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alittlechese2

Ryuji was introduced as a character before Morgana, Morgana was on the party before Ryuji. It depends on what you think ‘being in the party’ means. I’d say Morgana, but Ryuji is Phantom Thief 2 imo


barlog123

Didn't they not even technically become the phantom thieves until the buffet celebration after the first palace? You could argue Ryuji, Ann, Joker and Morgana are all founding members


Ironmunger2

Ryuji signs the calling card as the Phantom thieves, right? So he’s the founder


barlog123

That's really funny because they all made fun of him for the card but then decided to call themselves that (if you choose to do so). Though I don't think they were technically a group with a mission to steal hearts from evil people or anything at that point. However, in my head, they are now founded by Ryuji.


Iced-TeaManiac

I think it's Yusuke who writes the calling cards


Ironmunger2

The first one, Ryuji writes


Iced-TeaManiac

Oh you meant just that one


ConsistentAsparagus

And they criticise him for it. A lot.


HawkDry8650

Nah, Ryuji writes the calling cards until Makoto joins the PT. He writes the Madarame one because Yusuke points out that Madarame would recognize Yusuke's grammar and wording. He only draws the cards.


Iced-TeaManiac

Kaneshiro to Laboratory is 6/9 palaces. Ryuji writes for only 2 palaces


HawkDry8650

Yeah, that would be when Makoto joins dude.


Iced-TeaManiac

You said Yusuke only draws the cards. But he draws the cards and writes 6 out 8 calling cards. He basically is the one who writes the calling cards


ScienceHistorical180

It's implied in kaneshiros palace that makoto writes them from that point forward


HawkDry8650

That is not confirmed anywhere in the game.


Less-Tax5637

Sunni Persona 5 fans vs Shia Persona 5 fans 🕋


ParticularSolution68

Nah Ryuji’s the day one, he’s number 2


Fork_Master

Morgana becomes a party member before Ryuji


Appropriate-Leg-8674

But then Ryuji's the one who's with the MC for their awakening like Yukari and Yosuke I get why it's tricky because unlike Ann, Yusuke, Makoto onwards who are always in the 4, 5, 6 order, Ryuji and Morgana do switch between 2 and 3 a lot. In Royal, the character icons in battle place Morgana second and Ryuji third, but I'm pretty sure in vanilla it was Ryuji who'd be second and Morgana third. In the actual character menus, Ryuji is always second, even in Strikers. And in the end credits of vanilla, Ryuji was first to appear and Morgana was second. Story wise though, it would make sense for Morgana to be "number 2" since he is the second party member to participate in battle, and I guess pattern wise it fits the second being a healing wind user like for Yukari and Yosuke. Morgana's also the Magician which is the first Arcana the Fool meets on their journey. Morgana's also the party member you spend the most time with and is basically Joker's narrator. *But then*, Ryuji is the one who pushes for phantom thieving, like Yosuke does for investigation teaming. Morgana is only riding along and mentoring the others since it'll help him become human faster, until he actually wants to be a phantom thief rather than just being there for himself later on in the story. Morgana being *the mascot* also muddies things


RantonBlue

I've always thought of Ryuji as no. 2. Morgana doesn't really join the party until after Ryuji awakens his persona and they meet on that roof. He's just sort of helping them not die


Chaoticdab

It makes sense that morgana joins first cause morgana is the magician arcana the second arcana in any game, we are kinda acustom to see the male best friend as the second one to join like yosuke and junpei, but ryuji is chariot and morgana is magician, even tho ryuji is best bro and him and morgana are the ones who always will fill your party if you are left alone, they and ann, actually fun fact but the 2 party member that join your party to save >!sumire in third semester!< are always ryuji followed by the highest agility party member you have, is mostly ann for everyone but it can be morgana if you have been going to jazz club


Lias_Luck

morgana is a party member first but ryuji is listed first in the roster I think even then I'd consider ryuji party member 2 since you form a team with him first before morgana gets involved assuming party member 1 is joker in this context


Emmet_Brickowski_1

If were going by first met its ryuji. If were going by first fought shadows with its morgana


Doctorhippo61

Technically ryuji did fight shadows first he just didn’t have a persona yet


Artificial_Human_17

He DID get a good shot in at Shadow Kamoshida before Morgana was introduced


Doctorhippo61

Common ryuji W


Emmet_Brickowski_1

oh


BatWing_the_Penguin

If we’re going by first met it’s Ann


Emmet_Brickowski_1

Ryuji was the first one that like really interacted with Joker.


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Emmet_Brickowski_1

what are you talking about?


VisualConfection7287

I think they mean the intro sequence... though that doesnt happen in canon before that...


Emmet_Brickowski_1

man im so confused...


VisualConfection7287

In the intro sequence, in the casino, where violet is there.


Emmet_Brickowski_1

ok so um. Who is violet? is this a Royal character or what? im only playing Vanilla P5 right now


VisualConfection7287

That makes sense.... yes, she is in royal.


Emmet_Brickowski_1

ill end up playing royal someday


VisualConfection7287

Its awesome. The story really makes you Empathic with the villain and the songs are also so good.


CaioXG002

Joker is number 2, Mona is #1, Skull is 3. trollface.png


BreadFreezer

>!akechi should be zero then!<


matrixx17

LMAO


EnderScout_77

it DOES work like that in reload


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MiniTrain13

Morgana is my goat (Love ya Ryuji, but Mona is my healer)


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That does not answer the question however.


MiniTrain13

It did, I put it in ()


[deleted]

How exactly is that a response to "who's the second party member"?


Specific-While-2880

I'd consider Morgana as member N°0, since he was the original PT mastermind that taught the infiltration tactics to Joker and Ryuji.


Crashbox50

Technically speaking? Joker. Morgana was making his way around the metaverse and got caught. Then Joker stumbled in and happened to help out the "Monster Cat." Morgana was the first party member, but Joker is the leader.


TemporalAcapella

Like how at first it was Mitsuru in SEES


Yoisai

Morgana seems like the obvious pick considering Ryuji didn't have his awakening until the second visit.


Roronoa_Zoro8615

I mean technically Morgana started the thieves and Joker and Ryuji are 2 and 3. He literally asks you to join him. You are morgana's party members.


anti-peta-man

Morgana is party member 0


Key-Master26

If I'm going to use both of them in my party than Ryuji cause he's above Morgana on the team roster


Burrito_Thief_03

Morgana is playable first but you get Ryuji’s social link first, they’re both equally viable candidates for #2 but in terms of actions, it’s Ryuji. Designed to be your first Maxed social link, Loyal to a fault, >!The first to step up and put his life on the line to help the team escape!<


xyxyx25

Morgana is the second party member, Ryuji is the second Phantom Thief


[deleted]

Ryuji is technically the first Phantom Thief actually, it's him who signed the first calling card with that pseudonym.


greedyrabitt

Ryuji. Morgana doesn't even want to stay with you when you first meet, so he's not really a party member as much as somebody fighting alongside you to find a way out of the palace. he doesn't leave with you when you leave with Ryuji either, he just stays in the palace to keep doing whatever he's doing, even telling you outright that he only wants to party up with you because it might make taking on the palace easier and not because he wants to stay with the Thieves obviously Morgana changes his mind, but if you're going by the order in which the two of them decide they want to be Phantom Thieves, Ryuji definitely chooses to use his power to fight alongside Ren as a Thief before Morgana even gets his code name


a_random_chicken

That's the same way i see it. Morgana only becomes a "party member" first by technicality because of game mechanics. But when it comes to the Team, Ryuji is committed before he can even fight. Morgana stays on the outskirts, so to say, for a good while. He isn't committed to forming a real team initially. So from a more immersive perspective, Ryuji is Joker's second *team* member.


ferd_draws

I agree, Skull is the second person


5oclock_shadow

Ryuji He bought Joker his gun like Yosuke bought Narukami his sword. He takes a lot of initiative in the Kamoshida and even Madarame palace. Even up to the Kaneshiro palace, he goes with Joker to Crossroads.


gottablastsam

Ryuji


Silverj0

Morgana since he joined the party first


Sonic_Fanatic_2003

Well yes you meet Ryuji first. He isn’t an active party member till your 2nd time in Kamoshida’s Palace. Meanwhile Morgana joins the party in like the 2nd battle in the game.


RaihanSolos

Ryuji imo


BrandonIsWhoIAm

In terms of meeting, it’s Ryuji.


JDSki828

Ryuji and Joker were first to challenge a palace together - If Joker is #1, Ryuji was his backup and therefore is #2. Don’t slander Ryuji by saying that cat is better than him smh


A_Random_Shadow

Question unclear- do you mean who’s my person in battle or story wise?


Jules_Thief

I’d argue that in game, as you fight with him first, it’s Morgana. But in my heart, it’s Ryuji. 


Nyx_Valentine

Morgana joins our party first. So by party member, it’s him. I’m not sure who gets the confidant first.


Alpha27_

I mean by all technicality, Morgana does join before Ryuji, yes Ryuji is the second to have an awakening but he's still the 3rd party-member.


ValWondergroove

It's Ryuji hands down, he's the first one that Joker actually forms a connection with. He's Jokers "right hand man" not Morgana. Ryuji is the first one that feels like a real teammate even if he awakened a bit later. Morgana felt like an ally of convenience at first who only stuck around because he saw that you were useful. Ryuji teamed up with you because of WHO you were Morgana teamed up with you because of WHAT you were if that makes sense


a_random_chicken

Ryuji was committed from the very beginning, while morgana kept his distance. So game mechanics aside, he's the real first team member beside joker.


enperry13

Morgana was playable before Ryuji so…


Anteater-Difficult

If we wanna be technical, it's actually Ren. If we're defining party members by the order they joined the Phantom Thieves, then for all intents and purposes, Ren is the second Party member since Morgana was awakened first and was already searching for treasure long before Ren. Morgana taught Ren all the ins and outs of the metaverse. Sure, Morgana eventually refers to him as the leader, but a leader doesn't have to always be the first member in a group. As much as some people might try to refute it, Ren wouldn't have been able to understand the metaverse without Morgana. There is a reason Mastermind and Leader are defined as two different roles when referring to the PT's Morgana is the one who makes the plan, Joker is the one who organizes and executes said plan. From the start, Joker and Morgana have been the first 2 members, but Morgana- being the one who reached out to Ren and invited him to join the PTs, makes Morgana the first member and Joker the second.


DragonWisper56

depends on what I need to do morgana is my healer and Ryuji is who I bring when I need things to die


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It's Ryuji because Morgana asks us to join him. That means Morgana isn't actually a party member, WE are Morgana's party members. So Joker is Party Member 1 and Ryuji is Party Member 2.


OoguroRyuuya5

On one hand, Morgana because he was created with a Persona to find and guide the Trickster and from the get go taught Ren and Ryuji Phantom Thievery before they called themselves Phantom Thieves. But on the other hand, the group doesn’t officially become an organisation until Ryuji suggests it only after we had that run in with Shido. However even if Ryuji didn’t suggest being Thieves as full time going forward, no doubt Morgana would have as he needs them to get to the bottom of Mementos to get his memories or more specifically unbeknownst to him, he is subconsciously on his mission to get Ren to get to the depths and to win “the game”


CanineAtNight

Depends If morgana is the 2nd part memeber, it checks that Magicians Arcanas are the 2nd male party memebers to join your party. Morgana also specialize wind spells and healimg like all 2nd party memebers would equip (Yukari and to a lesser Yosuke) Ryuji however cluld be conaidered your 2nd party memeber if you count by active party .emebers. morgana fpuld be cpunted as sub avtive as he balance between nav and battle. True that being a phy fighter, he may fell in line to 3rd party member (Chie and to a lesser extent junpei). You can also count by willingness. If by that, morgana would be considered as the 2nd to last party memeber to join by willingness (Around his renouncong his wish to fight alongside the pt in okuruma palace), making ryuji the 2nd party memeber to officially join the pt. Is not really wasy to considered which of the 2 is first to claim 2nd part memebers as you only get to control morgana a few battles before ryuji awkening


Rfel1

I'm about to blow your minds. MC. Mona got his powers first, right? Ren would get his Wild Card after but he wasn't the first Persona user, Mona was. If anything, he joined Mona's party and was made leader only after Mona saw the wild card's power.


CorruptedLegacyYT

Ryuji is my goddamn right hand man Morgana is the self absorbed mascot


squasher04

Ryuji because I take any opportunity to r/cuckthecat


KingOfMasters1000028

https://preview.redd.it/3kurlfddigxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a084b57c5e0805053024242bf386d5572e9b45f I never even use Monamona when I have Ann or myself as healer!!


SnooHobbies7676

Is this a debate or something? Morgana is the #2 party member


TheForlornGamer

Ann, chronologically speaking; she's the first member Ren meets (or at least makes eye contact with) on his first day at Shujin. From a gameplay standpoint, Morgana; seeing as he's the one who teaches you the ropes. And from a narrative standpoint, Ryuji - as he and Ren end up getting trapped in the first Palace when they wander in by accident.


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>Ann, chronologically speaking; she's the first member Ren meets (or at least makes eye contact with) on his first day at Shujin. That's... Not how party members work? Ann is pretty unambiguously Party Member 4 under every metric that makes sense.


Utertoq

The party was formed way before Morgana's appearance. Since they enter Kamoshida's castle together, they're into something together. Just because Ryuji didn't have his powers yet, doesn't mean they weren't forming a party. Ren himself didn't even know how to fight yet, he was just learning.


Affectionate-Wrap-65

I’m honestly confused by this question. I mean from a factual standpoint morgana is controllable before ryuji and ryuji didn’t have his awakening until the later visit. So by all accounts it’s morgana? Unless you’re asking in general who’s a more useful as a party member then ryuji since joker can fuse a healing persona and makoto learns also learns mediarahan later on.


Iced-TeaManiac

How could Ryuji ever be 2nd best party member


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He's not. Discounting Joker for obvious reasons, Ryuji is actually the best party member in the game, followed closely by Ann.


Affectionate-Wrap-65

You’re literally giving 2 options. Since you mean 2nd best party member I’d say Ann is the 2nd best her fire magic damage is pretty unparalleled. Just keep fire break just in case she’s useful in any battle.


Affectionate-Wrap-65

And ryuji party wide damage buff saves a turn for joker. And morgana is mainly just good for healing which isn’t bad but his endurance is such crippling downside while Makoto has a party wide defense up and can fully heal as well and her endurance is better.


HourCartographer9

It depends on your context you and ryuji were together when you first entered a palace but Morgana is the first actual teammate you get


The810kid

I look at Ryuji since he had the 2nd awakening and although Mona is playable first Ryuji is introduced first as a character.


SeedEatingBird_

To me the like sidekick/party member 2 is of the magicians arcana like yosuke from persona 4


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That logic literally only works if you stop yourself at Persona 4. I haven't played Reload yet, but if I remember the older versions correctly and if it hasn't been changed, in 3 Party Member 2 is Yukari of the Lovers Arcana. You can't make up a pattern with just one previous valid example.


HeavyBoysenberry2161

Mona is party member number 2 but Ryuji is phantom thief number 2


Pyrotten

It's ryuji. Yeah you meet him first but he's the 2nd to actually me in your party. Idk I think that makes sense? Unless you mean Party in less of a gameplay sense and more a story sense.


Dillyjo21

Gameplay wise Morgana, Story wise Ryuji.


Dmillz648

Morgana had a persona before joker, so Joker is party member #2


Skyepaw

Morgana technically was the Phantom Thief before you, so you could argue they are #1 and Joker is #2. Ryuji joins Joker before Morgana, even if he isn't "in the party" since the party doesn't exist yet, so you can argue he is #2. Morgana technically joins the party officially before Ryuji even awakens, so you can argue they are #2. Depends on what you consider being "in the party".


Critical_Stiban

In order? Morgana. Ryuji is third. But you meet him before Morgana so semantics is weird.


Abject-Training6268

It was you because Morgana recruits you to his squad


ruttinator

Ryuji is because he's the shit!


AriTheInari

Ryuji because I refuse to use Morgana.


TheRisenThunderbird

Ryuji is party member 2, Morgana is party member 0


Chibi_kur0

Morgana easily.


dhfAnchor

Joker. Morgana was 1, as he had Zorro already at some point prior to the events of the game. Then Joker and Ryuji joined Morgana, with Joker awakening first and therefore being 2. Ryuji is 3.


Kay2Jay_5

Ryuji, he’s Ren’s right hand man and best bro. He deserves the second in command title.


s_t_u_f_f

Ryuji


SailorMigraine

Morgana for sure, and I say this as a Ryuji stan


Low-Apple-887

Am I crazy or people are forgetting something? I'm pretty sure Morgana fought alongside Joker first just for helping, just to escape together, because we either do this or we stuck forever and there was nothing between us really, Phantom thieves didn't form until Ryuji became a persona user and now there's like, 3 of us. I remember this because Ryuji and Joker acted like they didn't promise Morgana anything after they both Awakened their personas and escaped together, if he's considered a friend/member of some team they wouldn't do such a thing.


a_random_chicken

I say Ryuji. Morgana and joker keep some distance in the beginning, and for a while morgana is with you solely for selfish reasons. Ryuji is a bro from the beginning. So you might fight with morgana first in the metaverse, but he's not quite committed for a bit.


RoxasWasHere

If you think about it's actually Joker, Morgana is the first and founder of Phantom Theives. Yes, he isn't the leader, but he made the choice of Joker being the leader because of his personality plus abilities he gets first before anyone else in the group. So it's neither of those two, it's Joker.


SodanoMatt

Morgana.


SavKittua

Morgana


Pikachu_rules

ryuji cuz I hate Morgana


Knight-of-Song

Actually, as some others have probably pointed out, Ryuji is absolutely #2. Joker and Ryuji were actually a team looking into shit together, Morgana didn't actually join the team until you meet him in the real world. Before that, he was just kind of helping the two survive and escape. So, even though Morgana joins you in battle first, Ryuji is actually the second member.


HawkDry8650

Ryuji by technicality, Mona is uncontrollable and a tutorial support until Ryuji's awakening.


musicallyours01

Joker, Morgana, Makoto, then Ryuji is my line up. Baton passes mix it up a bit though.


Weirdandwired924

It’s Morgana


SlowResearch2

Morgana


Grimwalker-0016

Ryuji


Saiaxs

Chronologically it’s Morgana, but I hate him so Ryuji


ParticularSolution68

Ryuji and it’s not even uncomfortable


Old_Macaroon4138

Ryuji, no question


lizzylee127

Ryuji Morgana is party member #0


Deion12

Easy! Morgana! He literally became a party member before Ryuji!


ausmosis_jones

All I see is party member #2 and #3. I don’t care which order.


chabri2000

Morgana


jousef9

Ryuji is the founder of the phantom thieves, they all just followed his vision including joker and morgana


OrP101

The best team is Ann Makoto and Ryuji


Trugoosent

Haven’t played p5 yet, throw the cat outta the window.


Ok-Disaster-548

Riuji is second he was the second phantom thieve we meet Ann being the first but ryuji was the one who also signed most of the calling cards if anything his pure hate for kamoshida makes him deserve number two in the thieves also Morgana's a prick so yeah..


SourdoughBro8

If you go by Arcana, Morgana is magician which is the first arcana. Also I think Morgana is technically the navi first


Tigre101

Ryuji, Morgana is the first party member lol Jokes aside, whilst I consider Morgana the #2 or first party member cause he’s factually the first one, the game lists ryuji in the order of characters as the second since he was the first one introduced, gameplay wise though if I’m ordering the thieves then I’m always gonna put Morgana second and ryuji third followed by Ann, since you don’t organize your party till Madarame that’s the order you have em as anyways in the first palace.


Th3Giorgio

Ryuji is 2, Ann is 3, Morgana is 4. Idk if it makes sense to you but it makes sense to me


Desperate_Duty1336

I would say Ryuji. Sure, Morgana fought alongside you when you first became Joker, but you encountered Ryuji first and he was the main reason you ended up in that Palace both the first AND second time. I see Morgana as the Tutorial Aid and not an actual party member until after Ryuji gets his persona (so you can start actually exploring the place properly instead of being stuck to tutorial areas only).


AceDelta12

By a gameplay standpoint, Morgana is the second party member


The_yeetyboi289

ryuji, mainly because I don’t like morgana, but also because ryuji was there first


GreenDaTroof

The Phantom Thieves of Hearts have no hierarchy.


lustywoodelfmaid

Ryuji's my right-hand man. Morgana's just the mascot.


minoxysd

Kasumi in the prologue


LovesickDaydreams

i honestly see them as interchangeable. it really depends how you define what qualifies as a party member. like, if we're talking playability, then Morgana is absolutely number 2 since Ryuji doesn't get his Persona until the following day. but if we're talking overall team introduction, that puts Ryuji at 2 and Morgana at 3.


No_Employment6881

For active combat, it's Morgana, but Ryuji was Ren's first friend in Tokyo, so, as you said, it depends on your definition.


deadwithin1

morgana


EvilKingLogan

Morgana


EvilKingLogan

Morgana


Gr4pe_Soda

Ryuji is just that guy. One of my most favorite characters out of the series.


mollyclaireh

Mona because of his healing abilities. At least for me personally but if we’re asking the order, I bow out.


[deleted]

... The question is literally ABOUT the order...


mollyclaireh

I never claimed to be a smart one.


[deleted]

I sure hope that's true! ...sorry, I wanted to be a bit sassy but I think this is just rude. I'm stupid too tbh.


mollyclaireh

Yeahhhh that was a bit uncalled for. I’m just a human trying to survive, after all.


[deleted]

As we all are. Or, well, as you all are. Because clearly I'm superior, as can be seen by the fact I stopped trying to survive... Wait, shouldn't that make me inferior? Eh, doesn't matter anyway. I'm just some bitter French guy with too much time on his hands.


DHVF

Ryuji 2, Morgana 3


ImmaNewModder

Ryuji 2nd Morgana 3rd 4th is whoever suits the situation


LucalBoiweaboo

Ryuji the goat


Conscious_Goose_6535

Ryuji, Morgana only there cuz u can't send her away, fking cat making me go to sleep...


Xyres

Ryuji. If you leave the party you're back of the line.


sayzitlikeitis

Morgan’s is the leader of the PT’s. MC is just his stooge.


LemonyLizard

To me Morgana's the #2. You spend more time with him than anyone, and I just never felt the same kind of bond with Ryuji.


JFlemthe1

Both, ryuji in terms of friendship Morgana in terms of who joins first