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'''The Characters of ''Persona''. Spoilers Abound!'''
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* [[Badass Crew]]: They're all pretty badass, or at least end up as ones by the end of the story.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The only people in the party the main character knows at the start of the game are Nanjo, Eriko, Maki, Yukino and Masao. Everyone else just seems to be an acquaintance. Maki has very few friends because of her bedridden condition, and Ayase and Hidehiko only seem to be friends with each other.
The main character of ''Persona'' and designated leader of the group. His affinity is with the Emperor Arcana, which grants him use of Seimen Kongou, his starting Persona. He wields a sword and a sub-machine gun as weapons. He is most commonly dubbed the "Boy With The Pierced Ear", but with the loss of the earring in the North American version, it was shortened to simply "Boy". The manga refers to him as "Naoya Todou".
Dragged along to participate in the "Persona" game to settle [[The Bet|a bet]] between
The group waits for Maki outside the ICU where she is being treated after complaining of severe pain. Tremors shake the building, and when the door to the ICU is opened, there is nothing behind it but a wall. Demons soon run wild in the hospital, attacking the people inside. Upon encountering a gang of demons, Naoya and his friends all awaken to their Personae. He is then designated as the leader.
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* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass in Charge]]: Due to being the most emotionally stable. Also, in a game play sense, the Hero will have the best level gain curve since he can't be removed, giving him better stats and access to higher level persona.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Eriko can see it. Kei can ''probably'' see it. Masao ''[[All Love Is Unrequited|definitely]]'' sees it. Hell, even {{spoiler|former [[Green
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Not only his first name, but his surname and 'nickname', as well (the "[[Shadow Archetype|other self]]" found in the Alaya Cavern will cite all of these to prove he ''is'' you).
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Strangely, his "other self" can speak just fine; this convention carries over to both of ''Persona 2'''s silent protagonists. He has a single line of spoken dialogue in ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment''.
* [[Iconic Item]]: He ain't called the "pierced ear boy" for nothing.
* [[The Kirk]]: He's presented with a few [[Moral Dilemma|moral dilemmas]] during the course of the game which will prove what kind of person he is. These options are usually represented by the conniving Kei and the more headstrong Masao. Your choices will significantly affect the [[Multiple Endings|outcome of the story]].
* [[One Head Taller]]: Especially noticeable when Maki has to stand on tiptoe to kiss him.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Compared to the rest of your group, he is, [[Heroic Mime|due to being the player himself]], the least emotionally defined, and whenever the multiple personalities on the team clash, he is usually picked to make the choices they can't agree on, and its implied that's why everyone trusts him to be the leader.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: It's obvious he does speak in-universe, due to the [[Dialogue Tree
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: In the NA version, he not only loses his earring, but is also given red hair and a [[Race Lift|lighter skin tone]] to make him look more Caucasian.
* [[Shonen Hair]]: Considering the time period the game takes place.
* [[The Stoic]]: Part of why he's regarded as the [[Only Sane Man]].
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: He is this in both routes, as the SEBEC route revolves around Maki {{spoiler|coming to grips that she created an alternate reality that's trying to overtake the real reality}}, and the Snow Queen route revolves around Yukino's attempts to save Ms. Saeko.
* {{spoiler|[[Theme Twin Naming]]: Manga-only: Naoya and Kazuya}}.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Maki in the manga.
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Maki Sonomura is a frail girl who has been sick all of her life, bedridden and suffers from episodic fits of dementia. When she's not in too much pain, she often paints disturbing still-life pictures, escapes into her "Ideal" world, and waits for her friends to come visit her. Kandori Takahisa takes advantage of this by kidnapping Maki from the hospital, and uses her unconscious mind as a test subject for his DVA generator, transforming the entire city into a reflection of Maki's "Ideal" version of Mikage-cho. In this world, Maki is healthy, demons wreak havoc everywhere, the hospital and police station do not exist, and the city has two sides, one light and one dark, divided in half by an ominous barrier.
Part of Maki accepts, and at the same time rejects this development. Thus, three manifestations of her psyche actually emerge:
Despite being the main heroine of the SEBEC route, Maki has only a minor role in the Snow Queen route. Another version of her, credited as the "Masked Girl", appears as one of the Night Queen's allies, and claims to be responsible for everything that has happened. She and the Masked Boy (actually a masked Kandori) merge with the Night Queen for her battle with the heroes, but are defeated. Afterwards,
Maki is the party's support character, able to cast healing magic from the far end of the group's formation. Because of this, she wields exclusively long-range weapons, a crossbow and a [[Handguns|handgun]]. Her starting Persona is Matsu of the Priestess Arcanum.
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Which Aki pokes fun at.
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* [[The Archer]]
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Damsel]]
* [[Beauty Mark]]
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* [[Break the Cutie]]: ''Big time'', {{spoiler|once she learns she's just a figment of the real Maki's imagination}}.
* [[The Chick]]: Downplayed, but she is still very emotional compared to the other party members.
* [[Creepy Child]]:
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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: In the original NA translation.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|When Maki is revealed to be 1) only a fragment of the real Maki, and 2) the real Maki being responsable for the entire demon invasion via [[Man in the Machine|Girl In The]] [[Reality Warper|Reality Warping Machine]]}}.
* [[Iconic Item]]: Her compact, which turns out to be a [[MacGuffin]].
* [[Ill Girl]]: Despite being ill, she still painted and lived a fairly decent life. Then the game starts...
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* {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper]]: The DEVA machine is [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: namely, Maki. This causes her fantasies and idealisms to start taking priority over reality, eventually causing the end of the world}}.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Has HP that isn't too low, but invests almost no points in Vitality, or Dexterity, which means that leaving her with a Persona that can heal is a good idea.
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* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: Maki is indirectly responsible for Mikage-cho's transformation. The town is gradually turning into the "Ideal World" which exists in her mind.
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Masao
Masao doesn't believe in the demon summoning game "Persona" one bit. He holds a bet with classmate Hidehiko Uesugi to prove that he's right on it being a fake, with the loser having to treat everyone to a meal at Peace Diner. When nothing happens immediately, Masao assumes that he's won. Upon waking up at the clinic, Masao is thrilled that they were being sent to the hospital for a checkup
In the North American version, Masao's appearance is heavily altered, turning him into an African-American boy with stereotypical slang injected to his lines. Additionally, his hat is replaced by a gold baseball cap.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: While he has a huge crush on Maki, Masao knows that she has feelings for the protagonist instead. The manga emphasizes this during the party's visit to the Lost Forest.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: His primary weapons are axes.
* [[Badass]]
* [[The Big Guy]]: While he is one of the shortest member in the party, he is one of the best fighters in the party.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Can use the Dance command as part of his negotiation skillset.
* [[The Fool]]
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* [[Likes Older Women]]: Admits to it.
* [[The McCoy]]: Masao leans toward the idealistic side of things, in contrast with Kei, the pragmatist.
* [[Nice Hat]]: He's always see wearing a beanie cap.
* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]
* [[Teeth
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Kei
Kei was dragged along to join into the demon summoning game "Persona", which was started by a feud between Masao and
When Yamaoka is killed by zombies in the hospital, Kei [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|flies into a rage]], awakening to his Persona along with his friends and destroys the demons that killed his faithful guardian. He resolves to fulfill the Yamaoka's wish, find out what caused the sudden influx of demons in Mikage-cho (Lunarvale), and bring the person responsible to justice.
Kei fights with a longsword and is a crack shot with a sniper rifle. His starting Persona is [[Dishing Out Dirt|Aizen Myouou]] of the Hierophant Arcanum. Kei uses his status, wealth and knowledge a lot to [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|negotiate]] with demons. In the NA version, Kei is the only playable character given an actual last name to substitute the Japanese one, making him the heir to the Trinity Family trust instead of the Nanjou Group. His full name became Nate Trinity (though ''Eternal Punishment'' later pretends his last name never changed and restores it to Nanjou), and was given blond hair and fairer skin to match the localization.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass in Charge]]: Averted. Despite being a rich kid and more than a little proud, he will defer to the Hero's lead.
** [[Badass Bookworm]]: He's the brains of the group, yet carries ''a [[BFS]]''.
** [[Cultured Badass]]: Thanks to being a rich kid and acting like it.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: The cold pragmatist of the group. He's [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|nicely balanced out]] by Masao, who is ruled by his emotions.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Has a small one when using his gun.
* [[Fiction 500]]: Is the heir to the Nanjo Group, one of the richest conglomerates in the world.
* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Zigzagged: he's not exactly friendly, but not quite a [[Cold Sniper]] either.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Iconic Item]]: His #1 scarf. In the epilogue, people are said to see him sleeping on the subway with a #1 ''tie''.
* [[
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Though he starts out acting like a total [[Jerkass]].
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Yamaoka was pretty much his only emotional support growing up.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
* [[Princely Young Man]]: Ice King with a little bit of the [[Spoiled Brat]] archtype.
* [[
* [[Sickbed Slaying]]:
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Stupid people can be happy when ruled by smart people!
* [[The Spock]]: Kei is the most logical member of the group, this being both a good and a bad thing. At two points in the game, Kei suggests to [[Cruel to Be Kind|let innocent people die]].
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Wears glasses and happens to be the most logic-minded and serious party member.
* [[Teeth
* [[To Be a Master]]: His eventual resolve after Yamaoka's death.
* [[Tsundere]]: He's a snotty jerk and belittles Mark without mercy. But he shows a rather tender side in the good ending.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The proverbial crack in Kei's armor is the [[Ear Worm|Satoshi Tadashi theme]] that is played. Kei ends up singing along to the song
* [[Well
* [[The White Prince]]: A true elitist, he only starts to reform after witnessing Kandori's corruption.
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Reiji Kido is an antisocial transfer student of St. Hermelin who rarely shows up for class. He blames his stepbrother Takahisa Kandori for how his life has turned out, and believes that the latter must die. To this end, Reiji skulks around the SEBEC facility, waiting for a chance to confront Kandori. Despite his brusque tendencies, many girls of St. Hermelin take quite a shine to him. Reiji's Persona awakening was also triggered during the SEBEC incident, but he is less than willing to join the party unless certain conditions have been met early in the game. Reiji is adept at [[Power Fist|boxing]], and an [[More Dakka|assault rifle]]. His Persona
Though rumored to be a gang leader, Reiji has no actual subordinates to speak of. [[Cain and Abel|The fevered pursuit of his half-brother Takahisa Kandori]] is the only thing on his mind. [[Black Sheep|Reiji was the product of an affair between Takahisa's father and a mistress]], and wants revenge for his mother being abandoned as a result of his birth. It's for this reason alone that Reiji believes Takahisa should pay with his life. It's a little-known fact that Reiji dabbles in magic tricks on the side, specifically with playing cards. He uses this skill in demon contacts.
In the NA version, Reiji's name was changed to Chris.
Reiji is [[Optional Party Member|an optional character like Hidehiko Uesugi, Eriko Kirishima and Yuka Ayase]]. [[Guide Dang It|He is the hardest to get out of all of them, needing several events and NPC conversations to be able to get him to join]].
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: He doesn't bother with a melee weapon; he just beats the demons down with his bare hands.
* [[The Big Guy]]: After Masao and Hidehiko.
* [[BFG]]
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: He seems unaware of all the attention he receives from the St. Hermelin girls.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice King]]:
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: He's got the least range depending on formation, but that is remedied with very high damage and one of the best physical attack elements to have.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: By far the most difficult party member to obtain.
* [[Hair
* [[Heroic Bastard]]:
* [[The Lancer]]: Has no stake in your group or its mission. Reiji is focused only on taking down Kandori.
* [[Obvious Beta]]: Let's just say he doesn't live up to his hype, which ''Persona 2'' [[Lampshaded]] by having the very same traits that made him "badass" as a teenager make him into an awkward and ineffectual young adult.
* [[Secret Character]]: Can be recruited as your fifth party member only if you [[Guide Dang It|follow a series of 12 steps no one in their right mind would figure out without a strategy guide]].
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[X Marks the Hero]]
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Hidehiko
When Mikage-cho (Lunarvale) changes, the main protagonist finds
Like Yukino, Hidehiko's features weren't changed much for the North American release. His kanji puns were altered, fitted with easy-to-digest local jokes. His name was also changed to Brad.
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* [[Badass]]: Or least wants to be seen as such. That said, he does [[Took a Level
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Blade
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: How he got his nickname in the first place.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Troublemakers Has Standards]]:
** Well, he is of the [[Tarot Motifs|Justice Arcana]]. Also note that the Tower's guardian Nemesis, is frequently assoicated with this arcana, [[Persona 3|as anyone playing two games later will remember]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Hidehiko loves these.
* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: A huge case of this.
* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: Good lord,
** It's not like he's unaware of it, though. He explicitly says later on that he's tired of lying and running away all the time.
* [[Punctuated!
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Yuka Ayase.
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Eriko
Apart from her outwardly feminine hobbies, Eriko is also interested in the occult. Because of this, she is the only participant of the "Persona" ritual who is actually excited to be there. She somehow sensed that her friends were in grave danger after demons begin to appear in Mikage-Cho. Eriko arrives just in time to help the group escape the hospital, awakening to Nike in the process. Off-hand, she expresses overly-ecstatic enthusiasm over the fact that her Persona is the "Goddess of Victory".
Having done some investigating of her own, Eriko tells the group to head for the shrine where they meet Maki Sonomura's mother, a former employee of SEBEC. The latter reveals that the advent of demons was brought about by Takahisa Kandori, who tricked her into perfecting the DVA system, a device that wrought havoc with the dimensional divide between the real world and the demon world. After getting Maki's mother to be treated in the school infirmary, Eriko will leave the group to find a way out of the town, which is now wrapped in an ominous barrier. She can be later recruited as one of the optional fifth characters in the game upon finding her in the subway tunnel.
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In the NA version, like Kei, Eriko was given blond hair and fairer skin to match the localization. Her name is also changed into Ellen.
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* [[Badass]]:
** [[Lady of War]]
* [[The Chick]]
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* [[Ditzy Genius]]: Intelligent, skilled with a rapier and speaks fluent English. However, she's also a huge fan of the occult and can be a little too confident in her skills.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: The expectations set on Eriko really get on her nerves.
* [[The Ojou]]: We're never told on how wealthy her family is, but if she could afford overseas study, that must've spoke a lot for her status.
** For ''[[Persona 2]]'', interviews with the character designer and story director have revealed that she's at least upper-middle class. They've given more details on her family life, too.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: She's really more of a [[The Mary Tyler Moore Show|Sue Ann Nivens]]. Her attempts to impress the main character can make her come across as haughty and patronizing, which Mark comments on early in the game.
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Specializes in rapiers.
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Yuka is a ''[[Subcultures in Japan|kogal]]'' whose outward cheerfulness makes her popular with the boys. However, her penchant for lying and being glaringly frank at times gets her into a lot of trouble. Yuka's initial Persona is Horus of the Magician Arcanum, which exclusively deals [[Playing
Hidehiko Uesugi introduced the game "Persona" to the rest of their classmates. Yuka has played it before and was counting on Hidehiko to win the bet against Masao Inaba to get a free meal at Peace Diner. Since she wasn't hit by lightning, Yuka does not follow the group to the hospital and instead opts to hang around in school. However, she does not follow the group to the hospital, opting to go on a shopping trip instead since she doesn't feel sick in the least. As a result, her awakening isn't triggered immediately.
She isn't seen again until the group brings Maki Sonomura's injured mother from the Araya Shrine to the school infirmary, tasked to cover the hole in the wall in the room leading to the gym. However, she will be the mandatory fifth member if you have not recruited either Eriko Kirishima or Hidehiko Uesugi. You can let her join upon running into her later in the factory located at the south-eastern section of Mikage-Cho (Lunarvale), [[But Thou Must!|but she will force her way into the party]] if the steps to acquire Reiji Kidou isn't fulfilled. In the Snow Queen Quest, Yuka is a requisite member of the party.
During the good ending path, Yuka reveals that she has a reputation of a heartbreaker, a girl who dates many boys and dumps almost all of them. The reputation stuck so hard that even though she did have her own standards, people still believe her as a heartbreaker, which distresses her. However, she uses these skills a lot when she negotiates the demons.
Because her hair is already dyed blonde, Yuka's only feature alteration in the NA localization is her skin color, and her dialogue was given valley girl overtones as an equivalent to her oddball ''kogal'' speech. Her name was also changed to Alana.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Damsel]]
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: She can be extremely blunt with people, which causes problems with [[Demonic Possession|Toro]].
* [[Catholic School Girls Rule]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Yuka's thought processes can be best described as... strange.
** [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: She gives what is probably the only hint on how to get the best ending.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
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* [[Sexophone]]: During her 'Tempt' command. Sadly removed in the PSP version
* [[Shout
* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Hidehiko Uesugi.
* [[Valley Girl]]: Even more exaggerated in the PSP remake, with lines such as "Like" in between her sentences.
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* [[Whip It Good]]: Fights monsters using a whip.
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Yukino was an ex-''[[Delinquents|yanki]]'' who was reformed thanks to the efforts of her teacher Saeko Takami. Though she hasn't shed her yanki looks just yet, Yukino is well-recognized and trusted by the student body, acting as a mother figure of sorts to her friends. Despite her change of heart, Yukino still retains some of her punk ways, employing throwing blades and a double-barreled shotgun in battle. Her Persona
Yukino was among those invited to help settle the bet between
In the NA version, Yukino is the only character whose name (dropping only the 'no' from Yukino) and features were relatively untouched during the transition, but also has the shortest role in the main story arc due to her leaving the group after returning to the school. The only way to get her back is to trigger the Snow Queen Quest, which was removed and only officially playable in the JP version. In this part, if Naoya opts not to continue investigating SEBEC, they would find a mysterious mask in the school. Saeko Takami gets possessed by the mask after telling them the legend of the Snow Queen. Yukino joins the party, wanting to save the teacher she owes her new life to.
In the Snow Queen quest, Yukino is a mandatory character, believing it her duty to save Ms. Saeko after she is possessed by the Snow Queen's spirit. It should be noted that she is possibly the least edited character in the ''Revelations'' version.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Action Girl]]
** [[Badass in Charge]]: Again, averted, as like Nanjou she will follow the Hero's lead.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]/[[Team Mom]]: She's the one who keeps most of the party members in check, especially [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Mark and Nanjo]].
* [[Crutch Character]]: At the start of the game. She splits from your party permanently in the SEBEC plotline (which, unfortunately, was the only one available in the original North American release).
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: Unless you do the Snow Queen Quest, of course.
* [[Heroic Vow]]: To rescue Saeko-sama from the Snow Queen, now matter what.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]/[[Girl
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Former one. She has the skirts and can still throw a good razor.
* [[The Lancer]]: In the Snow Queen plotline.
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Takahisa Kandori is the de facto<ref>The actual head is a unseen "President Saeki", but Kandori seems to have seized control from under him without his knowing.</ref> head of SEBEC, and used the corporation as a front for his developing the Deva System, a machine which would allow him to go into a subject's mind and use it in his quest to become a god.
Using her compact with Aki's, Kandori is able to achieve his goal to become a god, summoning the large palace [[Disc One Final Dungeon|Deva Yuga]] into the real world. The
Kandori, credited as "Masked Boy", has a minor role in the Snow Queen quest, where he appears as one of the Night Queen's allies. He and the Masked Girl (clearly a masked Maki) merge with the Night Queen during her battle with the heroes, but are defeated.
He is [[Back
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|He becomes a GOD, for crying out loud... but this does wind up biting him on the ass}}.
** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Creepy Child]]:
* [[Demonic Possession]]: His transformation into God Kandori.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Defeating him does not end the game.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Nanjo.
* [[Evil Laugh]]
* [[Fiction 500]]: According the Nanjou and Eriko, Kandori is wealthy enough to get instant access to black tie dinner events, and SEBEC is a Fortune 500 company.
* [[A God Am I]]: Wants to be one at any rate. {{spoiler|And he winds up having a severe case of [[Be Careful What You Wish For]] as a result}}.
* [[Heel Realization]]
* [[Lonely
* [[Magic From Technology]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]
* [[One
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
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* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Both of his forms are weak to guns.
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Philemon is a mysterious man wearing a butterfly mask who appears before the party after they play the Persona game and awakens their Personas. He serves as the party's main guide, but only rarely directly interferes with anything that is going on.
* [[Calling Card]]: A gold or blue butterfly showing up means he's near.
* [[Cool Mask]]: He often appears as a man wearing a white mask that incorporates some sort of butterfly motif.
* [[The Faceless]]: {{spoiler|Until he removes his mask at the end of the game}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Named for Swiss psychologist Carl Jung's self-proclaimed spirit guide.
* [[The Powers That Be]]: He's the Big Good, seeing to it that all the screwed up parts of humanity's collective soul stays out of their reality.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: More so in ''Persona 1'' and ''Persona 2''; by the time ''Persona 3'' comes about, he doesn't even bother to make a direct appearance, though [[Word of God]] states that the blue butterflies in ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' are supposed to represent him watching over the protagonists. The blue butterfly shown in ''Persona 5'' is assumed to be Philemon as a case can be made that the butterfly isn't necessarily the one speaking, and Lavenza's voice is heard telepathically.
* [[The Watcher]]: Albeit a slightly self-serving one, as he's trying to win a bet with the [[God of Evil]].
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Igor is the mysterious proprietor of the Velvet Room. He is a [[Artificial Human|marionette given life by Philemon]]. His noticeable appearance comes from his [[Youkai|Tengu]]/Pinocchio-like long nose. In ''[[Persona|Megami Ibunroku Persona]]'', Igor has calls himself "a servant of Philemon". He is always found in the Velvet Room between consciousness and unconsciousness. He uses a phone made of bone to [[Summoning Ritual|call up Personae from the depths of the soul]].
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Permanently etched on his face.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: He's one of the good guys. Really.
* [[Misunderstood Loner
* [[Powers That Be]]: Whatever Igor is exactly, he's almost certainly one of these.
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Ms. Saeko is the homeroom teacher for the Protagonist and others. She is very popular with the students. She plays a small role in the SEBEC route of the game, helping protect the students of St. Hermelin in the real world, and appearing as an apparition in Maki's world.
In the Snow Queen Quest, she is possessed by a malevolent spirit inhabiting the Snow Queen mask, who plans on sacrificing her as a way to bring about the Eternal Night. The spirit is eventually revealed to be Tomomi Fujimori, Saeko's best friend from her high school days.
Interesting enough, her NA last name, [[Macekre|while unnecessary]], is also something of a backhanded [[Woolseyism]] of her Japanese last name, which is somewhat generic, so "Smith" would be a fair analogue. Aside from her name, she is also unedited (aside from the Snow Queen quest which is missing from the NA version).
* [[Cool Teacher]]: Very popular with the students.
* [[
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Hot Teacher]]: She's certainly not unattractive.
* [[The Mentor]]: To Yukino.
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Vice Principal Hanya, known in ''Revelations: Persona'' and ''Persona 2'' as Dean/Principal Harding, is the Vice-Principal of St. Hermelin High School. Unlike Principal Ooishi, Hanya hardly cares for his students and is concerned only with enforcing rules and evading lawsuits. He is detested by everyone at school. His students nickname him "Hannya
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|Even Jerkasses Have Loved Ones]]: The Snow Queen quest reveals that he has a daughter who stitches his suits for him.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: The evil kind.
* [[Jerkass]]: And how.
* [[Not Himself]]: The first clue that the protagonists are in a fake world is Hanya himself, who has suddenly become jolly and caring.
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: He loves making life miserable for the students. In his dream, one of the punishments that he came up with is to force a student to wipe his show until graduation.
* [[Shout
* [[
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Mark is visibly creeped out by how ''nice'' Dream!Hanya is.
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A [[New Transfer Student]] from six months ago. Not entirely willing to talk about her previous experiences, but [[Shin Megami Tensei:
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Not to the extent of Yukino, but some of the students do look up to her, and are quite surprised by her extensive knowledge of demons.
* [[New Transfer Student]]: She was transferred to St. Hermelin High School six months ago from Karukozaka High School.
* [[Passing the Torch]]: Gives the protagonist her rapier, saying that she thinks it would be handy for him.
* [[Previous Player Character Cameo]]: She was the protagonist of [[Shin Megami Tensei:
* [[Retired Badass]]: She's a former a Devil Summoner.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Tadashi in the SEBEC route. [[Everyone Can See It]], and even they know it, but they can't admit it to each other.
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The heir to the Tadashi Satomi Pharmacy. He is a member of the fencing club, and argues with Tamaki a lot.
* [[Author Avatar]]: He is modeled and named after Atlus' story writer.
* [[Generation Xerox]]
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Tamaki in the SEBEC route.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: His own father blatantly admits he doesn't care about him.
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Toro is an overweight, unpopular student at St. Hermerlin who harbors an intense crush on Yuka. He plays a much larger role in the Snow Queen quest, when his Persona (Mara) possesses his body after Yuka stomps on his yet again. The Mara-controlled Toro attacks the party, but reverts to normal once beaten.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Has a crush on Yuka, who isn't into him.
* [[Balloon Belly]]: See below.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[I Am Big Boned]]: Doesn't like being called fat.
* [[Ironic Hell]]: In the Snow Queen quest, Toro is [[Chained to a Bed]] as milk is continually poured down his mouth.
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Ayase is as frank as possible about slamming the door of love in Toro's face. She's unapologetic about it, even after he lets his Persona go berserk in revenge, save for a small comment made to the main character in the corner of the cafeteria.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Toro" is a euphemism for the fatty part of tuna. In the English localization, his nickname was changed to "Chunky", which has roughly the same meaning. His Persona Mara is named after a Japanese colloquialism for "penis".
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Mara.
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A nerdy student at St. Hermerlin and a permanently fixture of the school's library, Tsutomu (nicknamed "Devil Boy" for his occult readings) is a ravenous student of all things paranormal... and is not trusted as an authority, since he's also a bit of a crank. This is reflected in the Ideal World, where's he's still creepy, but also rather sagely and perceptive.
* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: It's possible to entirely miss Tsutomu at the beginning of the game. It's not until the climax that he becomes relevant to the plot.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: A deathly-pale, creepy nerd with a [[Memetic Molester]] grin and an obsession with the occult. All things considered, it's ''shocking'' that he doesn't turn evil.
* [[Ironic Hell]]: Tsutomu despises all forms of exercises, in particular push-ups. Guess what his torture punishment is in the Snow Queen Quest?
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]
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One of the previous Snow Queen victims. Under the pressure from the strains of both the Drama Club and from her father, she listened to the Snow Queen mask and killed herself. After the Snow Queen possessed Ms. Saeko, Kumi was resurrected as the guardian of the Hypnos Tower. There she was freed from all pain and had no intention of leaving until her Persona
* [[Dragon
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Stress over her education life and position at the Drama Club caused Kumi to be convinced by the Snow Queen to escape all her problems by committing suicide.
* [[Education Mama|Education Papa]]: One of her stressers.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Woobie Hider From Worlds]]: To be fair, she was putting up with a lot of crap. Her method of hiding from it doesn't work though. Yukino admits post boss fight that she wasn't all that bad.
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One of the previous Snow Queen victims. Feeling that she was bullied and ignored she listened to the Snow Queen Mask and killed herself for power. After the Snow Queen possessed Ms. Saeko, Michiko was resurrected as the guardian of Nemesis Tower. Using her power, she trapped Toro and Tsutomu in the tower in order to set up a trick for the group. Her Persona is Nemesis.
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* [[Emotion Eater]]: She gains power from the negitive emomtions of people she tourtures. If you go after her quickly as then all she'll feel is [[The Power of Friendship|friendship and gratitude]].
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: If you go for the friend choice in the decision below.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Inflicts one. A Mirror Shard could be found along with a hint to defeat her, but if so, it would delay saving Toro and Tsutomu from their [[Ironic Hell]]. Also note that the longer you delay in the Nemesis Tower, the stronger she gets.
* [[Humans Are
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** In fact, she's so self-centered that she's the only guardian who didn't make a [[Heel Face Turn]] after being defeated.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: For someone who claimed she is the victim of bullies.
* [[The Ojou]]: Of the [[Royal Brat]] variety.
* [[Villainesses Want Heroes]]: Was willing to let Brown become her "pet". He firmly rejects.
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One of the
* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: She's more like this then the other guardians.
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: Her mantra. "If you want anything in this tower, you must give up something in return."
* [[Heel Realization]]: She realizes the error of her ways post-boss fight.
** [[Redemption Equals Death|Redemption Equals Not Running Away From Death]]
* [[Kawaiiko]]: An extreme case. She died in order to keep her looks.
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* [[The Trickster]]: Keeps on stealing your Personas and sealing them in Tartrus as part of a game. Since Tartrus is where she keeps most of her Mirror Shards, it isn't nearly as annoying as it could be.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Offers everyone the chance to retain their beauty by killing themselves to be with her. Doesn't fly.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Not wanting to age and lose her beauty, Yukiko killed herself.
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The spirit within the Snow Queen Mask. She gained the role of the Snow Queen in Sakeo's time. However, she took the rumor that Sakeo only declined the part because of the curse go to her head and
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Like every other victim of the Snow Queen Mask, she is possessed by the Night Queen after wearing it.
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]: She does not make an appearance in the manga adaption or was mentioned by Saeko as the previous wearer of the mask}}.
* [[Facial Horror]]: She looks like [[Batman|Two-Face]]!
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: She's jealous over Saeko and is under the impression that the latter tricked her into wearing the curse mask.
* [[Heel Realization]]: By looking at the Demon Mirror, Tomomi was cleansed and move on to the afterlife after making peace with her old friend and doing a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Large Ham]]: At least [[Evil Is Hammy|when possesed.]] [[Incoming Ham|WHHHHHYYYY DOES EVERYONE LISTEN TO SAKEOOOOOO!]]
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The real enemy of the Snow Queen quest. After being driven out of Tomomi by the [[Magic Mirror]], she took her own form and became the embodiment of dispear.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Her power comes from the team up of the movers and shakers of the main plot: Kandori
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* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
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Yamaoka, known as Alfred in the English localization, is the butler for Kei Nanjou. When told by his teacher to go to the hospital, Kei meets his butler Yamaoka at the school gate, who offers to chauffeur everyone via the Nanjou family's limousine. Kei refuses, preferring to walk with his friends instead. Yamaoka yields, but secretly follows Kei to the hospital.
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* [[Badass Mustache]]
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* [[Blade
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
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* [[Obi
** In fact, the scene in which this happens pretty much, name changes and all, survives intact in the localization in both impact and meaning.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Kei's parents are always away on business. He is closer to Yamaoka than he is with his own father.
* [[
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Following his death, they're switched out for a [[Cool Shades|Cool Visor]].
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A money obsessed fairy who charges out the nose for healing springs. Gets much more character development in the second game.
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