Saori Hasegawa

Saori Hasegawa　is a non-player character from Persona 3 Portable. She is a student of Gekkoukan High School who can be found if the player pursues the female protagonist's story.

Appearances

 * Persona 3 Portable: Hermit Arcana Social Link (Female Protagonist)

Design
A mature student of Gekkoukan High School, Saori has curly, brownish gray hair, gray eyes and fair skin. Like most of the school's students, Saori wears its uniform while at school. If the player decides to accept her offer to hang out with her on days off, Saori wears a black turtleneck shirt along with a greenish gray dress, black tights and dark gray slippers. She also wears a silver necklace with a fancy pendant.

Personality
As she is older than every other student, she always gets addresses in a formal way which makes her feel uncomfortable. Saori is a kind person, but has severe problems at interacting with others, which leads to her becoming a victim of bullying and false rumors by other students.

Profile
Saori Hasegawa is a second year student who has been living overseas, and is two years older than the protagonist. She has difficulty interacting with others because of this, and the people around her couldn't seem to understand her; this makes her feel really troubled. She can be found as a health or library committee member. Saori is kind, but very passive and distant, which leads to becoming a victim of bullying and false rumors by other students. One night, she allows a reporter to take a picture of her in public, as the reporter claimed to be pleased to see teens wearing their uniforms outside of school. However, the picture of her was censored out and instead it claimed that she was partying excessively and other nonsense that she did not do. She was paid 4000 yen by the reporter. Ekoda suspends Saori for her behavior, as others claimed that she was always seducing boys and cursing. He warns the Female Protagonist not to be like her. A boy once asked her out for karaoke, and she only said yes because she wanted friends. The boy was already dating somebody, so the girlfriend slaps Saori, warning her to stay away from her lover. She is then suspended for one week. When she returns, she gathers the courage to announce over the PA that she was innocent and just wanted to be friends with others. She recorded her speech onto her cell phone and listens to it for courage. Ekoda comes to scold her, but Ms. Toriumi and Ms. Ounishi or Mr. Edogawa come to her defense and she is let off the hook. However, her parents decide to send her to a private school, thinking that she is a disgrace. On her last day of school, Saori records her message onto the female protagonist's cell phone and tells her that she will always be on her mind and to listen to her speech for strength. She then leaves.

Saori's Social Link commences on May 8, when Ms. Toriumi wants you to join either the library commitee or the health commitee. She replaces Ms. Toriumi as the Hermit Arcana Social Link during the female Protagonist's storyline.