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->''It's not fair... Why did you have to leave me, Mama?''
-->-- '''Goro Akechi'''
-->-- '''Goro Akechi'''
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** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi's past foster parents; the heartless adults who looked down upon him throughout his life. Passed from foster home to foster home, unwanted and unloved.
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** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi's past foster parents; the heartless adults who looked down upon him throughout his life. Passed from foster home to foster home, an unwanted and unloved.unloved bastard child.
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** Akechi trying to explain his mother's suicide to Nanako when the latter decides to comfort him.
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** Akechi trying to explain his mother's suicide to Nanako when the latter decides to comfort comforts him.
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* Mother's Day can be a difficult occasion for anyone grieving the loss of a mother or maternal figure. And for Akechi, this day serves as a painful reminder of his mother's suicide. After waking up from a nightmare, Akechi shambles downstairs and tried to occupy himself with his studies, only to break down in tears as his mind wandered to his late mother.
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* Mother's Day can be a difficult occasion for anyone grieving the loss of a mother or maternal figure. And for Akechi, this day serves as a painful reminder of his mother's suicide. After waking up from a nightmare, Akechi shambles downstairs and tried to occupy himself with his studies, only to break down in tears as his mind wandered to his late mother.that which he lost.
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** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi's past foster parents; the heartless adults who looked down upon him as an unwanted bastard child.
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** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi's past foster parents; the heartless adults who looked down upon him as an throughout his life. Passed from foster home to foster home, unwanted bastard child.and unloved.
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*** At this moment, the neon signs flicker violently with the message "AREN'T I?!" until they burst into sparks and smoke.
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*** At this moment, Immediately on cue, the neon signs flicker violently with the message "AREN'T I?!" until they burst into sparks and smoke.smoke.
*** When Shadow Akechi admits that Akechi secretly craves understanding, the neon signs light back up with one single message:
---->WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE ME?
*** When Shadow Akechi admits that Akechi secretly craves understanding, the neon signs light back up with one single message:
---->WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE ME?
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-->SAVE ME.\\
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** Throughout the dungeon, the silhouette of Akechi's mother's hung corpse is seen flickering throughout the streets; the very same silhouette from Akechi's traumatic memories which haunt him to this day.
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--->What a poor child. His rotten slut of a mother didn't even have the decency to put him in a home.\\
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* The moment Akechi sets foot within the TV world, the turmoil within his heart causes a dungeon to manifest in the form of Shinjuku's Red Light District. Shaped by the horrors of Akechi's childhood trauma and grief, his pain and agony is laid bare within this nightmarish hellscape.
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* The moment Akechi sets foot within the TV world, the turmoil within his heart causes a dungeon to manifest in the form of Shinjuku's Red Light District. Shaped by the horrors of Akechi's childhood trauma and grief, childhood, his pain and agony is laid bare within this nightmarish hellscape.hellish landscape. His feelings of worthlessness, his resentment towards the world that saw him as less than human, his fear of abandonment... Not to mention his grief and trauma from his mother's suicide.
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** Sporadically, the silhouette of Akechi's mother's hanging corpse flickers across the streets.
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** Sporadically, At one point, the silhouette Investigation Team hears a flashback of the moment Akechi discovered his mom's suicide. The image of a six year old boy crying over his mother's hanged corpse is nothing short of heartbreaking.
--->[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Mama! Mama, please... Come back to me. You have to…]]
** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi'smother's hanging corpse flickers across past foster parents; the streets.heartless adults who looked down upon him as an unwanted bastard child.
--->What a poor child. His rotten slut of a mother didn't even have the decency to put him in a home.\\
''So even his own family couldn't handle him... What a shame.''\\
''How many times has this happened now, Goro-kun? Can't you be a good little boy?''\\
'''Akechi''': ''But I am good! I do everything I'm told! I'm a good student. I try to be polite. '''Aren't I good enough?!'''''
*** At this moment, the neon signs flicker violently with the message "AREN'T I?!" until they burst into sparks and smoke.
--->[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Mama! Mama, please... Come back to me. You have to…]]
** Following this, the Investigation Team hears voices presumably belonging to Akechi's
--->What a poor child. His rotten slut of a mother didn't even have the decency to put him in a home.\\
''So even his own family couldn't handle him... What a shame.''\\
''How many times has this happened now, Goro-kun? Can't you be a good little boy?''\\
'''Akechi''': ''But I am good! I do everything I'm told! I'm a good student. I try to be polite. '''Aren't I good enough?!'''''
*** At this moment, the neon signs flicker violently with the message "AREN'T I?!" until they burst into sparks and smoke.
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* The moment Akechi sets foot within the TV world, the turmoil within his heart causes a dungeon to manifest in the form of Shinjuku's Red Light District. Shaped by the horrors of Akechi's childhood trauma and grief, his pain and agony is laid bare within this nightmarish hellscape.
** Neon signs depicting Akechi's feelings protruded from the sides of buildings, each with a heartbreaking message.
-->SAVE ME.\\
DON'T GO…\\
EMPTY.\\
ALONE…\\
DON'T LEAVE ME…\\
WORTHLESS…\\
GARBAGE…\\
SO SCARED.
** Sporadically, the silhouette of Akechi's mother's hanging corpse flickers across the streets.
** Neon signs depicting Akechi's feelings protruded from the sides of buildings, each with a heartbreaking message.
-->SAVE ME.\\
DON'T GO…\\
EMPTY.\\
ALONE…\\
DON'T LEAVE ME…\\
WORTHLESS…\\
GARBAGE…\\
SO SCARED.
** Sporadically, the silhouette of Akechi's mother's hanging corpse flickers across the streets.
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'''Akechi''': Aren't I? My own mother favored death over her own child… It should have been ''him...''
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'''Akechi''': Aren't I? My own mother favored death over her own child… It should have been ''him...''[[DisappearedDad him]]...''
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As a story with [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]as the protagonist, it has no shortage of heartbreaking moments. There's a reason why the first installment is titled "The Crow Cries at Midnight".
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As a story with [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]as Akechi]] as the protagonist, it has no shortage of heartbreaking moments. There's a reason why the first installment is titled "The Crow Cries at Midnight".
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* Mother's Day can be a difficult occasion for anyone grieving the loss of a mother or maternal figure. And for Akechi, this day serves as a painful reminder of his mother's death. After waking up from a nightmare, Akechi shambles downstairs and tried to occupy himself with his studies, only to break down in tears as his mind wandered to the mother whom he lost to suicide.
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* Mother's Day can be a difficult occasion for anyone grieving the loss of a mother or maternal figure. And for Akechi, this day serves as a painful reminder of his mother's death. suicide. After waking up from a nightmare, Akechi shambles downstairs and tried to occupy himself with his studies, only to break down in tears as his mind wandered to the mother whom he lost to suicide.his late mother.
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** Akechi trying to explain his mother's suicide to Nanako when the latter decides to comfort him.
--->'''Akechi''': You're so strong, Nanako-chan. I don't know how you manage.\\
'''Nanako''': But you're strong, too. Daddy said you've been through a lot of painful things that I wouldn't understand.\\
'''Akechi''': Too painful to burden you with. I grew up somewhere… dangerous for children, full of corruption and depravity. My mother was left to raise me alone, and she… [[DrivenToSuicide It was so hard, Nanako-chan. Too hard, and eventually… it became too much.]]\\
'''Nanako''': Something happened to her...\\
'''Akechi''': Something very bad, and I was left all alone. Then I kept changing homes. Nobody wanted to keep me, and many times they were… [[WouldHurtAChild cruel]].\\
'''Nanako''': Like the [[AbusiveParent bad people]] Dad rescued you from.\\
'''Akechi''': Yes. Just like them. But… It wasn't my mother's fault. Society broke her in ways I can't even begin to describe. I only wish I could have saved her, Nanako-chan. S—She would have loved you…
--->'''Akechi''': You're so strong, Nanako-chan. I don't know how you manage.\\
'''Nanako''': But you're strong, too. Daddy said you've been through a lot of painful things that I wouldn't understand.\\
'''Akechi''': Too painful to burden you with. I grew up somewhere… dangerous for children, full of corruption and depravity. My mother was left to raise me alone, and she… [[DrivenToSuicide It was so hard, Nanako-chan. Too hard, and eventually… it became too much.]]\\
'''Nanako''': Something happened to her...\\
'''Akechi''': Something very bad, and I was left all alone. Then I kept changing homes. Nobody wanted to keep me, and many times they were… [[WouldHurtAChild cruel]].\\
'''Nanako''': Like the [[AbusiveParent bad people]] Dad rescued you from.\\
'''Akechi''': Yes. Just like them. But… It wasn't my mother's fault. Society broke her in ways I can't even begin to describe. I only wish I could have saved her, Nanako-chan. S—She would have loved you…
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As a story with [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]-centric story, Akechi]]as the protagonist, it has no shortage of heartbreaking moments. There's a reason why the first installment is titled "The Crow Cries at Midnight".
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-->Mother's Day was always so agonizing after she died. All those years alone and unloved… His foster parents never gave a shit. They wouldn't have understood. But this day, here and now, hammered a wedge even deeper into his heart. Here he was, in a lovely home, with a loving family. He should have been happy. This was everything his mother tried so desperately to provide for him, yet could never quite achieve…\\
But she was ''gone''. She'd never know that her Go-chan finally found a place that could be a ''real'' home. She'd never know how, even now, he missed her every day, with her smiling face growing hazier as time's arrow sailed ever forward.\\
"It's not fair!" He pounded the table. "Why did you have to leave me, Mama?"\\
Wasn't he enough…?
-->Mother's Day was always so agonizing after she died. All those years alone and unloved… His foster parents never gave a shit. They wouldn't have understood. But this day, here and now, hammered a wedge even deeper into his heart. Here he was, in a lovely home, with a loving family. He should have been happy. This was everything his mother tried so desperately to provide for him, yet could never quite achieve…\\
But she was ''gone''. She'd never know that her Go-chan finally found a place that could be a ''real'' home. She'd never know how, even now, he missed her every day, with her smiling face growing hazier as time's arrow sailed ever forward.\\
"It's not fair!" He pounded the table. "Why did you have to leave me, Mama?"\\
Wasn't he enough…?
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* Nanako's heartbroken reaction when Dojima is forced to cancel their plans for Golden Week due to work commitments, thereby breaking his promise to spend time with her. Akechi remembered going through the exact same thing with his mother, spending countless nights on his own at the bathhouse. Determined not to let Nanako experience the same loneliness he endured throughout his life, Akechi comforted her as she cried into his chest. He even held her the exact same way his mother held him. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, as this is the point where he offers to become Nanako's brother, [[FamilyOfChoice thereby embracing her as an adoptive sister]].
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* Nanako's heartbroken reaction when Dojima is forced to cancel their plans for Golden Week due to work commitments, thereby breaking his promise to spend time with her. Akechi remembered going through the exact same thing with his mother, spending countless nights on his own at the bathhouse. Determined not to let Nanako experience the same loneliness he endured throughout his life, Akechi comforted her as she [[CryIntoChest cried into his chest.chest]]. He even held her the exact same way his mother held him. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, as this is the point where he offers to become Nanako's brother, [[FamilyOfChoice thereby embracing her as an adoptive sister]].sister]].
-->'''Nanako''': D—Daddy promised…\\
'''Akechi''': Shh. I know. And I'm sure that if he could, he'd keep that promise.
-->'''Nanako''': D—Daddy promised…\\
'''Akechi''': Shh. I know. And I'm sure that if he could, he'd keep that promise.
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*** The fact that, at the age of 12, Akechi so readily accepts his feelings of bitterness and worthlessness that, much like [[VideoGame/Persona5 canon Futaba]], his [[https://megaderping.tumblr.com/post/721857842072731648/not-what-you-expected-oh-goro-you Shadow]] embodies his repressed positive feelings. His [[IJustWantToHaveFriends longing for companionship]], his desire to be loved unconditionally; feelings which would be considered healthy and "normal" for children without Akechi's deep-rooted trauma. He struggles to accept that he really does care for the people around him and that they in turn care for him; that ''he himself is worth caring for''.
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*** The fact that, at the age of 12, Akechi so readily accepts his feelings of bitterness and worthlessness self-loathing that, much like [[VideoGame/Persona5 canon Futaba]], his [[https://megaderping.tumblr.com/post/721857842072731648/not-what-you-expected-oh-goro-you Shadow]] embodies his repressed positive feelings. His [[IJustWantToHaveFriends longing for companionship]], his desire to be loved unconditionally; feelings which would be considered healthy and "normal" for children without Akechi's deep-rooted trauma. He struggles to accept that he really does care for the people around him and that they in turn care for him; that ''he himself is worth caring for''.for''.
* Nanako's heartbroken reaction when Dojima is forced to cancel their plans for Golden Week due to work commitments, thereby breaking his promise to spend time with her. Akechi remembered going through the exact same thing with his mother, spending countless nights on his own at the bathhouse. Determined not to let Nanako experience the same loneliness he endured throughout his life, Akechi comforted her as she cried into his chest. He even held her the exact same way his mother held him. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, as this is the point where he offers to become Nanako's brother, [[FamilyOfChoice thereby embracing her as an adoptive sister]].
* Nanako's heartbroken reaction when Dojima is forced to cancel their plans for Golden Week due to work commitments, thereby breaking his promise to spend time with her. Akechi remembered going through the exact same thing with his mother, spending countless nights on his own at the bathhouse. Determined not to let Nanako experience the same loneliness he endured throughout his life, Akechi comforted her as she cried into his chest. He even held her the exact same way his mother held him. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, as this is the point where he offers to become Nanako's brother, [[FamilyOfChoice thereby embracing her as an adoptive sister]].
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As a story focused on Goro Akechi, it has no shortage of heartbreaking moments. There's a reason why the first installment is titled "The Crow Cries at Midnight".
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As a story focused on [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi, Akechi]]-centric story, it has no shortage of heartbreaking moments. There's a reason why the first installment is titled "The Crow Cries at Midnight".
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*** The fact that, at the age of 12, Akechi so readily accepts his feelings of bitterness and worthlessness that, much like Futaba in the [[VideoGame/Persona5 original game]], his [[https://megaderping.tumblr.com/post/721857842072731648/not-what-you-expected-oh-goro-you Shadow]] embodies his repressed positive feelings. His desire for friends, his longing for unconditional love; healthy feelings that Akechi struggles to accept due to his deep-rooted trauma. He struggles to accept that he really does care for the people around him and that they in turn care for him; that he himself is worth caring for.
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*** The fact that, at the age of 12, Akechi so readily accepts his feelings of bitterness and worthlessness that, much like Futaba in the [[VideoGame/Persona5 original game]], canon Futaba]], his [[https://megaderping.tumblr.com/post/721857842072731648/not-what-you-expected-oh-goro-you Shadow]] embodies his repressed positive feelings. His desire for friends, his [[IJustWantToHaveFriends longing for unconditional love; healthy companionship]], his desire to be loved unconditionally; feelings that Akechi struggles to accept due to his which would be considered healthy and "normal" for children without Akechi's deep-rooted trauma. He struggles to accept that he really does care for the people around him and that they in turn care for him; that he ''he himself is worth caring for.for''.
