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pyresword posted...

Junpei is a top 2 character in the series for me and it frustrates me that he doesn't seem to be popular. (He's probably #2 behind Futaba but they are very close)

This is I think multiple issues.

A lot of Persona fans haven't played P3 (before now).

The most annoying one, which is that even some P3 fans haven't actually played P3 (I assure you this is much more common than you'd think)

Junpei relies on a full game arc from start to finish in a way that most Persona characters don't.

Most Persona characters, even the good ones, are pretty stagnant. Even P4, a game that is partially ABOUT changing how you present and perceive yourself, doesn't see much character evolution. When characters so change through the narrative, it's typically more jarring too. A prime example is Yusuke, a character who sucks as before joining and then just suddenly doesn't afterwards. As much as I like the idea of Persona's changing at max rank, P3 made much better use of having the characters reach a point in the narrative where the Persona's evolving make sense.

Junpei embodies this perfectly in a way that I don't think would work if he was in a different Persona game.

And, lastly, the one that got me for years....is that visually he's a pretty bland looking guy, lol.