Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ottoresnars
Tried watching this in 2019 but dropped it after episode 11 and never thought I’ll even finish up to episode 26 when it was too slow, boring and repetitive until now. I only gave it the benefit of the doubt for the Persona series’ 30th anniversary, and I won’t regret dropping it for 7 years. It dosen’t do justice on the series, let alone Persona 3, on which it’s based and parallels.
Pacing was nonexistent for the first half and once they hit the second half, it was chaotic. (And that’s honestly an understatement.) At one point, they’re building up Shin, sometimes the police, another on the Ayanagi Investigation Squad, another on the seemingly familiar Marebito, inserting the Kanzato family’s past in between. Episodes are paced chaotically you don’t even know what’s happening and when wou…
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DON’T WATCH THIS, SAVE YOUR TIME
First & probably last time I’ll ever write a review for anything on this platform, I was telling someone about this show & noticed there were more positive then negative reviews which is off putting provided how terrible of an experience this was. For persona fans, imagine playing persona 1. Simply going through the SEBEC route & grinding for ultimate personas for your party. Not 100% completion. That in itself is a hellscape & you’d have to be a glutton for punishment to want that.
Watching this anime is the same experience, it’s a punishment. It’s not generic, it’s not funny bad. There’s just isn’t any redeemable qualities. The plot is extremely boring, I carve out time to watch shows to really experience them not as background noise to a phone & I can…
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Wow I'm actually using the review feature for the first time ever. As a big Persona fan, I have.... quite a bit to say.
My main point though? This is not Persona. It is called Persona. It IS an officially licensed product. It has ties to Persona's universe (or more specifically, Persona 3), going as far as to have certain songs from 3 show up a couple times & even have an important side character be a returning character from Persona 3 (If you've seen the show, you know who I'm talking about). But despite all of that, this is not Persona.
This show, while not particuarly bad, is just rather bland. All of the style, flair & charm Persona is known for is completely missing from this series. There's no depth in the fights, the character designs are fairly generic & don't really stand out co…
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Persona: Trinity Soul (2008)
2008 shame on you.
This show could have been great but stretching what should be a movie into a series made it far too long and so boring. I honestly struggled to watch this because it just goes on and on and on barely achieving anything. If it was 12 or 13 episodes perhaps I could forgive but not 26.
The art for 2008 looks pretty good and isn't so bad. It is just that era where everyone looks super skinny and stands weirdly when they have their hands in their pockets.
The sound is okay. The OP and ED are kind of dull and uninspired. Action is lacking in depth and the voices sound pretty montone mostly.
The characters themselves aren't bad, a bit cliche but they are fine. They do however struggle because everything takes so long and the time you learn s…
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tl;dr No reason to really watch this if you aren't a Persona fan, and even if you are it is very underwhelming. Not outright awful or bad, bust long and boring.
Persona Trinity Soul is weird because the only reason anyone would care about it and the only reason it is even remembered is because it is a weird spin off of Persona 3 that was eventually de canonized. This show isn't awful but at the same time it isn't necessarily great or even that good at times. Here's a mostly spoiler free summation of my thoughts.
Story and Characters 6 - The main plot of the series is about the mc and his little brother moving back to live with his older brother, hence the trinity. The older brother is a cop with special powers and is investigating murders and whatnot about their town. Meanwhile the mc at…
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Much like the early games in the Persona franchise, Persona: Trinity Soul doesn't get much love from fans of the series or even Atlus. In fact, unless you already own the DVDs or are willing to shill out a lot of money, there doesn't appear to be any currently LEGAL means of watching the show. But does the anime deserve such a brutal fate? Well, I decided to take a look and see for myself.
The series follows Shin Kanzato, a young high school student returning to his childhood home of Ayanagi City alongside his younger brother Jun to live with their elder brother Ryo, the local chief of police. Ryo, however, makes it clear that he'd rather they live just about anywhere else, and as cold as his treatment of his brothers is, he sadly may have a point. Teenagers throughout the city are being…
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Somehow I convince myself to watch this because of the song “mellow dream”
Im a big fan of persona game, also all other shin Megan tensei game (nocturne, devil summoner, devil survivor, digital devil saga)
Now I know why this film have so much negative review,
Its because most of People who watch this are shallow, they only care about the action stuff, dating, high school and pervert stuff
Tbh, I amaze by the quality of writing in this anime, and the whole whale feather theme keep me curious The character development in this film is great, each character has it’s own complex story
I think The writer in this film actually care so much about this film, each chapter is well planned, and there many memorable moment in this film, great execution
I love how they focus on the story and did…
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before a-1 made the crappy p5 animation they made trinity soul, which means they've defecated on the series twice now, the personas are horribly designed, the characters are one note and bland, the story is confusing, and most importantly its boring, although i will admit that the soundtrack is great, but even then its not on the usual level of quality that persona soundtracks offer,if you want to get into the persona series its a terrible place to start, and if you're already a fan, then watching it is only going to ruin your day, you really are better off ignoring it.
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Well, it sure was interesting, even if it wasn't very well made...
The series is about two brothers, Shin and Jun, who return to their home town after years away to live with their older brother, the town's police chief. Meanwhile a large number of horrific murders have been occurring, and Shin discovers that he (and conveniently all of his friends at school) have the mysterious power to release their "personas" (giant translucent robots (ok, they aren't actuall robot but they sure look like them) that exist inside everyone and are supposedly the manifestations of people's hearts and souls), and he and his friends are pulled into the horrifying fight against the Marebito organisation (who are ripping people's personas out to strengthen their own, either killing their victims or leaving th…
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Persona: Trinity Soul centers around three brothers, all of whom are Persona users. The oldest brother, Ryou Kanzato, is a police chief in Ayanagi City and is keeping enigmatic Reverse cases secret from the public. When his brothers, Shin and Jun Kanzato move back in with him, they get involved with Marebito, a group of rogue Persona users.
My thoughts:
This was a really good anime. Two brothers, Shin and Jun return to Ayanagi City ten years after a strange earthquake that killed many to stay with their older brother Ryou Kanzato. Throughout all the strange Personas Shin and Jun make friends and uncover the mysteries of what occurred ten years ago and with help try and stop it from happening again.
At least that’s my take on what I think the anime is about. I enjoyed watching it althou…
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I have to admit, unlike quite a few people who watch this anime, I haven't played any of the Persona games, so this review won't be about how faithful it is, but about enjoyability for novices to the story.
I think what first pulled me into the anime was the clean, nice and just good quality animation and art. The sound was pretty decent and the character introductions started off really well- they were all pretty hilarious and had their own quirks- I wanted to know who they were, why they were there and why all three brothers had such different hair colours (...I don't think we ever found out btw).
The concept, although not super epicly original, was still great and enthralling- there was mystery and no pointless fanservice most anime seem to be keen on including nowadays. (Also, ther…
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Story: The story line for this anime was amazing. It was not predictable. It was exciting and full of emotion, very suspenseful and eerie. A lot of deaths and turns you wouldn't expect. It has to be one of the most emotional anime's I have seen. The end of episode 13 gave me a heart attack. I cried. I probably cried during 3 or 4 of the episodes.
Art: The art was very solid. The characters looked amazing, and the backgrounds, but the persona's at times were hard to see because they were portrayed as translucent.
Sound: I loved the music so much that I purchased the soundtrack. I watched it in Japanese. I don't know if it is in english. I don't watch the english version of anything because the Japanese version is always much better. I would never substitute great acting with subtitles(ori…
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Any fans of the Persona series, Persona 3 in particular, will probably be excited to watch Persona Trinity Soul, especially since most synopses describe it as a sequel to P3. Be warned, though, that while the anime does make reference to things in Persona 3 and even features a cameo of one character, it has very little to do with its predecessor. Plus, if you can manage to figure out what's going on, you'll realize there are a few things happening that are actually inconsistent with the video game series.
Story: 3/10
The series goes from boring, to confusing, and ends with disappointing. Like the Persona RPGs, there's a big focus on character development. Unlike the games, however instead of balancing that development with action, most episodes are 24-minutes worth of talking heads. The…
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First of all, I'd like to say that this review was based solely on the anime, and was not used in comparison with any of the Shin Megami Tensei or Persona games.
Story: 6
Art: 8
Sound: 7
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 7
The story, I felt, was too confusing. From beginning to end, it never really explains anything. It's difficult to grasp the actual plot as different things in the plot start but then stop suddenly, or never actually have an ending. The way the story was explained, as well, was confusing. While truthfully, the story is unique, the 'confusion' factor is so significant (as you can't understand anything about the anime until you know the plot) that I can only give the story a 6.
The art was wonderful. While not top notch, it's certainly beautiful. If the scenery were a b…
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THIS ANIME IS AWESOME!
especially Jun Kanzato and Yuki Kanzato, they're both cute and good-looking.
opening music and the endings are great too, Kita Shuuhei - Breakin' Through and Flow - Word of the Voice with the endings Yumi Kawamura - Found Me and Nana Kitade- Suicides Love Story.
I LOVE IT!
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The Shin Megami Tensei brand has been taking away hours and hours of my life after having played my first Persona game and Digital Devil game 2 years ago. But, and what I enjoyed most, was the transition after I finished Persona 3 and started Persona 4. So, after coming back to the Persona world (encouraged by the Persona 3 Portable game latest release) I thought about watching this series that I had stored on my hard drive since about one year ago. After I finished watching it I was very dissapointed. I definitely expected a lot more from Persona –trinity soul-, an anime adaptation of one of the best JRPGs ever made.
So, welcome to Ayanagi City, a futuristic metropolis where Persona users seem to be more and more frequent. Here is where the young Kanzato brothers, Shin and Jun, are retu…
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How cool is it when you put a gun to your head, close your eyes, pull the trigger... and out comes a mask of your personality, a figure of your other self, a being of great power that you can summon...a Persona?
Very cool indeed.
That's the theme of the quite popular Persona 3, an Atlus game for the Playstation 2. Persona: Trinity Soul, is a spin-off to the awesome RPG. Sadly, it turns out to be a disgrace to Persona 3, and all of its fans.
Trinity Soul has absolutely no relation to the game whatsoever (thankfully). Save one recurring character from the RPG, the rest of the series is unrelated to the original game's plot. It's not a sequel, but an independent anime based on the theme of Personas stolen from the game.
The only excuse I found for watching this series (as i'm sure is also…
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People who played the games and expected to see many cameos or lots of intense persona battles will find this anime to be disappointing, because the anime took a different direction. It is more like one of those "slice of life" anime series rather than the expected action-packed persona battles. Most of the episodes can be considered as drama rather than action genre action, because there is little to no battle scenes in it at all. On top of that, there were quite a number of twists and irony throughout the anime, as well as confusing points that people who don't pay attention would not have any idea what's going on.
If people watch this anime as an anime and not as a Persona-related anime would find this to be a masterpiece in terms of story elements, character developments, great animat…
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The Good:
- Persona 3 fanservice (it features one of the characters from the video game midway through the series)
- Great soundtrack
- Beautiful art style
The Bad:
- Convoluted plot
- Seriously...what's up with the whale feathers?
- Can be too emo at times
- Episodes never start exactly where the last episode left off. Annoying. Conclusion:
Persona tries to draw you into their world, and into the dark histories of its characters, but only partially succeeds. Fans of the video game will surely find reason to like this anime. Those who have never played the game, however, will probably find it average at the least.
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Persona -Trinity Soul- is a nice addition to the Persona story, and like Persona 3 before it, focuses a lot on character develpment. Even though this anime is considered a sequal to Persona 3, besides having a supporting character from the game, and the occasional mention of the "event 10 years ago," it doesn't entirely connect with the game, and is better considered a story of it's own.
At first, the story is slow and confusing, but the explanations and speed picks up partway through the series. For people hoping to see a lot of Persona versus Persona fighting, sorry. The focus is more on story here.
Overall, though, it was a very great anime, with sometimes surprising plot twists and touching flashback scenes (which I usually hate). The music is always fitting with the scene that is oc…
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