Persona Fans Defend Anime Style Against Photorealistic AI Trend

A post showed AI-generated photorealistic versions of Persona characters. One reply called the images an insult to art direction and human passion. Another noted that Makoto Yuki did not turn into a door for this to exist. A different comment compared the results to analog horror. Additional replies suggested trying the style on pixel art visual novels or questioned the appeal of replacing anime graphics. The original post presented the images as an improvement in graphics. Visible replies on the thread focus on defending the original art direction.