sight but i struggle to say that he makes any sort of lasting impact on me personally persona NUMBER_TOKEN's antagonists all have at least one thing that make them stand out kamashita was the origin story that deeply affected the founding members matarami was the phantom thieves first big case outside of their debut and focused on a student being mentally and physically abused okumura's palace was the peak of the group's popularity and eventual downfall i struggled to think of what effects this palace had on the main story that wasn't covered by any of the others i also find shito to be a pretty disappointing villain overall he has a lot of build-up throughout the main story as well as a very ambitious plan but we don't really learn much about him or where his mindsets spawned from the reason as to why i'm not as critical towards the previous antagonist is because their purpose was to be stepping stones towards shito he's the main antagonist of the story and the reason why ren has a criminal record in the first place i would have appreciated if we learned more about shido's motivations or backgrounds so that we can get a better idea as to who he is as a person my thoughts on him are the same as strega from persona NUMBER_TOKEN. he's more so just a means to an end rather than being interesting on his own it's a shame because of how involved he is in the world of persona NUMBER_TOKEN and his relevance to the backstory of characters where the antagonists truly shine around the effect they have on the phantom fees as a group something that persona NUMBER_TOKEN's story tackles is the impact that fame and popularity has on the phantom thieves while ryuji is the obvious example of this the status of the phantom thieves does have an impact on the other members something you'll start to notice is that the people the phantom thieves targets slowly become less about their main goal of inspiring people to stand up against injustice but more so what would increase their popularity it's impossible to doubt that the phantom thieves act for a force of good and have good intentions but they aren't above having their views shaped by public opinion this all culminates in the yokumura arc while he does have a palace and is going down a dark path so they can potentially break into the political world when you think about it he really isn't as despicable as the previous targets the only reason as to why the thieves initially began to look into him was a combination of his name being associated with mental shutdown cases and more importantly because of where he was on the fan site rankings we don't find out until later in the game that the fan site was tampered with by an outside force trying to sabotage the phantom thieves since they were so focused on giving the people what they wanted they ended up being manipulated into targeting okumura so when akumura has a mental shutdown the phantom thieves end up taking the fall for the incident it takes until the group hits their lowest point for them to realize where they went wrong it became less about making a change in the world but improving how many people would support the group i find this stuff really well executed and super engaging i wouldn't call persona NUMBER_TOKEN's plot perfect by any
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