An Absurdly Long Video on Persona 5 Royal 

Finally, the trilogy is complete, also limited time merch til the end of the year : ramzaes.creator-spring.com/

Fun fact: At 7:33 the radio in Sojiro's car played a new excerpt where a girl got killed in a car accident. This is only in Royal and not the original.

The change from social links to confidants make sense to me. In the other games, you make friends for no other reason than to make friends, you have no real gain from doing so from a story related perspective. But when it comes to P5, most of your social links are initially based on "give and take", where you get something to help you as a thief, like healing items from a doctor, more time off from a teacher and better equipment from an airsoft store. It's only later in the story of those confidants that your character becomes involved in their personal struggles, and you go from "just business" to a more friend based story. So i always felt it was a good change, as the nature of the bonds you make are fundamentally different from the other games, which is also reflected in the additional abilities you unlock from them...

Played through the game in 10 days with 140 hours during the pandemic. Was completely wrecked mentally afterwards, but it was worth it. Even got it to platinum and got all those profile pictures.

I was just rewatching the original 5 for the 100th time and see this come out. Hell yes

i am from Ukraine, and one of my life goals was to play through P5 before i die. even with constant power outages, i succeeded, thank god

Fun fact: Kaneshiro isn’t Yakuza, he’s Hangure, which are more dangerous than Yakuza.

1:29:56 Royal spoilers if you haven't finished the game and are watching this Akechi and Yoshi are actually optional and don't unlock the 3rd semester or true ending. Spending time with Akechi simply let's you get his 3rd persona, and Joker won't mourn Akechi and he won't appear at the train station at the end if you don't max him out. And spending time with Yoshi let's you do the other half of her confidant in 3rd semester. The only required confidant to actually get the 3rd semester itself is Maruki

1:08:55 I don't think Sojiro was asking Ann to flirt with her more so out of curiosity for the protagonist (after all I think it is implied that he has stopped looking for a relationship of any sort because he is taking care of Futaba)

With Akechi in the Interrogation room in Sae's palace, he wouldn't have noticed since as we see when leaving other palaces, or in cutscenes like kicking Ann out of Kamoshida's palace, you leave the Metaverse by going to the same location you entered. So by sending Akechi into the Metaverse in the only hallway between the stairs/elevator and the interrogation room, he's guaranteed to pass through his entry point on his way out of the building, dumping him back out into the real world. The dialog doesn't explain this particularly well, but it's perfectly in line with what we are shown leading up to that point. Sae needed the phone call so she'd go back to get the real Joker, which would also result in her passing through the entry point and getting dumped back into the real world. _Presumably_ Futaba was watching whatever GPS tracking she had on Askechy's phone to see when he exited the Metaverse/where he is to time it so Sae wouldn't pass him on her way back to collect Joker. *Edit:* Also, he's not a serial killer, he's an assassin. One's a profession and one's a mental illness!

I love how Maruki is just “Frank” now 😂

How come no one calls the Sayuri painting "The Persona Lisa"

God I love your little audio cut-ins like 'hold up' and 'wake up' come out of nowhere and always get a laugh

2:36:13 Ryuji's 3rd persona William is called that because he's Captain William Kidd And Maruki's 2nd persona is Adam Kadmon because he's Adam from the Bible. I agree that the names can sound underwhelming, but the characters are cool

Those were some delicious pancakes.

Holy shit, I didn't even realize that Nenji and Maruki had the same VA. Thank you. And also yes, please, to the 13 Sentinels video I always thought the blurry, no audio segments were done for anyone who didn't pick up on the pancakes line or may have forgotten about it. I was stoked when I realized on my first playthrough but I can see people missing it entirely. What bothers me more is that Sae (not say btw), who was in the metaverse, can't understand Morgana even though that's the explanation given for understanding him. It's probably more accurate to say someone with the potential/a Persona can understand him, rather than just having to be in the metaverse.

Please don't stop the long series! These are amazing! Completely worth the wait

Thanks for another awesome video! I appreciate that you kicked it up a notch to “normal” and provided your usual thoughtful and hilarious commentary through this truly unjust game

This game is always going to be one of my favourite of all time. It gave me the motivation to actually check out the locations in real life. I went to Japan 4 years ago and I was blown away on how accurate the areas were, especially the stations, it was so good to find my way around just by my memory from the game. :D I went to Japan again, just came back yesterday, and it was a bit sad to see that a lot of areas changed since then, like the green train car from Shibuya was completely removed, some shops and restaurants closed or moved somewhere else. Also I started to get lost in big stations because somehow all of them were under some construction, so this time I couldn't get the proper Persona 5 Tokyo experience like I had last time. xD

Bruh the diagram of the Metaverse transfer during the murder segment with Goro, Ren, and Sae was so fricken helpful. Funny looking, but such a good way of illustrating it, you have NOOOOO idea how much of it was just me "running and agreeing" with what happened like it was normal lol

I kept losing it with the puppy bark on haru crying.

@2:05:00 In the dialogue Futaba explains that it was all done via a pre-recorded message. Futaba's call to Sae is actually a pre-recorded message that instructs her what to do in order to trigger her walking back through the hallway which causes her to re-enter the real world. Whenever the Navigation App is triggered it leaves a portal for the entering party to pass back through, which is why for example Ryuji at the beginning of the game is able to just push Ann back out of Kamoshida's Palace, not knowing that she now had the app and could just re-enter. It's also why at the end of all the Palaces the team always ends up back where they entered the Palace in the real world. Also Futaba is able to remotely trigger the nav app on joker's phone when Sae shows it to Akechi, it was specifically a ploy just to make sure that Akechi and Sae were standing next to each other when the app was activated, so ensure that he would be pulled in with her. She just used GPS to track the two phones (since she has a bug planted on Akechi's) and once they were in proximity of each other and not moving, she triggers joker's nav app by using the search history function to re-enter Sae's Palace. They walk their separate ways but a portal is created in the middle of the hallway, which means the only way for Akechi to exit the building was to go through the portal again (thus leaving the cognitive world) but Sae needed to be instructed to walk back through the hallway and back to the interrogation room in order to force her back into the real world. The only reason this works is because Akechi and Sae were walking in opposite directions once they entered the cognitive world. In order to make sure Akechi didn't catch onto the plan, Sae was told to immediately turn back around and confront the guard, and tell him to leave immediately. Thus making it look like (to Akechi) the guard had been killed. Then she simply waited in the interrogation room with Joker until the team confirms that Akechi has safely left the area.

Yes Ryuji is also my favorite, he's such a bice guy and the broest bro of the persona series. Especially since he doesnt have a jealous arc at all, hes just your beat friend. Literally if Ryuji send me a message idc if the wifey Makoto trying to do, im going to see Ryuji! Favorite team is team double date, with joker, skull, panther, and queen. Good balance of support and magic attack. Also i like saying "get em honey!" Everytime i baton pass to Makoto 😂

I love how the big indictment against Okumura is that he abuses his employees for the sake of profit, as if he's uniquely guilty of that crime and it's not just standard operating procedure for every corporation on Earth.

The Igor voice change is because the original actor for the JP version sadly passed before the game entered later phases of production, so they changed him out. It's said the writers used this to create the twist. I'm not sure why they didn't reprise the English VA for the real Igor that appears after the fake is gone. Maybe out of respect because that wasn't possible in the JP version?

“It’s like a meaty explosion in my mouth” Yosuke: Oh yeah 37:32 killed me

Maruki severely triggered me. He was an awful doctor & just used manipulation tactics to push people to "choose" his path. What he wanted was a meat puppet world like yaldaboath (except nicer looking). He changes a person's entire personality if it could potentially create pain (ex: the artist who now in his world never painted), fundamentally "killing" the person they were. No one in that world would actually be happy, they're just dolls feeling what he wants them to feel. I do like the story & his character, to be clear. I hated his self-righteousness. I was agreeing with akechi the whole time.

1:06:44 it must be either puberty or body dysmorphia (When I was going to the ballet class at between ages 5-11, 11th was my hardest because my body was constantly changing ‘growing up’ similar to Yoshi lady’s situation. I can go with puberty tbh)

Dude this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Thanks man. I needed a good laugh.

I've been waiting around 3 years for this ever since I saw your original videos about Persona 5 and started watching your channel

Excellent job on walking us through this updated re-release of Persona 5! I especially love how this walkthrough renews various gags from your walkthrough on the original game with a few new twists here and there.

RamZaes, my guardian angle. You saved me from the boredom of this LOOOONG bus ride.

RamZaes is back to bless us with another 1hr + video

It felt good to reexperience Persona 5 after 3 years, especially with your humor. I'm definitely looking forward to that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 video because your videos on the other Xenoblade games were some of the earliest videos I watched of yours and even though it's my only experience with Xenoblade, I really enjoyed them

Amazing video took me some time to get through it all but your edits and just way of explaining the game is absolutely perfect for any series you do!

I agree that the P5R Opening is a lot more loved than OGP5 but I still think the main menu and theme of OGP5 is better than P5R. Something about the low thumping bass and them hanging around in a train station underground fits the whole "Phantom Theves" idea in my head better than them rompin around Shibuya. Plus the small detail of the clock displaying the actual time is cool

Persona 5 royal was such an amazing experience, I had played the original game and that made me cry when I finished it , when I played this over again , the game once again didn’t fail to make me cry , during the last fight I was tearing up. Thanks Atlas for making such a phenomenal game! Time to go to the other persona games now!

8:10 In defense of the curry for breakfast, Americans usually eat nothing and drink coffee, or eat cereal, which is worse. And Chicken and Waffles are a staple here not for breakfast. And the British folks eat beans, which isn't a breakfast food at all either. So it really boils down to the culture/people and what a person wants and likes.

Jesus that Danganronpa joke had me laugh uncontrollably

Your original P5 video was the first I ever watched on your channel and it was a masterpiece. I got P5R and loved it and you made me a persona fan ❤

2:05:30 From what I understand it wasn't the phone call itself that brought Sae back, instead when you walk through the place that you entered the metaverse in, it works as an exit and takes you back This isn't ever outright stated in the game though and is just my best guess on how it works. Since in the cutacenes where the thieves escape the palaces they're always running for "the exit" instead of just exiting from where they are Honestly the whole fake death escape plan is held together by duct tape and I wish it was a better plan there's so many holes. Like what would they have done if Sae didn't bring Joker's phone to the interrogation? And why rely on Joker being able to convince Sae, the one still has a palace and is prosecuting him, to turn around and help them when he's so beaten and drugged up it's hard to think straight? And what if Akechi recognized the feeling of entering the metaverse and immediately left? And was there no one who was supposed to take care of Joker's body? How did a death certificate get made? I get that the game's trying to say "Oh the police are so corrupt they don't even need a body to make a death certificate." But was Joker's body just going to be awkwardly left in that cell if he really died? Who was supposed to check on Joker and then said nothing when he was suddenly missing from his cell??? There's just so many holes in the plan, but I love this game in spite of it

I swear the women beating up ryuji after all that shit he did in shidos palace is still the second worst part of the game. First worse is the morgana acting like a little bitch arc. He calls ryuji stupid constantly and gets all smugnbut as soon as ryuji claps back hes like a youtube prankster who gets shot

I would love a 15 minute version of just the MEMES!

I would love your take on 13 Sentinels, holy shit what a good game

I'm glad Iwai's voice recovered in the last 5 years

for how Frank would grant both wishes, for you wanting mac'n'cheese and me not wanting you to have mac'n'cheese, what I think would happen would be that you would get the mac'n'cheese but my brain would actively ignore it so if i was looking at you with the mac'n'cheese, i wouldn't see the mac'n'cheese unless someone told me to focus on the mac'n'cheese, in which case my brain would be forced to recognize the mac'n'cheese, therefore "breaking" Frank's reality making me no longer under Frank's wish worlds control. yes i know this is a weak explanation but come on Frank's reality is an unstable one that is kept together by the people in it subconsciously ignoring the cracks, heck this even happens in the game where the party ignore the inconsistencies that exist in Frank's world but when the player makes them think about it then the party break free from Frank's world. all this from a stupid mac'n'cheese joke dang

I love when you mention the ‘additional scenes’ in the maderame arc because they were always there lol

Petition to make Futaba's "Recycled gags suck" a new recycled gag in ur videos

P5r was my introduction to the persona and shin megami tensei series, so this dialogue and all the reaction jokes literally make me feel so seen. Perfectly encapsulates my confusion on learning the game lmao (shout out to not getting the controls, I have the switch Vers and even playing it on tv I got vertigo figuring out the map navigation lol)

in terms of pancakes being stuck in the metaverse in the confusing part, I think it's probably that pancakes used his phone to go to another part of the metaverse to get rid of the SIU director and then went back to the real world himself. yes i know there are probably many flaws with this theory but it's better than just saying; "i don't know, he's stupid that's why."

You probably have a lot planned already but I'd recommend giving P5 Strikers a shot. It's a really good sequel IMO

Fun facts: Yaldabaoth is the false god of the Old Testament. He created the physical world and trapped souls in bodies to torture them in his world of suffering. Satanael is Satan’s original name (believe it or not), however other sources say he is an interpretation of Lucifer before he became Satan. He is also the prince of all fallen angels. He gave free will to humans and created chaos, which is poetic in a way since in the Yaldabaoth fight Satanael kills him, releasing the public from a hive mind of sorts and making everyone’s lives free from control. He’s also Yaldabaoth’s brother. However, what makes all this confusing is that Satan is also known as Yaldabaoth. They’re the same person. But at the same time he’s the son of the false god, or more accurately the “darker half” which just means the previous, false God. So are Satanael and Yaldabaoth brothers, the same person or father and son? I don’t know. Satanael is also the main figure of Satanism which is always, always confused for devil worship and sacrifices and all that cringe stuff. Satan is not worshipped in Satanism, in fact nobody is. It’s about living by 7 rules which simply tell you to be your best self without being a dick. So if Satanael is Joker’s true, evolved Persona… does that mean he’s like the Jesus of Satanism?

Wow seeing the No Complaining. shirt again brings me memories. Still in my draw to this day

The thumbnail art keeps getting better

46:05 it's typically 2 per floor, with the exception of rest stops and the end of each section. Yes, the first Qimranut, which is only 2 sections, and Aiyatsbus, which acts as an intro to the stamps, usually only have 1 on each floor, but after that I consistently found 2 on each floor

My favourite thing about the ending is the fact that in this bombastic adventure with spiritual weapons is that the final fight is a fist fight 😂😂

They used the call to get sai to walk back because since the entry point was in the hallway (the phone creates an entry when the app is used). They also needed her to go get joker. Without the call, she would have no reason to go back.

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!

Always quality content when we have the big cheeze upload

1:55:25 Her tapping the bomb matched up with the song 😭

1:47 I can't believe they added Grover Cleaveland to this game!

Been a while brotha! Wild to think it's been 3 years since those bonkers streams back in the day... it's been a wild few! Almost 5 since I joined the old Discord server too... Seeing the clips from the old streams really took me back... I also replayed P5R when it came out and I enjoyed it a whole ton - loved this video much the same as the old one. Hope all's well with you too!

we've been waiting for this one, boys

This was such a cool video!!!! I really enjoyed the humor and even noticed a couple of things i didn't notice on my first playthrough

2:41:35 Xenoblade 3 is one of my favorite games ever. I can not wait to hopefully see the long ass video on it!

I think you'll enjoy the Trails series if you give it a go. It's got a lot of reading and a lot of really well written characters

The hate on Mementos was seen in P5, but in P5R I really like the small changes they did with it. I love P5R and now that I know it's moddable on Steam I might buy it again...

I'm currently playing through Reload, but I noticed how some people on the Internet seem to think Joker's autisic. And (for the games) that's true for all modern Persona Protagonists(Naoya, Tatsuya, and Maya don't count since they have an esablished personality). Makoto/Minato are apathetic, and thus stoic. From how he acts (and my personal Headcanon), very much early autistic behaviour. I should know because I am autistic. By the age of 2, if a baby hasn't tried interaction at all, shown a fondness to a Routine, they are most likely Autisic, but equally as likely to have ADHD (their symptoms can overlap). Kotone/MInako have much more of a personality so they're apathetic only due to (spoilers) 1999 shadow shenanigans. Yu shows the later stages of Autism. Much more of a personality, but still shows a lack of emotion. Joker is who I relate the most due to using Circus baby tactics: Pretending. In the real world, he's like Yu, but he's his true self in the Metaverse. He's using Carl Jung's teachings to his advantage, using a Mask to act like who he's not. Autistic people do the same, but to hide their Autistic nature, to act normal. Which is why when the Autisic friend tells people they're autistic, they don't believe them because of their acting. Anyways, just wanted to point out this detail. Please let me know of any evidence against this theory, and i'll do my best to rely and rebuttal your response. I watched enough Judge Judy and Ace Attorney to know how to win an argument.

Your editing in this was amazing literally had me sending clips to my friend every 5 minutes

I really liked Yoshizawa, but ultimately her character left me really disappointed. Mostly because she was such a great character, and I found myself wishing she had been in more of the game. The bait and switch with the Casino in particular annoyed the shit out of me. lol My expectation: Sweet she joins you for the final palace, climax and epilogue Atlas: Um... about that.... I get it, she wasn't in the original version of the game so I shouldn't expect them to remake a ton of the game to accommodate one extra character. But the way they implemented her felt like a constant tease, and by the time she does join you the game is basically over.

My gawd these edits are gold! *I never saw them COMIIIIIN!*

I highly recommend Persona 5 Strikers for people wanting more P5. It surprised me with how incredible of a sequel it was and the new additions to the Phantom Thieves are awesome.

Oh my god I just got the game a month ago and am almost done and now I find out my boy ramzaes has made a recent video on it? That's PERFECT!

i love the editing so much xD you are a genius hahaha

32:17 omg not YandereDev 💀. too perfect for Kamoshida

I just beat the Shido arc, but I apparently didn't meet the criteria for the last story part. But I'm going through the game again until the P3 remake releases

Fun fact: The scene where Ryuji reveals he survived Shido's palace was originally scripted to be a lot harsher towards him, having the entire team chew Ryuji out for making them think he was dead. Also, how did they get a recording of themselves in their Thief attire when it's shown early on that recording equipment doesn't work in the Metaverse?

This dude basically making movies And I'm all here for it

1:45:57 I had this exact reaction during my playthrough 😆 But on the bright side i managed to get him from rank 3 to max during those last two weeks with literally no time to spare, so mission accomplished ^^

29:52 oh my gosh I forgot about wtf bomb

51:25 this is burned into my memory.

I sincerely doubt having extra scene with Haru "spoiled" her for some people, seeing as she's in the damn intro. Also Akechi's and Sumi's confidants aren't required to unlock 3rd semester, just Maruki's. I definitely agree with the convoluted plan though. It really doesn't make a lot of sense and HEAVILY relied on luck. If one thing went wrong, Joker would be dead. It was a stupid plan :/ Not to mention, Sumi could have easily destroyed the plan with her unexpected appearance. About that video calling card, didn't Mona say in Kamoshida's palace that cameras don't work in the Metaverse? So like...how did they make that video? I know in Japan, Igor's original VA passed away and they had to get a new one for this game. Maybe they did it in English too out of respect? Not too sure about that. It's never directly stated, but given the strange nature of Maruki's "awakening", a lot of people assume it's similar to what happened in Persona 2 and that main villain. What a coincidence that those two personas were eldritch abominations as well, heh.

Finally the long awated Thiefsona: cheese edition.

Persona 5 Royal is my favorite Tycoon simulator.

2:20:43 Me: “oh no. We’re near the end and he hasn’t even started on the 3rd semester stuff yet”

47:35 ADHD is a bummer so I’m up to this part in the video. But I would love to see a video on 13 Sentinels!!

“How many evil bad men can there be in this game??!” Igor: “haha”

take a shot everytime ryuji says "for real?"

Tbh i liked the real sumire more than kasumi She's adorable 😢

1:56:18 This is misinformation. Yes there is a flag here that tracks whether or not you picked "You're my rival" buuuuuut that flag ended up going ununsed so it actually does nothing! :D The only text option that actually does matter for Akechi's 3rd persona is picking "I want to keep our promise" later

I think if you get all the stamps you get the jose boss fight and backstory.

Hey Ram, love the content Ill come back when I've finished the game myself

2:05:01 Easily solvable. When Sae went back to rescue joker, her heart had finalized a change in a similar manner to Mishima and his confidant. (Talked to rather than fought and treasure stolen) This change of heart caused her Palace to collapse. And as Akechi wasn't in the palace proper, he would not have noticed the palace collapsing. And given how the transition between real and cognitive worlds is it seamless, (No vertigo or anything of the sort) Akechi would have had no idea he was ever in the palace.

I was just thinking about something to make my evening better - and here you are)

“Is this what it’s like owning a cat?” Unfortunately, yes 😞

1:23:36 Yusuke mad real for that😂

You call Maruki a “villain” but that’s not quite right. “Antagonist” is more appropriate.

This was really great, I loved all the jokes!

Welp, and there we have it the return of the classic memes and new ones in this long P5R video but in all seriousness your original P5 series was one of the first series I watched on your channel and now I feel old... (Also, back then you said you were never gonna make a video on this but now you did what happened buddy?!)

I have been waiting for this.