Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20180523194209/@comment-27109830-20180627205132

Hey man, what do you think of this idea?

Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5) vs. Snow Villiers (Final Fantasy 13) - Boisterous blond bruisers of JRPGs, who specialize in dishing out powerful physical attacks, with occasional magical blows thrown into the mix, and can take just as much damage, if not more, making them the go-to tank of the party.

Both of them are energetic, boisterous, cheerful, loud, generally not the smartest party member, and prone to revealing the true identities of them and their friends (or, at least, Ryuji came close to revealing the party as the Phantom Thieves, whereas Snow actually revealed the party's status as l'Cie's), which generally makes them quite the polar opposite of the protagonist, albeit this led to some intense conflict between Lightning and Snow, while this only made the bond between Joker and Ryuji stronger.

For all their faults, particularly their obsession with fame and heroism, they are genuinely kind-hearted, quick to forgiving others, and possess a fierce desire to do the right thing, albeit without the correct views of heroism, something they eventually acknowledged and got over as the adventure went on. And beneath all that bravado, impulsiveness and other traits, they're struggling to cope with their past misstakes and desire to help an important girl in their life, Ryuji's mother and Snow's fiancée respectively.

It may not be as thematic as others, but it's certainly the closest out of the list of opponents for them.