One of my biggest complaints with the original Persona 3 was that, even if I just wanted to be friends with any of the girls in my party, the game’s social sim elements required you to enter a romantic relationship if you reached the end of their route. When this became clear to me, I stopped seeing their storylines…
![](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/d8b443f3b0f2c6e858dfb64cc908a0c8.jpg)