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73.Anon.52 wrote: Sad as it is... I see Jaune as being a better fit for the "Yu" character... Ruby seems too little of a type-cast character...

If I had a dollar for each time somebody tells me that...

Yes, Jaune kind of fits better the role of a Fool guy arriving to a new town and all that shiz. I'd have chosen Jaune as the MC if he had more qualities beffitting of The Fool Arcana. I mean, we know just so much already about Jaune that trying to turn him into a "blank slate" wouldn't feel... Appealing. Besides, Jaune as he currently is fits better with the Magician Arcana, IMO. Don't believe me? Compare him to the other two "Magicians" from P3 & 4.

Regarding Ruby and her characterization in the story. It is true that the MCs in Persona (Makoto and Yu) are known for being kinda distant and unassuming. However, as I have just said, having Ruby as the main character opens new possibilities for characterization simply because she's a girl. Let's be honest here, women are a lot more perceptive than men, so that is one defining difference that puts a female protagonist apart from the male protagonists.

Ruby is coming out of a process of grief, and she's arriving to a new town to live with the family she never spent a minute of her live (that she can remember). She has nothing to look back for in her old town, no friends, no possesions, no home. She's starting a new life with a clean slate. She can be anything she decides to be. A perfect Blank Slate.