What difficulty would you suggest for someone who plays Persona on hard but SMT on normal?

As the title says, I’m not on either end of the spectrum where I like to breeze through and just enjoy the story or on the other end that likes soul crushing difficulty where every battle might be life or death, I like a pretty good challenge where i am encouraged and have reason to utilize my kit and not just breeze through without thinking, and so I feel like Persona’s hard is that for me and SMT’s normal as well, so what would you say is the best option for someone like me?