TheMrPliskin
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Anybody else notice he actually seems to get busted in the OP? I think MC is the Phantom prior to the game starting. He gets busted, sent to the new school, whatever event Hashino teased happens, and then he gets his Persona.
He's already guilty of something and that's why the Velvet room is a cell.
I took the opening to be the protagonist first night after gaining his persona and inside the casino is when he'll be introduced to the way he fight's shadows. Similar to how P3 and P4 both introduced the Dark hour and Midnight Channel that scene will be the first exposure the P5 protagonist has to how he'll be fighting shadows.