Ren Amamiya/Joker (Persona 5)

Ren Amamiya (known as Akira Kurusu in Persona 5 Manga) is the main protagonist of the critically-acclaimed 2017 game Persona 5. At the beginning of the game, he has little to no power or influence in the world and is restrained by the rules of the system he was born into. However, beneath his quiet demeanor is a strong-willed Wild Card leading the Phantom Thieves and capable of exploiting the Metaverse. To his teammates his code name is Joker, and to the residents of the Velvet Room he is known as the Trickster. He is the leader of the rebellious Phantom Thieves of Hearts which aims to change society by touching the hearts of people and performing illegal heists.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Ren starts out as a normal highschool student who is constantly mistreated by everyone else when he first moved to Tokyo for probation, to a badass Persona-user who will not allow the corrupt take him for granted, and take his innocence and freedom back that was stolen by Masayoshi Shido.
 * 2) His Persona Arsene is well designed and so amazing.
 * 3) He made friends with Ryuji/Skull, Ann/Panther, Morgana, etc. during the game, and has great leadership for the Phantom Thieves.
 * 4) He attempts to change the hearts of those who are corrupted and he always succeeds on it (except for Sae Niijima).
 * 5) He is very intelligent.
 * 6) His famous glove adjustment.
 * 7) He saved Japan from the God of Control called the Holy Grail by summoning Satanael from above, and shot the God of Control in the face.
 * 8) Even after being forced to sleep all the time, the scenes he has with Morgana are rather heartwarming.
 * 9) Ren has a new gadget attached to his glove as a grappling hook, which was at first a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate exclusive, then made its way through Persona 5: Royal.
 * 10) Great design, even by Persona standards.
 * 11) He is also very selfless too, after trying to stop  Dr. Maruki and make him come to his senses to bring back the original reality, even knowing it will be very painful and nothing is perfect.
 * 12) "What else you've you got? Checkmate. You're not even close to being on my league."

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He doesn't talk a lot. Although this is very common for previous Persona protagonists.
 * 2) We don't get to learn much about his relatives and why his family did not object against the idea of Ren going to prison.
 * 3) Although his name is Ren Amamiya/Akira Kurusu, the name "Joker" is unimpressive, unoriginal and confusing, since it sounds familiar to DC's Joker.

Trivia

 * Despite being almost silent throughout the entire game, Ren is the second protagonist to speak the most, along with Aigis.
 * His English voice actor, Xander Mobus also voices the Announcer from Super Smash Bros for 3DS/Wii U and Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and Madara Uchiha from the Naruto series.
 * His Japanese voice actor also voices Korosensei from Assasination Classroom, Toneri from The Last: Naruto The Movie, and Lelouch vi Britannia from Code Geass.
 * His costume seems to be based on V from V for Vendetta, as he and V share some similitudes.
 * Ren is the only protagonist in the Shin Megami Tensei series to be a criminal.
 * Surprisingly, Ren happens to have the same codename with Joker from DC Comics.