Persona: Trinity Soul

The stage is Ayanagi City, a city near the Japan Sea. It is a futuristic city that was built to carry out the recovery from the calamity caused by the "Apathy Syndrome" ten years previous. High school student Shin Kanzato with his little brother Jun, meet with their elder brother Ryou, who is the chief of the Ayanagi City Police, again after ten years. At that time, a series of strange incidents happen in Ayanagi City such as the crew of a submarine that suddenly disappears while in their submarine, or a spiritless symptom which disturbs the world after ten years, or the case of the inside out corpse where a student took on a cruel appearance. Ryou tracks down the organization behind the string of incidents, and having become involved in the incidents, Shin awakens the "Persona."

(Source: Wikipedia)

Kanzato, Shin Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Kanzato, Ryou Main

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Morimoto, Kanaru Main

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Kanzato, Jun Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Sakakiba, Takurou Main

Tasaka, Hideki Japanese

Kayano, Megumi Main

Asumi, Kana Japanese

Sanada, Akihiko Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Igor Supporting

Tanonaka, Isamu Japanese

Kanzato, Yuki Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Komatsubara, Ayane Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Kachi, Hideyuki Producer

Adachi, Kazuki Producer

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May 19, 2019

Jensenray

Recommended

Somehow I convince myself to watch this because of the song “mellow dream”

Im a big fan of persona game, also all other shin Megan tensei game (nocturne, devil summoner, devil survivor, digital devil saga)

Now I know why this film have so much negative review,

Its because most of People who watch this are shallow, they only care about the action stuff, dating, high school and pervert stuff


Tbh, I amaze by the quality of writing in this anime, and the whole whale feather theme keep me curious
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The character development in this film is great, each character has it’s own complex story

I think The writer in this film actually care so much about this film, each chapter is well planned, and there many memorable moment in this film, great execution

I love how they focus on the story and didn’t overuse the persona, or do some crazy illogical thing with persona, and keep the film grounded

Its not your average shallow hack and slash anime,

it’s not a typical fighting film that always end with somehow the protagonist turn into Saiyan and kill the bad guy

Its a persona film with a well done story

If your head only accept fighting, pervert scene and mindless dialogue, then probably this film is not for you

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 16, 2024

Renegade7654

Mixed Feelings

Wow I'm actually using the review feature for the first time ever. As a big Persona fan, I have.... quite a bit to say.

My main point though? This is not Persona. It is called Persona. It IS an officially licensed product. It has ties to Persona's universe (or more specifically, Persona 3), going as far as to have certain songs from 3 show up a couple times & even have an important side character be a returning character from Persona 3 (If you've seen the show, you know who I'm talking about). But despite all of that, this is not Persona.

This show, while not particuarly ... bad, is just rather bland. All of the style, flair & charm Persona is known for is completely missing from this series. There's no depth in the fights, the character designs are fairly generic & don't really stand out compared to the casts from the mainline games, and the character's personalities just feel very lacking. For example, it feels like Takuro is supposed to be the Junpei/Yosuke/Ryuji type of the group, but he just does not have the energy or charm that any of those 3 bring to the table. He feels far too watered down.

They try to have SOME fun moments with the cast in the early parts of the show, but it just doesn't work out. And even the emotional beats, such as character deaths or important backstories, also unfortunately fail to hit.

On a more positivie note, I did feel like this show was trying it's best. Even if it didn't work out, you can tell there was at least some attempt to try make these characters interesting, but they just didn't know how. The animation & overall art of the show can be pretty solid at times too. And the soundtrack, while a little messy, is still decent as well.

If you haven't played Persona before, I definitely can see you enjoying this. If you have though, I can't say I suggest this. You'll really just end up wishing you replayed one of the mainline games, or rewatched their respective animes. Or you'll go back to wishing for Persona 6 to be finally revealed, like the rest of us. At the end of the day, Persona Trinity Soul is not bad, but it's also not very good. And I now understand why even Atlus themselves has forgotten it - Because it really is just that forgettable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 13, 2025

slurmsoda

Not Recommended

DON’T WATCH THIS, SAVE YOUR TIME

First & probably last time I’ll ever write a review for anything on this platform, I was telling someone about this show & noticed there were more positive then negative reviews which is off putting provided how terrible of an experience this was for me. For persona fans, imagine playing persona 1. Simply going through the SEBEC route & grinding for ultimate personas for your party. Not 100% completion. That’s a hellscape & you’d have to be a glutton for punishment to want that.

Watching this anime is the same experience, it’s a punishment. It’s not generic, it’s not funny ... bad. There’s just isn’t any redeemable qualities. The plot is extremely boring, I carve out time to watch shows to really experience them not as background noise to a phone & I can’t tell you any plot points from this show a year later. Can’t tell you any of the characters names, nothing of value came from this show except the cameo of a persona 3 character. It’s not worth watching it to see him.

Plot 2/10

Characters 2/10

Animation: Generic/10

Combat 3/10

Soundtrack not memorable/10

Akihiko cameo: 3/10

Subject matter: Not memorable/10

As a final word, this is slop. You won’t extract any value as a persona fan or a casual watcher. It’s important you save time in a era where we’re spoiled with unlimited content for our ape brains

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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