Persona 5, Vol. 1

Based on the popular video game, this manga’s phantom thieves will steal your heart!

After being arrested and having to transfer to a new high school in Tokyo, Akira Kurusu is given the goal of rehabilitation and awakened to a new power—the power of one’s true self, a Persona. Using his Persona and the mysterious navigation app Momentos, Akira and his friends take on the role of phantom thieves, saving people from the twisted desires of those around them.

Akira Kurusu thought he was doing the right thing, rescuing a woman who was being attacked. Instead he was framed for assault. Expelled from his school and sent away from home, he is reenrolled in Shujin Academy in Tokyo on probation. The trouble starts his first day when he comes across delinquent Ryuji Sakamoto and the two somehow stumble into a castle in an alternate reality. Caught by the castle’s king, the schoolteacher Kamoshida, Akira discovers his will to rebel and awakens the power of his Persona! But back in the real world, Kamoshida’s terrible actions cause an unexpected tragedy…!

About the Author

Hisato Murasaki is a manga artist and illustrator from Japan. He has created illustrations for a number of manga and novel series, including Hyakume no Kishi (Knight of 100 Eyes), The Case-Book of ENA, the D-Crackers series and Bravely Archive: D’s Report. He also wrote the manga Boku no Mawari no Uchuujin (The Alien Around Me). He started work on Persona 5 in 2016.