01 Persona PSP: Dream of Butterfly -Lyrics and English translation

[@masonstewart6232]

Most underrated persona intros

[@kurosakikun96]

The PSP Persona intros are all absolutely glorious, I will gladly die on the hill that Soul Phrase is better than Burn my Dread and the FES intro

[@davontilghman3616]

@@kurosakikun96 I would too

[@Deus_XG]

Davon Tilghman same

[@thatsruffdog]

This song fits better with JoJo OP 1.

[@laurierobins8913]

Agreed

[@lewis9s]

Persona 1: I’m dreaming of a butterfly... Persona 5: *let’s ice skate and sing about society.*

[@AkireJ12341]

Persona 3: hahahahahahahahhaah i am suicidal

[@dio8451]

This really says a lot about society...

[@Ebitz20]

Persona 2 innocent sin: haha lotus juice go brrrrrr

[@arsontv1293]

This says a lot about society *80 hours of jazz

[@rosineidejoaquinadasilvali6645]

Persona 3,4 and 5: is this... a society problem!!? Lemme just fix it :)

[@demiurge7676]

Imagine if persona 6 takes back this atmosphere but keeps its gameplay from 3-5. Like an hybrid

[@morgboat744]

would be cool but there’s about 0 chance Persona goes back to this atmosphere after the success of 5

[@II-gj1jw]

@@morgboat744 I mean you never know. Atlus is known for being unpredictable these days

[@Probably_Talhah]

I want the atmosphere to be more like the ps1 version of the game.

[@cck-megaten_newbie7223]

The only thing I really want from P6 is for the writing to be more subtle and not so blunt, these games are M rated, people playing them should have a grasp on inference, connecting the dots in a story to form a whole, etc

[@danko6712]

@@cck-megaten_newbie7223 Maybe a university setting? Perhaps tackling different issues? High school setting is a staple of Persona but i think a university setting may be a bold step to more mature characters and issues perhaps. Just some thoughts i had

[@comicstrider4851]

Persona 1 op: i cannot forget you Persona 2 protag: well... Guess y'all die

[@Mark-tq7bf]

You know that the things that happen in Innocent Sin do not affect Persona 1 do you? If it were like that Nanjo wouldn't have his persona or have the exact same past as he shown to have in Persona 2

[@uteki5685]

@@Mark-tq7bf what are you talking about?

[@Mark-tq7bf]

@@uteki5685 I mean. There is lots of people that think that Persona 1 and 2 aren't canon because of something that happened at the end of ep

[@uteki5685]

@@Mark-tq7bf oh yeah thats right i forgot.

[@uteki5685]

@@Mark-tq7bf but where did you get that from because this guy didnt even mention it

[@themasteryoshisaur]

Guys, P1 and P2 finally exist to Atlus. Thanks 25th anniversary

[@fritadeirapotente9217]

Wait who?

[@josuedominguez-delatorre735]

@@fritadeirapotente9217 I think he meant persona 4 and 5

[@fritadeirapotente9217]

@@josuedominguez-delatorre735 oh yeah thanks

[@MastaGambit]

@@Shoppe__ do you remember where you got that metric from? cuz I find it hard to believe that, even in Japan, any other persona sold better than 5

[@esthiem4388]

and just as quickly, all three died again.

[@flyingpiggles1034]

That rock section is godly.

[@nesfan8]

It goes so hard

[@pancakes_go2940]

It messes up the vibe for me

[@PebblepantsTV]

thanks

[@animalcrossing4952]

​@@pancakes_go2940 It adds vibe for me

[@ElfinOrcTM]

@@pancakes_go2940 L

[@Nobe616]

It's as if this song is sung from the perspective of Maki

[@schleepyrandy]

It could also be sung from everyone else's perspective, seeing Maki fighting alongside them instead of being completely bedridden

[@dylanbell268]

@@schleepyrandy both of you are right, the non Japanese lyrics are her friends and the Japanese ones are her. It’s about maki living in a dream world and her friends coming to terms and rushing to save her

[@shelbybayer200]

It actually very may well be

[@segafan1316]

@@dylanbell268 what does the "my weaknesses were all from you" means then

[@dylanbell268]

@@segafan1316 it’s about makis feelings for the protag, she becomes vulnerable due to her feelings for him.

[@noisetank0994]

Yo! I played close attention to the lyrics and read them with parenthesis only and vise versa and realized that it's two stories in a song. Really deep I loved it!!

[@SealSlap5069]

its the normal path and the alt path

[@LassBisharp]

@@SealSlap5069 What are the differences between the normal and alt path?

[@pol610]

Sebec and Snow Queen Quest

[@marcosquezada6489]

@@LassBisharp 5 months late but: they even have different characters you can choose from, there are characters exclusive to the normal path and characters exclusive to the alt path, for example Yukino is exclusive to the Snow Queen Quest. They function differently too if I recall correctly, but at the end of the day, no matter what path you choose you will reach the same ending and everything will be back to normal referencing that even if you take the normal path, your friend is still advancing through the alt path on her own.

[@jameer7565]

I love the butterfly quote it's so deep

[@mangaloveranix8412]

Theme: Always keep going to the end of the path you have chosen. As you go, don't you dare quit, even though the road may be more tougher than you thought! Keep on walking or dashing! Knock down that door that's never opened for anyone else beside you with the victorious look on your face and keep on running onto that chosen path so you can be who you ought to be with your own might without any halting!

[@PG-qn8od]

very inspirational, never give up!

[@CMW1995]

I thought this was just a metaphor for when you are getting lost in the school hallways XD

[@purplespectre]

@@CMW1995 That's how it starts, and then a year later you're beating the shit out of some god with your friends to save humanity.

[@manuelmateo3392]

It's important to understand who you actually are, and not to hide behind illusion or false pretense, content to live in a fantasy where everything will work out. One has to open that door. Be your true mind, and all that.

[@VirgoanSub]

never forget the "erfly" in "dream of a butterfly" worst mistake of my life

[@BitchChill]

Dream of a fly

[@ThiccFurryBoi34]

The butt life?

[@autosmith6500]

Littereally vids about Dream taking off his pants. End me

[@ThiccFurryBoi34]

@@autosmith6500 but he doesn’t wear pants on his Minecraft skin

[@SteveScriggins7539]

Insert funny hey Louis man running from a plane

[@Vagem]

damn those are some deep lyrics there...

[@veryexciteddog963]

Yeah, I thought it was just a bop before I saw this video, now it's a philosophical bop...

[@dylanbell268]

@@veryexciteddog963 it’s even more sad when you realize it’s about maki

[@kero731]

@@dylanbell268 The original game had her name as Mary, not as good as Maki in my opinion.

[@_Hawkes]

@@kero731 that was the US release, her name was localised to Mary from Maki

[@ceecee6521]

@@dylanbell268 Yeah, that's the beauty of these songs. They're always about at least ONE of the main characters or the main theme of the game.

[@yep1486]

Dream of a butterfly, or is life a dream? Don’t wanna wake up 'cause I’m happier here I was glad just to have you by my side It was the only reality I needed But it was all just a dream Swaying and dissolving like bubbles in the dark ocean When I woke up, no one was really there There is nothing certain Reaching for the shimmering shape in vain That, I know is true in this place What should I believe in to live on in this ever changing world? I’m drowning (I can’t believe in you) in sadness (but I cannot forget you) calling out as I saw you (I will dig up my faith) that night (and march on) I believed (I cannot see ahead) that it’s because (but I can’t keep standing still) you are by my side (So I will close my eyes) that I could grow strong (and march on) I was afraid (Can’t lay the blame on you) of suffering (but I cannot forgive you) crying as I called out to you (So drenched up in rain) that day (I’ll march on) I realized (I cannot face the sun) my weaknesses (but I cannot dream at night) are because of you (So under the moonlight) They all are (I’ll march on)

[@Raddkann]

these lyrics hittin 😔

[@inaciobits682]

The Persona series went from game based on a 2000 year old study on human existence to YEAH WE SUPER HEROES

[@ThiccFurryBoi34]

It was about the high school students fighting monsters to high school teens wearing super hero costumes fighting monsters in a different dimension

[@tvgaming2132]

It's from the study of humans to kill god

[@tomo8940]

To be fair. The entire franchise began with an edgy highschool student that summoned and worked with a demon to get back at the people who wronged him only to regret this after they threatened to take his waifu.

[@thorhit]

@@tomo8940 yeah, classic SMT stuff 😀

[@tanyasellars7492]

@@tomo8940 Digital devil story is a mess

[@TwistedLullabies]

The outro of the song always gets to me

[@mariobros237]

Same

[@KaiMCGRPS]

same

[@lucas1892]

Tambien.

[@RyuseiLJ]

@@lucas1892 indeed. I agree

[@LorenHelgeson]

Agreed

[@LeseanDeVon]

The production of this song is like a mix of Japanese pop, rock, and small mix of r&b Truly a fuckin classic

[@omarisaintjuste1665]

Dream of Butterfly, or is life a dream? Don't wanna wake up 'cause I'm happier here Anata ga iru sore dakede yokatta Tada hitotsu no shinjitsu datta no Dakedo sore wa yume de Swaying and dissolving like bubbles in the dark ocean Kizukeba dare mo inai Tashikana mono wo nanimo Reaching for the shimmering shape in vain Koko ni wa nai to wakatta Utsurou kono sekai nani wo shinjite ikireba ii? Kanashimi (I can't believe in you) oborete (But I cannot forget you) sakebinagara anata niwa (I will dig up my faith) ano yoru (And march on) Anata ga (I cannot see ahead) iru kara, (But I can't keep standing still) watashi tsuyoku narerun da to (So I will close my eyes) shinjita (And march on) Kurushimi (Can't lay the blame on you) osorete (But I cannot forgive you) nakinagara anata yonda (So drenched up in the rain) ano hi (I'll march on) Anata no (I cannot face the sun) sei da to, (But I cannot dream at night) kizuita jibun no yowasa (So under the moonlight) subete ga (I'll march on)

[@Dwolfin]

Holy shit, this is seriously one of the most underated Persona songs of ALL TIME. It goes from being so casual to HITTING SO HARD and then being beautiful as fuck. It had no need or reason to do that but it did anyway.

[@nontan59]

RIP to this song not being on Spotify :(

[@BenDover-zf4qr]

if only bro😔

[@mavericksetsuna7396]

@@BenDover-zf4qr Am i weird for just keeping everything as an mp3? I have never bothered with any third party for storing music and just keep it all on my pc's.

[@nitro5247]

@@mavericksetsuna7396 no

[@atoaster9940]

@@mavericksetsuna7396 I do it too. I use Musicolet on my Phone.

[@AgonyOST1998]

@@mavericksetsuna7396 Music get deleted off of platform occasionally, downloading mp3s (apparently illegal?) retains that feeling of nostalgia.

[@ShinigamiOni]

Such powerful lyrics! "Under the moonlight, I'll march on"

[@Windrays]

The lyrics of these tracks are absolutely masterful.

[@alatsus]

i don't get why people rag on the psp soundtrack so much. it's actually really good :I

[@jouheikisaragi6075]

It kinda kills the mood the OG ost set.

[@Mark-tq7bf]

It's not that the soundtrack is bad. The thing is, if you played the original game, you would know that its soundtrack was the best of all Persona games in one thing: Being Immersive

[@randomness4989]

@@Mark-tq7bf I ve listened to psp and original,played on psp and both had their good and bad soundtracks,espically the boss theme in PS1 more fitting than the jazzy psp one

[@hoodedman6579]

It's really good, but the original was much more fitting and also better overall.

[@MastaGambit]

Its because Lone Prayer got on everyone's nerves really quick due to the game's encounter rate. Plus all of ambient soundtracks were removed, which kinda sucks.

[@Shank._.]

Dude de Chorus is just too emotional. And that's so awesome

[@holyforce5639]

1:10 the literal best part of the song

[@axaadrosie]

Yes, i agree 100%

[@maxlol4873]

i would like to see a remake of this game

[@eduardovarela4462]

The psp version is a remake (b'w')b

[@maxlol4873]

@@eduardovarela4462 i was on about a remake for the playstation 4. or 5

[@Darkrei2]

@@eduardovarela4462 It's more like a remaster than a remake.

[@eduardovarela4462]

@@Darkrei2 yeah you are right

[@naethavenir9422]

This OP BOPS, imagine Persona 1 & 2 in the P5 Engine!

[@thomasmacdonough288]

I really cannot put into words just how much I love this song so I'm just gonna say it's beautiful and leave it at that

[@suave605]

when 1:10 hits, it really does give a unique vibe, fresh and clean.

[@axaadrosie]

Atlus should put it on spotify

[@unicornqueenyt1551]

Who knew my favorite line of the intro (Kanashimi, Oborotte) was so sad :

[@iennefaLsh]

Hits real hard.

[@datakatamadze4261]

It's meaning?

[@MinexGDT]

@@datakatamadze4261 I'm drowing in sadness

[@mrcool9090]

i think music wise this is one of my many favorite persona openings just because of how many places it goes. and the melody in the back half is so good

[@TheRebornExpert]

Pretty good opening for sure.

[@MitsurugiR]

Pretty good? It’s definitely like top 3.

[@grantbasler5876]

Gavin I would say the song itself is top 3. With the animation accounted for though... I don’t know.

[@daddymanthiccboi]

Grant Basler i honestly don’t mind the animation at all, i love this OP. shame the rest of the game couldn’t match its’ quality though.

[@TheRebornExpert]

@@daddymanthiccboi Yes, hopefully Atlus decides to remaster Persona 1 in the future.

[@marronhak2441]

@@TheRebornExpert Remake of Persona 1 and 2 in the style of Persona 5 would be cool.

[@1groovigyrl]

Dream of butterfly, Or is life a dream? Don't wanna wake up 'Cause I'm happier here I was glad just to have you be my side It was the only reality i needed But it was all just a dream Swaying and dissolving like bubbles in the dark ocean When I woke up, no one one was there There's nothing certain Reaching for the shimmering shape in vain That, I know is true in this place What should I believe in to live on... In this ever changing world? I'm drowning (I can't believe in you) In sadness (but I cannot forget you) calling out as I saw you (I will dig up my faith) That night (and march on) I believed (I cannot see ahead) That it's because (But I can't keep standing still) You are by my side (So I will close my eyes) That I could grow strong (and march on) I was afraid (Can't lay the blame on you) Of suffering (But i cannot forgive you) Crying as i called out to you (So drenched up in rain) that day (I'll march on) I realized (I cannot face the sun) my weaknesses (But I can't dream at night) Are because of you (So under the moonlight) They all are (I'll march on)

[@ik0la]

we NEED a persona 3 reload style remake of 1 and 2, I BEG they're amazing stories held back by an archaic RPG system

[@pandora2307]

I agree so much, hope we will get it someday...

[@xoreign]

I can imagine something between the long persona 6 - 7 wait but that is ... a long ways out. I just can't imagine that any time soon since the next project after 6 is likely the complete version they always do.

[@Adachifan54]

Midori has been revealing some very promising news friend....

[@aeroplanething]

I think a rerelease would do, knowing atlus, they’d say “too much money to make” when the answer is 34 dollars

[@giocana4149]

i never played persona 1 but this is a masterpiece

[@cujohjosefumi1252]

I love how the song is basically a resume of Maki

[@engineercatgirl4797]

0:25 This part hits harder than Ren’s swings at the batting cages

[@Dan123407]

thanks!!♡♡ beautiful lyrics

[@bizarreone2058]

How have I missed this golden peace of art

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I hope one day we see a remake of these first two games in the series. They're quite underrated. But my one request for that would be for Atlus to keep Dream of Butterfly as the theme song.

[@thomasmacdonough288]

Imo Persona 1 always has incredible potential for a remake, no other game in the series has its fever dream- borderline horror game aesthetic to the same degree.

[@gamertoon8230]

I don’t care what Schaffrillas says, this song is a banger.

[@professoryeetus8955]

Remove the fly Always like a cream Don't want a wicker Cause I'm heavy here I'm not Kyle So let her caretake your cat Tell the hitter to know she cheats, Dad, oh no Yeah table's where there are cube and tea (spread your memory where robbers think you can't, oh shit) Shish kebab There are more in night Ha she got no more money, oh (freezer's full of sweet things, invade!) Call the leeway Knight was cutter Foods you love, ooh Hold the sack, I eat Nah, emo, change there Eat koolaid, bye Can of soup E (I can't believe you) Or was it A (why'd Ken forfeit you) Suck a bean! Now call Cambria (free me from professor) Ah no, you're ew I'm not a girl (I can't see your hair) Eel gala touch it so you're cooler Yeah I'm not doing any more

[@gabzz9096]

Omg, it's just perfect

[@Toruunamii]

Lmaooo

[@richiemakyura724]

XDDDDDDD

[@KradDrows]

Official Lyrics

[@robertoamaya5589]

So you've came back to listen to this classic, it's been long hasn't it

[@nito9]

yes it has been.....it has

[@troubleshootq]

still the best persona intro for me

[@dylanbell268]

holy shit I can't believe how much I relate to this

[@cloudshifter]

When you realize that Shoji Meguro, the composer of the Persona series music will not be working anymore with Atlus. For those who are worried it's not becuase Atlus did anything, he just wants to make some personal projects.

[@danielmayonaka8818]

Welp were fucked

[@alenisdone]

He's still doing music for Atlus, he's just not an employee anymore.

[@cloudshifter]

@@alenisdone He stated that he would be leaving entirely and won't be working on future titles atleast for a few years, but that he enjoyed his stay alot.

[@AkireJ12341]

Persona is a good game

[@Ilokelesia]

Persona 3 is a good game

[@AkireJ12341]

Persona 4 is a good game

[@randomkidonyoutube9665]

Persona 5 is a good game

[@idk-gg3lk]

Shin Megami Tensei was a good game

[@axjasncja9808]

Shin Megami Tensei 2 was a good game

[@CupofJoe_93]

Wow this hits different after playing through the third semester in P5R. If you know you know. LOL

[@ohhlxmi]

this is prob my fave sound track for persona

[@kanathedragon1195]

God damn I'm sad now.

[@rosey8453]

Why?

[@iwannadie9245]

@@rosey8453 'dream of a butterfly, or is life a dream? I dont wanna wake up coz im happier here' 'but it all was a dream'

[@rosey8453]

@@iwannadie9245 oh......

[@oni91119]

Poor maki 🥲

[@roberte.ospeedwagon.978]

it went happy to dark and very sad

[@martinchristianaguilar5135]

0:25 - When your adoptive brother kisses the girl you love

[@dhaxy]

Is this jojo reference?

[@adelph]

This song is about Maki :'))

[@xr9790]

Live this vile memor- Dream on the fi- *Takes two steps* Live this vile memor- Dream on the fi- *Repeat*

[@ju2tunknown]

It's "Lived with buried memory"

[@natenamaxisbored]

This is without a doubt part of my top 5 best persona songs Edit: Fuck it, it’s my 8th favorite Anime intro of all time

[@iennefaLsh]

Having only played the likes of Final Fantasy before trying out Persona 1, this was a real fresh opener.

[@KyuJuEX099x]

1:11 the best part for me

[@thegaminginkling6470]

I like Persona PSP’s soundtrack! There I said it!

[@vulcanisful5739]

0:23 sounds like the first 15 seconds of in bloom by nirvana

[@rollinggirl.8658]

I got some hard nirvana vibes when i first heard that part, that explains why!

[@diegomorales7419]

It sounds like a mix between Nirvana and Soundgarden

[@adred6628]

Oh dang cc changes things. I ain’t know

[@blackfrostandfriendsgaming7244]

It went like, IM HAPPY HERE! But then, the world is ending.

[@yonathanmendez4132]

The best intro

[@Ash-Dexter]

This song is a banger

[@randomness4989]

Idc what ppl think,persona 1 really blew me of how good it was for an old game,ok psp was a remake but it still had the old gameplay parts and yet it was super fun ngl

[@Valenciaga.CrocHeels]

It feels really weird to notice how SMT and Persona used a really similar guitar tone like the one here all the way up to P4

[@chronica6457]

dream of bufly

[@JaxlamKing]

Incredible.

[@nyoownn]

It feels like being in heaven

[@boom8617]

i love this song

[@WarpstonePainting]

Now this is psychedelic I don't care what anybody says.

[@snxffys6436]

me when i realize P4 has that exact guitar rift when you get izinagi

[@xanimebby]

1:11✨🌊☄️

[@MintW7]

Great song

[@JudgementBruno]

I really wish the next Persona would a have a more serious vibe like the first two games.

[@vetreas366]

... First four games, right? Because Persona 2 is a duology, meaning it's two games not just one. And Persona 3's general motto is "REMEMBER YOU GONNA DIE!" and there are few things quite as serious as that... ... Actually Persona 4 is about murders being committed by authority figures hiding in plain sight, political scandals, child kidnapping and death, loss, grief, parental abandonment (for multiple characters), self-discovery (for multiple characters!), accepting one's darker impulses as part of oneself and learning to grow (FOR MULTIPLE CHARACTERS!) and the important lesson of washing your hands after you touch a random gas station attendant which... got more poignant than ever in the post-Corona days. ... Come to think of it, Persona 5 is about corruption on a societal level, the failure of authority figures and the system itself to protect those it's designed to keep safe, more depression, loss, anxiety, grief, sexual and physical assault perpetrated by authority figures and otherwise trustworthy individuals, parental abuse on top of abandonment, discrimination, questioning authority as a necessary part of living under authority figures, assassinations, conspiracies, crosswords, coffee trivia, pancakes and that's just to name a few! Which Persona game didn't have a serious vibe exactly? Do you mean the atmosphere of the game itself? Granted the later entries (sans P3 which was still pretty dark and moody) are designed to have bright spots on purpose because they would be essentially bleak depression fuel without them. The writers for P3-5 wanted to talk more about modern society and its issues but knew that if they went full preach mode on the players they wouldn't be able to enjoy the game so they injected some color into the proceedings. You can still tell, however, that the main antagonists for the games were not Nyx/Erebus, Izanami or Yaldabaoth but rather more conceptual issues that plague the modern world. The named antagonists are basically just there to embody the actual issues that the games are about. The problems you see talked about in the game if you listen to dialogue from other NPCs and that the main plot references at times when you're not going out with your pals. For Persona 3 it's apathy of the masses, the loss of power and desire to care about the world at large. Too many things to think of, too many things to care about -- in the end oblivion is easier. That is pretty serious. I would say that people today feel in much the same way due to the constant barrage of information and issues that they're expected to care about and know about and feel about. After you hear about the millionth bad thing that happened this week you kinda stop caring if only to save your mental health. Apathy is therefore a defense mechanism in the end, something that people do to protect themselves from falling apart. It's given form in Nyx who is not evil but rather the personification of a system that responds to people losing their will to go on. Simply killing the bad guy doesn't solve the problem, the issue remains looming ever after. For Persona 4 it's rejection of truth and... I dunno if it's even possible to miss how that's poignant to today's problems. In an environment where everyone peddles information like it's confirmed, verified and fact-checked it's easy to have your sight clouded. Just look at social media and how it essentially defined history for the next few decades through mass misinformation and manipulation. I mean the theme song starts with "We are living our lives abound with so much information" and continues by telling us to "let go of the remote" since we're "letting all the junk flood it". The enemy is not Izanami or the true culprit committing the crimes, but rather the understandable human tendency of covering our ears and ignoring the noise when it gets too hard to make out the truth. The thesis is that doing that only serves to hurt us in the long run, help those who would obfuscate things and that we should still "reach out for the truth" before we cave in and accept the easy answer. The game makes it pretty clear with both Namatame and Izanami. It tries multiple times to pull the wool over the player's eyes to reinforce its point. Thematically it's very sound, even if its medium makes it pretty easy to figure out the solution. You can't figure out and point out the true culprit without the game giving you a selection so... it's pretty easy to get it right. For Persona 5 it's abdication of control or, more accurately, responsibility. Yaldabaoth says it outright. He appeared because people wanted to give someone else control over their lives to avoid taking responsibility and suffer, put in effort and still fail regardless. It's pretty much a part of the human condition. So much so that we have a whole quote about freedom and security that tries to remind us that abdicating free will for security makes us unworthy of either. It's also one of the issues with today's society: "if we just elect X as Y then they're going to solve all of our problems! No need to think about anything, just let X take over and let the rest of us chill out. They look like a nice person that has my well-being as a priority!" So the themes are very similar throughout and can just be summarized from Persona 3 to 5 as: losing the desire to care, wanting to take the easy way out and giving someone else control so one can just stop thinking for themselves. Royal even has a cool little addendum to consider the matter of "but what if the person we're giving control really is nice?" as if the overlord's intentions would make a difference. These games were always very serious. They didn't really try to hide that. Any lighthearted veneer in them is there to keep things less "depression-inducing". It's precisely because they were that serious in the themes that they approached that they had to tone down the heavy atmosphere. They're long games that take hundreds of hours to complete so keeping a heavy atmosphere throughout would tire the player out. The whole point of Persona 3-5's dual worlds and accompanying gameplay is to provide the player with an alternative to whatever they find most annoying. You get bored of dungeon-crawling? Go level up a Social link. Tired of hearing Yosuke complain about how the world sucks? Go kill a fake police officer in a fake sauna with your true friends. Duality (dual worlds, dual lives, shadows and personas) and contradiction (the fake world has a clear impact on the real world, antagonists take form to fulfill humanity's desires it's just that humanity desires oblivion, shadows and personas again) are baked into both the overarching themes of the games as well as the game mechanics themselves with the Social Link/Confidant real world gameplay and the RPG dungeon crawling shadow world mechanics standing as the unique selling point the games have developed. Persona's current identity as an IP hangs in this balance. To sum up, my point is not that the games can't have a moodier atmosphere, it's more that the atmosphere they have is not random and it's not as lighthearted as it seems. That's all skin-deep. The games were always designed to tackle serious issues. How effective they are at that is up for debate, but I find hard to call any of them "not serious". I mean, they're so serious that P5 even has the Joker in it! That's how you know something is serious!

[@iennefaLsh]

@@vetreas366 honestly quite incredible

[@isaacramirez2143]

@@vetreas366 that is a great essay

[@MitsurugiR]

Yumi's voice in this OST is so flippin good

[@Crona_Gorgon]

I swear i’m almost tempted to make a game system just to put all the persona game cuz i hate that persona 1 & 2 get treated as they don’t exist

[@deutgi]

happy 25th :)

[@pyrofur_nx]

man I wish we could have a whole song with the vibe of the intro of this one, lol

[@coldandstinky]

It sucks that Atlus pretends that one and two do not exist.

[@Dyce.77]

This is goated. I made sure to buy the costume pack for Metaphor.

[@soulinio.5613]

fuck man, why does this song hit so harder than the present persona OSTS

[@Fatherpucci12357]

WHY DOES PERSONA 1 HAVE THE BEST MUSIC IN ALL OF PERSONA I SWEAR

[@snxffys6436]

4 comes pretty close, it’s the last game with that old atlus sound after all

[@Sonamy5673]

All of them are peak

[@abbie9209]

BEST SONG EVRRRRR

[@knownascreamer]

Hope the person who made this video is doing good. You're a legend SMT OST'S

[@thefifthwall5259]

0:40 they learned how to speak keyspam

[@kellarirotta1685]

Have not played the game yet but it seems like someone had been reading some Zhuangzi during the development

[@zaqareemalcolm]

also the game literally quotes him at the beginning

[@opensauce04]

0:00 nah, it's "dream o bufai"

[@NOTZeroBlank]

or is life a dream

[@teadrinkerthe8th25]

Was the rock section in Dream of Butterfly a reference to A New World Fool? They sound pretty similar, tbh. Edit: I recently found out that the PSP version of P1 came out in 2009, so Dream of Butterfly would be referencing A New World Fool.

[@SealSlap5069]

Slap this over any anime OP and its still good

[@zejuicecalibur2255]

1:01

[@satoib4900]

I remember playing this game at 10 years old, i didn't understand what this game was. I think i stuck at one point that makes me skip this game also i feel nostalgia when hear the opening

[@mateogajardo2196]

Philemon should really appear more in recent persona games instead of being a butterfly that not even half the players know what it means

[@RyneMcKinney]

Emio the smiling man reminding me a lot of this game's aesthetic

[@Zack_Nuvelle]

I remember playing p5 with the p1 outfit for the battle theme and when rolling a cigarette after a battle i realised this theme is the victory theme for p5 with the outfit on and how second half of the vocals still kick in is just beautiful and seriously fitted p5 imo. And when royal came out i sure as hell gave this theme a listen too now and again after a fight when swapping skills.

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

I always put them on during Madarame's palace when Yusuke joins, it's so peak.

[@sherry867]

My fav persona

[@connorreed7523]

Let's face it: Persona 1 has aged poorly, but this might be the best opening theme the series has to offer

[@JayAreAitch]

It hasn't really aged poorly. It just never had very good combat.

[@connorreed7523]

@@JayAreAitch I agree. That's probably why future Persona games never had you battling on a grid. Also, in my experience, handguns were useless on Maki because her bow hit all enemies from the very back of the formation (Yuka, not so much).

[@JayAreAitch]

@@connorreed7523 I don't think the grid system is inherently flawed. In fact, that's probably the only interesting thing about that game's combat.

[@connorreed7523]

@@JayAreAitch True, it lets the player strategically position party members so that both their traditional weapons and firearms can reach enemies from where they're standing.

[@JayAreAitch]

@@connorreed7523... I'm aware

[@Astoratatouille]

Persona 🤝 having banger op

[@omnitem1]

Dream Butterfly

[@darciukas]

This sounds amazing as a victory theme in p5

[@ウジコ大好き人間]

this song goes hard.🗿

[@farelmahiza6890]

Imagine persona 6 final battle played this song again

[@revolutionarymagic3459]

Idc what anyone says. This song slaps.

[@felipefelix8650]

1 millions of Views

[@-Just._.ENA-]

It’s cool that Yumi (The singer of the og persona 3) sang this :3

[@Brosurd]

I wish the song was longer