with how mechanical yet organic it looks
mine gotta be messiah have the coffin and the same hair style of the protagonist i never seen a persona that had the same trait as the character himself also he just look badass and sad if you actually think the ending of p3 the end of the world was about to come and makoto use messiah to save the world just like it is in explain in the greek and pretty much makoto legit had Jesus inside of him lol
Honestly i wish Orpheus Izanagi and Arsene (sorry p1 and 2 i still haven't experienced you yet) grew along with the story so they weren't useless. Like after you beat a boss they can learn new and stronger skills. For example after beating the Priestess Orpheus can now learn Agileo and other skills on that level
Some of my favourite designs are from Persona 5. I really love all of Joker's Personas, Arsense, Satanael and Raoul. But Loki and Johanna are amazing too. I mean, Johanna is a motorcycle, how cool is that? From the older games I really like Thanatos and Izanagi.
Just found your channel, I think you make good videos regarding Persona and would like to hear your thoughts on Altus potentially making Remakes of Persona 1 & 2 on the recent survey they just had
I feel like this might be an uncommon opinion after seeing other commenter's favorite Personas, but mine is definitely Kanji's Take-Mikazuchi. I actually got into Persona after playing P4AU. I mained Kanji in that game, and seeing Take-Mikazuchi absolutely obliterate its opponents is what made me decide to play Persona 4 Golden. I just had to see what it could do in the RPG
What's your thoughts on Arsene and Satanel? From hearing this video, it seems as you enjoy the more older, classical style of personas or ones with a stronger connection to mythology, hence your general distaste of persona 5 designs.
For the most part I just think Arsene and Satanael range somewhere from, let's say Alright -> Cool but not enough. I wouldn't say I dislike a majority of P5 designs, just that most reach a middle-ground bar for me at best. P5' direction for Persona inspiration is still neat, but yea overall historical/fictional literature figures are just not as interesting to me when compared to mythological deities/legends. Arsene I'm surprised I don't like as much as I feel like I should, cuz usually I love large wings on humanoid bodies. He's still cool, but probably my least favorite of the Protagonist personas. Satanael is cool but man I liked him a lot better when he was first summoned in the story than when you can use him in casual combat and he's shrunken down to fit the screen/arena. And I didn't really care for all of the metal garments he has on.
OMG I just realized why his p5 trait is god maker. Also, I know this video is just an opinion but I'm kinda sad you didnt mention arsene. He just screams gentleman thief with the wings of rebellion
Not my favorite, but some I love and am sad they never brought back was the concept of your persona physically bonding to you. It happens in the case of Kenta in persona 1 where he was caught stress eating food and got insulted by everyone. He was given a persona earlier and summoned it via his stomach physically becoming it. It was a lizard worm thing named Akuma and it was fire based. He physically was his own persona and that is fuckin awesome.
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Music Used:
A Sky Full of Stars: Persona 4 Golden
Black Market - Revelations Persona
The Agastya Tree - Persona PSP
Ice Castle - Revelations Persona
Sumaru City - P2IS PSP
Honmaru Park - P2IS PSP
Padparacha - P2EP
Compatability Horoscope - P2EP
Danger Zone - P3P
During the Exam - P3
Memories of the City - P3
Deduction - P4
Princess Amagi - P4 Arena
Who's There? - P4
Hatsumode - P5R
Camping Night - P5 Strikers
i'm quite honestly surprised that Messiah, Satanael and Loki weren't mentioned in this video; they both have stellar designs that are ripe with symbolism. Although Messiah get's bonus points from me thanks to it's stellar combination of Thanatos' and Orpheus' design that really shows how the protagonist has grown.
Satanael and Loki weren't on because I don't really like how they visually look. Messiah not being here is definitely strange, but I attribute it to me not wanting it to be too long of a video combined with liking other Personas more.
Could you elaborate on the symbolism in Loki's and Satanael's design? I kind of see it for Satanael but I don't really get what Loki is symbolic of besides, you know, being a traitor god who was misunderstood.
the reason i don't answer myself is because it's been a while since i watched any persona 5 video essays and delving into the game myself as it is the first persona game i played and at the moment my least favourite of the modern personas.
I love how all the official artwork of Thanatos has him looming over the MC and or the cast of the game,. It's literally the weight of death looming over them at all times, out of sight.
I actually really like Tomoe, Chie’s persona, and her ultimate personas. It’s got a really cool design and fits Chie great
Gotta say Arsene is my favorite one. He just looks so badass
The mask. Arsene had an amazing design with the wings that reference a thief’s coat, the top hat, the knife-heels… but in my opinion what brings the whole design together is the freaking mask.
yeah but he doesn't have an metal ballsack
I am a simple person, I just like Pixie
Agreed
I'm Glad that I am not the Only One who's wondered about Izanagi's Crotch Zipper!
Perhaps it's a reference to his Backstory?
Ease of access
About Izanagi's zipper, i found a dude on reddit who said this
"If I were to make a guess, it's in reference to the Shinto act of Misogi, where you bathe yourself to purify the energies in your body, starting with your mouth and then your groin (yep). In Shintoism, Izanagi bathed himself after visiting the underworld, and as a result, 6 deities were born, most notably Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano-o. "
So i guess its that
Been a minute but glad to see you're back Haven, can't wait to see more content from you. 👍
Personal favorites include Both Orpheus's, Messiah, Izanagi, Yoshitsune, Cu Cullain, and Kohryu
Honestly P5 has definitely my favorite persona designs even if the second forms can be a little hit or miss, they’ve all just so cool and striking, unlike some of the persona 4 ones where I can barely even remember the names and what the second forms look like save for like Yosuke and Kanji’s
P3 I can’t say for sure yet because it’s fresh in my mind rn but I will say that it’s weird how some characters ultimates have completely different designs and poses in their art like Caesar and Artemisia, while Trismegistus and Juno are more like the P4 brand of sharing the same silhouette and key art pose
Spoilers ahead - 3:58 Yeah about that. According to the sources Cendrillon is sort of the same to Sumire as her second awakening was done via Kasumi's spirit. Essentially it's the same thing as Yamaoka. Kasumi's spirit became Sumire's persona Cendrillon
I personally like Himiko, Cendrillon, and Al Azif (It looks like the Horizon Zero Dawn triangle thingy and that's why I like it)
My top 3:
1: Hades (Persona 2: Innocent Sin)
2: Caesar (Persona 3)
3: Callisto (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment)
While I do love all the persona design from Persona 5, I love the Robotic and surreal designs from 2 and 3.
I loved Thanatoast, thought he had the colder design I’ve ever seen, also Fafnir from P5R
In the original Persona 1 Playstation release
They censored all things Japanese
Changing Nanjo's butler's name to
.............
Alfred
I was 50/50 on mentioning this in the video as well lol
Also was very close to putting Black Mark in over normal Mark at the beginning for a few frames, but my editing program crashed when I did so I forgot to put it back in.
Gotta agree on Milady. Her line's designs are amazing. They're elegant, majestic and have enough firepower to make even God think twice. I love it!
Haraedo-no-okami is my favorite persona design of all time. The Swallow and the way they design her hair is true perfection to me.
The most interesting aspects of the P5 casts persona was more how the Persona and its lore fit into the users phantom thief outfit, but on their own the designs dont stand up as well compared to others
This was cool to see your preferences. I'd like to see your thoughts on generic demons and personas as well. Some of the normal personas have such cool designs.
The zipper of izanagi…
So is just not me
Damn, I’m not the only one who felt like that about p5
Helel. I don't know how to explain it, he just looks amazing
I'm glad to see Haru got the praise she deserves, and I completely agree that P5's designs rely heavily on liking their initial personas. For me, Captain Kidd, Carmen, Milday, Robin Hood and Cendrillon steal the show.
Some of my non-MC favorite personas are Rakshasa, Beelzebub, Sett, and Trumpeter. So many cool designs.
my fav persona of all time is Raoul
idk if its considered canon but i still love it
P5 Astarte is really cool but I really enjoy the simplicity of Persona Trinity Souls Astarte.
Spoilers for Persona Trinity Souls:
Kanaru initially awakened to Astarte after Shin and the others help her overcome her Kagenuki/ Shadow extraction addiction. (It sorta resembles drugs or intercourse in the effect it leaves?)
Kanaru also has a second persona known as Ashtoreth who is not a natural persona because Kanaru is a robot
Astarte is awakened naturally by Kanaru while the artificial Ashtoreth is forcefully summoned by the villains controlling Kanaru.
Ashtoreth is the corrupted interpretation of Astarte in the Bible because of the “there is no god but god” rule.
It’s interesting how it relates a lot to Kanaru. It’s pretty sad that she died in Shin’s arms as she was programmed to deactivate after a certain time.
"BY THE MYRIAD OF TRUTH"
goosebumps*
I like thanatos and cerberous from p3, izanagi, jiraya and konohana sakuya from p4 and arsene, satanael, captain kidd, loki, carmen, johanna and milady from p5
Now that I’ve seen the zipper i will think of it every day
My apologies for the burden of knowledge
This video was cool but it makes me wonder what are his favourite demons from Smt
Definitely a video for another day :)
i think actually my favourite persona of all time is asterius from p4 arena. i have a soft spot for tsukiyomi as well (i play minazuki in that game) but asterius is just... such a well done representation of labrys' inner turmoil and self-hatred over the things she's been forced to do in her life. the minotaur as a mythological representation of her issues is such a totally on-point connection that i almost find ariadne disappointing in comparison. plus asterius/shadow labrys is such a smart way of designing a berserk form for shabrys that both makes sense and feels narratively well done while still working in a fighting game. no notes, absolutely love this giant bull
One of my favorite personas is Himiko c:
Old video but valjean is pretty cool resembling izanagi but with a similar style as the other persona 5 personas
I need the music that plays during yamaokas thing
The Agastya Tree from P1 PSP
Personally I love some of 5's designs with my some of my favourite persona being Arséne, Raoul, Satanael and Loki.
7:19 funny because considering who voices tatsuya in jp
Mines are: Izanagi in 1st place, then Izanagi no Ookami, Tsukuyomi, Kaguya, Thanatos, Apollo, Sakuya, Arcene, Satanael, Opheus, Fem Orpheus , Hermes, and Trismegistus
Astarte is still my overall favorite Persona just due to how it rotates, and the patterns on the skull contrasting with the black figure
Yesss Lucia is my personal fav Persona design, tho tbh in general I actually like P5's persona designs more than P3?? Arsene, Carmen, Goemon, and Milady are among my favorite too
I would say my favourite persona in the series is Fafnir from p5 (not sure if it’s a royal exclusive or not) but it has by far my favourite design especially with how mechanical yet organic it looks
My favorite persona for 3 - 5 ( I haven’t played 1 or 2) is 3- Thanatos 4- Magatsu Izanagi 5- raoul and Loki
mine gotta be messiah have the coffin and the same hair style of the protagonist i never seen a persona that had the same trait as the character himself also he just look badass and sad if you actually think the ending of p3 the end of the world was about to come and makoto use messiah to save the world just like it is in explain in the greek and pretty much makoto legit had Jesus inside of him lol
Honestly i wish Orpheus Izanagi and Arsene (sorry p1 and 2 i still haven't experienced you yet) grew along with the story so they weren't useless. Like after you beat a boss they can learn new and stronger skills. For example after beating the Priestess Orpheus can now learn Agileo and other skills on that level
Some of my favourite designs are from Persona 5. I really love all of Joker's Personas, Arsense, Satanael and Raoul. But Loki and Johanna are amazing too. I mean, Johanna is a motorcycle, how cool is that? From the older games I really like Thanatos and Izanagi.
HEYYYYYYYYYYYY FELLOW FOOL OF CULTURE
Hell Biker my goat...
my favorite persona is Lucifer + Helel = ARMAGGEDON !
I like Yusukes susanoo design
hell biker because Look at him
Mine wud go
1 Ella
2 al azif
3 Orpheus
4 Prometheus
5 Astarte
pyro jack is my boy
Raoul and thanatos are my favourites
God I love your content, keep up the awesome work!!
im simple person, i love yoshitsune
Thanatos is my favorite Persona
Just found your channel, I think you make good videos regarding Persona and would like to hear your thoughts on Altus potentially making Remakes of Persona 1 & 2 on the recent survey they just had
Bruh I clicked so fast when I saw that you uploaded
idk Arsene is a total badass and looks cool :)
I find it criminal that kala-nemi or nemesis weren’t mentioned in persona 3’s part.
It always comes down to personal preference at the end of the day, and personally I just don't like the design of Ken's personas
i absolutely adore Sukuna-Hikona
OK HOW DO YOU HAVE SO MANY SUBSCRIBERS AND ONLY 6 VIDEOS
I feel like this might be an uncommon opinion after seeing other commenter's favorite Personas, but mine is definitely Kanji's Take-Mikazuchi. I actually got into Persona after playing P4AU. I mained Kanji in that game, and seeing Take-Mikazuchi absolutely obliterate its opponents is what made me decide to play Persona 4 Golden. I just had to see what it could do in the RPG
that's rad! i main kanji in ultimax as well
16:26 ive never realized that....i hate it lol
Great vídeo!!
What's your thoughts on Arsene and Satanel? From hearing this video, it seems as you enjoy the more older, classical style of personas or ones with a stronger connection to mythology, hence your general distaste of persona 5 designs.
For the most part I just think Arsene and Satanael range somewhere from, let's say Alright -> Cool but not enough. I wouldn't say I dislike a majority of P5 designs, just that most reach a middle-ground bar for me at best.
P5' direction for Persona inspiration is still neat, but yea overall historical/fictional literature figures are just not as interesting to me when compared to mythological deities/legends.
Arsene I'm surprised I don't like as much as I feel like I should, cuz usually I love large wings on humanoid bodies. He's still cool, but probably my least favorite of the Protagonist personas.
Satanael is cool but man I liked him a lot better when he was first summoned in the story than when you can use him in casual combat and he's shrunken down to fit the screen/arena. And I didn't really care for all of the metal garments he has on.
My nigga haven spittin
Spoilers for Main, Remakes, AND Spinoffs of P3, 4, & 5:
P3: Orpheus➕Thanatos➡Messiah
-Non-Protag: Fuuka's Lucia➡Juno AND Aigis' Palladion➡Athena
P4: Izanagi➡Izanagi-no-Okami
-Non-Protag:Yosuke's Jiraiya➡Susanoo ➡Takehaya Susanoo AND Naoto's SukunaHikona ➡YamatoTakeru➡YamatSumeragi
-Arena: Sho/Minazuki's Tsukuyomi
P5:Arsene➕Satanael➡Raoul
-Non-Protag: Akechi's Robin Hood➕Loki➡Hereward
-Strikers: Sophia's Pandora
OMG I just realized why his p5 trait is god maker.
Also, I know this video is just an opinion but I'm kinda sad you didnt mention arsene. He just screams gentleman thief with the wings of rebellion
Nobody going answer izanagi ehmm...you know what- like I need answers too
The best persona is hatsune miku
I actually think my favourite is ether mesiea or sataniel
People sleeping on rise kujikawa himiko and kanzeon elegant design makes me sad
I'm not a huge fan of the P5 persona designs since they tend to be a little too busy in my opinion (specially their evolutions).
real
Tbh mara is the best persona in the entire series
I died from Izanagi's zipper part.
Oh, and Personally, I like Junpei's Hermes :)
Raoul is also badass, I guess.
it would be better to make a worst persona designs rather than best , because lets face it there is a lot of terrible designs
What about my boys robin hood and loki
Not my favorite, but some I love and am sad they never brought back was the concept of your persona physically bonding to you. It happens in the case of Kenta in persona 1 where he was caught stress eating food and got insulted by everyone. He was given a persona earlier and summoned it via his stomach physically becoming it. It was a lizard worm thing named Akuma and it was fire based.
He physically was his own persona and that is fuckin awesome.
i think junpeis hermes is my favorite
Mine would probably go:
1) Arsene
2) Apollo
3) Izanagi
4) Thanatos
5) Satanael
I'm something of a main character initial persona enthusiast myself.
We kinda see Rise "wearing" Himiko. She has an HMD that Himiko puts on her.