Dude is literally a mass murderer and horrifically killed parents of, not 1, but 2 of your friends/teammates as they fucking watched.
But because he's an edgy anime pretty boi, that makes him a "complicated, flawed character who just needs wuve uwu".
He basically made Haru's father's brain explode on live television, crying blood in agony, as his daughter was watching. (Granted, dude was kind of a dick, but he didn't deserve what he got and Haru most certainly did not deserve to witness it.)
And even more unforgivable imo: Not only did he make Futaba's mom commit suicide in front of her by jumping in front of a car, he took the extra step of making her say that she never loved Futaba and that this was her fault for no other reason than to traumatize her further. Which it did, and almost psychologically destroyed her for life, as it would for probably anybody.
If there was any justice, his canon death would've just been Futaba and Haru curb-stomping him to death.
And I really fuckin' hate how Royal's ending gives some sort of implication that someway, somehow he's still alive: Fuck. That.
At least in Vanilla he was still dead as shit at the end.
Tl;dr, My final opinion on Akechi: :rip-bozo:
I agree. I really dislike a lot of the story changes Royal made in general (the new character in particular and the way her mental health was treated really rubbed me up the wrong way)
Atlus stop adding pointless shit to the story in remakes challenge (impossible)
P3 Spoiler:
Shinji is dead. Leave him in peace.
:shinji-screm:
Overall I liked Yoshizawa, but I can agree not everything involving her was handled perfectly.