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i’ve been playing p5r lately (i’m in my second playthrough, almost 200 hours of playtime) and i have so much feelings for maruki as a character. the discourse around his character reminds me so much of edelgard from fire emblem: three houses in the sense that the onus of their character leans on the extreme side of things. and that makes me appreciate them more! they also both show the ā€œroad to hell is paved with good intentionsā€ trope—because they do mean well and their ideologies are something i personally get behind with (ending nobility for equal opportunities and happiness for everyone), and so i consider them mainly as antagonists rather than villains because what they fight for is noble, albeit that against the protagonists’ own ideals. anyway. going back, i have a lot more to say about maruki himself (aside from the rambling i have with his character in comparison with edelgard that i might be able to truly flesh out when i finish this current playthrough lol) but tl;dr: maruki best boy. they can never make me hate maruki.
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Jan 5, 2025

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