Persona Trinity Soul : The Forgotten Persona 

Persona Trinity Soul: As you get older, it's harder to use your persona without drugs Persona 2 Eternal Punishment: The fuck you talking about?

the only protagonist that actually has caring parents

You forgot the best part to come from this anime. "I'M IN THE HOUSE LIKE CARPET"

This video found its way into my house, like carpet.

Adults being able to use Personas normally has been a thing since Persona 1. In fact, I'm pretty sure Persona 3 is the only mainline Persona game that doesn't feature at least one Persona user in their twenties or higher. Persona 1 has Kandori, the 2 duolgy has a plethora of adult Persona users, 4 has Adachi and 5 Maruki in the Royal version.

I've said this a dozen times now, but I'd love to see Atlus re-write Persona Trinity Soul and have it serve as the template for Persona 6.

As far as Persona 4 contradicting Trinity Souls, I would say that Arena explains that fairly well actually. The P3 crew are shocked to sed the P4 crew summon their personas without using an exterior device (evoker), whereas the P4 crew are stunned when they learn that the P3 crew can use their personas outside of the TV world. In other words, each incurson of shadows is unique and the effects on the persona users alters to the specific incursion. P3 needs invokers to summon but can do so even outside of Tartarus, P4 needs no such devices but are limited to the TV world, P5 must rip a mask off of their face (which looks bloody painful) and seemingly are relegated to palaces.

Wow we have everything from persona a protagonist moving to a new town to stay with someone for the year, a detective that attempts to suprise you with a persona, a murder mystery, a God to fight at the end

Actually, it's persona 2 itself that contradicts trinity soul, since there are more than a character in their 20 that can use persona without problem. And persona 2 too they just summon persona, there's no trauma gun card masks or facing true self, so all of these things were already in persona 2. Still, this anime is good, and without some of these contradictory details could be canon without problem

Makes me wish there was more anime original Persona enteries starring non-wildcards

I like to think Trinity Soul is canon, just making minor adjustements to the story and some concepts would make it fit nicely

Here's why I think Shadow Extraction makes one euphoric. The Shadow, according to Carl Yung, is the self, that is understandable to society, you don't want anyone to see. If you let out the shadow, like in counseling or writing it in a journal, it feels good, like you lifted a weight off your chest. That's the sense of euphoria. Yes, the Shadow may be a deviant, I get that! Letting it out where it doesn't harm anyone is the key to balancing the Shadow and the Persona.

This persona makes me feel in the house like carpet. Not gonna lie.

2:08 igor being some random guy on the street is hilarious

12:35 Persona 1 and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment contradict Trinity Soul's lore as well, with Kandori, a major antagonist in both games, being fully capable of utilizing a Persona despite being in his late twenties (P1) and his early thirties (P2: EP). Same goes for the majority of party members in Eternal Punishment too, with Maya, Ulala, and Katsuya being well into their twenties and Baofu, the oldest of the cast, being 32 years old and yet they all can use their Personas with no problems

This anime try to sell Gloomy theme of Persona 3 but they get it wrong, because what made people love P3 is for its lively story and story telling that made the tragic end more meaningful (like loosing a friend)

Only protagonist who's in the house like carpet

Trinity soul has amazing ost as well, like Soul Drive and Burning Men’s Soul, the latter having some of the best lyrics I’ve ever seen written.

I think the reason for Shin not being included in the 25th merch along side the other 7 protagonist is one may think it's because many people hated this and declared it non canon, similar to the changes made for the Persona 3 stage and anime adaptations (With the bit you mentioned about Kanaru, the bit you said "How familiar...", that's only in the Persona 3 stage plays and movies, in the game, Yukari is actually the canon love interest and the game would give big hints about it, even making it a big plot element in The Answer), but in one video I saw, it's actually because Atlus doesn't really own the rights to Trinity Soul surprisingly. Also, one thing I'd like to point out is that recently all the Persona animes were all shown in this one source in this marathon in a Japanese stream service as one of the announcements for the September announcement, even Trinity Soul was featured in there, despite Shin not even being featured at all in any of the 25th anniversary merch. So, that's pretty much the only time Trinity Soul got any sorta attention for the 25th Anniversary of Persona celebration so far. I'm really hoping this would get a reboot where it would feature elements from future Persona games like 4 and 5 while still being more of a Persona 3 sequel as well as fix up a lot of the issues. Also, someone actually told me that Trinity Soul actually introduced a few elements that the Persona 4 Arena games would use.

The anime is set in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, where I live. Some of the scenery remains the same, while others have changed.

12:42 spoilers from Persona 5 Scramble: The phantom strikers: Today the oldest Persona user is Zenkichi Hasegawa aka Wolf (+40 years)

One thing to note is not just persona 4 but the cast of persona 2 eternal punishment (which was before persona 3) the entire cast were adult persona users so the whole not having a persona at adulthood made zero sense

In my opinion this was somewhat a botched result of Atlus not knowing where to go after the huge milestone which Persona 3 was. You can see a mix between P3 social story line and Persona 2 noiresque-like notion. This was probably a mixture a little too much shaken for the player of an IP that just got out of indie and waltzed right into mainstream. (Of course the full process happened after P5 but at that moment Atlus made a breakthrough). Still I liked the show for its dry almost crispy atmosphere. It came to me more as a tribute to P2 rather than P3.

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Actually water does expire, or more accurately the bottle its in expires, causing the water to leach in chemicals from it contaminating it.

The fact that you cannot be an adult to use a persona or you die is mentioned in this anime and nowhere else in the Persona series really tells you that the creators behind the Persona game series did not like that concept. I think it is a dumb concept. So, you're telling me that when all the characters from Persona 1 to 5 grow up that they violently die if they try using their persona? That's a bit too gruesome. Also, if I remember correctly, some were already adults (or can be considered young adults).

Shin’s design might actually come from a scrapped P3 protagonist concept; if you look at the early footage from when it was going to have an isometric perspective, the protagonist design looks a lot like Shin.

I know people love pointing out the contradiction of "adults can't summon personas" by talking about Adachi from P4 or the cast of P2: Eternal Punishment... But it's so often ignored what Kanaru says in one of the episodes about that. She says that she doesn't believe that adults actually lose their Persona's when they grow up, but subconsciously suppress because of this need to be "more adult". Not exactly what she says, but do forgive me it's been years since I watched this. Which means it's not that the Adachi or Maya shouldn't be able to summon Persona's... But more of that because of their psyche, mental state, or personality, they are able to summon one. Thing is, we should also look at the context as a whole as to why Trinity Soul even makes mention of this; And while this is slightly meta, it is supposed to explain why most if not almost all Persona users are teenagers. It's not that adults "can't", it's just that teenagers are more predisposed to have one. Teenage life is often some of the most hectic years when it comes to finding oneself. And a lot of teenagers focus on that and I think that is why they're more predisposed to have one. And that's why adults, kids, dogs, or even shadows being able to summon personas is an exceptional thing where it has a lot to do with either circumstance (like a traumatic event), or mentality.

Which studio animated this again? I read in passing on old gamefaqs threads that the animation studio who did this also made the anime scenes for Persona 4 PS2.

Not even persona 4, it was retconned even before it existed; persona 2 eternal punishment

"As you get older, it gets harder to summon your Personas" Adachi, Maruki, Zenkichi, Toshiro, Katsuya, Kandori and Baofu would like to have a word with you.

I want to thank you for making this video. I'm making a dnd campaign of persona for my friends that haven't played the game. This gave me ideas for it.

theory: different persona summon types have different restrictions. ones that don't have a prerequisite may have the limitation of age.

It isn't forgotten if you never wanted to remember it to begin with.

I watched this first few episodes a very long time ago and assumed it was Persona 1. When I later experienced Persona 1, I just assumed I had a fever dream haha

Persona 1 and 2 had them summon via normal means and not a special way in fact no one needs to do that, they just do it for concentration. Also, P2 is the one that rejects this shows canon because Maya was 20. Also also, P1 and P2 don’t entirely have characters progression tied to the Mc being around

Atlas has so much potential for this series outside of 3,4and 5. And even with those numbered titles, there is still so much that we can benefit from. There are lots of books left untranslated. I think the West is ready for Persona. I think there is a massive fan base that just wants more.

The only thing I really remember from this is that supposedly Jun and the sister share the same body

I was sold first ten seconds pls continue to make such high quality SMT content so I don't have to thanks~

i wanna point out that before persona 4 atlus had a very different way of having you see the world and the mechanics of personas and i'm actually really sad it didn't stay like this. Both persona 3 and trinity soul have the characters taking drugs to keep their personas in check with only your group in persona 3 being any different. it paints having a persona as a massive burden and undertaking unlike having a pokemon or having a stand. when you think of having Star Platinum you think of being this action movie hero who punches shit till it dies with magical powers. if persona had kept going like this having a persona would almost always mean sacrificing so much of yourself and putting yourself through so much pain to use that no one would ever really want one. i kinda wish atlus kept it like that. now having a persona is just WOAH CHECK OUT THIS SUPER RAD POWER and not a topic that should be taken seriously like how most mega ten games handle things.

@21:46 sparked a memory So during my first watch of Kamen Rider Blade, there's an entire arc with Garren that's a giant anti-drugs message: It's basically "Don't do drugs, you'll isolate yourself from your friends and family and become dependant, and your Dollar Store M.Bison drug dealer will kill your girlfriend if you try to kick the habit." (Kamen Rider W's almost-entire schtick counts too, a lot of the early Dopants are basically addicts strung out on the effects of using Memory direct into their body to escape the issues in their lives) There's something about the early 00's public morals messaging in Japan that's just so unwieldy that it's almost comical.

I watched 1 episode, and that was just straight up even creepier than any SMT game

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who remembers this series. I watched this in college without having any prior knowledge of the Persona series. I still think of it from time to time and I look back on Trinity Soul fondly. I need to get the second DVD set to complete the anime and give this a rewatch at some point.

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You forgot to mention that the OP is an absolute banger.

But adachi first fuses with his shadow or something also he uses it in the TV world so it makes sense why adachi has a persona and I guess the same goes for zenkichi because hes in the metaverse

This feels like fanfic and that's honestly one of the coolest things about it

i wish this had more views

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Im goanna be that asshole. Technically, even before P4 was released, Trinity Soul makes no sense with adults with persona. The cast of P2 part 2 (and two members of part 1) are all adults. So trinity contradicts the real lore of the series by ignoring the past titles.

Nice video man, just what i was waiting for. Good analysis to this anime. This is one of my favorites, isn't really good, right, but i like the serious and mystery atmosphere.

I think I knew of the anime when it came out, but the whole semi-transparent Persona thing was a big turn off and I never finished it. I will say though, of all the interactions with Igor in the anime, mange and games, that brief interaction in Ep1 was perfection. I think it might even be my favorite scene of the whole anime, it's so mysterious, eerie and perfect for his character. I don't think I'll ever give a second chance to this anime, but it was definitely worth the watch to check out this little essay.

i love that the copyright bots took down all the openings here

You unlocked a memory I saw at least part of this somewhere and I can't even recall where?? My brain is saying it must've been on US tv somewhere but maybe I just tried it on one of those sites. Nice that you spotlighted something that could easily become lost media! I subbed just to help out. Edit: Yeah I have this as "dropped" on anilist but this video makes me wanna give it another go.

I didn’t know much about Persona, but for some reason I realy resonated by the chill wibes while feeling a bit ackward at the same time. For some reason the snow, cooking and some of the music stuck with me. Not the most profound show I have ever watched but I atached to it somehow.

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the lazy copout answer is because the concept of a multiverse applies to Persona too (being very important to a good chunk of Q2, as well as why the Persona series even exists in the first place, much less exist past Innocent Sin), there probably are timelines where Trinity Soul happened

It's really good watching your explanation about this persona, your voice give more vibe!

It's been a WHILE since I watched the anime so I may be be forgetting it, but you not mentioning it in the video also makes me think it wasn't really a thing in the anime. But Personas and Shadows are deeply routed in Psychology and what have you (As I'm sure most people know) But the idea of a piece of Persona fiction that doesn't involve that or acknowledge it feels like someone saw the cliffnotes of Persona 3 and just went "Oh okay, they are kinda like personal pokemon, got it." Missing the whole point of that they meant and what shadows and ego mean nether, which is something that is a through line throughout the whole series (With Persona 3 Journey arguably being the one with the weakest ties to this.) I get why the show was made non-canon not due to the plot or characters or anything like that, it's mainly because it feels like it missed one of the main theme of what the persona games have in common, being the relationship between Personas and Shadows and the effect that can have on a person and the people around them along with the collective unconscious. All that being said, great video~

Great video man. The explanation and analysis done by you was really nice to watch.

Persona 6 should just be a trinity soul remake Meaning the original story but edited to be more in line with the games

I’ve been meaning to watch it but I never remembered to buy it off Amazon, I’m glad this video reached my recommended

Really like this was feeling the surprise of use some more music

I feel like if this was a game, it would have been done better because anime usually has time constraints that they need to meet, and there's only so much you can include in an anime, if it's not a long running series.

I remember this anime from back in college. I got halfway through it but never finished it lol. I was hoping there would've been a crossover 5 and Trinity soul.

12:38 I don't really think retcon is the righr term for that, since each game have slightly different changes in rules and all that. The use of pills to interfer with the persona seems to be vaguely based on surpressants pilla in p3

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Back in 2010, when I really got into persona 3 FES. I didn't have internet at the time. I've seen the picture with Shin, and I had no idea who that was until today!

the sole reason on why i even discovered this persona series is because of the dude who rapped absolute fire cause im in the house like carpet

5:02 Kamoshida!? What are you doing here!? (This is just a joke, please don't argue.)

That Adachi Doug Walker is so cursed

Wouldn’t it be funny if Atlus just casually drops Trinity Soul as a game

Akihiko in this anime became a cop. And in the game, Persona 4 Arena, he ia planning to be one. Meaning it's a call back to this anime.

bro why do u have this beautiful ass music in the background

never thought id get to share a trinity soul fun fact in my life but hey around 28:40 you mention that a whale's feather really should've been read and explained to the audience. aniplex and nis america clearly agreed, because the volume 1 premium edition dvd box set comes with a hardcover copy of the in-universe children's book - "written by shigeru kanzato and illustrated by haruka kanzato" its not very good! but the art is very appealing. fitting!

When I saw the personas were transparent I immediately thought of the Jojo OVA.

Thou hath awakened something within the sea of my souls...dang I forgot this existed.

Maybe the existence of Adachi doesnt contradict TS. I mean *spoilers* he did get his powers directly from a god rather that having the potential like in 3. My theory would be that getting your persona that way instead of awakening to it transends normal rules.

Neat. Never heard of this.

If this storyline and laws about personas WERE canon, Zenkichi From P5 Strikers Wouldn't make sense either

Even though Akihiko didn’t do anything, I still liked the scene where he let’s Shin punch him. It’s like the one time he shows understanding to Shin and shows how even Akihiko is frustrated at the situation at large as well.

the concept for this show is pretty cool. it would've been such a good story for another game. like imagine a Persona User antagonist who, instead of being a wild card, they steal other people's persona's :0 i think that'd be sick :P also couldn't the reason Adachi can use a persona be because they are in the TV world? they're in the real world in Trinity soul, so maybe that's why they have to use the drugs? idk

Average is truly the best description for Persona Trinity Soul

"It's harder for you to summon your Persona as an adult." 😂 GTFO!

I actually like to think that with the case of Adachi, you know those adults who are childhood nostalgic or have past trauma and are unable to let go of the past and wants it to come back instead of moving on from it? I think it's the same sorta thing with Adachi and is how he was able to retain control of his Persona despite his age. And I'm sure it's the same thing with Dr. Maruki from Persona 5 Royal too.

Shin megoomi do I hear a tensei?

I know Trinity Soul got decanonized around the time of Persona 4 Arena

This review got Noble. He died

Forgotten for a reason, am I right my brothers? give me an AMEN

Thank you. I never watched this. Always knew about it though. Just never watched it. But I was always curious... wheeenever I could remember it exists. It's because of the recent persona gacha that has me looking around at... um. "Lesser" persona users? As in. Just not known or talked about? I don't know what I'm even trying to say anymore. Thank you for making this. Liked and subscribed. >^w^

I have to know, where did you watch that? I only have the premium box at for the first volume where can I watch volume two?

Persona's being used in a "Real" world is a interesting concept

6:27 okay that's too relatable

glad the old people cant have personas idea was scraped otherwise we wouldnt have characters like zenkichi from P5S

I greatly respect that you didn't self-censor like so many people on this terrible platform do. Also, protein is a major part of Akihiko's character only in later games, so it makes sense that an anime made only a year after it wouldn't mention it. After all, it was only mentioned once in the game, and only as part of a missable sidequest.

P5 anime fights for some reason is less flashier than the fights for Trinity soil

Im in the house like carpet

1:16 I never knew THAT'S who that was, I'd seen the name Trinity Soul before, but damn, you opened my eyes here, I'm gonna see what else you got.

It's not even canon The reason it's not canon The age limit for Persona users shown in Trinity Soul Nope, not in the other series It's a good anime, but the limit of how old a Persona user can be shattered canon of current and even Persona 2 part 2 where there is clearly a person over that age Trinity Soul was NEVER canon Persona 2 Persona user Baofu is mentioned to be 30 years old

I always remember about Kanaru death scene and the first ending song