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Lord_Ephraim posted...

The major flaw of Persona 5 happens after Makoto becomes a permanent party member.
The game hypes her as the complete brains of the group. Regulating characters like Ryuji and Ann to side characters written to be stupid so Makoto can look smarter. Even Morgana is given acts of stupidity as a plot device to introduce Haru into the game.

This applies to P4 and Naoto much more than it applies to P5 and Makoto. Pre-Naoto the gang collaboratively stumbles their way into understanding mysteries and plot developments. Post-Naoto, Naoto handles the plot exposition on her own while the rest of the party reacts to it.