Persona 4: Unqueering the Franchise Part 2

Please read Part 1 before reading this, it will make worlds more sense. Again, this bears repeating that this essay was written in 2016. In this portion of the essay, I got a bit more into talk about Japan and its history with LGBTQ+ and the relationship with the West. Game talk is a little…

Persona 4: Unqueering the Franchise Part 1

This essay was written in 2016 for a class on Asian Studies, in which I wanted to explore Western colonialism and its effects on modern media, and more specifically the gaming industry. Warning for Persona 4 game spoilers, mostly for social links and dungeons. ~ Lately, media has been a big topic of discussion. Most…

Persona 2: The Jun Kurosu Debate

Earlier this year, when Persona 5 was released in America, I began to slowly sink back into the fandom for all the exciting new meta and news. One thing that I did see, that came as no surprise given Atlus' current track record, were complaints about the lack of male romance options and homophobia specifically…