#dr maruki

[acehunter0]

has the world forsaken you as well

[smolstarthief]

I swear to god the more I think about how Sumi's toxic/negative thoughts and behavior along with the filter's red flags were not only fully ignored but even outright ENABLED and sometimes mocked by the people around her the more horrified I feel guys. Again, fuck Shujin Academy. Not only that but her whole experience at Shujin just felt so... Isolating. It doesn't excuse it and she needed to grow out of it but it's definitely little to no wonder she primarily clung onto and became dependent on Maruki and Joker for a while.

Like her peers, Shujin faculty, hell even well intentioned ones like Maruki and even her father just kept enabling and putting on temporary bandaids thinking that what's currently happening to her and their ideas to help her were gonna benefit her in the long run when they just... Unwittingly make it worse. It's primarily when Joker steps in to tell her to STOP with the delusions and unhealthy behavior that she finally starts to show actual improvement and snap out of it. Same with her coach who had been trying to tell her to stop from the beginning.

Like don't get me wrong, Maruki and her father aren't horrible and DO care about her compared to Shujin but they kinda still unwittingly contributed to her problems by allowing her to live a lie as Kasumi. But on the other end of the spectrum, there's the added nuance that she did feel like the filter did help her (she was suicidal for Pete's sake) but also felt that she didn't need it anymore because it's ultimately not healthy and just a bandaid solution.

That and she acknowledged and admitted her own faults in the situation saying that she wasn't any better. Actually the more I think about it, the more I realize that one of the mental hangups she's dealing with is being so caught up in her own problems that she doesn't see the bigger picture of things (Kasumi not being this perfect person, Maruki's suffering despite his kindness and smiles, etc.). She even mentions it in a safe room dialogue and can even be shown in the flashback of Kasumi's death. It just kinda adds more to her selfishness even when her feelings are understandable and Kasumi's behavior and methods of helping can definitely come off as condescending to anyone. It just reached MASSIVELY unhealthy levels along with people around her enabling the toxic behaviors (Maruki included).

I guess a tl;dr is that she IS an interesting critique on Japan's fucked up mental health system and stigmas along with Maruki and I feel like people should talk about this more because it's so interesting to dissect.

[smokedhamu]

[Sandbox] A piece I drew for Feb 2nd last year, I post it here now. Happy 2/2.

[artianwen]

*marukis your tl again* ohhh whoopsadaisy !!

[the-phantom-peach]

Didn’t really have anything to post this week so I’ll post the full Maruki pic as some people requested :)

[may-lutlone]

mfw at this point I can speedrun the shit out of this game for third semester 🧖‍♀️

I am way better at irl ink, maybe I should use it more often 😭😭😭

[dishsaop]

ive been thinking about persona 5 again

[dinaci]

The reality where no one suffers… ⭐️

[blacksoulkid]

Fuck it! (Puts Maruki in the saw bathroom)

[juliacondensada]

Maruki fanart and dogboy comission I made in 2023 (best comission ever fr)

[lunalemony]

That one memory in a nutshell

[smolstarthief]

I can't help but feel like not enough people talk about Maruki having a canon spiteful side despite his usual kind demeanor.

Like the man talked in detail about how he learned that his ex-professor worked for Shido and was part of the reason his research was stolen like something was gonna happen and then just goes, "Oh, I'm still here out of spite, nothing else! :)"

Like god damn! Bro was unexpectedly snarky but I loved it! We need a bit more of this there! Gimme more of this content and discussions! Just... Sir... SIR! O/////O

[zachiefluff]

This new guy Maruki seems really fishy....but his confidant is useful.

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[artianwen]

You're in "the good place".

[lavengoop]

//P5R Spoilers

So if the metaverse basically returns in persona 5 strikers then that means:

[icespur]

P5R Third Semester Incorrect Quotes #5

Akiren: You kidnapped Akechi?! That’s illegal! Maruki: But Akiren, what’s more illegal? Briefly inconveniencing Akechi, or giving up on our hopes and dreams? Akiren: Kidnapping Akechi, Maruki! Sumire: Senpai, listen. However I feel about this, Tokyo is counting on you to inspire them! Akiren: What, to kidnap people? Sumire: To work together! Akiren: To kidnap people?! Maruki: Akiren, we’ve all agreed that Akechi is not a ‘people.’