Yeah in mgs 4 it feels it proved it hehehee I've been hearing his voice a lot and finally figured him out his voice actor if anyone knows correct me if wrong but I feel its garret from the older thief games also ironic lol well he can't escape the thief connection even though he ain't this time
Hanged Man Social Links Persona 3: Help a girl overcome her family's problems, and eat food with her. Persona 4: Help a dead girl's brother get over her death, and he ends up venting to you and telling you he pissed his pants. Persona 5: Help an attractive middle-aged man who could double as your dad with his gun shop and eavesdrop on conversations to find out what the yakuza has in store for him, then prevent his son from finding that his dad was yakuza in the first place, only for that to blow up in your face
Hanged Man SL is usually a story of closure. P4's Konishi can't stand the thought of losing his sister, and eventually comes to understand how he will live for Saki. P5's Iwai pities his son for having a troubled father, but later realizes how much Kaoru cherishes his family.
Maria Luke Do it! acting tough and trolling Iwai is one of the best ways to level up his confidant quicker. After my second play through, I started messing with him at what I considered unimportant times. I leveled him up so much faster
By far one of my favorite social links( I know they are confidants, but to be honest, they're still social links to me). Iwai just oozes with that type of style I love! I'm really glad the kid connected with his dad, too. It just shows how Iwai and Kaoru are pretty cool.
@@rando5638 Sojiro and Iwaai cod have an friendly conversatio about their cute children Kaoru and Futaba at Leblanc, even if Sojiro would learn Iwai was selling weapons to Joker; unless he learns that Joker is a Phantom Thief, then he'll understand that he needs something to fight with.
Imagine if at the part where Tsuda pulls out the gun and you have maxed out guts, you can just walk to him and take the gun from him and throw it away. If he attacks you just grab his hand.
akira should have that monent when kaoru is about to walk out the door and he woukd call him and say in a low deep tone "hey. i think phantom thieves are cool as well"
*I just realized:* You need a high amount of *Guts* to start interacting with this guy. Guess who else Kaiji Tang voiced within a certain epic manga anime series...
Sae : "You're 17. HOW DID YOU GET A GUN?" (Remembers the ex-yakuza) Sae : "And HOW did you learn to use it that well?" ( *Remembers the grade schooler* )
This confidant was such a pain in the ass to accomplish. He flat out wouldnt budge half the time... But damn if I wouldnt trade helping him out for the world.
You know what would be fun? Akira being a girl, but a tomboy, and Iwai doesn't realize it until like rank 6. I can see him being like Shinjiro, gruff but kind of a gentleman, he would be so embarassed-
When I heard the ‘Thuggish Man’ say that Iwai beat up fifty guys, I genuinely thought he was some solid snake/Aiden Pierce hybrid and he was gonna hack Joker’s phone or call in a supply drop, only to realise that it was an exaggeration
21:36 my heart hurts... again. And we're not even halfway through Also did he just send us on a date with his son?? 30:50 "Go to the police" he said, "they'll keep you safe" he said, BULLSHIT!
In my opinion, his Rank 9's event is probably the most exciting confidant link event in the game, or perhaps in the series! In the Rank 8's event, the crisis seemed to be averted after Tsuda's heart was changed. Hence, I totally didn't expect the abduction of Kaoru and Tsuda's assistance. After that, the tension and conflict in the scenario was beautifully resolved with Kaoru, Iwai and Joker having a meal in the dinner. On the other hand, Iwai's Rank 10's event is slightly disappointing in my opinion. Of course it is logical for Iwai to ask Joker what are the points of having model guns and replica knives. However, it would make more sense to ask that question before promising Joker he would provide support. In my opinion, the impact of Iwai's cool & kind words right before the strong bond was formed (from 46.12 to 46:37) was greatly diminished by the question about the guns and knives.
The vibe and personality I get from Iwai seems more of a military veteran than a former gangster. But I guess in both worlds although the mission statements are different, there's an Oath and code of conduct that members follow that are similar.
Yeah totally, it feels like they splitted the gun arcs into two sides The guns themselves (Iwai)/Free crits! (Oda) so one is less balanced than the other.
@@SmokeyOwOs Yup, now you can customize them with ailment and damage modifiers of your choice instead of just upgrading them once. Also at rank 5 I think you get a discount for it, and at rank 10 it's completely free.
@@lewinlightbulb6786 Did you actually finish his social link? He said that “what the hell are you gonna do with a model gun. You need a real gun in a shoot out.” And “And the knifes are just replica they are less useful than a butter knife you know?” In the end of his level 10 social link.
I actually have an important question to honestly ask. If you forget to talk to him early on in the game, are you just not able to unlock his confidant? I keep on trying to talk to him and I can’t even get to the part where the game asks you to get your guts up to a certain level. It’s been a really long time since I’ve beat this game so I’ll need some assistance.
I always think of an older retired Solid Snake when I look at Iwai.
Now that I made the VA connection, I hear Guts now. (I guess that explains the high amount of Guts needed to start the confidant with this guy)
@@NVRBENSHOT Lmfaoooo
Kept you waiting, huh?
@@NVRBENSHOT he just has an eye patch for his mask and the outfit is just solid snake's
Yeah in mgs 4 it feels it proved it hehehee I've been hearing his voice a lot and finally figured him out his voice actor if anyone knows correct me if wrong but I feel its garret from the older thief games also ironic lol well he can't escape the thief connection even though he ain't this time
Hanged Man Social Links
Persona 3: Help a girl overcome her family's problems, and eat food with her.
Persona 4: Help a dead girl's brother get over her death, and he ends up venting to you and telling you he pissed his pants.
Persona 5: Help an attractive middle-aged man who could double as your dad with his gun shop and eavesdrop on conversations to find out what the yakuza has in store for him, then prevent his son from finding that his dad was yakuza in the first place, only for that to blow up in your face
Mr Lakiro
Every confidant is Yakuza substory material, I swear.
Ryan Chow 10 outta 10 hanged man evolution
Hanged Man SL is usually a story of closure.
P4's Konishi can't stand the thought of losing his sister, and eventually comes to understand how he will live for Saki.
P5's Iwai pities his son for having a troubled father, but later realizes how much Kaoru cherishes his family.
Damn they got much darker lol
"Iwai seems sick."
"How's your cold?"
omfg it would have been so tempting to just troll him like that. XD
😀 worth it
Maria Luke but your in it for the guns
Maria Luke Do it! acting tough and trolling Iwai is one of the best ways to level up his confidant quicker. After my second play through, I started messing with him at what I considered unimportant times. I leveled him up so much faster
You'll get three music notes if you do, so I suggest do it next time you play
Always do the funnier answers.
It usually ends up being the best option too.
Like Haru's "kthx"
2 types of people:
Hey look it’s a second dad
oh hey daddy
I'm afraid I'll turn into the second one as I grow older
Iwai: Don't talk to no one about this.
Sae: Spill it!
Joker: (Fuck me)
PS3Dork14k lol xD
By far one of my favorite social links( I know they are confidants, but to be honest, they're still social links to me). Iwai just oozes with that type of style I love! I'm really glad the kid connected with his dad, too. It just shows how Iwai and Kaoru are pretty cool.
Best father 2017.
*(Ahem)*
Sojiro would like a word with you.
Iwai's pretty awesome too, though :)
if he were futaba's father, oracle could fight
@@rando5638 Sojiro and Iwaai cod have an friendly conversatio about their cute children Kaoru and Futaba at Leblanc, even if Sojiro would learn Iwai was selling weapons to Joker; unless he learns that Joker is a Phantom Thief, then he'll understand that he needs something to fight with.
Joker has two great dads, get on his level
Iwai = more serious Junpei
Basically
Jeigo Lim iwai = Junpei
With Yosuke's headset!
Jeigo Lim Junpei as a drug dealer
and he sells guns
Basically, Two guys merges into one.
Wait,It's not what you think officer!!
Imagine if at the part where Tsuda pulls out the gun and you have maxed out guts, you can just walk to him and take the gun from him and throw it away. If he attacks you just grab his hand.
And maybe at the Masa part you can like do the same thing to him.
TommyGames joker aint got time for that he got a confidant to max out
Missed! Really?
"Hey, I can grant that wish of yours" ohhhhh yeah daddy
Guilherme Agostinho "Special menu"
*special massage from Iwai*
Iwai = dream daddy
Iwai is best bro, especially for how he helps you out at the end.
Richie Palma munehisa 10 outta 10 yakuza
Noticed iwai has an peace symbol on his coat
Iwai is bae. Seriously he's so sweet. None of the characters in this game deserve him
what a smoking hot voice he has there 😍
dinda isnaeni
If I ever design a show or game the MC is going to sound like this. Would be actually smart, and total Alpha male.
@@noisemarine561 there's detective pikachu...he sounds really good as the MC
@@techiedreyn3621 He's also voiced Guts from Berserk. Doesn't get more manly and badass than him.
Sojiros like ur strict dad and iwais the cool uncle
The strict kind hearted dad who teaches you how not to make a toaster explode
MC: [says nice thing]
Everyone else: "Aww." [Confidant boost]
Iwai: "I don't like that answer."
Daddyhisa Iwai
atlus open the route to his romace
God your profile picture I cant stop staring at it.
u mean the hopeful chihuahua? i think it fits my comment tbh
I want to date gun dad
He's not gay. If he was gay, then yeah sure
I pray Atlus makes a choose your own gender cause that would be great.
akira should have that monent when kaoru is about to walk out the door and he woukd call him and say in a low deep tone "hey. i think phantom thieves are cool as well"
I Don't Know.
Lets make a petition to make him romanceable
Yeah! We should be able to date people with the same gender.
LGBT pride!
@@danielcreed2328 unfortunately the secret society that runs the world hates lgb people. "Santa" needs all the little helpers that he can get. ;)
No
It’s illegal, just like all those older female romances
Gau Kua so, having a straight relationship is illegal? k
Iwai is the best boy in Persona.
Coff *RYUJI*COFF
@@Dark-Psych13 I AGREE WITH YOU THERE
@@Dark-Psych13 Their basically the same person but if ryuji didn't meant joker and ended up in a life of crime
*I just realized:* You need a high amount of *Guts* to start interacting with this guy. Guess who else Kaiji Tang voiced within a certain epic manga anime series...
you are my daaaad! you’re my dad! (boogie woogie woogie!)
Wtf
This guy gets it
Y e s
Gun daddy is best girl
Absolutely.
How in the fuck can you date OHYA but not this blessing of a man
Atlus just didn't want the MC to be bi I guess
Why can't I hop on Daddy Iwai's loaded pisrol, Atlus?
TooGayForYay
*S T O P*
Okami the Puppeteer
U CANT STOP ME FROM SINNING
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TooOkuForYou -shotgun*-
Ooooof
Make Iwai a dream daddy. Or yeah make it so you can romance him...
Atlust, let us gay for him
WHY WON'T LET ATLUS LET US BE GAY
They better have his social link events in the anime. Iwai certainty has the most interesting arc in my option.
0:36
Is it just me, or does Iwai look kinda cute when he makes this face?
Even more when you realize that’s a lollipop in his mouth
He's already cute
@@KTam853 oh my GODDDD
Damn. I don't know who to call, "Pops" now. Iwai or Sojiro?
SAOisBad iwai, sojiro is chief
If you date Futaba, he's technically pops as well as chief
Sojiro is pops, Iwai is daddy lol
Why not both?
Sojiro might be better as dad
Hnnnnnnnnng. Why can't I do the frick frack with Iwai? If you can date Takemi, why not him? ;3;
Strange Wuff
Want to get that Iwai lovin huh? :P
Cuz... no homo man
Lidya Astriani Yusuke tho.
Because he isn't gay
Cuz its *TOO GAY* for atlus
Sae : "You're 17. HOW DID YOU GET A GUN?"
(Remembers the ex-yakuza)
Sae : "And HOW did you learn to use it that well?"
( *Remembers the grade schooler* )
"I learned how to use a gun through fps games"
"You WHAT-"
Oh my God, this game makes my heart melt with so much feels... ;-;
This confidant was such a pain in the ass to accomplish. He flat out wouldnt budge half the time... But damn if I wouldnt trade helping him out for the world.
I couldn't help but smile the entire time
Iwai is fucking hot man
jfc
papa iwai
Shoot dat bullet Iwai!
Daddy Iwai!! THANK GOD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!!
Kaoru gona get a new dad 😀 deal with it thats hoe is iy
It's so surreal hearing Joker's voice as Kaoru lol
Iwai= Vietnam Junpei
Damn right
Good to see two great (step)fathers in one story.
i wanna date daddy junpei so hard
Amen!
FUCKING S A M E
Me too!
Junpei really got hit by A Puberty bus
His voice though…!
i really like iwai's confidant. it shows how he develops more as a character by fighting his past demons. also, kaoru confidant please :D
wait so he doesn't know that the protagonist is a phantom thief?
He definitely knows, watch the Rank 10 scene again after Kaoru leaves. He's not really the kind of guy to say "You're a Phantom Thief!?" straight up.
ah okay
Daniel Blaney unlike everyone else who you max out, happily
2:49 HE DID IT!! HE SAID THE LINE
Who else thought this guy was Shinya's dad?!?! Like seriously the connection are real Atlus!!!
Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy he means Iwai is Shinya’s dad
YES! I saw it too!!!
I wonder how different the whole confidant would be if Akria was a girl lol
👀
👀
👀
hoo boy we know that will NEVER happen
You know what would be fun? Akira being a girl, but a tomboy, and Iwai doesn't realize it until like rank 6.
I can see him being like Shinjiro, gruff but kind of a gentleman, he would be so embarassed-
Who knew treating someone like shit could get them to like you?
"I don't care what's going on in your life, where's my pay?!"
I forgot how much joker curses with Iwai
When I heard the ‘Thuggish Man’ say that Iwai beat up fifty guys, I genuinely thought he was some solid snake/Aiden Pierce hybrid and he was gonna hack Joker’s phone or call in a supply drop, only to realise that it was an exaggeration
before unlocking confidant: ahh whatever annoying grumpy guy
after unlocking confidant: 🤭 d-daddy
Im wheezing dnjdj
It's good to see what became of Aiden Pearce from Watch Dogs...
Still can't believe he's around 45-65 y/o
kaoru being voiced by xander is really funny to me
Sae: Im sure some people believe those guns were real,
later-you are skilled with a gun who taught you to handle a gun
Junpei + Snake = Iwai
Ain't that a jecko?
You should be grateful
I guess that's fine
This is the type of guy I really don’t wanna piss of cause I feel like if I do there’ll be a hole in my eye
i'm back baby 😂😂
its getting weirder and weirder when the shopkeeper ask the costumer at the back, get close to him, and offer him a "special menu" ._.
Iwai is a daddie
That's Persona version of Kenshiro who is Phantom Thieves' arms dealer.
21:36 my heart hurts... again. And we're not even halfway through
Also did he just send us on a date with his son??
30:50
"Go to the police" he said, "they'll keep you safe" he said, BULLSHIT!
I honestly had quite a scare when that guy took out his gun! Something that doesn't happen with any other confidant!
I just realized ... Doesn't Kaoru have the same VA as the protagonist ?
Yes
Gun Dad is best dad
In my opinion, his Rank 9's event is probably the most exciting confidant link event in the game, or perhaps in the series! In the Rank 8's event, the crisis seemed to be averted after Tsuda's heart was changed. Hence, I totally didn't expect the abduction of Kaoru and Tsuda's assistance. After that, the tension and conflict in the scenario was beautifully resolved with Kaoru, Iwai and Joker having a meal in the dinner.
On the other hand, Iwai's Rank 10's event is slightly disappointing in my opinion. Of course it is logical for Iwai to ask Joker what are the points of having model guns and replica knives. However, it would make more sense to ask that question before promising Joker he would provide support. In my opinion, the impact of Iwai's cool & kind words right before the strong bond was formed (from 46.12 to 46:37) was greatly diminished by the question about the guns and knives.
Absolute Chad.
Why does Kaoru lowkey sound like Akira asdfghjkl;'
KERTO the guy who played joker also played Kaoru
Well I guess Iwai sort of adopted both of them, so it makes sense that siblings are similar like that... XD
DADDY.
Kaoru kinda sounds like the protagonist?
Same VA
Sometimes I wonder, does Iwai genuinely loves and cares for Kaoru before Joker’s arrival?
He is like a matured version of junpei.
Kaoru is just another akira
40:26 Man really just rolled up on him with the piece
0:43
me: *heavy breathing*
The vibe and personality I get from Iwai seems more of a military veteran than a former gangster. But I guess in both worlds although the mission statements are different, there's an Oath and code of conduct that members follow that are similar.
Gun dad!
It's too bad how his link is almost useless because guns are low tier in the game and only allows you to get weak points sometime...
Yeah totally, it feels like they splitted the gun arcs into two sides
The guns themselves (Iwai)/Free crits! (Oda)
so one is less balanced than the other.
At least guns & Iwai's confidant are much more useful in Royal
@@vahe7422 . they are?
@@SmokeyOwOs Yup, now you can customize them with ailment and damage modifiers of your choice instead of just upgrading them once. Also at rank 5 I think you get a discount for it, and at rank 10 it's completely free.
@@vahe7422 that's amazing! Cant you also get more ammo after each battle in the palaces and mementos now too?
H OO BOYY
Junpei grew the fuck up
Old Man Junpei
How come all the Hanged Man SLs have them dealing with family problems?
Daddy iwai
gundad best boy in p5
Snake? Snake! Snaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkeeeeee!!!
I'm not surprised about Kaoru.....middle schoolers mature pretty quickly
How old is Kaoru?
Persona 5 has 100 hours of the whole game and somehow I couldn't get to him because of ranking GUTS at the highest level, WTF was Atlus thinking?!.
Me: This is great shite.
Other me: *J O J O M O D O A C T I V A T E D*
But for real, I like this.
Oh ho...O BOY
So, he could get into legal trouble for making relistic model guns?..
Volatile productions Disturbance of public peace, perhaps?
@@fakenamerealname8698 but he's not really waving them around or shoving them into people's face or anything
So am i moving good then? I just hit july and already got rank 2 iwai first playthru
Come here just to confirm that all of their weapons are just toys 😂😂😂
they arent, the airsoft gun shop concept is all a front
@@lewinlightbulb6786 Did you actually finish his social link? He said that “what the hell are you gonna do with a model gun. You need a real gun in a shoot out.” And “And the knifes are just replica they are less useful than a butter knife you know?” In the end of his level 10 social link.
@@wave81210 ah, mustve missed that. oops
2:48
Doesn’t he travel from a reflective surface to another?
*Cries in American*
Yo what's your favorite persona game
I actually have an important question to honestly ask. If you forget to talk to him early on in the game, are you just not able to unlock his confidant? I keep on trying to talk to him and I can’t even get to the part where the game asks you to get your guts up to a certain level. It’s been a really long time since I’ve beat this game so I’ll need some assistance.
It depends on what day you ask him, but idk. Who’s Palace are you on right now?
@@cyanariesdw04 Futaba’s Palace
How did you even manage to level your social stats so much? I get points all the time but they NEVER level
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