The single best game I have ever played. A wonderful, lovable cast of main characters, consistently stunning combat animations, and one of the best turn based combat systems ever put into a game. The story carries heavy themes of the youth rebelling against corrupt power structures, of self discovery, and of learning to stand up for yourself and even to yourself when it seems like the world is determined to beat you down. This is a story that is deeply relevant to our modern world, and a story that changed the way I look at myself and at the people around me. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me reevaluate the way I think about injustice as a concept. Of course, being developed by Atlus, it is prone to some less than stellar anime tropes, including the gross oversexualization of one main female character in particular. Those issues and some brief dips in writing quality during a few side stories aside, this game is beautiful, and you should play it.