Kanji Tatsumi

* P4
* Manga

*For the original character of the **Persona 4** video game, see Kanji Tatsumi*

*Kanji Tatsumi* 巽 完二 (tatsumi kanji) is one of the main supporting characters of Persona 4, He is the fifth party member of the Investigation Team. He is recruited after Yukiko Amagi is saved.

## Appearance

Kanji is a tall teenage boy with dyed blonde hair swept up, dark blue eyes and a scar above his right eyebrow. though he looks older for his age, he may be mistaken for being older.

He wears the Yasogami high school uniform, however his top uniform is unbuttoned and wears a dark purple long-sleeved shirt with a skull on it.

He wears dark jeans with a white belt and tall-brown boots.

## Synopsis

Kanji Tatsumi is first presented as a delinquent who vanquishes a biker gang in the town of Inaba. He demonstrates during the game that appearances can be deceiving and that he has a softer side. Kanji learned to sew and create plush toys at his family's textile shop. Kanji employs shields and other items fashioned like shields as weapons during combat; his initial weapon is a *steel chair*.

Kanji's eternal issue is his masculinity, which includes his embarrassment over his sewing hobbies and his attraction to Naoto Shirogane, a crossdressed male investigator whom he initially mistook for a man. Given that Japanese culture places a particularly great premium on young men seeming macho to the outside world yet feminine inside, this is frequently misconstrued by players to mean that Kanji is an closeted gay man, when in fact his fears are about being regarded as feminine by others.

## Persona

### Take Mikazuchi

Take Mikazuchi mainly equips Electric and Assault skills, such as Mazio (which deals light damage to one enemy), Zionga (which deals Medium Electric damage), Rakukaja (which increases an ally's defense), Kill Rush (which deals light physical damage to one enemy or two), Electric Boost (which boosts electric damage by 25%), Fatal End (which deals medium damage to one enemy), Cruel Attack (a skill that deals physical damage to one enemy and bonus damage to an enemy that is knocked down), Mazionga (which deals medium electric damage to all enemies), Mighty swing (which deals medium physical damage to an enemy), Elec Break (nullifies an enemies electric resistance (for 3 turns), Ziodyne (Deals heavy electric damage to an enemy), Vile Assault (deals heavy physical damage to one enemy and bonus to ones that are knocked down), Matarukaja (which Increases the party's attack for 3 turns) Maziodyne (which deals heavy electric damage to one foe), Primal Force (which deals severe physical damage to one foe), and Elec Amp (which strengths electric attacks by 50%).

### Dairoku Tenmaou

Dairoku Tenmaou equips the same skills as Take Mikazuchi except for Regenerate (which restors 2% of an ally's HP in each turn), Torrent Shot (deals medium physical damage to one enemy but can hit to two or three enemies if they're together).

### Takeji Zaiten

Takeji Zaiten equips the same skill as Take Mikazuchi and Dairoku Tenmaou except for "The Man's way" (which chances all enemies down and dizzy)

## Skills

Kanji is a strong melee character in battle, similar to Chie. He already possesses a variety of electrical abilities. A mention should go to the confusion between Kanji's stats and his skill set Despite being predominantly a melee character, Kanji learns the complete gamut of electric magic, which is further boosted by "Elec Amp" and "Elec Boost." Kanji also possesses a party-wide physical attack bonus despite being a melee character, however he only has single target attacks, albeit powerful ones like "Primal Force." One of the most helpful attacks is Kanji's follow-up skill, which takes down several foes. Take-Mikazuchi develops into Rokuten Maou at social link rank 10, eliminating Kanji's vulnerability to wind and Takeji Zaiten in Persona 4 Golden.

## Shadow Self

Kanji's shadow is a representation of his fear about what he sees as his "un-manly" side, mainly centered around his sewing interest, which he has previously been teased about by female students, forcing him to put up an aggressively masculine façade to the outside world. Kanji believes a man should be able to "stand on his own two feet," which is one of his key life struggles. When the dungeon's peak is attained, Kanji is confusedly debating his shadow. The Shadow Kanji makes clear Kanji's misogynistic upbringing, which caused him to fear women resulting from the ridicule he endured as a child. Kanji acquires his persona Take-Mikazuchi after the team defeating his shadow and overcoming his own doubts. Kanji says afterwards "I suppose I didn't truly have a fear of women. Simply put, I was afraid of others."

### Strategy

The third Dungeon in the TV World is The Steamy Bathhouse. It is made available for the first time on May 19 and must have a completion date by June 4th.

The Top floor is where Shadow Kanji is at.

***Shadow Kanji***

Shadow Kanji is likely to poison your male party members and infuriate your female party members; therefore, you will surely need any equipment or abilities that may counteract these effects. Dokudami Teas ought to be useful in this battle.

It is not necessary to defeat Nice Guy and Tough Guy in order to win the battle, but doing so could facilitate victory and increase experience.

As Shadow Kanji and Nice Guy and Tough Guy engage in rough play, having a Persona with physical and electrical resistances will be quite helpful. Keep in mind that Nice Guy and Tough Guy deflect some elemental strikes.

First, you should eliminate Nice Guy because his constant healing and buffing of Shadow Kanji makes your task more difficult. On the opposition, he will cast a Fire Resistance spell to prevent Tough Guy from being knocked to the ground. To take down Nice Guy, use attacks with the ice element. Once Nice Guy has been defeated, concentrate your efforts on Tough Guy, who is vulnerable to strikes using the Fire element.

## Skills

***Ziodyne:*** Heavy Electric damage to one enemy.

***Maziodyne:*** Heavy Electric damage to all enemies.

***Primal Force:*** Severe Physical damage to one enemy.

***Vile Assault:*** Heavy Physical damage to one enemy. Bonus damage to enemies that are knocked down.

***Atom Smasher:*** Medium Physical damage to all enemies. Inflicts Fear.

***The Man's Way:*** Unique to Takeji Zaiten. Creates a shockwave that knocks down and inflicts dizziness to all enemies.

***Mediarama:*** Moderately heals all allies.

***Power Charge:*** Boosts the power of the next physical attacks by 250%.

***Matarukaja:*** Increases all allies' attack power.

***Rakukaja:*** Increases one ally's defenses.

***Masukunda:*** Decreases all enemies' agility.

***Blue Wall:*** Grants resistance to electricity to one ally.

***Elec Break:*** Nullifies enemy resistance to Electricity.

***Elec Boost:*** Passively strengthens Electric attacks.

***Elec Amp:*** Passively strengthens Electric attacks further.

***Dizzy Boost:*** Passively increases the chance of inflicting Dizziness.

***Regenerate 3:*** Passively grants fast regeneration.

***Fast Heal:*** Halves the time needed to recover from ailments.

***Evade Wind:*** Triples evasion against wind attacks.

## Trivia

* Kanji’s phone is the Fujitsu F-04B, a phone brand only exclusive to Japan from the DoCoMo brand. It was released in 2010. [1]
	+ He also has a pink rabbit keychain on his phone.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.giantbomb.com/kanji-tatsumi/3005-6116/ info on Kanji
2. ↑ https://www.ign.com/wikis/shin-megami-tensei-persona-4-golden/Steamy\_Bathhouse

Strategy on the steamy bathhouse and his shadow
3. ↑ https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Kanji\_Tatsumi?so=search

List of Kanji's skills