JRPG Fan Reacts to EVERY Persona Opening

[@ChocolateKieran]

NO SPOILERS in the comments! 1000 likes & we'll upload more Persona content over here! We're streaming it on Twitch on weekdays, so come through! 🫡

[@abewlol]

Completely unrelated, but since the other God of War deaths video was so bad, (all of the weird cuts) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5WweWmIrsumptUsi=IxysTeO7yfLLaqI_ this video is perfect. It has every God’s death and more and also it has timestamps and also all of the Norse God’s deaths

[@ChocolateKieran]

@@abewlol I don’t wanna watch the Norse God deaths, I’m gonna be playing 2018 and onwards on twitch & uploading videos here, but thank you though!

[@abewlol]

@@ChocolateKieran no problem!

[@Maioly]

Would you be interested in summaries of the first 3 games (1, and both parts of 2) no real spoilers other than what you'd find in the starting moments or basic descriptions.

[@Destructivedoshi]

I hope you might consider doing a small video or short to your input on P2: Eternal Punishment on PSP, otherwise this was very enjoyable to watch!

[@emphathicc4832]

24:05 "where's the protag at? From persona 3" yeah...he's busy being personan3 reload

[@ubuluvs]

When he asked where Yuki is I was like 'should I be laughing or crying ?' but true bro is busy in p3r lmao

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

SADGE .......

[@GhostlyzWasTaken]

i was laughing so much

[@christopherburns7373]

Ah he missed Eternal Punishment's PSP opening, one of my favorites.

[@bukalayzx]

He also missed the 1st arena game opening

[@emanueltorresecheverri3428]

It's a figment of your imagination

[@velocity1852]

Innocent Sins remastered opening is wayyy better artistically

[@kamvex1788]

Uh, quick aside, the Persona 4 crew use the glasses to see through the fog in the TV world, NOT to summon Persona. They do that by forming their corresponding Tarot Card which they destroy in some way. The crushing of the card unleashes the power of their personas

[@Soulferno]

And, very obviously, the glasses are meant to reaffirm the game's theme about seeking truth by being able to see through the fog of lies. Perhaps because it was my first Persona so there's quite a bit of bias, I've always appreciated how simple 4's symbolism on the characters were versus 3's and 5's. Nothing wrong with them, but I liked that P4 hit the right amount of subtlety for me

[@lopezroilans.8384]

​@@Soulferno the first will always be special.

[@isaaciktaile1118]

@@Soulferno P4 is also my first Persona game. I'm hella biased towards that game for many things. But personally Persona 5's way of summoning persona always clicked with me.

[@mrfrikki0]

missed openings persona 2 eternal punishment (psp) persona 3 fez persona 4 arena

[@ChocolateKieran]

So 4 Arena and Ultimax hav different ones?! I just followed the playlist and added the last two on the end, but thanks for letting me know what I missed out on, might have to check them on on stream 🫡

[@mrfrikki0]

@@ChocolateKieran yeah the official atlus playlist is not that good.

[@Kelpie9423]

fes slaps! Probably the OP imo still@@ChocolateKieran

[@hamzahax]

@@ChocolateKieran Get the anime openings in there too

[@TehParismio]

@@ChocolateKieran Part 2 lets gooo. Also Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is the sequel to Arena.

[@Cringeinator_YT]

Imagine a spin-off series being more popular than the original series

[@kevin13cabello]

It happens a lot more often than we expect it to.

[@phillemon7664]

@@kevin13cabello Kingdom Hearts was a little more popular than mainline FF for a bit when KH2 was all the rage.

[@Xendrick]

I will never forgive Rabbids for stealing Rayman's thunder fr fr

[@RyanKarolak]

I won't give any spoilers, but don't play through the P4 spin-off games (particularly Arena and Dancing) until you complete Persona 4 and Persona 3 first!

[@Sunkytoa]

@@RyanKarolak i discovered this in the worst way🙁, yeah thats how o discovered who is the culprit

[@Soul-Revolution]

I tried to quickly summarize the plots of the game without providing spoilers. Persona 1 - A rich billionaire tries his hand at world domination with the power of technology and demons. Also a possessed mask takes over the school. Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Rumors are becoming reality. Featuring demons, a questionable historical figure from real life and Lovecraftian horror. Persona 2 Eternal Punishment - Rumors are again becoming reality, Lovecraftian horror wants revenge. Persona 3 - Teenagers fight a supernatural entity that wants to destroy humanity. Enemies are no longer demons but now the entities born from negative human emotion Persona 3 FES - The epilogue for P3 is a time loop. Persona 4 - Jojo Part 4 + Scooby Doo murder mystery. Persona 4 Arena - The canon fighting game sequel, featuring some characters from P3. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Part 2 of the fighting game. Persona 4 Dancing All Night - The canon rhythm game. Persona 5 - Phantom thieves fight back against a corrupt society. Persona Q - Questionably canon first person dungeon crawler crossover between P3 and P4 Persona Q2 - Electric Boogaloo featuring the cast of P5. Persona 3 & 5 Dancing - Questionably canon but unlike P4 Dancing there's like no plot. Persona 5 Strikers - summer vacation of the P5 cast but Dynasty Warriors.

[@sssrrrsssrrr7832]

@@Soul-Revolution persona 4: jojo part 4+ twin peaks.

[@vanquish8128]

Also p5 royal add more a new palace a new floor to momentos and a new party member

[@ugandaknucklesthe24th]

to answer two of your questions p3p has the female character and the dog activates his persona because his evoker (gun) is a collar so he can summon it

[@laiofurious6433]

So I think you didn't noticed it, but in Persona Q2 opening, both Yumi Kawamura and Shihoko Hirata (the singers for P3 and P4 respectively) are singing along Lyn, not only Lotus Juice.

[@kevin13cabello]

Another cool thing about Q2's opening is that it has all the main vocalists singing together from 3 through 5, not just Lyn and Lotus Juice. Also it passed by quick but it showed the femc from p3p too in the opening.

[@Mrnoob951]

Naoto can't bring a gun into the ring but he's got nothing to say about Aeigis with her arsenal?

[@drsjx7495]

Aegis is the whole armoury lol

[@BigQ52]

11:06 Meguro was involved with writing some music in the early games (and other smt games) but was not the primary composer/sound designer. He took over that role starting in Persona 3 and subsequently composed and also directed for the re releases of 1 and 2 on the PSP.

[@jonathandias7006]

24:03 "Wheres the protag of Persona 3?". He is waching a door

[@NRGEngineer]

SPOILERS DONT READ Kieran: “Where the protag at? From Persona 3?” Me: *Sheds a single tear*

[@axelsp9827]

Me:…🥲

[@RealZombieNinja]

Beat me to it man

[@dappercrow8138]

Don't worry!! Elizabeth will find a way

[@axelsp9827]

@@dappercrow8138 that is a spoiler on persona 4 arena, or is it ultimax

[@deaddead698]

*knocks*

[@Zerog65]

I love both p3 op fes and og. The new reload opening is also fire

[@nachot6592]

I'm not into muso and i loved P5S. It really is a JRPG with an actually good and engaging story and closure.

[@grimcalibrator1333]

it's so cool seeing new people to SMT react to older SMT stuff (Persona 1 and 2)

[@ChocolateKieran]

Only SMT games outside of Persona I played are Nocturne & SMTV, you can see reactions to V on my channel from years ago

[@pokelogikx]

Fun fact the Persona Q games are actually crossover with the Etrian Odyssey series, where they took most of the gameplay structure save for the combat which is a hybrid of the 2.

[@_badmadsadlad]

"where the protag at from persona 3"

[@m4y013]

At the door

[@ultrasword6453]

Does he know???

[@christopherdaniel4815]

Being the door and not letting freaking you know what out

[@Zerog65]

Butterfly are the kinda guides of death if I am correct. I think the lore is they guide souls

[@dewot1256]

This is wrong but the correct answer is a major major spoiler for the first few games.

[@critical_6164]

@@dewot1256its philip wdym

[@nuetralkitty58]

@@critical_6164 *Philemon

[@critical_6164]

@@nuetralkitty58 His name is Philip Persona*

[@whatm8516]

@@critical_6164 Not exactly related, but i've always loved these stupid jokes, Like Kiryu from Yakuza/Like a Dragon being jokingly called "John Yakuza"

[@dappercrow8138]

Yep. P1-4 were originally branded as SMT Persona but shorty after just became Persona

[@glubtas]

17:26 The reasoning behind this could be that the dog has already (as an animal but all the same) accepted death and its mortality into its mind since they have to be aware of this for its instincts to be honed towards survival, for humans they don't usually think about death and their mortality every day but it could be easier for an animal to summon their persona since it doesn't have a lot of capacity for thought like the human mind to be worrying about anything else, for context Persona 3's theme is centered around death and that's what dictates a lot of the symbolism behind its mechanics.

[@dappercrow8138]

The whole thing with p3 and the way they summoned their Personas was actually a big controversy here in the states. Think it even made headlines

[@zavaraninoveuhorky]

23:40 That dude was supposed to be the Persona 5 MC but everyone hated him so they ditched that haha

[@phillemon7664]

Misinfo alert

[@38achref26]

i hope he does persona 3 fes opening it might be my fav persona opening

[@aaron75fy]

eternal punishment takes place after innocent sin, so play them in order if you don't want spoilers

[@deathonator_6056]

21:53 i've played all of the persona games and 4 golden is my most favorite. it made me felt so relatable with all of the characters in there unlike the other ones where it all felt like im just playing someone else's life. 4 golden actually made me feel like I am the protagonist. that i am living in inaba

[@ChocolateKieran]

I streamed the whole thing this year and it really was great! It had such a chill vibe!

[@SEGAmastergirl]

Funny you mention Yuri on Ice cause one of the creators of YoI is the director of P5’s opening 🤣

[@spadey6722]

As a fan who has played all of the games, it is cool to watch someone’s first time experiencing these openings. Makes me wish I could experience them for the first time again.

[@Animedingo]

The blue chair in the p4 opening in fact does not make sense because in p4, the velvet room is a car 😂

[@radialmachinery9947]

How does this guy not notice Memento Mori but finds symbolism in the weirdest things lol.

[@Ryu-Q363]

24:05 There's a Canon explanation as to why he's not there

[@ChocolateKieran]

Yeah I played and finished 3 Reload and now I know LOL

[@SuperiorPosterior]

I've only got two things left to do to Platinum Tactica. Reach level 99 in NG+ to fuse the Final Persona, and buy a total of 50 *different* weapons. I hope that means across saves, because otherwise it's gonna take a ridonk amount of grinding to get the cash necessary. TToTT

[@edenromanov]

Philemon be like: 🦋

[@cnett486]

I also started with P5. Man am I glad I did. They got a dedicated fan now.

[@MarakamiSG]

The amount of things wanna say for the P4AU trailer but I have to keep it to myself man.

[@jethiliusavalar6449]

I wish I knew for sure wut Aigis's "headphones" were. I always assumed they were coolant fans

[@ChocolateKieran]

After seeing her Theurgy I’m sure you’re right!

[@jarreddean2094]

Your not wrong, considering her gimmick in both versions of the game

[@Zerog65]

Also arena has mitsuru, akihko, and aigis from 3 is why they are there. They all are in same world. Ultimax added junpei and yukari

[@Inkastar-tz8yd]

korumaru summons his persona with a shock collar its pretty much the dog equivalent to a gun

[@ChocolateKieran]

Y’know what, I didn’t think about it that way, but true!

[@Inkastar-tz8yd]

@ChocolateKieran a shock generates almost the same amount of pain as a gunshot wound and pain is the trigger for summoning a persona in 3 so it makes sense

[@Rama-cw4yw]

On personal 4 ultimax, he ask where the protag of P3? Me: well.....

[@Kat-Kobold]

Junpei did have a soul patch in the original P3. Can't believe they shaved Da Man in Reload

[@blaster6152]

You can really tell the exact point in time Hashino started development on Persona

[@Tn5421Me]

27:40 same. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SHOOT YOURSELF?!?!?!"

[@BrixieGunMage]

the deal with the naming of the games, especially back in the ps2 era is messy the SMT name was put onto P3 and P4 nearly everywhere outside of asia to help it sell, since it was already an established brand at the time, it was dropped after vanilla P4 the ps2 era had a lot of spinoffs, notably Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 and the Devil Summoner Raidou games, which all also had the SMT name on the box despite not being mainline SMT games theres tons of series' and subseries' in the whole MegaTen franchise, it can be a headache to understand but its also kind of fascinating

[@GeneralIVAN894]

all I'm gonna say is the shreer DRIP the games have both artstyle and music is insane

[@jasonwhite3824]

Btw not saying it as a spoiler but to get the other secret palace you have to max out the councilor confident you know when you done it right when akechi appears at the end of the game where joker gets taken into interrogation again but akechi stops that from happening and takes jokers place also the game would still continue on New Year’s Day on the calander

[@hamzahax]

Persona is flippin Crazzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy P4G is my absolute favorite but you can really not go wrong with any of them tbf

[@butai2116]

Been playing Persona 3 Reload since launch and safe to say it is probably my new favorite Persona game. (Used to be P4G)

[@poffy02]

I do like p4 but it’s dated, overall it’s worse than p5 and reload I’m not sure yet

[@Eclipse_NT]

@@poffy02 worse than 5 is a little crazy. 5 is great but p4g is amazing imo

[@butai2116]

@Eclipse_NT I love P5 but P4G is mainly nostalgia for me haha

[@poffy02]

@Eclipse_NT disagree but sure

[@griffca4814]

Should have snuck in the copyright free edition of P3R opening there at the end. Fuuka in the hamster ball made my sides go into orbit.

[@yeetskeet3]

Love the strikers opening

[@HollowGolem]

Strikers is such a surprisingly good spinoff. Gameplay was fun, new characters were great, soundtrack slapped hard, story did things like "not ignoring Haru" that I really like.

[@djogamer7331]

Coolest part about persona 3 portable intro is the right side up is the boy protagonist and what he sees and upside down is what the girl protagonist sees

[@Nyxisnotfrench]

By every game does this include 1, 2 IS and 2 EP? I really hope so since I love the oldsona games

[@stygian6642]

32:35 "This song-" Me: already nodding enthusiastically "doesn't bang as hard as some of the other ones from Persona 5" Me: shocked, appalled, distraught even Look, everyone is entitled to their music taste. But I spent upwards of 300 hours playing Persona 5 Royal specifically with that song set as the battle music. It's my favorite battle track of them all. I'm astounded that it can be considered anywhere in the realm of 'not a banger'

[@ChocolateKieran]

I just prefer the original by far! Never said it wasn't a banger though, I said it doens't bang as hard 😂 Unless I misremembered haha, but you can set songs from the dancing game as battle music in Royal?!

[@stygian6642]

Yes! I typed out a whole comment rambling about this, but it got accidentally deleted, which is probably for the best. TL;DR: some costumes you get with Royal play different songs during battle and it's awesome. Try it out next time you play! My favorites are Starlight Outfit, Dancewear, and New Cinema.

[@ChocolateKieran]

@@stygian6642 Ahhhh that's dope! Is New Cinema Persona Q stuff?! Gonna do a playthrough of Royal next year since it's the only modern persona I haven't finished at this point! But focusing on beating Metaphor first!

[@PetelProduction]

you missed some openings: P2 Eternal Punishment (PSP); P3FES, P4arena (you only watched the OP of the second arena game)

[@jackaboii3102]

42:30 HE SAID THE THING HE SAID THE THING

[@Ritsu362]

Persona 3 FES is probably what you were thinking of since that me has the Burn your dread op with lotus Juice going ham on the lyrics

[@ZeddPlay]

This guy really is a persona fan. Only finished the og 5 and "loves" all the other games 😂😂😂

[@just.do.it.do.it.2908]

Wdym?

[@DoKuShOsTaR]

Inccorect, he even played OG P5. True fans only start the game then watch a playthrough of the rest.

[@SebOuiKin]

''Bro dancin' like a minion'' made me laugh so damn hard xD This had no right to be that funny xD

[@Nitram4392]

Good to meet a fellow Chie fan. She's also my favourite character from P4.

[@lucygirl1111]

the girl starting with a K is Kasumi you and sadly you never got to my personal favorite character in royal he appears like after the kamoshida and i was not expecting to see him in that dancing game opening

[@insertcreativename802]

24:05 “Where the protag at?”

[@jesterjaded73]

Bread too burnt.

[@insertcreativename802]

@@jesterjaded73 He stayed behind to make toast but keeps burning it with Orpheus

[@Xxblade17]

Love to see it

[@ChocolateKieran]

My guy 💪🏾

[@OTRILLZO]

15:42 ahhh yes. Ages my favorite robot persona character

[@Essu_]

In all fairness, that actually is how you pronounce Aegis. "Eye-giss" is specifically a P3 pronunciation .

I recommend to just play the game where do you want to start with, as the main titles story didn't relate to each other (except Persona 2, which recommended to play Innocent Sin first then Eternal Punishment). I find that most people admire the very first Persona game they played.

[@hamzahax]

Modern Persona are basically confirmed to take place within a span of few years don't know how much canonicity there is between them tho persona 3 takes place around about 2009, P4 around 2011 and P5 is mid 2010s The older games are pretty neglected by atlus so we don't really know tho some people say they may take place in same timeline too P.S. oh btw the butterfly is in every Persona

[@digitaldevilarts2589]

there is literally a calendar in p3-4-5 bruh. P1 is 1996, P2 is 1999, P3 is 2009, P4 is 2011, and P5 is 2016

[@hamzahax]

@@digitaldevilarts2589 my bad I though P3 P4 was earlier

[@laubra5227]

PQ2 intro has all singers from P3 to P5

[@datboikuronite]

very random but love that you had xenoblade music in the background, another goated JRPG series

[@ChocolateKieran]

Let’s go!!! You’re a real one 💪🏾

[@FF-tp7qs]

Lots of new people becoming interested in the Persona series

[@ChocolateKieran]

I’m not new to Persona LOL

[@FF-tp7qs]

@@ChocolateKieran didn't necessarily refer to you, but I have seen lots of people reacting to the Persona openings recently

[@Feeble_Weeble]

they shoehorned Get Up Get Out There into persona 5 dancing so hard and completely ruined it lmao

[@AnyMEmdq]

36:34 Her name is Ribbon-chan, anyone who says otherwise is wrong

[@clairehaschen]

Dream of Butterfly from P1 PSP is such a bop, hands down.

[@EspectadorEntrometido]

We need an Isekai Quartet-ish anime of the Persona Q spinoffs. Like, a school crossover. That'd be so wholesome and funny.

[@ovenaroundhead2881]

1:09 butterfly dream, Zhang Zhou

[@mute5283]

I’m so happy you like this art on Q every person that I see react to the chibi they always say they don’t like it

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

now you can play them all

[@ChocolateKieran]

Yeah, that’s the plan

[@25jamtidur]

There's no p3 fes op?😢

[@dv8574]

16:10 you got the lyrics wrong. It's "burn my bread"

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

The cool thing about Persona 3 reload is you can make your psp upside down to see the female version

[@Thehenta1menace]

Just when you continue royal make sure you complete the councilor confident (you only need to get it to rank 9 the last rank will happen on its own)

[@frostace8057]

One of my favorite openings is Persona 2 Eternal Punishment PSP.

[@NyaLegion]

-where da persona 3 protag? me: sadge

[@ksd12345100]

Does anybody know if P3R is going to have an enhanced version? Similar to p4 with golden, p3 with fes and p5 with royal? Just curious if I should buy now or wait.

[@plushzenitsu]

I dont think it will. Apparently the Answer content is gonna be dlc so no rerelease i think.

[@cyanamespace]

atlus has said that they won’t make an enhanced version. stuff like the answer is 100% going to be dlc, both a leaker and a list of future dlc in reload’s files has confirmed it.

[@Soulferno]

Depending on your tolerance for FOMO, there is something to waiting for the inevitable story dlc that was leaked and see if the game will also go on sale when that happens. As of right now, $70 plus another $20-$30 for an epilogue story dlc is pretty high after all. I myself am also debating it given that Reaload looks good but doesn't include all of the original P3 anthology content

[@critical_6164]

@@Soulfernop3r includes pretty much everything vanilla p3 had + aspects from fes and portable + more stuff

[@whatm8516]

I don't know how much this should be taken as a grain of salt. But I BELIEVE i remember them stating in articles/interviews that stuff like The Answer and what not wasn't going to be implemented at all, idk if thats actually true. I also saw stuff more recently of people saying that now that P3R released it's going to be full focus on P6 for the Persona team, as their new IP Metaphor Refantazio is being worked on by a new team I believe. But I honestly don't see an "Enhanced" version for P3R since well, this is basically already the enhanced version of the originals. But maybe "The Answer" DLC???? In regards to Metaphor, it seems they're pulling all the stops for it in terms of development teams, likely so it doesn't flop as a new IP, as Shoji Meguro (The big music director behind the more recent Persona games) as well as Lyn (the singer) are working on Metaphor, and Shoji stepped down from the Persona team for this role.

[@Regless0000]

Chie is my favorite character in the persona series... 2nd place goes to Teddy. He's bloody hillarious. Third goes to Akechi. That guy is... intense in Royal.

[@wariowarecomix]

Not saying any more than this as I don't wanna spoil things, but once you go through the earlier games there's a point where you find out more about the butterfly

[@renaryuugu984]

Funny thing is that P2 you just summon your person in the real world. Yes. They use persona in the real world and Time stop is a thing LOL

[@Hello_There57]

What if ryougi from p5 is the that kid with the yellow shirt from p3 strength social link ? The kid was in the 4th grade in p3(2009) and in high school in p5 He also loved track and the teacher in p5 said ryougi dyed his hair yellow which looks like the kids favorite color and ryougi in p5 talks about the p3 high school

[@manganimesYT]

im gonna spoil you all, the music in persona fukin slapssssssssssssss

[@gamerbear84]

Hmm, no vanilla Arena?

[@JayNarukami]

You probably saw by now, but yes, the persona 4 spinoffs are indeed canon! Arena and Dancing You even visit where Persona 3 took place if you got that far Labrys is a character introduced in Persona 4 Arena she’s another shadow suppression unit who was kept in isolation due to malfunction

[@cias55s]

lol its so funny that seemingly half the games you started and then did not finish

[@ChocolateKieran]

Yeah the only ones I've beat are Vanilla 5, 4 Golden and 3 Reload now. But I need to go back and finish Royal, I might pick strikers back up but we shall see

[@simonruyter2455]

im pretty sure its like the main charecter has difrent personaletys or personas for short with difrent people or like social thing

[@ThumbsterC]

Appreciate that you react from official ATLUS channel, not the compilation that other reactors use. That one is too out of context and came with bad aspect ratio. This is the best way that it should be react to.

[@lastoli2500]

P4D's opening is just pure joy to watch

[@dedicatedmuffler5542]

P4 Dancing has a true story in it unlike 3 and 5 dancing games

[@dreambondi]

Persona 1 PSP is Beautiful, I recommend it for any fan of SMT and Persona

[@Cringeinator_YT]

You know he hasn’t played a Persona 3 game when you hear him pronouncing Aigis as “ee-jus” instead of “I-Gus”

[@ChocolateKieran]

LOL I thought ti was meant to be like the legendary shield! I finished Reload now though, incredible game

[@Hc2p3n4t4rp]

So the story of persona as a series is interesting Originaly it was Shin Megami Tensei If... Where it took place in essentially the same place as the OG SMT but a few desicions where different with other MCs which lead to another result Then from this the first Persona was made, it was actually in the same place of If..., but once again another MC, BUT, you can find and talk to the If... characters in it, so technically both stories are happening at the same time, but it becomes its own complete series apart from SMT

[@lemnan_]

Its funny on how you're so clueless about all these references lol nice video mans

[@hollamonm]

Huh... you played probably my favorite (P4G), but unless I missed it you missed the P3FES intro, which goes hard... probably my second favorite intro in the series and it actually makes me cry during P3 Reload's Credits.... no lie, literally why I cried like a bitch during the Credits was the P3FES intro.