Don't forget that Yu Narukami is a psychopath and all social connections are merely a means.

[Japanese Schoolgirl]

Basically, he has no identity fundamentally and all traits are a mask, per se, for his instinctive reactions at the time, conveniently nothing malicious, and the boy is internally empty - he has no lasting connection to *anybody*, little has emotional significance.

[Kapika96]

Aren't social connections merely a means to an end for all people though?

[Elvi]

Always liked that idea, but after the whole part about "I'm afraid I'll have to move on without my friends" it seems rather unlikely. Still fun to consider while you play tho.
And as above, the sad truth is that social cennections are just means to get what YOU want in most cases in real life too, so, yeah.

[Dreagon]

Basically everything he does is what everyone does in real life but shaped in the mold of game mechanics.

[Vlad117]

Eh... debatable. You can finish the main story with absolute no s-link finished.Or at most 3 s-links to upgrade your party members. A psychopath wouldn't bother to help everyone in town when he could finish the fight em easily.

[Freekill]

Meh, this could be true, it has some sense and it seems neat to think that in the game, your character is pretty much out of touch with everyone. I mean, you DO end your Social Link with them and almost never speak to them again.

Or he could be looking for personal gains, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't care about them, I mean, he is making their lives better in the end, and the lenghts that your character can go for them seems troublesome for someone who doesn't care,since you can beat the game in s-links in 0/1 and people will still stick with you , so it's a win-win.

[Nito]

Congrats you just described the fool arcana basically a person that allows life to conduct him or her mostly devoid of a will thing that Yu develops on the game

[rad_knight]

in the game where he's a blank slate to be controlled?
yes.
in everything else?
no

[Danielle]

That's true of Makoto and Ren too. They all do social links the same way- equipping a persona that makes their personality more like the person they want to get close to. If you look too deeply at the way mechanics support what you're doing then it definitely paints the protagonists as absolute creeps.

[Awaken]

Watch the Persona 4 anime.

[Dreamless]

Originally posted by LimeyPolo:

Basically, he has no identity fundamentally and all traits are a mask, per se, for his instinctive reactions at the time, conveniently nothing malicious, and the boy is internally empty - he has no lasting connection to *anybody*, little has emotional significance.

This is such a retarded cringy topic and one of the stupidest ♥♥♥♥ I've ever seen.

[sunami88]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2ZHp3IaiU

Dat cringe, doe