#persona 4 manga

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #persona 4 #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #persona 4 manga #guys i dont know how to say this but i think hanamura yosuke from hit video game persona 4 might be a shoujo lead #ok but seriously THIS SCENE IN THE MANGA??? #is such a shoujo manga character intro #the clutzy opening. the running to school with a slice of toast in mouth kind of vibe. #substitute that uwaaaah for kyaaaah #and the trashcan for idk slipping on the side of the road or whatever shoujo leads dont normally fall into trashcans #unless youre yosuke #drives me insane because this is the official p4 manga so even though souji is the protagonist. yosuke suddenly has a pov intro #AFTER HES ALREADY INTRODUCED HIMSELF #anyway idk man im just saying. have you guys read the ao3 piece about how yosuke is actually a classic love interest because you should #he's good with his queue

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

A Corner of Memories

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 manga #souji seta #soji seta #yu narukami #p4mc #persona 4 mc #persona 4 manga color #silly colors #i colored probably my fav panel of the P4 manga ;w;

[risette-blast]

someone reblogged my post about makoto in the p4au manga yesterday and brought up the p4 manga. well hey look at that, makoto in the p4 manga too lol

#persona 3 #persona 4 #p3 #p4 #makoto yuki #mitsuru kirijo #persona 4 manga #chihiro fushimi #persona #atlus #how the heck do i use this site lol idk what i'm doing

[adachimoe]

"P4U2 FTW"

In the P4U2 manga volume 2, the afterwards contains drawings of Saito's assistants, one of which is named Yuka and she is represented as a cute little shadow blob who is fangirling over Adachi.

The fan translation group seems to have misunderstood what her text bubble was about.

Her bubble on the top left says "P4U2舞台サイコーした!!!" P4U2 is the Japanese abbreviation for P4 Arena Ultimax. When you read the English scanlation, it looks like she just really likes P4U2. But in Japanese, she's saying "P4U2舞台", with 舞台 meaning "stage play". She is specifically saying, "P4U2 STAGE PLAY FTW". (Yes, there was a P4U2 stage play.)

As an Adachi fangirl, I feel the absolutely insane and compulsive need to point this out because in the P4U2 stage play (and only that stage play, not any of the other P4 stage play), Adachi is portrayed by his Japanese voice actor from the video game, Mitsuaki Madono, rather than someone who normally does stage acting.

She's not just saying she liked P4U2. She is saying she very specifically loved the stage play version of P4U2 where Adachi's 50 some year old voice actor cosplayed as the character and got bullied by a bunch of 20 year olds for 2 hours before receiving a loud round of applause and a bunch of flowers.

Please understand the difference thank you.

#persona 4 #tohru adachi #mitsuaki madono #persona 4 stage play #日本語ヘタです #localization #persona 4 arena ultimax #persona 4 manga #these kinds of posts are what happen when im working from home and waiting for a phone call

[rose-void-789]

I was reading through some of the p4 manga screenshots and I think it's really interesting how Souji's character is in the camp scene with Kanji in the manga compared to the anime.

He's so done with the whole situation in the manga, but at the same time on no one's side just wanting to not get involved in any way.

Then in the anime, he actively escalates the situation so much more than Yosuke does. Now I don't know how much involvement Atlus has in either property but from my understanding, they do acknowledge the Anime more, and they're not exactly known to be the greatest with queer rep soooo....

This really highlights that they did expect the players to be more homophobic and there was a group even back then that was annoyed with that scene. Not surprising but interesting to see how the two handle the issue.

#manga screenshot from quil12 #persona 4 #yosuke hanamura #souji seta #yu narukami #camping scene #persona 4 manga #persona 4 anime #shouts of the void

[blue-bird-lamentation]

They are so into each other...

#persona 4 manga #personal #yosuke's little blush it couldn't be more obvious

[ladykiller-san]

The more you know

#persona 4 #persona 4 manga #edit #OC donut steel #tohru adachi #adachi #yu narukami #p4 protagonist

[pr1ncesspopstar]

As of tonight I have watched/read/played every piece of media in relation to the base story of Persona 4 and here is just a random grab bag of thoughts from that experience. Spoilers abound, mostly for the animation and manga.

-the best way to experience the story outside of just playing the game, if you want to do what for some reason, is reading the manga then watching the Golden anime. The OG anime is a lot of mediocre to bad with pockmarks of good, not worth a full sit down.

-that said if you want to watch some of the OG anime go with all the episodes up to Yukiko being saved (1-4), mitsuo’s dungeon and the summer vacation duology right after (11-14), the justice and hierophant focused episode (18), and then all of endgame (21-26).

These episodes either do a really good job expanding on what was already there, introduce new ideas and scenarios definitely not possible within the constraints of a video game, do a super solid job covering and even improving upon iconic and memorable moments in ways only the medium of an animation retelling can provide, or just have fun or funny bits. My fave is def episode 13, where Nanako becomes a little detective trying to investigate Yu’s hectic life.

-I really appreciate how each version of Yu is wildly different in these medium’s. P4A Yu is kind of a dick and lame at many points, but has the capacity to be open hearted. Manga Yu starts as cold and distant but eventually becomes an emotional and expressive individual that fights for his feelings. And P4GA Yu feels the ‘manliest’ of the bunch with very strong convictions and a level-head with no fear to speak his mind or thoughts. A lot of tiny differences to enjoy.

-there is the consistent fear of abandonment and loss of friends in Yu’s character each series captures so differently but uses nonetheless. P4A Yu also abandons the truth because of his fear and even develops a shadow that represents that. Manga Yu goes between acting rashly and angrily or withdrawing and hiding his hurt when confronted with the possible loss. P4GA Yu gets emotional and trapped in the idea of what’s the point if he risks using everyone, feeling a burden of needing to protect those bonds at all costs.

-also the fact Yu is 100% ride or die for any wild scheme, even the ones he knows won’t work is a trait I’m glad exists in every version of him. He’s just happy to be involved.

-Also Adachi, the supplementary material really made me finally appreciate Adachi as a character. After interacting with him in the game I was never too sure how to feel about him, but the anime(s)/manga finally helped me grasp his character and how I feel about him. As well as why I see the various interpretations of him that I do.

-Marie being included in more things in the Golden animation was sorely needed and a welcomed addition. When the Investigation Team was saying how Marie is also their friend I could not help but think how the team as a whole had only met Marie around 5-6 times at most through her social link. By putting her in more major scenes this actually made her feel like an unofficial member of the group and I believed they were friends.

-I very much enjoyed the way P4GA handled the unification of Izanami’s two halves. I’m probably just a sap but I very much love concepts of accepting the rage and hate-filled parts of yourself and that binging them joy and peace, quelling that fury. Izanami can be quite the tragic character from interpretation to interpretation, so to see them take a stance where it’s not a fight but a comforting hug given by Marie to Izanami that defeats her, I’m a sucker for it.

-Yu needing to free Marie from a bamboo forest and the ultimate Persona associated with Marie being Kaguya is Good Symbolism and Foreshadowing™.

-while it was definitely only done for cool factor in the manga/anime, but within the context of game mechanics Adachi being able to control and get aid from multiple Reapers in his dungeon is mortifying.

-I have come to the conclusion Yukiko and Rise are mini-gremlins in two different fonts. Yukiko will do and say the silliest to the wildest things because it brings her joy. Rise is attention seeking in a pampered cat kind of way. I cannot expand on this sadly but I hope the vibes can be expressed.

-Naoto being very perceptive but socially oblivious and one track minded is actually quite funny and charming. This is best illustrated in the Christmas episode of which I will say no more, it’s a fun little experience.

-the ‘ame-no-sagiri’ in shadow Teddie’s head’ contributed nothing to the plot/story though. Kinda actually takes away from shadow Teddie tbh but that’s more a nitpick than anything.

-the anime shadow fights are good, but they are GREAT in the manga. They feel so much more personal and productive than ‘beat the thing so it goes back to normal so you can accept it,’ while also carrying they same wonderful flow and dynamics you can see in the animation.

I might post more thoughts if I have any later. I could do an analysis but tbh I would just be repeating what a lot of people have already gone over. I’d rather focus on my own projects because this means now my research is done and I can start writing my fanfiction! I’ll talk about that more later. Can’t wait to share it~

#persona 4 the animation #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #persona 4 golden spoilers #yu narukami #tohru adachi #persona 4 marie #persona 4 manga #persona 4 golden the animation #persona 4 spoilers #Sometimes research for a fanfiction is watching nearly 200 hours of the exact same thing over and over again in slightly different ways

[hopefulpeacestudent]

P4 Manga

#Shadow Chie #Shadow Chie Satonaka #P4 Manga series #the investigation team #Chariot Arcanum #Chie no Kage #Persona 4 #Persona 4 Manga

[p3ta]

Sogabe really catered to the autistic audience with his name choices. Minato Arisato. Souji Seta. He Dr. Seuss'd two generations of Persona and I miss it so much

#persona 4 manga #persona 3 manga #🔫 #what would he have named the P5 Protag i need to know

[m0e-ru]

sogabe was so real for this

#persona 4 spoilers #persona 4 manga #p4 #// izanami? in MY sagiri? nofucking way. hes following lore for once #// sitting down hugging legs do you see their eyes do you see the rings do you see the speech bubbles do you see their philosophy do y #// twitches eyes i am normal about this everytime all the time always <- affirmation <- completely batshit insane about this #// souji is empty SOUJI IS EMPTY TOO !!!!!! RATTLES HIM SHAKES HIM MAKES MARACA SOUNDS <- doesnt explain #// SOGABE SENSEI SHOULDVE BEEN GIVEN MORE PANELS TO DRAW IZNMI MRE SHESO PRETTYY <- deprived #// SORRY their humanoid portrait wasnt even finalized by soejima himself SORRY both anime art direction were complete ASS #// she was there from the start there from the start there from the start there from the start there from the start th #// except the game was SO LOW BUDGET they didnt make it as good as yal—THEY GAVE HIM A CONFIDANT WITH THE PROTAGONIST #// iznmi did her role of being the most forgettable unnoticeable inconspicuous bitch in the whole of inaba AND in real life #// something something dont worry misszanami i saw your chanel boots something something #// BIGGEST FLAW TO THIS IS THAT IT DOESNT HAVEC MARIE IN IT OTHERWISE SOGABE'S THE GOAT IN THE ENTIRE WRITING OF PISS FOUR #// iznmi is nothing but a girlemployee failwife boykiller thats my take /gets dragged in by the thousand curses or whatever/ #// if there was ANY official media i could ever want with mim in it it would be a drama cd voiced by kasuyan. and an omake by sogabe #// wish i could be more coherent about this except i really am so batshit crazymad right now. i mean i am so normal about things

[dailymarie]

DAY ELEVEN

AGGHH I COULDA SWORN I POSTED YESTERDAY!!!! I HAVE TO POST TWICE TODAY IMSO SORRY MARIE NATION...💔

anyway. i love this art so so so much. ALL THE GIRLS!!!!! nanako is so cute... so are naoto and yukiko... BUT LOOK AT MY DAUGHTER!!!! shes such a cutie she looks so peculiar i love that for her

2-9-24

#marie #marie p4 #marie persona #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #persona 4 golden animation #persona 4 anime #persona 4 manga #persona 4 dancing all night #anyway i love her #look at nanakos little jack frost hair clips #but thats besides the point. #i want to go to the beach with them... i love the beach #id love to have yukiko or chies swimsuit... #urgh i need to get a two piece for summer #something cute...

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Reach Out To The Truth

#PERSONA 4 #p4 #souji seta #yu narukami #i'm still kinda eh on the backgorund but maybe when I get better i'll come back to it TT0TT #persona 4 manga #silly colors #p4mc

[chiricat]

big bro yu

#alternatively: 345 #finished p4 manga in 1 day. yet another emotional rollercoaster #p3 #p4 #p5 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #yu narukami #souji seta #akira kurusu #ren amimaya #persona 3 #persona 4 #persona 5 #cat’s art #they draw yu so well in the manga man #like hes gorgeous. stunning. JUST LIKE AKIRA… WWWAH #pushing off the ramble again because a) i forgot and b) i dont wanna make a post… i think ill just hide it in the tags as always www

[adachimoe]

About Sho's Name

In P4U2 / Arena Ultimax, Sho's name is written 皆月翔. His alternate personality who can use a Persona's name is written ミナヅキショウ. These are both pronounced "Sho Minazuki". The difference is that the main Sho's name is written in all kanji characters and the alt is written in all katakana characters.

This might seem *really* stupid if you've never encountered this before in Japanese media, but... I mean, it's a game with text so you can always see which characters are being used and thus know who is talking and it's not like the voice actor voices both of them the same way. It's really not that bad when you're actually playing the game.

The English localization of the game got around this hurdle by calling the main personality just "Sho" and the alt personality just "Minazuki" which I thought was pretty simple and worked well. Which brings me to Udon's localization of the manga and how they're handling Sho and his alt personality: I can tell from this one page that the translator at Udon is unfamiliar with the already existing English localization of Arena Ultimax lol.

In this scene in the manga, the alt takes over and introduces himself as ミナヅキショウ, and Udon put, "I am Sho Minazuki", then has him saying "We are Sho Minazuki" on the next page. Speaking strictly about what's written in Japanese, neither of these are wrong, but it's not what fans who played the game as far back as 9 years ago would be used to.

Following the English localization of the game, you would probably put something like, "I am Minazuki" and "Together, we are Sho Minazuki". I'm aware there are some "legacy translations" for media that just suck and probably do not deserve any respect 9-10 years later, but I think "the main guy is called Sho and the alt is called Minazuki" is a veeery simple solution that should be followed lol. This isn't Kara no Kyokai where there's "Shiki, Shiki, Shiki, and [ ] (who is also Shiki)".

Unfortunately, this is a trend with Udon. In the localization for Persona 4 Arena, which was also published by Udon, Labrys's dialect was written as Southern Belle even though it was Brooklyn in the game. This stuff just happens cause a different person winds up translating the manga years later and they're going the freelance contracted translator grind and they don't look into the existing material much. I imagine for collectors and long time fans, the lack of consistency can be annoying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On the plus side, here's the foldout poster of Adachi manspreading and Yu's crazy sleeve. It's from the normal cover of volume 2.

#persona 4 #persona 4 manga #persona 4 arena ultimax #sho minazuki #localization

[riceballoon]

time skip

a persona 4 velvet attendant!protag comic from 2 years ago! id enjoy seeing yosuke being the next wildcard and growing into the leader role he so admired

forgive the awkward dialogue i am not a good writer

#persona 4 #p4 #yu narukami #souji seta #yosuke hanamura #souyo #heavily inspired by rokuro saito's persona 4 arena manga panels! especially the butterflies leading to the velvet room #yu is vaguely dressed like a train conductor hehe