Perhaps Erina is wearing his rebellion outfit, only it's a feminine version.

I always thought it was because Erina was wearing the rebel outfit. Like if Erina didn’t exist as two separate entities, then Toshiro would be wearing an outfit similar to Erina.

@@cometcartoons8528 that would be awesome but also wild in a good way and he would keep his mask but keep his own mask and might be useful in disguise missions too

There is a theory Erina is wearing his rebellion outfit

Well we could say he’s basically a Shido on the good side. Remember how Shido’s shadow didn’t have special outfits like the other shadows in regular Persona 5? I’d like to think Toshiro that way for his awakening

@@Yurihyuga766 what do you mean? Shido had probably the wildest shadow forms of any of the bosses.

@@ventusthekey5187 Ohh I was talking about before he transformed into a Char Aznable like outfit

I'd say its because Toshiro sees his suit as his symbol of rebellion. All the other Phantom Thieves' outfits are their personal image of what a rebel looks like. Since Toshiro was never predisposed to be a conventional warrior, rather he always saw himself as a statesman since from young. Therefore Toshiro sees his rightful battlefield to be the Diet Chamber, and that his politician's suit as his rebellion's outfit.

Neither Will Power in the battle afterwards

Someone should edit this cutscene with P5 original BGM

@@trappercapI can do it if I can get the footage without music

Same here, I love miss that song along.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I think Zenkichi’s is easily my fsvorite

Toshiro during the flashbacks especially looks like Yu Narukami.

And Toshiro have the hardest shit to overcome, thus the strongest upon his awakening

Remember that the attire the Phantom Thieves wear is a reflection of how they view rebellion. Makoto for instances who was always told to act like the model student, restrained by the expectations of others. The fact that she looks like a biker/roadwarrior could be taken as her form of rebellion is being able to drive towards her own destiny (there are others who put it much better than I) My understanding is that Toshiro here desires to change the world, and being an adult with a more mature understanding of himself and the world, believes he can change the system that he is already apart of. Thus has no need to change his appearances as he already can change the world, rebel against the system as he is. Even if until that moment he felt powerless, it's as he says. The Rebellion is here. Compared to the adult character from Strikers Zenkichi, he was stuck, he didn't believe he could change the system as he was, couldn't archive the justice he sought for fear of losing the one thing he still cared about. He felt bound to the system, a cog of it. His persona and attire could reflect him breaking free of those chains, willing the become an outlaw/vigilante, to work outside of the law for the sake of justice.

The rifling grooves of a gun barrel, perhaps?

I'm more surprised about this new Persona that is the opposite sex of the user and has a body of its own and it's based on Che Guevara

@MilanTehVillain If that's the case, then I already have two perfect codenames for Toshiro: Spiral, or Bullet.

​@@zanok7796an Autonomous Persona?! My fanfic was less crazy than I figured! XD

@@gioelealpizar6009 Those two code names are perfect. Considering it fits not only his rebel mask design but also his persona: Ernesto being autonomous gun.

P6 could have some crazy gameplay! Or plot twist...

Ummm technically it was the same for Futaba

it probably wasn't the same type of shadow, since it was made by [FINAL BOSS SPOILER], and didn't have yellow eyes

​@laravioliiii2832 I haven't gotten to this part but the reason why they went with the p4 theme is because toshiro is facing himself vs rebelling

​@@laravioliiii2832 I didn't know ... could make shadows!! Wow, I need to play it again, lol.

@@ryanhernandez1877 More like they made the entire world, so them making shadows is not completely out of the picture

I think it’s stated later in the game that Erina is some strange anomaly that resembles a persona, a shadow, and a cognitive being at the same time, so maybe it has something to do with that.

This Shadow Self is a fake created by the true ruler of the kingdoms. It doesn't have yellow irises (instead sporting white ones) and is able to be killed without Toshiro undergoing a Mental Shutdown. It's likely that Erina is partially Toshiro's TRUE Shadow Self since he's been repressing his rebellious will for most of his life due to his father's emotional and physical abuse combined with the lynch mob of students who tried to take advantage of Nakabachi's exposed crimes to push their gripes onto him. As such, it's clear why "Shadow Toshiro" didn't transform into Ernesto.

Persona 2 had people fighting their shadow even after they awoke to their persona

@@WeaponXSigma Ah okay so they play loose with it across the series. Never played the early ones.

@@WeaponXSigma They were created by Nyarlathotep (the ultimate deity shadow). Like the ones in Persona 4 Arena (and Ultimax), they were able to wield copies of their human counterparts' Personas. Both of those types of Shadow Selves were created by the respective villains in their games, unlike the Shadow Selves seen in Persona 4 (Golden) and Persona 5 (Royal and Strikers). In essence, they're fake Shadow Selves.

Understandable

Personally, though, it would be nice if Atlus at least gave Toshiro a Matador outfit or something. His summoning his persona Ernesto reminds me too much of Adachi.

I finally found the ost It's その名は... Or Her name is....

It definitely is. The hat with the star should be a given

Indeed! I did some digging before this, and this is what I got. Ernesto "Che" Guevera is an Argentinean Marxist Revolutionary, guerrilla leader, leader, and military theorist during the Cuban Revoltion in the 1950s

A good fit for a politician honestly

To be fair, Persona are more or less a facet of the idea not the literal thing - since this is Persona and not SMT. It's not like Yusuke is a literal ninja thief for having Goemon.

uh Yusuke *is* a literal ninja thief, that is the worst example you could have chosen

@@tokie4199 Yusuke is more of a samurai when it comes to how he engages in combat and the air of chivalry he typically gives off (minus wanting Ann to be his model, and even then, he becomes much less forceful after he joins the Phantom Thieves). I'm also pretty sure that stealing things in the Metaverse is a lot different to doing so in the real world, so Liono using Yusuke as an example isn't as bad as you say it is.