#is p5x shipping a thing??

[yosukeburger]

P5X Art Dump

Mostly Leon and Fleuret, and a singular Kiyoshi drawing under cut.

[smolstarthief]

Wellll now! Toxic ShuAke/AkeShu fans be getting mad at P5X lately! My Joker arc/Spite mode activate! (/hj)

[arcsin27]

I keep worrying about the fact that p5x takes place in like 2026 so ren would be 27 while wonder is like 16 but then I remember I’m proship and already have a ship with that exact age gap so it’s cool lol

[p5x-theories]

I dunno if it's because it is built on the foundation of Persona 5 and its in-universe rules and me not being too familiar with many gacha plots, but I've been finding it so much easier to follow what is going on in P5X compared to most other big gachas' stories.

Like in comparison I was watching a stream of somebody trying out that new miHoYo game Zenless Zone Zero, and despite my best efforts to pay attention I had such a tough time trying to understand what was going on that it was becoming too mentality taxing for me to continue further × ×

I personally found it relied too much on terminologies and less on what those exact things do that it made any attempts to be emotionally invested in its narrative difficult.

Do you think I'm too biased in what stories I prefer and I'm not being patient enough in its supposed long burn or is this like a fundamental problem that a lot of these types of games suffer with? ; ;

Hmm, that's a fair question, and I'll admit I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer it, since I don't play any other gacha games, heh!

That said, I think you're probably right that having a familiarity with P5 itself is helping you understand P5X's plot, whether you would have struggled to follow the plot without the prior P5 understanding or not. As much as P5X is meant to be for newcomers to the series too, it does often feel like it's built enough on P5 that you'd enjoy it more if you actually know P5 already, at least to me.

Without much knowledge of other gacha games, I can see how they might be overwhelming gameplay-wise, and cause you to lose the plot because of that, at the very least. I can't speak to their individual writing quality because I don't know them, but gacha games sort of have a lot going on, to my understanding! P5X, even, has a ton of different things and game modes and game mechanics to worry about (to the point that I made several posts about it, hah). I think what's helped there- besides familiarity with P5- is the fact that these game mechanics aren't really directly tied into the story, and usually aren't introduced at the same time as the story is progressing (or given to you in pieces, if they are). So maybe that's part of the difference? Admittedly, I also had a much easier time understanding how everything in P5X worked when I started playing it myself, rather than having to watch streamers play the beta tests I couldn't get into.

At least as for "not being patient enough in its supposed long burn", though, I think I have one piece of advice that I consider applicable even outside of gacha games: a "long burn" plot should still have a hook that draws you in, if it's good. Something that catches your attention and makes you want to learn more, even if you're missing some of the details and not understanding all the plot yet. If it feels like a chore to sit through the story up to the point where it'll start to make sense- especially if it gets mentally taxing to try to do so!- I think it's completely understandable that you don't want to keep trying. Because if the game (or whatever it is) can't even give you something to care about and hold onto, why should you sit around for however long it takes to get to the point?

Obviously there may be some exceptions, but that's kind of my personal metric to figuring out if I want to keep going with something. Is there a character, or an aspect of the worldbuilding, or something like that, that I want to learn more about and I'm willing to stick around for? Or does it just sort of feel like floating in the middle of the ocean with no life preserver, waiting for a ship to sail by? And there's nothing wrong with leaving if it's not clicking with you, even if other people really like it. Sometimes something just won't work for you, and that's okay! Worst case scenario, you can always come back to it later if you feel like giving it another shot.

[krshush]

ANYWAYS, PUTTING ASIDE ALL THAT, I got tagged by @impossibletruths to fill out a thing, thank yaaa!!

3 ships: Vanoe (CSoV, girl help I'm thinking abt impending tragedies at the end of stories), Vashwood (Trigun, GIRL HELP I'M THINKING ABT THE IMPENDING TRAG--), special mention to my newest OC and their S/O (GIRL HELP--)

first ship ever: oh GOD. that could've been ANYTHING. the first ship I had when I knew what shipping Was is I think? Sora+Riku from Kingdom Hearts? probably. but I definitely had earlier ships.

last movie: Promare I think, when my fellow Anime Enjoyers™ and I watched it.

last song: Beast In Air, Beast in Water by Snowmine, a classic in my mind that Gets me ;w; (also is relevant to the OC mentioned prior, anyways)

currently reading: I have a backlog of manga to keep up with (CSoV, JJK, y'know) but also I got. Scum Villain's Self-Saving System a bit ago. I need to pick back up on that.

currently watching: the P5X news and screaming I had been watching Drawfee vods tonight, but in general I'm keeping up w/Trigun: Stampede and have been watching Mushishi! Both very good in. differing directions.

currently consuming: Nothing! last thing I ate was a chocolate snack cake and I should maybe drink some water, but it's almost bedtime.

currently craving: A reprieve from daily existence to just submerge into Making Art without losing time or having interruptions. But I guess sleep would be nice here shortly too!

I'm not taggin' anyone outright rn, if you wanna do this tho, do it!! lemme know!!!