Ren Isuzu

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**Ren Isuzu** is a minor character who appeared in Persona Record Series. She is a Magical Girl who has been shy since childhood. Feeling that life was painful, she blamed herself for her loneliness. It was her fellow Magical Girls that led her out of this despair. Though she's grown stronger mentally, she still has a timid side.

## Background

From a young age, Isuzu was bullied constantly because she could never speak up for herself. When the teasing and isolation became too much for her to bear, she made the decision to end her life. However, immediately after she jumped from a rooftop, Isuzu was struck with the fear of dying and made a wish to live at the last moment. Kyubey granted her wish, and explained to Isuzu that the bullying she suffered was an indirect result of a witch spreading curses. Isuzu then vowed to fight witches as a magical girl and make the world a kinder place.

Once again, Isuzu finds herself standing on a rooftop preparing to jump. No matter how many witches she defeated, malice did not disappear from the world which made Isuzu give up hope. Kyubey informs her that jumping from the roof would crush her soul gem, and Isuzu acknowledges that. She is saved at the last moment by Rika Ayano who had finished fighting a witch nearby.

Isuzu cannot explain to Ayano why she wanted to commit suicide, so Ayano decides introduce Isuzu to her magical girl friends. They meet with Akira Shinobu and Emiri Kisaki at Emiri's Consultation Office, and Isuzu struggles to introduce herself. They also meet Ria Ami, Konomi Haruna, Hinano Miyako, and Kanoko Yayoi, and from them Isuzu receives hand cream, tea, candy, and a metal accessory as tokens of good faith.

When the rest of the group dissolves, Isuzu listens to Ayano's story about the wish she made and, and how she selfishly manipulated her crush into loving her. Regardless, Isuzu accepts Ayano and insists she is a good person. Isuzu wants to tell Ayano about her own wish, but cries when she cannot bring herself to talk about it.

Ayano explains that the gifts Isuzu received are proof that there is still good in the world. Isuzu is finally able to affirm her will to continue living.

## Appearance

Isuzu is a short gray-haired girl whose bangs are half-length across her face and her eyes blue.

### Magical girl

Isuzu wore a white hooded kimono with a blue fabric border decorated with a blue ribbon hanging behind the hood, attached a small white flower to the front hood and tie with a white cloth ribbon with a blue ribbon underneath next to the black inner part of the shirt. On her head put small white flowers on the tress. She wore one black tights on her left and wore short white boots. Her Soul gem is a dark blue teardrop shaped beneath neck.

## Personality

Isuzu is a shy girl who doesn't dare to talk about herself to others until she gets bullied and makes her think of suicide. After Isuzu was a magical girl, her mentally grew stronger, but her exterior was still shy.

## Abilities

Isuzu's wish gave her the ability of 'Nirvana' in which she can erase Grief Seeds although it could extend to her having the ability to end lives with little to no pain. Her magical girl form gives her the ability to summon will-o-wisp like entities and send them raining down on an enemy in her Magia - Soul Salvation. She also has the ability to turn the wing on her staff into a Scythe to attack enemies with.

## Doppel Description

"The Doppel of electronic ordinance. Its form is an electrocardiogram. The master of this emotion uses powerful electrical signals to burn the ill will from its target's body, incinerating its personality along with everything else. Though they are horrified by this Doppel's power, they are also tempted to believe that murder such as this is the only way to put an end to all human ill will. This Doppel also has power over both life and death, and, when it appears, the master's body and soul split apart temporarily, leaving her soul meandering in the space between life and death."

## Relationship

### Rika Ayano

Ayano saves Isuzu from a witch and her attempted suicide. She becomes friends with Ayano and learns the meaning of living further.

## Trivia

* The characters of her last name mean "50" (五十) and "bells" (鈴) respectively.
* Isuzu has an obvious angel theme, due to her staff, her transformation sequence where she grows angel wings, and the halo of her five star card. This may be due to her wish, as some people believe that their loved ones turn into an angel when they die and go to heaven. It can also refer to when people survive hazardous events that should kill/wound them (such as suicide attempts), they say that they have a 'guardian angel'.
* The way that Isuzu's kimono is folded, with the right side over the left, is traditionally associated with corpses and ghosts. It is also white, the color belonging to the dead, as the dead are commonly buried in white clothing.
* Because Isuzu's name is the same as Ren Amamiya, who is a Persona-User and the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. The author then uses the Isuzu last name in her story instead.

## Gallery

Kamihama City University Affiliated School UniformIsuzu and KaedeIsuzu and Rika AyanoMagical girl formCasual WearWinter outfitIsuzu making chocolateChristmas outfit