I just love this game overall, honestly. Acknowledging your path to what you're going through and taking full responsibility to it, the death themes and nurturing yourself with your friends. The game also really takes you onto something that you can't avoid death and that death is everywhere. I played this game when I was at elementary days on my PS2 and it still, to this day, affected me in a way that other games cannot. It's just so great, the graphics & gameplay might've not aged well if you compare it to other games in the Persona series but the story is still there and I think this game is the best in the series.

This game is so "unserious" in its theme, i swear to god. You'd think it's a cheerful, full of life game then BAM! Someone dies and you don't even know why, at least in the early part of the game, but you're like "what the fuck??? the opening is so cheerful though". In my elementary days, I only watched it on YouTube honestly as I can't afford any game console. I still remember when I was watching this shi atleast once a day for 4hours straight. It's just so fascinating how this game embodies our "hidden" self and we can't face it cuz it's not really "you" but it's actually "you". Afraid of what's in our consciousness, thus the part in the game where you fight yourself cuz you can't face your true self. This game is really great and aged well, in terms of gameplay/graphics & story. This game told me to be myself, to not be afraid of what's hiding within our consciousness and to face it with our all, to address issues hidden inside us, to be true to ourselves.