Maya Amano

==Summary==
Maya Amano is a playable character in Persona 2: Innocent Sin and the protagonist in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. She is the first female protagonist of the Persona series as well as the oldest. She is famous for her optimistic outlook.
She is a cheerful and compassionate woman, and works as a reporter for the teen magazine Coolest. She often takes the role of a leader in the group, even in Persona 2: Innocent Sin  where she is not the protagonist. Her unstoppable optimism and kindheartedness inspired and encouraged the group throughout the events of the game, making her an unforgettable force within the world they inhabited. Maya also often cheers the party up with her stuffed rabbit doll, which she calls "Mr. Bunbun".
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Willpower | , higher with Willpower.
Name: Maya Amano
Origin: Persona 2
Classification: Human, Reporter, Persona User, Moon Arcana
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Innocent Sin=
Base: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Expert Martial Artist and Gunslinger, Supernatural Willpower, Empowerment, Accelerated Development and Reactive Evolution (Battle, Leveling, and Training; Physical Stats, Magic, and Improved Resistances. (Humans are able to get more powerful after defeating strong demons or even as they are in the middle of battle, even against opponents ontologically superior to them, and are able to grow massively in strength in the span of merely a day's time or less, either through resolve, the threat of death, or training, or the bonds they hold dear)
With Persona: Cognitive Physiology (Persona), Magic consisting of: Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Death Manipulation and Energy Manipulation. Summoning (Maya can summon missiles and asteroids to attack), Pressure Points (Maya can inflict instant death with a single pressure point strike), Creation (Maya can create demonic appendages to perform Havoc skills), Durability Negation (with Mind and Nerve attacks that directly target the mind and nervous system respectively), Resistance Negation (with Almighty spells, which also bypass Invulnerability, Attack Reflection and Attack Absorption), BFR (with Dimension spells), Healing, Resurrection (with Revival spells), Illusion Negation (with certain cure spells), Statistics Amplification (with Kaja spells and Brave Dance), Buff Negation (with Dekaja), Teleportation (with Trafuri), Forcefield Creation (with Tetraja, Tetrakarn and Makarakarn) and Life Manipulation (with life-halving spells). Status Effect Inducement consisting of: Sleep Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (Panic/Confusion and Fury), Mind Control (with Charm), Poison Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Power Nullification (with Mute) and Illusion Creation
Resistances and Affinities: Depending on the equipped Persona, Resistance, Invulnerability, Reflection and/or Absorption of: Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Curse Manipulation, Death Manipulation and Energy Manipulation
|-|Eternal Punishment=
Base: All previous abilities to a greater extent
With Persona: All previous abilities to a greater extent, enhanced Forcefield Creation (with Wall spells)
Resistances and Affinities: All previous abilities to a greater extent
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Attack Potency: Outerverse level (Maya should at least be comparable to Tatsuya, who was capable of harming Philemon at the end of Innocent Sin, right after assisting in the defeat of Great Father, a being representing the fathers of the Innocent Sin Persona-users, given form and power by Nyarlathotep), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Maya assisted in the final defeat of Nyarlathotep, who had unleashed his full power for the first time against the Eternal Punishment Persona-users, by his own admission), higher with Willpower
Speed: Immeasurable Reactions and Combat Speed(Comparable to Tatsuya), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable Reactions and Combat Speed, higher with Willpower
Striking Strength: Outerverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable, higher with Willpower | Immeasurable, higher with Willpower
Durability: Outerverse level (Maya can tank blows from Great Father), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Maya can tank blows from a full power Nyarlathotep), higher with Willpower
Range: Extended Melee Range normally, Planetary, possibly Interstellar with magic and other ranged attacks
Stamina: Unknown
Intelligence: Gifted, academically. She should be comparable, if not superior to Tatsuya. Combat Genius via Persona synchronization.
Standard Equipment: Her pistols, the Guns of Might, which deal Almighty damage.
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Persona Summoning: The ability to summon and utilize Personas. Personas can move and attack independently of their users, allowing for concurrent attacks to be performed. They are summoned and directed through thought and instinct, and most attacks manifest just as quickly and are controlled through the same means; and it should be noted that Personas do not need to be summoned in order to use their skills. Each Persona has a unique set of statistics and elemental affinities, which also apply to their user while the Persona is equipped. Maya's Initial Persona is Maia, her evolved Persona is Maia Prime, and her Ultimate Persona is Artemis. Although Maya can use multiple Personas in a manner akin to the Wild Cards of the later games, she typically prefers her personal Personas, due to having the highest Affinity with them.
Persona Skills: Personas are all able to use skills and spells related to the stories/mythologies of the figure they are based on. Persona-users and their Personas can use skills and spells independently of each other. These skills range from amplified physical attacks, highly-malleable elemental attacks, status buffs and debuffs, ailment infliction, passive defenses and more, can manifest instantly and with a thought, as well as affect the mind, soul, information and concept of the target. The following are the skills possessed by Maia, Maia Prime and Artemis.
*Crescent Mirror: Powerful Almighty + Light damage to all enemies. Inflicts Freeze.
*Diamond Dust: Large Ice damage to all enemies. Inflicts Freeze.
*Bufudyne: Large Ice damage to one enemy. Inflicts Freeze.
*Grydyne: Large Almighty + Gravity damage to all enemies.
*Mediarahan: Restores all allies to full HP.
*Hypnotic Waves: Inflicts Sleep on all enemies.
*Omni Dimension: Banishes an enemy to another dimension.
*Tetrakarn: Erects a shield that reflects a single physical attack.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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