Give Us Our Femme Protagonist You Cowards

Mikkel: The Persona series, specifically the “modern” incarnations from 3 onward, is a beloved franchise that manages to effortlessly blend intricate visual novel dating sim mechanics, even more intricate JRPG combat mechanics, and dungeon crawling to create a bespoke experience unlike anything else on the market. Yet, for all of the things they’ve done, Atlus has managed to keep to staggering levels of heterocentrism, and we just want our femme protagonist (they have already mapped out).  Persona 3 Remake Official Trailer With the announcement of a Persona 3 Remake, there was much rejoicing in our corner of the nerdom, but then there was some chagrin with the announcement that the remake would be focused on the base game and take no influence from PES or Persona 3 Portable. Now PES, I get not including. That’s almost an entirely different game and arc. Persona 3 Portable though. That game is so very much in line with re-releases like Persona 4: Golden and Persona 5 Royal that it’s actually baffling that the remake isn’t taking any cues, especially since the roadwork is right there. The franchise could get an easy win. The replayability! The representation! The basic addition of a singular meaningful customization option. Djiah: Our femme protagonist in Persona 3 got the spicy lines and pizzazz like any other Persona protagonist. As a matter of fact, the funniest lines in the series come from female characters. The delivery of the voice artists, the zest of awkwardness w…