Warning: The under story incorporates a possible spoiler for Persona 3 and Persona 3: Reload.

The Persona sequence has lengthy had points with homosexual and trans panic, however Persona 3: Reload no less than removes the transphobia from one scene particularly.

The Persona 3 scene in question had the get together attempting to hit on ladies on the seaside, with Akihiko, Junpei, and the protagonist approaching a personality known as “Lovely Girl.” After some back-and-forth, Akihiko factors out a bit of facial hair on her chin, to which Lovely Girl responds, “I-I missed a spot?!” Junpei then exclaims “she’s a he?!”

The dialogue is very barely modified in Persona 3 Moveable (the character is called “Fairly Girl” as a substitute of “Lovely Girl”), however nonetheless consists of the identical trans panic.

As first reported by Kotaku and verified by IGN, nevertheless, Persona 3: Reload modifications the dialogue fairly a bit. The tip end result is similar – the get together operating away from the girl – however as a substitute of it being as a result of her being trans, it is as a result of she’s truly a conspiracy theorist attempting to promote them sunscreen.

Within the new scene, the dialog begins to go awry after “Fairly Girl” tells them, “You already know that solar within the sky is not actual, proper? That is an synthetic solar that bought despatched into house again into the Eighties.”

Her character title then modifications to “Delusional Girl” as she tells them that “regular sunscreen does not” work” towards that faux solar, and tries to promote them “particular” sunscreen for 300,000 yen. The gang figures out this character is just a little off, and scurry. The scene’s nonetheless just a little odd, however the transphobic facet, no less than, is gone on this new model.

This is not the primary time Altus has made a change based mostly on homophobic or transphobic content material within the Persona sequence. In 2020, Altus modified sure scenes in Persona 5 that have been thought-about offensive and homophobic by followers for the Western launch of Persona 5 Royal.

For extra on Persona 3: Reload, take a look at our overview, the place Michael Higham gave the remake a 9/10. With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful modifications, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity,” Higham wrote.

Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, you could find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.