Does the dog die?
378 supporters
Persona 3
Video Game • 2008 • Adventure
ReportThis video game contains 62 potentially triggering events.
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CapnJack
The dog is seen bleeding on the sidewalk, but lives.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
7 supporters
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tial
[SPOILERS] No but a main character dies before his friends get the chance to see him one last time to say goodbye.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
28 supporters
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tial
Not outright abandoned, but a couple of the characters parents are said to be neglectful
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Is an animal abandoned?
85 supporters
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tial
Not intentional abandonment. A pet dog’s owner (who lived alone and had no family) dies and the dog as a result subsequently becomes a stray wandering around the city on its own. He is adopted by the protagonist and his friends when they find him.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
45 supporters
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tial
In Maiko (the little girl)‘s social link, she says her father hit her when she asked why her parents were getting divorced. When he mother found out, she says Malik deserved it for “being annoying and sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong”
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
36 supporters
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tial
A main character forgives another student who was bullying them after they apologise and stop bullying them but there’s no instances of forgiving a domestic abuser.
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Is someone stalked?
22 supporters
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tial
Also there’s recorded camera footage you can see of Aigis sneaking into the protagonists room, standing next to his bed and watching him sleep for several hours
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
76 supporters
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tial
Female characters are injured and KO’d during fight scenes similarly to male characters but there’s never any point where it’s excessively brutal or feels like women in particular are being targeted by the narrative
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tial
Teenagers who were put through inhumane experiments become spiteful murderers who kill unrelated civilians.
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daydreamcafes
a main protag has an implied neglectful father
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Addiction
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CapnJack
The character Shinji is addicted to a fictional pill that suppresses his Persona power, sorta analogous to a painkiller.
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Is there addiction?
16 supporters
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tial
See below
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
16 supporters
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nbhikari
The father of one of a main character is said to be an alcoholic.
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Animal
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JoJoMichelDu59
Techniacally, certain ennemies can be considered animals and you can kill them.
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CapnJack
There is a dog that fights... but strictly monsters.
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Is an animal sad?
74 supporters
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tial
A prominent dog character gets sad at a couple points and whines
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Are rabbits harmed?
59 supporters
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Anonymous
No, there's a passing reference to rabbits dying of sadness, but no rabbits are ever seen in the game.
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Does a cat die?
152 supporters
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Daffodiru
Mewlie, in the Aigis SL, leaves its owner to find a place to die.
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Does a pet die?
142 supporters
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tial
See above
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
5 supporters
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tial
A character is writing a story where the protagonist is a pink alligator. You are told the story but there’s no visual.
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Are there snakes?
15 supporters
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manjenson
Some personas resemble snakes.
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Are there bugs?
28 supporters
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JoJoMichelDu59
There are giant beetles.
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Assault
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tial
By another woman
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Is someone drugged?
26 supporters
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tial
Characters take drugs but there isn’t a point where someone is drugged without their knowledge. That said, there is a point in the story where a Shadow uses supernatural powers on the main characters to cause them to black out for an unspecified period of time in a similar vein to being drugged
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Is there pedophilia?
109 supporters
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Labrys
In the femc route of portable, ken who is a child is a romance option. In the same route an adult man tries asking the main character (a minor) on a date in the future
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
20 supporters
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tial
It’s mentioned that Fuuka underwent severe bullying by other girls before she goes missing.
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Is someone restrained?
22 supporters
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tial
Junepi is captured and tied up at one point. He is rescued before he is harmed at all
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tial
There is a point where a Shadow causes the Protagonist and Yukari to black out, then once the protagonist recovers, it tries to manipulate him through a voice in his head to have sex with Yukari while she is still blacked out, however the protagonist refuses to do so and they both recover fine with no sexual assault taking place
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
30 supporters
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AdmiralCraymen
There is a character who self-harms by cutting.
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Are any hands damaged?
16 supporters
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tial
A character is said to be repeatedly cutting themselves on their hand however the blood or scarring is not visible due to the low quality models.
EDIT: The Blood is visible in the remake.
EDIT: The Blood is visible in the remake.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
27 supporters
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divinegrace
a minor villain is seen being choked by her persona
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Is there cannibalism?
31 supporters
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PuppyLuver256
While cannibalism is definitely not a part of either the main or any side plots, iirc there *may* be Personas the player character can obtain that *may* reference cannibalism in their Compendium entries, as they are based on monsters and figures from real-world mythologies that may or may not feature that in their backstories. However, this brief mention would be the most that this concept gets referenced, and this part of the Compendium entry is not required reading (the default page lists the Persona's stats, elemental weaknesses and resistances, and whatever skills they had when they were most recently registered).
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Is someone choked?
15 supporters
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tial
During the second full moon, Mitsuru is held up really high in the air by her neck and chocked by a giant Shadow. She is rescued before she is killed. Chidori is almost chocked to death by her own Persona before she is given suppressants to stop it from killing her.
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Is someone burned alive?
40 supporters
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JoJoMichelDu59
You can use fire attacks on ennemies. (and some are human)
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Is there body horror?
48 supporters
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Anonymous
Early in the game, a man slowly melts alive into a black substance.
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Is there a hanging?
33 supporters
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tial
The game revolves around tarot cards. One of the tarots is the “Hanged Man” and as the name implies depicts an illustration of a man that’s been hung.
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Does someone become unconscious?
6 supporters
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tial
The protagonist passes out and falls into a coma for a week after awakening to their persona
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Does someone fall to their death?
10 supporters
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divinegrace
one of the villains die by falling off of tartarus
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Is there eye mutilation?
89 supporters
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Anonymous
A black substance is seen bursting out of a teenager's eye during a cutscene.
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Is someone stabbed?
16 supporters
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tial
Use of weapons such as swords and spears against Shadow Monsters. There’s a news report of a woman being stabbed to death by cultists.
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Is there excessive gore?
83 supporters
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tial
Quite a lot of blood, but zero gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
19 supporters
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tial
In the portable version (and the version rereleased to most modern consoles in 2023) The Little Girl from the Hanged Man social link becomes trapped in the dark hour and you have to rescue her before the deadline.
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Does a kid die?
46 supporters
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daydreamcafes
at the very end a main protag passes away
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Is a minor sexualized?
96 supporters
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Pretty much all of the female characters are minors (high school students), and there is, like many anime, occasional "fanservice"
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
11 supporters
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tial
[SPOILERS] Shinji jumps in front of a bullet to save Ken, which kills him. Chidori uses her power to save Junepi after he is fatally shot which comes at the comes of her own life. The protagonist uses all their power to stop the god of death, which results in them becoming very sick for a week before dying. Several characters comment on how unnaturally pale the protagonist looks prior to their death.
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Does a major character die?
23 supporters
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tial
Two playable characters are killed off
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
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tial
Koromaru survives
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
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tial
Mitsuru’s father is shot dead. A recording of Yukari’s father about to die in an explosion can be heard.
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Does a parent die?
22 supporters
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daydreamcafes
the protag has no parents, and their death scene is shown on multiple occasions
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Is someone kidnapped?
8 supporters
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BloodyJinxii
A main character is kidnapped by a minor villain but is rescued.
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Does someone cheat?
18 supporters
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BloodyJinxii
In order to max out "Social Links", the protagonist is forced into a romantic any girl he starts a friendship with, without any options to break up with other romantic partners.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
11
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effie
No actual ghosts that I recall, but there is discussion of ghosts (including a ghost story) and one character is rumoured to be one.
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Is there a shower scene?
9 supporters
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daydreamcafes
its lighthearted but a character walks into one in the shower
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Are there natural bodies of water?
1 supporters
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Anonymous
No one drowns but the characters go to the beach.
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Is someone possessed?
10 supporters
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JoJoMichelDu59
Not exactly a possession, but it'll be spoiler to explain.
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tial
Chidori regularly cuts herself however it’s not made clear if it’s by a razor or something else. She is never shown doing it onscreen
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
92 supporters
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tial
In the Sun Social Link, you are told a story he is making about a pink alligator. It’s mentioned in the story that the alligator intentionally induces vomiting by drinking swamp water after accidentally eating his friend. There is no visual to this, just text.
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6
Yes
0
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Is someone eaten?
30 supporters
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tial
Not a human, but the Protagonist’s Perosna during their awakening briefly goes berserk and begins to eat the giant shadow monster alive.
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4
Yes
0
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Yes
0
No
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
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3
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
7
1
puppypaulie
One side character is a police officer who sells armor / weapons to the player, but wouldn’t consider it to be “pro-cop”
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
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3
LGBTQ+
Yes
1
No
3
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
57 supporters
Yes
6
No
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meowstix
This is removed in the 2024 remake (Reload) but still exists in the original 3 versions (vanilla, FES, and Portable)
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Is there bisexual cheating?
20 supporters
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1
No
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tial
In the portable version, if you play as the Female MC and pick Elizabeth as your female attendant, the final hang-out event ends with implied sex. This happens regardless if you are in a relationship or not. This also happens if you play as the Male MC, however since you can’t date males, this is not bisexual cheating - Just regular cheating which isn’t any better to be fair.
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Loss
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3
Medical
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16
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
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Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
Yes
29
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Kappathefr0g
The main character falls into a coma for a week after awakening his/her persona. A minor villain is also hospitalized assuming they survive. Shinjiro is put into a coma for the rest of the game after he gets shot if the female protagonist maxes out his social link.
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Yes
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3
Does someone have cancer?
17 supporters
Yes
22
No
3
8
CapnJack
The character Akinari suffers from an unspecified terminal illness.
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Mental Health
Yes
7
No
0
Yes
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0
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tial
Chidori regularly self-harms to the point that the other characters had to actively remove all sharp objects in the hospital room she was kept in because she kept doing it and she still finds a way to do it after this anyway. Also, characters in this game summon their personas by shooting themselves in the head. The guns are fake and they aren’t actually being harmed, but considering how extremely frequent persona summoning Is, being THE most frequent action performed in this game, and that there’s no way to skip this animation, this game should be avoided completely if you are sensitive at all to this type of imagery. (Also the opening scene of the game is Yukari holding a gun to her own head and crying before dropping it without this context being given for several hours after this scene, which may also be triggering)
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
31 supporters
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4
No
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tial
The leader of Strega, who is dying because of the experiments performed on him, aims to bring about the end of the world out of shire spite as a sort of “If I’m going down, I’m taking as many people down with me as possible” mentality
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Yes
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tial
Basically all the main characters go through this for several weeks upon learning about The Fall
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Yes
0
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tial
A villain kills himself with a grenade after his defeat. A man who was shot in the chest jumps off a 150 storey building
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
18 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
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tial
Main plot revolves around a supernatural point in time called “The Dark Hour” slated after midnight where the sky hue turns green, most people turn into coffins, supernatural monsters attack and the school transforms into a giant unstable tower that serves as a conduit for the supernatural causes.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
7 supporters
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3
No
1
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tial
Ken, an elementary school student, has a meltdown confronting his mothers killer
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Yes
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5
Are there anxiety attacks?
22 supporters
Yes
0
No
11
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paintedrocket
One character is shown to be nervous around intoxicated people, but he doesn't have a full-on panic attack
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5
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
29 supporters
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13
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0
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tial
Ken, a kid in elementary school, verbally stated that he considered committing suicide several times after the death of his mother. [SPOILERS] It’s also heavily implied he was going to commit suicide after he kills Shinji, but he never does once he dies.
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Yes
0
No
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
17 supporters
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1
No
13
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JoJoMichelDu59
The whole game can be considered somewhat claustrophobic since the place where you fight is a big closed tower.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
34 supporters
Yes
3
No
13
1
MysticMaknae
A social link has a binge eating disorder
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Yes
25
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0
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CapnJack
Blatant and frequent suicide imagery throughout the game, several characters threaten or contemplate suicide, two characters jump off a bridge and are thought to be dead for some time, and one character commits suicide with a grenade offscreen.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
39 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
2
rivaltrevor
Certain characters could be interpreted this way; it's not very explicit but still is there
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Noxious
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No
3
Yes
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No
1
Yes
0
No
12
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
4
No
0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
5 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
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Anonymous
No f-bombs, but the occasional lesser profanity.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
44 supporters
Yes
3
No
8
1
xoxocharr
some of the cutscenes in vanilla and FES (not Portable) have brief flashing lights
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
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tial
At the start of the game, the protagonist is being constantly watched by his dorm mates, even while sleeping, with cameras throughout the dorms. SEES are being watched by Strega without knowing. Optional recordings of party members doing private activities in their rooms, unaware that the cameras are always recording, can be viewed.
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5
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
12
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
0
No
11
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
33 supporters
Yes
9
No
1
1
AdmiralCraymen
This was removed in the remake.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
13
Does an LGBT person die?
29 supporters
Yes
5
No
12
4
tial
[SPOILERS] In the portable version of the game, the female MC is implied to be bisexual and she dies at the end just like the Male MC does.
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Are there fat jokes?
52 supporters
Yes
16
No
1
1
tial
The Moon social link character (for the male protagonist, they are replaced by another character for the female protagonist who does not have the same issue) is mocked by others for his weight and eating disorder.
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No
4
Yes
1
No
3
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
16
Race
Is there blackface?
32 supporters
Yes
0
No
6
0
SiRenfield
If you count ganguro I guess?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
35 supporters
Yes
6
No
2
1
SiRenfield
In most versions, the male teenage protagonist can date your teacher (albeit when they first met online they're unaware of the age difference) ,but usually that's about it although YMMV on the immortal characters such as Elizabeth...HOWEVER in Portable (which is also the version on PC and Switch) the 16 to 17-year-old Female MC can date Ken who is 10-11. Granted like all romance this is optional, nobody's forcing you ,but still!
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
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tial
As with all persona games, some of the Personas are based on religious figures or deities from various religions such as Christianity and Buddhism. The protagonists ultimate persona is based on Jesus Christ but has a pretty difficult requirement in order to obtain.
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Yes
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Sex
Yes
2
No
2
Yes
0
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5
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
Yes
3
No
1
1
SiRenfield
Portable is infamous for indirectly confirming that the conclusion of a romantic side quest is coitus. And most of the characters are teenagers so it’s only natural to draw this conclusion
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Is someone sexually objectified?
41 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
4
EliCoolatta
some of the costumes for the teenage main cast are... questionable.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
81 supporters
Add comment
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0
No
17
Is there sexual content?
54 supporters
Yes
5
No
11
5
tial
After Reaching Rank 10 with most female social links, it’s heavily implied you have sex offscreen with some suggestive dialogue. There’s an optional cutscene where it’s implied a character mistakenly assumes another is using a vibrator when they go to their room door and hear laughing and a buzzing noise coming from inside, and they immediately walk away.
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2
Sexism
Yes
0
No
4
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
16 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
3
tial
As mentioned above, The Sun Social Link Character. At the end of game, you are approached by his mother and told he succumbed to his illness and died.
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Yes
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No
4
Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
3
One of the social links
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Social
Yes
0
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3
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
Yes
2
No
3
1
AdmiralCraymen
Shinjiro is implied to be.
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Is existentialism debated?
11 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
3
tial
Suicide and Death are integral thematic and plot elements to the game. The games tagline is even “Memento Mori: Remember you are mortal, remember one day you will die.” A prominent idea presented throughout the game is how most people don’t even think about the possibility of their death until directly confronted with that fact. Being faced with the possibility of death also causes multiple characters to reevaluate themselves and their lives.
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Yes
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3
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
4 supporters
Yes
21
No
2
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CapnJack
The game is very irreverent toward many world religions and mythologies, since real-world mythological/theological beings are your Pokémon.
EDIT: Mitsuru also literally says that Santa isn’t real if you talk to her on December 19th. Didn’t remember that from my first play-through.
EDIT: Mitsuru also literally says that Santa isn’t real if you talk to her on December 19th. Didn’t remember that from my first play-through.
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Are there end credit scenes?
36 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
tial
Not a full scene but there is one last ending shot after the credits.
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Does it have a sad ending?
54 supporters
Yes
24
No
1
7
Anonymous
Bittersweet- the world is saved, but the protagonist dies.
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Vehicular
Yes
0
No
4
Does a car crash?
18 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
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daydreamcafes
the main protag’s parents die in a carcrash
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
The characters go swimming on vacation, but nothing bad happens.
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Is there blood/gore?
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CapnJack
A college-aged kid is shot in the abdomen, and blood is seen staining their clothes and pooling under them as they die.
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Is there gun violence?
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BloodyJinxii
The main way of summoning "Personas" or your characters' monster summons is by the characters shooting themselves in the head with a fake gun. This method and animation is shown nearly every time a Persona is summoned, especially in battle. Two main characters are also shot and killed by separate villains later in the story.
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