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Usual Suspects Already Demanding P5R Censorship

Perhaps inevitably, there have already been demands from the usual toxic sites to remove “problematic” content from Persona 5: The Royal, months before its release.

Sex-negative elements of the regressive left are already expressing a desire to purge elements of Persona 5: The Royal which may be incompatible with the mores of wealthy white Americans, despite the fact that the game has not even been released yet.

A thread on hard-left political forum ResetEra named “Should Persona 5 Royal Remove The Problematic Stuff In This New Version?” came to the conclusion that the game should remove characters deemed “homophobic” as well as also purge elements such as Ann’s sexuality and references to student-teacher relationships. Most of the criticism of the opening question revolved around whether it needed to be asked at all.

Kasumi’s unclothed thighs seem to have come in for particular opprobrium, with “fans” decrying the idea of a gymnast with bare thighs and already posting “improved” versions:

Thankfully, Twitter users proved more able to dissent against the anti-sex league:

Neither Sony nor Atlus have responded to any of these requests as of yet.

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