But the existence of the "you" that you believe in is so tenuous - Shin Megami Tensei/Persona General

We have confirmation that Persona 5 is gonna have it's own event at TGS, ten days from now.
Atlus announced that they'll have a "Persona Special Stage" event at this year's Tokyo Game Show on September 19th from 2:30pm to 3:30pm JST. [Thanks, Game Jouhou.]

The stage event will feature some popular talents behind the Persona series like vocalist Yumi Kawamura, Lotus Juice, Shihoko Hirata, DJ WAKA and many others, who'll be there to perform live music.

Additionally, there will be a live talk show featuring Persona Stalker Club's hosts Mafia Kajita and Tomomi Isomura. More details for the event will be announced in the near future.

Atlus haven't shared any details on whether we'll get a new trailer or release date for Persona 5 at Tokyo Game Show, but seeing that they're going to have this special event for the occasion, there's a good chance that we may get something new.
(Source)

So yeah. Get hype.
 
From /v/:

Phantom: Arsene Lupin/Wild Card
Morgana (persona sensei): Zorro
Jun/Tanukiman: Goemon
Ryuuji: Long John Silver (maybe)
Anzu: unknown

EDIT: Summer 2016 release. Considering Japan, that's somewhere in May, right?
 
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do you hear that noise

like the roaring of ten thousand diesel engines

rushing towards us

growing with every moment

THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE HYPE TRAIN

GET ON BOARD
 
From /v/:

Phantom: Arsene Lupin/Wild Card
Morgana (persona sensei): Zorro
Jun/Tanukiman: Goemon
Ryuuji: Long John Silver (maybe)
Anzu: unknown

EDIT: Summer 2016 release. Considering Japan, that's somewhere in May, right?
I'm doubting Long John Silver, he did not have an eyepatch and did have crutches. Unfortunately, Ryu's persona lacks a hook, so not Captain Hook. If it weren't for the eyepatch, I'd say Captain Blood. There was also an old french novel (Clients of the Good Yellow Dog tavern) which featured pirates who dressed in bones to scare their prey, but I cannot find any details about it via wikipedia.
 
Is a delay at this point really surprising? All I kept hearing was "gonna come out in 2015, super cereal guys!" But there was never anything more than that until this recent event.
 
And a translation from people on the internet. May contain mistakes
QUICK TRANSLATION (May contain mistakes!):

Morgana: "Quickly, let's get outta here."
Anne: "But hey, we're already here, let's at least take the big one-"
???: "We have time to worry about that later."
Sakamoto: "What's happening now?"
Anne: "I don't know, I don't care! Let's take off!"
Morgana: "Damn… Damn, damn, this ain't good!"
Everyone: "WOOOOOAAAAAHHH!"
[I can't make out what Sakamoto is saying here, but I think it's something like "Damn, that was a trap!"]
Anne: "Morgana, we need a car, a car!!"
Morgana: "Gah, yeah, I'm at it, I'm at it alre-"
Anne: *throws Morgana*
________________________________
Announcer: "The train accident that happened a few days ago in the local subway remains still unexplained.
Announcer: "The police have presented a statement that they would put their utmost efforts into resolving the case quickly."
((Passer-by: "Another accident? There's a lot of those lately…"
Passer-by2: "I get goosebumps when I hear of all these accidents."))
Girl: "Does that mean the rumors were true!?"
Guy: "As if! Like there'd ever be thief who can steal people's hearts!"
Girl: "I think I saw something about this on the net…"
((Phone:
Anne: "So, what're we gonna do today?"
Anne: "Feel like just going on the thing?"
Sakamoto: "You bet!"))
Sakamoto: "Now… that's… weird…"
Sakamoto: "How did the school…"
Morgana: "A world created from wrapped desires. I call it "The Palace"."
Woman: "Now tell me, how do you steal the hearts of other people?"
Woman: "Answer me."
Morgana: "You have to write a calling card. It should say "We will come and take your heart"."
Sakamoto: "T-THE CAT TALKS!?"
Morgana: "I ain't no cat! I am the great Morgana!"
Woman on Phone: "What will you give in return?"
Man: "Using this, you can travel back and forth between The Palace and the real world."
Boy: "Y'know what we call a gathering of shit asshole adults? Society."
Boy2: "I think that those people are all being used as spare leads."
Anne: "Then let me help too."
Man: "This has to be their work… The thieves who steal hearts…"
Man2: "The Persona is the self you show to face the people around you. The mask that portects your heart."
Sakamoto: "With that kind of power… We can get that key back!"
Man: "Do you think you will escape from here unharmed?"
Anne: "You are not human. You are nothing but a pathetic demon possessed by the the desire for relationships."
Sakamoto: "What… This is…!"
Morgana: "There endlessly many desires wrapped so badly, they make people believe they were some kind of big shot. Do you have the resolution to put up with that?"
(Guard: "Who's there? An intruder!!")
(Textbox:
Morgana: "Ohhh, awesome!! That's just right!")
———–
Velvet Twin (Braids): "You are imprisoned. A prisoner of a future that was decided ahead of time."
Anne: "But what if I lose hold of all my memories and all my feelings…?"
Sakamoto: "Stop… I don't wanna… Know this…"
Man: "Society now shows its true face. This distorted path will soom lead to their ruin."
Man: "It's futile!"
Anne: "I know… That's why I won't hold back anymore…!"
Man: "Now… how will you move?"
Sakamoto: "I have to set everything on this one chance…!"
Man: "Tell me… Who are you!?"
Anne: "We will steal all that there is to you!"​
 
My vote for Anzu's persona?

Carmen Sandiago.
 
And a translation from people on the internet. May contain mistakes
QUICK TRANSLATION (May contain mistakes!):

Morgana: "Quickly, let's get outta here."
Anne: "But hey, we're already here, let's at least take the big one-"
???: "We have time to worry about that later."
Sakamoto: "What's happening now?"
Anne: "I don't know, I don't care! Let's take off!"
Morgana: "Damn… Damn, damn, this ain't good!"
Everyone: "WOOOOOAAAAAHHH!"
[I can't make out what Sakamoto is saying here, but I think it's something like "Damn, that was a trap!"]
Anne: "Morgana, we need a car, a car!!"
Morgana: "Gah, yeah, I'm at it, I'm at it alre-"
Anne: *throws Morgana*
________________________________
Announcer: "The train accident that happened a few days ago in the local subway remains still unexplained.
Announcer: "The police have presented a statement that they would put their utmost efforts into resolving the case quickly."
((Passer-by: "Another accident? There's a lot of those lately…"
Passer-by2: "I get goosebumps when I hear of all these accidents."))
Girl: "Does that mean the rumors were true!?"
Guy: "As if! Like there'd ever be thief who can steal people's hearts!"
Girl: "I think I saw something about this on the net…"
((Phone:
Anne: "So, what're we gonna do today?"
Anne: "Feel like just going on the thing?"
Sakamoto: "You bet!"))
Sakamoto: "Now… that's… weird…"
Sakamoto: "How did the school…"
Morgana: "A world created from wrapped desires. I call it "The Palace"."
Woman: "Now tell me, how do you steal the hearts of other people?"
Woman: "Answer me."
Morgana: "You have to write a calling card. It should say "We will come and take your heart"."
Sakamoto: "T-THE CAT TALKS!?"
Morgana: "I ain't no cat! I am the great Morgana!"
Woman on Phone: "What will you give in return?"
Man: "Using this, you can travel back and forth between The Palace and the real world."
Boy: "Y'know what we call a gathering of shit asshole adults? Society."
Boy2: "I think that those people are all being used as spare leads."
Anne: "Then let me help too."
Man: "This has to be their work… The thieves who steal hearts…"
Man2: "The Persona is the self you show to face the people around you. The mask that portects your heart."
Sakamoto: "With that kind of power… We can get that key back!"
Man: "Do you think you will escape from here unharmed?"
Anne: "You are not human. You are nothing but a pathetic demon possessed by the the desire for relationships."
Sakamoto: "What… This is…!"
Morgana: "There endlessly many desires wrapped so badly, they make people believe they were some kind of big shot. Do you have the resolution to put up with that?"
(Guard: "Who's there? An intruder!!")
(Textbox:
Morgana: "Ohhh, awesome!! That's just right!")
———–
Velvet Twin (Braids): "You are imprisoned. A prisoner of a future that was decided ahead of time."
Anne: "But what if I lose hold of all my memories and all my feelings…?"
Sakamoto: "Stop… I don't wanna… Know this…"
Man: "Society now shows its true face. This distorted path will soom lead to their ruin."
Man: "It's futile!"
Anne: "I know… That's why I won't hold back anymore…!"
Man: "Now… how will you move?"
Sakamoto: "I have to set everything on this one chance…!"
Man: "Tell me… Who are you!?"
Anne: "We will steal all that there is to you!"​


So, together with the chain motifs of the personas we've seen so far (and the obvious prison stuff for the MC) it looks like this one will be about the burdens and restrictions society places on you.

Game's gonna be millenial as fuck.

Edit:


Holy shit, "...they're packing the game with all kinds of content, and it'll be the most voluminous title the series has yet to see as far as gameplay and play time goes". Personas three and four were already 70 hour games, how much longer are they making it?
 
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So, together with the chain motifs of the personas we've seen so far (and the obvious prison stuff for the MC) it looks like this one will be about the burdens and restrictions society places on you.
If that's the case, then the whole thing about the Deadly Sins makes sense. They would be a way one could release their stress and tension from those burdens, but indulge too much and you would lose control.

The big question here is, "What do they mean by hearts?" Memories? Emotions? The True Self?

What if the protags have it wrong from the start and think that stealing everyone's hearts would help them? Only to realize how wrong they were halfway through the game?
 


CV: Nana Mizuki

A 16-year old, three quarters Japanese girl with American roots that attends Shûjin gakuen. At school, she appears to be unable to blend in and lonely due to her striking looks. She is being observed acting together with the youth assumed to be the leader and Sakamoto Ryûji. At school, strange rumors are spreading about her, but whether these are true or not is still being investigated.
 
CV: Nana Mizuki
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Oh my god I hope she sings something anything please let it happen.
 
Let the milking begin.


Persona 5: The Animation

Because of course there has to be an anime!

It worked with P3 and P4 (twice, even) so it has to work here, right.

<cricket chirp>

...Right?
;):D

***
Okay, all kidding aside, is this a thing where the plot is presented both in the anime and the game at the same time?
 
We finally discovered where Carmen Sandiego has disappeared!

She is in the collective unconscious! So there is a 99% chance that she is the one stealing our memories.

And now you know who to blame if you forget something!
 
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