Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance players keep making fun of Yoko

Yoko Hiromine is the new character who radically changes the story of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance if you choose the Canon of Vengeance path. His philosophy, however, is questionable and players continue to make fun of him.

Yoko plays a thematic counterpoint to Tao; she prefers chaos to order because she views order as maintaining a status quo in which many people suffer. The philosophical struggle between chaos and order defines the Shin Megami Tensei series, and many CMS the games present strong arguments for and against both sides. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but the way Yoko approaches what she thinks has made her the center of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance memes.

At first Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, Yoko responds to Amanozako’s curiosity about cars by pointing out that they should never have existed because millions of people died in them. Some players agree with her and say, “She’s right. A bit extreme, but she’s right,” while another commenter sarcastically calls her the “least unbalanced exponent of chaos.”

His “anti-car” monologue immediately draws comparisons to Takaya in Persona 3 Reload, which has a similar moment where he asks the protagonist why he’s fighting Shadows when 5,000 people die in car accidents in Japan every year. One commentator says: “Character to Takaya, CMS to Yoko. Metaphor: ReFantazio needs a character who hates cars, and the trilogy will be complete.

There are other parts of the game where Yoko’s response to everyday problems seems a bit extreme, such as her opinion that anyone in the protagonist’s school who bullies others should be executed. At the very least, she embodies her role as “Representative of Chaos” in a way that truly lives up to her name.

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