lately i’ve been sooooo busy playing Persona 4! it’s kinda late i know, since it was released on 2009, when i was in love with Persona 3. but really, this Persona 4 totally opened my eyes and my mind more and more! i’m getting nearer to its true ending, but the route for normal ending’s already awesome!
i mean, Adachi, one of the culprit in this game, was saying things how humans are so oblivious to the truth… or more like they don’t wanna see the truth. they see what they want to see, they believe what they want to believe. a truth is just something that could be easily stirred up by the media. that’s true. and not only that, things which he said about every humans actually just want to act freely, totally based on their basic instinct or in psychological term, id. he also said about how life is so dull when you start to get involved in social system. things like dreams come true and being success in life are only for those who had born with this so called talent.
also, there are things which kinda make me grin on this game. like there are students who talks about the suspicious fog and monsters are gonna coming to their town and turn everyone into monsters. one of the students said how this fog give so many advantages for her. like now she can act and talk however she wants because she can’t see the others’ reaction to it and she can imagine others’ reaction however she wants. just like what Adachi’s said, the truths are being twisted by humans’ mind, to satisfy themselves, to make life easier for then to live.
these things are one of many reasons of why i love this game so much. i mean, those words just feel clicked in my mind. it’s not like the first time i’ve seen those words. those kinda toughts have been in my mind for years since i was in highschool. things like persona or social mask, true-self, fake things, and others, it’s already bothered me ever since. i thought i was weird for thinking this kind of things, since my mom always says that i use to think these kind of things which is kinda abnormal for my age. i dunno about age or other people, but i guess she’s right. like that philosopher in Sophie’s World says that every human, specifically adults, accept things just the way they are. they’re taking life just for granted, without knowing anything about life itself.
then again, the hero’s gang said something which makes me think again. their childish thought about pursuing their dreams, thought about being who they are, living their life as they are… i guess they have a point there. i dunno since when, but i guess i’ve been already too busy living in my imagination, rejecting reality, making my own life feels too harsh to live on. haha, i guess those guys in Persona 4 is right, to face yourself, to face the reality, the fact, the present which you live on, are something that need courage the most than any other thing in this world. it might not need bloods to sheer, but it needs strong heart as the power. if not, it may lead to any pathological behavior, labelled as abnormal. yet, nowadays, it’s hard to actually tell who’s abnormal and who’s not :p
