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Last week we saw our first glimpse of Persona 5's gameplay and now producer and director Katsura Hashino has given us some vague setup regarding what the game is actually about.As reported by Famitsu (via Siliconera), Persona 5's protagonist is a second-year high school student who transfers to Shibuya in the spring (the start of the school year in Japan) to live with friends of his parents in a coffee shop they own. What happened to his parents is unknown at this time, but apparently our hero is suffering from some sort of problem that he needs to face that's only going to get worse. Perhaps he's grieving over dead parents? Only time will tell.
At any rate, the protagonist's default Persona is that of a Arsène, a master thief named in reference to Arsène Lupin. Character designer Shigenori Soejima noted that Arsène's cape (or possibly wings?) are to suggest that he can go places other character's can't. Siliconera also noted that the the lead character acts quiet and passive, but it's actually a ruse.
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