In Persona 5 Royal, Akechi's Confidant is optional rather than a function of story progression. In the trailer, Akechi is somehow shown fighting with other Thieves in the new Palace as a playable character once more, dressed in his Black Mask attire and wielded Loki as his Persona, a feature which the producers of Persona 5 once considered for Akechi but is cut due to time constraints. Later, after Yaldabaoth's defeat, Sae tells Joker that Akechi is missing.Īkechi returns in Persona 5 Royal, an updated version of Persona 5 with new plots and features, and serves as the triangonist in the Third Term Arc. Two gunshots then ring out, at which point Futaba is no longer able to sense his presence. With this, Akechi and the protagonist's "desires become one". Smiling sadly, Akechi asks Ren to take down Shido in his stead. Akechi redeems himself by sacrificing his life to save his friend - he shoots his Cognitive double, then seals himself and the double behind a steel barricade. The Cognitive Akechi demands that the real Akechi shoot the protagonist to spare his own life.
Akechi simultaneously admires and envies Ren, who he later comments could have been "a great rival" or "a friend" if fate had dealt them a different hand.Īfter the Thieves defeat Akechi, Shido's evil cognitive version of Akechi appears and reveals that Shido knew Akechi's true identity from the start and has planned to kill him after the election. Throughout the game, Akechi remarks that there's "something special" about Ren, and he notes that they have a few things in common. This leads to Akechi experiencing ambivalent emotions about disposing of the Thieves per Shido's orders. However, Akechi appears troubled while sitting in Leblanc the day after he shoots Okumura's shadow, signifying that he feels guilty about the crimes he has committed.Īfter Akechi joins the Thieves in an attempt to capture and eliminate their leader, he experiences how it feels to be bond with a group of friends for the first time, particularly with Ren.
However, this was an underhanded revenge plot to get close to Shido and murder him after he won the election.ĭuring this time, he mastered the use of his true Persona, Loki, and took down important figures connected to Shido by inflicting psychotic breakdowns it is implied that he even killed Wakaba Ishiki, Futaba's mother, who was researching the Cognitive world for Shido. Several years before the start of the game, Goro offered his powers as a Persona user to Shido, who asked Goro to eliminate several major political figures who stood in Shido's path to securing the chair of Prime Minister. He was abandoned by his father, Masayoshi Shido, lost his mother to suicide (which he later claims was the result of him being a "cursed child") and never had any genuine friends. His aptitude for solving cases has him named "The Second Advent of the Detective Prince".ĭespite his popularity, Akechi is actually quite lonely and yearns for attention and validation.
He was voiced by Sōichirō Hoshi in the original Japanese version, and Robbie Daymond in the English dubbed version, with the former also voiced Death Gun, Lio Shirazumi, and he also voiced Alan Sylvasta from the new TV series called BNA: Brand New Animal.Īkechi is an ace detective who boasts a sharp wit and high level of intelligence. His true nature as a villain was not revealed until the climax of the game, although there are certain foreshadowing in his true nature after his debut in the story. However, it was later revealed that Akechi was a member of Masayoshi Shido's conspiracy, who joined into the Phantom Thieves to orchestrate their downfall, but instead using this opportunity to get revenge on Shido instead when they outwitted his usefulness to eliminate his biological father. Akechi eventually joined the Phantom Thieves, despite his negative stance towards them and their activities. He was a detective who is investigating the mysterious Phantom Thieves of Hearts case sensationalizing Japan.
Goro Akechi is the deuteragonist of the 2016 videogame Persona 5 and its expansion update Persona 5 Royal. ~ Goro Akechi upon revealing his true colors to the protagonist.ĭon't make me laugh! Justice? Righteous!? Keep that shit to yourselves! You and your teammates piss me off! Have you finally pieced it all together? Case closed.