It’s is 2/2.... And he loves you... doesn’t he?

During the course of time prior, Akechi would condemn the Phantom Thieves' actions. He is a famous detective, and would often talk about how he disagrees with the Phantom thieves on the news. He went viral because of it. He temporarily cooperates with them for professional reasons, using the codename Crow. He also acts as the protagonist’s, Akira, rival. His past causes him to feel... strongly hateful towards Akira, butAkechi tries to perfect himself to be acceptable to others and put on a fake face. Later, he betrayed the Phantom Thieves and turned the protagonist over to the police, where he was captured and interrogated. While the protagonist was in interrogation, Akechi came and shot Akira, supposedly killing him for his Father, Shido. But Akira had tricked him and actually survived.

Later, while the Phantom Thieves (the group of vigilantes/heros who fight for justice in the Metaverse and are lead by Akira. Their members are: Akira, Ryuji, Ann, Morgana {a cat from the metaverse that talks}, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, and Haru) are in the Metaverse trying to change the heart of Shido, Akechi confronts the Phantom Thieves in the engine room of the great ship that is Shido's Palace. When accused of cooperating with Shido and having malicious intentions, Akechi scoffs all of this and reveals his plan to expose to Shido his status as his illegitimate son after having been acknowledged, ruining his life. Furious that the Thieves are in the way of his plans, Akechi then battles the group. He loses, and is later “killed” by a Shadow in the palace, after sacrificing himself for Akira and the Phantom thieves, which exposes that Shido was planning of getting rid of Akechi from the beginning.

Not only was Akechi uses by his Father in that time, but was used by an evil God-like being called Yaldabaoth. Yaldabaoth’s goal was to control all of human and take over the world, using the lonely helpless Akechi to make his plan possible. Part of the reason Goro Akechi hated Akira was because the God needed Akira under his control. Another God like being named Igor, who lives in the velvet room, had chosen Akira to be his fighter against Yaldabaoth. So the two of them were faited to battle out.

But Akechi never really hated Akira did he? He wanted to BE JUST LIKE AKIRA. To have a group of friends, confidence, people who care. He envied that Akira had everything he wanted.

Akechi reveals himself to be alive on Christmas Eve after Yaldabaoth's defeat, offering himself to take the protagonist's of testifying in court about Shido and his crimes. He turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders he committed on Shido's behalf. Akechi was released on January 1st for no apparent reason. He is confused. He is supposed to be dead or in jail. Something is wrong... after meeting up with Akira, Together they went into a Palace in the Metaverse, made by the Palace owner Takuto Maruki. He tells the boys that his a perfect reality he made for them. They leave the place confused. They had expected to find a villain in the palace, not some guy who... wanted the best for them.

Deep deep down Akechi knows something is very wrong about this reality... he isnt supposed to be to. The reality brought him back to life which means that if they take down that villain... Akechi will not live. If they fight and win, Akechi will go back to being dead and be gone forever. What will he tell Joker, his only companion?