Keep Your Faith & Throw Away Your Mask (Combined Edit) - Persona 5 Royal 

that’s swear to my bones

Such pain and emotion in that delivery 😢

Billy had cancer when doing this game which makes it sadder

@@darklion2704 The voice of a man frustrated and confounded by people who seem to want the same things, but instead insist on fighting him. The wailing guitar perfectly captures that raw emotion.

Precisely what I was thinking as well.

10/10 bro. would punch in the face again

Wait what??? Did he made the song and if he is dead??? What???

@@klaus.sfc01official30 BIlly Kametz was the voice actor for Maruki

@@myosotis3062 but he did now sound like he would be dying of old age how did he die? (Also thanks for answering me i did not know who he was so sorry)

I fought the whole battle agains him with half of me not wanting to actually win.

maruki does a cute little villain laugh when he regenerates the tentacles

@@LuizSPK not me. The man wanted to fucking martyrize himself. It was a fight where I was tryina save him in my way and he was tryina save me in his way.

He’s a well-written character 🥹 and prob the best villain from the game. With a solid motive. Part of me was hoping there could be some compromise between both sides (and have Akechi live too) but ofc not 🥲

@@nafihanasar5271Akechi is alive actually, if you maxed out his confidant and such, as Joker leaves on the Train, the scene slows down outside and while the top is whited out, the lower half you see Akechi in his usual getup being taken by the two government agents who were following you.

So true, it's like it's expressing feelings from the characters

That guitar is crying

It weeps for Billy Kametz (Maruki’s voice actor), who’s unfortunately no longer with us.

@@MilanTehVillain RIP Kametz

I loved Billy's acting al the way through, this whole experience was a parting gift from him

I love that quote man, it shows just how inexperienced Maruki is with his power, he's a lab geek who's been using his power for things other than battle and is only using Azathoth to fight on the fly because his focus has never been on combat. And yet he was no pushover, his skill was both amazing and fearsome, imagine if he'd been more warlike, or had time to hone his craft.

same

Saaaame

I just beat the game on Switch and had no idea this track existed. When the lyrics kicked in I just sat there for a minute or so listening and taking in the image of the final boss staring me down.

@@Varrick24 Did you not get to the Royal content? Otherwise how could you not notice this awesome song as it was playing during the true final boss? Also the only boss music throughout the game was Blooming Villain and Rivers in a Desert, so when Yaldaboath's theme and this theme played during their respective boss fights I instantly noticed.

I honestly wasn't paying attention to the music until I actually took a minute to not take any action and listen. Do I regret trying to speed run the fight (even though I couldn't as the fight was hard.)

Today’s his birthday

Truly it's saddest when the villain you must defeat is genuinely a good person. I won't apologize for this confrontation and though it hurts to do this, Maruki for our last heist, we shall take your heart!

Yaldabaoth deemed that he needed to step in to prevent humanity's ruin as he was proven correct. Even with a trickster attempting to inspire them they did nothing to stop the evil of the world. Maruki on the other hand simply removed pain from the equation which also took away the need for any growth and it became an obselete thing to achieve. I would personally say both Yaldabaoth and Maruki were more morally right than the protagonist considering the phantom thieves did exactly what they both did all the game, forcefully changing the cognition of evil people without their consent to what they believe is betterment of society. Without any super natural beings nothing could have been achieved as Yaldabaoth hoped to be proven wrong on that but alas was proven right.

@@cloudshifter That's... an interesting take. You say "stop the evil of the world", but within the context of Persona 5, evil is demonstrated to be the attempt to control others and subvert their will. Yaldabaoth is literally the God of Control; he's not attempting to stop the evils of the world, he's the personification of them. The Phantom Thieves, while exercising ultimate control over certain other people, are still the good guys because of how they're choosing to use their power. They're "fixing distortions" in the cognition of others and only taking action on those who are actively harming others, which is why they have a little doubt at the beginning of Madarame's arc. Yaldabaoth tried to forcibly write them out of existence, then was defeated by rallying the collective belief of everyone in the Phantom Thieves. With how everything is presented, it's 100% correct to say that the Trickster was successful in inspiring the masses to reject the ultimate evil. Maruki is the more subtle refinement of the lessons from that arc. The story has established that control of others for your own benefit or for the sake of control are evil, but what about if you go running in the exact opposite direction? Is stripping the masses of their free will justified if it makes them happy? The game ultimately decides that it isn't, which is fully in keeping with the themes of Persona. Solipsism is rejected because the relationships we form with others are important, and the idealized reality is rejected because it's still a cognitive distortion, even if it's pleasant. The Persona philosophy in a nutshell is that true happiness and actualization of humanity occurs when people can see the world for what it is and earnestly strive to make it better for themselves and others. The reality of it matters, which was the reason why Maruki was, however good intentioned, still the final villain.

@@cloudshifterYaldabaoth’s interferences led to the very ‘’ruin’’ he condemns the masses for tho.

Different from Akechi where the world beat the good out of him but for Maruki the world beat hope out of him. This a song were a man wasn't consumed by desire but lost his desire

I like to think that while Akechi and Ren were opposite sides of the same coin,Maruki and Ren were parallels. Both going the same destination,but both going at it in a different way

It's the original villain of P5's stance but rather than it just being his flimsy justification for taking over humanity. Maruki earnestly believes he is doing the right thing and has no ill intentions with what he is doing. In some aspects he is right but it doesn't change the fact that free will comes first.

​@@BornotB-ij9xk It makes even more sense if you consider that Ren has been doing the exact same thing all game, changing cognitions to what he believes is the best for society.

Uhm... this is SMT series, we're the only ones who have free will.

I think the point is that he WAS doing something bad but he truly had good intentions. He was robbing humanity of any sort of agency, of any choice in their own fates, in service of ending all pain and suffering.

​@@egg2100phantom thieves altering personality and forcing someone toturn themselfs in is also not okay in a way tho

@@Inksploded in a way though, Maruki’s actions aren’t far off from Jaldabaoth, unwillingly controlling everyone in a world that they believe all people desire while essentially taking away any sort of free will (at least that’s how I view it). The only thing that really differs is the intention

@@grapeluver5 dont the phoantomthieves act on personal gain too? like helping confidants before others thats alo not realy fair if you think about it

@@Inksploded yeah that's why instead of it being a good vs evil situation it's two parties fighting for what they believe in

Yeah its smooth as silk, amazing

🥲‎🙏

Honestly I felt like "Rivers in the Desert" really underwhelmed considering how much the fandom hyped it up. I liked so many other tracks ahead of it.

Same was dodging them for nearly a year until I played it myself cause I knew danm well it would be incredible and usually everyone wants to ruin that.

Damn

I asked my dad if he would have sided with Maruki and he said this exactly.

This is maybe the only statement that i agree to counter Maruki's ideology. Because if it's applied to reality this is exactly how it works, the immense growth and satisfaction with feeling Joy after maybe a countless Suffering is so much more powerful than just being happy all the time. It's the only fact that makes sense... the thing that people said about robbing them of their freedom or will or even caged in a fake utopia was not worthy to challenge Maruki's intent. That's how powerful his good intention is... no living beings in this world want to suffer their whole life. But knowing Maruki he would probably say "But are you prepared to undergo that vicious cycle of life?" or "Not all people can reach happiness after their endless suffering, some will suffer until the end"

​@@anakmaganggaming I know you're playing devil's advocate with the potential Maruki responses but I would like to respond to them nonetheless. My reply to the first is: I am. I face my trials everyday and though I feel pain and suffering, I know it will end. Call it blind faith, delusion, or anything under the sun, but that cycle breaks eventually and the rewards are worth it. And I know this because I have broken my chains, I have done things I was told that were impossible, I have evolved past who I was yesterday and I know if a poor bastard like myself can break the cycle, anyone can. And to the latter: That is as ignorant as it is false. Those who suffer will have those who help them through that suffering. If I see someone is hurting, I will not hesitate to offer my hand, my presence and my sympathy. Not everyone has that privilege of stumbling across a sympathetic person, but I'll be damned if I don't do my part. And if I may add, if suffering is truly to be eliminated, what about death? If suffering doesn't exist, death cannot either, because someone ceasing to be alive will be cause for another's grief. As a result, the world will become crowded with human beings incapable of dying, crowding our planet shoulder to shoulder. Remove any part of the equation of what it means to be human, and no outcome becomes preferable. And even if we extended our reach to the stars, the universe will still end at some point. Unless it was infinitely expanding and the heat death never came, there will always be an end. Beginnings cannot be written if you haven't understood there will be an end. As such, there will always need to be suffering in order for happiness to be felt and joy to be known. Life, death, happiness, suffering, joy, they all come together to make the tapestry of humanity and though we are a mess, we are still beautiful in our toiling because we never truly toil alone. Interactions that may take seconds could change the course of someone's life. Who are we to guide people to a life of no reward and potential growth and change?

That's not exactly what it is. There are still bad days and bad experiences, there are just not severe traumatic experiences. The world was exactly the same as before Yaldabaoth, the only change was that no one would fall pray to something incredibly horrible and life altering. In fact most people have the exact same thoughts in Maruki world as they had all game and even after his defeat. Nothing really changed in the public.

You forget Ferdinand from fire emblem

@@dylangoodall4686 I haven't played Fire Emblem yet, but thank you for the addition.

@@SailorMoon5555 White Blood Cell from Cells At Work! as well.

@@DopeioThePhoneBoi Thank you :)

He also played Blue in Pokémon Masters!

truly the ost of all time

Fun fact: the translation for the ending theme is joker saying goodbye to akechi. Enjoy the new emotions that unlocks

@@mewacyboi huh all this time me hearing this I always thought of you heariing Maruki's perspective in what he wants for the world especially for the Team but that makes sense then too since Akechi is in heaven and Joker would wish the best for him so awesome I'll keep that in mind too thanks for the share! 👍

@@mewacyboi This might sound crazy but what you said kind of validates two thoughts in my head in which Maruki either screwed up from the beginning or he on purposely had the Phantom Thieves helping him undo everything he had done when his Palace came to fruition.

@@gutembergnery7985 maybe im getting this wrong but i think you misunderstood the comment he the ending theme he means its not this song but another one this one is meant to be marukis view on the world yes

And 1 year later... I'm 10 hours into the Steam version. Here we go again. Such a magnificent video game

Also last surprise isn't always from their perspective as it's meant to be a more neutral song as take over didn't exist in vanilla

It's not as simple as white or black. That is the perspective of our teenager protagonists. In fact they did exactly what ydabaoth and Maruki did all game, changing cognitions of people left and right tk what they believed would make society better. Everything they achieved proved Yaldabaoth right, since it was done by supernatural means and not by people genuenly changing their ways and Maruki offered the alternative of a world identical to their own but simply without severe traumas, bad days, good days and all. You had a parent who died in a car crash unjust? That never happened cause it shouldn't have happened, nobody deserves that. Growing emotionally stronger means tackling the next big trauma. If there is no next big trauma to prepare for, there is no need to prepare in the first place.

also happens with rivers in the desert

True

​@@mdemanuel1911And Life Will Change

Last fight for real xD i immediately said is this supposed to be a sasuke vs naruto fight? I even expected to hear: JOKER! MARUKI!

relatable even in safe mode

form 5: square up nigga, I'm NOT going totherapy

The last phase always reminded me of Snake vs Ocelot in mgs4

@@ekandll yeah, it is basically that, 2 men fighting each other only using their fists, but ig that the game can be considered old rn, so most people don't even take it to compare because they don't know about the fight.

And yes I literally just heard of this note don't hate me for being 4 months late I love under a rock not literally lol

He rests in peace. Just like the reality Maruki wanted to make. One of peace.

I know right, Strikers was made before Royal. But I think it also should get a Royal treatment too.

​@Beerbottles123 Agreed but unfortunately Maruki VA passed away that's why I think they didn't do that

That, and some people would rather escape their current reality, be it emotional pain or trauma that they go through, who would say no to changing their lives in a positive manner even if they lose their free will? Personally, I deal with trauma myself, and I feel like in a situation like that, I’d be very tempted to give up my free will to avoid pain. But at the same time I do believe that we must endure pain to grow and learn to live. I do agree with Maruki too, some people can’t handle their own suffering alone, and escapism is really their only option until they realize that escaping isn’t what they really need.

They told me to do this two years ago, the next day I couldn’t taste smell and threw up 14 times

i think its mostly to resemble how enticing the deal is, so much so that the song itself is slightly siding with the boss in a way, but it would probably be more accurate to say that it’s your party or just joker starting to double guess themself

And one packed with so much emotion

it has huge "Don't speak her name" frome fire emblem vibe wich make sens but have to admit this is realy a cool part

both are great, i fucking love it when guitars sound like they're crying tho so keep your faith is slightly better

what?

​@@xysm5224 the va for maruki died

Think of it in the game standpoint. I feel throw away your mask is the dr responding to the fantom thieves (keep your faith)

They do not, because regardless of social link status the phantom thieves are already fire forged comrades.

Doesn't happen.

​@@technology5979Illusion of choice moment. No doubt the devs would have wanted to add in a mechanic like that, but it probably would have been too difficult or obstruct from the story's original goal and tone.

​@@kazumakariamaBut accepting Yaldaboaths ain't?

@@smoqueed44 What do you mean?

nv

A story in two parts.

Do you mean the Persona 3 final boss theme?? Yeah I agree with ya, it sounds pretty similar in a good way.

i think that's cause they use the same instruments but im not a musician so idk

@@thegamerfe8751 Yup that’s why I love it

@@massiveedgelord5945 More on about the tempo