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Ryuji Sakamoto, codenamed Skull while in the Metaverse, is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Ann Takamaki) and party members in the Persona 5 sub-series within the Persona series.
He is a former track runner and a student at Shujin Academy. After meeting Ren Amamiya and accidentally entering Kamoshida's palace, he eventually awakens to his Persona, Captain Kidd, he eventually becomes one of the founding members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, alongside Ren Amamiya, Morgana and Ann Takamaki.
He is voiced by Mamoru Miyano in the Japanese version and by Max Mittelman in the English version.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- Helps the Phantom Thieves change the hearts of many criminals, such as Suguru Kamoshida, a perverted school teacher, Ichiryusai Madarame, an abusive art teacher who mooched off his students' work and forged them as his own, Junya Kaneshiro, a mafia boss who tried to rape Makoto, and Masayoshi Shido, a corrupt politician who wanted to rule Japan with an iron fist.
- He is often the comedic relief amongst the Phantom Thieves, from moments such as how Ren can rat him out as a phantom thief but the name of the entire Phantom Thieves group being customized to something wacky so Ren is effectively saying "Ryuji is a Ryuji", or even just his signature line.
- He was one of the few people at the beginning of the story who didn't believe the rumors of Ren being a bad person as many thought that he was, and he sympathized with him after hearing the actual story. Plus he was Ren's first friend after he went to the Shujin Academy.
- Saved Ann when she was captured in Kamoshida's palace.
- Helps Futaba get over her social anxiety.
- When Morgana calls him out for using the Phantom Thieves' name to pick up girls, he rightfully fires back that Morgana is no better than him since he's using the name so he can turn back into a human.
- Helped defeat Yaldabaoth, a false god who wanted to enslave humanity into a totalitarian state.
- Almost sacrificing his life in Shido's palace to provide a safety boat to save the other Phantom Thieves.
- In Persona 5 Strikers he helped stopped more criminals, most notably Akira Konoe, a CEO of a multi-billion dollar IT company who acted as a Knight Templar all the while he ruined many peoples' live and tried to enslave everyone using EMMA, Kuon Ichinose, the creator of EMMA, and EMMA itself, who used countless people for its own gain in attempt to enslave the world.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- Argues with the other PTs, particularly Morgana, and Ann, who can have a friendly rivalry with him.
- Can be quite a perv, which is shown when stares at the cleavage of Ann during Futaba's Heist and when they went to the beach. Technically, the beach scene doesn't count because Ann laughed it off and had fun with it, which shocked and confused Ryuji.
External links[]
- Ryuji Sakamoto on the Heroes Wiki
- Ryuji Sakamoto on the Megami Tensei Wiki
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