For Persona 5 on the PlayStatn 4, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Would you play Persona 6 wh a strictly gay male character?".
Contents:
- WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
- HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS
- PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
- PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
* gay persona characters *
Inially, Kanji appears gay and Naoto seems to be transgenr.
HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS
By clearly raisg the ia the player's md that Kanji is gay and then rejectg that ia, Persona 4 sends the msage that homosexualy is shameful and should not be 's start wh Kanji.
PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
Here, I hoped, I would get a plex portrayal of a gay character, one who has sadly but unrstandably reprsed his sexualy rponse to societal prsure, who felt that he uld not be accepted as a tough guy if people knew he was also gay. By clearly raisg the ia the player's md that Kanji is gay and then rejectg that ia, Persona 4 sends the msage that homosexualy is shameful and should not be accepted.
PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
Yose's attus about Kanji are problematic, and so is the game's way of handlg the story progrs, we're perdilly remd that, had he been gay, Kanji would not have been fully accepted by the other members of the vtigatn team, and, fact, some anxiety lgers later on about whether or not Kanji is tly straight. " suggtg that Yose's md, if Kanji had been gay, he would also be prone to behave appropriately.