Should you watch PERSONA5 the Animation?
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PERSONA5 the Animation
Anime · 2018
Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo. Following a particular incident, his Persona awakens, and together with his friends, they form the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to reform hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires. Meanwhile, bizarre and inexplicable crimes have been popping up one after another… Living an ordinary high school life in Tokyo during the day, the group maneuvers the metropolitan city as Phantom Thieves after hours. Let the curtain rise for this grand, picaresque story!
The sides of PERSONA5 the Animation
- High school students who steal hearts
- A talking cat
- Twisted palaces built from adults' desires
PERSONA5 the Animation is good for you if…
- you like misfit teenagers forming a crew of masked thieves.
- you like heists where the loot is a corrupt adult's heart.
- you enjoy slipping between Tokyo by day and a dream world by night.
PERSONA5 the Animation is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch a story that opens with a teacher abusing his students.
About: rebellion · justice · friendship
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