I have a question, you guys. Wonderland appears early in this game. In Killer Is Dead and Persona Q, there's Wonderland inspired areas early there as well. Have you seen other games where this is the case? And is it a design thing or coincidence?
I finished it recently, too and ended up enjoying it more toward the end. The front half of this game was a bit frustrating to me. The re-explainations really didn't help! The way P5 represents homosexuality didn't bother me, but see where you're coming from. I think the west has a different perspective on this matter and that looking through the lense of Japanese culture makes Atlus's motivations less weird. Also, it's as some folks have already mentioned, this is definitely a trope in anime.
It just seems like after I spent a while with the combat I didn't always need to see the triangle in the upper corner of the screen to know when to do a heat move. I get Dan's frustration with that, though. I suppose he's made his mind up about the combat at this point.
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