Ye Kagawa is one of the ma characters and party members of Persona 5. Throughout the game, he is socially unaware at some pots regardg women and flirtg, so many have read him to be gay or asexual. Addg onto readgs that he may be terted men, some have read him to be bisexual bee…
Contents:
- HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS
- PERSONA 5 ROYAL SHOULD DIAL UP THE GAY
- WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
- PERSONA 5 ROYAL: JOKER AND AKECHI ARE DEFELY GAY FOR EACH OTHER AND ATL CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE
- PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
HOW PERSONA 5 LETS DOWN S GAY PLAYERS
For Persona 5 on the PlayStatn 4, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Would you play Persona 6 wh a strictly gay male character?". * persona 5 gay character *
The two unnamed men are the only explicly gay characters the game:. They are effemative gay men, who are basilly preyg on the nocent straight mor Ryuji.
PERSONA 5 ROYAL SHOULD DIAL UP THE GAY
The game lets you rpond wh a joke rponse to Ryuji that he has to basilly man up agast the unmanly gay men.
So the scene starts wh the two gay men makg their entrance. The scene is amed as beg reflectn to the boys attempts to h on women earlier, so s more or ls meant as a punishment towards them wh the st of showg the gay men aga an offensive light.
And then the gay men nng after them, sce they are gog to forcibly harass them.
WOULD YOU PLAY PERSONA 6 WH A STRICTLY GAY MALE CHARACTER?
The boys manage to pe, and the two gay men are never referenced directly the game aga, unls you go out of your way to talk to them Shju, where they make remarks about another male character who is still a mor. This is basilly yet another example of a very troublome trope wily known as "All Gays are Pedophil". This showg this game is pecially bad due to the two characters beg the only two fely gay men Tokyo Protagonist will teract wh.
PERSONA 5 ROYAL: JOKER AND AKECHI ARE DEFELY GAY FOR EACH OTHER AND ATL CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE
The ia that All gay men are sexual predators, huntg for pecially mors/children is pecially troublg due to how this stereotype about gay men is actively ed as a reason to abe and hunt Gay mory Rsia pecially.
PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
The group is said to equate homosexualy to pedophilia, and is also alleged to target gay men and subject them to siar abive treatment.
So is worryg and harmful to see the game e this very damagg stereotype towards gay men, pecially this se where the two characters are the only explicly gay men the whole game.