#yousuke hanamura

[hopefulpeacestudent]

The investigation team!

#persona users #the investigation team #Persona 4 #Animation #atlus #Yu Narukami #Yousuke Hanamura #Kanji Tatsumi #Naoto Shirogane #Chie Satonaka #Yukiko Amagi #Rise Kujikawa #teddie(persona 4) #animal mascot of the franchise #Human mascots

[jmgangel]

The difference between Souyo and Shuake is so stark but also they are the same To Me.

#tfw they complete each other #destined partners destined rivals etc #something something two halves of the same whole vs two sides of the same coin something something #waves in the general direction of their vibes #persona 5 #goro akechi #shuake #akeshu #persona 4 #persona 5 royal #yu narukami #yousuke hanamura #akechi goro #souyo #justmythoughts

[roninkairi]

Images You Can Hear:

#persona 4 #chie satonaka #yousuke hanamura #trial of the dragon #hiimdaisy

[tinybelieverflower]

Concept of Yousuke Hanamura

#Official Concept art #Official concept #Videogames and Animations #Atlus games #Persona 4 #Persona 4 Golden #P4 #P4G #Second-in-Command #The investigation team #Yousuke Hanamura #Yuri Lowenthal #P4 Animation #Concept art #Magician arcanum

[raeseddon]

Haven't been able to stop thinking about the conversation @gurofriend and I had about Yousuke's character arc and how it relates to Saki, for a number of reasons: the biggest being that one of the things we hear her say when Yu and Yousuke enter her dungeon is "I wish it would all just disappear." 99% of the time, when a character says that in a piece of Japanese media, it's meant as a form of suicidal ideation. Given the game before this had a main character who was that level of suicidal in the beginning and how important a theme apathy, and the rejection of apathy is as whole in the Persona series, there a lot of meaning behind having Saki say this, whether she would or wouldn't have gone through with it. I'm even willing to put out there that her Shadow probably was her subconscious desire to self-harm, given form.

The importance of this is to immediately tell players that this is a different game than the last: the the core message of it will be very different, since if this were Persona 3, Saki might have made contact with/been contacted by The Velvet Room, for that struggle in her alone. The reason her murder hangs over Yousuke specifically for the rest of the game is because for as lonely and isolated as he felt, he never once considered wanting to "make it all disappear" and the fact that Saki did, apparently have that thought often enough for it to be one of the first things they hear, effects Yousuke in the deepest part of himself.

Throughout his social link, he has these asides where he talks directly to Saki, telling her that you don't need to be special to be special to someone: that just living and being yourself is enough to mean something to another person-- but you have to be able to be yourself, which is where both he and Saki struggled. Eventually, Yousuke's able to be comfortable with himself, accept his feelings towards Yu, and live "with a smile." To a Western audience, his constant bringing her up and "talking to her" might come off as him being hung up on her, but speaking to her spirit is his way of finding closure and moving on. In that way, it is a traditional Persona game, but it comes at it from a different angle than previous entries in the series-- by ending the life of someone who had the potential to be a main character in the previous game right off the bat.

This also fits with Yu being one of the few Persona protagonists not meant to be a blank slate player surrogate-- the writers had a clear personality in mind for him given the dialogue choices, and a lot of that has to do with this being a different game. Part of the point of the P3 protagonist in particular being such a blank slate is his apathy when you start playing. He's genuinely just alive because ending his life would mean doing something, and his apathy is such that he can't even be bothered to do that. Yu has no such hang ups-- he's just a normal kid being thrown into insane circumstances. From the choices given, it's the players choice to make him open/out going or reticent about showing what he thinks/feels-- but those are really your only options. Ironically, even with only two varieties of choices, it still makes him more interesting/nuanced than the P3 male protagonist. It also makes him better prepared to face up to the first real villain of the game, Adachi-- someone who had pretty much the same choices Yu had in life but chose to opt out of everything instead.

In a lot of ways, (and the anime shows this with "Chad" Yu especially) Yu is a bit of...weird guy, he comes off as this combination of being really forward about how he feels while at the same time...selectively unaware of how that forwardness is going to come off to the people around him [insert autism disk-horse here...] he sees the world for what it is and generally takes people at face value and in good faith-- something that comes back to bite him with Adachi-- but that's exactly why Yu couldn't be the type of player surrogate the P3 protagonist was. It would have been the exact same narrative arc as P3 if they allowed Yu to be that type of player surrogate. P4 is still about how apathy is a cop out to actually living, but the burden of learning that isn't on the player character, it's on the antagonist.

#Persona 4 #yu narukami #yousuke hanamura #torhu adachi

[aestheticbooby]

finally, it is time to post compromised Yosuke pillowcase

@capt-spacebussy cmere show him off

#persona #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #yosuke hanamura #hanamura yosuke #yousuke hanamura #hanamura yousuke #crossdressing #drag #i need you to know this has existed for months. he is already documented on the internet because #he is Real #suggestive #mdni

[megaderping]

The sound of an obnoxiously catchy jingle jolted Akechi from his sleep. Grumbling, he sat up, rubbed his eyes, and scowled at Yu, who watched the TV from the couch with his chin resting in his hands. Some strange man in a suit appeared on the screen, with a broad nose and an orange, striped tie. He spoke with an undeniable charisma you'd expect from a telemarketer, and Akechi could've sworn he'd seen that man's face before…

"This is Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, the mail order television program, being broadcasted live to you! We guarantee your purchase will meet your satisfaction for a fair market price! Now, let's introduce the products that will be on sale for the next three days!"

Then came more of that jingle… which Yu sang along to. "Granter of your desires!"

Akechi stared flatly at Yu. "Infomercials? Really?" Tanaka droned on and on about Adios Shoes in the background, and Yu simply shrugged and bobbed along to the jingle.

"You never know. Could come in handy in the TV world."

"Or you could get suckered into buying low-budget garbage."

Tanaka's solicitation cut through the conversation. "...But wait, there's more! I'll add two Slimming Foods to the Adios Shoes! All this for only 5,980 yen! We've got another fantastic product on sale today! One Medical Kit! It's very helpful in emergencies! What can I do to sweeten this pot for you? Ooh, I know! For this one, I'll add four Medicines to your Medical Kit for 2,980 yen!"

Akechi scoffed. The Medical Kits could be useful, he supposed, and… damn it. Yu was already dialing up the number. "Well, it is your money. I take it you're going for the shoes?"

"Yep. Some new kicks might help Chie kick ass in the next dungeon."

Rolling his eyes, Akechi grabbed a calculator off his desk. He punched in the individual costs of the Medicines and Medical Kits, and… hm. It was cheaper than buying them individually. So, once Yu finished his call, Akechi dialed up the number and placed the order for a Medical Kit package. Once that was out of the way, he flipped his phone shut.

"Well then. Have you any big plans for the day?"

"Yep, but they're top secret." Yu sauntered over to the dresser, digging out a black jacket, matching black jeans, and an undershirt.

Akechi followed suit, fetching his green sweater vest, white shirt, black slacks, and almond blazer for a sophisticated Sunday fit. "And just when we've come so far…" He smirked all the same. "Then again, another mystery is tempting to pursue."

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-- Akechi's birthday rapidly approaches... but also many shenanigans afoot! This chapter had a lot more in it than I remembered. Hope you enjoy!

#persona 4 #persona 5 #goro akechi #p4 akechi au #yu narukami #naoto shirogane #kanji tatsumi #marie persona #nanako dojima #chie satonaka #yukiko amagi #akechi #akechi goro #persona au #persona fanfiction #teddie #yousuke hanamura

[syntheticdaemon]

Arcana Swap Project from last year.

#persona 4 #persona #yosuke #yousuke hanamura #fanart #atlus games #atlus #atlusfaithful

[imdoingstaff]

Yosuke: Have you ever thought about-

Chie: No.

Yosuke: I didn't even finish...

Chie: And knowing you, you shouldn't.

#persona #persona series #persona 4 #persona 4 golden #p4 #p4g #p4 golden #persona 4 yosuke #persona 4 chie #yousuke hanamura #chie satanoka #games #video games

[wormgumz]

source deleted - 2008

#persona #amagi yukiko #shirogane naoto #hanamura yousuke #tatsumi kanji #kuma #kujikawa rise #narukami yu #satonaka chie #seta souji #shadow #finds

[tharrb]

Persona is weird

These are different characters

These are the same characters

#persona 4 #yosuke hanamura #shadow yousuke

[hopefulpeacestudent]

#J-videogames #Atlus #Teddie #Persona Q #Persona 4 cast #Persona 3 cast #Koromaru #Yu Narukami #Makoto Yuki #Ken #Yousuke Hanamura #Aegis/Aigis #Chie Satonaka #Aikihiko Sanada #Junpei Iori #Naoto Shirogane #Kanji Tatsumi #Fuuka Yamagishi #Shinjiro Aragaki #Margaret #Elizabeth #Yukari #Yukiko Amagi

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

BEST DAD BATTLE: APPLE BRACKET

ROUND 1 GROUP 1 PART 1

Dad councils words: hello everynyan!

#best dad battle #tumblr tournament #tumblr poll #tumblr bracket #azumanga daioh #yotsuba to! #yousuke koiwai #imagine if I accidentally tagged this Yosuke Hanamura #Naruto #naruto shippuden #iruka umino

[alaspell]

Persona 4 !

#persona #persona4 #personablr #yousuke hanamura #yosuke hanamura #yu narukami #alaspell

[raeseddon]

Also, re: character relationships in Persona 4, I know Chie is supposed to be a specific (really frustrating IMHO) character archetype, but I'm almost more frustrated by how she treats Yousuke than how she has the potential to treat the protagonist. It's that borderline "why are you even friends??" type of relationship. I know they're teenagers, and again, Chie is a very specific character type but fucking yikes man. If I had someone call me a jerk and a loser that often we just wouldn't be friends. (Though I could go on a whole Thing about what that says about Yousuke's inner confidence to be himself/stand up for himself before the protagonist came into his life...)

#persona 4 #chie satanoka #yousuke hanamura

[wellschoolkilledme]

Yu: Look at how cute these pens are.

Yousuke: Yu, that’s gay.

Yu: Yousuke, we’ve been dating-

#persona 4 #yu x yousuke #yousuke hanamura #yu narukami