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| Looking at the replies here... I am appalled. Is this your first ever Anime? You actually believe they wouldn't show the true ending at some later point in time? What the hell is wrong with humanity? The Anime itself was really bad to meh on average. A solid 5 or 6/10 I suppose. The final episode was actually well done for once. |
| Wait... WUTTTT? Since when was he a bad guy? Did I missed something or was it a fake ending? That post credit scene was weird... And wasn't this supposed to continue? Is it gonna have a season 2 or something? |
| When season ends with a cliff hanger. *excuse me what the fuck?* |
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| It's not the bad ending, guys... But it seems there will be a single special this year? I wonder if it's even going to be a continuation. And what happened to the last two BD volumes? Anyway, play Persona 5. |
Username57Sep 29, 2018 7:34 PM
| The OP was absolutely crazy, I'm surprised it took them so long to include it the anime. Episode was really good, slower paced than I had imagined, thought they'd reuse the first 5 minutes of episode 1. It's nice how the traitor reveal was handled differently. In the game he just appears to Sae in front of the interrogation room, while in the anime they added a scene where Akechi planned on saving Ren. A note for people (both anime-onlys and people who've seen the game), the ending scene was included in both the bad ending and true ending, except the true ending follows on from it. Overall, the anime didn't start off really well. It had good animation for the first episode but the the directing and pacing was poor for the Kamoshida arc. After that it had a bumpy ride, before ending on two solid episodes. My two biggest complaints on this series would firstly be the animation, which was obvious and Ren. As a silent protagonist he was pretty cool in the game, but it doesn't translate well into an anime, where a vast majority of his lines were thrown in just to have some sort of presence within the cast. There were hints of characterisation in the first few episodes with him being very conscious and defensive of his criminal record, but it dropped off really quickly. He doesn't have to be talkative, but I want him to have a set personality and a role in the cast rather than the one who handles the unnecessary lines, which I felt was handled really well in the case of the P3 movies. Despite the series' shortcomings, I'll definitely be checking out the specials coming out later. The studio does seem to make some improvements over the 26 episodes, so I won't expect them to be too bad. I think 2 movie length specials, 1 for each of the remaining arcs would be a good way to cover the rest of the story. |
| I stopped watching this series halfway through, but seeing gifs of it and stuff on tumblr I can tell its no where near as good as the game. If I were to rate it I would give it a 5/10 |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| I'm pretty disappointed they didn't finish the games story in this season. Even though so much of it was rushed, fitting 100 hours of gameplay into a 10 hour anime is just impossible I guess. |
| quite a common trend this season where shows end in a cliffhanger. (even tho i played the game already) doubt this will encourage anime-onlys to (at least) look up playthroughs on youtubefrom where it left off |
| Philemon does his thing again. Can someone familiar with the persona series explain the blue butterfly in Makoto's eye? What died? Or who died at that point? Makoto? It usually means someone died as shown in the previous games like P3. |
| So what happen a good and alternate ending? |
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| Too bad they never referenced the pancakes. The pancakes would've tied it all together. This essentially followed the game's plot exactly, and there's still a few fights left. Watching this after beating the game was decent fun, just to see the social link choices that they chose to animate. Edit: To all the people calling this the bad ending; the exact clues that they used in the game to indicate the good ending are present in this episode. Calm your collective tits, things will be explained in the specials. |
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| Since I'm not familiar with the game, can anyone tell me how this is even an ending, I mean our main guy was killed by the evil detective right? Is there any alternate settings I can follow which leads right after this, or we've to wait for the next season whenever it comes or am I missing something in the finale? |
| That was not the finale. Just a cliffhanger. Everything is explained and makes perfect sense but I guess they're doing the rest in specials or OVA's? Weird to end the season at that, there's content for like 6 or more episodes. |
| Well that was... Interesting. Cannot say that I expected this, I am looking forward to the specials to see how this wraps up. |
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| As I thought, Persona 5 did the same thing as The Ancient Magus' Bride did back in March by having the properly animated 2nd opening for the last episode. As for the opening itself, it looked really good and I already prefer it to the already impressive 1st opening animation. The episode itself ended where I thought it would do and quality-wise for the visuals, it also looked great. Akechi's psycho face as he shot Ren in the face was creepy, but also cool. Overall though, Persona 5 Animation didn't hit my expectations as much as I wanted it to. Like with many shows I've watched this year, this was effected by certain episodes suffering from below-average animation and visual quality and it kept that inconsistent quality throughout its 26 episode run. Half the time, we get episodes that looked great, then other episodes where it looked bad. Pacing-wise, it was a big ask to condense a 100+ hour game into this many episodes so far and a few episodes suffered from bad pacing. In P5A's defence, though, the pacing for the palaces, most of the time, was better than Persona 4 Animation's dungeon episodes that sometimes lasted only 2 episodes each. Either way, the original content and new scenes that expanded certain moments of the show was a small bonus and the humorous scenes, like Haru's first introduction in her father's palaces, was done much better in the anime than in the game. 7/10 is my score of P5A and I look forward to seeing how the announced specials will adapt the game to its end. =) MaxxV said: Since I'm not familiar with the game, can anyone tell me how this is even an ending, I mean our main guy was killed by the evil detective right? Is there any alternate settings I can follow which leads right after this, or we've to wait for the next season whenever it comes or am I missing something in the finale? The specials will be following the true ending route of the game, hence why Ryuji said "Just kidding!" after the credits. I won't spoil what happens next for the true route, unless you decide to watch the walkthrough or play the game itself, but for the bad end, Ren would end up selling out his teammates and confidants/social links to Sae, then Akechi comes along with the scene playing out as shown in this episode, the credits role afterwards and then the game will try to make you do a new game +. I hope this helps you understand the last scene a bit better. =) |
| It’s a damn good thing that I saw there’s going to be more Persona 5 to come by year’s end, cuz that would’ve been a shit ending, for sure! |
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| Episode name: I won't let it end here The protagonist dies. The End. I see what you did there... Last episode my ass! It's not even the proper bad ending from the game. Although I can relate that they want to end the broadcast like this to confuse anime-only watchers, I doubt an OVA would be enough to cover the rest of the stories unless it's 4~5 hours long. Every game-players know that there's a shitload remaining to be animated. Sigh... my most anticipated calling card scene and boss fight are gonna be rushed really bad :((((( I CALLED BS. It's good that they used final dungeon BGM for ED but new visuals for OP is f*cking too late! Wth? |
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Blackbird said: POG, what hell happen here? I guess this is bad ending of game right, but what a hell start with that. No, it's not a bad ending. Everything what has happened is all according to keikaku, including MC's death. The bad ending in the game is when you choose to sell out your comrades when Sae asked you. |
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| Did anyone noticed Ryuji grinning at the very end of the episode? Anyway, I'm looking forward for the continuation. |
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Meta_Yoshi said: As I thought, Persona 5 did the same thing as The Ancient Magus' Bride did back in March by having the properly animated 2nd opening for the last episode. As for the opening itself, it looked really good and I already prefer it to the already impressive 1st opening animation. The episode itself ended where I thought it would do and quality-wise for the visuals, it also looked great. Akechi's psycho face as he shot Ren in the face was creepy, but also cool. Overall though, Persona 5 Animation didn't hit my expectations as much as I wanted it to. Like with many shows I've watched this year, this was effected by certain episodes suffering from below-average animation and visual quality and it kept that inconsistent quality throughout its 26 episode run. Half the time, we get episodes that looked great, then other episodes where it looked bad. Pacing-wise, it was a big ask to condense a 100+ hour game into this many episodes so far and a few episodes suffered from bad pacing. In P5A's defence, though, the pacing for the palaces, most of the time, was better than Persona 4 Animation's dungeon episodes that sometimes lasted only 2 episodes each. Either way, the original content and new scenes that expanded certain moments of the show was a small bonus and the humorous scenes, like Haru's first introduction in her father's palaces, was done much better in the anime than in the game. 7/10 is my score of P5A and I look forward to seeing how the announced specials will adapt the game to its end. =) MaxxV said: Since I'm not familiar with the game, can anyone tell me how this is even an ending, I mean our main guy was killed by the evil detective right? Is there any alternate settings I can follow which leads right after this, or we've to wait for the next season whenever it comes or am I missing something in the finale? The specials will be following the true ending route of the game, hence why Ryuji said "Just kidding!" after the credits. I won't spoil what happens next for the true route, unless you decide to watch the walkthrough or play the game itself, but for the bad end, Ren would end up selling out his teammates and confidants/social links to Sae, then Akechi comes along with the scene playing out as shown in this episode, the credits role afterwards and then the game will try to make you do a new game +. I hope this helps you understand the last scene a bit better. =) Thanks for the help. Guess i've to wait for the specials to come. |
| I did not play the game. DId the main character actually die ?!! I don't have problem with spoilers. |
| Meh, no full adaptation. This was decent, but I still like the P4 adaptation more. This didn't really do justice to the game's unique combat mechanics and the story/supportive characters interactions seemed weird at times and a bit rushed. I didn't really feel this when I watched P4, but still, this wasn't bad. |
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| Not surprised they choose the cliffhanger option to finish this season. Wonder how much episodes they will make for the last arc? 4 should be enough i think. Overall this adaptation is inferior to P3 movies and P4 anime. Main problem is the protagonist has no personality at all. This isn't a problem in the game since we control the MC. Here we have to watch a guy who can only acknowledge that the others decide and show really little leadership. For this arc, all the traitor thing is better brought in the game. Not that the clues aren't present here but you can have some suspicions on other members of the team too. |
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| The new opening was so perfect, it makes you wonder why they just didn't use it throughout the series in the first place. What a way to end the series. I played the game so I can pretty much expect what will happen in the upcoming special they announced, but i can see why anime only viewers wouldn't like it. Overall, it was a decent adaption. Animation wasn't the best, and some parts definitely feel rushed compared to the game, but I didn't expect to have the same experience as the game anyway, since that's why it exists in the first place! Overall, 6/10 for me simply because I got to re-experience my beloved Phantom Thieves in action once more. |
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| Not bad not bad I guess the directon was really good but that last part when he shot Ren why did they changed it the scene from the game was so fulfilling. Well I guess it's worth 5.5/10 but since we can't give that rating I give it 6/10 tzarye14 said: Didn't you see the last 5 seconds after the credits they just tricked Akechi I'm saying because the series isn't done and they Knew he sold them out and Ryuji's smirk is a proof that Mr.Mc aka Emotionless dude is still alive and kicking ass.Wait... WUTTTT? Since when was he a bad guy? Did I missed something or was it a fake ending? That post credit scene was weird... And wasn't this supposed to continue? Is it gonna have a season 2 or something? |
RaizelSep 30, 2018 10:06 AM
MaxxV said: Since I'm not familiar with the game, can anyone tell me how this is even an ending, I mean our main guy was killed by the evil detective right? Is there any alternate settings I can follow which leads right after this, or we've to wait for the next season whenever it comes or am I missing something in the finale? Since you haven't played the game, it's hard to mention anything without spoiling. Just wait for the special in December to tie things up. If you want to be spoiled I can tell you. |
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Lelouch0202 said: MaxxV said: Since I'm not familiar with the game, can anyone tell me how this is even an ending, I mean our main guy was killed by the evil detective right? Is there any alternate settings I can follow which leads right after this, or we've to wait for the next season whenever it comes or am I missing something in the finale? Since you haven't played the game, it's hard to mention anything without spoiling. Just wait for the special in December to tie things up. If you want to be spoiled I can tell you. Yeah spoil me, i don't mind. |
| imean...i knwe it was bad...but this bad, wow, the director of this anime is a name i will take note of, he sucks a whole lot... i mean, ofc i'm here because i played the game already, if not i dont get how anyone could've enjoyed this shit |
| Being a fan is like having a penis. Its nice to be proud of it But don't pull it out in public and wave it in other's faces Kyurem Black. Kyurem White. Together they are Pretty Kyurem. |
| You can now add Persona 5 The Animation (without specials) to the "Top Animes where main MC die", "Top Animes where main MC loses to evil" or "Top WTF endings" etc. |
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MaxxV said: Lelouch0202 said: Since you haven't played the game, it's hard to mention anything without spoiling. Just wait for the special in December to tie things up. If you want to be spoiled I can tell you. Yeah spoil me, i don't mind. thepath said: I did not play the game. DId the main character actually die ?!! I don't have problem with spoilers. Alright, you guys asked for it so I'm gonna explain exactly what happened this episode. If you intend to play the game at some point, which I strongly suggest you do then don't read it. For anyone else who also wants to know what happened, read below. |
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| The new opening was amazing - hope they keep it for the special that is coming out at the end of the year. I'm not at all surprised that Akechi was a bad guy, and most likely the guy with the black mask. I hope they sum up the true ending better with the special, although I'm not sure why they went for the bad ending for the completion of this anime. I'd rather they just continued it as they plan to with Satsuriku no Tenshi. |
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| I feel sad for people who haven't played the game and watched this (I almost was one of them). If the game had a proper adaptation, I could easilly give it a 10 (And as you can see I don't give this rate too much). I just played the game for curiosity, and I didn't knew anything about the Persona series, and it just blew me away with such a great story |
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Lelouch0202 said: thepath said: I did not play the game. DId the main character actually die ?!! I don't have problem with spoilers. Alright, you guys asked for it so I'm gonna explain exactly what happened this episode. If you intend to play the game at some point, which I strongly suggest you do then don't read it. For anyone else who also wants to know what happened, read below. Yeah i noticed the glitching when butterflies appeared on Ren's eye and also Ryouji's smile at the end which gave us a pretty nice clue that Ren was not dead that but how that's what i can't wait for December. So thanks for explaining. Looking forward to the new episodes |
| It didn't bring anything new to Persona 5, but it was still Persona 5 and I enjoyed it! Would have given it an 8 for the story and characters alone but the animation and art were sloppy to many damn times. I for one don't think it was bad, if you came looking for an alternative Persona 5 or something new, then I guess you'd be disappointed. But I only watched this cause I love Persona 5 so much, and it was entertaining! 7/10 |
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Uchiha-D-Ichigo said: Lelouch0202 said: Alright, you guys asked for it so I'm gonna explain exactly what happened this episode. If you intend to play the game at some point, which I strongly suggest you do then don't read it. For anyone else who also wants to know what happened, read below. So eventually ren is alive ..what you explained..are they going to show them in the anime ? Yeah, you'll see it in the specials that come out in December. |
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| What a shit series. It was good for the first 5 ep then it’s gone downhill |
| All I can say on this episode is "WTF!?!?" "WTF!?!?" "WTF!?!?" haha I was shocked! now I'm gonna read some discussion to clear-up things! 5/5. 7/10. |
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| So wtf happened at the end of the episode, |
| @Panji_Darmawan This is the true ending, dumbass. Didn't you see the "show him the phone" thing? And your comment spoils the true ending. booyah10 said: Philemon does his thing again. Can someone familiar with the persona series explain the blue butterfly in Makoto's eye? What died? Or who died at that point? Makoto? It usually means someone died as shown in the previous games like P3. This is not Makoto's. It's the MC's. |
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| Wow, i really don't know how to feel about it, they just surprised me. I was sad and a little disgusted with the end, but after reading the comments it seems like there will be a special or second season, so i hope Persona 5 surprise me the same or better with what's coming. |
| Why did it end like this? How can it end like this?? This can't end like this!!! I was hopping Ren can bring justice with his own hands by defeating Akechi. Akechi you traitor! Ren trusted you! Everyone trusted you and you decide to make a fool on themselves? Not cool! What a bad detective. The worst! I have to drop 1 point so, 7/10. This needs a OVA for the real ending! |
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| For some reasons i had reserves about Akechi since his first appearence when i played the game. And the fact that he possesses such a powerful persona when he says he has never been in the Metaverse makes him even more suspicious. And as shown by flashbacks, Ren and Morgana also had serious doubts :-). You will see during the special who arrive this winter. |
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