Personaprotagonists all have pretty different vibes. Sure, they’re all designed to be blank slates that you can imprint your own personality onto, but they still have fun little qualities outside of that.Persona 3protagonist Makoto comes off as angsty and moody,Persona 4protagonist Yu feels the most like a leader, and Ren fromPersona 5is undoubtedly the goofiest of the lot.
There is one similarity that runs through all of them though, and that’s the seemingly distant relationships they have with their parents. All three of them never even attempt to contact their mothers or fathers during their respective games, despite being thrown into life-threatening situations, and it even goes as far back as the older Persona games too, though that makes sense given the cast of Eternal Punishment is slightly older.
It’s not like parents just don’t exist either. We hear all about Ryuji’s mother in Persona 5, and we actually get to seeLisa Silverman’s clearly-inspired-by-Steven-Seagal father in Persona 2: Innocent Sin, so it just seems like you’re destined to have a strained relationship with your parents if you’re a Persona protagonist. That was up untilPersona 5: The Phantom Xthough.
Persona 5: The Phantom X Actually Lets You Talk To The Protagonist’s Parents
Yes, Atlus has finally given Persona fans a main character with a loving family,as Wonder actually has an active relationship with his mother. Early on in Persona 5: The Phantom X, you’ll get to engage in a text conversation with Wonder’s mother, who is concerned about their son’s wellbeing while they’re out of town.
Unfortunately, we don’t get to see what she looks like, as she seems to have chosen an ominous silhouette of herself as a profile picture, but it’s nice to know that Wonder’s mother is on hand and actually cares about her son. She’s even left him a swanky house to live in, while all Joker got to live in was a dusty attic above a cafe. Some people get all the luck.
