With the confidence of knowing this would all be handled gracefully by the end, players could see Kanji’s Shadow for the first time and lose themselves wondering just how batshit crazy the rest of this game was going to be. Thankfully, Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko all laid the groundwork for what Shadow-selves represent and how they’ll serve as catalysts for the characters’ growth. In a vacuum, nothing about Shadow Kanji’s reveal indicated that P4 was going to handle this subject with any degree of nuance. It’s easy to forget given how much public knowledge and understanding has grown in the years since, but the nature of homosexuality was still an extemely delicate subject to tackle for any medium back then, much less video games. This was the moment we realized that Persona 4 was going to address topics most video games wouldn’t dare go near back in 2009. It’s time for ‘Bad, Bad Bathhouse!’’' Subtlety is for cowards, as they say. There’s really no moral high ground to take for a teacher who sexually assaults his students, and there are fewer feelings in life more satisfying than seeing a child rapist finally exposed and served justice. Even if you’ve never personally known a scumbag like Kamoshida yourself, you’ve at least heard about one on the news. Presentation aside, what makes this one of the highlights of P5 is simply the opportunity to finally hold Kamoshida accountable for his actions. The moment you hear that boss fight music, you just know the training wheels are finally coming off. Persona 5 spends a good number of hours getting you accustomed to the battle mechanics and invested in the characters.
Then Kamoshida shows up to give you your first proper challenge of the game to the backdrop of Blooming Villain, and the hype is fully in effect. You’ve got the whole plan mapped out, the target has their back to the wall, and if you screw up, it’s an express trip directly to jail. It might as well be the theme to pulling a heist in an Ocean’s Eleven film. If your adrenaline didn’t start pumping the moment Life Will Change kicked in, you don’t have a pulse.
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