Ann Takamaki: A Character Analysis & Defense - Dichotomy Of A Character - XBadgerKnightX

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I'M BACK! Join me as I discuss and analyze the character arc of Persona 5's best girl, Ann Takamaki. A character that is unlike anyone else. The truest champion of the human experience, as Ann herself learns that the greatest of life's joys can often stem from the most intense bouts of suffering and pain. Editor's Notes are below and continued in the pinned comment.

00:00 A Dedication
00:18 Intro
04:28 (CALLING CARD TIME!) Part 1 - Brandolini's Law Vs. Ann Takamaki
05:45 WHY IS THIS VIDEO SO LONG BAGELNIGHT?!?
10:51 Reasons For Sending The Calling Card
11:56 Masculinizing Female Characters to Avoid The Male Gaze is Problematic
15:02 The Persona Franchise Has Always Been Critical Of Patriarchy
22:22 The Male Gaze And The Mistake of Assuming Malice
23:01 Armchair Persona "Fans" Are Muddying The Discourse
23:39 Confidently Incorrect Video Essays About Ann and P5
28:44 No, Weeb Sh!t Is Not Dominated By The Patriarchy. STOP IT!
30:38 My Dress Up-Darling vs. Trad. Gender Roles
31:58 Kaguya-sama Vs. The Patriarchy
33:34 Manga That's Critical Of Patriarchy Has Been Out For YEARS. LOOK HARDER!
34:46 Japanese Xenophobia, Manga and Minorities
35:19 Kill La Kill: FAN SERVICE AS A LEGIT PLOT DEVICE
41:57 Satsuki Kiryuin is a BADASS
43:11 P6's Lover's Arcana Party member will suck and it's your fault
45:08 The Male Gaze Offers No Solution
50:03 Misplaced Anger: Overshadowing Ann's Character Development
55:07 P5's "Problematic" Cutscenes ARE Character Development For Ann
1:00:43 Why Ann's Character Treatment Is Subversively Awesome
1:02:23 Part 2 The Hafu Experience
1:32:23 Part 3 A Unique Encounter
1:53:35 Part 3.5? 'Encounter' Is A Diegetic Continuation of 'Beneath The Mask'
2:09:52 Part 4 Crystal Mountain (CONTENT WARNING)
2:59:42 Part 5 The Beast...
3:15:28 Part 6 ...and the Harlot (Analysis of Carmen, Ann's Persona)
3:50:18 Part 7 Blood, Segs and Booze (Explaining Ann's Catsuit)
4:04:36 Part 8 - Infiltration
4:21:54 Part 9 Life Will Change (Analysis of Kamoshida's Boss Fight)
4:50:33 Part 10 Aftermath of the Collapse of Lust
5:20:28 Part 11 The Panther and The Fox - Preventing Further Tragedy
6:38:13 Part 12 The Panther and the Queen - Empathy as a Weapon
7:33:16 Part 13 The Panther and the Oracle - Thieves Of A Feather
8:05:43 Part 14 She - Ann's Confidant Arc
9:01:41 Part 15 Backsliding and Deception
10:10:55 Part 16 Throw Away Your Mask
10:38:42 Part 17 Swear To My Bones
10:52:12 Part 18 I BELIEVE
11:10:02 Part 19 Epilogue - YOU ARE STRONGER
12:39:05 What Can We Learn From Ann's Story?
12:40:31 Who's Next and Outro

Editor's notes below

@Let's ask Shogo | Your Japanese friend in Kyoto 's channel and video I used in Part 2    • Bullying in Japanese Schools is NO Joke  

Trash Taste Episode where the @The Anime Man talks about personal experiences with Japanese Xenophobia    • The Struggles of Life in Japan | Trash Tas...  

Salari's Video on Ann    • Female Objectification in Media - A Person...  
My Response To Salari's Video:    • RE:@Salari | THE MALE GAZE VS. PERSONA 5 -...  

Statista Study On Japanese working Population https://www.statista.com/statistics/6... (It's behind a paywall, I'm sorry)

Big thanks to @Faz , @AMHarbinger , @ArchusEden for compiling all the niche parts of Persona 5 into videos. Credit is given where credit is due. Big thanks to @Trash Taste for giving us foreigners insight to why living in Japan is actually more complicated than you think. Please check their channels out!

Editor's notes:

In part 1, I apologize for once again doing a big ol' rant on feminism and the people who follow that ideology being general tisms, but this time I think it was a bit more warranted as P5 (and Persona in general) directly confronts the issues the patriarchy presents to Ann and other party members, etc. It's really weird for Ann's critics to imply that the way she goes about dealing with her oppression and reclaiming her agency from the patriarchy is wrong and problematic. Who's for anyone to say that there is a correct way to any individual do that? Last time this will happen, I swear unless Bastila's character gets ruined in the KOTOR remake.

There exists random popping and clicking on some of the tracks. It seems to be a bad cable, interference, or my Blue Yeti is slowly dying. I apologize, but it's not feasible for me to wait 4 more days to render this video again to fix those issues. I've been sitting on this video for far too long (6 months) and for my own sake, it needed to be released. I ask that you please bear with me