The rooms of the Phantom Thieves
One of my favorite details about the 3rd semester is the way the gang's 3rd awakening rooms characterize them. They fit them all so well, and they're filled with so many little details!
Look at Ryuji's room. There's so many decorations in here that fit his character. He's obviously got a lot of stuff representing his main hobbies, track and working out, what with the dumbbells laying around and the track trophies propped up on his shelf. But he also has a bunch of stuff representing his smaller hobbies (shit he only mentions in Mementos), like his PILES of manga volumes and game cartridges. On top of that, his room is messy as hell! He's got old food laying around and so much shit on the floor that he must jam his toes against it when he walks around at night. Everything about the room just screams Ryuji, you know? It's messy and chaotic, but it's also clearly lived in and he doesn't feel the need to clean it up to impress anyone. It's perfect for him!
Compare that to Haru's room here. It's a lot more organized (duh, her competition is Ryuji), but it still says so much about her! The furniture that's in her room looks expensive, like her queen-sized mattress (the biggest bed any of the Thieves have) or the high-class painting hanging over her bed, but there's not a ton of it. The things Haru has are nice, but she doesn't buy a lot of them, because she's not trying to flaunt her wealth. There's also a lot of little floral touches to her room, like the well-kept flowers on her table and desk, or the watering can in her cabinet, and even the painting, because flowers and gardening are what she really cares about. And she has a little tea set that matches the room, for when she has guests over :D Just looking at her room, you can tell she's a well-off, but sweet girl who loves to garden.
Every decoration in Haru and Ryu's rooms tie into their characterization, but the same goes for everyone else. Ann's room isn't as messy as Ryuji's, but the biggest bit of clutter is all the opened/unopened boxes on the floor, like she bought them online and never got around to cleaning them up. Yusuke's room is nearly empty except for his art supplies, but he as so much art stuff that you'd barely notice. He's got so many canvases and brushes and unfinished sketches, you can tell it's his whole life. The shelves in Makoto's room are mostly academic books (judging by their all-white spines and uniform look), but she also has A BUNCH of cute manga with colorful-looking spines. She clearly studies in that room, but she also has a lot of Buchimaru merch, so it looks more comfortable than you'd expect. All of their rooms say so much about their personalities!
Her room is basically empty. She has a desk, a computer, a hat stand and 3 purses. That's it. She has a sports bag in the corner (I think), but nothing else related to gymantics. Not even any equipment. It's just...such a generic teen room, it doesn't feel lived in at all. I know that Sumi's room was made later than everyone else's (their rooms first appeared in P5 Dancing, while Sumi's appeared in P5R), but it still feels like an intentional contrast to every other room. And that's cause...what is she supposed to put in it? She doesn't have any hobbies or passions outside of gymnastics, and she only started doing that because of Kasumi. Sumi doesn't know who she is outside of Kasumi. Hell, she admits herself that her room is a carbon copy of her sister's. How is Sumire supposed to have a room that fits her personality when she doesn't know what her personality is? It could only ever be empty.
God, I love P5R man. Every new little thing I notice about it makes me love it more
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