One thing P5X does better than P5
The presence of antagonists in the original Persona 5, specifically many of the game's mid game antagonists ike Madarame, Kaneshiro, and Okumura were underdeveloped. During their respective chapters, they hardly appeared in the real world. Instead of being shown their crimes, the Phantom Thieves would just hear about them within their Palaces.
I believe P5X’s antagonists are better written in this regard. They get plenty of screentime in the real world, and we actually see them in the act rather than just hearing about them in the Metaverse. The game does a good job of balancing their real selves and shadow selves, so one doesn’t have to do all the heavy lifting.
In Chapter 4, for example, we actually get to see Shimotsuna’s abuse toward her employees and how she sees them as inferior. It’s a major plot point rather than something vaguely mentioned. All the scenes in the Metaverse mostly act as good supplements to what we already know. The game also explores one of her victims, Daichi Osaka, in great depth, which goes above and beyond in terms of writing, it doesn’t only focus on the new Phantom Thief but instead the consequences there would be if Shoki were ensnared further.