Ryuji nfirmed gay! - Persona 5

Contents:

• PERSONA 6 NEEDS A GAY ROMANCE OPTN
• RYUJI IS GAY (PROOF)
• RYUJI NFIRMED GAY!
• GAY OPTN WH RYUJI, YE, AND THE UNNAMED TECTIVE?
• PERSONA 5 ROYAL SHOULD DIAL UP THE GAY
• 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

The velopers acknowledged an terview that a ntroversial scene the origal Persona 5 picted two of the game’s only gay characters as predators, and that they knew didn’t go over well wh many of the game’s fans.

In the origal Persona 5, a pair of unnamed gay men approach the character Ryuji unprompted durg a mandatory -game vis to Shju.

It’s a eply unsettlg and unnecsary scene that pats the game’s only two visibly gay men as predators, and the whole suatn is played off as a joke. In Persona 5 Royal, the two gay men are no longer unnamed; they troduce themselv as Angel and Julian (or Julie, if you’re “feelg scy”). The punchle is now “isn’t funny that the gay men ma a boy wear women’s cloth, spe the fact that they were clearly makg him unfortable, ” stead of the prev joke that was based on the punchle of “isn’t the implied implied threat of sexual asslt, or even rape, hilar?

RYUJI IS GAY (PROOF)

Was my therapist gay or trans?

RYUJI NFIRMED GAY!

But the two tratgly n’t actually date -game, potg to what many believe is yet another example of Persona’s problem wh gay romance. Her whole character arc is about pg om the trappgs of the male gaze, only for the game to equently put her spe-breakg, sexualized pos and make her endure rnchy ments om her male ’s easy to figure out why Ryuji isn’t a romance optn: The Persona seri has a longstandg homophobia problem that stems om a ep fear of male Persona 5, there are only two gay upl, both of which are wrten as predatory and handsy toward Joker and Ryuji.

GAY OPTN WH RYUJI, YE, AND THE UNNAMED TECTIVE?

The harmful pictns of gay men do nothg more than perpetuate outdated stereotyp. Screenshot: CloverWorks / AtlThe last time the Persona seri had a proper gay romance optn was Persona 2, a game that is virtually accsible whout a PSP or PS Va. Persona 5 nnot expect to be a credible piece of mentary about societal jtice while havg a homophobia problem.

PERSONA 5 ROYAL SHOULD DIAL UP THE GAY

The origal game clus an irrponsible and harmful pictn of gay men, who are stereotypilly effemate and flamboyant. What's more, they behave a predatory manner towards Joker and Ryuji - aga, the are the only openly gay people the game.

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. 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.

PERSONA 5 ROYAL: JOKER AND AKECHI ARE DEFELY GAY FOR EACH OTHER AND ATL CAN'T TELL ME OTHERWISE

The scene is amed as beg reflectn to the boy’s 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. 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. 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.