8:21 Funny thing is, in the manga, Nanako's arc was a pitoval moment to Souji Seta (manga name of the Yu Narukami). It highlights how he's an empty and lonely person due to constant transfer and lack of family time. He didn't have time to build meaningful relationship and was forced to grow independence, obeying his parent and keep up the politeness, thus become a loner with apathetic view of friendship. But as he spends time with his friends, witnesses and learn from their growth and confront their own hearts, he changes for a better and learn to express himself and his worth. His relationship with Nanako was more than just being a big brother figure to her, but because he saw himself in her, hence he didn't want her to go through the same life he has before transfer to Inaba.
All the Persona protagonists starting from 3 end up in situations that threaten to make them apathetic toward the world when you think about it. Makoto- Parents killed in a accident and so he's just drifting through life not wanting to get hurt again. Yu- Contently moving and unable to form real attachments to anyone or to a real home. Joker/Ren- Accused of a crime he didn't commit and is pressured by society to accept a dull life to "save" his future.
As a newbie to the Persona series and P4G being my first game this year. It helped me as my cat recently died. I thought it was darkness and pain and I couldn't face anything until this game came through and pulled me up. Living in a way to face my shadow and become a person that shadow isn't. Persona 4 is my third favorite game of all time and well is the first game to ever make me cry my eyes out over Nanako, the progression of the story and the true/golden ending. I didn't want to leave Inaba at all, it was a home with memories and friends that we saved a entire town but built bonds. After watching the animation the words: "Bonds of People is The True Power." Making me see the friendships I built give me power because the people I care for stick with me at my darkest points and vice versa for them. P4G is a game I never experienced before especially after playing deep Jpgs/rpgs this year. This closest game I can put with this is Fire Emblem Three houses gameplay wise but Persona 4 Golden beats it in so many categories.
If I can be so bold. What are your other two favorite games? For me my top 3 would be P4G, Tales of Symphonia (sentimentality and dealt with racial issues that I was going through at the time), and Pikmin 2 (no sentimental reasons per se, just really fun). Then after that is a ALOT of Atlus stuff.
@@NobleAbsinthe I'm sorry you had to deal with racism in your life. It genuinely sucks a lot. The Original Sonic The Hedgehog. The first video game I ever played as a child, and Pokemon diamond version. My first Pokemon game. They might seem like basic games, but they both hold so much value to me at points in my life.
As someone else who lives in up state suburban New York, Inaba feels very familiar in a way of a town with little to do at it's surface until you learn more about it and very different with it's rural setting being not too different but a bit of a switch with my home town having and few but nowhere near as much rural aspects. Really makes for a unique setting. Love Persona 4, my personal favorite of the franchise.
To correct you on some things. Yeah, for some reason, many people think that Rise is the canon love interest, even though evidence as you showed that Yukiko is actually the canon love interest. Yu isn't the only one with this problem, both Persona 3 protagonists also have this sorta canon love interest problem, but it's much more obvious as even the adaptations believe so and really enforces it. For the male protagonist, you did mention in a video that Aigis is the canon love interest and many people think so too and even the 4 Persona 3 movies pushes it, but many parts of the game will tell you that Yukari is actually the canon love interest, as this even plays a part in The Answer. Same thing with the female protagonist where many people like to think Shinjiro is her true love interest and even the female version of the stage plays enforces it, but while I truly do think this pairing is great, many parts in Portable actually hints at Akihiko being the canon love interest instead, much more than the game hints at Shinjiro, and the way that game hints at this is like a mix between Yukari in the male route and Yukiko in this game. Also, the bit about the city Yu is from being Tokyo, that's only in the Persona 4 anime. In the game, they never say which city he's from. All they say is he's from a city, that's it.
The first animation scene in the game shows him taking the train in Akihabara station just after his dream with the Velvet room at home. Akihabara is in Tokyo.
My fav Persona game and fav protagonist. Maybe isn´t as flashy as P3 and P5 but the setting of Inaba, the feelings and the characters are so unique that stand out. And Yu is much more than a self insert, he´s the only of the modern protagonists that actually is given a full personality with fears, tastes, weakness.. and probably having a disfunction seeing how autistic some of his attitudes and answers are.
This was really good I love persona 4 and yu is my favorite character. This was a great video thank you you got yourself a new subscriber. Also they just announced that is coming to Xbox so I am going to rebuy it on there since I haven’t played it for some time on my vita
Wait, you have been to Udderly Delicious? I have been there before. It's a bit out of the way but I was NOT expecting you to talk about something so close to home in a Persona 4 video.
@@NobleAbsinthe Going well. Better when I saw this vid. Persona is just one of those games I just can't get enough enough analysis vids on. I've seen so many and yet I always want to see more.
i liked the video, though personally i don't see narukami being a self-insert as much of a good thing... i enjoyed his character a lot more in the anime and the manga
8:21 Funny thing is, in the manga, Nanako's arc was a pitoval moment to Souji Seta (manga name of the Yu Narukami). It highlights how he's an empty and lonely person due to constant transfer and lack of family time. He didn't have time to build meaningful relationship and was forced to grow independence, obeying his parent and keep up the politeness, thus become a loner with apathetic view of friendship. But as he spends time with his friends, witnesses and learn from their growth and confront their own hearts, he changes for a better and learn to express himself and his worth. His relationship with Nanako was more than just being a big brother figure to her, but because he saw himself in her, hence he didn't want her to go through the same life he has before transfer to Inaba.
All the Persona protagonists starting from 3 end up in situations that threaten to make them apathetic toward the world when you think about it.
Makoto- Parents killed in a accident and so he's just drifting through life not wanting to get hurt again.
Yu- Contently moving and unable to form real attachments to anyone or to a real home.
Joker/Ren- Accused of a crime he didn't commit and is pressured by society to accept a dull life to "save" his future.
@@ScorbunGame That is why they´re chosen to hold the wildcard, they need to be empty to have the infinite potential of number 0.
As a newbie to the Persona series and P4G being my first game this year. It helped me as my cat recently died. I thought it was darkness and pain and I couldn't face anything until this game came through and pulled me up. Living in a way to face my shadow and become a person that shadow isn't. Persona 4 is my third favorite game of all time and well is the first game to ever make me cry my eyes out over Nanako, the progression of the story and the true/golden ending. I didn't want to leave Inaba at all, it was a home with memories and friends that we saved a entire town but built bonds.
After watching the animation the words: "Bonds of People is The True Power." Making me see the friendships I built give me power because the people I care for stick with me at my darkest points and vice versa for them.
P4G is a game I never experienced before especially after playing deep Jpgs/rpgs this year. This closest game I can put with this is Fire Emblem Three houses gameplay wise but Persona 4 Golden beats it in so many categories.
If I can be so bold. What are your other two favorite games? For me my top 3 would be P4G, Tales of Symphonia (sentimentality and dealt with racial issues that I was going through at the time), and Pikmin 2 (no sentimental reasons per se, just really fun). Then after that is a ALOT of Atlus stuff.
@@NobleAbsinthe I'm sorry you had to deal with racism in your life. It genuinely sucks a lot.
The Original Sonic The Hedgehog. The first video game I ever played as a child, and Pokemon diamond version. My first Pokemon game. They might seem like basic games, but they both hold so much value to me at points in my life.
I don't live there anymore, but Evansville, Indiana has one of the coolest public zoo and library I've ever been to
As someone else who lives in up state suburban New York, Inaba feels very familiar in a way of a town with little to do at it's surface until you learn more about it and very different with it's rural setting being not too different but a bit of a switch with my home town having and few but nowhere near as much rural aspects. Really makes for a unique setting. Love Persona 4, my personal favorite of the franchise.
To correct you on some things. Yeah, for some reason, many people think that Rise is the canon love interest, even though evidence as you showed that Yukiko is actually the canon love interest. Yu isn't the only one with this problem, both Persona 3 protagonists also have this sorta canon love interest problem, but it's much more obvious as even the adaptations believe so and really enforces it. For the male protagonist, you did mention in a video that Aigis is the canon love interest and many people think so too and even the 4 Persona 3 movies pushes it, but many parts of the game will tell you that Yukari is actually the canon love interest, as this even plays a part in The Answer. Same thing with the female protagonist where many people like to think Shinjiro is her true love interest and even the female version of the stage plays enforces it, but while I truly do think this pairing is great, many parts in Portable actually hints at Akihiko being the canon love interest instead, much more than the game hints at Shinjiro, and the way that game hints at this is like a mix between Yukari in the male route and Yukiko in this game. Also, the bit about the city Yu is from being Tokyo, that's only in the Persona 4 anime. In the game, they never say which city he's from. All they say is he's from a city, that's it.
The truth is that there isn't any canon love interest. That's all
The first animation scene in the game shows him taking the train in Akihabara station just after his dream with the Velvet room at home. Akihabara is in Tokyo.
My fav Persona game and fav protagonist. Maybe isn´t as flashy as P3 and P5 but the setting of Inaba, the feelings and the characters are so unique that stand out. And Yu is much more than a self insert, he´s the only of the modern protagonists that actually is given a full personality with fears, tastes, weakness.. and probably having a disfunction seeing how autistic some of his attitudes and answers are.
I have the same feeling to about Inaba cause I do live in a rural city.
Watching this 4 years later. Great video
Great video! Love the cozy vibe of persona 4, and it's a perfect fit for a handheld.
Amazing all I can say. Future 1m channel
This was really good I love persona 4 and yu is my favorite character. This was a great video thank you you got yourself a new subscriber. Also they just announced that is coming to Xbox so I am going to rebuy it on there since I haven’t played it for some time on my vita
And then the last guy loved his friends so much that he gave up his own life.
Wait, you have been to Udderly Delicious? I have been there before. It's a bit out of the way but I was NOT expecting you to talk about something so close to home in a Persona 4 video.
Yeah it's not far from me. Fellow New Yorker how's it going :D ?
@@NobleAbsinthe Going well. Better when I saw this vid. Persona is just one of those games I just can't get enough enough analysis vids on. I've seen so many and yet I always want to see more.
Udderly Delicious is pretty good, but always been a Dairy Frost man myself
i liked the video, though personally i don't see narukami being a self-insert as much of a good thing... i enjoyed his character a lot more in the anime and the manga
what is the song that plays at 9:29 called?
It is Yu
Yo 69th like Let's gooooo
Thanks for this great review! Very personal and resonnates with any one who once spent a period of their life in a strange environment
zanagi-no-Okami.... ZA WARUDO!
but seriously I blitzed the paradise dungeon