Persona Speculations

I have been writing a lot of Persona posts these days including a story based on Persona 3. Then again, the series had been the most interesting to talk about. Code Geass may have a movie coming (during R2 from what I heard) and a play and Kingdom Hearts has some news but not really enough to discuss since a lot of people can tell what would likely happen anyway (heck even Word of God said this is the last part dealing with Xehanort but not really the end of Kingdom Hearts as a whole), so really not much to talk about.

But I digress.

Naoya Toudou, Tatsuya Suou, Maya Amano, Minato Arisato/Makoto Yuuki/Sakuya Shiomi, Souji Seta/Yu Narukami
from left corner to right corner in zig-zag fashion. 

Persona 5 would very likely feature a new group (I don't really have to guess that the new group would be composed of high school students because of their root to self-discovery and maturity again that the Persona team of Atlus used to their advantage). After all, this story has a different theme. While the summoning Personas is still up in the air (would likely go back to Persona 1 and 2 roots with no Evokers or crushing cards but rather summon by will alone), I still think this new group would come face to face with many other Persona-users later on especially the Investigation Team in their own futures.

I'm not exactly sure if it's going to be like Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger or Digimon Xros Wars: Hunters Leapt Through Time. I mean, it's not exactly an anniversary after all. I don't know its anniversary really because I only learn of its anniversary when it's released. I mean I was aware of anniversaries of Super Sentai after getting used to it after all.

What a nice group picture!

It's very likely dealing with how society repressed certain personalities to be restrained and not allowed to be free. People are chained to what they are supposed to act rather than their true personalities; the repression of the true self rather than the suppression of the true self.

It sounds likely to be a bittersweet ending. I mean society won't really accept certain attitudes or identities because even though it's progressive, there are still obstacles.

Taking yet another psychological route, we could see how this could been done maturely like Persona 4. In my opinion, the ending of normal ending is happy enough. With enough time, the Investigation Team would be comfortable in their future. It won't be as easy as a year. Acknowledging your faults is just a step forward. Hell, it took me more than three years for my walls I built since childhood to fall. I think the walls that these characters in P4 have build their masks in the same way. Despite the fact they gained their ultimate Persona and reached the apex of their character development, I don't think they could just fall into their truer selves.

Again, I digress.

Sho Minazuki might possibly be a character in P5. It's a bit of a stretch but really we haven't seen a Persona or anything other than his fighting skills. For now, we have to see the game release and his story mode.

There might be a possiblity that Zen and Rei of Persona Q are possible characters in P5. Agan, a bit of a stretch but what else can be concluded. We heard nothing much about P5 so I am going guess  no matter how irrational it might be.

Finally Maaya Sakamoto (Aigis) finally dragged her husband into the world of Persona!

*cough*

Persona 5 has a lot of potential for all the teaser had concluded.

I shall try to think of more speculations as more trailers come out for the game. For now, just enjoy the trailer and hope that it would surpass Persona 4 in terms of gameplay and story. I mean the character development of the series is always the best part aside from its brilliant music and plot but those help.

For future Arena games, I am sure certain members from the original games would come. I mean the Night Queen from 1 is Nyx and the Malevolent Entity might be Nyarlathotep from 2. The connection may be weak (as per Word of God) but really I am certain members would come... even though there might be a problem with the amnesia and the whole Tatsuya-and-Maya-meeting-again-would-start-apocalypse-for-the-second-time and let's not forget the Great Seal breaking cause another apocalypse and the incident with Izanami... That's a lot of apocalypses. If Persona 5 has another one going on, I'll just throw my arms up the air exasperated and yell "That world is doomed! What on earth did the world do to these gods to create three apocalypses?!".

The Magicians!

I never realized it but Yosuke's Social Link is the reverse of Junpei's character development. Junpei was jealous of Minato for being better at everything than him (for all I criticized the manga version, at least this was addressed and it's very clear this would be in the movie for his character development) but he learned to accept it and once he lost Chidori, he grew strong, knowing Chidori gives her life for him and he will live. Yosuke on the other hand grew strong for Saki's death until we learn somewhere near the end of his Social Link he was jealous of Souji the entire time. What? Nowhere had it implied that Yosuke was jealous or consider himself boring to Souji, always calling him "Partner" and helping him whenever he could. This fanfic addresses that Yosuke considers himself boring and even though he's girl-crazy, he knew he still had no chance. This takes place around the same time of his character development. Why not during the Magician Rank 2 or 3, Yosuke can say that he was jealous then and the type anybody can look up to and the ones girls would fall for? Yosuke must really be able to hold his jealousy better if he said so until the end. However, it is still not really great path if there are no subtle or blunt hints.

Heh, just felt like saying that.

From above, I mentioned just a bit of Persona Q. There might be a probability that all the games that's going to going soon is going to connected to canon. Knowing Persona, there might be a little Kingdom Hearts or the Tales of going on. Except while KH has made it pretty clear they are connected (KHDDD) and only the Tales characters meet up in noncanon picture dramas or Radiant Mythology, Atlus made cameos and made it clear they are connected albeit with very vague hints. Now let's see the summaries of the games with the exception of Persona 5 and Persona 4: Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold since we all know it's going to have connections to the mothership titles of Persona. I am using the canon names for Souji/Yu for this one and getting whatever they have in Megami Tensei Wikia.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - The Investigation Team were enjoying the last day of the Cultural Fest until a mysterious clock tower came out of nowhere from an urban legend that if you hear the bell ring from the tower, you'll die.

Meanwhile in Tartarus, SEES were about to train again until they are warped into Yaso High School in 2012 to their shock. Suddenly the school turned into something like Tartarus with only the Investigation Team and SEES are the only ones remaining with two students who lost their memories, Zen and Rei. Realizing that Zen and Rei's memories are the key to solving this mess, SEES and Investigation Team worked together as one.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night - Taking place after Persona 4, Rise Kujikawa returns to showbiz and Yu gone back to the city if the screenshot above has shown. Maybe Yu is working out at Zumba or something. Rumors spread, similar to the Midnight Channel phenomenon, that if you open a site at midnight exactly, a strange video will show and the person watching it would be pulled to the "other side"; aptly named Midnight Stage.

When a fellow singer from Rise's idol group, Kanamin Kitchen or her real name Kanami Mashita, went missing, Rise, based on her experiences with the paranormal, contacted Yu and the Investigation team to help search for the missing idols.

Seriously Yu is even dancing with Izanagi.

While there aren't any confirmations yet for Persona Q to be canon yet, there might be a possibility it's canon. Persona has very vague hints that they are all connected that Word of God confirmed. However, we are talking about spin-offs of a spin-off. Are they canon or not? The closest spin-off to the Persona series is Persona ~Trinity Soul~ and it's not even canon but Persona 4: Arena confirms Akihiko is going to become a police officer anyway.

If Persona Q is canon in some way (both teams lost their memories in exchange for Zen and Rei's and they hope they meet again someday even if they lose their memories), then... yeah... There is no confirmation of Minato's canon name so at this rate I am going to call him P3MC.

So there might be a possibility it could be canon, vague it is.

However, assuming the re-updated release of Persona 3: FES and Persona 4: Golden are canon, then we can take it as that.