Gamers react to the Black Mask | Persona 5 

Give it up for Robbie Daymond who gave his all here. You really hear how psychotic Akechi is in this fight.

Robbie Daymond absolutely *killed* it as Goro. I can't wait to see the new scenes with him in Royal.

This is why I love voice acting so much

Shenpai: Are you okay Akechi? He just turned himself Psychotic, I would assume he's perfectly fine

"How can someone like you have things that I don't?!" NicoB: 'Cause I grinded a bit. XD

Other than Akechi's amazing voice actor. Does anyone else love loki's design?

Musical Gamer was the only to catch on that Akechi was using a fool persona and thus a wildcard.

Robbie Daymond seriously needs an award for this while sequence...

Akechi: **screaming out of his lungs** Shenpai: "are you ok akechi" 12:38

Ahhh yes that meme in the beginning! edit: why do you guys love this comment so much, lol

I think akechis voice actor is a great example of how voice acting can make or break a character. This scene always give me chills.

"How come you have things I don't!?" Nico: "... cause I grinded a bit."

11:00 Fantasy Peasant: OOOH THE ULTIMATE TRICKSTER! Joker: *_Sad Satanel noises_*

The fact that Akechi goes all the way over the edge when the phantom thieves figure out that hes behind all the incidents is sad; he's giving in to his own madness because now everyone, even the phantom thieves who were just reaching out to him despite him shoving them away, thinks he's done something wrong. They know he's a murderer, and now that they do, he thinks there's no chance that even those reaching out to him will want him anymore. He just gives up and hides in his own shadow.

For the people who were wondering how Haru was sympathetic with Akechi, it's most likely the fact that the murders were being orchestrated by Shido and he was being forced (As evident from the phone call after his show) to commit these murders - being more vulnerable due to not having anyone else to keep him on the right path. The same scenario could've happened to Ren (Scene at start), because Haru too had been used as a pawn by HER father - she knew exactly how Akechi must've felt. This is further shown by the fact that Haru shows MORE hostility to Shido, as he was responsible for the deaths of Wakaba, Kobayakawa, Okumura and Akechi - all who were linked to a member in some way (Wakaba = Futaba's mother, Kobayakawa - Principal of Shujin, Okumura - Haru's father and Akechi - Conflicted Teenager*) I say the last part because Yusuke, Makoto and Futaba were also conflicted. Yusuke as he was raised by Madarame - In denial of criminal acts, Makoto as she was struggling with her belief of true justice and Sae's attitude towards her, and Futaba as she had her entire family blaming her for her mother's death based on a forged Suicide Note by Shido and the SIU

Akechi: /prince outfit me: Oh okay... Akechi: /goes feral and reveals his bdsm pajamas and evil shit me: tHATS KINDA HOT

Oh look, the moment where I went from "He's a jerk" to "Okay he's psycho and kinda needs a hug!!" In a nutshell anyways. Also, I low-key get where Akechi is coming from, I also have that want to be useful, but unlike him I have good friend and families to help, so I don't go down that insane rabbit hole.

Oh I hope you can show Shido’s “calling card”

For some reason this felt like Akechi is calling the player out for some reason where he said you're just a trash in the attic, lol.

Bruhhhhh, u need a hug? Perhaps some love? Maybe some pancakes? Clearly he didnt have his pancakes

We are looking at the other side of the coin. If Ren didn’t have people to rely on, didn’t have his confidants, didn’t have anyone. But that means Akechi could have been saved, had he had a friend, a peer. If we had met him sooner, he would have been saved

I want to see their reactions to the creepy cognitive akechi faces

Damn! Robbie daymond is so sadistically good!

Something I always loved about Akechi is how technically he fights you with his Shadow, not his Persona. His summoning of Loki is far more of the Shadow aesthetic instead of the persona, which Loki would easily be able to fake if he can manipulate the appearance of things. It shows a very big difference in how Igor and Yaldabaoth do things as well. Igor gives people Persona that are meant to embody the personal freedom someone has. The ability to be their true self without worry. Meanwhile, Yaldabaoth gave Akechi the ability to control his Shadow as one would a Persona. His way of doing things is honestly more akin to the Devil Survivor/Shin Megami Tensei rather than persona. Honestly the most terrifying part of Akechi's abilities, or rather his personality is that he doesn't lose control of Loki after making himself go psychotic, nor does he at any point have any problems playing the role of Crow with Robin Hood. So he's just so mentally strong even in an erratic mental state that should honestly keep him from being able to control his Shadow so well instead of it taking full and absolute control over him like it did with all the previous palace rulers whose desires grew waaaay too out of control, much like Akechi's almost certainly did. And he's honestly become so broken that he really is able to embody what is honestly two polar opposite mindsets, which is clearly unhealthy. But, those are just my takes.

I'm gonna say my opinion about Akechi and why I like him and want him to survive in the main game. Shido left Akechi's mother when he found out she was pregnant. In other words, he disowned him before he was born to begin with. Then she committed suicide after she gave birth to him, having him being put in foster care. All the foster families rejected him, mistreating him, making him feel worthless. So once he became a detective, he felt wanted. He felt needed. Though subconsciously, he knew it was all fake. Akechi then found out about the MetaNav along with his powers, both persona and turning people psychotic) and wanted to get his revenge on Shido. Of course, he had been following up on Shido, it being easy from him being a politician, and showed him he could be useful to him. Shido then had Akechi kill all those people using this method and formed a twisted relationship with his birth father. During this time, he had no one. Til he met Joker. Joker for him was a breath of fresh air from everything (their relationship is waaaaay different in the anime to where they are closer) and appreciated him for accepting him. Though, he let his revenge get in the way of his true feelings and never actually being truly happy. He, himself, is just like the Phantom Thieves. This isn't that bullshit hero stories use for the hero to have a subplot to remind themselves that they aren't the same, this is true. Hell, he's just the same as Joker. He is a wild card user. The only difference is that, Goro Akechi grew up alone, having his only true bond with Joker. I should also say that I'm glad of the way the thieves are treating him in this moment and after the fight. They know that he is the same as them. If they had never found each other, they would've ended up like him. I love how Goro changes the cliche of every hero story, making him my favorite antihero. I wanted for him to survive for the sole purpose that the Yaldo boss fight wound have more of an impact. The two people Yaldo put together to butt heads, are going up against him. This is what I think would be good because it shows off the messages of the game, "Freedom" and "Rebellion". I don't dislike Persona 5 because they didn't do so. I think the reason why they made it like this is because they wanted to add more but had no time. How do I know this? Persona 5 Royal is good explanation. He's still there. Off topic but, I think Persona 5 would also have more impact, if Joker was a girl. No, I'm not one of THOSE persona fans. I just think that, if Persona 5 had a female protagonist, they could do what I stated and do something persona rarely uses, good old, "Power of Love", instead of, "Power of Friendship". It would be a nice change of pace. Last thing, I relate to Akechi on a personal level. I always wondered what would happen if I never met the people who accept me. I think that one of the possibilities that would happen, other than the murders, I would be as insane as him. So that's my opinion on Pancakes. Hope you like it. I'm also adding this so that you guys can have a little laugh. Akechi: Come... LOKI! Me: No wonder I couldn't fuse this bastard...

God I love how you get to see akechi slowly lose it. To the point where he literally makes himself go insane. Just listening to him the build up is incredible and then when it reaches the peak. It's all out insanity with Loki just being there behind akechi and his crow armor

Roses are red... Shitposts are neat... Joker must die... LMAO YEET

Akechi: “All I care about is killing all of you!” Chromos: “Well it’s good to have goals”

"Why do you have things that I don't!?" Musicalgamer: "Dude, look inside yourself." "DON'T GIVE ME THAT CLICHE'D BULLSHIT!" "But all I'm made of is cliche'd bullshit!" 😆

After he showed loki his pelvic bones broke.

I love how Musical Gamer went full blown “anime disbelief” when he realized Akechi had another persona. “No...There’s no fucking way he’s a wildcard!”

"COME... LOKIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!" *Awakening and Will Power start playing* Me: All right, bring it on, you bastard!!!!

My first thought when I saw Akechi's new form was: "He looks like an emo candycane."

This is Loki a bad situation!

I’m so curious what Royal is going to do with this scene

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! YOU SEE THAT SHINJI?

Nobody Literally nobody Musical gamer: ANOTHER WILD CARD NANI?!?!?

I was Murder of Birds through Akechi's breakdown. It gave me chills - just fantastic voice acting!

Outside of the Yakuza series, I don't think I've ever seen a pre-fight cutscene as amazing as this. That last "DIEEEEEEEEEE" is so fucking good.

Is it weird that I like the psychotic Akechi better? I just love how the voice actor plays psychotic Akechi

Honestly, though I feel bad for Akechi, when I fought this battle personally, it was way too funny. Akechi kept using physical, bless and curse moves whilst I had Odin out the whole time. He even did this when using Loki. It was too easy. Edit: used the Odin strat again in P5R, good lord they made this game so much easier.

“LOKIIIIIIII!!!!!” -Goro Akechi I felt this

Starting off like that... amazing. Also, was that his actual voice actor, or someone who is way too talented to not be getting paid?

The way he shouts out "LOKI!" just gives me shivers

NicoB rough year to akechi. XD omg that was the funniest stuff I ever seen.

4:12 Everybody gangsta until the game's camera stops being stills Holy shit i would have loved to see that recording session

I love that when he went psychotic he puts on the Berserker Armor!

I love Akechi's lines in battle when he goes absolutely batshit nuts. He just growls "I will break them..." And it's just... Scary I love it.

Akechi: 👶 Everyone repeat after me. *You* *need* *to* *stop.*

yo, robbie daymond literally gives me goosebumps every time i here this. this is the power of phenominal voice acting in video games. bravo

27:25 "Phantom Thieves vs Goro Akechi 2: Gesundheit Harder. What the hell is this?" I don't know why, but that line cracked me up big time.

All the hate for Akechi officially went with this scene - Thought Akechi's backstory would be first tbf

25:48 “but all I’m made up of is cliche bullshit!” -Musical gamer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I like the fact that they used a character from mythology who is both mischievous, and sympathetic if you look deeper into the myths. It really shows how Makoto was absolutely correct, Akechi doesn’t want to hurt them, and won’t feel better if they die. Loki was a perfect representation of how Akechi feels, and how sympathetic we tend to feel after his end. I also like that he doesn’t flow with the “POWER OF FRIENDSHIP” trope that FFP pointed out, he pretty much is immune. It’s an amazing scene, and it really shows off Robbie’s voice acting, and it feels like the role was made for him.

... He's.... having a moment. Just.... Give him a second.

can we talk about akechi being a wildcard user like joker ?

And akechi’s coming back after this as an partner in royal! ^w^

Im japanese and always like japanese voice acting a lot more than any translated one. Also, I always like to watch western movies or something in their original voice because I can feel an original feeling of voice acting. However, English voice acting in persona series is as fantastic as original one. That might be because they are trying hard to make it really close to the original. Especially for P5, Akechi's voice acting is next level. His blur?? and breathing of the voice is just great. Persona series might be the only one that I enjoy watching someone playing even in English.

everyone has different lines from akechi that they mention as important, but the one i always notice is "go down with me!" it implies that akechi knows he's not getting out of this alive and that his situation is hopeless, so it's less that he wants to win and then go on to fulfill his og plan so much as just drag the phantom thieves down to his level one last time before he dies. it always strikes me as pretty sad.

You know, Akechi. You may just be the god of mischief...but you could be so much more.

He needs a hug.

fHFHSJGN THE INTRO MADE ME SYART WHEEZING FIR LIEK 5 MINUTES ROBBIE DAYMOND IS A TREASURE

Robbie Daymond puts his heart and soul into voicing Goro Akechi I admire him so much, I would hug him and give him the love he deserves

God Robbie Daymond makes a DAMN good villain.

What Akechi said: Come, LOKI! What I heard: SUBARASHIIIIIIII!

This is probably one of the videos i was most looking forward to, Akechi is one of my favorites from Persona 5, hoping based on the Royal trailers i hope he'll live

Akechi reveals himself going psychotic to take down the Phantom Thieves Me: Huh, so THIS is what the bad Joker fused with Batman would be like...but less bad ass and more just crazy. I will always refer to the Joker from Batman as bad Joker, while Akira as Good Joker. All hail the Good Joker!

The YEET was too powerful for Joker's mind to withstand- That's the actual cause of death-

I'm surprised about no reaction to who his dad is

Here akechi, have a snickers bar. your not you when you're hungry.

Robbie Daymond and his godlike voice acting

The Musical Gamer reaction was my favorite

The voice actors did a good job in this game

CRAZY EDGY MODE: ACTIVATED

I KNEW THIS WOULD BE NEXT!!! Also nice meme.

22:26 Best line in the whole video

the intro fucking killed me

If only Kubz Scouts could continue his Persona 5 LP

5:33 I really like how he is turning his head to look at the others like actual crow

Atlas kinda crushed my heart when it came to Akechi. In the original game it was left up in the air if Akechi somehow managed to exit the Metaverse before the shot but Royal confirms that Akechi is indeed unalived. I really wanted for him to have survived so he could get a second chance at the life he deserves.

Akechi:*dramatic monologue* Gamers: stop. Get someone help Wait. I suddenly got this mental image after 28 minutes of rewatching the same clip Akechi: I'll kill you... I'll kill all of you!! Akiren: okay granma, let's get you to bed

god damn it i keep remembering the power point akechi presentation when he does the speech

I fucking love that intro

19:54 "They went to the TV premier (June 9-10) before Madarame (June 5)" When thr game's so long that you forget when sequentially the main events happen in. It doesn't flaw the story, it's just if you think about it, you should be able to remember it. But with how many plot points in sheer numbers of important events happen within moments of each other, I can understand it would slip your mind.

Ok, but seriously, this and the next scene made Akechi my favorite character, no question. Fucking amazing character.

I was wondering if you could do the gamers reactions to Akechi dying?

Roses are red I'ma say something true Violets are violet *NOT FRICKIN BLUE* *Can I like my own comm-* Edit: wow 22 likes I never got this much Edit2: holy moly 31 likes? Edit3: edit4 might come but thank you all for 79 likes

MurderofBirds looks so in love with Akechi ahahaha I love that passion! Same man same!!! Akechi's psychotic revelation is goddamn EXCITING!!!

Not even 15 seconds in and I've already lost it 🤣

9:36 let me save, I feel you dude

The first 10 seconds of this video are the shit I live for.😂

I love how shadow akechi is a beserk reference

Akechi: *TEAMMATES ARE NOTHING BUT TRASH!* *pulls out uno reverse Me: no you

The opening is perfect!

Ann: You are fighting the wrong person! Akachi: But I...(gotta say something)! Ryuji: "*interrupt" Akachi: "Damn it...(let me finish my words)!" Futaba: "*interrupt" Akachi: "...(what's wrong with those people can't I have any right to speak)!?" Mona: "*interrupt" Akachi: *Lost it

Akechi claims to be an Ace Detective... but aren't all the crimes he solves crimes that he himself committed? Also he calls you criminal trash living in an attic... but to be fair, the attic is pretty fuckin' great, don't knock the attic. Ryuji: That bastard... He made himself go psychotic! Ryuji... I don't think he was too far from that on his own, that didn't change much.

the beginning tho.

Y'know what occurs to me? Making himself go psychotic..... that........ Even if he survived this, that is some *serious* mental damage to inflict on yourself, with no proven ways to reverse or counteract it...

that fucking poem at the begging had me dead

all I can do is think back to when Akechi showed our team the photo to throw them off his trail, and him taking FOREVER posing and reposing to get that pic just right. like, "that's good, but you can see to much of my face." or "nice... but I don't look crazy enough.".