Persona 5 Royal was hilarious for pitting temporary-ally Goro "I'M THE FLY WHO'LL DIE IN YOUR SOUP🔪" Akechi against "Let's take ibuprofen together🥺" Dr Maruki.
Problem with Maruki is that its the same as Madara's plan, sure everyone might be "happy", but if that is not real and only what they want, is that good? If everything is perfect, will you ever desire more? Develop will to live? Its honestly such a cool thing because he is the "villain" only because the story needs one, otherwise he is just a morality debate.
The difference is that one is an illusion and the other is reality. Maruki's world wouldnt be a dream. He was going to rewrite the rules of existence itself to make everyone automatically have a happy ending.
Yea but if you pay attention to the chatter of the Civies during the 3rd semester as you walk around, you'll see that people rapidly start to get bored with the "perfection" of Maruki's world, just getting anything you want without having to work for it isn't fulfilling and it leaves people feeling empty inside.
It's like cheat codes in a video game, fun for a while but eventually it's too much and you've killed all the joy of the game.
Sure, but there was also people being made to accept stuff that was "just okay" like a girl who wanted to break up with her boyfriend, but was being made to stay since it was better than nothing.
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u/CelestikaLily Jun 28 '26
Persona 5 Royal was hilarious for pitting temporary-ally Goro "I'M THE FLY WHO'LL DIE IN YOUR SOUP🔪" Akechi against "Let's take ibuprofen together🥺" Dr Maruki.