Persona 5 is quite simple to navigate; a lot of tutorial tips for the probably the first seven hours of gameplay. Currently I am at around 55 hours of gameplay and still get some tutorials here and there. I would describe Persona as a mixture between Mass Effect dialogue in a ordinary highschool Final Fantasy world with Pokemon gameplay mechanics.
The saving is one aspect of the game which sucks, so don't think it gets any better. But the game was quite easily to get through when I first started out, if you're having problems watch some YouTube gameplay at the particular section, there are many playthrough videos on YT. Additionally, if you dislike or never played a Pokemon game in your life, that makes sense why you're having a hard time. Over the course of the game, you come to understand what aspects are weak against what monsters and what do damage. As well as, there are SO MANY helpful guides about the game on the internet which are spoiler free. There was one time which I got really frustrated on during the first palace that I decided to google tips and found a lot of advice to get through the game. Now the current palace I am on is still challenging at times, but is also very satisfying at the same time. The game gets a lot easier when you get money and more Persona masks.
E: As Commander Clueless said above, there are some points in the game where you can go multiple days (in the game) before being allowed to save. Just last week, I wanted to save the game after I completed one of the palaces and had to play another fifteen minutes longer because of cut scenes and important storyline dialogue you don't really want to skip through. Uggghhhhh...
I actually have a question for you guys here, I am currently on the Egyptian Palace so how many more Palaces are there in the storyline?