i adore yu's characterization in p4a so much that it affects my enjoyment of p4ga
i physically cannot watch p4ga because i genuinely just don't like yu's characterization.
i enjoyed the manga too and then sequels just sort of worked with yu and souji making him so enjoyable in p4au.
i just.. i don't see the appeal of p4ga yu. he actually feels so one dimensional in it. so much that i couldn't physically make it past episode 3...
and i absolutely fucking love yu he's my favorite p4 character. and p4a and the p4 manga literally set a standard of him for me
p4a does an almost perfect job of handling all the social links (the summer episodes with nanako are my favorite) but also just showing how much yu and the it themselves adore one another. p4ga just doesn't give me that vibe. his more neurodivergent traits also felt more ironed out... like he's still weird but the way they leaned on in p4a is just gone
i can't say this in a way that screams "omg i fucking hate marie" I don't hate her. p4g and p4ga just does her dirty and i always thought she needed a more eloquent inclusion to the IT that actually includes her to the investigation. the anime over includes her which seems to sacrifice screen time for the other new things in golden whereas p4g just isolated her in a weird bubble that was specific to her social link when i genuinely think she needed way more time with the IT to bond with them. her sl just never felt like enough and p4ga was too much. it's because of this that shes so weirdly excluded from so much stuff in fan content and official content??? marie isn't a new character either she's been around since 2011...
WELP THATS MY RANT AGREE OR DISAGREE IDC