Goro Akechi

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Inconsistently Admirable

Regular
Crow
Black Mask

Full Name

Goro Akechi

Alias

Crow (Metaverse codename)

Black Mask

Origin

Persona 5

Family

Masayoshi Shido (illegitimate father)

Unnamed mother (deceased)

Allies

Ren Amamiya
Ryuji Sakamoto
Morgana
Ann Takamaki
Yusuke Kitagawa
Makoto Niijima
Futaba Sakura
Haru Okumura
Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa (only in Persona 5 Royal)
Masayoshi Shido (formerly)

Enemies

Masayoshi Shido

Phantom Thieves of Hearts (formerly)
Sae Niijima (status unknown)
Takuto Maruki

Powers / Skills

High intelligence

Detective skills
Wild Card ability (to some extent)
Ability to summon his Persona
Swordsmanship
Marksmanship
Ability to cause psychotic breakdowns

Goals

Carry out murders for Shido (abandoned)

Take down Masayoshi Shido (posthumously succeeded courtesy of the Phantom Thieves)
Take down Maruki and return reality to normal (succeeded or failed, based on player choice)

Greatest Actions

Sacrificing himself to help the Phantom Thieves escape Masayoshi Shido's palace so that they can change Shido's heart

Fighting Maruki so that reality can return to normal

Type of IA

Redeemed Rival

“	My sole interest is uncovering the truth.	„
	~ Goro Akechi's All-Out Attack quote.

Goro Akechi, codenamed Crow while in the Metaverse and later Black Mask, is the secondary antagonist of the Persona 5 sub-series within the Persona series.

He was a detective investigating the Phantom Thieves of Hearts case, before becoming a member of the Phantom Thieves himself temporarily. It is later revealed that he works for Masayoshi Shido, the main villain of the game, and is the culprit behind the psychotic breakdown and mental shutdown incidents.

In Persona 5 Royal, after seemingly dying due to his sacrifice in Shido's palace, he is revived by Takuto Maruki in his "ideal" reality. Despite this, Akechi is against Maruki's methods, and allies himself with the Phantom Thieves once more in order to defeat Maruki and restore reality to normal. The expansion also explores more of Akechi's character, as well as his bond with his arch-rival, Ren Amamiya.

He is voiced by Sōichirō Hoshi in Japanese, and by Robbie Daymond in the English dub.

His Good Ranking[]

What Makes Him Admirable?[]

In Masayoshi Shido's palace, after he faces Shido's cognitive version of himself, who then summons a bunch of Shadows, Akechi decides to sacrifice himself in order to help the Phantom Thieves take down Shido.
In Persona 5 Royal, he helps the Phantom Thieves defeat Takuto Maruki in order to restore reality to normal, despite knowing that there is a very high chance that he would no longer be alive when reality is returned to normal.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]

Even after he redeems himself in the third semester, he throws away his detective prince act and acts like an ruthless, ax-crazy and smug jerk, making bloodthirsty comments while fighting Shadows, leading Sumire to describe him as "ruthless".
He shows little remorse for his many murders throughout the game, even killing two of the Phantom Thieves' parents (Futaba's mother and Haru's father), and never is seen apologizing to them.

Trivia[]

Akechi was considered to be a Heroic Benchmark previously, before it was realised that his sacrifice in Shido's palace was admirable enough to make him count here instead.