Takuto Maruki

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Alias

Doc
The Dreamer

### Allies

Phantom Thieves of Hearts (currently)
Shibusawa

### Powers/Skills

Access to his Persona, Azathoth
Ability to warp reality
Ability to change people's cognitions

### Goals

Create a perfect world where nobody suffers. (succeded)
Make the Phantom Thieves accept his new reality. (failed)

### Crimes

Mass brainwashing
Psychological abuse
Abuse of power
Unlawful imprisonment

### Type of MB

Delusional Extremist

**Takuto Maruki** is a major antagonist in *Persona 5 Royal* as well as its final boss. He is a former counsellor at Shujin Academy, as well as Sumire Yoshizawa's former personal therapist.

In the original Japanese version, he is voiced by Satoshi Hino and in the English dub he is voiced by the late Billy Kametz.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* Manipulates the Phantom Thieves of Hearts into believing his false reality for a short while
* Is portrayed as very charismatic and charming, as well as someone who is a well intentioned extremist.
* Manipulated Sumire into fighting the protagonist and caused her Persona Cendrillon to go berserk, all in attempt to help Yoshizawa come to her senses, at least in his mind.
* Even in his boss fight, Maruki never sheds his affable nature, showing he really does just want he thinks is best for everyone, as he begs for the Phantom Thieves to reconsider and accept his reality, which never comes as petty due to his largely altruistic and well-meaning nature.
* Redeems himself after being defeated by the Phantom Thieves, starting anew and becoming a taxi driver
* Is genuinely tragic, with his own fiancee having memory loss due to Maruki unknowingly using her power on her when she was suffering from PTSD of her parents' deaths, and having his research papers being stolen by Masayoshi Shido.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* Used his powers to warp reality and brainwashed all of humanity to be "perfect" versions of themselves, despite this also turning them into shells of their former selves for the rest of their lives.
* Evolved his Persona Azathoth into Adam Kadmon, whom he fuses with and tries to kill multiple teenagers, just for interfering and objecting to his reality and his actions.
* Manipulated Sumire Yoshizawa into fighting the protagonist, and then drove her Persona, Cendrillon, insane.
* In one possible bad ending, he can give the main protagonist a fate worse than death, where he is permanently tired and has no free will, to the point where Lavenza, who is in universe treated like a supernatural deity, is not able to reach him, and also makes all of his friends forget about him.

## Trivia

* He and Kuon Ichinose are currently the only Persona Magnificent Baddies.

## External Links

* Takuto Maruki at the Villains wiki
* Takuto Maruki at the Megami Tensei wiki
* Takuto Maruki at the Inconsistently Heinous wiki
* Takuto Maruki at the Inconsistently Admirable wiki
* Takuto Maruki at the Heroes wiki