History YMMV / Persona5IToS

** Royal's 3rd semester ArcVillain is, in-universe, treated as a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist at ''worst'', and has a HeelRealization after their boss fight. While the darker implications of [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul their methods]] are pointed out in-canon and opposed by the Phantom Thieves, a small subset of the fandom find them so disturbing they paint this character as just as much of a monster as the other targets, and see their stubborn belief in these methods as evidence [[FauxAffablyEvil they only PRETEND to be nice]]. Less flattering portrayals are especially common in Joker/Yoshizawa shipping stories, to give the couple a clear antagonist and some CatharsisFactor for [[spoiler:her spending months under his brainwashing]].[[labelnote:note]]In-canon, while Sumire agrees this wasn't healthy in the long term, she does admit it helped stave off her depression for a time, and as such doesn't resent Maruki for it.[[/labelnote]]
** Some Ryuji fans demonize the Phantom Thieves (With the exception of Akechi and Kasumi) as [[FalseFriend false friends]], due to what they perceive as the group's unfair treatment of him, during [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished the infamous scene]] after [[spoiler:Shido's Palace]].
** Conversely, some Ann fans view Makoto as complicit in Kamoshida's abuse since she did nothing to stop him despite the extent of her knowledge and authority being quite limited.

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Some Ryuji fans demonize the Phantom Thieves (With the exception of Akechi and Kasumi) as [[FalseFriend false friends]], due to what they perceive as the group's unfair treatment of him, during [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished the infamous scene]] after [[spoiler:Shido's Palace]].

** Some Ryuji fans demonize Ann for what they see as her facilitating the group's poor treatment of him, culminating in [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished the infamous scene]] after [[spoiler:Shido's Palace]].

* ItWasHisSled: The plot point about [[spoiler:Goro Akechi]] being the one who sold out the protagonist during the Casino heist became well known days before the game was even released, due to datamining of digital preloads of the game. Additionally, there is the reveal of their identity as [[spoiler:Black Mask]] which as of 2019, Atlus no longer even considers worth hiding, as the pre-release trailers for ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'' feature them in full view in that form.

* LowTierLetdown: Ichiko Ohya is considered the worst Confidant in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''. Her abilities let you reduce the Alert level faster, but that's already easy enough to do, since ambushing a Shadow and defeating it reduces the Alert meter, and ambushing isn't that hard to do. Unless you're ''really'' bad with the stealth mechanics, you're better off spending your time with another Confidant.

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: The script itself has issues in terms of writing quality and a lot of the lines, especially in the main quest, can be wooden or a bit poorly written, and some of the ''direction'' is also working against them (Atlus Japan themselves dictated the strange pronunciation of a number of the Japanese names, as per WordOfGod), but ''god damn'' if the main cast don't work their hearts out and sell it all anyway. Creator/MaxMittelman, Creator/ErikaHarlacher, Creator/CheramiLeigh, Creator/EricaLindbeck, and Creator/RobbieDaymond (as Ryuji, Ann, Makoto, Futaba and Akechi respectively) are often cited as particularly excellent performances, despite all the hurdles in front of them, Robbie Daymond in particular being praised for his performance when [[spoiler:Akechi snaps before his boss fight]]. For [=NPCs=], the voice acting done by Creator/ElizabethMaxwell, Creator/JamiesonPrice, Creator/MichelleRuff, and Kirsten Potter (as Sae, Sojiro, Kawakami, and Vanilla P5’s Takemi) have received notable praise as well, with their great acting contributing to them being among the most popular characters in the game on par with the main characters. The antagonists also get a fair share of praise, with Creator/DCDouglas, and Creator/KeithSilverstein (as Kamoshida, and [[spoiler:Shido]]) earning high praise for how entertaining they make their villains sound and help bring them up from HateSink bad guys, to LoveToHate villains.

* ShippingGoggles: There's a group of fans that ship Ryuji with Akechi of all people, despite Ryuji making it very clear that he's never liked Akechi [[spoiler:and Akechi's true colors implying he hates him just as much - it isn't until the third semester that Ryuji actually starts to respect him]]. Fans of this ship tend to use Ryuji's blatant, loud hatred for Akechi as {{Tsundere}} HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday material.

* RealismInducedHorror: Part of the reason why [[StarterVillain Suguru Kamoshida]] is considered by players to be the best antagonist of the game is that people like him do exist in real life. Kamoshida is a realistic portrayal of a sexual predator who is given free rein to do whatever he wants under the protection of the system, simply because his talents make him a valuable asset. And unlike future palace rulers who are influential members of society such as a famous artist or head of a company, Kamoshida is just like any other ordinary school teacher that people can encounter on a daily basis.

** Royal's 3rd semester ArcVillain is, in-universe, treated as a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist at ''worst'', and has a HeelRealization after their boss fight. While the darker implications of [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul their methods]] are pointed out in-canon and opposed by the Phantom Thieves, a small subset of the fandom find them so disturbing they paint this character as just as much of a monster as the other targets, and see their stubborn belief in these methods as evidence [[FauxAffablyEvil they only PRETEND to be nice]]. Less flattering portrayals are especially common in Joker/Yoshizawa shipping stories, to give the couple a clear antagonist and some CatharsisFactor for [[spoiler: her spending months under his brainwashing]]. [[labelnote:note]]In-canon, while Sumire agrees this wasn't healthy in the long term, she does admit it helped stave off her depression for a time, and as such doesn't resent Maruki for it.[[/labelnote]]

** Despite interacting only a few times, Yuuki and Shiho tend to get paired together a lot, mostly due to the abuse they both suffered at the hands of Kamoshida.

** You know from the beginning of the game that someone betrayed you, so the only question is who. As detailed under CaptainObviousReveal and TheUntwist, it isn't hard to figure out that it's [[spoiler:Akechi, who's the last person to join your party, his Confidant bonuses not showing him being able to learn Endure next, something every other party member has, is the one most vocally opposed to the Thieves' methods; the one who didn't get a commercial, and he doesn't appear in the opening movie despite his presence on the game's box art and title screen. Even his DLC costumes don't try to hide this, with him having costumes such as [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf Ideo Hazama]], [[VideoGame/Persona2 Jun Kurosu]], [[VideoGame/{{Catherine}} Thomas Mutton]], and [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy General Munakata]], all major antagonists of their respective games.]]

** The day after Valentine's Day in ''Royal'', you get chocolate from ''every single girl'' whose confidant you have finished but aren't dating. Throughout the entire day, each girl will stop you one by one to give you chocolate for up to 10 separate events, with the women who are unrelated to Shujin Academy taking the time to specifically track you down just to give you chocolate. It can feel gratuitous and unnecessary, especially they have little practical use as [[spoiler:you are in the post-final boss epilogue, and they are essentially Master Coffee but with a unique name for NG+]]. To make it more gratuitous, literally nothing else happens that day. It's just a slow parade of receiving platonic chocolate.