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Character Name: Minato Arisato Character Series: Persona 3 Character Age: 18 at his canon point Background:Wikia link Personality: Being a silent protagonist, much of Minato's personality is left blank, leaving it up to the player to interpret him themselves. Nonetheless, canon does provide him a couple of traits. But none is more prominent than his quiet, non-chalant attitude. Indeed, this is the boy who walked through a dark city of coffins and blood to get to his assigned dormitory, barely batting an eyelash. More emotional characters like Junpei and Yukari comment on how nothing seems to phase him. (There's a humorous short story in one of the character materials where his passive attitude gets him into trouble.)
Despite this, his stoic demeanor has positive effects: it allows him to successfully lead in battle because he can think under pressure, and he's a good listener when his friends need one because he's not the type of person who makes hasty judgmental reactions. Because of this, despite his quiet demeanor (or because of it?), he manages to befriend many ladies people. This list includes his teammates, classmates, club members, and a few miscellaneous (including a corrupt businessman).
That's not to say he's a perfect being. For example, while Minato manages his daily routine pretty well, sometimes he'll make dumb mistakes like make Sunday plans with a friend, forgetting that he already made plans with another one and hurting their feelings. Or sometimes he'll enter a battle with the wrong Persona equipped, be knocked off his ass, and only survive because of a combo of luck and quick thinking by his teammates. Talented he may be, Minato is neither invulnerable nor immortal.
Another prominent trait is his sleepiness, as evidenced by the game giving you the option to sleep in class. At one point, he manages to sleep throughout a freaking typhoon (though granted he was also sick). The manga takes this trait and runs with it, making him a complete sleepyhead with moe humorous results. All that said, he somehow manages to get good grades (through studying late at night, not helping his sleep habits).
He's also a fairly big eater. The majority of Social Links take place in a restaurant or cafe. During one of their dates, when Yukari makes a remark to herself about eating more than a regular girl, Minato has the option to tell her, "It's a healthy appetite." Even the Gourmet King remarks how well Minato can keep up with his pace. Elizabeth, the only one who beats him in this aspect, remarks how he stopped eating after their 7th meal. Seven meals is still quite a fairly high number for a male teenager, especially one who still maintains a rail-thin appearance.
He isn't all jokes and derpiness though, and this is where my interpretation comes in. This is a kid who lost his parents at too early an age, and at the same time had Death sealed inside him. This traumatic encounter has affected him subconsciously, causing him to become more aware of how "all things come to the same end." To be frank, he's all-too aware of death, and up 'til now he was very much afraid of it. And without a strong family support unit to fall back on, no one to talk to about this, he quietly bared this burden alone. Even today, while he listens to others describe their problems to him and he gives some gentle (though sometimes blunt) advice, no one has done the same for him. Maybe he figures, it's better to take on the world's burdens than to burden the world. It could be he doesn't think of his own issues as burdensome. If anyone asked about his parent situation for example, he'd try to be optimistic about it.
His fear of death is arguably the main focus of the game, referenced excruciatingly everywhere from the opening song to the ending. Much of the game is about him finally accepting that death happens, but it's not always the end, and overcoming it. Even though he's dead now, his actions had a tremendous impact on his friends and the world. And because of that, he still continues to live on in their hearts. He isn't carrying the burden alone anymore. Now his friends are helping him as well.
Overall, he's generally an intelligent, charming, if quiet guy. He's not a chatty person in general, and is expressionless, so it's hard for others to read him. Most assume he doesn't have any emotions, although that's far from the truth. He makes jokes sometimes (though only his close friends notice it), and he appreciates a good meal. And while mostly he's even-tempered, threaten his friends and he'll be ready to kick your ass. And while he's often confronted with death, there's not much else that scares him (besides Fuuka's cooking).
Abilities: Persona, the ability to summon manifestations of his psyche by shooting himself with a fake gun (Evoker). Having the Wild Card ability, he can also carry more than one Persona, so he can switch to whichever one he needs at the moment. Here in Mayfield, he'll only be able to regain the Personas he had prior to getting snatched away, and with no Velvet Room he can neither gain access to his Compendium nor fuse new Personas. (Or date Elizabeth.)
His Personas also gain strength through the Power of Friendship, which....refers mostly to fusing Persona, so it doesn't matter in Mayfield. But, this ability does let him know how strong each of his friendships are, or if they're pissed at him (via Reverse or Broken). He'll have this ability back once he regains a Persona.
His physical strength will be knocked down to Normal without the bonus of his Personas, but it'll still be a Badass Normal. He's physically well fit, thanks to Track team and fights in Tartarus. He can wield most weaponry except knives and (ironically) guns, but his default choice is the one-handed sword. Sample Entry:Any of these journal entries.
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Character Name: Minato Arisato
Character Series: Persona 3
Character Age: 18 at his canon point
Background: Wikia link
Personality: Being a silent protagonist, much of Minato's personality is left blank, leaving it up to the player to interpret him themselves. Nonetheless, canon does provide him a couple of traits. But none is more prominent than his quiet, non-chalant attitude. Indeed, this is the boy who walked through a dark city of coffins and blood to get to his assigned dormitory, barely batting an eyelash. More emotional characters like Junpei and Yukari comment on how nothing seems to phase him. (There's a humorous short story in one of the character materials where his passive attitude gets him into trouble.)
Despite this, his stoic demeanor has positive effects: it allows him to successfully lead in battle because he can think under pressure, and he's a good listener when his friends need one because he's not the type of person who makes hasty judgmental reactions. Because of this, despite his quiet demeanor (or because of it?), he manages to befriend many ladies people. This list includes his teammates, classmates, club members, and a few miscellaneous (including a corrupt businessman).
That's not to say he's a perfect being. For example, while Minato manages his daily routine pretty well, sometimes he'll make dumb mistakes like make Sunday plans with a friend, forgetting that he already made plans with another one and hurting their feelings. Or sometimes he'll enter a battle with the wrong Persona equipped, be knocked off his ass, and only survive because of a combo of luck and quick thinking by his teammates. Talented he may be, Minato is neither invulnerable nor immortal.
Another prominent trait is his sleepiness, as evidenced by the game giving you the option to sleep in class. At one point, he manages to sleep throughout a freaking typhoon (though granted he was also sick). The manga takes this trait and runs with it, making him a complete sleepyhead with
moehumorous results. All that said, he somehow manages to get good grades (through studying late at night, not helping his sleep habits).He's also a fairly big eater. The majority of Social Links take place in a restaurant or cafe. During one of their dates, when Yukari makes a remark to herself about eating more than a regular girl, Minato has the option to tell her, "It's a healthy appetite." Even the Gourmet King remarks how well Minato can keep up with his pace. Elizabeth, the only one who beats him in this aspect, remarks how he stopped eating after their 7th meal. Seven meals is still quite a fairly high number for a male teenager, especially one who still maintains a rail-thin appearance.
He isn't all jokes and derpiness though, and this is where my interpretation comes in. This is a kid who lost his parents at too early an age, and at the same time had Death sealed inside him. This traumatic encounter has affected him subconsciously, causing him to become more aware of how "all things come to the same end." To be frank, he's all-too aware of death, and up 'til now he was very much afraid of it. And without a strong family support unit to fall back on, no one to talk to about this, he quietly bared this burden alone. Even today, while he listens to others describe their problems to him and he gives some gentle (though sometimes blunt) advice, no one has done the same for him. Maybe he figures, it's better to take on the world's burdens than to burden the world. It could be he doesn't think of his own issues as burdensome. If anyone asked about his parent situation for example, he'd try to be optimistic about it.
His fear of death is arguably the main focus of the game, referenced excruciatingly everywhere from the opening song to the ending. Much of the game is about him finally accepting that death happens, but it's not always the end, and overcoming it. Even though he's dead now, his actions had a tremendous impact on his friends and the world. And because of that, he still continues to live on in their hearts. He isn't carrying the burden alone anymore. Now his friends are helping him as well.
Overall, he's generally an intelligent, charming, if quiet guy. He's not a chatty person in general, and is expressionless, so it's hard for others to read him. Most assume he doesn't have any emotions, although that's far from the truth. He makes jokes sometimes (though only his close friends notice it), and he appreciates a good meal. And while mostly he's even-tempered, threaten his friends and he'll be ready to kick your ass. And while he's often confronted with death, there's not much else that scares him (besides Fuuka's cooking).
Abilities: Persona, the ability to summon manifestations of his psyche by shooting himself with a fake gun (Evoker). Having the Wild Card ability, he can also carry more than one Persona, so he can switch to whichever one he needs at the moment. Here in Mayfield, he'll only be able to regain the Personas he had prior to getting snatched away, and with no Velvet Room he can neither gain access to his Compendium nor fuse new Personas.
(Or date Elizabeth.)His Personas also gain strength through the Power of Friendship, which....refers mostly to fusing Persona, so it doesn't matter in Mayfield. But, this ability does let him know how strong each of his friendships are, or if they're pissed at him (via Reverse or Broken). He'll have this ability back once he regains a Persona.
His physical strength will be knocked down to Normal without the bonus of his Personas, but it'll still be a Badass Normal. He's physically well fit, thanks to Track team and fights in Tartarus. He can wield most weaponry except knives and (ironically) guns, but his default choice is the one-handed sword.
Sample Entry: Any of these journal entries.