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Anime illustration of Takuto Maruki, the bespectacled Shujin Academy counselor from Persona 5 Royal, standing casually in his lab coat and casual attire against a Tokyo street background.

Maruki

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Shujin Academy's quirky counselor hiding godlike cognition powers. Well-meaning savior rewriting reality for universal happiness. Final Palace ruler challenged by Phantom Thieves in Persona 5 Royal's third semester.

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