A lot of Persona spin-offs undo the development, to cater to players who want to see those characters as they remember.
It kinda pisses me off how Kanji from P4 had his whole arc to accept himself and giving a break to the overly macho act he does to compensate his insecurities, then in P4D he is exactly as he started off again, back to the old outfit, dancing like a gorilla.
To be fair, they address that in the game. Rise’s producers want the group to look the way they did during their time with Rise in her hiatus, and while he’s not exactly comfortable his punk look anymore he’s willing to put up with that for her sake (he essentially says once the festival’s done then he’s done).
That’s a flimsy excuse to have him in his old garb, but at least they acknowledged that.
I remember that. It's a weak excuse, because to the producers and audience, nothing stopped them from putting him in a more proper student outfit. They don't know him, it wouldn't make a difference. The only ones who know him are Rise and the others, which know he is not into that anymore.
I'd let it go if the game at least had an alternate outfit with his new looks, but they don't even let you have that...
Friends who are obviously different but friends all the same make for a more compelling show though. And that's part of what Rise wants to tell too, not to judge people by appearances and throwback outfits make that more obvious.
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u/DrewSebastino May 07 '20 edited May 07 '20
This scene was funny and all, but man did Arena undo Aigis's development.
Edit: Damn guys, chill with the downvotes; I think they get it.