Please read-on if you are interested in Persona Q plot, but don't really wanna play the game, or if you've already completed the game, or if you just don't care.
Persona Q's plot revolves around teams from Persona 3 and 4 getting together in a mysterious school and meeting two new characters, Zen and Rei. As it later turns out Zen was actually Chronos, an aspect of Death who was supposed to claim Rei's soul and guide her to the afterlife. Rei in turn was dead all along. She was a young girl who died from leukemia or some sort of cancer (it is revealed that Rei had to cut her hair, so it narrows it down). And here comes the ironic part. When Zen met Rei she finally broke down. She felt that her was pointless. She didn't have friends, was abandoned by her mother, didn't get to experience school or childhood in general. This is genuinely heart wrenching and feels incredibly real as I believe that there are many children like her. In response Zen has decided to grant her a final wish. He stole Rei's memories and created a school based on the Rei's image of it. That, in turn, created some sort of paradox that brought teams from P3 and 4 across time together.
In the end teams defeat the main baddie, spend time together, let Rei and Zen go to the afterlife and go back to their respective worlds and timelines. With their memories wiped. The story, about a girl who finds some meaning in her short life ends up being completely pointless. All the character development that heroes had to go through is nullified. It will still take the death of her father for Mitsuru to open up. It will still take the revelation of Ikutsuki's betrayal for Yukari to open up. Ken will still hate Shinjiro and try to kill him, despite Ken's promise to try and talk to him.
It wouldn't be so ironic if Rei's backstory was different, but as it is... it just hurts how pointless the journey ends up as.
Persona Q's plot revolves around teams from Persona 3 and 4 getting together in a mysterious school and meeting two new characters, Zen and Rei. As it later turns out Zen was actually Chronos, an aspect of Death who was supposed to claim Rei's soul and guide her to the afterlife. Rei in turn was dead all along. She was a young girl who died from leukemia or some sort of cancer (it is revealed that Rei had to cut her hair, so it narrows it down). And here comes the ironic part. When Zen met Rei she finally broke down. She felt that her was pointless. She didn't have friends, was abandoned by her mother, didn't get to experience school or childhood in general. This is genuinely heart wrenching and feels incredibly real as I believe that there are many children like her. In response Zen has decided to grant her a final wish. He stole Rei's memories and created a school based on the Rei's image of it. That, in turn, created some sort of paradox that brought teams from P3 and 4 across time together.
In the end teams defeat the main baddie, spend time together, let Rei and Zen go to the afterlife and go back to their respective worlds and timelines. With their memories wiped. The story, about a girl who finds some meaning in her short life ends up being completely pointless. All the character development that heroes had to go through is nullified. It will still take the death of her father for Mitsuru to open up. It will still take the revelation of Ikutsuki's betrayal for Yukari to open up. Ken will still hate Shinjiro and try to kill him, despite Ken's promise to try and talk to him.
It wouldn't be so ironic if Rei's backstory was different, but as it is... it just hurts how pointless the journey ends up as.