A group of high school students create a vigilante group to expose the crimes of corrupt adults but soon find themselves in the midst of a worldwide conspiracy and targeted by powerful individuals who would do anything to silence them.

Ultimately, the group of Phantom Thieves seeks to change their day-to-day world to match their perception, end slavery and see through the masks modern society wears. With vary of persona’s A defining aspect of the series is the use of the "Persona", which are physical manifestations of a person's psyche and subconscious used for combat. To save people’s subconscious aka the metaverse using a app to transfer them to a different dimension The metaverse in Persona 5 is where all the combat happens. Most people in the real world are unaware of this realm, and these “worlds” are known as “Palaces” in the game. The palaces all serve as physical representations of the individuals' subconscious minds.