Really, personally, I love Kanji’s new look at the end of the game, though I admit it’ll take a bit to wrap my head around it it completely.
Though I guess the important thing is to remember, just because he’s cleaned up a bit, doesn’t mean Kanji still can’t kick your ass.
I mean, come on,...
… now I want this to happen. Though I think the new look is like, at the very very end, when there’s no more fighting or whatnot, but I would love to see them run into the T.V. one more time, Kanji (and Naoto’s) new looks included (I want team up attacks with new!Kanji and new!Naoto now).
But I agree, just because the piercings and bleached hair is gone doesn’t mean that it’s not the same Kanji we all fell in love with. Kanji was always a good person to begin with – the sewing, the good heart, ect. – and just because he’s like this doesn’t mean he won’t throw a chair at your ass (come on, this is the guy who beat up bikers for making too much noise and disturbing his mother). If anything, this new look (to me) will make me love Kanji more, because he’s probably going to be trying to like… go to school, and study, and trip over his own feet in the process and say all the wrong things but mean well (please let Naoto find this adorable, Atlus).