Yu Narukami (Persona)

Yu Narukami (b. September 2, 1994) is a fictional Japanese transfer student who moved out to the small and remote town of Inaba, Japan around April of 2011, being transferred there due to his parents working overseas for about a year. However, not too long after his arrival, a string of unnatural and strange murders began to occur, prompting him and a small team of his friends to investigate the means of these murders and put a stop to the killer’s plans. He will serve as the main protagonist of any future Persona 4 videos.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
Yu Narukami was born on September 2, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan, to an unnamed father from the Narukami family, and a mother from the Dojima family. He is likely to be the only child of his parents. He grew up in the big city and started attending high school presumably around 2010.
=== Moving to Inaba, 2011 ===
Around April of 2011, his parents had arranged for Yu to be transferred out to his mother’s younger brother, Ryotaro Dojima’s residence in the small town of Inaba within the Yamanashi Prefecture as they will both be working overseas for the year. As a result, Yu was shipped out via train.
When he finally arrived, he was greeted by Dojima and his daughter, Nanako, who was initially shy of him. Yu met some individuals in town while they stopped and they eventually returned home, where Yu settled into a small spare room.
He began attending Yasogami High School the next day, where he was put into Mr. Morooka’s homeroom class, where he was chastised constantly for “ogling girls,” even though he was not. Another fellow student, Chie Sataonaka, asked if Yu could sit next to her, which he agreed. She then told him that they call him “King Moron.”
=== Solving Saki’s Murder and Entering the TV World ===
=== Awakening to his Persona ===
=== Rescue #1 - Yukiko Amagi ===
=== Rescue #2 - Kanji Tatsumi ===
=== Rescue #3 ===
=== Rescue #4 ===
=== Rescue #5 ===
=== Rescue #6 ===
=== Confronting the Killer ===
=== Departure ===
=== Reunion ===
=== Legacy ===
Thanks to Yu’s actions, Inaba was saved from any more serial murders and managed to protect those who were targeted. His actions were quite similar to that of Makoto Yuki, a fellow Persona user from 2010, just a year before his own awakening in 2011. Yu eventually has a successor as well, a younger high school student named Ren Amamiya by 2016, who changes hearts of corrupt individuals with distorted desires. Narukami’s wherabouts are unknown by this time, but it is very likely he graduated as he would be roughly around 21 - 22 by the time the Phantom Thieves of Hearts rose to prominence. Whether or not he chose to stay in Inaba upon his graduation is unknown.
On Christmas Eve of 2016, the entire Tokyo area and presumably far beyond, was affected by the Metaverse realm known as Mementos, terraforming the surrounding area. Whether this reached Inaba or Narukami’s location or not remains unknown but if it did, it is likely that he would have noticed as those who have awakened to their Personas or at least formed strong bonds with a Persona user had noticed.
== Alternative Timelines ==
=== The Fall ===
In an alternate timeline dating back to early 2010, Yu’s predecessor, Makoto Yuki, was offered a deal by Ryoji Mochizuki, where if the former was to kill him, all of Makoto’s friends’ memories would be wiped of the Dark Hour and they would be allowed to live peacefully until the day that Nyx would come to bring death to all of humanity, per the masses’ wishes to die. In this alternate timeline, Makoto accepted the deal and killed Ryoji. With that in motion, on March 5 of 2010, Nyx came as planned while everyone was oblivious and wiped out all of humanity. This would mean that Yu would die in this timeline as well.
=== Namatame Blamed ===
In this timeline, Yu, blinded by pure rage due to Nanako’s death and the entire Investigation Team being led to believe he killed her, pushed Taro Namatame into the television to be killed by Shadows. This resulted in Nanako staying dead, with the team believing they had solved the case. As a result, a permanent fog set in over Inaba, which continued to linger until the day where Yu was due to leave for home. The team and Dojima, who is now alone, bid their farewells as Yu boarded the train for home, with his friends disappearing in the fog as he got further away.
=== Case Unsolved ===
In this timeline, Yu realized that Namatame was not the killer, but he failed to convince the team to keep investigating or failed to find out which one of the 26 suspects is the killer. Nanako miraculously came back to life, but remained in a coma. As a result, the fog once again formed over Inaba and Yu departed on his train back home.
=== Acquaintance with Death ===
In this timeline, Yu figured out who the killer was, which was Adachi. However, Adachi gave him two options: either reveal to everyone who he was, or burn the only evidence that could convict him. Yu ultimately decided to burn all the evidence and everything the team worked hard for in front of Adachi, becoming his associate in his murders.
The day that Yu took off on his train, he spotted Adachi near the train tracks outside of his window, and clenched his phone as he looked in a panic.
== Appearance ==
== Personality ==
== Killed Victims ==
* Numerous counts of Shadows
== Relationships ==
Yu had formed many friendships and bonds with individuals during his stay in Inaba, with most of them being formed out of certain situations.Main article: Yu Narukami/Relationships
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
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