He throws his lot in with the group and teaches them the ins and outs of being the Phantom Thieves in the hopes that they can help him regain what he lost. Morgana has no memories of who he is, believing that he was a human who became what he is now.Ann attracts disdain, envy, and scorn because of her natural good looks, being quarter-American and the rumors, that she's sleeping with Kamoshida.This resulted in Kamoshida breaking his leg in "self-defense" and shutting down Shujin's track team. Ryuji has embraced the delinquent image that the school pinned on him after comments Kamoshida made about his dysfunctional family specifically to provoke him led to him assaulting Kamoshida.Joker is a magnet for negative attention due to having a criminal record for a crime he didn't commit, and everyone from students to even faculty members talk badly behind his back.All of the Other Reindeer: Part of what draws the group together is that they're all more or less outcasts with nowhere to belong.Futaba on the other hand is a Support Party Member - yet in Royal, she occasionally helps the team out in ways beyond her role's usual scope, such as her Persona dropping a giant bomb for her added All-Out Attack win screen. Action Girl: Ann, Makoto, Haru and Kasumi.In Royal's third semester, he's weak to bless instead. While he never gets Evade Curse in Persona 5, in Persona Q2 his upgraded Robin Hood drops the weakness to curse. Satanael, on the other hand, has no weaknesses. While the protagonist's weakness shifts a lot due to his changing Personas all the time, Arsene is weak to ice and bless skills.However, their Ultimate Personas, with the exception of Akechi, all give them appropriate Evade skills to give them a good chance of dodging their weaknesses. Achilles' Heel: All of them have a critical elemental weakness(usually the opposite of their Persona's elemental affinity) that will result in them being knocked down if they take damage from that element(and likely killed on Merciless, which ups damage done to weaknesses).In the English dub, it's pronounced a-MA-mi-ya. Ren's surname (In the anime adaptation), is pronounced a-ma-MI-ya in Japanese.The English dub pronounces it as o-KU-mura. Haru's surname, Okumura, is properly pronounced O-ku-MU-ra.The English dub puts emphasis on the second syllable, resulting in ma-KO-to. In Japanese, the emphasis is on the first and third syllables, so MA-ko-TO. Makoto's name is also pronounced differently in the English dub.Like Ryuji, the first syllable isn't stressed in the English dub and neither is the last "ki", resulting in ta-KA-maki. Ann's surname, Takamaki, is pronounced TA-KA-ma-KI.The English localization stresses on the second syllable and puts less emphasis on the first syllable, resulting in sa-KA-moto. Ryuji's surname, Sakamoto, is pronounced SA-KA (as in the word "soccer")-mo (as in motor)-to (as in tow truck) in Japanese.This was allegedly at the insistence of ATLUS Japan, who wanted the characters' names to sound "more American" for the dub. AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle: Most of the Thieves' surnames are pronounced differently from the original Japanese in the English localization.
However, in the true ending, Joker goes to each one to help them confront their doubts and reaffirm their drive, helping them to rekindle the rebellious fire within. In the bad ending where Joker sides with Yaldabaoth, this results in them being Ret-Gone for real, with Joker becoming his pawn.
The Phan-Site tracks, via a percentage, the Phantom Thieves' approval rating. 0% Approval Rating: Comes very close to this after Joker gets out from the Interrogation Room alive and happens for real when The Man Behind the Man rears his ugly head by just making them outright not exist from people's coginition.