Aigis

* PMP
* PRMA

30 (2029)

Activation: May 1999

## First Appearance

### Debut

Puella Magi Persona - Chapter 2 (Main)Persona Record: Magi Arena - Chapter 3 (Supporting)

**Aigis** (**Aegis** in Japan) is a supporting character in Persona Record Series and one of the main protagonist of Puella Magi Persona. She is an Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon (seemingly the last one in existence) and a former member of SEES who also attends Gekkoukan High School and she is member of Shadow Operatives.

## Background

Before Aijis became a member of SEES, she was a 7th Generation Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon Robot that was produced by the Kirijo Group.

Ikutsuki later assigned her to SEES as a member, and she enrolls in Gekkoukan High School to act as Minato Arisato's bodyguard. Aigis shows an instinctive interest in protecting Minato, an interest which even she cannot explain. As the story progresses, she begins to question her existence, human lives, and her role in life. When Ryoji Mochizuki transfers to Gekkoukan High, she becomes hostile to the transfer student, and warns Minato not to get near Ryoji.

After the twelfth shadow's defeat, Aigis is reprogrammed by Ikutsuki to lure members of SEES to Tartarus. Ikutsuki reveals his plans for succeeding Mitsuru Kirijo's grandfather's wish: to awaken the thirteenth arcana that was never meant to be, Death. Under Ikutsuki's programming, Aigis is forced to subdue members of SEES and is then ordered to kill them as a sacrifice to awaken Death. However, Aigis can't bear to kill Mianto, and begins to fight back Ikutsuki's reprogramming. It is her strong desire to protect that saves the Minato. However, Takeharu Kirijo is killed by Ikutsuki.

During her battle with Ryoji on the Moonlight Bridge, Aigis regains the memories trapped in her damaged circuits. She learned that ten years ago her mission was to suppress or seal death so that Nyx's arrival could be canceled. Since she was unable to overcome death, she sealed that agency in the body of a young boy who was the sole survivor of a nearby car crash. That young boy was Minato Arisato. She is driven to protect him both to try and suppress Death and because she feels a great deal of guilt over her actions. Since Ryoji is an incarnation of Death, she senses that he is her natural enemy. Aigis is damaged during her fight with Ryoji and must be repaired by the Kirijo Group, meaning she is not playable in the month of December.

When she returns on December 30th, she requests Minato to kill Ryoji, as she believes that a robot who failed her motives is a failure itself. Aigis remarks that as a robot, she cannot feel, and thus cannot even shed a tear for the others. The party comforts her, saying she already shows more human-like qualities and emotions, and is slowly becoming more human. Taking her friends' words to heart, Aigis's resolution is strengthened, and she decides to stand against the power of Nyx Avatar with her friends in SEES. After the defeat of Nyx, Aigis is seen crying.

After the Dark Hour ends, Aigis is, at first, the only one who remembers Tartarus, the Dark Hour, and Minato's sacrifice during his borrowed month of life after the defeat of Nyx. She allows him to live like a normal student for the few precious weeks that he has. Then, on Graduation Day, she holds Minato as he drifts into his final sleep, and swears that she will live her life protecting him, unaware that he is dying at that very moment.

## Appearance

In Puella Magi Persona, Aigis appears as an android with short, blond hair and dark blue eyes. Ikutsuki explains that her humanoid shape allows her to process thoughts like a human making it easier to handle a Persona. When she transfers and appears in the Gekkoukan High setting, she wears the generic female school uniform but retains her red ribbon.

In Persona Record: Magi Arena, she returns, donning a new red tie in place of her red ribbon. She is now equipped with new advanced features on her metal headband, legs and three weapons are behind her back. Before entering a battle she starts off wearing a black military coat dress, with a black jacket underneath (almost similar to her original school uniform), and black pants.

## Personality

Aigis' initial personality is simply a robot designed to obey orders, although she is drawn to Minato Arisato and states that it is very important for her to be by his side, going so far as to hug them in front of everyone. Her desire to protect the protagonist is so strong, in fact, that she was able to overcome Ikutsuki's programming and free the entire team from their shackles, when Ikutsuki had attempted to sacrifice them to bring forth the Fall. As a result of having no emotions, Aigis' social skills are more-or-less non-existent; it's frequently noted on-screen that while she may look human, she is far from passing as such. She is prone to doing very strange and socially unacceptable things, such as breaking into Minato's room to wake him up and requesting to be on standby in their room, which Yukari calls her out for.

She is shown to be able to understand Koromaru and often translates for the others, though she is shown to be able to understand dogs in general. She states that dogs don't have a language, but speech is not the only way of communication.

## Abilities

Aigis's Persona is Palladion and Pallas Athena. In Battle, she fights with Firearms.

## Relationship

### Minato Arisato

Aigis learned everything from him until she gradually began to understand like a human being, even though she was a robot. When Minato was in danger, she was always ready to protect him.

### Labrys and Metis

They are the sisters of Aigis, who are also Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon, but their personalities may differ.

### Eternal Sakura

An Uwasa and Aigis's friend. They are friends because their personalities are very similar.

### Sophia

AI and Persona-User. She and Sophia have become friends because they are very similar.

## Trivia

* In Greek mythology, Aegis is a shield worn by Pallas Athena. Pallas is an epithet taken by Athena once accidentally killing Pallas, daughter of Triton. In Pallas' memory, Athena erects Palladium, a statue in dedication of Pallas. More corporeal accounts of the Aegis describe a grotesquely ornamented mantle worn over the shoulders and breast, less common a buckler bearing a Gorgon's head — or even simultaneously fulfilling both roles. One theory places the Aegis as the remains of Pallas protecting Athena after death. However, an Aegis is recorded to have been worn by Zeus and various Greek heroes on occasion, even Mt. Olympus itself is said to be shrouded by the Aegis. In reality, there is no central narrative or tradition, but the Aegis, whatever it *specifically* was, represents the protection of the gods.
	+ This is referenced by Aigis desiring to spend her days defending the protagonist, and, in her words, "always protect him." This reference is bolstered by the fact that Minato Arisato's ultimate Persona is Messiah, a being who, in world religions, is considered a deity who shall bring salvation to the world upon its end.
* Palladion, Aigis' initial Persona, has a highly robotic appearance, representing Aigis' initial robotic emotions, but as she becomes more human, she eventually gains Athena in place of Palladion, who has a more human appearance than her predecessor.
* Aigis shares the name of **Saori Kito's Shield**.

## Gallery

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