The "cut-in" that takes place when the protagonist of Persona 3 summons a Persona.
Cut-in (カットイン, Katto In)?, also known as close-up or Persona eyes, is an effect in the Persona series.
Appearances[]
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
- Persona Stalker Club
- Persona 3 / FES / Portable
- Persona 4 / Golden
- Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
- Persona 5 / Royal
- Persona 5 Strikers
Profile[]
Cut-in is a stylish animation technique used to depict a character's portrait in Japanese anime and video games. It is usually presented with a sudden overlapping of the thin stripe of close-up of character's eyes over the screen to create a tense or climatic effect, used when summoning the Persona the first time or to deal Critical or elemental weakness-exploiting damage. Another type of cut-in is by arranging the characters' bust portraits stylishly all over the screen to depict the preparation of All-Out Attack (Persona 3 onwards) or Fusion Spells (Persona 2 duology remakes).
In the Japanese version, the cut-in for critical damage has the onomatopoeia, "(カッ, Ka-!)?" in P3 and P4 and "(ブチッ, Buchi-!)?" in P5, to express the sound effect of the cut-in sequence. It is replaced by a double exclamation mark (!!) in the oversea releases.
In Persona 5 Royal, all of the cut-in illustrations available can be viewed in the Thieves Den. Also, the Persona 3 and Persona 4 protagonists have a slightly modified version of their cut-ins from the original games, in which the sound effect expression is styled after Persona 5. The protagonist also has a special cut-in with a unique expression in both the darts and batting cages mini-games, in which the dart hits the Triple 20 mark with the 3rd dart in Darts, and hitting a Home Run in Batting Cage.
In Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, the cut-in style is styled after Persona 5, but the sound effect expression style is the same for all 3 respective games.
Although it was not Atlus who invented the cut-in effect, it successfully defines the style of the Persona spin-off series and derives some fair amount of fan-made tribute works or parodies of the cut-in artworks, of either media related to the Megami Tensei series or not.
Cut-ins are also used in various games that have been collaborated with the Persona series. In Phantasy Star Online 2, the sound effect expressions for all 3 games are used in Persona summoning emotes (Lobby Actions in the Japanese version), in which only shows the Japanese expression upon summoning. It can also be used in Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Joker's cut-in when summoning Arsène has a slightly modified version of his cut-in in all languages, except Japanese, where the double exclamation mark is styled after the original Japanese sound effect expression. In Granblue Fantasy, Ren's cut-in picture is styled after that said game's art design. In Kyoutou Kotaba RPG: Kotadaman, all cut-ins for the characters in all 3 games use their character animations in the cut-ins instead of their cut-in pictures. In Dragalia Lost, the cut-in is placed on the top of the screen, while the skill name from the original game is shown on the bottom. Also, there is a stamp that can be used in co-op mode; which has the protagonist's cut in without the sound effect expression and the word "PERSONA!" is shown on the top of the cut in. In Love Live! School Idol Festival, the cut-ins for all nine members of μ's and Aqours replace the usual skill cut ins, except for the sound effects for all 3 games, in which it is replaced with each character's voice clips, like in the original game.
Gallery[]
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin
- Persona 3 / FES / Portable
- Persona 4
- Persona 4 The Animation
- Persona 4 Arena / Ultimax
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Persona 5 / Royal
- Persona 5 Strikers
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
- Persona Stalker Club
| Characters | |
| Playable | Rise Kujikawa - Yu Narukami - Kanami Mashita - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Kanji Tatsumi - Teddie - Yukiko Amagi - Naoto Shirogane - Nanako Dojima - Margaret - Marie - Tohru Adachi - Hatsune Miku |
| Non-playable | Protagonist - Ryotaro Dojima - Minoru Inoue - Sumomo Ujima - Tomoe Sayama - Tamami Uesugi - Nozomi Nakahara - Kyoka Ochimizu - Dance Instructor - Yuko Osada - Mikuratana-no-Kami - President Tanaka |
| Locations | |
| Other | Velvet Room - Yomotsu Hirasaka - Takura Productions - Inaba - Midnight Channel |
| Midnight Stage | Kujikawa Rise (Stage) - Circus Tent - Sultry Lounge - Doll House - Romantic Castle - Mechanical Castle - Event Space - Mikuratana-no-Kami's Realm |
| Music | |
| Albums | Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack |
| Songs | Dance! - Calystegia |
| Archive | |
| Terminology | Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Kanamin Kitchen - LMB Festival - Shadow Self - Investigation Team - Apathy Syndrome |
| Lists | Trophies |
