"Our leader's gone through shit 'cause of you. It's on!" Hands down one of Ryuji's best lines in my opinion

_"That's just a crooked country made by a crook"_ Looks like Ryuji grew tired of the foolish foolery of the foolish fools of this foolish country.

Ryuji: Why won't you die?! Shido: Cognition son! It allows me take physical trauma. You can't hurt me, Thieves. Makoto: *mother-effing Freidyne* Shido: What did I just say?

COGNITIVE PSCIENCE SON

Gotta agree, Masayoshi Armstrong is a fantastic boss fight

I genuinely believe Ryuji is a Canadian Every time you heal him he says "sorry"

Rivers in the Desert is still so freaking *gooooood!* So Ryuji risks his life to make sure the rest of the crew can get out safely, and then they beat him up and leave him on the side of the road. Anime slap-stick or not, this is kinda fucked up. rofl.

Ryuji: “You didn’t let me use the elevator, prepare to die”

There is a reason you lost,shido. you pissed off a bunch of teens.

I love that Shido occasionally drops hints about "God" or the Holy Grail

You know shits get real when the lion with wings transform into a freaking Iluminati pyramid

Cognitions Son! They harden in response to mental trauma

He played college ball, y'know? His head was the ball

26:37 "...Burned our feet..." Joker gets burned

Futaba: You killed my mother and stole her research! Haru: You killed my father! Ryuji: You rejected and killed Akechi! Then Waffles walks forward... Waffles: You...You got me EXPELLED!

So now that it's up again, I want my top comment back. 13:48 Are you enjoying the view Joker?

Watch panthers health! >Joker fu*king burning alive in the background "Am I a joke to you?"

In this game you get arrested for being a good person

17:41 "COGNITIONS, HUN. They harden in response to mental trauma. You can't beat me, Thieves!" let's be real, most people playing this game were reminded of Senator Armstrong here. The round-ass head, his near-bald stupid face, starting the fight with a giant vehicle, his delusions about rising to power for the people and to purify a country that's rotten to the core, those fucking muscles, his ability to just beat the shit out of our heroes with superpowers...it's all there. I'm honestly convinced they took some inspiration from Armstrong when thinking up Shido conceptually.

22:28 *COGNITIONS, SON.*

24:30 Dekaja, then immediately after Futaba "here come the buffs". Love it.

20:57 "Calm down...." "Maybe not"

"I've been waiting for this!" Finally, I get to watch how you fought this buff senato- I mean prime minister.

When Shido went into his fourth stage, all I could think was “Nanomachines, Son!”

6:37 Ryuji: Our leader has gone through shit cuz of you IT'S ON! That line got me fired up tbh, every single moment with Ryuji is the best, he will forever be my favourite character.

Armstrong and Shido would get along. They both want to make their country GRRRREATO-DAZE

"I will destroy all my enemies and make the Phantom Thieves pay for it!"

40:12 he pulled a Ryujii

"You're batshit insane!!"

Shido: Come on! Yoshitsune: Okay. Let's Dance!

As bad a man as Shido was, just seeing a grown adult have a breakdown upon the realization of his sins hurts....like a lot of the emotion moments in this game.

Ryuji: *gets assaulted and left unconscious in the middle of a street* Yusuke (who witnessed the crime): "LMAO, I'm hungry."

Poor Ryujii, he needs a hug after being beaten up after NEARLY DYING TO SAVE EVERYONE.

Congratulations to Keith Silverstein for making me want to give _Masayoshi freaking Shido_ a hug.

*Rides a lion made of my voters*

1:59 My name is Haru Okumura. You killed my father, prepare to die.

Our leaders gone through shit cause of you, IT'S ON That line fucking hyped me hardcore af for this fight

Guys, I have a theory that Shido may be into College Ball!

I DON'T WANNA DIE! I DON''T KNOW HOW TO SWIM!

One day.When I get this game, I will play Senator Armstrong's theme when fighting this Prime Minister.Great Fight Omega.

NANO-COGNITIONS SON THEY HARDEN DUE TO SHADOWS YOU CANT HURT ME JOKER

"Calm down" "Maybe not" Man joker is a really bipolar person

I agree, easily the best boss fight in the game, it has a lot of meaning for the Phantom Thieves after all (for Futaba and the MC for instance because of what happened BEFORE the actual game... based on the info. the game provides to the player during the progress of the same). And the first thing that came to my mind during Shido's fight... Armstrong's rip-off.

YEAH! SENATOR ARMSTRONG!

Is anyone gonna mention those amazing skills by Yusuke at 6:06

24:46 that moment of satisfaction when Futaba gives you Heat Risers

13:49 JOKER TURN AROUND

Morgana just looks at Ryuji: Don't worry, Joker will be joining you soon. In a MUCH MUCH worse situation.

1:38 "What an ace detective." "MORE LIKE STUPEI IORI, ACE DEFECTIVE!"

DON’T FUCK WITH THIS PRIME MINISTER

Nanomachines, son!

Wow, Shido sure is popular with...the same guy.

>Shido used inferno on joker >dealt 50 damage Noice

39:24 Think about how Haru, Akechi, Futaba and Ren felt.

You think after many deaths in the game,no one would be dumb enough try to play daredevil and be inconsiderate, but sadly Ryuji is comic relief after all.

Shido Be like... Make Japan Great again hahaha

Me: I finally killed Shido Shido: *THIS ISNT EVEN MY FINAL FORM*

My heart literally almost stopped when I saw Ryuji get caught in the explosion. I thought he really died but then I heard his voice and I couldn’t believe my eyes.

35:09 akira shows emotion

So... Masayoshi Shido is just Masayoshi Frieza? He has, like... 5 forms! And his last one just looks like Final Frieza; just check how buff that dude is!

This boss fight was awesome. The music was good too.

It's impressive how this guy went from Char Aznable to full Armstrong

So who else immediately died to Shido due to his repel physical?

17:20 Cognito-Machine, Son

The cutscene with Ryuji saving everyone’s life is Basically the Titanic

For his neutral b He wields a gun

Me after 3 phases of pain and out of healing options: WHY WON'T YOU DIE!? Shido: Cognitive psience, son! Also me: The memes!

Grotesque like kamoshida Golden like madarame Rides upon something like kaneshiro Massive like wakaba Have to beat the army before the commander like okumura And doesn't hold back in the end like nijima Shido is all the bosses one way or another, showing how he's caused everything in the game to happen. Now to quote the great Sargent Johnsohn: "Kick his ass."

defeated lion's first stage: "expected"; defeated lion's second stage: "oh, so there is more..."; defeated lion's final stage: "is this the end? Nahhhhh, it's Persona we're talking about"; ~shido shows himself to the stage defeated shido's first stage: "ok, so THIS is the end right?"; ~shido tranforms himself into "akuma" shido ~me glares at his omnipotent aura: "oh shit, now this is serious, it is taking longer than old school Capcom bosses" defeated "akuma" shido: "atone for your sins (glares with badass style)".

18:41 Shido: I won't go easy *Tries to punch Makoto* Makoto: *Dodges it* Futaba: All right Queen!

What I watched this I was like Ann + Ryuji = mad sHips And then I cried because rip ryuji And then I screamed because jesus exists and Ryuji didn't die and then I cried some more because ANN + RYUJI = MAD SHIPS

"You thought you could stop the future with a heist?"

Time for Omega to make some rivers in the desert...again.

"You may not be Gundams, but I will still destroy you!"

That one part where he powers up and says “ I AM SHIDO I HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE OVER THESE BRATS” Was mad hype

We're making the mother of all omelettes, Joker

Shido is so evil I would think he'd go catatonic after having his heart changed because there'd be nothing left. It's like trying to change the heart of Palpatine

Gotta say 5:37 honestly is intimidating even if they are just part of shidos cognition it shows that he has the full support of most of the government and that they are on his side

"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?"

Feels so good that I finally beat this!!!! I quit this game three years ago when I got frustrated in Shidos palace...but then I came back to it and restarted and I’m so glad I got past this!!!! I have been listening to the soundtrack ever since it first came out, loved this song...never knew the context to it till now!!

6:37 how to be a badass with style

Everyone: Beats up Ryuji Yusuke: ummm guys I’m hungry 🤤

Poor Ryuji. All he did was kinda sorta almost die :(

I just love when Joker just took his mask off and just showed, "Remember me?" Pose, I bet its going be badass in the animation.

With that lion thing Shido is riding, is anyone else getting Envy flashbacks?

I like you Joker, so im giving you another shot

Ryuji: literally (almost) dies Ann: *he was our fastest runner...*

Still here after almost 2 years This boss is just pure awesomeness

21:22 The Holy Slap XD

STANDING HERE...

when you meet pitbull in the hotel room

Music and Song of this battle is 10/10, fitting for Amamiya Ren defeating the one who ruined his life.

Nanomachines Son.

I love how Shido does the Yujiro pose when he's about to die in his last form

When he said “Not bad” it matched with the beat of the song

Makoto’s comment to Shido being a criminal who rose by climbing a staircase of sin should apply to Akechi as well since he built that staircase of sin. Now Akechi is crushed under the weight of the staircase.

24:33 Shido: *uses Dekaja* All Stat Increases Nullified! Futaba: "AlL sTAt INcReASes NulLiFIED"

Shido: Hey, I see those theives. Alexa, play my boss theme. Alexa: PLAYS RIVERS IN THE DESERT

Sheesh you had a way easier time with this fight then I did. Maybe it's cause my team was morgana ryuji and Yusuke, my only maxed out persona users being ryuji and futaba xD, but still it's always fun watching you come in and whip bosses that fucked me up. But yeah I gotta agree, while Akechi is my favorite boss story wise, this is my favorite boss for the feeling of finality and closure (until mementos rears its ugly head later for more closure in a way I guess.). Plus I mean, come on, dat MUSIC XD great works as always dude!

It's nice to see Armstrong finding work after all this time