I love this game, while it's not my favorite Persona game, that's 3, but it still has, in my opinion, the best combat in a video game. The characters are quite good overall. It has three of my favorite Persona characters with the new Confidants, but the rest of the Phantom Thieves were a bit mixed. I loved Ryuji and Yusuke, but Ann was kinda just there after her arc and I just think Makoto is incredibly overrated, but I don't hate her, I think the name "Midkoto" perfectly describes my feelings for her, just kinda mid. Haru was, well, Haru, not enough screentime, but pleasant for what she had. Futaba is a legend. And Morgana is annoying, though not as bad as Teddie, though a worse overall character to me. Teddie was annoying but he had an alright arc, even if I didn't like how they resolved it, Morgana was less annoying but had a worse arc. Despite this, Persona 5 Royal's gameplay trumps over most of its other short comings, but I do care more about the story and characters than I do gameplay, so I have to deduct half a star. Don't get me wrong, it's fantastic, but the few iffy characters and the Okumura arc brings it down for me a bit.