![]() The two who he approaches differently are Tatsuya and Maya. Katsuya - his onesided feelings regarding Maya and that he always has to give up everything for Tatsuya as well as his father Ulala - her inferiority complex regarding Maya He turns into each of them just to play his little mind games hoping that they would give in: The P2 EP Shadow Selves just represent how Lovecraft characterized Nyarlathotep: Cruel, using and tormenting humans with nightmares basically. Nyarlathotep also turned into Maya’s dad before the fight against the Great Father for a split second to shut Maya up when she tried to encourage the team. Jun also took part in this since he countered the rumors of his mother (who said that Kashihara was a bad husband and father) when he said that his dad was cool. The reason why Nyarlathotep turned into an evil version of Kashihara is because Nyarlathotep in Lovecraft stories also took the place of a researcher called Henry Akeley. He also resembles a jinn (genie) with the way he is called and he represents Jung’s archetype “the trickster” to the core. Joker is basically a twisted and evil version of an Aquarius since he certainly doesn’t help anyone when fulfilling wishes. Hebe is often depicted as an angel and the Zodiac Aquarius is very often depicted as a human/angel as well. She also helped the other gods putting on their amors. It’s based on Hebe, the Goddess of Youth who was the wife of Heracles and who was the cup bearer at Mount Olympus. It is the sister sign to Leo and the only other Zodiac which is claimed to be the Leader of the Zodiac next to Leo. You have to know what this Zodiac represents to understand Joker even better:Īquarius is the Zodiac of Friendship and it is described as a helpful and kind Zodiac. “Shadow Jun” is of course the Joker which is why nothing happens when Jun enters the Aquarius temple. Shadow Lisa represents her obsessing over Tatsuya, her being annoyed because of her japanophile parents and her trying drugs. Shadow Eikichi came to existence because of the misunderstandings regarding Miyabi (who even is part of the Shadow Eikichi plot) and his image change from Chubby Eikichi to Visual Kei Eikichi. Since he had a childhood trauma, he, the Leo of the team also never became the leader of the team he actually should have become (that’s why his Sun Arcana is reversed throughout IS and the majority of EP). This is of course really metha since you, the player are telling Tatsuya what he should do. Shadow Tatsuya points out that Tatsuya is a failure in school and that his way of thinking is main stream and that he is always doing what other people tell him. The rest of the shadows (Tatsuya/Eikichi/Lisa) is interesting since other people can actually see them (“Oh didn’t I just see you entering that temple?”) because of the rumors circulating that your team instead of Sudou’s are the terrorists. If you don’t help her she will just succumb to her shadow so that’s why you have to take her with you to save her and Anna (who without Yukino would be a lost case). Yukino’s Shadow is pretty obvious since it revolves around her boyfriend Fujii’s death. As sad as it may sound: I certainly can’t name and remember every kid I played with when I was a child and I’m sometimes also tied to my past and childhood. I can actually really relate to her shadow. I do think that it still ties her to the past since the Maya in IS never got over her past and never grew up (she hangs out with teenagers since she doesn’t want to grow up, still hasn’t gotten over her father’s death etc.). Maya is also the only one who doesn’t accept her shadow self in the end. ![]() While I don’t think that she hates the Masked Circle at all (she is actually really happy to see them again) this incident scarred her. Her Shadow even mentions it “The boy however doesn’t deserve it.”. Anyway Maya still has a grudge even though she doesn’t admit it since every member of the Masquerade except Tatsuya chose to lock her into the shrine so that she doesn’t move away. It’s in character for Tatsuya to chose Maya to save Ixquic since Tatsuya always is rewarded in the game if he lets people solve their problems themselves (which is why he is not characterized as a hero figure in IS). Shadow Maya started appearing after the Aerospace museum incident since Maya’s memories regarding the Masked Circle were sorta awakened when she touched Tatsuya’s hand while saving Ixquic from the fire. SPOILER WARNING FOR THE P2 duology and P4: I will try to compare the Shadows of Persona 2 and Persona 4 with this post: Comparison between Persona 2 Shadow Selves and Persona 4 Shadow Selves ![]()
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