Early p5r thoughts spoilers for up to the first infiltration of the second palace

 p5r thoughts incoming up to the 18th of may. I love every allied character so immediately. Kamoshida's such a good repellent villain that you want to see get wrecked and getting it done is oh so satisfying. A part of me feels weird about Ann's costume feeling like it's an attempt at vaguely acceptable sex appeal especially in a first that is in part centered on assault. I think one thing the game does really well is get across the feeling of being trapped in these unequal relationships and we see that even with Yusuke. A part of me wishes Shiho had more of an active role in the first arc post jumping. overall really enjoying the game. Will probably have more in depth character by character thoughts later on. Yes I will get back to p3r i was only planning on playing into Kamoshida's palace to see how i felt about the ambushing comparatively but i can't put it down now

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