Persona 6 fans are discussing whether the series should abandon its recurring hot springs scenes, which are widely seen as dated fan service built around predictable misunderstandings between male and female characters. The debate matters because it reflects pressure on Atlus to update a long-running Persona tradition as it develops the newly announced sixth game.

Since Persona 3 in 2006, the games have typically included gender-segregated baths that end with boys accidentally overhearing girls and being punished after being discovered. Reddit commenters say the scenes are neither especially shocking nor funny, and want them removed or rewritten to suit the characters and story; the article contrasts them with Xenoblade Chronicles 3, whose bath scene uses the setting to develop its themes rather than titillate.