the story is so melodramatic and stupid with the "kids against mean adults" but to be fair if I was a kid Id eat it up. I suppose Im just incredibly irritated by the unhealthy escapism this game indirectly promotes (I know it's a game but it takes like 300 hours of your life, that leaves a mark) and cult-like vibes of it, by which I mean the "everyone around you unfairly hates you and the only people who show you any sort of respect and sense of purpose is this isolated friend group that doesnt let anyone in unless you participate in the dangerous mind-robbing for some delusion of grandeur and selfproclaimed morality." The writing just tackles these incredibly sensitive and complex topics of abuse in a simple-minded, shounen-anime way. The combat and day-to-day activities are however undeniably miles ahead of the other personas, it's fantastic in that way