
The Phantom Thieves realize that society forces people to wear masks to protect their inner vulnerabilities, and by confronting their inner selves and by literally ripping off their protective mask do the heroes awaken their inner power, using it to help those in need. Using a mysterious smartphone app, they undertake fantastical adventures by using otherworldly powers to enter the hearts of people (specifically, corrupt adults in positions of power) in order to re-shape and transform them. In order to seek freedom, liberation and justice, they live dual lives as rebellious Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

They can't live with the system and can't live without it, and simply existing means they are at risk of being doomed and condemned to a life of slavery. All having lost their place to belong in a broken world, these troubled teenagers gradually realize that they are living in a toxic and dangerous society resembling a prison full of slavery, oppression and injustice, ruled by corrupted and twisted adults. Persona 5 is a fantasy based on reality which follows a group of troubled high school students: the protagonist and a collection of compatriots he meets along the way.

It is a role-playing game developed by Atlus' P-Studio. Persona 5 is the sixth game in the Persona series.
