He forms it with Morgana, a mysterious cat-like creature who serves as the Thieves's second-in-command, guiding them around the Metaverse, wanting to discover his origins and restore his true form, alongside Ryuji Sakamoto, who is seen as a delinquent at his school due to an incident with his former track team. He is a high school student who moves to Tokyo after being expelled from his former school due to a false accusation of assault, later forming the Phantom Thieves. The player character is a silent protagonist codenamed Joker. Persona 5 is set within Tokyo beginning in April of the year "20XX". People with great desires and a distorted perception of the world have a Palace in the Metaverse which the Phantom Thieves access through a mobile app on their smartphones. Its playable characters can be controlled in the game's many locations, known as "Palaces".
Persona 5, a role-playing video game by Atlus, is centered on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a vigilante group of high-school students working to change the hearts of criminals by getting them to confess their crimes through defeating a physical manifestation of their subconscious in a mysterious realm known as the Metaverse. Playable characters from Persona 5: (left to right) Makoto, Ann, Yusuke, Joker, Haru, Ryuji, Morgana and Futaba