"Joker didn't have a character arc. He just did what everyone else would do."

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He was a bold and outspoken person. He tried to save a woman and got in trouble with the police. Got labeled a delinquent. Got excluded from his old friends. Had to move to-
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-a new home all by himself, lonely, and forced to live with someone who hated him.
He started wearing fake glasses so that he wouldn't stand out. He became socially quiet and awkward, which the player had to rebuild his confidence and social stats.-
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He made his first friend who didn't care to judge him, Ryuji, and had an internal struggle whether to run like he'd been doing, or help him. He rips off his mask, his facade, and awakens his pride again. He rebels.
He develops relationships with every-
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-character using a Wildcard, which gives him a versatile personality which gets stronger as he works on getting better as a person through social stats and strengthening his persona. He relies on his friends and eventually stands up for them all in th-
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-end. He goes through emotional conflict when losing Akechi and chooses to make a wish to keep his promise to him. This promise and Joker's own wish kickstarts 3rd Semester, otherwise it won't unlock. Joker when he made this wish subconsciously chose-
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-to submit to Maruki's ideals. He brought back Akechi, but Akechi refused to live in the control of another adult having power over his existence.
Ren is at an impasse because he has to either choose to go against his friends wishes as he confronts th-
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-em one by one, or choose to give up and accept Maruki's plan, which is technically not morally incorrect at all. He chose to liberate himself and oppose the antagonist, both good guys fighting to do the right thing, and ultimately ends in a fight of-
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-clashing ideals as they literally slug each other, bloodshot eyes, with screams of anger and struggling as they go at each other's necks. At the end Ren's ideals win and he is a changed person (him being different is mentioned) who is ready to take o-
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-n the world and make a life for himself. He no longer needs the glasses. He holds onto the memory of Akechi's impact on his life and ideals as he even sees a glimpse of what seems to be Akechi in the glass of the train.

And this is only Royal, not e-
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-ven counting his role in Persona 5 Strikers where he gets other moments of strong characterization as well.
Still think he has no character arc?

"Yes."

Begone.
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