Persona 3's Depressingly Brilliant Alternate Ending | Vacated's Ultimate Persona 3 Analysis

Note: This is merely Part 9 of 10 out of a larger Persona 3 analysis video project that I've recently uploaded to my channel. If this smaller, standalone chapter has piqued your interest, then by all means, please check out the full video!
   • How Persona Explores Death | Vacated'...  

One of my all-time favorite series of video games is the Persona series. There are countless things I love about each of the individual games, but something about the third numbered entry, Persona 3, and its particular story and themes has just always stood out to me as being so uniquely brilliant.
P3's main thesis is very heavy, but strangely simple: Death is something that each and every one of us will eventually have to face, and is an aspect of our existence that we mustn't ever let become lost on us. This theme is established as soon as the very first opening cutscene, and is then carefully explored through just about every single aspect of the experience, from the characters, to the lore, to even the game mechanics.
In this chapter, I discuss Persona 3's incredibly bleak alternate ending, and make a personal case as for why I find it to be one of the more brilliant explorations of bad endings in the Persona games. Thank you so much for watching, and Memento Mori!!

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Harrowing Dilemma In A Dying World (recap)
3:39 - Ending 1: To Forget Death
6:10 - Analysis
8:46 - Outro

Footage Used:
JohneAwesome's Persona 3 FES Walkthrough
Persona 3 The Movie #4: Winter Of Rebirth
10 Hour Deep Space Footage - Moonlight Aura Vibes
Persona 3 FES Extra: Kill Ryoji ending - Apperation14
Persona 3 FES Opening HD - RandomPl0x

Songs Used:
(intro) Burn My Dread - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
Desperation - Persona 3 The Movie Original Soundtrack
(cutscene) Mistic - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
Memories of the School - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
The Poem For Everyone's Souls - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack

A more detailed, comprehensive list of all credits and works referenced can be found at the end of the main video. Thank you for watching!!