JRPG Fan Reacts to EVERY Persona Opening 

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24:05 "where's the protag at? From persona 3" yeah...he's busy being personan3 reload

Uh, quick aside, the Persona 4 crew use the glasses to see through the fog in the TV world, NOT to summon Persona. They do that by forming their corresponding Tarot Card which they destroy in some way. The crushing of the card unleashes the power of their personas

Ah he missed Eternal Punishment's PSP opening, one of my favorites.

missed openings persona 2 eternal punishment (psp) persona 3 fez persona 4 arena

to answer two of your questions p3p has the female character and the dog activates his persona because his evoker (gun) is a collar so he can summon it

I tried to quickly summarize the plots of the game without providing spoilers. Persona 1 - A rich billionaire tries his hand at world domination with the power of technology and demons. Also a possessed mask takes over the school. Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Rumors are becoming reality. Featuring demons, a questionable historical figure from real life and Lovecraftian horror. Persona 2 Eternal Punishment - Rumors are again becoming reality, Lovecraftian horror wants revenge. Persona 3 - Teenagers fight a supernatural entity that wants to destroy humanity. Enemies are no longer demons but now the entities born from negative human emotion Persona 3 FES - The epilogue for P3 is a time loop. Persona 4 - Jojo Part 4 + Scooby Doo murder mystery. Persona 4 Arena - The canon fighting game sequel, featuring some characters from P3. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Part 2 of the fighting game. Persona 4 Dancing All Night - The canon rhythm game. Persona 5 - Phantom thieves fight back against a corrupt society. Persona Q - Questionably canon first person dungeon crawler crossover between P3 and P4 Persona Q2 - Electric Boogaloo featuring the cast of P5. Persona 3 & 5 Dancing - Questionably canon but unlike P4 Dancing there's like no plot. Persona 5 Strikers - summer vacation of the P5 cast but Dynasty Warriors.

Imagine a spin-off series being more popular than the original series

I won't give any spoilers, but don't play through the P4 spin-off games (particularly Arena and Dancing) until you complete Persona 4 and Persona 3 first!

So I think you didn't noticed it, but in Persona Q2 opening, both Yumi Kawamura and Shihoko Hirata (the singers for P3 and P4 respectively) are singing along Lyn, not only Lotus Juice.

Another cool thing about Q2's opening is that it has all the main vocalists singing together from 3 through 5, not just Lyn and Lotus Juice. Also it passed by quick but it showed the femc from p3p too in the opening.

SPOILERS DONT READ Kieran: “Where the protag at? From Persona 3?” Me: *Sheds a single tear*

Naoto can't bring a gun into the ring but he's got nothing to say about Aeigis with her arsenal?

11:06 Meguro was involved with writing some music in the early games (and other smt games) but was not the primary composer/sound designer. He took over that role starting in Persona 3 and subsequently composed and also directed for the re releases of 1 and 2 on the PSP.

I love both p3 op fes and og. The new reload opening is also fire

I'm not into muso and i loved P5S. It really is a JRPG with an actually good and engaging story and closure.

Yep. P1-4 were originally branded as SMT Persona but shorty after just became Persona

How does this guy not notice Memento Mori but finds symbolism in the weirdest things lol.

The whole thing with p3 and the way they summoned their Personas was actually a big controversy here in the states. Think it even made headlines

i hope he does persona 3 fes opening it might be my fav persona opening

This guy really is a persona fan. Only finished the og 5 and "loves" all the other games 😂😂😂

Funny you mention Yuri on Ice cause one of the creators of YoI is the director of P5’s opening 🤣

"where the protag at from persona 3"

Butterfly are the kinda guides of death if I am correct. I think the lore is they guide souls

eternal punishment takes place after innocent sin, so play them in order if you don't want spoilers

I also started with P5. Man am I glad I did. They got a dedicated fan now.

they shoehorned Get Up Get Out There into persona 5 dancing so hard and completely ruined it lmao

As a fan who has played all of the games, it is cool to watch someone’s first time experiencing these openings. Makes me wish I could experience them for the first time again.

Persona is flippin Crazzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy P4G is my absolute favorite but you can really not go wrong with any of them tbf

the deal with the naming of the games, especially back in the ps2 era is messy the SMT name was put onto P3 and P4 nearly everywhere outside of asia to help it sell, since it was already an established brand at the time, it was dropped after vanilla P4 the ps2 era had a lot of spinoffs, notably Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 and the Devil Summoner Raidou games, which all also had the SMT name on the box despite not being mainline SMT games theres tons of series' and subseries' in the whole MegaTen franchise, it can be a headache to understand but its also kind of fascinating

Btw not saying it as a spoiler but to get the other secret palace you have to max out the councilor confident you know when you done it right when akechi appears at the end of the game where joker gets taken into interrogation again but akechi stops that from happening and takes jokers place also the game would still continue on New Year’s Day on the calander

Fun fact the Persona Q games are actually crossover with the Etrian Odyssey series, where they took most of the gameplay structure save for the combat which is a hybrid of the 2.

Philemon be like: 🦋

The amount of things wanna say for the P4AU trailer but I have to keep it to myself man.

23:40 That dude was supposed to be the Persona 5 MC but everyone hated him so they ditched that haha

you missed some openings: P2 Eternal Punishment (PSP); P3FES, P4arena (you only watched the OP of the second arena game)

17:26 The reasoning behind this could be that the dog has already (as an animal but all the same) accepted death and its mortality into its mind since they have to be aware of this for its instincts to be honed towards survival, for humans they don't usually think about death and their mortality every day but it could be easier for an animal to summon their persona since it doesn't have a lot of capacity for thought like the human mind to be worrying about anything else, for context Persona 3's theme is centered around death and that's what dictates a lot of the symbolism behind its mechanics.

Chie is my favorite character in the persona series... 2nd place goes to Teddy. He's bloody hillarious. Third goes to Akechi. That guy is... intense in Royal.

The blue chair in the p4 opening in fact does not make sense because in p4, the velvet room is a car 😂

Been playing Persona 3 Reload since launch and safe to say it is probably my new favorite Persona game. (Used to be P4G)

it's so cool seeing new people to SMT react to older SMT stuff (Persona 1 and 2)

all I'm gonna say is the shreer DRIP the games have both artstyle and music is insane

I recommend to just play the game where do you want to start with, as the main titles story didn't relate to each other (except Persona 2, which recommended to play Innocent Sin first then Eternal Punishment). I find that most people admire the very first Persona game they played.

We need an Isekai Quartet-ish anime of the Persona Q spinoffs. Like, a school crossover. That'd be so wholesome and funny.

You missed so many openings 😭 like PTS, P4A, P4A, P4AG, P5A, P3M1-4, P2EPSP and many more :(

On personal 4 ultimax, he ask where the protag of P3? Me: well.....

38:40 Personally, the _idea_ of a Dynasty Warriors game sounds awesome, but after trying to play three different DW-likes (Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity, Fire Emblem Warriors), I decided that it just wasn't for me. Persona 5 Strikers changed that for me, mostly because it takes the very generic power-fantasy gameplay of a DW game and adds the _slightest hint_ of tactical gameplay on top with the Weaknesses, Ailments, and other Persona-based combat (which I just think is more fleshed out than the two Zelda DWs, or the FE DW's rock-paper-scissors weapon system)

One of my favorite openings is Persona 2 Eternal Punishment PSP.

I've only got two things left to do to Platinum Tactica. Reach level 99 in NG+ to fuse the Final Persona, and buy a total of 50 *different* weapons. I hope that means across saves, because otherwise it's gonna take a ridonk amount of grinding to get the cash necessary. TToTT

Modern Persona are basically confirmed to take place within a span of few years don't know how much canonicity there is between them tho persona 3 takes place around about 2009, P4 around 2011 and P5 is mid 2010s The older games are pretty neglected by atlus so we don't really know tho some people say they may take place in same timeline too P.S. oh btw the butterfly is in every Persona

Fun fact persona 5 dancing in starlight was the worst selling persona game

Also arena has mitsuru, akihko, and aigis from 3 is why they are there. They all are in same world. Ultimax added junpei and yukari

Love the strikers opening

I could get hehind an Isekai Quartet-ish type of anime with P3, 4 and 5's characters.

I dont know why no one watches anime openings they are cool too

You know he hasn’t played a Persona 3 game when you hear him pronouncing Aigis as “ee-jus” instead of “I-Gus”

my husband is so important he even made it into the persona 4 opening

16:10 you got the lyrics wrong. It's "burn my bread"

im gonna spoil you all, the music in persona fukin slapssssssssssssss

him , homrboy joins them , lyn, join the thievssss

You can really tell the exact point in time Hashino started development on Persona

Visually, id say the best opening is either persona 3 dancing, persona 5 dancing, persona 5 royal, or persona 3 reloaded. But song wise, my favorite is a tough choice between any of the persona 5 openings apart from maybe tactica

Appreciate that you react from official ATLUS channel, not the compilation that other reactors use. That one is too out of context and came with bad aspect ratio. This is the best way that it should be react to.

The leitmotif of 5 in dancing in star light has always sounded so out of place.

If we're being technical, Persona hasnt been officially affiliated with Shin Megami Tensei since Persona 4. P4 Arena and P4 Golden and every subsequent game has dropped the SMT moniker and is its own series no longer officially tied to Shin Megami Tensei. They even went as far as opening a completely different development studio for Persona, P-Studio. Atlus itself no longer develops Persona, P-Studio does and Atlus publishes them in Japan and Atlus US publishing in America, with Sega publishing Worldwide. Meanwhile, Atlus themselves still develop SMT themselves, self publishing in Japan and using sega for every other release outside Japan

I'm not meant to spoil you, just to say. Kasumi is key on the DLC's plot. Just so you fon't miss any of the DLC content, try to max out Maruki's confidant before 11/18, prior to sending the Casino Palace Calling Card.

very random but love that you had xenoblade music in the background, another goated JRPG series

My favorite Persona game is Persona 4 Golden. I hope you enjoy all the Persona games! I love Persona 1 and 2 as well, and I think these games will all each give you unique experiences

P5 Strikers is not really a Musou Game, ita an Action RPG and is Almost on pair with P5R imo. The roadtrip Story is very Fun and a direct Sequel to P5. Really good Game, give it a shot. ITS NOT A DYNASTY WARRIORS! 😅

Does anybody know if P3R is going to have an enhanced version? Similar to p4 with golden, p3 with fes and p5 with royal? Just curious if I should buy now or wait.

Lots of new people becoming interested in the Persona series

Bro forgot the Persona 2 Eternal Punishment psp opening. Noooo 😭

Chie was my girl too 😊

32:55 thats cus it doesn't fit it sucks but it could have been done better

By every game does this include 1, 2 IS and 2 EP? I really hope so since I love the oldsona games

I love how, according to the most replayed part, EVERYBODY skips to Persona 3 and I find that hilarious I did it too

that guy in the chat was begging for attention like damn

What if ryougi from p5 is the that kid with the yellow shirt from p3 strength social link ? The kid was in the 4th grade in p3(2009) and in high school in p5 He also loved track and the teacher in p5 said ryougi dyed his hair yellow which looks like the kids favorite color and ryougi in p5 talks about the p3 high school

Sadly missing from every list, in part cuz it doesnt have an opening, is Shin Megami Tensei IF basically the prototype game for persona, set in the same continuity as persona 1 and 2 with its protag (the female option at the least) appearing as a returning character. Also, if you try to play the old games, avoid the original western release of 1 like the plague, they completely butchered the game, even cutting out a decent chunk of content. I'd say the same for the PSP remake of innocent sin, going with the fan translation of the original might be the better experience.

1:09 butterfly dream, Zhang Zhou

You probably saw by now, but yes, the persona 4 spinoffs are indeed canon! Arena and Dancing You even visit where Persona 3 took place if you got that far Labrys is a character introduced in Persona 4 Arena she’s another shadow suppression unit who was kept in isolation due to malfunction

Unfortunately the Q games aren't canon so sad, but ultimax is canon, but there isn't much to see there other than just more character interaction. The dancing ones are kinda canon but add basically nothing than quirky interactions Edit:(they said that the Q games take part in another time line just as the femc, so they are like canon if you push it really hard, but not to the main story)

I'll vouch for persona Q. Underestimate the game from the visual style, and the story will hit you like a wrecking ball.

im gonna mid tier yap here so basically persona 2 innocent sin was uhh about rumors becoming the truth n the gang finds some stuff and yeah (no spoielrs sorry) ( I havent finished it but thats the scuffed explanation of it yeah )

Bro p4 dancing all night is top 3 if not run the ones

I wish I knew for sure wut Aigis's "headphones" were. I always assumed they were coolant fans

24:05 There's a Canon explanation as to why he's not there

korumaru summons his persona with a shock collar its pretty much the dog equivalent to a gun

Bro needs to make up his mind and finish one game at a time

I guess it’s my life to ask for csgo now

So the story of persona as a series is interesting Originaly it was Shin Megami Tensei If... Where it took place in essentially the same place as the OG SMT but a few desicions where different with other MCs which lead to another result Then from this the first Persona was made, it was actually in the same place of If..., but once again another MC, BUT, you can find and talk to the If... characters in it, so technically both stories are happening at the same time, but it becomes its own complete series apart from SMT

where's the protag at for persona 3 me: 🤐

Yes, Persona 2 is a direct sequel of Persona 1. Persona 3, 4 and 5 change the style, the tone, and they are all standalones, though they drop Easter Eggs about the previous games, as they are all in the same universe. For example, with no spoilers, there's a character from Persona 4 that at some point talks about a concert in a venue from Persona 3 that was cancelled due to a blackout, an event related to Persona 3, and that same character later appears in a poster in Persona 5. Characters from Persona 1 and 2 are also referenced in Persona 3, but as videogame characters, so it's sort of believed that SMT, P1 and P2 are set in one universe (they share characters), and P3, P4 and P5 are in a different one, where SMT and Persona 1 and 2 are videogames. Please, don't reply to this with the name of the character, if you played the games you know who it is. If you are going to play through the games, and you don't intend on going through each version in existence, story-wise, just do Persona 3 Reload (and watch the epilogue from FES on YT, explained below), Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal. Of course, after you are done with 1 and 2 (that are actually three games: "Revelations: Persona", "Persona 2: Innocent Sin", and "Persona 2: Eternal Punishment"). You will feel a bit of a dip in QoL, gameplay and graphics from P3 to P4, but that's because Reload was overhauled to the Royal standards. Persona 3 has 4 versions: 1. The base version of the game. 2. FES (P3F or P3FES), the mandatory expansion, that adds playtime, several cutscenes, new characters (can only remember one, RN, but I am not sure if there were more), an epilogue called "The Answer", and QoL improvements. 3. Portable (P3P), that added a second main character (giving you the choice of male or female and adapting a bunch of the content based on that choice), and more QoL changes (in P3 and P3F your character, same as your party members, could overexert themselves, and have health issues due to that, and you even needed to pee, for example, P3P removed that micromanaging), but removed all the cutscenes, replaced the 3D world by a 2D one, and also removed the epilogue, as it was released for the PlayStation Portable, so they were limited by the hardware. 4. Reload (P3R) re-adds the cutscenes, updates the graphics engine, re-rendering the whole game, adds a bunch of combat mechanics that didn't exist in previous versions of the games, and of course, same as P4 and P5, its own unique spin to some of them, and revamps the "Persona acquisition/dungeon reward system" to a completely unique one, different from P3, P3FES and P3P, and of course, from P4 and P5. But removes the optional female MC from P3P, and it seems it doesn't have the epilogue from P3F either. So Persona 3 doesn't have a definitive version that includes everything. Persona 3 also had 2 discontinued web-based spinoffs: Persona 3: The Night Before, and Persona Ain Soph. Persona 4 has 2 versions: 1. The base version of the game. 2. Persona 4 Golden (originally Persona 4: The Golden, P4G), originally released for PlayStation Vita, that adds new characters, new dungeon crawling, several QoL improvements and cutscenes, an extra chapter, new endings, etc. It's Persona 4 with extra canon content, making it the definitive version of Persona 4. It also has several spinoffs. 1. An Arcade fighting game, Persona 4 Arena (originally Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, P4A), later ported to consoles and recently to PC, that includes the characters from Persona 3, but ignores the characters and events from Golden. And its direct sequel, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, that adds the characters of Golden. 2. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, released on Nintendo 3DS, again crossing over characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4. And its sequel, Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, that also includes the characters from Persona 5. 3. Persona 4: Dancing All Night, a rhythm game with all the characters of Persona 4 Golden. And it also got 2 follow-ups, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, featuring the casts of the respective games. Persona 5 has 2 versions: 1. The base version of the game. 2. Persona 5 Royal (originally Persona 5: The Royal, P5R), a PS4 release, that same as P4G added new characters, an extra chapter, several QoL improvements, new cutscenes, new endings, etc. Again, a definitive version. As for spinoffs, Persona 5 Strikers (P5S, Switch and PS4) follows the events of Persona 5 (ignoring Royal) in a Dynasty Warriors-ish style gameplay, and last year's Persona 5 Tactica (P5T, all platforms), a TRPG/SRPG following the cast from Persona 5 Royal

Now I realized that P4 spinoffs are actually sequels while P5 spinoffs don't develop the story.

Can you seriously not tell that Naoto is a girl? I realized that from the start! That was a Shyamalan twist if anything.

Coolest part about persona 3 portable intro is the right side up is the boy protagonist and what he sees and upside down is what the girl protagonist sees

Not saying any more than this as I don't wanna spoil things, but once you go through the earlier games there's a point where you find out more about the butterfly

First! With three ttt's

El protagonista de persona 3 muere al final de juego por eso no se ve mas

I think the reason the Persona 3 Protagonist wasn’t in 4 Arena Ultimax is because of stylistic reasons, and being too similar to the Persona 4 Protagonist (both silent protags, both use swords so similar fighting style etc.) But P3MC does make minor cameos in P4AU, and they do mention him a few times in the game.