Episode 88: ”Persona 5” and confidants

All other things being equal, the older you get, the harder it becomes to make new friends. So how do you go about forming new friendships as an adult? I’ll examine this question through the lens of ”Persona 5,” and excellent JRPG. In turns out this game has a fairly accurate blueprint on how to progress from casual acquaintance to intimate confidant. The keys are time, shared interests, and reciprocal self-disclosure.