#Maiko Kawakami

[follower-bond-fight]

It's Pride Month, Persona Fans

You know what that means.

That's right, it's time to vote on gay polls!

Nah but in all seriousness, we are finally beginning the final Social Link Showdown! Preliminary rounds will be decided by roulette wheel, with our three winners getting guaranteed spots in the Best category! That leaves 71 characters to sort into best and worst, the last one being decided on based on their own merit!

Our Matchups are under the cut! The Preliminaries begin on June 9th!

Sumire Yoshizawa V Yukari Takeba Ken Amada V Ryotaro Dojima Takuto Maruki V Rise Kujikawa Mutatsu V Yuuki Mishima Bebe V Shu Nakajima Tae Takemi V Mamoru Hayase Futaba Sakura V Yosuke Hanamura Daisuke Nagase V Kanji Tatsumi Sayoko Uehara V Suemitsu Nozomi Fuuka Yamagishi V Chie Satonaka Ai Ebihara V Yumi Ozawa Eri Minami V Rio Iwasaki Ichiko Ohya V Hifumi Togo Fox V Hidetoshi Odagiri Ayane Matsunaga V Twin Wardens Igor (P5) V Shinya Oda Chihaya Mifune V Toranosuke Yoshida Sae Nijima V Pharos Yusuke Kitagawa V "Maya" Kenji Tomochika V Morgana Kazushi Miyamoto V Ann Takamaki Ryoji Mochizuki V Junpei Iori Yuko Nishiwaki V Haru Okumura Old Couple V Tohru Adachi Naoki Konishi V Akinari Kamiki Marie V Goro Akechi Maiko Oohashi V Koromaru Makoto Nijima V Tanaka Shinjiro Aragaki V Chihiro Mifune Akihiko Sanada V Mitsuru Kirijo Munehisa Iwai V Margaret Ryuji Sakamoto V Keisuke Hiiraga Hisano Kuroda V Sadayo Kawakami Naoto Shirogane V Kou Ichijo Saori Hasegawa V Teddie

Yukiko will be decided upon separately, as she was the odd one out.

[arcplaysgames]

(I don't actually know if Strikers does anything with tarot but anyway) Which game, as a whole, do you think uses the tarot theming the best? Whether it be individual arcana assignments or links to the plot or just vibes - I know you've spoken of inidividual S-Link meanings but I don't think a big-picture comparison was ever done.

hmmm okay lets do a basic round up

I am going to... give points

+ 2 (GREAT job) + 1 (They tried!) + 0 (phoned it in/makes no sense) - 1 (ACTIVELY BAD CHOICE)

Fool: SEES (P3) vs Investigation Team (P4) vs Notigor (P5) Gonna give P3 and P4 0 points bc these do nothing, but P5 gets -1 bc what the fuck

Magician: Junpei Iori (P3) vs Yosuke Hanamura (P4) vs Morgana (P5) Both P3 and P5 get +2 for AMAZING Magicians. P4 gets a 0.

High Priestess: Fuuka (P3) vs Yukiko (P4) vs Makoto (P5) P3 gets the +2 here. P4 gets a -1, Yukiko is a terrible choice. No opinion on Makoto but she doesn't seem like the right pick imo.

Empress: Mitsuru (P3) vs Margaret (P4) vs Haru (P5) I'll give P4 one point and P5 two points. Mits shoulda been Emperor.

Emperor: StuCo Guy (P3) vs Kanji (P4) vs Yusuke (P5) P4 gets +2 for a shockingly good Emperor. P5 gets a -1 for a shockingly bad Emperor.

Hierophant: Old Couple (P3) vs Dojima (P4) vs Sojiro (P5) P3 gets -1 and should feel lucky its only minus one. P4 and P5 get zero points.

Lovers: Yukari (P3) vs Rise (P4) vs Ann (P5) P3 gets the +2, P4 gets +1, P5 gets zero.

Chariot: Rio (P3) vs Chie (P4) vs Ryuji (P5) Everyone gets +1.

Strength: Koromaru (P3) vs Athletes (P4) vs Twin Wardens (P5) P3 gets +1, P4 gets fucking nothing, and P5 gets +2.

Hermit: Saori (P3) vs The Fox (P4) vs Futaba (P5) P3 gets +1, P4 gets -1 bc no that's not what Hermit is, and P5 gets +2 for nailing it.

Fortune: Ryoji (P3) vs Naoto (P4) vs Chihaya (P5) No points, everyone see me after class. Actually, no. P4 and P5 get -1.

Justice: Ken (P3) vs Nanako (P4) vs Akechi (P5) I AM GOING TO GIVE P5 +3 FOR AKECHI, FOR THE FIRST TIME PERSONA FUCKING DID ANYTHING WITH THE JUSTICE ARCANA. AND BOY THEY DID STUFF.

Hanged Man: Maiko (P3) vs Naoki??? (P4) vs Iwai (P5) P3 you get a -1, see me after class. Zero for the others.

Death: Pharos (P3) vs I HAVE NO IDEA (P4) vs Tae (P5) I refuse to give Pharos points, so fucking basic. P5 can have a point.

Temperance: UGH NO (P3) vs uh whoops (P4) vs Kawakami (P5) P3 what the fuck -1, +1 to P4 bc its boring but it fits, and Kawakami gets +2 for fucking nailing it.

Devil: Pres Tanaka (P3) vs that nurse??? (P4) vs Ohya (P5) I'm gonna skip this one bc I don't think I know enough about P4 and P5's to rate. And Tanaka fits but is just Fine. +0 to all.

Tower: Cool Monk (P3) vs uuuuh idk (P4) vs whoops x 2 (P5) Honestly, same as Devil. No points.

Star: Akihiko (P3) vs Teddie (P4) vs Hifumi (P5) FUCKING PLUS 3 TO TEDDIE FOR BEING A TREMENDOUS STAR. +1 to P3 for Akihiko. 0 to P5 bc I don't get the angle.

Moon: Shinjiro (P3) vs that one girl (P4) vs Mishima (P5) Fuck Mishimia. He's an amazing Moon. +2 to P5, zero to the others.

Sun: Akinari (P3) vs Yumi (P4) vs Yoshida (P5) -1 to P4 bc the Sun link sucks. +2 to P3 and P5 for AMAZING Sun links. Yoshida may be the most nuanced take on any NPC's Arcana.

Judgement: Nyx Squad (P3) vs Truth Dudes (P4) vs Sae (P5) P5 gets +1 bc at least they fucking tried, P3 and P4 were just tagged on and superfluous.

World/Universe: Reverie III vs Reverie IV vs Reverie V Reverie The Fourth loses HARD here bc the point of the World is coming to the end of a journey and being changed for it and he doesn't have enough personality to be changed. -1 to P4 Reverie the Third is a decent one who went through a lot and has enough personal stakes that I buy it. +1 to P3 I hate to say it but Reverie the Fifth gets +2. He feels the most complete of them all, so for the Arcana of Completion, or the Whole, it has to be him.

Okay I have no idea what that tallies up to, lemme see.

Persona 3: 10 points Persona 4: 4 points (OUCH) Persona 5: 19 FUCKING POINTS WOW THAT ISN'T EVEN CLOSE

My math might be wrong bc I suck at math (yay, dyscalculia) but that is a huge margin for error.

Honestly, makes sense. Like I said in the post-mortem, P5 succeeds in a lot of ways just for having actual adults available for the arcanas. P4 and P3 are so strongly limited to your classmates, there is only so many ways to make a high school student wacky and weird in a way congruent to their Arcana.

P5 has the worst Emperor in the series by far but it has the best Justice easily and possibly the best Sun and honestly a lot of the NPC SLinks are Just Really Good.

So yeah, P5 wins at something at last.

[best-persona-arcana]

Been seeing stuff with characters of the same arcana interacting and thought this would be neat.

Tournament where the best "arcana" wins, this being judged by how much people like the characters associated with that arcana.

Wanted to put out a survey first to get some feedback on what characters should be included (ex. spin-offs or no) and how long the tournament should be. I'll close the survey May 23 10PM EST

Current roster under cut, feel free to check if anything is wrong or missing

Fool [0] | P3 Protag, P4 Protag, P5 Protag Magician [1] | Yuka (P1), Kenji (P3), Junpei (P3), Yosuke (P4), Morgana (P5) Priestess [2] | Maki (P1), Fuuka (P3), Yukiko (P4), Makoto (P5) Empress [3] | Yukino (P1-2), Mitsuru (P3), Margaret (P4), Haru (P5) Emperor [4] | P1 Protag, Hidetoshi (P3), Akihiko (P3), Kanji (P4), Yusuke (P5) Hierophant [5] | Nanjo (P1-2), Bunkichi & Mitsuko (P3), Shinjiro (P3), Dojima (P4), Sojiro (P5) Lovers [6] | Lisa (P2), Yukari (P3), Rise (P4), Ann (P5) Chariot [7] | Masao (P1), Kazushi (P3), Rio (P3P), Chie (P4), Ryuji (P5) Justice [8] | Hidehiko (P1), Katsuya (P2), Ken (P3), Nanako (P4), Akechi (P5) Hermit [9] | Toriumi (P3), Saori (P3P), Fox (P4), Futaba (P5) Fortune [10] | Jun (P2), Keisuke (P3), Naoto (P4), Chihaya (P5) Strength [11] | Yuko (P3), Koromaru (P3), Kou (P4), Daisuke (P4), Caroline & Justine (P5) Hanged Man [12] | Baofu (P2), Maiko (P3), Naoki (P4), Iwai (P5) Death [13] | Eikichi (P2), Ryoji (P3), Hisano (P4), Takemi (P5) Temperance [14] | Bebe (P3), Eri (P4), Kawakami (P5) Devil [15] | Reiji (P1), Tanaka (P3), Sayoko (P4), Ohya (P5) Tower [16] | Mutatsu (P3), Shu (P4), Shinya (P5) Star [17] | Ulala (P2), Mamoru (P3), Teddie (P4), Hifumi (P5) Moon [18] | Maya (P2), Gourmet King (P3), Ai (P4), Mishima (P5) Sun [19] | Tatsuya (P2), Akinari (P3), Yumi (P4), Ayane (P4), Yoshida (P5) NON STANDARD Judgement + Aeon [20] | Eriko (P1-2), Sae (P5), Aigis (P3fes), Marie (P4G) Jester [0] + Hunger [11] | Adachi (P4G) Councillor [1] | Maruki (P5R) Faith [-] | Sumire (P5R) Apostle [6] | Zenkichi (P5S) Hope [-] | Sophia (P5S)

Prioritizing the Arcanas in the OG P3 over P3P because of themes, also I have a friend that will kill me if I do otherwise

I know the Arena games also have characters associated with some of the arcanas, but want to hear feedback on including spin-offs first as well as hear from people more knowledgeable about them

[ulkaralakbarova]

Violent Cop

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Azuma Ryosuke: Takeshi Kitano Akari Ryosuke: Maiko Kawakami Kikuchi: Makoto Ashikawa Yoshinari: Shirō Sano Iwaki: Sei Hiraizumi Iwaki’s Wife: Mikiko Otonashi Kiyohiro: Hakuryu Nito: Ittoku Kishibe Shinkai: Ken Yoshizawa Deputy Police…

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Maiko Kawakami and Takeshi Kitano in Violent Cop (1989)

[brand-upon-the-brain]

Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989)

[ozu-teapot]

Violent Cop | Takeshi Kitano | 1989

Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami

[olvaheiner]

その男、凶暴につき // Violent Cop (1989) Dir. : Takeshi Kitano

[mariocki]

Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (Violent Cop, 1989)

"I can't say I'm against it, were it not my job. But behave yourself for a year while I'm Chief, won't you? I'm no fool. I know the sort around here, and the kind of police we need. You must be smart, that's all."

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Tomie:Unlimited 2011 original title Tomie:Anrimiteddo

[twilightronin]

Violent Cop 1989

[vhs-ninja]

Running him over was not enough...

[p5resurrection]

Character Availability as of 8/8/21

New: Chie, Elizabeth, Labrys and Mitsuru are newly available!

We could definitely use a Labrys, as we have another anti-shadow weapon, and Mitsuru as the Shadow Ops will be more involved.

The list has been organized a little differently, so it should be more readable.

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Other NPCs and Confidants (e.g Hanako from P4, Maiko from P3) are available as well, but may not be listed below, so feel free to ask!

As always, OCs and crossover characters are welcome. We’re also open to new storylines, too.

Under the read more, new link is at the very bottom.

The order of the list will be: P5, P4, P3, Velvet Room, Social Links/Confidants, Antagonists.

All P1 and P2 characters are available.

Audition needed

-Persona 5-

Kasumi Yoshizawa (Keep in mind that not everyone played P5R; some things may be borrowed from it, but the base is generally P5)

Sojiro Sakura

-Persona 4-

Labrys

Sho Minazuki

-Persona 3-

Mitsuru Kirijo (will need to work closely with the worldbuilders, given the Shadow stuff; there are also some things that were proposed but not realized before, so those are available as well.)

-Velvet Room-

Caroline and Justine

Elizabeth

Theo

Philemon

Nameless

Belladonna

-Antagonists-

*If these characters go unfilled, the worldbuilding crew will share the mantles. Given that these are all plot-heavy/related characters, they'll work closely with worldbuilders.

Nyarlathotep

Nyx

Erebus

Izanami

Masayoshi Shido

Ichiryusai Madarame

Kunikazu Okumura

Junya Kaneshiro

Tohru Adachi

Sugimaru

Auditions welcome, but not necessary

-Persona 4-

Yosuke Hanamura

Chie Satonaka

Yukiko Amagi

Rise Kujikawa

Kanji Tatsumi

Naoto Shirogane

-Persona 3-

Yukari Takeba

Junpei Iori

Ryoji Mochizuki

Akihiko Sanada

Aigis

Fuuka Yamagishi

Shinjiro Aragaki (we will need to know what he's been up to!)

Ken Amada

Koromaru

-Social Links/ Confidants-

Munehisa Iwai

Hifumi Togo

Sadayo Kawakami

Tae Takemi

Ichiko Ohya

Chihaya Mifune

Lala Escargot

Shinya Oda

Toranosuke Yoshida

Nanako Dojima

Tada, the link!: https://discord.gg/G9vV8PGmSH

[cantfoolajoker]

favorite persona arcana list edit challenge

this was just a thing i wanted to do for myself and thought maybe other people would want to do it. the main goal of the challenge is to pick 1 character for each arcana listing that is your favorite and make an edit for them (or you could do a drawing or writing if you wanted, this is pretty loose).

the characters are from p1-p5 that have canon assigned arcanas, and for the cases in p3(p) where the slink does not match the arcana, the persona will be used for the main arcana, along with a few other minor changes to make the list more coherent.

under a read more since it’s a lengthy list! have fun y’all.

0. FOOL — - P3MC - P3FeMc - P4MC - Joker - Igor

I. MAGICIAN — - Yuka Ayase - Kenji Tomochika - Junpei Iori - Yosuke Hanamura - Morgana

II. PRIESTESS — - Maki Sonomura - Fuuka Yamagishi - Yukiko Amagi - Makoto Niijima

III. EMPRESS — - Yukino Mayuzumi - Mitsuru Kirijo - Margaret - Haru Okumura

IV. EMPEROR — - Boy with Earring/Naoya Toudou - Hidetoshi Odagiri - Akihiko Sanada - Kanji Tatsumi - Yusuke KItagawa

V. HIEROPHANT — - Kei Nanjo - Bunkichi and Mitsuko - Shinjiro Aragaki - Ryotaro Dojima - Sojiro Sakura

VI. LOVERS — - Lisa Silverman - Yukari Takeba - Rise Kujikawa - Ann Takamaki

VII. CHARIOT — - Masao Inaba - Aegis - Kasushi Miyamoto - Rio Iwasaki - Chie Satonaka - Ryuji Sakamoto

VIII. JUSTICE — - Hidehiko Uesugi - Katsuya Suou - Chihiro Fushimi - Ken Amada - Nanako Dojima - Goro Akechi

IX. HERMIT —  - “Maya”/Isako Toriumi - Saori Hasegawa - Shrine Fox - Futaba Sakura

X. FORTUNE — - Jun Kurosu - Keisuke Hiraga - Ryoji Mochizuki - Naoto Shirogane - Chihaya Mifune - Labrys

XI. STRENGTH — - Yuko Nishiwaki - Koromaru - Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase - Caroline and Justine

XII. HANGED MAN — - Baofu/Kaoru Saga - Maiko Oohashi - Naoki Konishi - Munehisa Iwai

XIII. DEATH — - Eikichi Mishina - Pharos - Hisano Kuroda - Tae Takemi

XIV. TEMPERANCE — - Bebe - Eri Minami - Sadayo Kawakami

XV. DEVIL — - Reiji Kido - Tanaka - Sayoko Uehara - Ichiko Ohya

XVI. TOWER — - Mutatsu - Shu Nakajima - Shinya Oda

XVII. STAR — - Ulala Serizawa - Mamoru Hayase - Teddie - Hifumi Togo

XVIII. MOON — - Maya Amano - Nozomi Suemitsu - Ai Ebihara - Yuuki Mishima

XIX. SUN — - Tatsuya Suou - Akinari Kamiki - Yumi Ozawa and Ayane Matsunaga - Toranosuke Yoshida - Sho Minazuki

XX. JUDGEMENT — - Marie - Sae Niijima

XXI. WORLD — - S.E.E.S/Nyx Annihilation Team - Investigation Team/Seekers of Truth - Phantom Thieves of Heart

??. BONUS — - Takuto Maruki (Councillor) - Tohru Adachi (Jester/Hunger) - Sumi Yoshizawa (Faith) - Sophia (Hope)

[ffamranxii]

Finally updated my playables and arcana!

All relevant info under the cut! (There be spoilers)

UPDATED ARCANA

All confidants/social links from P3, P4, and P5. Also included the arcana for P1 and the P2 duology because I can never remember who’s what. Arcana did not exist in this framework for Shin Megami Tensei If...

FOOL

P3: - (technically this is SEES, but I did not include groups) (also the protagonists for P3-5, Elizabeth, and Aigis)

P4: Tohru Adachi. (Adachi technically holds two arcana, though he starts as one and becomes the other: the Hunger Arcana, which does not exist in a standard tarot deck, but comes from the Thoth deck. I did not include it because he switches from one arcana to the other)

P5: Igor

MAGICIAN

P1: Yuka Ayase

P3: Kenji Tomochika (male protagonist)/Junpei Iori (female protagonist)

P4: Yosuke Hanamura

P5: Morgana

COUNCILLOR

P5: Takuto Maruki (does not exist in standard tarot, from El Gran Tarot Esoterico) (Royal only)

HIGH PRIESTESS

P1: Maki Sonomura

P2: Maki Sonomura

P3: Fuuka Yamagishi

P4: Yukiko Amagi

P5: Makoto Niijima

EMPRESS

P1: Yukino Mayuzumi

P2: Yukino Mayuzumi

P3: Mitsuru Kirijo

P4: Margaret

P5: Haru Okumura

EMPEROR

P1: Naoya Toudou (P1 protagonist)

P3: Hidetoshi Odagiri

P4: Kanji Tatsumi

P5: Yusuke Kitagawa

PRIEST

P5: Zenkichi Hasegawa (does not exist in standard tarot deck, from Thoth deck) (Scramble only, no art available for card at time of posting)

HIEROPHANT

P1: Kei Nanjo

P2: Kei Nanjo

P3: Bunkichi and Mitsuko

P4: Ryotaro Dojima

P5: Sojiro Sakura

LOVERS

P2: Lisa Silverman/Ginji Sasaki

P3: Yukari Takeba

P4: Rise Kujikawa

P5: Ann Takamaki

CHARIOT

P1: Masao Inaba

P3: Kazushi Miyamoto (male protag)/Rio Iwasaki (female protag)

P4: Chie Satonaka

P5: Ryuji Sakamoto

JUSTICE

P1: Hidehiko Uesugi

P2: Katsuya Suou/Hidehiko Uesugi

P3: Chihiro Fushimi (male protag)/Ken Amada (female protag)

P4: Nanako Dojima

P5: Goro Akechi

HERMIT

P3: Isako Toriumi (male protag)/Saori Hasegawa (female protag)

P4: Fox

P5: Futaba Sakura

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

P2: Jun Kurosu

P3: Keisuke Hiraga (male protag)/Ryoji Mochizuki (female protag)

P4: Naoto Shirogane

P5: Chihaya Mifune

STRENGTH

P3: Yuko Nishiwaki (male protag)/Koromaru (female protag)

P4: Kou Ichijo (protag joins basketball)/Daisuke Nagase (protag joins soccer)

P5: Caroline and Justine

HANGED MAN

P2: Baofu/Yasuo Inoe

P3: Maiko Oohashi

P4: Naoki Konishi

P5: Munehisa Iwai

DEATH

P1: Reiji Kido*

P2: Eikichi Mishina/Hiroki Sugimoto

P3: Pharos

P4: Hisano Kuroda

P5: Tae Takemi

TEMPERANCE

P3: Andre Laurent Jean Gerraux

P4: Eri Minami

P5: Sadayo Kawakami

DEVIL

P1: Reiji Kido* (Reiji is the only canonical non-protagonist to hold more than one arcana at the same time. He is both Death and the Devil in P1, and makes a minor appearance in P2, where he is still Death and the Devil. However I didn’t have enough space to squish him into the Death slot for P2)

P3: President Tanaka

P4: Sayako Uehara

P5: Ichiko Ohya

TOWER

P1: Takahisa Kandori

P2: Anna Yoshizaka

P3: Mutatsu

P4: Shu Nakajima

P5: Shinya Oda

STAR

P2: Ulala Serizawa

P3: Mamoru Hayase (male protag)/Akihiko Sanada (female protag)

P4: Teddie

P5: Hifumi Togo

MOON

P2: Maya Amano

P3: Nozomi Suemitsu (male protag)/Shijiro Aragaki (female protag)

P4: Ai Ebihara

P5: Yuuki Mishima

SUN

P2: Tatsuya Suou/Tatsuya Sudou

P3: Akinari Kamiki

P4: Yumi Ozawa (protag joins drama)/Ayane Matsunaga (protag joins band)

P5: Toranosuke Yoshida

JUDGEMENT

P1: Eriko Kirishima

P2: Eriko Kirishima

P5: Sae Niijima 

AEON

P3: Aigis (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck)

P4: Marie (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck) (Golden only)

FAITH

P5: Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Royal only)

HOPE

P5: Sophia (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Scramble only, no art available at time of posting)

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ALL PLAYABLE AND IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

PERSONA 5 SCRAMBLE: THE PHANTOM STRIKERS

Sophia, Zenkichi Hasegawa

NOTE: P5S was released in Japan in February 2020.

PERSONA 5 THE ROYAL

Kasumi Yoshizawa 

TRIVIA: Kasumi’s real name is Sumire. She assumed the identity of her twin sister Kasumi after Kasumi’s tragic death.

PERSONA Q2

Hikari

PERSONA 5

Ren Amamiya / Akira Kurusu, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Morgana, Yusuke Kitagwa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Goro Akechi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Ren Amamiya in the anime and Akira Kurusu in the manga. Futaba’s codename is Navi in Japanese and Oracle in English.

PERSONA 4 ARENA ULTIMAX

Labrys, Sho Minazuki

PERSONA 4 / PERSONA 4 THE GOLDEN

Yu Narukami / Souji Seta, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi, Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujikawa, Teddie, Naoto Shirogane

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Yu Narukami in the anime and Souji Seta in the manga. Teddie is named Kuma in Japan.

PERSONA Q

Zen, Rei

PERSONA 3 FES

Metis

PERSONA 3 PORTABLE

Minako Arisato / Hamuko Yuki / Kotone Shiomi

TRIVIA: The female protagonist has no canon name, but has been called Minako Arisato and Hamuko Yuki by fans, and Kotone Shiomi in the stage play.

PERSONA 3 

Minato Arisato / Makoto Yuki / Sakuya Shiomi, Yukari Takeba, Junpei Iori, Mitsuru Kirijo, Akihiko Sanada, Fuuka Yamagishi, Aigis / Aegis, Koromaru, Ken Amada, Shinjiro Aragaki

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Minato Arisato in the manga, Makoto Yuki in the anime, and Sakuya Shiomi in the stage play. Aigis’s name is spelled Aegis in Japan.

PERSONA 2 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

Maya Amano, Ulala Serizawa, Katsuya Suou, Baofu, Tatsuya Suou, Eriko Kirishima, Kei Nanjo

TRIVIA: Maya was a playable character in the first Persona 2 installment, as was Tatsuya. Eriko Kirishima and Kei Nanjo return from Persona 1.

PERSONA 2 INNOCENT SIN

Tatsuya Suou, Maya Amano, Lisa Silverman, Eikichi Mishina, Yukino Mayuzumi, Jun Kurosu

TRIVIA: Yukino Mayuzumi returns from Persona 1.

MEGUMI IBUNROKU PERSONA

Naoya Todo / Yuya Narumi / Jihei Suzakurin, Maki Sonomura, Masao Inaba, Kei Nanjo, Hidehiko Uesugi, Eriko Kirishima, Yuka Ayase, Reiji Kido, Yukino Mayuzumi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is only referred to as “the pierced boy” (Japanese)/”boy with earring” (English) within the games themselves; in the manga he is Naoya Todo, in the drama CD he is Yuya Narumi, and in the novel he is Jihei Suzakurin. Along with Maki, the protagonist makes a minor appearance in Persona 2, while Eriko, Kei, and Yukino return in P2 as playable characters once again.

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IF…

Tamaki Uchida, Nobu Akiyama / Jin Aoki, Reiko Akanezawa, Yumi Shirakawa, Shinji Kuroi, Ideo Hazama, Akira Miyamoto

TRIVIA: SMT If… was released only in Japan and is considered the originator of the Persona series. The series features a protagonist whose gender is decided by the player, something not seen again until P3P, though the female protagonist is canon in the games and the male protagonist is canon in the manga. Tamaki makes a cameo appearance in P1 and P2. The male protagonist is called Nobu Akiyama in both the manga and its sequel and Jin Aoki in the novel.

[brand-upon-the-brain]

Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989) the outtakes