Labrys

**Labrys** is a 5th Generation Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon from *Persona 4 Arena*.

## Design

Labrys is a mechanical maiden with pale skin, blueish gray hair and piercing red eyes similar to Metis, dressed in Yasogami High's summer uniform which covers some parts of her mechanical body. One of the most interesting features about her design is her head piece which resembles a medieval helmet. There is also the large battle axe which also double as thrusters to allow her to fly. The thrusters on the axe is propelled independently to give extra momentum to her swings.

## Personality

Due to her larger Plume of Dusk, Labrys' personality developed quicker than the other mechanical maidens. She is a caring individual who doesn't want to hurt, let alone kill, anyone she cares about. When she thought she was the human student council president, she was serious, strict, and responsible.

The growth of her ego can be observed within Labrys' thoughts. Moments after her first activation, Labrys' thoughts are extremely simple to understand and consist of the usual technical statements. The more Plumes of Dusk she absorbs, Labrys becomes increasingly eloquent and starts to develop emotions, eventually culminating in her friendship with Unit #024. Even more interestingly, this does not apply to her speech that much since she speaks with an accent directly after her activation.

## Gameplay

#### Play Style

In terms of gameplay, Labrys is quite similar to Akihiko. She is a heavy offensive character that operates based on momentum. Unique to Labrys, she gains more power based on her axe tiers that increase the more she attacks with her axe, blocked or not. When it reaches red, all attacks utilizing the axe cause Fatal Counters (even when not on counter hit) and do the maximum amount of damage with which even her auto combo can reach extremely high damage. Her persona can also help in that regard setting up traps and gives her a small zoning gain. But while her attacks can do heavy damage, they are typically slow and has a lot of recovery. Fortunately, like Akihiko, Labrys does not rely too much on her Persona, making Persona Breaks not much of a problem for her. Also, because of the nature of her axe mechanic, she does not want to be put on the defensive as it causes it to cool off losing some potential damage.

Her leitmotif is "Spirited Girl." The OST disc adds small extra instrumental emphasis to the theme.

## Battle Quotes

* "Time For some educational discipline!" (When selected in Character Screen)
* "I'll protect the public decency of Inaba!" (at the start of her Arcade Mode)
* "No way am I losing against you." (beginning battle)
* "Let's end this quick!" (beginning battle)
* "I may not look it, but I can fight!" (beginning battle)
* "I won't be able to go easy!" (beginning battle)
* "Ain't my fault if you end up crying." (beginning battle)
* "I still have to fight someone...?" (beginning battle vs. Shadow Labrys)
* "Coming in!" (While performing Brake)
* "Ready or not!" (While performing Guillotine Axe)
* "Stretch strings!" (While performing Weaver's Art: Sword)
* "Ariadne!" (Weaver's Art: Inquisition Instant Kill)
* "I've had it with you!" (Instant Kill)
* "Looks like you need punishing!" (Instant Kill)
* "Hey, don't stress yourself out!" (Non-final round victory)
* "Well, don't say you didn't try." (Final round victory)
* "I win! Well, see ya later." (Final round victory)
* "Damn... I lost." (Continue?)
* "It's not over yet, I'm just getting started!" (Retry)
* "It seemed like we'd make a pretty good team! Come back again, okay?" (Arcade Mode quote)

### Victory Quotes

#### Normal Type

**General**

* "Looks like I won this time. And I'm gonna win the next one too!"
* "You know why I won? 'Cause I'm the student council president, and you're not! Heheh, just kidding!"
* "I might not look like it, but I was built to fight, y'know? If you come at me all half-assed like that, you'll get hurt."
* "Seein' who's stronger... Haha! This kind of fight ain't so bad after all!"

**Character Specific**

* Yosuke Hanamura: "You're so fast, Yosuke-kun. Hey, why don't we have a race next time?"
* Yukiko Amagi: "I wonder if it's okay for a machine to go in the hot springs. Am I waterproof...? What do you think, Yukiko?"
* Teddie: "Haha, you gotta be tougher than that, Teddie. You're gonna be my knight, right?"
* Aigis: "Whew... You were strong. You are two generations ahead of me, but I still won't lose! I'm your older sister, after all!"
* Mitsuru Kirijo: "You were a student council president back in high school!? Huh! I should follow your example!"
* Shadow Labrys: "She was born from me... I have to accept that fact..."

### *TMNT X Pokemon:*

* "I shall give you some discipline through the art of combat."
* "Show no mercy, human."
* "Impressive inventions."

## TMNT X Pokemon

She joins the Turtles in order to stop her Shadow self. During missions, she works well with Aigis and Teddie.

## Trivia

* It is explained that she uses an axe opposed to firearms (like that of 7th Generation Aigis) due to her regulatory system being inadequate.
* It is revealed in P4U that Labrys' Kansai dialect comes from the memories of the young girl who spoke in Kansai dialect.
* In the Japanese version of the game, Labrys speaks in the accent of the Kansai region. In the English version, since there is no definite equivalent to a Kansai accent in English, a Boston accent is used to emulate it although her backstory is not changed at all to "accommodate."
* During story mode in the English version Labrys quotes the movie *Rush Hour* when questioned about her accent with the line *"Do you understand the words comin' outta my mouth?"*
* Labrys has special win quotes against Yosuke, Yukiko, Teddie, herself, her Shadow, Akihiko, Mitsuru and Aigis.
* Her entire story mode includes only one fight against Elizabeth and without a Persona for Labrys.
* In her electrocuted sprite, the Plume of Dusk is visible in her chest.

### Appearances in Other Media

* *BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle* : DLC Playable Character