Manga Review: Persona 5

Release Year: 2020
Reading Year: SU2023
Currently Reading: Completed

Thoughts: The art style is solid, the staging is powerful, and the general design is distinct. The overall concept pulled from the video game is novel and compelling. There is clearly a lot of work put in these novels. If you like the video games or action manga, then there is so much to like here!

My issue is with the story. The tipping points between finding a new lead and battling some new boss are so dull and on the nose. There is good chemistry between the protagonists and genuinely interesting character flaws of the antagonists, but it feels like all nuance goes out the door once “there is a bad guy.” Then the dialogue becomes so literal it pulls me out of the story.