#akechi goro

[gravitysoda]

using his cuteness to manipulate the target...

[preludicrous]

rb this again even tho i rbed it a week ago to scream that akechi's still wearing a mask in semester 3. even a different one. his ruthless black mask persona is as much of a mask as the detective prince is!!!

Something a lot of people mistakenly believe is that Akechi enjoys the work he does for Shido and that he takes the orders to kill without any resentment or regret. These text messages shed some light on the way he thinks and show that this is not actually the case. Unfortunately, these texts are entirely missable if you finish the treasure route to Sae's Palace too early. As a result, this crucial characterization is often overlooked and people take what they know about characters like Persona 4's culprit and Persona 3's traitor and assume that Akechi is playing it straight.

But even without these obscure texts, it's not like the game is subtle about this. Akechi's lack of freedom and agency is a recurring aspect of his character that people will often cast aside because it's much easier to boil him down to "crazy serial killer" than actually look at the complexity of his situation and his own victimhood.

Throughout his Royal confidant, Akechi's perfectly crafted mask cracks several times. Moments like this show him offering an out, even if he's MUCH happier if you don't consider it.

He doesn't WANT Joker to change. As much as he claims to hate Joker, he admires his convictions. Wishes he had what Joker had. Wishes he could have been more like him. See: the Gun About rank up where he mentions how he used to want to be a hero of justice.

The creepy smiles and shit you see on 11/20 and in parts of the engine room are another mask Akechi wears. Akechi ALWAYS swaps out his masks to best serve his situation. Yet he still tells Shido not to kill the thieves, that Morgana is just a cat, and is perfectly content to leave them alone, and after his fight in the engine room, when the mask literally breaks...

We see his regrets on full display. He isn't proud. He's done making excuses. All those little times the mask broke in the Royal confidant were ways to set up this moment. He genuinely cares SO much about Joker, but that caring was dangerous to his objectives, so he HAD to hate him. He HAD to want to kill him to achieve his objective, and yet...

He still cares. He's putting out spikes in third sem, no doubt because he suspects his own fate should they destroy Maruki's world, but...

[afterthesnowmelts]

yum 😋

[fumiyoakechi]

Akechi 2024 Birthday Art by Rokuro Saito

[monkeyhazard]

Smile!

[agentkittymeowmeow]

OMG TEARS ARE IN MY EYES HELLO?????????

putting my animation degree to use

[91neito]

ace detective goro akechi

[kitukun]

Akechi!! Aaaa I have a lot to say about him but he shall wait for now,

Also idk how to draw shoes

1 left.

[empurplephantom]

[evanescent-epiphanies]

what a pleasant boy, hehe

[latteatnight]

I made a p5 sticker set for my RedBubble store! Find them here! There are a few other things as well that you may like!

[queerava]

better than looking like shido honestly

[rekii4chu]

the famous detective princess

[seths-super-duper-swag-art]

a-cube-chi

he sits on my shrine now ;>

[fumiyoakechi]

I finally bought the Pop Up Parade Joker figure !! ☺️

[lotus-pear]

11/20