For the unfortunately unfamiliar: Persona 5 is a story-based game developed by Atlus. Famous on release for it’s viscerally pleasurable jazz-rock soundtrack, fresh take on turn-based Pokemon-style combat, brilliant story and all-around dripping with more style than Roadman Shaq doing the fusion dance with Sidney Poitier (rest in power king). One story mode playthrough averages at 100 hours, so it’s basically like a playable anime season… Or about one one-trillionth the length of One Piece! Speaking of manga, Persona 5 has one of those, find out more on that here!

Needless to say, I guess you could say I am a bit of a Persona 5 fan.

I finished my first playthrough around 2018 or 19, not long before I’d go to university. This was on account of not wanting to have to balance education, exercise, a part-time job and social time with their real-world equivalents! Cut to around 2020, I then did most of another playthrough to see character storylines that I didn’t explore my first time around.

Now it’s January 2022 and Persona 5 Strikers has come to PS+ for a month. I was aware that Persona 5 Strikers was made in the style of the Dynasty Warriors games, so in lay terms, the gameplay would be less turn-based strategy and more hack-n-slashy. What I wasn’t expecting was for Strikers to replicate Persona 5’s style to such a faithful degree: The slick art style, the menu interfaces, enemy health bars being shaped like hearts, the visual-novel audiobook-meets-comic cutscenes, all that good stuff. After the tutorial combat mission, the story scenes kick in and it’s all self-aware to a sacharine degree, with the in-game cast from Persona 5 reminiscing about how it’s been a long time since they hung out together. Business as usual so far, then comes a point where the main cast are talking about how they’ve been getting along with their lives… Then Ryuji, the team’s resident himbo, casually asked “what about you? How’ve you been holding up”? I then preceded to laugh out loud maniacally (lol), only to then read the three dialogue responses I could choose from. “Things are pretty nice”, “eh, it’s whatever” or “… I missed you guys”… AND THERE IT IS! That’s the moment I started crying like… Like… *insert comically hyperbolic parallel here*!

So, what have we learned from this? That it’s cool to be nostalgically passionate about something? That being wink-nudgingly self-aware and poking fun at things doesn’t make you immune to feelings? That maybe attempting to monetize real emotions (or the presentation of real emotions if you want to be cynical) isn’t always bad because it’s sometimes entertaining? In the words of Big Joel, “I don’t know, maybe”! At the end of the day, I wrote this because I had fun doing so and think maybe my way of retelling the story could be fun for you folks too.

If you want to give Persona 5 Strikers a go on Switch or Persona 5 Royal, click here for more.

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Persona 5 was released over 5 years ago on PS3 and PS4 now, yet it is still constantly getting expansions far beyond its original release. So far it has received an anime, a dancing-focused spin-off game, and a whole lot of merchandise (if there’s one thing Japan can produce, its merchandise).

It also received a tie-in manga titled Persona 5: Mementos Mission in Japan that has yet to receive an official English translation…

… until now.

Udon Entertainment announced it is teaming up with the American chain bookstore Barnes & Noble to release the tie-in manga set in the game’s universe on December 7, 2021.

What is Persona 5: Mementos Mission?

Persona 5: Mementos Mission started publication in October 2018 in the Dengeki Maoh magazine, with the last chapter published in March 2020. Not to be confused with the standard Persona 5 manga that follows the game’s story,  this manga follows The Phantom Thieves solve a brand-new mystery; featuring assassination attempts, shady doctors’ clinics, strange job requests at the backstreet military shop, and reunites the entire Persona 5 cast, including the charismatic detective Goro Akechi.

Those interested will be able to get not one, but two different cove versions of Persona 5: Mementos Mission Volume 1. The standard edition will feature Joker and Morgana taking centre stage, and the Barnes & Noble edition will feature Joker, Morgana, and Futuba on the front. It will also come with a mini fold-out poster of Joker, Ryuji, Goro Akechi, and Yusuke stylised playing cards. It has not been stated whether the other 2 volumes will also be translated into English, but one can only hope.

✨It's official!✨ We are excited to announce TWO covers for the upcoming PERSONA 5: MEMENTOS MISSION VOL 1! Check out the link below for details & to pre-order the @BNBuzz Exclusive Cover with fold out mini poster, available December 2021!https://t.co/vyAIH9AlzG pic.twitter.com/sg6Yb26We0

— UDON Entertainment (@UdonEnt) July 6, 2021

It is not the only expansion into the Metaverse to be released in the West this year. Persona 5 Strikers, a spin-off sequel to the original Persona 5 game was released in February on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC and was a global success that achieved strong reviews. The game follows Joker and Morgana returning to Tokyo to join The Phantom Thieves on summer vacation, who are quickly coerced into a new mystery.

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