I had a dream where this person had a whole bunch of frogs that were his friends and Akechi came in and killed all the froggies. Then, Akechi died and everybody started saying that he wouldn’t have killed the froggies if he had a better childhood and that he just needed love. I turned to them and said, “You know who else had tough times? Akira, ryuji, ann, yusuke, makoto, haru, futaba, and morgana. How many froggies did they kill? None! Akechi didn’t even apologize for killing the froggies nor showed remorse. Being mentally ill or having a bad childhood does not excuse bad behavior.” Then the people I yelled at said I was heartless and cruel. It wasn’t a good dream.
I suppose what the dream comes down to is that people try to excuse his behavior when such behavior should never be excused. Yes, I am aware that he is a fictional character but how the human psyche works is if you can justify his behavior you can also justify a real life person’s behavior who shares similarities with that fictional character.
Akechi killed futaba’s mom and haru’s dad. He shows no remorse at all. Akechi is not a good person. And even if Akechi had had a good childhood when yaldoboath gave him his powers he most likely would have still used them for evil. Akechi demonstrates the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. I am not saying that everyone with that disorder is bad cause they’re not. I’m simply saying that if Akechi wants to do something terrible he will justify it by any means necessary.
I was emotionally abused by someone with narcissistic personality disorder and to this day people tell me that she’s a wonderful person and that I deserved the way she treated me. She told me that I should kill myself because I have more value as fertilizer than as a person. And other variations. Others told me she only said that because she was having a tough time and that I should forgive her even though she never apologized or showed remorse. They then proceeded to tell me that if I hadn’t been such a screw up she would not be having problems.
The point is, if Akechi doesn’t want and strive to be a better person then no amount of love and forgiveness will change him. And no, him dying was not redemption, read the dialogue, he only did that because he felt cheated by shido, it had nothing to do with saving the others.
You, of course, have every right to disagree with my opinion. Though, do not disagree with the fact that killing is not okay. Yes, sometimes it’s necessary as with self defense but that doesn’t make it okay or good. Lose of life is a terrible thing and that should not be made light of simply because you like a character. You can like a character even though they did bad things but you need to acknowledge that the things they did were bad.
And for those who say shido made Akechi kill, Akechi had killed people before he started working for shido, that’s why shido decided to associate with him. Also, shido did not figure out Akechi was his child until after Akechi had begun working for him. Akechi sought shido out, not the other way around. Shido was just better at playing the game than Akechi was.
Okay, I think I’m done ranting. Just, that dream was a culmination about how I feel about Akechi. I call Akechi a murderer and I get called heartless.
Why have we become so desensitized to death that we start saying other people are awful because they speak against murder?
I love how well-written this is. Even though this is a pro-Akechi blog, opposing opinions on Akechi are welcome if they aren’t written by juvenile, attention-seeking trolls. This doesn’t have the feel of a post written by an immature, ranting troll, and living with a parent that carries a similar personality, I felt compelled to address this.
I applaud OP for not turning this into a vicious anti-Akechi rant, and feel they supported their post well with details from the game. I could elaborate on how we each can choose to headcanon Akechi, but wanting to keep things calm, I’ll stop here.
Ah, thanks. This really was just a rant about a bad dream. Like I said, it’s all opinion. That’s the great thing about fiction works, we can all form our own opinion and meaning from them.
You’re welcome. :) I agree to disagree about Goro Akechi in the end, but thank you for sharing your thoughts in a mature manner. You could have very easily written that out like this:
“Goro Akechi is a murderer and you’re all fucked up for fetishing him like the yaoi trash you are”
But you were very calm about the issue. Thank you from someone that ultimately disagrees but understands and appreciates where you’re coming from.
No problem, I don't believe insulting others is okay. Even if you disagree with them. Plus, me and my husband disagree on some pretty big points and we just are like, "okay, one of us has a bleeding heart who cries when they have to throw away an old pen" and that's okay.
Plus, no matter who's your favorite in p5. The fact that you have a favorite in p5 is a good common ground.
I hope you have a lovely day. I honestly hope everyone ever has a lovely day. Alive, dead, fictional, non- fictional, other.
