"Is that his phantom thief attire!?" "And a persona!?" AND A BASS CANNON

local morally grey policeman simultaneously knows what he's doing and has _no fucking idea what he's doing_

Most awakenings: *the whole speech and changes of the persona* Zenkichi: *WHEN DID I GET A WARDROBE CHANGE*

Zenkichi: The first detective in persona who's name ends in -chi that didn't turn out to be a villain.

Valjean tried to have a peaceful life, but once he got a daughter, that changed everything. Kind of like Zenkichi, tried to have it peacefully... it didn't work out.

Your never too old to stop improving. Also notice how instead of ripping the mask clean off, he broke it in 2. A small but unique detail compare to other awakenings.

Reminder that Zenkichi is 40 years old.

Zenkichi is DEFINITELY a Bloodborne fan!

I loved Zenkichi even in Japanese... but honestly the English Voice just makes me love him even more 😅 I especially love the part where he goes through the Persona Awakening and then instantly goes to his confused state I couldn't help but laugh

My favorite part of his awakening is that we see his shadow talking to him. The others had a voice in their head, with the exception of Futaba's Palace Ruler Shadow. Also, everyone has already seen the parallels to Dojima and Nanako right? Cop father with an only daughter, and wife was killed in a hit and run, both hold off on the case until helped by the protagonist.

Joker: Gentleman thief Ryuji: Pirate Ann: BDSM Yusuke: Samurai Makoto: Mad Max Mona: Also gentleman thief Sophie: MÖŅÖĽÎÞ Zenkichi: BLOODBORNE

i love the pose joker is doing inside the cell, it seems loke he can get out of there at any moment but he choses not to.

Good to know that Atlus still have one or two people that still have the common sense to keep the fact alive that adults can still have Personas and that there is no feasible explanation as to why they shouldn't.

My favorite part is actually the beginning, when Zenkichi first enters the map. It gives you control of Zenkichi as the beat drops, cementing it as not only Kyoto jail's theme, but his theme as well.

Why are you so surprised Makoto 😅? Becoming a phantom thief is pretty simple actually. Just find your way into the meta verse, get angry at someone, then BOOM - phantom thief 😁

Tonight, Zenkichi joins the hunt!

Someone on the translation team was clearly a fan of the Les Mis musical, because I see references to both "Who Am I" ("pretend they/I do not see their/his agony") and "The Confrontation" ("you'll wear a different chain") in there.

“Do you finally see the truth?” “Do you know the true face of the guilty?” “They condemn the good to slavery..” “Pretend they do not see their agony...” “Just as you once did.” “But another story must begin.” “Now, show your gaolers you will wear a different chain.” “I am thou, thou art I...” “If you yet seek true justice, we will see it done!” “Fine, seal the contract.” “VALJEAN!!” “For real?” “I know what I have to do now...” “Condemn the evil... and hunt them down!”

Zenkichi becomes an S-tier character

If he had an evolved Persona i bet it would be Edmond Dantes a character who was got revenge against the people who wronged him

I can’t believe they put Phoenix Wright into a persona game

2:00 Aww, I never saw how sad Sophie was in the cage

Keanu Reeves summons his persona

First Adachi , Maruki and now Zenkichi. Another adult persona user who can use they're power without relying on drugs. Guess this proves that the Trinity Soul anime and its ''age limit'' aren't canon.

The oldest member of theirs now

"Sorry sweetie. Daddy's gonna have to get a bit abusive."

I remember a time when I thought Zenchiki was going to be the game's next Big Bad, a former apprentice or crony of Shido's who survived the fall of the Conspiracy and whose personal goal was to avenge the defeat of Shido and would do ANYTHING to get even with the Phantom Thieves. I even had a mental image of him personally grabbing a freshly tortured Joker by the throat over a building, and was prepared to yeet him off of it in front of the rest of the horrified Phantom Thieves who were already captured save for either Sophie or Oracle to his supposed death, not knowing Joker had the now Royal-famous grappling hook or Crow (who was still alive) to find a way to rescue Joker in a whole "you don't like me and I sure as hell hate you, but I need you alive right now" sort of moment. ...Boy am I glad that I was WAY off!

That thumbnail is what I feel like when I stub my toe at 2 in the morning.

considering that akane is a phantom thieves superfan, I would LOVE to see her design as a true phantom thief with a persona.

I remember back then Baofu (from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) was the oldest playable character at the age of 32. Then again, If this takes place in 2019 then that makes Baofu 51 ;-;

Morgana: Remember your training! Zenkichi: I NEVER HAD ANY TRYING

if I was Zenkichi I'd be like, "AM I COOL NOW AKANE?"

"Now prisoner 24601! your time is up and your parole's begun!" - Javert rival of Jean Valjean

“Seal the Contract” My heart

I really hope they have Zenkichi return in future P5-related games. He is an official member of the Phantom Thieves now.

Does anybody love the fact that his persona is Jean Valjean from le miserables and yet his costume leans more towards van helsing.

i see the undertaker was SOMEONES favorite wrestler growing up

I love the music is literally the traditional abridged version of "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There"

I JUST noticed that Valjean has 2401 on his chest, that's the prisoner number of Valjean in Les Missrable

I like the more raspy voice of scramble, but this more chivalrous voice is also damn cool

You know, I think they could all just squeeze through the bars, I mean there are like so much space between the bars

is noone gonna comment how fucking awesome his english voice is when he's all badass serious?

We also learn his Arcana which is the Apostle Arcana. We never heard of that Arcana in any of the Persona games before

Had a slight random thought. “Hm I wonder why jokers rival ain’t working with them..... oh wait yeah he willingly went to jail” XD

11:51-14:12 Best. Awakening. Scene. Ever.

This is the best "I am thou, thou art I"

Coming back to this after playing the switch release of royal. I think Valjean is the persona that has the most lines of dialogue, next to Arsene. This whole scene is really well done.

I wish he was left handed so I could squeeze a certain dark souls refrence in. It was almost perfect

An officer of the law gains a persona!

Best awakening can't change my mind

I did this scene a few days ago, but I can’t help but enjoy this while watching it

The adult phantom thief awakens

Im gonna say it Zenkichi is a DILF

Can I just say that Zenkichi's Phantom Thieves outfit looks pretty damn cool? He's like a friggin' desperado!

Zenkichi is such a boomer, and I love the contrast it gives him to the rest of the thieves, all of which being teenagers

If Akechi and Sumire were here; Crow helps Oracle get up, while Violet is captured by Shadow Akane, along with the rest of the Phantom Thieves. And only Crow and Oracle escape back to the real world. 14:20 Wolf and Crow cooperate against the shadows.

Since when Hugh Jackman became a persona.

Cough the sidestory for akame and her mom reminds me of Futaba's sidestory as well

Zenkichi persona is so cool looking!

The shadows that spawned around during his awakening was badass ngl. XD

Always great to hear Willpower.

Are we just gonna ingnore that all the theifs could just squeeze throught the jar bars

I was so hyped to hear the music kick in!

That was MIND BLOWING

my jaw was on the fucking FLOOR when I first saw this.

Sophia didn't get tuckered out after awakening her Persona, though. Must be due to having a lot less time to pile layers BS on top of her heart before needing to rip it all off.

This part had me rolling when I played through it

Its pretty refreshing seeing an adult actually be part of the team, and not be a background supporting character. It may be wishful thinking, but I would actually like to see a Persona story with adult characters as the focus (and yes I’m somewhat aware that P2 Eternal Punishment kind of fulfills this).

Probably the best phantom theif design

Tonight, Gramps joins the hunt!

「抗え」は「stand up and fight」になるんだな

This man became anime so god asked what anime are you I'm bleach

15:12 oh wow I *JUST* noticed his attacks in Fury even sound likes like a vicious wolf

Thumbnail looks like he grew wrinkles

I’m watching this and I’m only on the second jail

Zenkichi reminds me of dark knights on ffxiv. Who watches the watchers? Who punishes those above the law? A dark knight. He'll, his play style and his outfit reminds me of the dark knight that drains hp.

That is zenkichi has persona name is Valjean

the only better awakening than this is probably junpei's when chidori died.

I just realised that they made whole little tutorial and special animations for him . Nice way to distract us from awakening. And right after his awakening his voice is deeper, more akin to his persona.

I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

Unironically the best character in Persona since 2

"Do you finally see the truth? Do you know the true face of the guilty? They condemned the good to slavery, pretend they do not see their agony. Just as you once did. But another story must begin. Now, show your gailors that you will wear a different chain. I am thou, thou art I. If you yet seek true justice, we will see it done!!"

I know what I have to do now, condemn the evil, and HUNT THEM DOWN! But first... when exactly did I get a change of clothes?

For some reason...I feel like Zenkichi should’ve named himself Wolfgang but I don’t know if anyone else agrees because I like Wolf as well.

now he’s a phantom thief too

Zenkichi's outfit reminds me of Bloodborne, especially since he's using that Zweihander

Even in the dub, DAMMMMNNN

12:59 - AND I'M JAVERT!

the way he runs i cant-

Gherman joins the hunt

The thumbnail is software gore

The thumbnail reminds me of that one meme with Peter Griffin

a hoonter must hoont!!!

Coolest part of the game

Am I the only one that wants to give Sophia ALL the headpats?

11:51 Zenkichi is the first adult to awaken a Persona!

13:34 Condemn the evil, and hunt them down!!!

Lisa Simpson meme: Zenkichi is just Shido with hair and clear glasses.

you cannot tell me otherwise that this is not a bloodborne reference

Akane? Aoi? Owada? Ah yes, what a deja vu to the danganronpa franchise