The Original Persona 5

In the early 2010s, Persona 4 had taken the RPG world by storm. Even as western shooters and cinematic games took the mainstream market by storm, Persona 4 continued receiving new sequels and adaptations with every passing year. While anticipation had started to run high for Persona 5, most fans didn't notice that the game they were waiting so fervently for was already floating around online-5 years before its eventual release.
This video covers and explores the mystery surrounding the original Persona 5 that began circulating online in early 2012. Originally known simply as "Persona 5", it would later be known as the Persona 5: Imagining Project.
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MUSIC USED:
New Days - Persona 4
Pursuing My True Self - Persona 4
An Uncertain Fate - Skullgirls
TIGHTROPE 「 Title Screen 」- Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Tight Rope (Floor Mix) - vividblaze)
MORNING WAKE - Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Stay Gold - UTRECHT)
TAKE YOU HIGHER 「OPテーマ-3」- Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Take You Higher - Jabberloop and Satoru Kurihara)
ANOTHER STORY 「OPテーマ-4」- Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Bedtime Story (Another Story Remix) - Jazztronik feat. YUKI)
EPIPHANY - Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Epiphany - Monday Michiru)
Pulling the Strings - Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Mikumo - The Silver Case)
JIKA NET TANAKA 「 Super Bonus Round! 」- Persona 5: Imagining Project
(ガール ザ ジャップ / Girl The Jump - COPTER4016882)
WILD CARD - Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Real Clothes [JTK New Remix] - Jazztronik)
SOUL CHECK - Persona 5: Imagining Project
(Kagerou Daze - Jin)
Crimson Wings - Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
Self - Shin Megami Tensei IV
Brand New Days - Persona 3: FES
SOURCES REFERENCED:
www.gamesradar...
www.trueachiev...
www.digitalspy...
news.microsoft...
web.archive.or...
/ trifectamix
gamebanana.com...
(Persona 4 mod that includes P5:IP's songs)
• Phil Fish "Japanese Ga...
lemmasoft.rena...
(P5:IP fangame)
• Persona 5 Imagining Pr...
(Assinine Syndrome's continuation)
www.youtube.co...
(guy who has mirrors of the original AtlusxP5 uploads)
#Persona5 #Persona #ShinMegamiTensei

[@JustinY.]

Dude you realize you've just helped categorize internet history. Can't believe this thing actually existed before Persona 5 was even released.

[@furrosama]

yo youre back😮

[@viper0111]

Oh shit you again

[@tkjordan1376]

Any video with a JustinY comment has secured its place in internet history

[@NoNoDontTouchMeThere]

The legend returns

[@reezwave]

Heyyy.. long time no see

[@trifectamix4261]

Hello! I am the creator of the Trifectamix blog, and thank you for making this. This project is very dear to me and this video made me really happy, you fully represented this topic perfectly. The amount of views this video has makes me overjoyed to witness (hoping more people will become interested in it now). Hopefully the creator of this project sees this as well, I'm sure it would make them happy too. Thank you for mentioning my blog in the video and the special thanks, that was really kind of you.

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

Hey! Many thanks for keeping that blog alive for all these years; if it weren't for the presence of a central hub for all the archives that everyone worked so hard to save over the years, this video wouldn't be possible. I'm just the guy who put the pieces together, after all.

[@DeeFig66]

Can you link up the blog? I'd like to follow! :)

[@smolwife]

​@@DeeFig66a link would be helpful 📝👀

[@mesmorrow]

@@DeeFig66 Check the description of this video.

[@Anona-Goose]

OMG it’s you!

[@Sorrelhas]

"Fake game?" "Fan project?" My homie, I just defeated Nyarlathotep in the Hall of Mirrors to get the true ending, what the f*ck have I been playing for the last two weeks

[@hayasher]

need for speed carbon

[@Hyde_FollowerOfMercury]

Send an interdimensional portal I want to play that.

[@Sonicnodiadeabrilde]

oops, wrong universe

[@MondoJaeKusai]

"Fake game?" "Fan project?" Wow, you really are Solid Snake.

[@silverthecatastrophic5270]

Only two weeks? Either the game is really short or you've got a lot of time on your hands

[@tkOzeki]

As an outsider looking in, I think it’s really obvious that it was fan made be it it was literally called an “Imagining Project.” The creator was imagining what Persona 5 would be like. That being said this aesthetic is amazing and I’d love to see P6 take on this style

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

There's actually another creator named Assinine Syndrome who took the torch and made their own version of the Imaging Project with its own story including one for a Persona 6 and maybe a Persona 7 as well. My favorite is the themes for The King in Yellow as the endings.

[@ambientNexus]

Well, like they said in the video, the "imagining project" subtitle wasn't originally there, it only appeared after a rebrand happened.

[@Tieigo0]

We need the Green.Persona 6 will be green

[@skywoofyt5375]

personally wouldn't like any new mainline persona games to follow this aesthetic tbh, it just feels pretty opposite to the social mechanics in the recent games, ontop of all of the new games from 3-5 has had a more upbeat and stylistic nature to it, this would just be odd. It fits more into a mainline SMT game than a persona game imo

[@danielbarnes1241]

​@skywoofyt5375 I would. While there's been flashes of it here and there I kinda want a full modern persona game with the themes of the original 2.

[@Caydiem]

I mean the guy on the cover looking eerily similar to Dojima was already a big giveaway.

[@starwarschic123]

And screencaps/scenes literally ripped from episode 23 of Ergo Proxy (2006)

[@betuna9487]

​@@starwarschic123actually a lot of the "animated" trailers are scenes from Ergo Proxy

[@ThePerfect10Channel]

This is honestly one of the few topics I didn't think I would ever come across again. This is a great video explaining this passion project. This takes me back when I first heard the soundtrack and how much I loved it. I'm currently relistening to it now. Thanks for sharing this little snippet of the past.

[@kenzie2191]

Tightrope is genuinely my favorite song of all time because of this project. It has formed my current music taste from childhood. Thank you for shining a light on it.

[@mzUN5WlcnI]

thank you for covering this subject, the early persona 5 hype and this project was such a fun tribute. thanks to fan ost, i found out abt jabberloop, jazztronik, karen aoki, copter4016882. this ost helped me formed my tastes haha, but amazing video! keep up the good work

[@govianthefemaleinspector1517]

What a solid video. I think the scripting definitely elevated it. It’s unfortunate there wasn’t some super obscure leaked P5 but hey that’s just how things are sometimes.

[@unnamedx2]

P6 is apparently gonna have a black and white motif also, what a coincidence Also the act iv description is taken straight out of the digital devil story novel, which is a sequel of the original megami tensei novel

[@KetchupRocket]

I thought it was gonna be green?

[@unnamedx2]

@@KetchupRocket that was speculation, i'm talking about the recent leaks

[@t.t6294]

Greeeeeen

[@ProjectStarLIGHTS]

Green

[@Krischenn]

Immaculate editing. This was extremely enjoyable. Super nostalgic time it was to be alive. P5xATLUS was more high effort than I'd ever realized.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

never thought i'd see the day someone would tackle this

[@Bluenette]

This is the project that made me discover DJ Kawasaki, Rahze, MEG and Soil & Pimp sessions What a trip, this is so nostalgic!

[@pedrojosebellobelen3824]

Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if this whole fan project actually inspired if only in part what the actual Persona 5 would become later on, and I do hope it also influences future games as well. Really through, a Persona game where you actually work alongside NYARLATHOTEP of all beings would be WILD! GOOD LUCK!

[@SharlaBlades]

With so much cynicism and general distaste towards fan projects, fandoms and the olden days of youtube. This was a very pleasant thing to get recommended. I'm happy too see the legacy still lives on and too get a good look at what the project was. (I on;y learned about it through Asinine Syndrome. Who's currently wrapping up P6 IP last time I checked.)

[@TerryVideoZone]

sick video, I remember there was a time for a year or two where when I couldn't go a day without seeing these on my youtube recommends when I was first getting into SMT/Persona

[@LyokoGem]

I have run into these as someone who got into the franchise in 2019, I have ran into these and love them because it feels like a view into an alternate timeline and I love it. The battle theme Tralala goes off so hard to the point where I just view it as a true Persona Battle theme.

[@jmh8817]

Was super into this fanwork way back, until it eventually faded away. Its nice to learn of that one final upload. Thanks for sharing.

[@x24b3]

Beautiful video my nigga. Shit gave me chills remembering about this time period in life. Subbed

[@daisythegoddes3483]

So the P5I project predicted Jazz as (one of) the style of P5, as with the themes of control (mostly with Akechi in P5, and Maruki in royal)

[@AHeroWith1000Names]

The editing and narration of the video is a whole nother level. I feel like I just watched a full-blown documentary on some cryptic phenomenon or urban legend - which I actually did. Please keep it up!

[@darkidz24]

The editing in this video is so underrated. You got yourself another subscriber!

[@chrisshep7564]

this project is how I found some of my favorite artists, like MEG and Rahze/Deckstream

[@adsim92]

I remember finding that channel in late 2012, and being absolutely fuckin' convinced it was leaked audio from an upcoming P5. I promptly forgot about it since then. Cool video. Nice bit of niche internet history.

[@nokafe6667]

Someone from Atlus literally watched Ergo Proxy and said, “That’s literally me.”

[@JuriSins]

I'm incredibly pleased to see that somebody covered the topic on the Imagining Project! I came across the project earlier this summer and was instantly taken aback from the fan-made soundtrack, so much so that I really got interested and curious about the project. After doing some searching and browsing, I found tidbits of info and history behind the project like the protagonist's name being Kai and the various bits of the hypothetical story. I would one day love to see this concept fully built into a fan game honestly!

[@SneggeS]

This video was great, I especially liked how well written the script is and how well structured the video in general feels. Keep up the great work!

[@kayanono]

Thanks for putting me onto this. The music has to be my favorite part of this franchise so i always look forward to hearing more

[@spiritsauce]

Wow! This was an amzingly well done Video Essay on the project! I had originally stumbled into the project when trying to find some small bits of music from the recently revealed Official Persona 5 but never knew that there was more to the story via the Atlus Forums or via the channel's Twiiter! Thanks for shedding some much deserved light on this fantastic fan project!

[@mu-soguy]

Interesting to see a video made on this subject. The only reason I know of this is because I was once looking for songs from this one Japanese group and the only place I could find them online was the ATLUSxP5 soundtrack, where they had credited not the performer, not the song name, just the _songwriter._ That's how truly deep cuts some of these songs on the soundtrack are.

[@theMoporter]

Algorithmed into this video because of the intriguing title/thumbnail! Kind of ironic that while P5:IP was guessing darker and edgier, Persona 5 is by far the flashiest and cartooniest mainline Persona game.

[@devOnCaffine]

Fantastic video. Although i was never around for this event. I am sure with that concept and plot it wouldve definitely been invested the hell into it.

[@RexcorJ]

It's funny to me. My one connection to this project was that it introduced me to the song Tom's Diner, as we as the remix by the late DJ Deckstream. That thanks slso goes to BotanicSage's mix of the song with Eminem's "Lose It" (fantastic work even 10 years later). Seeing now that it has so many layers to it as a fan idea of what P5 could have been is so cool, though. In some ways, I wish it was the "real" P5, and I think the one we got is pretty awesome. I almost believed it at one point but knew it would be too soon. But MAN, that story idea!

[@kaizercontreras8684]

I'm pretty sure AtlusxP5 was actually a reupload of the original P5 music and project channel. When these videos were first being released the channel deleted all of its videos randomly. There were more uploads and the names of some songs were different.

[@Raddkann]

and then ATLUSxP6 was born

[@SammEater]

As someone that owns the artbook for Persona 5, I always been curious about some of the concept art of it. I always imagined that the protagonists were supposed to be villain protagonists instead of Robin Hood style heroes, if anything, something closer to Lupin the Third characters (which some designs are clearly inspired from).

[@finndawg2144]

I remember looking for remixes of a new world fool and found a video with the imagining cover on it. I never noticed any differences but it ended up being my preferred way to listen to it on KZbin.

[@exaltsrose]

Finally a video of this, I used to love this topic so much!

[@yoshihikou]

what a FREAKING AWESOME video man, i look forward to all the videos you make, this was amazing.

[@awildcommenter7240]

What if this is an alternate reality leaking into ours and this is what P5 could’ve been

[@syndicaterx]

I remember this thumbnail . I actually still have the unofficial Persona soundtrack in my “Watch Later” playlist

[@johei2195]

A lot of the art in the promo videos appears to be traced from the highly underrated anime Ergo Proxy. I very much recommend giving it a watch.

[@DanielYuStar_Pachirisu_Feet]

it would be interesting if someone picks it up, removes the number to have no pressure on atlus releasing a new official game and just turn it into a fan game of original story, much like pokemon fan games having their own regions that barely interact with the canon regions

[@townnn-biz]

damn this just got uploaded , i didt even realize

[@Bidderuni]

Dude I absolutely remember hearing this music even before P5 was announced, you unlocked a memory

[@Kurlija]

Aw man, I remember listening to a few of the songs and thinking they were actual leaks. Shame I never saw the promotional videos because I'd have definitely recognised all the Ergo Proxy art.

[@betuna9487]

Could you tell me more about the art they used from ergo proxy?

[@betuna9487]

Happy New year

[@Kurlija]

@@betuna9487 Thanks, happy New Year to you too! I won't go through the whole video, but the character at 8:16 is from Ergo Proxy. The girl on the right at 8:19 is Re-L from the same anime.

[@TeaBurn]

If I were Atlus, I'd be trying to reach out to the fan creator to give them a job as a director or producer for a SMT title. The vision there was quite intriguing.

[@sidejua]

At 1:54 you actually faked my reflexes into thinking I was falling, and I fell. Wow, Never watch this shit in the dark y'all

[@ninjasonic2270]

There’s also the Persona 6 Imagine project that exists from actual original songs from Johneawesome

[@sakhiy]

Man its 4 am and i dont feel like writing a whole paragraph but i want you to know this video cool as hell, keep up the great work

[@NotCatchy]

holy heck, i remember running into those p5 songs back in the day

[@HollowedOST]

Did anyone else freak out at that 1:55 transition? It made me grab my monitor thinking it was falling.

[@DMPeyer]

I never thought I'd open KZbin up to see a video about this thing that I thought was a damn dream. THank you for the video!

[@GabrielBarbosa-gs6vk]

Crasier thing is that many reviews seem to think that persona 6 will be on a black and white pallete just like this

[@MakeItAme]

That's some smooth editing I didn't expect from this deep dive

[@brisakuraba4137]

as soon as you mentioned the music is what survived, I paused the video, called my older brother and hyped him up thinking it was an abandoned project lol. Whoever did this list tho is absolutely goated for it and thank goodness youtube recommended me this video, my morning couldn't be better, maybe even my life huh shiiiieeet, Thank you dude fr.

[@PaladinLeeroy42069]

“show me the real Persona 5” “I said the *real* Persona 5” *”PERFECTION”*

[@Sorrelhas]

I thought the video was about how different Persona 5's initial teaser is from the actual game, suggesting that the project had a different vision What an interesting little corner of the internet, great video

[@wan9840]

Yooo for such a small channel this has stupid good production, plus the way you convey information and do your research? Keep up the great work and you'll be huge in no time

[@gabkmemes748]

bro you have great editing skillz continue the good work

[@kaijuultimax9407]

While you would be right about a P6 imagining project being exposed if someone were to try it... COVERTLY, people have opted to just do it openly instead. There are a number of users, even here on KZbin who have done their own Persona 6 soundtracks either for fun or as a way to practice VGM composition. The quality varies way harder than the P5 imagining project, but I still think it's worth checking out the various ones that are out there.

[@CoachEd]

Damn. Now i wanna make the P7 Imagining project :/

[@BobbyBrownsock1]

ok this guy won me over he made an amazing video about Samples now persona 5! YIPPIE!

[@JustAnotherHaiku]

This was very interesting! I didn't even have a clue of what Persona was back then, so it's nice to see some fandom history.

[@dependss]

Honestly this was an amazing video, keep up the good work!

[@diana_mp4]

1:48 I appreciate the use of an Elira clip

[@northernspade1727]

I agree with the post on the message board that said this was intentionally cryptic so that the viewers can do all the leg work in their own head on what the channel was actually supposed to be, not because there was actually some sort of meaning to any of it that was going to come together at some point. You remember those Kingdom Hearts secret endings where there was a SHIT ton of discourse because of how vague they were? That's what this person was trying to emulate.

[@dannyinferno6747]

the fact you put elira playing p4 golden was great

[@scarlettptheoriginal]

Is it just me, or do some of the characters at 3:41 look like characters from P5 Phantom X?

[@nyoon690]

Watch this be Persona 6 with the black and white colour scheme 🗿

[@wohdinhel]

it really almost felt like this hypothetical version of P5 was going to be the more “mature” adult-age character version of Persona that basically every single fan of the franchise has been begging for for decades now. It’s no wonder that this was so appealing to so many people. Still holding out for P6!

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

hopefully they bring this back as Persona 6 of course with plenty of revisions because looks like they had the raw material laid out for....quite a lot of the game. Haven't had a Persona of that mature a tone since Persona 2. Would even prefer having a full adult main cast.

[@5hawnEX]

Oh yeah, this some real ass gaming

[@EternallApprentace]

Sounds, art, story, play. What is a game, but the gestalt of so little sprawling into so much--tapping into the root

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

coincidentally i was just listening to the persona 5 imagining project the other day lol

[@littenfire3563]

I miss this era of the internet, when things were mysterious and we didn't have all the answers. It brings me back to my favorite indie band Madina Lake. They used to have mysterious promo videos like this on their website as part of the band's story

[@lol-ih1tl]

Fan imagining on unannounced sequels are still a thing. For the case of Persona, there's plenty of P6 imagining projects.

[@dafire9634]

probably unrelated and 2 weeks late, but imo P6's theme color will be neon green

[@marqusiq5597]

I would not be surprised if this information popped up on Persona 6

[@ValkyrieTiara]

This is the first I've ever heard of this, but I could tell right away that there was no way it could be real. TBF I have the insight bonus of being a dev myself, but there's NO WAY IN HELL a AAA game like Persona would have a fully produced ost before... a trailer? Dungeons? A story? Gameplay? Character models? Literally anything to show besides some character art and vague story hints? No shot lol Take the "Distorted Mall" track. Even just for a song to have that subtitle, you would have to have finalized the fact that there IS, in fact, going to be a distorted mall dungeon in the game. Which means you would have concept art, layouts, modeling, enemies, story, characters, gameplay, etc all either done or nearing completion BEFORE that track was ever made public. No way in hell you would just have all that and not promote ANY of it in your promotional material lol

[@danangyeah8024]

Man, i thought that persona 5 imagine protagonist is actually editeed akihiko sanada, never imagine that was actually edited dojima picture. I'm amazed by such mysterious KZbin's urban legend stories. The other that i know is that there is an elusive youtube video, a japanese doujin music video without a title, the only way you could watch it is through random chance of KZbin's algorithm. The other most well known story is about internet checkpoint, but that easily accessible. Do you have another story like this?

[@iron545]

That Tom's Diner remix kinda gave it away.

[@yuukitenjouin5790]

This is cool as hell. It would be cool to see the game they imagined.

[@CircusofPython]

Huh, maybe I had this deeply buried in my subconscious because I always thought Persona 5 had a puppets theme until I actually played it in 2022.

[@jet4u321]

commenting to feed the algorithm 🙏

[@JuanHerrera1997]

We all trapped in a maze of relationships live moves with or without you !

[@HowardHeyman]

Nothing better than having vague memories of looking up Persona soundtracks on KZbin then looking at a soundtrack for a game that doesn't even exist, then watching your video and figuring out what it was all about. I can't say I was one of the people who believed in the ruse, but then again, that's probably because I became aware of the franchise closer to that original P5 teaser (2014ish).

[@HowardHeyman]

(Great video BTW)

[@x24b3]

Yooo HowardGAYman

[@NixonAxi]

Literally how it went for me.

[@PrinceVegeta]

God I recall this project seeing this video reminded me of it such amazing video thank you the amazing work put into this!

[@BladeBloodTear]

I really miss moments like this in the earlier internet days where you can just blindly stumble across something and become lost in the what ifs regarding it. I remember being on forums talking about Persona 5 imagine when the uploads were new and the speculations regarding them was insane. A lot of the songs imo also did line up with what Persona 5 actually did become too. I love persona 5 (royal specifically) and had a blast when i finally got my hands on it in 2020 but damn did I not have random fever dream thoughts of the imagination project while I was playing it.

[@quacksonic]

no more what if's

[@maxslatton5237]

I remember as soon as the chair thing came out for persona 5 they speculated persona 6’s color was going to be green. I don’t know color theory of anything but it seems like they mightve be right.

[@dyrr836]

Damn I feel this hard. Different series, but I remember going through something similar with Street Fighter back in the day. When it seemed like SF4 was never going to happen, I used to theorize with my friends what the SF characters and storyline of the future would look like. I of course appreciate that I did get to see the return of an IP I love, especially since it continues to go strong now. But also you just can't help but hold on to those what ifs.

[@persona5imaginingproject]

The current P5IP community is definitely my favorite little corner of the internet. This project influenced me alot in my younger years, so i have a ton of appreciation for it.

[@recctangle180]

yooo its the guy!!!!!11!!!!11111!

[@betuna9487]

😢

[@betuna9487]

Sorry if this is bothering you. But can you tell me where can I see all the promotional art used for the project?

[@kyleeliniguez6345]

@@betuna9487 ATLUSxP5 has the link to everything on his channel

[@mesmorrow]

@@betuna9487 There are some sources and information in the description of this video.

[@MrDeliworker]

I am glad you actually explained this phenomenon because I remember experiencing it vaguely way back in the day but every time I talked to anyone else I knew about it they insisted they had no idea what I was talking about. Thought I had Mandela Effect'd myself.

[@MikariPhantom]

Oh my... hahaha.... hi? Yeah, just the Twitter account. It really was just for fun on all parts, can't really say much more, but... yeah. Gotta say, this was a really good detective work, and those Atlus forums screenshots really throws me back... good times. Hope you're doing well!

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

That "we'll probably never know for sure" line sure sounds kinda silly now, huh?

[@bethos9215]

Yo. man I loved your fan OST. I’m just really glad to see another fan of DJ Deckstream.

[@bethos9215]

Also, since you’re familiar with Utrecht (which honestly blows my mind), are you familiar of band copter4016882?

[@betuna9487]

Muito obrigado. Pela imaginação, pela inspiração, pelo fruto de amor que o projeto foi... Obrigado

[@KaiboStudios]

Do you realize WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!! SOME DAMN GOOD WORK.

[@mincishhimself]

Me losing it over the fact that the P5IP project wasnt just some fever dream I had, your editing and research into this whole thing is phenomenal! Can't wait to see more of your stuff!

[@chaos-chaos-chaos2990]

Bro, I can't get over how the art is literally from Mari from Prison School & Dojima from a yaoi doujinshi & nobody every decided to do light research on the images.🤣 One of the OSTs was literally Discoteque from Rosario Vampire! The music were bops tho

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

The thumbnail did look to me like dojima, can't believe they'd steal fucking yaoi shit

[@purplestar9999]

I was certain that was dojima haha, how did people not notice?

[@starwarschic123]

Stuff taken from Ergo Proxy also

[@ZexionAxzura]

Love the video, liking and commenting for boost! I’m exciting to check out the music. One correction for anyone who loves art: Black, white, and grey images are actually ‘Achromatic!’ Monochromatic refers to images with only one hue, such as all values of blue. If you desaturate a monochromatic image then it has no chroma (or color) just black and white + all the gray values between-achromatic!

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

Thanks for the correction! I legit didn't know achromatic was even a term before. I've somehow never stumbled across or heard of it in any way, so it's pretty cool to learn about.

[@MorfsPrower]

The nerd in me is screaming to talk about Greco-Roman linguistics, as knowing your prefixes can really spice up your vocabulary. I doubt anyone wants to hear about the breakdown of the word heterochromatism, the concept of differing colored eyes, or the word chromatology, which has the suffix that denotes it's the science of color. Chromatology is how we discern the elemental makeup of some stars out there based on what elements burn what colors. Yeah see I can't help it. Nerding out over language. Feel free to use prefix knowledge to make your own words, like trichromatism or calling a four-wheelers quadrocycles.

[@kedanrussell6936]

I still regularly listen to some of the false persona 5 soundtrack, still hits those vibes

[@RhythmStraw]

same

[@someguywithabirdface2583]

Fr the ost really give vibes of Altus going back to persona 1&2 atmosphere while keep the features of persona 3&4.

[@rezahydra]

Genuinely rare to see a video from someone I’ve never seen instantly pull me in from the thumbnail alone anymore, let alone keep me interested in every single detail despite me already being able to piece together where the conclusion was heading. Great work cataloguing such an amazing fan project in such a way that honors its legacy so people like me can now discover it.

[@real1mem3s]

Butt kissing

[@SchnozMeister]

I always forget how long ago P5 was announced, and I had no clue this fan project was even a thing. Super interesting video, subbed

[@CreatureFeatureRlz]

P5 IP was 100% a labour of love of the series. It has that spark that warms your heart like that later iterations of Persona were known for and the project made me so happy during that really long limbo between P4 and P5. It was nothing short of Magical and it kinda brought the community together in a hopeful way. I know I've left messages on those vids asking around if anyone knew if this was a real leak but I always knew in my heart it couldn't be real. P5IP will always hold a very special place in my heart.

[@kazlamar4654]

Concept-wise the creator actually made a lot of thematically fitting choices. The “puppeteer” motif is a great because you can tie in elements like “Rebelling against the Creator” or “Cutting ties with what’s controlling you”. I’ve only played P4 and P5 but a mirror world seems like another intuitive option as the “reflection” cognitive world that ties into the collective unconscious. This fan project had a really cool premise… maybe a theater/stage as the Velvet Room would’ve been cool!

[@satananal4395]

I'm the one who archived the Atlus forums thread! I was so passionate about this project at the time and a bit distraught over the way that small community would go away, lol. I'm happy to have contributed to the preservation of this project. I still listen from time to time and kill time imagining what kind of story AxP5 was trying to tell through this music. I also have grown quite fond of several artists included in the project and listen to them today!

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

Hey, thank you for going through that effort of archiving the thread! A whole chunk of this video straight-up wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for the added context of those forum archives, so you're one of the real ones for preserving an obscure part of internet history.

[@aritrasarkar4435]

Respect ya man