Kotone Shiomi

* P3P
* P25
* P32023

*For the original character of the **Persona 3 Portable** video game, see Kotone Shiomi*

**Kotone Shiomi** 汐見 琴音 (shiomi kotone) is the Female Protagonist only exclusive to Persona 3 Portable. She's the female equivalent to Makoto Yuki

## Appearance

Kotone is physically shorter than Makoto Yuki. She has wavy auburn hair in a ponytail, she has bobypins in her hair that resemble the (XXII/22) Roman numeral. She has red eyes and noticeably longer eyelashes than the other girls in the game.

She wears the Gekkoukan High School uniform properly and has red colored headphones just like Makoto. She has a white gun holster over her waist and ankle-length stockings and brown loafers.

## Background

In Persona 3 Portable, you can select the gender of the main character. The main theme of the female protagonist's tale is mostly the same as that of Persona 3's original male protagonist (also playable in the portable edition), but certain plot points and Social Links interactions are sometimes significantly changed to reflect the character's gender. She is also not treated the same by the other SEES members as her male counterpart, especially Yukari, who considers her to be a very close friend.

## History

She has a similar past as her male counterpart. She was left an orphan when a fatal accident occurred on the Moonlight Bridge ten years before the game. Additionally, she starts her narrative when she moves to Gekkoukan, learns about the Dark Hour, acquires her Persona, and joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, or SEES.

Her story, however, can be partially changed, unlike the course taken by the male protagonist. She can start a Social Link with every member of the party, unlike her male counterpart, which will provide them skills while ranking the Fool Arcana Social Link. Shinjiro Aragaki won't die if she starts a Moon Social Link with him and maximizes it before the October 4th Full Moon Operation.

The player also has the option to select Igor's assistance on the Female Route.

She would interact with her party members and other Social Links differently in some situations, which is another slight difference from her male counterpart (i.e. Akihiko and Junpei will be inside the bath before fighting the Arcana Lovers).

She can now visit Inaba as well as places like Yasogami High School and the Amagi Inn when preparing for the volleyball / tennis rally, which is a brand-new feature specific to the Female Route. A young Yukiko Amagi, who is in her last year of middle school, is introduced to her.

She employs her strength to overthrow the Nyx Avatar at the game's conclusion. She accidentally encounters Aigis on the roof, where she passes away while dozing off in her lap. Ken, Shinjiro, and Akihiko might also decide to stay with her.

## Persona

Orpheus is one of the greatest musicians of ancient times. He is claimed to have inherited his exceptional musical aptitude from the god Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was residing in Thrace, in Greece's northeast. Everyone who heard Orpheus' divinely endowed voice was charmed. He quickly grasped the lyre when it was initially introduced to him as a youngster. No god or mortal, according to the tale, could withstand his song, and even the rocks and trees would move to be close to him.

### Stats

***Armor Breaker/Armor Destroyer:*** Physical attacks that lower defenses on contact.

***Kidney Smash/Weapon Crusher:*** Physical attacks that lower attack power on contact.

***Arm Chopper/Arm Crusher:*** Physical attacks that inflict Strength Bind.

***Holy Touch/Saint's Touch:*** Physical attacks that inflict Magic Bind.

***Leg Reaper/Achilles Reaper:*** Physical attacks that inflict Agility Bind.

***Dream Needle/Dormin Rush:*** Physical attacks that inflict Sleep.

***Calm Blade:*** Physical attacks that inflict Hex.

***Terror Claw/Bloodbath/Death Scythe:*** Physical attacks that inflict Fear.

***Headbutt/Memory Blow:*** Physical attacks that inflict Forget.

***Hysterical Slap/Oni Kagura:*** Physical attacks that inflict Rage.

***Brain Shake/Brain Buster:*** Physical attacks that inflict Brainwash.

***Sledgehammer/Flash Bomb:*** Physical attacks that inflict Dizzy.

***Skull Cracker:*** Physical attacks that inflict Confusion.

***Negative Pile/Bad Beat:*** Physical attacks that inflict Despair.

***Lucky/Miracle Punch/One-Shot Kill:*** Physical attacks that have a high critical rate.

***Hassou Tobi:*** A physical attack that multiplies speed by 8x to perform.

***Hamaon/Mudoon/Samsara/Die For Me:*** Death spells.

***Divine Judgement/Demonic Decree:*** Life-halving spells.

***Pralaya:*** A powerful Almighty attack that inflicts Death.

***Stagnant Air:*** Changes the air in the environment to make targets more susceptible to ailments.

***Ghastly Wail:*** An Almighty-based Death spell that instantly kills all enemies afflicted with Fear.

## Social Links

Saori Hasegawa and Rio Iwasaki, who represent the Hermit and Chariot arcana Social Links, respectively, are two brand-new characters that were not present in earlier iterations of Persona 3. The female protagonist also has a new set of Social Links that are distinct from those of the male protagonist. Additionally, the female protagonist could develop amorous Social Links with male SEES personnel like Akihiko. All SEES members, with the exception of Shuji Ikutsuki and Koromaru, are good candidates for Social Links, unlike the male protagonist. Additionally, the female protagonist does not need to have certain personality attributes maxed out in order to start the Social Links with Fuuka Yamagishi or Yukari Takeba.

When the player answers "man," Theodore can be unlocked as Igor's helper in instead of Elizabeth when Igor asks if his assistant is male or female. Only the female protagonist may access Theodore; the male protagonist is unable to unlock him.

## Gallery

Persona 3 Female Protagonist design art.Kotone Shiomi sketches.Kotone sketch by Shigenori Soejima.Kotone status screen.Persona 3 Female Protagonist Portrait (Upscaled).Kotone's Fusion spellKotone PQ2 model.Kotone in PQ2.Kotone Shiomi sketches and small art.Kotone and Makoto art in their winter outfit by Shigenori Soejima.Art of the SEES team with Kotone.Kotone's All-out-attack.Kotone's blog.Official Persona 3 Portable Wallpaper with the Female version of Orpheus.Persona 3 Portable Cover Art.Art of Kotone in the Persona Music Live 2009.Persona 25th anniversary Cafe collab.Kotone and Makoto in the Kobe tourism x Persona collab.
## Trivia

* There is no official name for the female lead. As a nod to "Minato Arisato," the name given to the male protagonist in the Persona 3 manga adaptation, some fans have referred to her as "Minako" or "Hamuko". These terms were created by the American and Japanese fanbases.
	+ In the new Persona 3 Portable remake, her possibly official name is Kotone Shiomi (the name she is given in the Persona 3 Live action play) when the player changes the language from English to Japanese the game automatically changes her name to Kotone Shiomi. The same applies for the Persona 3 Protagonist, Persona 4 Protagonist and Persona 5 Protagonist.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.giantbomb.com/kotone-shiomi/3005-11991/
2. ↑ https://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/orpheus-eurydice/
3. ↑ https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Kotone\_Shiomi?so=search#Orpheus
4. ↑ https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Kotone\_Shiomi?so=search
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1615746988942786560?s=20&t=PGO4ZGV8uPNWNX6WqEbsHQ

Leaked screenshot for the new remake.