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* [[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''.
* [[It's Personal]]: Kei's vendetta against the demons in general (and Kandori in particular) after the death of Yamaha.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]:
* [[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.
* [[Show the Forehead]]
* [[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-Clenched Teamwork]]: With Masao.
* [[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-Intentioned Extremist]]: If there's anyone who favors the crueler option of the [[Sadistic Choice]], it's him.
* [[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.
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* [[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
* [[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-Trigger Temper]]
* [[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.
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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.
* {{spoiler|[[All Love Is Unrequited]]: He seemed to be attracted to Tamaki. Then her dream world with Tadashi comes up}}...
** {{spoiler|[[Doomed by Canon]]: And by the second game, he really had no chance to begin with
* [[Badass]]: Or least wants to be seen as such. That said, he does [[Took a Level in Badass|get a Persona]], so he effectively is one in a gameplay sense.
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Specializes in spears.
* [[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]]:
* [[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! For! Emphasis!]]: Snaps at Michiko like this in the Snow Queen Quest after beating her.
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Subverted-boasting is one of his defining traits, but so is believing absolutely none of his own spiel. He eventually reveals that he does it to get people to like him more.
* [[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".
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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.
* {{spoiler|[[All Love Is Unrequited]]: She's in love with the protagonist, but realizes he belongs with Maki, a realization which continues to haunt Eriko in ''Persona 2''
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Lady of War]]
* [[The Chick]]
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** 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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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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* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Hidehiko Uesugi.
* [[Valley Girl]]: Even more exaggerated in the PSP remake, with lines such as "Like" in between her sentences.
* {{spoiler|[[The Vamp]]: Ruthlessly squashes Toro's heart, causing him to be possessed by a rather freudian demon
* [[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.
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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.
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== Guido Sardenia/Takahisa Kandori
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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 from the Dead|later revived]] by the
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Abnormal]]:
** [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Dragon Ascendant]]:
* [[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.
* [[Heel Realization]]
* [[Lonely at the Top]]
* [[Magic From Technology]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]
* [[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]: ''Persona 2'' reveals that he was goaded onwards by Nyarlathotep
* {{spoiler|[[Victory Is Boring]]: After basically winning, he discovers having no one to oppose is him makes any further effort on his part rather meaningless, which makes him severely depressed
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous BSOD]]: Despite achieving his every goal and attaining godhood, he becomes nihilistic and bored with his power. By the time your party confronts him, he's lost the will to fight}}.
* [[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.
* [[Cool Mask]]: He often appears as a man wearing a white mask that incorporates some sort of butterfly motif.
▲* [[Calling Card]]: A golden butterfly
▲* [[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 ==
Igor is the mysterious proprietor of
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Permanently etched on his face.
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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.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Hot Teacher]]: She's certainly not unattractive.
* [[The Mentor]]: To Yukino.
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== Dean Harding/Vice Principal Hanya ==
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-Out]]: In the North American release, his students refer to him as "[[Star Wars|Darth]] Harding
* [[Show the Forehead]]
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Mark is visibly creeped out by how ''nice'' Dream!Hanya is.
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* [[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: if...]].
* [[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
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Mara.
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== Kain/Tsutomu Kurouri ==
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]]
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== Kumi Hirose ==
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-in-Chief]]: Not her, but Hypnos is a lot more independent then most Personae, speaking out loud and fighting independently of Kumi.
* [[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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* [[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 the Real Monsters]]: Believe's that humans care more for their self-preservation than about others.
* [[It's All About Me]]: Getting the Snow Queen role to discredit the Drama Club president (who "stole" her boyfriend) and trying to bribe the teachers to get better grades.
** 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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== Yuriko Yamamoto ==
One of the
* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: She's more like this then the other guardians.
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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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== Tomomi ==
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
* {{spoiler|[[As Long as There Is Evil]]: And you know what? [[Persona 3|She was right!]]}}
* [[Big Bad]]
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* [[Badass Mustache]]
* {{spoiler|[[Battle Butler]]: Turned [[Up to Eleven]] with his [http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/File:Yamaoka.jpg Persona form]
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Guardian Entity]]: Even in death, he protects his young master
* {{spoiler|[[Holy Halo]]: As a Persona
* {{spoiler|[[Hover Board]]: As a Persona.}}
* [[Obi-Wan Moment]]: Kei takes Yamaoka's last words to heart, as seen in later games.
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