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Character Info
Character's Name: Minato Arisato
Character's Canon: Persona 3
Character's Age: 17
Canon Point: Post-the Journey, good end
Background/History: A link!
Strengths:
As a note, as a silent protagonist, Minato can be interpreted in a lot of ways; I'm interpreting from his endgame canon point, with the assumption the correct options for his Social Links are his "canon" options. I'll be using pieces from the drama CDs, stageplays and Persona Q as well, but not so much from the movie, which takes his characterization a different direction for the most part.
Giving - Minato won't ever hesitate to give someone what they need. He's the sort of person who goes out of his way to deliver what even a stranger asks of him, and even more so his friends; he'll go above and beyond what's even logical in order to help out the people he cares about. Even if it's doing things like cleaning bathrooms, or feeding a small child out of his own pocket. He gives to all of his Social Links constantly, never really asking anything in return, and the same is true of his teammates. Of course, this culminates in his existence as a Messianic archetype--Minato gives his life so that other people can live, because that's the sort of person that he is.
Accepting - One of Minato's greatest strengths is how accepting he is as a person. He doesn't care what sort of person someone is--he'll hear them out. He loves people, he'll chat with anyone, and he helps however he can. It takes a lot to get him to dismiss someone; he only puts his foot down in canon when someone is putting themselves in danger, with his Moon Social Link, and in the drama CDs when Ken almost puts himself in danger with his zest for Shadow fighting. For the most part, though, Minato just takes care of everyone, regardless of what sort of person they are.
Adaptable - A hidden hour of the day where coffins appear? Shooting spirits out of your head with a fake gun? Minato copes with it all surprisingly well. He barely ever bats an eye, that's something that's consistent across all of his spin-offs and appearances. He copes with things with dry humor, flat expressions and sometimes quirky responses. No matter what comes his way, Minato can deal with it, and even rebound strongly. He's initially elected field leader thanks to the ease with which he deals with shooting himself in the head, and the only time he's ever properly in shock is after Shinji's death and Ryoji's ultimatum, as the game explicitly states.
Weaknesses:
Passive - On the flip side, Minato is about as passive as it gets. He only shows his backbone in very, very dramatic situations; otherwise, he's pretty content to let his friends do dumb things. He'll even encourage them, because stopping them is apparently too much effort. He might occasionally be like "uh...", but actually lifting a hand to stop them from dumb life choices seems like too much work. This has improved a bit by his endgame canon point, but he still has a terrible tendency to be entirely passive--especially when it comes to his own health and well-being.
Self-sacrificial - If the fact that he's willing to sacrifice himself for the fate of the world doesn't make it obvious enough, Minato's a self-sacrificial person. He'd rather give up his own health, time, or well-being in favor of someone else's, and would do whatever it takes to take care of someone else, even to his own detriment. Really, he can be comically stupid about it, staying out in the rain and falling ill, and then not even bothering to tell anyone that he's sick before being bed-ridden for a few days. SEES has to go check on him themselves to know what happened, because he tends to keep his own problems to himself, even when it would be far more logical to share them. At the end of the game, he doesn't even bother to tell anyone he's struggling or dying--true, SEES wouldn't remember, but he still could've gotten help and chose not to. This undoubtedly helps to lead to SEES fracturing later in the Answer, which is something that rests firmly on his own shoulders. It's a big character flaw, and one he's very, very prone to.
Apathetic - When your catchprase is どうでもいい, or "whatever", it's probably not surprising that being far too apathetic is a problem for him. Caring about people comes easily to him, but caring about anything else...? Eh, it's kind of up in the air on any given day. He likes to talk to people, but doing other things can often take too much effort for him to care--or too much effort for him to decline. He gets wrapped up in all sorts of clubs and shenanigans because he's pretty much too apathetic to say "no" at any point, and it tends to get him into trouble. Hell, he even puts up with Tanaka threatening him in all sorts of creative and colorful ways with a flat sort of deadpan apathy, when he probably should've been running the other way very quickly.
Powers/Abilities:
Minato's a Persona protag, and with that comes the ability to summon all sorts of Personas. In Awash, he will naturally be restricted to the Personas he has on him, which can be found here. They can be restricted or pared down however's necessary! However, I'll be automatically assuming that summoning his Personas too many times will leave him exhausted--using them requires SP, and he only has a finite amount of that, after all!
He otherwise is competent in a variety of weapons--swords, gauntlets, spears, bows and arrows--but competent only in the sense that he kind of picked them up and did his best with them; he doesn't have any sort of formal training, or a particularly impressive technique.
While his Personas make him pretty tough compared to normal people, he is otherwise a very normal teenage boy; in comparison to trained fighters, he'll be at a very large disadvantage.
Other Noteworthy Traits:
- He can sew, since he spends plenty of time at the sewing club.
- He can cook, as seen in the manga.
- He also can pretty much fall asleep on any flat surface, I think that's a noteworthy trait.
Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
- Evoker - on him
- Headphones - on him
- MP3 player - on him
Plus:
- A Sword
Color: Blue! He's...the blue Persona protag, his character color is blue...his hair is blue......... there was really no other option. Any shade of blue is fine, honestly.
Name: Cal
Contact:
Current Character(s): N/A
Reserve: boop
Character Info
Character's Name: Minato Arisato
Character's Canon: Persona 3
Character's Age: 17
Canon Point: Post-the Journey, good end
Background/History: A link!
Strengths:
As a note, as a silent protagonist, Minato can be interpreted in a lot of ways; I'm interpreting from his endgame canon point, with the assumption the correct options for his Social Links are his "canon" options. I'll be using pieces from the drama CDs, stageplays and Persona Q as well, but not so much from the movie, which takes his characterization a different direction for the most part.
Giving - Minato won't ever hesitate to give someone what they need. He's the sort of person who goes out of his way to deliver what even a stranger asks of him, and even more so his friends; he'll go above and beyond what's even logical in order to help out the people he cares about. Even if it's doing things like cleaning bathrooms, or feeding a small child out of his own pocket. He gives to all of his Social Links constantly, never really asking anything in return, and the same is true of his teammates. Of course, this culminates in his existence as a Messianic archetype--Minato gives his life so that other people can live, because that's the sort of person that he is.
Accepting - One of Minato's greatest strengths is how accepting he is as a person. He doesn't care what sort of person someone is--he'll hear them out. He loves people, he'll chat with anyone, and he helps however he can. It takes a lot to get him to dismiss someone; he only puts his foot down in canon when someone is putting themselves in danger, with his Moon Social Link, and in the drama CDs when Ken almost puts himself in danger with his zest for Shadow fighting. For the most part, though, Minato just takes care of everyone, regardless of what sort of person they are.
Adaptable - A hidden hour of the day where coffins appear? Shooting spirits out of your head with a fake gun? Minato copes with it all surprisingly well. He barely ever bats an eye, that's something that's consistent across all of his spin-offs and appearances. He copes with things with dry humor, flat expressions and sometimes quirky responses. No matter what comes his way, Minato can deal with it, and even rebound strongly. He's initially elected field leader thanks to the ease with which he deals with shooting himself in the head, and the only time he's ever properly in shock is after Shinji's death and Ryoji's ultimatum, as the game explicitly states.
Weaknesses:
Passive - On the flip side, Minato is about as passive as it gets. He only shows his backbone in very, very dramatic situations; otherwise, he's pretty content to let his friends do dumb things. He'll even encourage them, because stopping them is apparently too much effort. He might occasionally be like "uh...", but actually lifting a hand to stop them from dumb life choices seems like too much work. This has improved a bit by his endgame canon point, but he still has a terrible tendency to be entirely passive--especially when it comes to his own health and well-being.
Self-sacrificial - If the fact that he's willing to sacrifice himself for the fate of the world doesn't make it obvious enough, Minato's a self-sacrificial person. He'd rather give up his own health, time, or well-being in favor of someone else's, and would do whatever it takes to take care of someone else, even to his own detriment. Really, he can be comically stupid about it, staying out in the rain and falling ill, and then not even bothering to tell anyone that he's sick before being bed-ridden for a few days. SEES has to go check on him themselves to know what happened, because he tends to keep his own problems to himself, even when it would be far more logical to share them. At the end of the game, he doesn't even bother to tell anyone he's struggling or dying--true, SEES wouldn't remember, but he still could've gotten help and chose not to. This undoubtedly helps to lead to SEES fracturing later in the Answer, which is something that rests firmly on his own shoulders. It's a big character flaw, and one he's very, very prone to.
Apathetic - When your catchprase is どうでもいい, or "whatever", it's probably not surprising that being far too apathetic is a problem for him. Caring about people comes easily to him, but caring about anything else...? Eh, it's kind of up in the air on any given day. He likes to talk to people, but doing other things can often take too much effort for him to care--or too much effort for him to decline. He gets wrapped up in all sorts of clubs and shenanigans because he's pretty much too apathetic to say "no" at any point, and it tends to get him into trouble. Hell, he even puts up with Tanaka threatening him in all sorts of creative and colorful ways with a flat sort of deadpan apathy, when he probably should've been running the other way very quickly.
Powers/Abilities:
Minato's a Persona protag, and with that comes the ability to summon all sorts of Personas. In Awash, he will naturally be restricted to the Personas he has on him, which can be found here. They can be restricted or pared down however's necessary! However, I'll be automatically assuming that summoning his Personas too many times will leave him exhausted--using them requires SP, and he only has a finite amount of that, after all!
He otherwise is competent in a variety of weapons--swords, gauntlets, spears, bows and arrows--but competent only in the sense that he kind of picked them up and did his best with them; he doesn't have any sort of formal training, or a particularly impressive technique.
While his Personas make him pretty tough compared to normal people, he is otherwise a very normal teenage boy; in comparison to trained fighters, he'll be at a very large disadvantage.
Other Noteworthy Traits:
- He can sew, since he spends plenty of time at the sewing club.
- He can cook, as seen in the manga.
- He also can pretty much fall asleep on any flat surface, I think that's a noteworthy trait.
Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
- Evoker - on him
- Headphones - on him
- MP3 player - on him
Plus:
- A Sword
Color: Blue! He's...the blue Persona protag, his character color is blue...his hair is blue......... there was really no other option. Any shade of blue is fine, honestly.