The Truth About Goro Akechi (Character Analysis in Japanese Context // From Persona 5 to Royal)
0Goro Akechi is a controversial and complex character whose story reflects many sociocultural issues that are unique to Japan. This video essay analyzes Akechi under the appropriate psychological and sociocultural context and explores how his upgraded role in Persona 5 Royal vastly improves on his character growth when compared to what we got in the vanilla Persona 5.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro: Setting the Stage
2:38 Part 1: Pitfall of the Automatic Confidant
9:15 Part 2: Necessary Sociocultural Context: "Throwaway Kids"
19:15 Part 3: Royal Improvements: The Decked Out Confidant
39:47 Part 4: The Black Mask: "Akechi the Perpetrator via a Psychological Lens
51:05 Part 5: The Detective Prince & Robinhood: Was it all Fake? Remorse...?
57:00 Part 6: The 3rd Semester: Happy Days...?
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Links to Sources:
Intro Song = Colors Flying High Instrumental Vers. by Anthony Seeha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMP199uEM2o
JPN translation of Akechi scenes in Shido's Palace by Translator-Anon
https://pastebin.com/MNjTvvXE
Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rates in Japan (p. 5)
http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/papers/pdf/Ramseyer_839.pdf
"Throw-Away Children"/Orphans
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2081820,00.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/09/japan-throwaway-children-20149299271732632.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LQeRgIQP8
Film Lecturer's 15 Years of Experience Documenting Stories of Japanese Orphans
https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-raised-in-a-Japanese-orphanage
Full Human Rights Report on Japanese Orphan/Foster Care System
https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/05/01/without-dreams/children-alternative-care-japan
Koseki System in Japan and its Influence
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/06/22/issues/japans-koseki-system-dull-uncaring-terribly-efficient/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/07/10/issues/japans-discriminatory-koseki-registry-system-looks-ever-outdated/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/04/national/media-national/japans-rigid-koseki-system-keeps-family/
Japanese Married Couples must register under one surname
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00542/japan%E2%80%99s-enforcing-of-same-surnames-for-couples-has-only-a-short-history.html
Adult Male Adoptions- Mukoyoshi
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19505088
Bathing Customs in Japan
https://matcha-jp.com/en/2534
Hierarchies Form in Japanese Orphanages
https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/05/01/without-dreams/children-alternative-care-japan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/01/national/japans-orphans-neglected-hrw/#.VimbxWQrKRZ
Certainty of Being Caught more powerful deterrent
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence#note1
Adult vs. Teens functioning of the brain
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051
JPN translation of Akechi in Shido's Palace by Translator-Anon
https://pastebin.com/MNjTvvXE
oinka's compilation of Navigator Akechi's Lines
https://youtu.be/tR79V9DCkVk
Black Star by HassouToby (HIGHLY recommended! Akechi "redemption" fic with actual consequences)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10906560/chapters/24249228
#Akechi #GoroAkechi #Persona5Royal
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