But with so much history behind the games, finding a jumping-off point can be intimidating. Diverse titles in the series, like Persona 4 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 (totally different games!), have garnered so much acclaim over years that they’ve become essential for RPG fans to check out. It is assumed that this is the protagonist from Persona.MegaTen is now one of the most beloved Japanese role-playing franchises in both the East and West. There is a knock on the door and the door opens, but the person entering is unseen. Hermelin Persona Users have a reunion in Parabellum Bar. The reason behind his departure is left up to the player to decide, as when he gives his reason, there is no text box. In Eriko Kirishima's flashback at Araya Shrine, it is revealed that after the events of Persona, he had to go away, and would not be able to see his friends for a while. Also, Eriko Kirishima tells Tatsuya that he reminds her of their "old leader". For example, should the player visit Honmaru park before the first boss fight, Yukino Mayuzumi will say to Tatsuya that he reminds her of an old friend who "also liked to take the scenic route". On their way back to school, they met up with Eriko Kirishima and Maki's mother, who reveals that the organization that she was working with, SEBEC, is the one responsible for what happened to their town.ĭespite not making any physical appearances, the protagonist is mentioned a few times, mostly by returning Persona characters comparing Tatsuya Suou to him. They then find out that they cannot leave the town. This incident awakened Naoya's Persona, along with his friends' Personas, allowing them to escape from the hospital. Monsters then started to appear in the hospital, attacking and killing the people inside. In the middle of the surgery, an earthquake occurs and the surgery room was suddenly blocked by a wall when they opened the doors leading to the room.
However, Maki's condition suddenly worsened, and was taken for emergency surgery, while Naoya and everyone else waited for her. Naoya apologizes for not visiting her for the past few days, and Maki reveals that they are childhood friends to Masao when he questioned their closeness. Following their Saeko Takamiteacher's suggestion, they all went to the hospital for a check up and also to visit Maki. Once they played the game, a little girl suddenly appeared and he, along with everyone else, falls unconscious and dreams about Philemon. Naoya joins in on the bet made between Masao Inaba and Hidehiko Uesugi (he placed his bet on Masao) to play the Persona game. The resulting guilt caused Naoya's shadow to manifest in Maki Sonomura's ideal world and takes the identity of Kazuya with the same appearance as Naoya, but his ear is not pierced.
However, once his father came back home from his job overseas and argued with his mother, his mother accepted Kazuya's death and Naoya pierced his ear as a proof that he is not Kazuya and made himself forget the day Kazuya died out of guilt. To ease his mother who was still unable to accept Kazuya's death, Naoya started to act like Kazuya to the point he almost believed himself to be Kazuya. This made Naoya felt responsible for Kazuya's death. Naoya quickly denied that he was Kazuya, but this made his mother cry.ĭuring Kazuya's funeral, one of his relatives gave her condolences by telling how kind Kazuya was for trying to buy a manga to cheer him up that led to his death. Kazuya's death greatly shook their mother to the point that she initially mistook Naoya as Kazuya when the younger twin saw his older brother's body. On the way home, however, Kazuya was hit by a truck and passed away. Kazuya and their mother had to go shopping, but Kazuya went out of his way to buy a manga to cheer up Naoya.
One day, when he was a child, Naoya had a cold and was being taken care of by Kazuya and their mother. Naoya used to have an older twin brother named Kazuya Toudou. The plot of this game is followed in exactly the same manner by the English adaptations of Megami Ibunroku Persona and in the Megami Ibunroku Persona manga. In the true ending of the game, unlike the other students, his fate is unknown, left only for the player to decide. Hermelin High School and he visits his friend Maki Sonomura in the hospital regularly. All that is known about him is that he is a second year student at St. He is a nameless protagonist, who has to be named by the player in the start of the game. The protagonist is the main player character in Persona.