I'm kinda coming around to male party members not having social links. I like it now, to be honest... It allows them to have more focus in the story as opposed to keeping their backstory/development in the optional social links
Akihiko's voice acting in this scene was really good, but besides that, I honestly like the persona awakenings being in the story and not in the SL (i assume it'll be the same for the other characters)
But in all seriousness Shinjiro's death scene was really good. The anime cutscene was quite nice, I especially liked the parts from Shinjiro's POV as he's barely managing to hold himself together
@VashawnMassey it depends on the context, really. She was alright with being hugged during the trip, but here, she was just ambushed essentially, and she doesn't want to seem weak. Plus, she's standing back to Makoto, so she can't even react
@wandaharukki It's unfortunate how in p5 (and in p4 outside of two characters), the reversal mechanic is gone. People both want persona to be dating sim but at the same time they're afraid of actually having to think about their actions