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Topic	KP'S Top 40 Characters - Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series
KamikazePotato 02/03/18 1:59:00 AM #71:	30. Futaba Sakura (Persona 5) https://personacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Futaba-Sakura-720x340.jpg "I won't let those distorted lies deceive me anymore... And I won't be led astray by other's voices either... I'm going to trust my own eyes and my own heart to distinguish the truth from the lies!" Futaba's not the kind of character I would usually take to. She's pretty bratty a lot of the time and can take good-natured ribbing a little too far. She's nerdy to the point of causing second-hand embarassment in others who see her talk in public. I'm pretty sure that if I met someone like Futaba in real life I'd be pretty annoyed with them. That's kind of what makes her character as good as it is. Futaba is a painfully realistic depiction of someone with severe social anxiety. Unlike a lot of other forms of media, it's not treated so much as a quirky personality trait as it is a serious problem that needs to be solved. People around Futaba are worried about her behavior, and they strive to help her overcome her anxiety. You spend a lot of time getting to know Futaba in Persona 5 due to how the 4th arc is set up, and even after it's over there's still a week of in-game time dedicated to helping Futaba take baby steps towards being socially functional. I think that's why the 4th arc is my favorite in the game. It's the only time where you really see the inner workings of a party member. This whole setup ends up working because, in the end, Futaba is a person worth helping. Below her mountain of issues, she's intelligent, loyal, and surprisingly kind, so it actually feels really nice watching her improve. There's another factor - when considering Futaba, I can't seperate the mental state I had when I was playing Persona 5. Like I mentioned in the first post, your feelings about a character often serves as a snapshot of a certain part of your life. When I was playing the 4th arc of Persona 5, some real-life shit had recently happened to me that was (while not exact) similar to stuff that happened to Futaba. Helping her get through that helped me too, and you can't ignore that sort of thing. Plus she's got some absolutely savage lines. Literally called poor Mishima a side character to his face. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. <cite>KamikazePotato posted [p:895358297] in KP'S Top 4... [t:76271802]...</cite> <quote>30. Futaba Sakura (Persona 5) https://personacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Futaba-Sakura-720x340.jpg "I won't let those distorted lies deceive me anymore... And I won't be led astray by other's voices either... I'm going to trust my own eyes and my own heart to distinguish the truth from the lies!" Futaba's not the kind of character I would usually take to. She's pretty bratty a lot of the time and can take good-natured ribbing a little too far. She's nerdy to the point of causing second-hand embarassment in others who see her talk in public. I'm pretty sure that if I met someone like Futaba in real life I'd be pretty annoyed with them. That's kind of what makes her character as good as it is. Futaba is a painfully realistic depiction of someone with severe social anxiety. Unlike a lot of other forms of media, it's not treated so much as a quirky personality trait as it is a serious problem that needs to be solved. People around Futaba are worried about her behavior, and they strive to help her overcome her anxiety. You spend a lot of time getting to know Futaba in Persona 5 due to how the 4th arc is set up, and even after it's over there's still a week of in-game time dedicated to helping Futaba take baby steps towards being socially functional. I think that's why the 4th arc is my favorite in the game. It's the only time where you really see the inner workings of a party member. This whole setup ends up working because, in the end, Futaba is a person worth helping. Below her mountain of issues, she's intelligent, loyal, and surprisingly kind, so it actually feels really nice watching her improve. There's another factor - when considering Futaba, I can't seperate the mental state I had when I was playing Persona 5. Like I mentioned in the first post, your feelings about a character often serves as a snapshot of a certain part of your life. When I was playing the 4th arc of Persona 5, some real-life shit had recently happened to me that was (while not exact) similar to stuff that happened to Futaba. Helping her get through that helped me too, and you can't ignore that sort of thing. Plus she's got some absolutely savage lines. Literally called poor Mishima a side character to his face. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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