JRPG Fan reacts to ALL Persona Openings for the FIRST time!

[@LeshawnKBM]

Video is still processing 1080p quality ❤️🗝️💫

[@Aethergamer411]

This was hilarious, thank you for this. Also there have been I think more openings added in the past couple of months, p5 tactica and p3 reload

[@TerranceWalker-fs3vj]

Hi

[@kazeace853]

Persona 3 Opening Reload just released a few days ago... If you're deciding what game to start with each game has a theme and it's up to you what interest you the most. Persona 3 focus on the value of life and death Persona 4 focus on the truth and accepting yourself Persona 5 focus on rebellion and reshaping society

[@keiviroque5666]

Nah, he should play SMT if, where it all began.

[@kazeace853]

@keiviroque5666 Not everyone have that much free time. It's hardly likely for anyone to play the game chronologically when each game can take a hundred hours. So it's better off to start with something that can interest you and if it interests him that much that he would want to play the others...

[@burt7837]

@@keiviroque5666 There are so many other SMT games that are more beginner friendly than that one lol

[@toonlatornthanasomboon]

Persona is way better for beginner​@@keiviroque5666

[@melonpulse4833]

If you're a casual player, play Persona. If you're a casual player that wants more of a challenge, play SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2.

[@LordShaske]

"PUT THE GUN DOWN!" Boy will have traumas the day he plays that game

[@Gameorama91]

"I CAN TELL THAT'S A BROTHA" Who's gonna tell him? lol

[@ravikanthchari1745]

listen id give lotus juice the pass😭

[@skintonechickenboneleaveme49]

Lotus Juice the goat he been carrying persona music for a while

[@VanagloriaVT]

Lotus gets the pass fr, he a brotha in spirit

[@edscarlet865]

The games in this video, in order: 1:03 Revelations: Persona (PS1) 3:43 Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PS1) 6:48 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PS1) 8:33 Persona 3 (PS2) 10:20 Persona 3 FES (and The Answer) (PS2) 12:10 Persona 4 (PS2) 14:13 Persona 1 (Remake) (PSP) 16:23 Persona 3 Portable (PSP. And recently Steam / PS4 / Xbox / Switch) 18:02 Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Remake) (PSP) 20:05 Persona 4: Arena (PS3) 21:58 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (Remake) (PSP) 23:33 Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita. And recently Steam/Switch/PS4) 25:24 Persona 4: Arena Ultimax (PS3/Steam) 27:24 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) 29:12 Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PS Vita) 30:51 Persona 5 (PS4) 32:34 Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night (PS4/PS Vita) 34:31 Persona 5: Dancing Star Night (PS4/PS Vita) 36:11 Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth (3DS) 37:57 Persona 5: Royal (PS4/5. And recently Steam/Switch/Xbox) 39:47 Persona 5: Strikers (Switch/Steam/PS4) That video is still missing Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3: Reload (remake).

[@willw6504]

I love how quickly you picked up on the color schemes of the games and started identifying them from those cues - particularly when the trailer for the crossover game uses the colors from both and you were momentarily confused. Just goes to show how strong the visual identity of the Persona series became.

[@DynamiteRyper]

The cast of Persona 5 are essentially terrorists, however, they are very wholesome(only terrorists because they take on the government). (Also stealing stuff is basically their main thing)

[@Bathtub_Toaster]

To expand on that, they aren't needlessly violent or cruel in their actions. They aren't even necessarily anti establishment (except for maybe one particular member of the group). They only target people that abuse their power. They could really only be considered terrorists in a technical sense.

[@connorharnage6697]

@@Bathtub_ToasterWho's the one member? Sorry if I'm sounding dumb but the only person I can think of is maybe Ryuji

[@Bathtub_Toaster]

​@@connorharnage6697Futaba, remember she was a big time illegal hacker before joining the squad.

[@connorharnage6697]

@@Bathtub_Toaster Oh right I forgot. But I thought she quit that before joining the group and that's how the whole Fake Medjed thing started?

[@EdgardoJCruz-dk5kv]

I would use the term rebellious thieves or anti heroes rather than "terrorists".

[@coffeeadaykeepsthesleepaway]

the guy who does most of the rap vocals that you may hear in persona (like the fes opening) is called Lotus Juice, theres probably a compilation of the songs he's worked on for persona somewhere on youtube

[@ps-chan2048]

I can't believe a reaction made me laugh this much, I came for persona and I'll stay for you, you really did the reaction enjoyable

[@LeshawnKBM]

Im glad i could make ya laugh fam😄and welcome to the Keyblade Master Family!🗝️💫

[@irysvirus4735]

I like this bro. I can’t understand half of what he’s on about but his energy is one point.

[@TAYWASHEREE]

Bro you gon need to hear a 2 hour Persona DOCUMENTARY

[@LeshawnKBM]

FAAAAXXX🤣

[@andrewwilliams8951]

The Persona 4 protagonist'a canon name is Yu Narukami. But the community lovingly dubs him. . .*CHAD*

[@willi8736]

The main character from p4 isn’t “hero” it’s yu narukami (officially) but they call him hero right there because you have the choice to name him in the game

[@staticshock4239]

Honestly now is the perfect time to get into Persona since Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal are on Steam, PS4/PS5, Xbox Series S/X, and Switch. Plus the remake of Persona 3 called " Persona 3 Reload" is coming out very soon on PS4/PS5 and Xbox Series S/X.

[@dargoid]

I keep finding out all these creators that I never watched before coming through with a Persona content on my home page. You got the right energy brother, subscribed. Welcome to one of the best JRPG series ever made.

[@phat527]

The openings for the crossover games are called Persona Q and Persona Q2! Through ultimately not really canon, they’re such fun games to see P3, P4 and P5 casts interact with each other :D

[@Muhhamed985]

actually they are canon just not important to the overall story

[@chuvarova6052]

This man is sweating through the whole video cause he knows the music is straight bangers

[@kane7490]

The chibi animation games are called Persona Q and Q2 they are crossover games with each other 3-5. That's why you see the cast of 3 and 4 in Q1 for example.

[@Ponpoyo]

Lotus juice is not black 😭🙏

[@shadowtheimpure]

Persona 3: FES for PS2 was my first introduction to the series and it was love at first sight. It also gave me incentive to try out the main line Shin Megami Tensei games, which I also fell in love with.

[@kationella9518]

Your energy is infectious. I love it!

[@ryanj4607]

I couldn't contain my laughter, that P3 commentary had me dying.

[@fictionjunkie]

The concept of persona games is based on two things. 1. The literal definition of the word Persona. An aspect of ones self that they portray to others and the Greek origin of the word literally meaning mask. And 2. Jungian psychology. One of Jung's main theories is that people have a part of themselves that they not only don't like but just being aware of it causes you so much stress that you bury it in your subconscious. This is your shadow self. So in the games there are areas where for lack of a better term the astral plane from X-Men bleeds through and meshes with the real world, shadows manifest physically as the monsters you have to fight and the heroes by accepting there shadows as a part them transform their shadows into personas that they can use to fight.

[@mimzydog1480]

So @LeshawnKBM you have been wondering what the butterfly means in Persona. Well I can give a small explanation. In Japanese Symbolism, a butterfly means the personification of someone's soul. In Persona that means the soul has taken a form that awakens a Persona. The butterfly also corrolates to a character in Persona 1 and 2 called Philemon, while the butterfly still shows up in the other games, Philemon doesn't. Which in those games there are Velvet Room Attendents who are fragments of Philemon watching over the protagonists of each of those games.

[@ma.2089]

Are you sure about that? Cuz literally P1’s whole butterfly shtick has to do with a CHINESE proverb. Unless you are trying to say China and Japan are the same thing.

[@mimzydog1480]

@@ma.2089 I didn't know that. That's how I understand it but I don't know everything and understand that I could be incorrect.

[@conspiracypanda1200]

Butterflies represent souls in many cultures. Some old Celtic and Gaelic legends say a butterfly (your soul) will fly out of your mouth when you die. The proverb "I dreamt I was a butterfly" is Chinese, like the other guy said. It's about not knowing who your real self is because when you are in a dream you might be utterly convinced you are something or someone else, but then you wake as just a human and can feel lost. This is really good symbolism for the Persona series, which is all about examining your own soul and discovering/accepting various parts of yourself.

[@vfantastv]

fire ass reaction i love that energy LOOL

[@calebgoodman3028]

This might sound weird but the "guns" the P3 cast use on themselves is a GOOD thing. Even the dog has a version of it made just for him. Also I find it a little funny you ignored when the P5 protagonist ripped off his own face in the PQ2 opening, blood and all.

[@ma.2089]

Doggo doesn’t have an evoker, he’s got a shock collar evoker

[@calebgoodman3028]

Still an evoker nonetheless.@@ma.2089

[@naylaw1928]

0:47 omg same 🥹 that and the little known game called Odin sphere

[@elicenyne]

yu narukami can even charm the dude who's just reacting to his opening

[@Nineb325]

Man I LOVE your energy! You too funny bruh😂 Subbed!

[@speedrunner3312]

Lotus Juice, the guy who raps is not black actually, he's very light skin Japanese. I thought he was black too at first when I heard him rap. The insane vocal talent.

[@TheSilliestPersonOnTheMilkyWay]

HE ISNT BLACK?😭🙏

[@speedrunner3312]

@@TheSilliestPersonOnTheMilkyWay Nope. 😂

[@Raddkann]

Lotus Juice was heavily inspired by classic hip-hop though since he grew up with that. He recently spoke about the Nas & Jay-Z beef on an official atlus video

[@VanagloriaVT]

Homie is FEELING the music that much he started sweatin like crazy, love the reaction

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

i feel like persona found its identity during and after the third game, with the previous ones looking in-line as a SMT spinoff

[@snozer6966]

I've must have watched these intros a hundred times over and somehow they still give me chills, especially Burn my Dread and Wake up Get Up Get Out There. Wake Up Get Up Get Out there was my alarm all throughout High School and got me pumped to start my day and tackle the challenge every time.

[@brianschott610]

This is the one video that made me smile the whole time

[@shephawke]

P4 protagonist isnt named hero it said that because he was The playable character you name him tho all protagonist have a canon name and p5 characters has code names which is what you saw in scramble op

[@jospehpenn3033]

Dude! You should react to the Persona3l 3 reload opening it dropped a while ago!

[@easyscout8369]

The P3 Protag does indeed need help. Like desperate help. The pizza guy doesn't deliver to the moon and his psychotic girlfriend just keep bringing cards. Not even playing cards. Just cards.with fancy pictures on them. And the only other company he has is a giant egg that he can't even eat

[@Psycho_Psy]

This is hilarious

[@Demi-Joker]

The games with the chibi grapgics are Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, and are a crossover between Persona 3-5 and my second favorite video game series of all time, Etrian Odyssey, known in Japan as Sekaiju no MeiQ (which is where the Q in Persona Q comes from), making the PQ duology two of my favorite Persona games. The first PQ has P3 & P4 characters and the second has P3, P4, & P5 characters

[@coffeeadaykeepsthesleepaway]

the p3 and p4 crossover was called persona q! and the p3 p4 and p5 one was persona q2

[@stellarparadigm]

probably the best reaction video, your excitement is everything 😭😭😭

[@heyitsmeisaac]

Good stuff my guy! Keep these videos up!

[@LeshawnKBM]

YOOO Isaac thank you so much my brudda!

[@heyitsmeisaac]

@@LeshawnKBM no problem man

[@infernape100]

the butterfly is philemon, who only appears in persona and persona 2, from 3 on the butterfly is meant to symbolize philemon watching and choosing the new persona protag.

[@HollowGolem]

10:45 Lotus Juice is not in fact black, he's Japanese. BUT he did grow up in New York/New Jersey during the 80's, so he was kinda on the ground floor of early hip-hop.

[@makokitsune6487]

Ok So about that persona 3 guns thingy... while normally it is strongly connected to the idea of unliving yourself, the symbolism and the message of persona 3 is on quite contrary side. Pointing an evoker at yourself and pulling the trigger is instead a reminder of one's mortality and a will to put your life on the line to fight for a thing that matters the most to you. The core messege of P3 is - you are mortal. You will die. So make sure to make the most of the time that was given to you. Make friendships, bonds and cherish every moment.

[@declanmckenna6854]

Also that the Evokers are designed to basically scare the users into reflexively summoning out their Persona because the Dark Hour is extremely close to normal reality so it's way harder to summon there as a result. The reason they decided to go with Evokers is because the Kirijo Group is just weird like that (to put it nicely).

[@cosmictornado777]

Just saying that there are two other openings that weren’t in this vid Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3 Reload (P3R’s opening is out) Hope you react to them eventually, but overall cool video 👍🏻

[@LeshawnKBM]

Thank you for telling me this fam! I didn’t even know about The reload opening or Tatica i gotcha tomorrow fam thank you for telling me😄🙏🏾

[@ps-chan2048]

​@@LeshawnKBM To be fair, those two are mostly new so that's why they didn't appear on that video

[@AStrangeWindmill]

Fun fact about Q2. Not only is it a collab of 3, 4, and 5, _the soundtrack_ is too. Each game had a main singer, and Q2's opening is trio between them.

[@sintoras5279]

14:20 ''ay she looked depressed'' *starts vibing* .... my guy, you dont need to be my spirit animal XD

[@ukx7652]

8:53 the beat pausing for a second is so good

[@Raddkann]

The Butterfly is Philemon. The main "good" force in the overarching Persona mythos. He appears so often in his butterfly form because he is observing humanity.

[@mob4115]

So just to let you know, persona 3 and onwards is like a completely different game series from persona 1 and 2

[@WhimsicalLorelei]

This is the best reaction video out there man, your energy is infectious and you're really funny too, good stuff man 👍

[@Blarglesnarfe]

As you can see, any 3-and-onward Persona game has FIRE music, characters, and style

[@Animedingo]

The rappers from persona 3 is a group called Lotus juice and theyre goated

[@ReijiNRen]

P3 protag is Makoto Yuki, P4 is Yu Narukami, P5 is Ren Amamiya.

[@mikelrayoss2245]

You still need to watch the openings of: Persona 5 Tactica Persona 5 the phantom X Persona 3 Reload They all came after persona 5 strikers

[@MentoOzzy]

P5X doesn't have an opening

[@Krystal69Clear]

I absolutley love the energy this man has

[@raidenmei9064]

Since the video you watched came out, two more openings have come out: Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3 Reload.

[@med5674]

10:44 “I know he’s black.” Sorry mate but nah lotus juice is just a Japanese guy who was mostly raised in America and fell in love with rap.

[@MewCocoa]

I cant believe i got a shoutout!!! Thank you!!! Im so glad you liked my comment and decided to go with my reccomendation!! About to watch but i know youll think they are cool cause youre a cool guy :) i really hooe you check out the games 3 4 and 5 are all amazing!

[@FaisLittleWhiteRaven]

And now you still have to watch the openings of Persona 3 RELOAD and Persona 5 Tactica

[@Danb-fk5iw]

Asking a newbie to start off with FES feels like a pitfall considering its difficulty relative to the other modern persona games.

[@FaisLittleWhiteRaven]

@@Danb-fk5iw Ahh right. That's a good point. I was mostly thinking about the UI shifts and which ones would be hardest to go back to since, well, I like playing harder difficulties on RPGs usually, but that's a really good point. Ty

[@daveisghost5173]

The rapper in the Persona 3 FES intro is Lotuw Juice. He is actually a Japanese man.

[@heroicgangster9981]

Persona is always stylingggggggggggg using it's japanese roots to its fullest. If a Persona story doesn't have a fun opening or banger soundtrack, then it's not Persona. Even if Persona has a live action adaptation, I EXPECT BANGER MUSIC!

[@DakuNetworkOfficial]

We almost at 25k AYYY!!

[@RudolReverie]

if you haven't found out or been told already, the reason the characters from Persona 3 are often shown with pistols to their heads is because that is how they summon their Personas. they aren't real guns, they're just models, and the reason it's a gun in particular is, basically, because they're inflicting trauma on themselves in order to summon their other self

[@miuraakeha]

24:27 and 26:55 Persona 4 RISE = RI - SE no RISE Rise kujukawa 24:34 teddie from international ver. 26:39 kuma from Japan ver. Teddie = Kuma Kuma🐻

[@ma.2089]

This video is missing the newest opening, unfortunately.

[@LeshawnKBM]

its coming tomorrow fam! i didnt know about it when making this

[@ma.2089]

@@LeshawnKBM nice! Also sorry for being one of the spamming the “it’s not all of it” thing when so many have already done it. I didn’t see it at the time and it must’ve been annoying lol

[@muthesquirrel]

The openings thing needs to update for P5 Tactica, but maybe they're waiting until after P3 Reload. :p

[@makotoamamiya2442]

37:00 you have no idea how right you are lol

[@leorodri100]

''somebody is gonna cuss me out for that one''

[@ramens]

twin got energyyyy 😭

[@moyoimyayataschu]

>for the first time >"hey it's joker!"

[@38achref26]

persona is really an amazing game

[@Cadaverous0711]

The characters in Persona 3 aren't actually pointing guns at their heads, they're special devices called Evokers that allow them to summon their personas. Personas are basically just stands from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure except you can have multiple of them kinda like Pokémon. The reason the Evokers look like guns and are pointed at their heads is because the entire theme of Persona 3 is about sacrifice and trying to fight against the inevitability of death.

[@EEEeeE589]

An cool thing about p3 fes is that we can watch it upside down

[@amazing_cool]

Did you mean portable?

[@EEEeeE589]

@@amazing_cool the one where there’s a red head girl and the blue haired guy:)

[@nomaki8161]

“He black” 😂😂😂😂😂 you funny man, although that guy rapping is a regular white japanese

[@CommanderSpooks]

Funniest reaction I’ve seen in a while

[@friedtoads13]

19:21 funny you said that about blaze blue bc the persona4 squad is in blazeblue crosstag

[@em.v]

keep up the persona content please

[@KorehaMugen]

Unless you plan on playing it yo should react to all the awakenings. Because those do have spoilers. But they are sick

[@mrfrikki0]

There's still persona 5 tactica and persona 3 reload openings left.

[@oOsillyrabbitOo]

Persona 3 is when i wondered if leshawn got the tism

[@HeartlessSlayer3]

“Is this a hiest game?” Yeah basically

[@Thomas13080]

I love your energy with these reactions, your energy kinda reminds me of Dashiegames lmao

[@JewMoney-yu4hi]

I love people reactions to persona 3 cast shoting themself

[@sussybaka9721]

the rapper in the second persona 3 intro (p3FES) actually isnt black but he go so hard id let him say it bro

[@MACGamer100]

Ive watched one video and im dying XD Thanks for the content brother heres a sub

[@Ceccsee-Ceccsee]

butterflys represent passing away in japanese culture

[@twiningeight3178]

Damn this vid needs more likes

[@biancabratton2886]

LMAO "Persona FEZZ"

[@zamaskowany12]

13:04 Intrusive thought won over bro 💀

[@averageteemomain5721]

10% reacting 90% shouting

[@logogogo4872]

You forgot Persona 5 Tactia and Persona 3 Reload

[@CharlesC520]

0:13 this cracked me up 😂

[@suyanm.s.6742]

The nakrd part with light is related to soul or person real self no masking.

[@srfn1253]

Just found ur channel through this video. Awesome video ur hilarious! I dropped a sub, I’m excited to see future persona content. Also be careful with spoilers.

[@person8546]

You should react to Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3 Reload because they weren't in the compilation.

[@krisisgod666]

Long story short, Persona 1 and 2 are VERY OLD and VERY DIFFERENT than personas 3/4/5. If I had to recommend a STARTING point, I’d say either Persona 3 Reloaded (remake coming soon at the time of this comment) OR Persona 5 Royal. Hopefully SOMEDAY we get P1/2 remakes, but it’s not likely.

[@7xVaniLL]

36:58 HELL NAH HE GOT IT RIGHT

[@JewMoney-yu4hi]

38:37 gun? Meanwhile haru in p5 with fucking granada launcher

[@user-iv4sc1wo1i]

This is the realest reaction I've ever seen god damn i feel you!!