What you are missing out on when not using Haru in Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5 Royal funny clip from stream. Use her, she's actually really cute!

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

The duality of Haru being this kind-hearted posh girl who is also violent and sadistic in battle is what makes her best girl

[@leifster7762]

Sometimes I feel like the only haru fan who doesn't like that part of her character

[@oldcat1790]

Makoto is more or less the same, so it's not very unique quality.

[@crimsonmaverick8237]

It comes off to me more as random. Like they didn’t know what to do with her character in dynamic with her friends so they just had her say and do crazy things sometimes.

[@abrahamambriz892]

She's obviously in love with Ren, too.

[@SakuraM23]

Yess

[@ThatGuyKh1]

I wish the Okumara arc focused completely on Haru and not Morganas hissie fit temper tantrum

[@hirschmeistr6842]

Morgana when you call him a cat: 😡 Joker trying to make 20 cups of coffee in one night but he has to sleep: 😐

[@yurikuki]

So glad Persona 5 Strikers fixed that

[@Bubble_gum0400]

Good thing he gets kicked in the same arc

[@naproupi]

I felt bad for Ryuji in this arc. The guy has been basiclaly bullied by Morgana since their first meeting and took it well enough. But just because he pushed back at Morgana a few times now he should apologize ? So unfair.

[@hirschmeistr6842]

@@naproupi Ryuji is just mistreated in general

[@BluShiGuy]

"Why is it that I get a shiver of excitement whenever the Shadows plead for their lives?"

[@jeremiahevans6346]

Futaba:What's it called? Sadest? saddes?

[@lnxrocks]

Haru gets short-changed because she isn't introduced until almost the end of the base game. But she is great.

[@artificialaceattorney6822]

In all fairness, her father's death is a major turning point late in the story(I wouldn't say "almost at the end"; there's still four months and four Palaces left out of nine and eight, respectively). I think she's used fairly well; she deals with her issues in her father in the Okumura arc, sympathizes with Makoto's quest to redeem a family member in Sae's arc, and has to deal with her feelings about her father's killers through the rest of the game.

[@jcoolguy1548]

People say that Haru doesn't get introduced until the end of the game, but she shows up before Futaba at the fireworks festival. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though

[@lnxrocks]

@@jcoolguy1548 A lot of the stuff about Haru comes from the OG P5. I know Haru makes earlier appearances in P5R. Don't know if that cutscene was changed.

[@jcoolguy1548]

@@lnxrocks yeah, I know. It's been a while since I've played the og P5, but I'm certain in both the OG and Royal, she shows up before we get to Futaba's arc

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

Also her chocolate is home made, so it’s even more brutal that she would be so willing to crush it from her heartbreak.

[@oldcat1790]

so is Futaba's

[@slowloris7438]

Man I’m planning to do a hard play through, and you know I might have to go with her this time.

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

@@slowloris7438be ready to join the Best Girl club, brother’

[@suami2529]

And also kawakami

[@walterd7331]

@@suami2529 Kawakami likes to be dominated.

[@secondheaven9545]

This reminds me of the video where a dude put all of haru’s ultra psychopathic lines over Marianne from fire emblem 3 houses because they had the same english VA. It’s extra funny because in 3 houses Marianne is easily one of the meekest, most low self-esteem (though kinda justifiable with her backstory) characters I’ve ever seen

[@desil30stm]

I knew her voice was familiar!

[@artificialaceattorney6822]

Xanthe Huynh also voices Kanon Tachibana, the leader of the Variabeauties from NEO: TWEWY. Kanon's rather confident and assertive, quite unlike Marianne or Haru's outward facade.

[@dfox6222]

Xanthe also voiced Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live!, another shy, quiet and reserved character. But seriously, imagine an aspiring school idol having homicidal tendencies.

[@voice_0f_reason]

All her showtimes are unskippable, change my mind.

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Eh? U can't skip them? I mean there's a skip button prompt right there at the bottom right.

[@AmeAmv]

@@Sky_Gaming_Academy They prob mean that they are so good that one shouldn't skip them ?

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

No mind need to be change then 😂

[@ericamcqueen5607]

I love how sumire is like "I don't wanna suspect you of anything, Senpai" while she's surrounded by like 10 girls who got clapped by our lovely Pog-kun.

[@yuutokasane3332]

Sumire...?

[@lotis2356]

@@yuutokasane3332 spoiler warning

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

oh ya it even more random how Sojiro can fixed this lol

[@aarongutierrez7705]

I always say kasumi for this very reason

[@ericamcqueen5607]

@@aarongutierrez7705 the game came out two years ago and I they literally showed her name in the video.

[@StillCisTho42]

The best Haru moment is in her special showtime with Makoto where she just yeet herself to the enemy. Sad to not see it here.

[@kartikayysola]

That's such a good fucking Showtime, the two best girls elbow dropping an mf is always a mandatory Showtime for me.

[@pansagi]

They didn't have to do Haru dirty on the credit background scene but they did

[@legoharry100]

Most Persona girls: let’s think this through Haru: *so anyway I started blasting*

[@lotis2356]

Sadistic floof

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

so cute ^^

[@pangetpampam8272]

Oh once I got haru She never left my party, awesome buffs, and deflect magic, amazing combo with champion's cup as a healer in combination with makoto

[@merciless972]

1:02 I had no idea that fully automatic grenade launchers exist.

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Blah blah cognition blah blah 😂

[@monokomomo4977]

whatever she imagine is real so its automatic in her head lol

[@mageyplss]

Why did Morgana have to throw a tantrum & steal Haru's screen time? I just wanna know why

[@kartikayysola]

At least Strikers made up for it!

[@mageyplss]

@@kartikayysola oh my god strikers had no reason to slap so hard but it did. I love strikers too

[@yisunder]

the definition of nerfed for the plot's sake

[@mageyplss]

@@yisunder The plot suffered too honestly

[@yisunder]

@@mageyplss too much Makoto

[@finngswan3732]

I love her "idk what I'm doing but I'm doing my best!" confidence. Like damn, I want to do that

[@diqrstuv]

In gameplay, I will definitely pick Haru on Lavenza's fight (The most difficult boss fight in P5R). Since: 1. Psychic damage is good to do technical damages in 2nd phase 2. High chance critical shot skill is good in 3rd phase Also, spoiler alert in comment:

[@diqrstuv]

Spoiler Alert If you reject to love her, Haru will express her sadness instead of just saying that "That's fine, we are good friend forever!" like the other girls. Unfortunately, she is a late joiner so she gets less focus by players comparing to Ann, Makoto or Futaba.

[@diqrstuv]

IMO, Haru is facing the most tough situation among the game. She suffered when she was small and still suffer when her father's palace was gone.

[@wobbu8587]

@@diqrstuv I like her character but the way the story treats her is just disrespectful. She hardly ever gets to express a personality. There's no tension at all between her and Akechi, which is just... unbelievable.

[@oldcat1790]

Considering she was in school from the very beginning, it's a big failure in writing to not allow any interactions with her until the end of the game. And yes, she also barely cares about her father's death and his killer compared to Futaba caring about her mother. Granted, it's possible that she hated her father for his actions and therefore didn't care much, but in this case writing should have said so instead of dropping the topic entirely.

[@possiblyivy726]

@@oldcat1790 dunno if thisll sound rude or not but she was gonna steal her fathers heart with Morgana, or at least trying to. I really dont think she cares about him as she has no real reason to, and was just shocked as his death because everyone obviously was

[@darienb1127]

Honestly, my biggest issue with Haru isn that she doesn't learn Riot Gun. Like, she's the gun skill character that only learns 2 guns skills... out of 6. And if it's base Persona, there's only 4 gun skills! But instead let's give Riot Gun to Akechi for some fucking reason.

[@kame8132]

akechi's moveset is all over the place 💀

[@thatnerdcalledzanni3957]

honestly, if it wasn''t for Riot Gun and Debilitate, Akechi would literally have no use in a party as he is. which is sad, he could have had Black Viper + Megidolaon for consistency, or just keep his Shadow Element with Maeigaon (which is actually useful in the last palace!)

[@newbplaygames]

@@thatnerdcalledzanni3957 you can have someone learn deliberate at jazz club so akechi is somewhat useless now Problem is it need to be specific date

[@gamingabe2117]

Atleast she learns riot gun in strikers, I agree though she should’ve learned it in royal as well

[@artificialaceattorney6822]

Haru tends to replace Ryuji on my teams after she joins. I especially like her One Shot Kill boosted with Snipe and Cripple, which makes for an excellent single target attack.

[@mrbonlino]

Haru, Ryuji, Ann is my goto team. And I swap Haru out for Yusuke when I need the Goat melee duo. Ryuji's never left the spot on my team, the physical boost is too good for the way I build my personas

[@newbplaygames]

Ryuji have God's hand and charge so haru is just fill the 4th slot for me

[@the_supern0va238]

@@mrbonlino My team was the same but replace Haru with Makoto for her defense buffs and heals. If I needed gun damage I used Seth.

[@justanotherpxrson]

This is certainly one of the videos of all time. Haru did the things.

[@neoinfinity5204]

My favorite persona girl truly regretful she’s the last member to join especially considering her amazing skills it’s so weird you don’t befriend her sooner since she also use the rooftop for her plants.

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Those plants were also OP!

[@Fkin176]

Well I mean...Crow and Violet though

[@KuroJet]

The final credits scene when she's on her toes is adorable.

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Super cute

[@cartuner111]

1:06 Haru and her Jojo moment

[@heizi-lyh]

Haru is the best character in this whole game Imo. I only used her deflect phys/magic all atk at the last boss fight. And the boss just slowly killed himself xD The hardest boss of the game became the easiest just because of Haru

[@newbplaygames]

Unless you bought InO haru is very useful As you already knew that InO can 2 turn kill the final boss

[@noravanguard3993]

Haru is truly waifu material

[@ISuckAtVideoGames4Ever]

POV: Your waifu is Haru Status: BASSED

[@noir_persona9463]

Its... how can u not love her

[@Chokah]

I can't believe it took me this long to realize. Makoto and Haru, the oldest of the bunch, are the most brutal of the Thieves in a fight. Haru's smashing shadows with an axe and high explosives and Makoto is straight up beating them to death or popping heads with a magnum..

[@newbplaygames]

Weirdly enough haru's shadow ops outfit have jiggle physics

[@noregrets3925]

The escalation of guns for the phantom thrives we get sling shot and pistol the shotgun then we just jump to a grenade launcher

[@animeotaku307]

Thank goodness for Strikers giving her more screen time

[@wizzy7755]

In terms of gameplay and purpose in the team, she's the female version of yusuke; can deal both elemental and phys dmg BUT can provide support and buffs to the team If you have her 3rd tier persona (Lucy), she has a skill called life wall which reflects/blocks any skill attacks of opponents except almighty.

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

👏BEST👏GIRL👏

[@annyshkilionok2680]

Honestly, kinda wish they just revamped Haru instead of adding Yoshizawa in Royal. She already fulfills that archetype, and beside the 3rd semester it really would have been great to just have a more fleshed out character instead of a new one that's sooo special

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Agreed but they proly have to do it to draw in more ppl to replay the game.

[@helpihavebats6392]

I think while having more development is nice it would be really awkward for her to be the focus of the last dungeon especially sharing that focus with Joker and Akechi

[@annyshkilionok2680]

@@helpihavebats6392 i mean, the last dungeon in royal could have just been focused on the two of them, or maybe more so on the phantom thieves as a whole, idk.

[@helpihavebats6392]

@@annyshkilionok2680 oh I actually like the sound of the last one

[@annyshkilionok2680]

@@helpihavebats6392 wanna join forces and write a thing? Lol

[@stressfreegames3524]

We stan Haru 💪

[@leifster7762]

I honestly really like using Haru

[@spidiccus8561]

Not using her phantom thief outfit is criminal tho

[@JolteOnWisconsin]

I want Makoto and Haru to beat me to smithereens

[@SubconsciousDeviant]

Ayo?

[@RosiYYAP]

Most underrated party member EZ

[@pan_jam]

of course my man romanced every single one of the girls.

[@S.A.F.T.I]

Excuse you, Ann, Makoto and Haru are my main team. Their buffs are great, especially considering Joker is the only legitimate damage dealer. The only exception is Yusukes third evolution exclusive full party accuracy/evasion boost. But I do honestly love Haru, definitely top tier.

[@g0ldeclipse]

0:59 Can we talk about the timing with the music during the showtime

[@Kaimine08]

Haru's gun skills are amazing. One hit kill has decent crit chance and that makes her very effective against most targets in the game. Her strengths on psy ontop of her semi decent magic stat allows for easy tech setups. However, nothing to boost crit outside of accessories and no riot gun...or even any AoE gun skill outside of Triple Down hampers effectiveness. No charge also hampers her effectiveness against bosses. She's got potential, but without charge, she lacks a punch. Needs to be paired with Kasumi for her crit booster to be extremely effective.

[@M4tthh]

She would be the best with Riot qnd Charge

[@yagami2612]

YEAAAA THIS IS MY FAVORITE “waiting for turn pose” 2:31

[@accurstmaiden]

Haru is awesome I love her ^-^

[@parmiarmi3945]

Strikers made me love Haru even more 🫶🏼

[@zmarotrix]

My first ever playthrough of Persona 5 I managed to max out every single confidante except I never unlocked Haru's somehow. Every scene she showed up I just said "Wait, who are you?"

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

;w; my first playthrough in a nutshell

[@akai3974]

Originally she was supposed to be really mean which is why her face expression in the first persona 5 op was showing her looked very mean

[@icookchildrenandeatthem9085]

Sometimes i forget haru is kinda small, almost futaba sized but little bigger

[@mixedbaggamer]

I'm rather curious of what everybody Else's party looks like. the vast majority of mine was ryuji Makoto and Ann although when it got to the third semester in the party regrouped it became yoshizawa Akechi and Makoto mostly because of the true Awakenings between yoshizawa and Makoto and the abilities that they get are highly beneficial to the rest of the party don't get me wrong everybody else is true Awakenings were grams too but my party Staples became yoshizawa Makoto interchangeably depending and Akechi

[@TheGamerWhosBored]

So I'm watching this after using Haru in my party the majority of the game (at least after you get her anyways) and having joker romance her (and staying loyal to her) and I've only just now realized that I somehow never had the showtime with her and Makoto activate, just Morgana's....

[@mrbonlino]

Both use technical damage moves, so they don't really synergise when you think of your team critically. That being said, very rarely do I inflict mind status ailments (confuse, fear, brainwash etc) intentionally so haru was only given a spot in my team alot of the time because of waifu status. Yusuke always had a spot because of the same bias.

[@glxylunk]

At 1:50 think the songs in Ultimax but anyone know the name?

[@elkinvargas6481]

Honestly i wish New game plus could have you swap who you meet first so that haru would get more time on screen

[@ImThatGhostYT]

I mainly use her for heat raiser

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

I sorta already like her when she only have triple shot but I think I use her mainly because I neglect her hard on my first run. Now I try to use her and I'm kidda falling in love.

[@theganondorky7238]

I didn't even know she had one with Makoto, that's whacky

[@kurosan9712]

You're missing out on the funny victory animation in which Haru kinda sits. When using her swimsuit costume it looks like she's gonna poop, lol. Other than that - nothing, Haru isnt needed for anything particular in the game.

[@GalaxyJakeYT]

Why are you just assuming I don’t use Haru?

[@solidv2]

I ask everytime. Why they gave her the giant forehead haircut. Why atlus

[@crustaceanism8224]

cheers

[@pieterambarita5742]

I'm so angry that I was already in a relationship before they introduced Haru

[@Bayonet300]

Her psy skills are busted in this version since you can automatically cause mental statuses by ambushing enemies with your chain.

[@M4tthh]

It's really annoying that they focused on Morgana in her arc. So almost no one likes her

[@exostudios8563]

Can we go over how Haru is the only person in JRPG to shoot multiple shots out of a one shot grenade launcher? The only other people I can think that can do that is the Payday crew.

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

That's why she did not need Riot Gun LoL

[@Cyndric]

1:57 What is that outfit for Morgana? It’s hilarious

[@B.I.G.TEA707]

If haru had more play time she'd be top 3 best girl

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Kidda like her more and more the more I replay the game.

[@DanteCrowlley]

I see, it's nothing

[@CalWhimsical]

people sleep on haru she's literally best girl

[@knuclear200x]

Beauty Thief is a better name

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

trueee

[@mjshinyhunter]

this 3 minute video is representative of the amount of screen time Haru gets in the game

[@ryry_mcshizz3350]

What song is at 0:22

[@m0nkEz]

She's not my favorite, but I was still surprised at how much I like her. She seemed like she would be a bland and forgettable character.

[@lozzielozer]

what outfits are those?

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Not sure which one you want to I'm just listing all of them Gekkoukan High Uniform Karukozaka High Uniform Dancewear

[@lozzielozer]

@@Sky_Gaming_Academy thank you! i was talking specifically about the one in the reaper clip but thank you for the other two

[@flowery5812]

what's the song from 0:21 ?

[@biggestbug957]

a lone prayer from persona 1

[@fidellc4044]

If you use the st hermellin costume with ren in all your battles (normals) you will have that song.

[@fidellc4044]

The worst part is that im in the last palace and i just discovered this function xd

[@weewoo3023]

Why was he fighting Jose

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

Why are the scripted moments in the "what you're missing out on" video? Probably there to be filler because there is not enough actual content you would miss out on.

[@keyuke06]

I mean... I don't wanna be that guy, but 90% of what you just showed exists in vanilla P5.

[@marconigro7082]

Anyone know what's the song on 0:25?

[@accurstmaiden]

Darude sandstorm

[@accurstmaiden]

Lone prayer from persona 1 psp

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Lol

[@PeytonHislop]

you can romance the teacher?

[@Sky_Gaming_Academy]

Not even the teacher is safe

[@PeytonHislop]

@@Sky_Gaming_Academy I legit didnt even see a chance to have her as a confidant once i just beat it

[@miz2975]

i'd say not a lot

[@Lightmagician60]

i always felt like in story boarding Haru was going to be the Traitor, and Akechi was just gunna be a red Harring 1) She is Under Developed, like she never was intended to stay a party member 2) the "Daddy issues" motivation makes alot more sense on her then Akechi 3) the bait and switch of Her going back to kill her father would be way more impactful afterwards, then "of course Akechi was waiting for us to weaken him" 4) Her Sadistic lines in Mementos are out of place, granted they're great, but it's odd that this character trait is hidden... like this was intended as an easter egg/foreshadow if you grinded in mementos... 5) her Confidant is the only one that Requires a Maxed Social Stat to *Start* {OG P5} almost like they didn't know where to put her Confidant 6) on top of that her Gardening perk is so pointless for how late you get her

[@Lightmagician60]

i forgot a thing 7) the whole cast's personas are Anti-Heros. (even the Necromonicon) except Haru's Mi'lady, it is based on a Villain.. a non-redeemable Villain..

[@Bell81208]

so nothing?

[@dannyd4339]

Ew forehead chan

[@PriestDaSensei]

Don’t do haru like that she’s a waifu

[@dannyd4339]

@@PriestDaSensei lol she would be if she had as much personality as she does forehead

[@hirschmeistr6842]

More forehead than exposed skin in Ann’s chest window

[@dannyd4339]

@@hirschmeistr6842 lmao true