(As long you don't get a bad ending, he gets better.) Kasumi correctly concluded it has something to do with their Phantom Thieves heist, so she went after the party and helped Joker escape, not knowing an ambush was waiting for him outside. I believe that the developers decision to not let her join the Phantom Thieves at this point was made to preserve Persona 5's base story, but in this case it damaged the coherency of Persona 5 Royal's story.Ī while after that, she overheard Joker and Morgana mentioning November 19. Kasumi only stayed friends with them instead. Joker and Morgana gave her a crash course on the Metaverse. She didn't understand what was happening around her or what the Shadows are, but she managed to awaken her Persona. Taking Joker and Morgana with her as they were nearby. Noting that the third place isn't good enough.ĭepressed, Kasumi took a stroll around town and found her way into a Palace in the cognitive world. Teachers at the school threatened her of retracting her scholarship if she didn't provide results. She barely got the third place in meeting. Despite her efforts, Kasumi couldn't get back in her top form before the competition. Believing that people will start depending on the Phantom Thieves instead of trying to solve their problems themselves.įew months later Kasumi had to represent the school in an important gymnastics meeting. When asked about the Phantom Thieves when they were at their peak, Kasumi had an interesting opinion: She thinks that they're doing the people harm by solving their problems for them. She misses all the balls, most of them without even swinging, while talking about how good she was as a child and claiming she's concentrating. One of her Confidant interactions revolves around going to the Batting Cages with Joker. (Joker's HP increases along with her Confidant Rank.) In her Confidant story she teaches Joker about gymnastics and trains him for it. (She's the only character has 5 stages in the game.) She's also unusually cheerful in those story segments but she gets depressed easily when she makes a mistake. Initially there are only 5 stages instead of the usual 10. That's when Joker first learns her name and they start hanging out. They interacted more on the park clean-up activity sponsored by the school. He meets her again and saves her from someone who tried to pick on her in the city. Joker first meets her when she tries giving her seat on the train to an old lady. Kasumi is the underclassmen to all the Phantom Thieves who attended Shujin. Kasumi acknowledges her depression near the beginning of the story.Īs a freshman in Shujin Academy. Kasumi acknowledges her depression near the beginning of the story. At the same time, she tried to work harder on her training to get back to her top form and do better at the meetings. She's a nice girl from a well-known family and a honor student who got a scholarship for being national-level gymnastic.Ī while before the events of the game, her younger sister has died in a car accident. Depressed, Kasumi who couldn't fulfill her promise of reaching the top of gymnastic world together with her sister anymore, couldn't achieve the results she was used to. She finally gets her spotlight in the third Semester.Īt first glance, Kasumi seems the girl that got everything. While she doesn't affect the story of that was present in the base game, she appears at different times between the major arcs of that story. Her story and relationship with Joker is explored in short segments throughout the whole game year. Despite not being a part of the group, she had a friendly relationship with Joker, enough to help him escape the Casino. The Phantom Thieves were in their final mission before Joker's arrest : The Casino Heist. Kasumi is introduced as a Persona. Kasumi is introduced in the first act of the Royal version. Major Spoilers For Persona 5 Royal's New Contentĭespite being completely absent in the base Persona 5. This article is about her and why I think she has one of the strongest character arcs in the game, as well as her ties to the conflict of the exclusive final arc of the Royal version. One of those additions is the new party member: Kasumi Yoshizawa. Persona 5 Royal comes with insane amount of updates/additions to the base Persona 5 game.
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