hivebent4life posted... On the general topic of Persona 3, does anyone else think the plot and certain characters were likely inspired by Evangelion?
Yeah, here is a post I wrote about it a while ago. General spoilers ahead:
This is probably really obvious, but I just had the epiphany the that Persona 3 was highly influenced by Evangelion.The main character starts the game as a loner closed off from the world like Shinji, he even use headphones to block himself out from the world.Aigis is essentially a Rei like character, someone who isn't "truly" a human but learns to be one as the game goes on. SEES is similar to NERV. An organization dedicated to eliminating a threat caused by a science experiment gone wrong, but the leader knows doing so will cause a catastrophe they plan to use for their own gain.Ryoji is Kaworu, a being that appears after all the shadows/angels are defeated and gives the main characters some hope when they are at very low points. Bonus points for Reload adding in a piano scene that kind of evokes the 3rd rebuild movie.The manipulative leaders of SEES and NERV unceremoniously die and never get to see their plan go through after Aigis and Rei stop obeying them. (Although Gendo succeeds in the TV show's ending, he doesn't even get to experience instrumentally in End of Evangelion).After Nyx if sealed, the characters are standing around in space in a scene that looks visually similar to the infamous "congratulations" scene in Evangelion. Thanatos looks similar to an EVA if you ignore the coffins that surround it. The first scene he appears in he even seems to go berserk.I think the following are most likely stretches for influences but will mention them anyway. Yukari is similar to Asuka, Mitsuru to Misato, and Junpei to Toji.