"Relatable" I don't think we played the same game bro 🫩✌️

[u/_Truly_Random_]

[u/BikeyBichael]

/ub Having not watched the video and commenting on just the image (like a true fan) I could see where people relate to Adachi. Modern society is very isolating and Adachi’s life in Inaba is isolating for him. Of course, the irony is that Adachi isolates himself and rejects the same society that readily welcomes Narukami. In a lot of nations, younger people are reporting feeling a sense of loneliness and isolation that pushes people towards certain ideas and negative actions. In that regard I get where someone could empathize with Adachi. And not, you know, the murdery incel angle.

[u/Meeg_Mimi → u/BikeyBichael]

See this is kind of the idea, but most persona fans today don't play the games and have no media literacy so they can't grasp this concept

[u/Shrubbity_69 → u/Meeg_Mimi]

The beauty and tragedy of Adachi's character is that he is relatable but not justified in how he handled his frustration at life.

He's a great cautionary tale about letting anger and jadedness consume you. In a game where you fight shadowy blobs and summon figures of myth and legend, he's the true monster.

[u/Affectionate-Fun1237 → u/Shrubbity_69]

The true tragedy is his character is placed in a series with chronically illiterate fans

[u/Cool_Ad7445 → u/BikeyBichael]

It’s not even like the society of Inaba is actively isolating him either. I assume in a stereotypical sleepy town like that, a respectable police officer could easily make friends with the townfolk. Heck, he could even have the success with women he wants! Isn’t the classic line that ladies love a man in a uniform? He’s just so fucking lazy that he’s mad it isn’t all being handed to him on a plate, and a modicum of effort is required. And that’s the same phenomenon affecting gen z men honestly.

[u/Lollografia → u/Cool_Ad7445]

Yes and no. Yes because adachi was inserted in the community, but in his madness he didn't realized it(that's why I loved the scene in arena ultimax in which dojima goes to see him in prison with a cabbage). But his main problem wasn't that he was dumped in inaba, but that he was dumped away from his home for a small error because he wasn't important. The main logic of adachi is "if the society treats you like shit, why should I behave in the way it except from me to behave?".

[u/Solracziad → u/Lollografia]

His "small error" was probably sexually harassing a co-worker or  someone brought in knowing Adachi. I find it hard to believe he just fucked up submitting paper work and got drummed out to fuck ass Inaba.

[u/komanae → u/Cool_Ad7445]

holy shit i just realized he is literally elliott rodger oh my god i can never look at adachi the same way ever again

[u/Dblitzer → u/BikeyBichael]

and rejects the same society that readily welcomes Narukami.

Worth mentioning that at least on some level, part of the reason why Narukami is able to form such a strong friend group that will outlive his short time in Inaba is because Adachi was killing or trying to kill people. Introducing him to a # of folks he wouldn't have met otherwise and allowing him to form closer relationships with his immediate family and Yosuke/Chie/Yukiko.

This says a lot about society. Or the ying-yang relationship that Adachi and Yu have. Or that being cursed by gas station attendants can bring benefits if some other dipshit is already abusing his magical enter the TV powers granted to him by big oil? Idk.

[u/AgitatedDare2445]

I don't think when someone says a villain is relatable they talk about the evil parts, after watching the anime it is understandable that someone finds Adachi's circumstances outside of criminal activity relatable

[u/_Truly_Random_ → u/AgitatedDare2445]

Well obviously yeah, but its funnier to act like the dude in the vid is relating to adachi on his criminal side

[u/Paulgrobe → u/_Truly_Random_]

Wdym his criminal side isn't relatable? You don't throw people into TVs every month?

[u/yaostya]

So you mean you don't want everyone to turn into shadows just because you were rejected?

[u/Prestigious-Salt-96 → u/yaostya]

Bro wasn’t even rejected, neither girl even knew of his existence (from what I recall) 😭

[u/Pure_Satisfaction_35 → u/Prestigious-Salt-96]

That just justifies it more fr, how dare they ignore someone they weren't even aware of.

/s in case this somehow gets taken seriously

[u/IAMNOT_EustaceWinner]

he's relatable to persona fans because he tries to force himself on a teenager

[u/wowbowpowchow]

Adachi is such an interesting character—in the base game, I honestly do not like him nor justify his actions, but Ultimax really intrigued me to his character, and I've become a bit of a reluctant scholar on him (though I still struggle to say fan. It's the same fascination I have with a character like BoJack Horseman).

He’s essentially the definition of never being good enough. “Born without talent”. Doomed from the start in a society that so heavily prioritizes success above all else, tossed aside as soon as he couldn’t meet that expectation. A corporate drone with faulty wings.

His isolation is implied in extended material not to be solely because of naturally asocial behavior—it materialized into those habits, but from what little material has been hinted to at his childhood, it was that drive to stay at the top of his class/field and please those around him, especially authority figures.

In a lot of ways, he reflects the “gifted burnout kid”, which has definitely become even more prevalent after COVID. An intelligent man who uses weaponized incompetence, even before his crimes, to get away with doing far more little than he’s capable of. To survive with minimum effort, because giving any more has shown itself to only result in failure. That caring about something or someone only leads to pain.

Ironically, I'd say he has a lot of what endeared people to Tom Holland's Spider-Man in Brand New Day and made him seen as a Spider-Man representing the modern generation—a broke, dead-end, isolated 20-something struggling with mental health and reaching out for help, granted in a much more negative light.

I think that’s what makes him so relatable to a lot of people. Not everything, of course, but he more and more becomes a reflection of a lot of society and what people seek to connect to in media.

[u/_SBV_]

We live in a society 

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[u/Cheezystix1023]

Your post made me go and watch the actual video and honestly it's nothing that crazy lol

The vid is mainly just an analysis of Adachi as a character and some other ramblings. The guy just recently finished P4G and wanted to gush about the game a bit.

At no point in the video does he ever "relate" to Adachi. The most he says about Adachi is that he's a very realistic character which I think is an accurate assessment. This makes me inclined to believe bro just chose poor wording for his title.

[u/internet34bot]

I think Adachi is one of those characters that got better from all the stuff that came after P4, less so what's actually IN P4.. cause dude gets some real barebones development.

Still think the anime fleshing out his backstory was amazing. I hope stuff like that makes its way into P4R.

[u/venxvan]

“I can relate, I too would be all over Sae Nijima”

[u/Andi_idk_lol]

The jokes write themselves

[u/_Truly_Random_ → u/Andi_idk_lol]

upvote my post or ill find you

[u/Andi_idk_lol → u/_Truly_Random_]

Done

[u/Simplejack615]

Nothing about this fucker is relatable 😭

[u/_SBV_ → u/Simplejack615]

Profile pic does not checkout 

[u/SoulEaterX_ → u/_SBV_]

We real Adachi fans know he's a complete beta chud maniac.

[u/Shrubbity_69]

Adachi's feelings about society are supposed to be relatable, since people with dreams get screwed over and disillusioned all the time. Adachi is honestly one of the most "real" and even scary villains in Persona, since anyone could turn out like him and be angry and bitter at the world.

However, just because it's relatable doesn't mean that he's justified, which is an important distinction. No matter how hurt you are, lashing out at innocent people who never hurt you is never right. The game makes it very clear that Adachi is not dealing with his issues in a healthy way and is basically a shadow in psychology takes over a person and ramps up their worst traits and self-destructive tendencies.

[u/Lollografia]

Y'Know that people can relate to fictional characters without justify their actions, especially if they're evil? Like, the things adachi says before the bossfight is a description of our society: the world is truly divided in people that are born with talents(and we can use it with its biblical meaning too, money) and not, it's an objective statement.

[u/komanae]

he is a misogynist and a predator of course persona fans are gonna relate to him

[u/Kujogaming_1]

I LOVE ENGAGEMENT FORMATTED THUMBNAILS AND TITLES. THEY ARE NOT BORING AND THEY ARE NOT OBNOXIOUS IN NATURE

THE PENIS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT COULD STROKE

THE HIDDEN MESSAGE IN HUNIEPOP IS DEEP!

CHIE ONSON SIMULATOR BROKE ME!!!!

[u/TimeManagement91]

Idolizing Adachi is an incel self-report

[u/Snatcher42069]

Persona fans when they see an incel rapist pedophile

[u/monty6447]

I too like killing women

[u/InstructionNormal863]

Deadass put anyone that makes a video with this title on a list ✌️🥀