And a certain something with something hidden beneath her skirt
It’s been a hot minute since we all screamed in rhapsody over another stylishPersona 5trailer and an actualgot damnrelease date (in Japan). Last week Josh Tolentino dida deep translation/analysis of the trailer, which you’ll want to check out, but thePersona 5websitehas also been updated with new information on some of characters introduced in the latest trailer.
Gematsuhas translations of three new character bios and descriptions of their starting personas. Helpful because two of their personas areinsanein theFinal Fantasy XIIIEidolon sense and the other is going to spawn a lotta lazy jokes.
Makoto Niijima
“A third-year high school student who attends the same Syujin High School as the protagonist. She is a student council president with a sharp mind and irreproachable conduct. She is level and calm with a strong sense of responsibility and ability to take action, but is a natural-born honors student who is overly serious and refuses to compromise. However, she has her own troubles as well, which will eventually trigger the awakening of her Persona, and thereby cause an incident…”
Her persona, Joanna, is “[a] unique Persona in the form of a large bike. The front of the bike looks similar to a woman’s head. It has the same name as ‘Pope Joan,’ who legends say was the first female Pope during the Middle Ages.” How papal!
Futaba Sakura
“A girl with superhuman computational abilities and ingenious programming capabilities, but in addition to being naturally extremely bad at communication, she became a shut-in after a certain incident. She is the age of a first-year high school student, but no longer attends school following her middle school graduation. Through what opportunity will this shut-in girl meet with the protagonist and friends?”
If motorcycle persona didn’t throw you, the emotionally stilted tech maven’s persona, Necronomicon, is, well, named after the Necronomicon, the fictional evil text that drives theEvil Deadfilms. Except it’s shaped like a UFO, “and seems to be a symbol of Futaba’s unknown power,” managing to be both on the nose and completely confusing.
Haru Okumura
“A third-year high school student who attends Syujin High School. The daughter of the president of a major restaurant company. She grew up in a wealthy family, and is elegant and naive, but on the other hand often observes others. Although usually good at communication thanks to her gentle appearance and people handling skills, she finds no value in human relations, perhaps as a result of the environment in which she was raised, and avoids close relationships with others. What kind of incident would trigger the awakening of her Persona ability?“
Her persona, Milady, is named after theThree Muskateerscharacter and is, “[a] lady Persona who wears a beautiful dress embroidered with lilies.” But, uh.
“But beneath her elegant skirt hides a powerful weapon.”
