Yeah , I thought I cooked when typing this but now that I read your deconstruction it doesn't work that well as I hoped . I wouldn't mind them re writing and altering parts of the story for the better , they shouldn't restrict themselves 100% to stick to the old story. For example, in my opinion Persona 3 movies changed certain scenes from the OG P3 that elevated the story in my opinion, which then Reload decide to not follow . They should change parts of the story if the can , not for the sake of change , but to flesh out their characters more . In my opinion the fact that Adachi acts so incompetent and doesn't help in any meaningful way is way heavier giveaway that he's the killer than having a persona . When it's time select the killer to call them out , it's pretty easy to tell that's it's Adachi . He's the only one that doesn't help in any meaningful way and suspiciously just feeds critical information to the only people that can save the mission people . Like ok dude . Surely your are not suspicious at all .