Any way to kill or remove Mishima?

[Mrwhasyou]

I hate him

[RezetteBombe]

Hahahahahahaha

[Exarch_Alpha]

At the start I also hated him, but after watching some videos about how Japan is still ****ed up with all the sensei thing and irrational defense of authority I now feel pity for him.

[Rhapsody]

Deep down, we're all Mishima.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Persona5/comments/agh3y9/meshima_is_best_girl_for_a_reason_goro_fanboys/

[slvrr]

how dare you dislike one of the most relatable characters in the entire game

[Lynfinity]

Originally posted by S1lverWolfie:

how dare you dislike one of the most relatable characters in the entire game

That's exactly why OP hates Mishima - he realizes that he's not so different from him and it hurts his soul.

[richardson]

You can't have an interesting character growth arc if they don't have any room to grow.

Sojiro starts out resenting and disliking you but learns better over time. Mishima starts out unconfident and not very social but grows into a better version of himself. Akechi starts out as a smarmy, arrogant jerk and becomes .... a slightly more relatable smarmy, arrogant jerk (OK, it doesn't always work).

[Wolfherz]

You are Mishima. It's not healthy to speak of yourself in such a way OP.

[Rhapsody]

Originally posted by richardson:

OK, it doesn't always work.

I'll have to say that's one of my favorite parts too. All the modern Persona games have been sooo muuuch about positive character growth, so every once in a while, it's refreshing to have those who end up the opposite. Also, while it's certainly very good to have some antagonistic characters who experience negative growth or who have some other type of development in unexpected manner (P3 Pharos/Ryoji/Death-whatever, the P4 final bosses) as well as good old-fashioned, irredeemable, impersonal, deceitful big bad like in P5.

[Melolontha]

Mishima fills my body with rage and raises my blood pressure signifigantly.

[allknowingeel]

Eh, I found him a bit annoying at times, but I was okay with him by the end of his social link. His social link also has one of the best abilities, maxing it out means you don't have to worry about who gets the most exp in battle.

[Arifufu]

w/o him u will had hard time to gain xp, however his rank 1 confidant is automatically so u can't remove him, like shinya / yoshida u can ignore them entirely in NG+ but not mishima

[Douchebag Extraordinaire]

Think the social links are kinda just meh in P5. My thing with Mishima confidant is how the most positive responses is the MC kissing his ass and there are no options to tell him to shut the ♥♥♥♥ up and not do stupid things, not to mention how the PT is supposed to be secretive but the whole time, it straddles the line between him knowing exactly who they are and not knowing at all.

He should have been written outside of confidants so all of his stuff isn't crammed into ten hang outs worth of character development or at least had outside development gating confidant progression as the story goes on.

Originally posted by richardson:

Sojiro starts out resenting and disliking you but learns better over time.

Nah, he was always fond of the MC since he reminded him of his younger self. He just shows his gruff side and demands obedience so he can look "strict" while trying to keep some kid "known for assault" to behave. If you look at all the things he does outside of the superficial stuff, he's a really upstanding guy.

[Houseki Yarisuke]

Mishima is absolutely obnoxious, full of self-importance, always eager to insert himself into whatever the cool group is doing, and doesn't actually do much to warrant him acting the way he does. As a character within a story, he's boring and petty.

All of these things I mentioned make him more relatable than anybody in the entire cast. None of us are perfect, all of us have somewhere we want to belong, and all of us have gotten under somebody's nerves before in our lives. Real people aren't perfectly written characters like the Phantom Thieves are; we're flawed in ways that would probably make most of us uninteresting characters in a narrative.

Mishima is insufferable as a fictional character, and in that way he is the realest of them all.

[Mango]

Originally posted by Mrwhasyou:

I hate him

We all do, but his rewards are quite nice so just FFWD him.

[Rialm]

I understand, but it's not necessary to use violence. Just be nice, and unlock all the good passives that you can get which were really necessary in P5 in this one not much. And then go buy some cigarettes and never talk to him again.