Can I play Persona 5 without playing the previous games? I'm new to the Persona series, so I wanted to know if the Persona video games have any relationship to the previous games. I went to other sites but they didn't give me a clear answer.

Can I play Persona 5 without playing the previous games?
Yes, you can!

Although Persona is a franchise, the games do not depend on each other being totally independent.

This is because even if all games in the franchise have the same essence, each game has a way of addressing this different essence based on its theme.

Already in the introduction, the game already explains everything you need to know about the basics of Shin Megami Tensei and how it will affect the functioning of Persona 5.

Note: My boyfriend is playing Persona 5 without having played the other games and is not having the slightest difficulty to understand the story.