A better story than P4 to work with? Hmmmmm I don't know about that! Maybe for the first half. I'd be happy to talk more about that with you when that discussion doesn't involve such heavy spoilers.

I've given this a shot, but I think you've done a good job of expressing my feelings on the show here. I just can't muster up the enthusiasm to write about a Persona adaptation, when a lot of the criticism comes down to it being a rushed abridged version of the game. Persona without the slow-paced atmosphere doesn't really work for me.

I've been meaning to play the game again since I haven't really touched it since beating it allll the way back in April, so unless Persona 5 the Golden is announced soon I may go do that instead.

Oh, and gratz on the Curie upvote.