Megami Ibunroku Persona (Manga)

Megami Ibunroku Persona is a manga adaptation of the game Megami Ibunroku Persona. 
==Profile==
Starting serialization in November 1996 and finishing in March 2000, the Megami Ibunroku Persona manga was published in a total of eight volumes. Shinshū Ueda was the artist and writer who also worked on the manga adaptation Majin Tensei: The True Remembrance and the original manga set in the Shin Megami Tensei universe, Hato no Senki. The manga was reprinted in 2009 with new covers in virtue of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona's release.
The Persona manga covers both the SEBEC and Snow Queen storylines while expanding the back story of the game's protagonist as well as introducing an original character called Kazuya Toudou.
==Alternate Spell Names==
The manga sometimes uses names for spells with their in-game reading as . Below is a complete list of the kanji and their meanings.
Spell 	Kanji 	Meaning
Garu 	風刃 	Wind Blade
Hama 	破魔 	Expel
Frei 	核熱破 	Nuclear Heat Destroyer
Kouha 	聖光 	Holy Light
Freila 	核熱波 	Nuclear Heat Wave
Makarakarn	反射障壁 	Reflective Barrier
Tetrakarn 	物理障壁 	Physical Barrier
Samarecarm	反魂呪 	Revival Curse
Dormina 	催眠波 	Hypnotic Wave
Mazanma 	烈風斬 	Beheading Gale
Gryva 	重力衡 	Gravity Scale
Baeiha 	鬼影襲 	Devilish Shadow Attack
Makajam 	封魔呪 	Magic-sealing Curse
==Gallery==
File:Persona-BYTM-v1c01p000a.jpg|Volume 1 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents.jpg|Volume 1 table of contents
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona Volume 2.jpg|Volume 2 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 2.jpg|Volume 2 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 3.jpg|Volume 3 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 3.jpg|Volume 3 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 4.jpg|Volume 4 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 4.jpg|Volume 4 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 5.jpg|Volume 5 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 5.jpg|Volume 5 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 6.jpg|Volume 6 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 6.jpg|Volume 6 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 7.jpg|Volume 7 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 7.jpg|Volume 7 table of contents
File:Persona Manga Volume 8.jpg|Volume 8 Cover
File:Megami Ibunroku Persona table of contents 8.jpg|Volume 8 table of contents
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 1 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 1 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 2 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 2 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 3 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 3 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 4 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 4 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 5 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 5 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 6 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 6 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 7 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 7 Cover
File:Persona Be True Your Mind Manga Vol 8 Cover.jpg|Rerelease Volume 8 Cover
==Trivia==
*According to the first volume's , Shinshū Ueda thought the protagonist looked like , 's vocalist. She used him as inspiration for the protagonist and eventually became a fan, going as far as naming the protagonist after Tomoya in her own Snow Queen Quest playthrough. His in-game nickname is Tomozō (ともぞう).
*The second volume contains an omake detailing Ueda's thoughts on the American version of the game, Revelations: Persona. Her version of the protagonist is named Edward Tanaka , of American descent but born and raised in Japan until the end of Middle School and still has some problems with English, mirroring Ueda's own difficulties in playing the game.
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