After the first boss fight, Makoto points out that going after them won't bring him happiness. Ryuji says that that it's not about what Shidou says to him; he's himself, doesn't he get that? Futaba points out that the Medjed setup was an awful trap, but that if it wasn't for that, the current her wouldn't be here, and that it's fine to start over no matter from where. Morgana points out that he grew to care for Joker, that the way he laughed before their fight was his real feelings, and encourages him to follow his true feelings instead of fixating on being hated and unwanted.

After the second boss fight, most of the party encourages him after his "in the end, I couldn't become someone special after all". Ryuji admits he's almost too special, Makoto says his intelligence and strength is greater than any of them, and admits to being jealous of his talent and Sae's trust in him. Haru says she understands how he feels, even if she won't forgive him for what happened to her father. Futaba says she understands why he thought he could get by solo, with just two Personas. Yusuke admonishes him for using his powers selfishly, but admits that the one thing Joker had over him was the friends he worked with. Ryuji asks him what he'll do, and Anne suggests teaming up since it'd be a pain if he got in the way.

When the cognitive Goro shows up, Haru again tells Goro that it's not too late and asks if he'll reform Shidou with them, but instead of focusing on convenience like Anne, she focuses on the fact Shidou's his parent. Ryuji starts banging on the shutter and calling out to Goro when that goes up, Anne asks Morgana for a way to get it down again before the gunshots happen, Morgana uses his seeming death as a reason they absolutely can't let Shidou keep doing as he pleases.

In the chat when you get back to the real world, Makoto is upset enough by what happened that she's being uncharacteristically quiet, Haru says she has complicated feelings but thinks Goro was a victim too, Anne laments that they couldn't help him, Yusuke thinks he might've turned out the same way if it wasn't for his current friends (and later blows up at Shidou for what happened to Goro), Ryuji admits that while he doesn't forgive Goro, he forgives Shidou even less for warping him so badly. After the chat, Morgana muses "That guy helped everyone in the end. I'm sure he really...", then trails off and tells Joker that they absolutely HAVE to succeed this time.