Makoto Yuuki (Persona)

Makoto Yuuki, also known as Minato Arisato, Tatsuya, N-Jima, The Blue-Haired Boy, Boy with Earphones and S.E.E.S. Boy, is the main protagonist from the Persona 3 series.
== Charactah Account ==
Makoto Yuuki is an orphan; his parents died ten years prior to the events of Persona 3, which sees him returning to the city he grew up in. He moves into the dorm in the introduction of the story, learning of his ability to summon a Persona when the dorm is attacked by Shadows during the Dark Hour. Mitsuru asks him to join SEES and he is later elected the team's leader in combat. 
Makoto is unique among his cohorts in that he has the ability to carry multiple Personas and switch between them during battle. He is also the only character with access to the Velvet Room. 
In December we learn that a Shadow known as "Death" was sealed in Makoto as a child by Aigis, who was unable to defeat it herself. The Death Shadow was able to lead Makoto to twelve other greater Shadows; by defeating them, The Appriser was created, a being which summons Nyx to the world to bring about its destruction.
SEES battles The Appriser on the roof of Tartarus, but are not able to stop Nyx's descent to Earth. Makoto enters Nyx and is able to seal it using the power of the Social Links he formed over the past year. While able to seal away Nyx from humanity, Makoto dies after the battle and his soul becomes the Great Seal.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Persona 3 the Movie 1: Spring of Birth
* Persona 3 the Movie 2: Midsummer Knight's Dream
* Persona 3 the Movie 3: Falling Down
* Persona 3 the Movie 4: Winter of Rebirth
* Persona 3 the Movie Meets "Walkman"
=== Manga ===
* Persona 3
* Persona 3 Comic Anthology: Memento Mori
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P3
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4
* Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Roundabout Special
=== Video Games ===
* Persona 3
* Persona 3 Broken Shadow
* Persona 3 FES
* Persona 3 Portable
* Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
* Persona 5 Royal
* Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
* Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
* Puzzle and Dragons
* Star Ocean: Anamnesis
== Trivia ==
* The protagonist's death at the end of the game is foreshadowed with the "memento mori: remember that you are mortal, remember you will die" message in the intro.
* The protagonist never speaks for the most part, only occasionally mentioning the name of the equipped Persona when gearing up for a powerful attack. Arming him with a bow will have him shouting "Come forth!" or "Persona!" when summoning. Even though this variation does not occur in the JP version, equipping him with other weapon types will make him intone differently.
* The music played on the protagonist's MP3 player appears to be a remixed version of Burn My Dread. The same remix is also used again as background music in the very last battle of the game.
* At the beginning of the scene Awakening (first Persona summon), one can carefully see that the protagonist is wearing the SEES armband even though he didn't join SEES yet, of course in later parts of the scene the armband doesn't show. A similar goof occurs on 7/11 - when Mitsuru gathers the group in the dorm and talks about the Kirijo Group, they are wearing their winter uniforms instead of their summer uniforms.
* When he tries to imitate a cat, he instead sounds like a fox.
* During the credits roll, for both The Journey and The Answer, Messiah appears behind the protagonist's silhouette, indicating Messiah is his ultimate Persona. His actions in the game seem to support this, as he sacrifices his life to save humanity from itself. Furthermore, he appears crucified on the Great Seal, alluding to Jesus of Nazareth, the Christian messiah, who died via crucifixion for a similar purpose.
* The protagonist holds a distinct honor of being the only protagonist to be capable of wielding multiple weapons (although his default weapon is a One-Handed Sword). However, this was changed for Persona 3 Portable, in which he is only able to wield One-Handed Swords.
* He is also the only character in the series able to use Fusion Raids without another character to assist him. In P3P however, Fusion Raids are now expendable items, and do not require that the specific Persona be around when they are used.
* Ironically, despite the fact that knives are one of the few weapons he can't wield in the game, a knife is the first weapon the protagonist is given to fight within the manga.
* He is the only character, other than his female counterpart, known to use the "The Universe Arcana."
* The Shirt of Chivalry, a type of costume for males in FES and P3P, is noted for the kanji symbols on their backs that symbolize the character. The protagonist's kanji means "honorable man" (漢), being the field leader of SEES and being able to strengthen bonds through Social Links.
* There are some audio files hidden in the DVD disc of Persona 3 FES that contains voices of the protagonist and Aigis shouting the names of the other SEES members' Personas.
* When the protagonist of Persona 3 hears "Jika Net Tanaka," he describes it as an annoying song unlike the protagonist of Persona 4 who describes it as a cheery song. This implies that, despite the player's choices, he and the protagonist of Persona 4 have some semblance of a predetermined personality.
* The way the shadow protagonist formed by the regret of SEES members alludes to the Metal Trio from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment manifested in Torifune out of Tatsuya Suou's guilt for breaking the promise with his former friends. While The Metal Trio in P2EP uses the golden version of their own ultimate Personas, the shadow protagonist in FES uses the golden version of the SEES members' ultimate Personas.
* The protagonist likely symbolizes the Jesus of Nazareth, as he only has a limited amount of time to live before he becomes crucified on the Great Seal to save all life and humanity from death.
* In Persona 4 Arena, an additional color for Yu Narukami and his Persona mimics the colors of the protagonist and his Persona.
* In Persona Q, should the player choose Persona 4 at the start of the game, before he introduces himself he is referred to as "A Boy with Earphones." In addition, in his Japanese gameplay trailer, his name is written as "Minato Arisato" (likely since the manga was out a while before the movie series so it is his more popular name), while in English gameplay trailer his name is still written as "P3 Hero."
* The protagonist is one of only two characters in the Persona series to change ultimate Personas between two separate appearances without it being some sort of upgrade, the other being Eriko Kirishima. In Persona Q, he uses Messiah as his ultimate Persona, while in Persona Q2 he uses Orpheus Telos as his ultimate Persona and Messiah is assigned to his female counterpart.
* Minato Arisato is the name that the Persona 3 mangaka (Shuuji Sogabe) gave his protagonist when he played the game, so he used it in his manga. It's actually randomly picked from the in-game list of kanji in the Japanese version.
* He is the shortest male protagonist to date, standing at 5'7".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Protagonist (Persona 3) at Megami Tensei Wiki
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