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On Thursday, presumed images of two <\/span>Persona 6 <\/span>characters made their way around the internet, allegedly originating on the Chinese social network Xiaohongshu. The <\/span>Persona <\/span>series is almost <\/span>notorious<\/span> for<\/span> facing<\/span> leaks<\/span>, so a lot of fans quickly assumed they were real and ran with these designs.<\/span><\/p>\n The leaked art depicts a blond dude with a bowl cut-esque hairstyle and big eyelashes. He\u2019s next to a sad-looking girl with a black and red bob (who is saying \u201chi\u201d for some reason). Fans initially assumed these were the rumored male and female main characters, but another reliable leaker, who jumped in to confirm the leaks, asserted that the boy is the protagonist, while the girl is just a side character.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It seems that a reliable leaker pointed out these are official Persona 6 concept arts. \u2014 Syl \u203b (@realityindadark) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n I\u2019m not here to speculate on whether these leaks are real or not. I\u2019m instead here to say that the internet is absolutely freaking out about the protagonist, whose rumored design has already fueled fan art, a charming nickname, and even merch that will absolutely sell regardless of if he\u2019s real or not.<\/span><\/p>\n Initially, people didn\u2019t seem to like this guy. Some fans took to Twitter to call him ugly. Others jumped to compare him to Bebe, a foreign exchange student from <\/span>Persona 3<\/span> who\u2019s pretty widely disliked but can be befriended anyway. People in the Bebe-hating camp were, predictably, not happy to see this design:<\/span><\/p>\n DMCA-free Persona 6 protag designs in case ATLUS starts taking leaks down pic.twitter.com\/JexVupgr4x<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dastanovich (@Dastanovich_) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n He looks like the French dude from persona 3, wtf. I\u2019m hoping this is fake<\/p>\n \u2014 \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034f \u034fpepsi (@OfflinePepsi) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n Apparently, though, fans have turned around on this guy pretty quickly. This protagonist is now all over the place, and he\u2019s been lovingly dubbed \u201cJohn<\/span> Persona 6<\/span>.\u201d This might be a reference to <\/span>that one unnamed Dragon Ball XenoVerse 3<\/em> character who everybody jokingly calls \u201cJohn Dragon Ball,\u201d<\/span> or it might not be. I honestly have no idea where the name came from! What I do know, though, is that it\u2019s now all over the place:<\/span><\/p>\n ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED. JOHN PERSONASIX IS OFFICIALLY MORE ICONIC THAN ALL THREE MAINLINE PERSONA MCS!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com\/RUtt736smO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 stars\u26d3\ufe0f\ud83d\udddd\ufe0f (@BigGengarFan04) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n stop insulting john persona 6’s haircut if you like this haircut pic.twitter.com\/mFJnGas719<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 amen | FES GLAZER PLAYS P3R (@amen_handle) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n Fans like John <\/span>Persona 6<\/span> so much that Twitter is now full of fan art of him:<\/span><\/p>\n you guys are too mean to john persona 6 i think he looks like a polite young man pic.twitter.com\/ObKQTNTxMD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 miin of JOHNTWT!!!!!\ud83d\udc0c (@JakesRightBoob) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n i doodled this pic.twitter.com\/zJDUYe82O1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Raeru (@RaeruINK) May 29, 2026<\/p>\n i like the john persona 6 guy, he’s fun to draw pic.twitter.com\/btmnMdU40i<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Koto\ud83d\udc97 (@personakoto) May 29, 2026<\/p>\n john and jane persona 6 pic.twitter.com\/VnTb2nPZ8t<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 meowgui \ud83d\udc1f\ud83d\udca8 (@988meigui) May 29, 2026<\/p>\n People have even thrown him into their <\/span>Tomodachi Life <\/span>islands:<\/span><\/p>\n HERE HE IS. JOHN PERSONA 6 THE MII pic.twitter.com\/OTffq4RUsR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 miin of JOHNTWT!!!!!\ud83d\udc0c (@JakesRightBoob) May 28, 2026<\/p>\n And now there\u2019s\u2026merch???? Of a <\/span>potential <\/span>leak????<\/span><\/p>\n my ORGINAL CHARACTER john persona 6 is now on acggoods (SMILES) pic.twitter.com\/9hcocygrUu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 miin of JOHNTWT!!!!!\ud83d\udc0c (@JakesRightBoob) May 29, 2026<\/p>\n I think John Persona 6<\/em> is pretty cool despite looking exactly like Bebe, but that doesn\u2019t really matter to me because I\u2019ll be picking up the game on day one regardless of who its main character is. What I do care about, though, is that mysterious girl with red and black hair (Jane Persona 6<\/em>?) who\u2019s missing out on most of the fan art fun. I feel bad for her!<\/span><\/p>\n
Literally can\u2019t wait for the official reveal! pic.twitter.com\/MgQ58njfhW<\/a><\/p>\n