Persona 5

How in the blue hell is Makoto ranked second, whilst best girl Ann is seventh? Even freaking Yusuke is ranked third?!

Can't say I'm surprised with Goro at first place in the social link rankings, even if I don't agree with it, though I'm surprised (and happy) to see Yoshida at number 5. Sojiro, Kawakami and Takemi were always going to be top five and Ohya was always going to be last, so no huge surprises there. In terms of other NPCs, its good to see Lavenza ranked so high despite a very breif appearance in the game, though I'm not sure why a random Shujin student ranked fifth... what am I missing?

Persona-wise, I can't say I'm surprised to see Arsene and Yoshi top the respective charts, though why the fuck is Mara at number five? It's a giant green penis riding a chariot. Only in Japan.

Clearly, Yoshi is going to remain as the main physical damage dealer, nothing else even gets close (but then, it did cost me nearly five million yen to build the "Utimate" Yoshi you linked to, Chou!) and I've started on Satanael as well.  Satanael is pretty unique for a couple of reasons, firstly he starts at a really high level so doesn't have that much room to grow, and secondly, he inherently resists, nulls or drains every element in the game already.  He's even tankier than Yoshi at base.  To that end, I've decided to use Firm Stance on him as well, which further reduces the damage he takes by half.  That means he'll take half (Firm Stance proc) of half damage (provided via resistances), or to put it another way he avoids 75% of any damage put his way.  I've also given him the role of my gun user, which seemed fitting given his story role; Riot Gun, Cripple and Snipe stacked do ridiculous damage, and that's without using Charge, Heat Riser or Debilitate for buff/debuffs.  I've been trying to get him to inherit One-Shot Kill as well, but after a dozen attempts he simply wasn't having it, so I'll wait until I open up the Itemise skill in The Velvet Room and learn it that way.  As it stands, he and Yoshi are almost invincible anyway, particularly when you consider that I haven't even started Palace 4 yet!

I'm also a big fan of Alice, she's great at clearing mobs even though Die For Me! is a lot more SP intensive in P5 than it was in P4G, meaning that unless you have a large SP pool, she's not as viable as once she was (though Satanael's Victory Cry does render than almost moot in NG+), though most of the ultimate persona are very well designed I do have a strange soft spot for Beelzebub.  Yes, he's a grotesque giant fly, but he looks like nothing else in the game, and has some great skills.

Were I to rank the Phantom Thieves themselves, I'd likely opt for only minor tweaks to yours:

Ann > Morgana > Ryuji > Haru > Futaba > Yusuke > Poop > Makoto

I genuinely think Ann is the best choice for Joker as a love interest, and I really liked her character.  Yes, she knows she's attractive, but she's also hugely insecure and very lonely, which is why she relies so heavily on Shiho - her only real friend - prior to becoming a Phantom thief.  I've seen her Confidant described as a little vacuous, but it's really just her coming to terms with herself, warts and all, and vowing to make the most of her natural gifts rather than using them to coast by.

Morgana gets a lot of hate for forcing you to bed, but the MC did it himself in both P3 and P4: it's a narrative thing, not a character thing.  That aside, I had a lot of time for the guy.  Yes, he's a cat, I love cats so I'm probably more than slightly biased, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him when he simply doesn't understand his place in the world.  Even at the end of the game, when he does understand, he is prepared to do what is necessary for the sake of his friends, even if that ends up being played for laughs.

Ryuji I've touched on before; he's tremendously loyal to Joker, but elements of his character were explored better in P4 with Yosuke (the BFF) and Kanji (rebellious teen, likes to hit things).  Plus, there are a couple of times where he's just infuriatingly dumb.  You know the ones.

I've mentioned my thoughts on Haru before as well, she's a great character, her confidant was really nicely handled, and I loved some of her quirks (like confessing to enjoying hearing shadows scream) but it's just a pity she joins the party so late in the game.  Plus, I didn't like her dub VAs performance all that much.

I still don't understand why some people adore Futaba quite so much.  To quote myself; Futaba's gimmick got old about five seconds after finishing her Palace.  (Quite why so many people seem to want to romance her is baffling, though that may be because she's a socially retarded 14-15 year old with very obvious underlying mental health issues and I'm an old git.)  Being attracted to her seems - from my point of view at least - to suggest you may have some issues of your own.

Yusuke is just... there.  He's eccentric, but I never really cared for him.

Poop is poop, but it's still better than Makoto who remains the most overrated character in the franchise, for reasons I've stated at length elsewhere in this topic.  Oh, and I didn't include Goro because he's not a Phantom Thief and I thought the resolution to his arc could have been handled better.

You're shitting me... we got 'em!

Still sends a little shiver up my spine.

The way the twist was told was a little convoluted, and I suspect the english dub is partly to blame here, but it's still an excellent reveal. Atlus tell us there's a traitor and make us think the traitor is the twist only, to use it as a red herring, the real twist being that they were on to him the whole time.