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"Chinyan... Remember me, no matter what...! I love you..."
—Lisa to Tatsuya, Persona 2: Innocent Sin ending

Lisa Silverman is a character from Persona 2.

Appearances[]

Design[]

Lisa is a Caucasian teenager with pale skin, blue eyes and natural blonde hair which she pulls back with red barrettes, leaving a lock of hair falling to her jaw.

A student at Seven Sisters, she wears the female variant uniform: a black sailor fuku with contrast trim, matching socks and white-detailed black athletic shoes, along with an orange ribbon indicating her status as a second-year. Lisa also wears a silver wristwatch on her left wrist.

As a child, her hair was pulled into a short ponytail with a bright red bow, and she wore a robin egg blue dress with puffed sleeves.

Personality[]

"Ever looked around at Japanese ladies these days?! They go to clubs and party all night with guys! I'm doing exactly like you asked!"
—Lisa to her father, after he reprimands her for not being a "proper Japanese lady"

A martial arts fanatic and a fan of Bruce Lee, Lisa uses her own fists to defend herself, equipping gloves to improve the force impact.

She is one of the more popular girls at Seven Sisters High School, and is the self-proclaimed hottest girl in school. She harbors a crush for Tatsuya Suou because she thinks he is hot enough to boost her self-esteem. She holds an obvious crush on Tatsuya, acting clingy towards him and follows him around with little regard to his feelings on the matter.

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Lisa remembering being bullied for being different from the other children.

Despite her appearance, Lisa usually acts cool to those she is not interested in, and even haughty to those she dislikes. This could be caused by the bullying and xenophobia she experienced from the other local children when she was very young.

She rejects the role of a "traditional" Japanese woman imposed on her by her parents, and feels they are forcing their culture onto her. In response, as a form of rebellion, Lisa is learning to speak Cantonese (a form of Chinese) instead of Japanese. She often mixes both languages (often saying "Aiyah!" and other Chinese expressions). Lisa also engages in "dangerous" drug use and compensated dating with "dirty" older men for money.

Despite her natural blonde hair and blue eyes, she is unable to speak English (the misconception that she can is the cause of much confusion and annoys her). Lisa's parents never taught her English for unknown reasons, apparently not understanding its significance and importance as a common language, and she resents herself because of it and is reluctant to admit it. Although Lisa tries to learn English, it comes out in the form of heavy Engrish, and Lisa is concerned she will never be able to perfect it.

She often fights with Eikichi Mishina. Lisa and Eikichi behave in a similar manner to Kei Nanjo and Masao Inaba from Megami Ibunroku Persona in that they are constantly at each other's throats. During a heated exchange, Eikichi nicknames her "Ginko" (gin means silver in Japanese, and -ko is a common Japanese first name suffix for females) as an insult. Lisa's bias against Eikichi also shows if Tatsuya reveals he has eyes for Eikichi, in which she feels he's joking and says that's not funny, while if Tatsuya reveals he has eyes for Jun Kurosu, Lisa is far more accepting and claims he is free to like whoever he wants.[1]

Profile[]

Persona 2[]

Innocent Sin[]

"Student in class 2-C. Native Caucasian who's fluent in Japanese and loves kung fu. Self-proclaimed hottest girl in school."
—Her introduction, Persona 2: Innocent Sin
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Weeaboos Persona 2 Innocent Sin

Lisa's residence.

Lisa Silverman is a Caucasian girl raised in Sumaru City by her Japanophile parents. Her originally American father is Steven Silverman, and he loved Japan so much that he applied for citizenship and wants Lisa to be a "proper Japanese lady."

She is the top candidate for "Miss Sevens," a contest held at Seven Sister's High similar to a beauty pageant/popularity contest. The contest is ended as her primarily rival, Yuko, is disfigured by the emblem curse. Lisa and her two friends Sheba and Mee-ho are selected to be in the idol group MUSES by music producer Ginji Sasaki, which is started through a rumor. The song that MUSES sings, with Lisa as the lead singer, and leader of the group, is called "Joker" which encourages people to call the Joker to solve their problems. She then recites a piece from the Oracle of Maia, "the song of a foreign land" portion being fulfilled through Lisa (a foreigner) becoming an idol and singing at a live concert that was highly publicized.

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Persona 2 Innocent Sin Boss Shadow Ginko Hard

Lisa fighting Shadow Lisa/Shadow Ginko.

At one point in the game, the group encounters Shadow Lisa. She greets them and instantly starts to taunt Lisa about how much weight she took off her chest after she admitted that she didn't know English. Lisa didn't deny it but the Shadow started revealing Lisa's drug use and compensated dating with older men. The Shadow blames Lisa because her friends Sheba and Miho were dragged into the entire conflict and she was only following Tatsuya because she wanted the status everyone thought she had. Lisa stayed silent, pained in hearing this, but the Shadow continued by saying that Lisa hates being different but in reality she wants to be noticed and that's why she was after Tatsuya, the center of everyone's attention. The Shadow kept saying how selfish Lisa has always been.

Lisa didn't deny it, and admitted that she was a pathetic little girl for a long time, but that she changed and found what she lost. She confronted the Shadow by saying that if the Shadow really is Lisa, that she should remember that her dream 10 years ago was to marry Tatsuya, her first love. However, the Shadow flew into a rage and yelled that the Tatsuya she loved died back then and that he will always be for her. Lisa said that no one will tell her how she feels and that Tatsuya's feelings are his business, but her feelings are hers and that even if he hates her, she will still love him no matter what happens. The Shadow then went berserk and said she didn't care for Tatsuya's feelings, and that he is hers and hers alone, leading to a fight.

After the battle, the Shadow tells Lisa that this wasn't the end of it, and that light and shadow can't part ways from the other. Lisa understands and tells the Shadow that admits she has a place for her in her heart.

Eternal Punishment[]

Lisa Silverman appears in occasional locations as an NPC, and a metal duplicate of her is encountered late in the game during a boss battle.

In this timeline, Lisa along with her best friends Assachi and Meepo are part of a girl group named MUSES, once again produced by Ginji Sasaki as a front for evil intentions. Sometime much later in the game Lisa is kidnapped (along with childhood friends from Innocent Sin timeline Eikichi and Jun) by Nyarlathotep in an effort to get her to regain her memories from the previous timeline in order to negate Philemon's conditions and thereby destroy the world (like so in Innocent Sin), prompting Maya and her friends to battle their personal demons and return Lisa back home without revoking any feelings of past memories of the previous timeline within her. If Maya and the party save Lisa but she wakes up before Philemon can send her away, she will cry out to Tatsuya (even calling him "Chinyan" as she normally would in Innocent Sin) and beg him to let her come with him before Philemon returns her back to Sumaru City.

At the end of the game, Lisa shows up to the Alaya Shrine, where, if she doesn't remember the previous timeline, meets Eikichi and Jun for the first time, expressing feelings of sorrow as though she's forgetting something; whereas if she does retain the memories, she is seen crying on the steps of the shrine, contemplating over Tatsuya's decision to return to the "Other Side" alone, while leaving his friends in a safe and sound future on "This Side." She shows support in Tatsuya's choices by choosing not to invoke any memories of the "Other Side" into Jun and Eikichi (who both are also of the "Other Side," but have their minds wiped completely clean of those memories), vowing to move on with her life in this current timeline.

Persona 3[]

Lisa doesn't appear on the show Who's Who, hosted by Trish, but is instead referenced. A 20-year old blonde girl is introduced claiming that her sister was a former idol. Trish is clearly impressed, wondering what it would be like to have a relative like that.

If the player turns the lounge TV on in the correct day, a fitness hostess will give the audience Cantonese lessons by the words Cantonese Lessons Part -- just as Lisa would do so in Innocent Sin.

Contact[]

Solo Contacts[]

  • Dance: Lisa dances for the enemy.
  • Kung Fu: Lisa shows off her kung fu moves.
  • Discuss Love: Lisa talks about love.
  • Seduce: Lisa seduces the enemy.

Group Contacts[]

  • Lisa + Tatsuya: Lisa acts protective of Tatsuya. (Gained from start, can be lost if Tatsuya chooses someone else as his lover after the Shadow Lisa fight)
  • Lisa + Eikichi + Maya: Lisa, Eikichi, and Maya perform a comedy routine. (Gained automatically after Club Zodiac dungeon.)
  • Lisa + Maya + Yukino: Lisa, Maya, and Yukino seduce the enemy. (Gained automatically.)
  • Lisa + Jun: Lisa puts make up on Jun, only to find that he is prettier than she is with it on.
  • Lisa + Jun + Maya: Maya and Lisa seduce the enemy, while Jun asks for the demon's mercy.

Battle Quotes[]

Persona 2: Innocent Sin[]

"I bet that perv's in here! I won't rest until we catch him and I unleash a 15-hit combo on his ass!"
—Before encountering Yasuo Inoe in the gym
  • "Let's dance!"
  • "Persona!"
  • "Dragon Knuckle!"
  • "Grand Cross!" (when using Grand Cross)
  • "Here goes, everyone!" (when using Fusion Spells)
  • "After all...I'm still..." (when succeeding with the Discuss Love contact)
  • "I don't wanna deal with you!"
  • "Thanks for listening!"
  • "Come on...pretty please?"
  • "Bye bye!"
  • "See you again next week!"

Lisa's Cantonese Phrases[]

Chinese
character
Yale
Romanization
PSP
Romanization
Meaning
哎呀 aai1 a1 Aiyah "Whoa" or "Whaaat." When you're surprised.
拜拜 baai3 baai3 Baaibaai "Goodbye."
情人 ching4 yan4 Chinyan "Lover" or "Darling."
多謝 do1 je6 Touche "Thank you" or "Thanks a lot."
煩哪 faan4 a1 Fanna "I don't like this..." or "Annoying"
救命呀 gau3 meng6 a1 Kaumena "Help!"
激氣 gik1 hei3 Kehhei "Damn it" or "I'm pissed."
hai6 Hai "Okay" or "Yes." Coincidentally same as the Japanese "hai."
係咩 hai6 me1 Haime "Really?" or "Seriously?"
可憐 ho2 lin4 Holeen "Pity" or "Poor thing."
可愛的 ho2 oi3 dik1 Ho Oi Dik "Cute" or "Lovely."
開心囉 hoi1 sam1 lo1 Hoisamuro "Great!" / "Yay!" / "You made my day!"
唔係 m4 hai6 Ng Hai "No no no no!"
唔可以 m4 ho2 yi5 Ngh Hoh Yi "No way!" or "You can't!"
你好 nei5 hou2 Lei Ho "Hello."
我翻嚟嘞 ngo5 faan2 lai2 la1 Ngo Faan Lai Laa "I'm home" or "I'm back."
衰囉 seui1 lo1 Seoi Lo "What bad luck..." or "What a bummer..." When you're disappointed.
好傷呀 hou2 soeng1 aa1 Houshounah You're sad or pained.
Sorry呀 sorry aa1 Sorry-ia "Sorry."
wai3 Wai "Hey!" when you're calling to someone.
喂喂 wai3 wai3 Wai Wai "Hello?" when answering a phone call.
有意思 yau5 yi3 si1 You Yisi "Interesting" or "Meaningful."
  • In Cantonese, 啊 and 呀 are used interchangeably, although they are pronounced differently in Mandarin.
  • The consonants b, d, g and j(dʒ) are unvoiced. They are used to distinguish from the aspirated p, t, k and ch(t͡s).

Gallery[]

Innocent Sin Artwork
 
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Most of Lisa's different expressions, her childhood self and her Shadow Side.
 
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Lisa in Seven Sister High School's swimsuit
 
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Lisa with a Seven Sister High School bag
 
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Artwork of Lisa posing
 
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Sketch of Lisa
 
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Artwork from the Innocent Sin remake
 
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Attack render
 
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Lisa with the group
 
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Lisa with the group
 
Persona 2 Innocent Sin Novel cover
Persona 2: Innocent Sin novel cover
 
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Lisa saying goodbye to Tatsuya
 
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Sketch by Soejima Shigenori in the Innocent Sin World Book
 
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Official sketch of Lisa drawn by shigenori Soejima inside the Persona 2: Innocent Sin OST booklet
 
P2IS Lisa Sketch
official sketch of Lisa drawn by shigenori soejima
 
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Lisa as she appears in the Persona 2:PSP Innocent Sin Guide book
Innocent Sin Portraits
 
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Lisa's normal portrait
 
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Lisa's surprised portrait
 
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Lisa's happy portrait
 
LisaISAngry
Lisa's angry portrait
 
LisaISAnnoyed
Lisa's annoyed portrait
 
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Lisa's injured portrait
 
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Lisa's sad portrait
 
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Lisa's embarrassed portrait
 
LisaISBlush
Lisa's blushing portrait
 
LisaISTear
Lisa's crying portrait
 
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Lisa tearfully smiling
 
LisaISMuses
Lisa in her Muses outfit
 
LisaISMusesSurprised
Muses Lisa's surprised portrait
 
LisaISMusesHappy
Muses Lisa's happy portrait
 
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Child Lisa as Pink Argus
Eternal Punishment Portraits
 
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Lisa's normal portrait
 
Sad
Lisa's sad portrait
 
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Lisa in her Muses outfit
 
Musessurprised
Muses Lisa's surprised portrait
 
Musessad
Muses Lisa's sad portrait
 
Metallisa
Metal Lisa, a manifestation of Tatsuya's guilt for secretly breaking the pact between his friends
PERSONA 20th Anniversary Festival
 
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Persona 2 Comic Anthology Artwork
 
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Lisa as part of Muses
 
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Muses illustration
 
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Illustration by Sumino Hirune
 
Lisa Muses Anthology Art
 
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Lisa result in a character personality test
 
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Tatsuya and Lisa art drawn by chimaki kuori
 
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DNA Media Persona 2 Innocent Sin Comic Anthology Cover
 
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Illustration by Sumino Hirune
 
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Illustration by Minako Iwasaki
Other
 
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Lisa in the anime trailer
 
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Lisa in the anime trailer
 
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Lisa and Eros in the anime trailer
 
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Lisa in the tech demo of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
 
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Unused Lisa model in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
 
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Lisa Silverman FREEing figure
 
P25 SCC Collaboration Promo Art P2
Promotional artwork for the Persona 25th Anniversary x Sega Collaboration Cafe collaboration
 
Ann-P2-Costume

Trivia[]

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Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Debug Video 2

  • Lisa appears in the debug mode of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. This appears to be a carry over from the tech demo of Nocturne's game engine, which also included appearances by Maya Amano, Louis Cyphre, as he appeared in the first two Shin Megami Tensei titles, the protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner and Devil Summoner's main villain, Sid Davis.
  • Lisa's alignment with the Lovers Arcana is partly explained by her zodiac sign: the Taurus sign is traditionally associated with love and a deep care for others and ruled by the planet Venus.
  • Lisa's father, Steven Silverman, is likely a parody of actor Steven Seagal in both name, Japanese background, and resemblance.
  • The only mention of Lisa’s mother is when Lisa in Rosa Candida offhandedly says that her mother “owns more kimono than native Japanese women,” which can simply elude that Lisa’s mother is just as eccentric about Japanese culture as Lisa’s father.
  • According to a teacher in the Seven Sisters teachers' lounge, Lisa's English grades are terrible.
  • According to the Who's Who segment in Persona 3, she has a sister, however her name is unknown nor was she implied to have existed in either Persona 2 game.
  • The idol group MUSES is inspired by the real 90's eurobeat idol group D&D, and Lisa was loosely based off the lead vocalist in the group Olivia Lufkin, who is also half-American.
  • In classroom 3-B, a girl named Yoko (who only appears in the beginning of the game) has a love rivalry with Lisa. After being rejected by Tatsuya, she holds a grudge against Lisa for "stealing him away."
  • Lisa's interests include clubbing (because of her love of dance), collecting fashionable clothes, reading romance novels (loves to imagine herself as the heroine), and playing with her two cats named Hime and Tono.[2]
  • Her favorite foods are 100% beef hamburgers, orange mousse, and fermented soya beans. Alternatively, she dislikes any boiled food but especially grilled fish due to a childhood incident where she accidentally swallowed a fish bone.
  • Lisa has difficulties with English, karaoke (she dislikes singing pop or Enka songs), and her father incessantly trying to make her a refined Yamato nadeshiko type of Japanese woman.

References[]


Major Characters
Playable Tatsuya Suou - Maya Amano - Lisa Silverman - Eikichi Mishina - Yukino Mayuzumi - Jun Kurosu
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - Joker
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Head Monk - Maki Sonomura - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima - Hidehiko Uesugi - Reiji Kido - Tamaki Uchida - Tadashi Satomi - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji
Masked Circle Tatsuya Sudou - Ginji Sasaki - Anna Yoshizaka - Junko Kurosu - Shadow Tatsuya - Shadow Maya - Shadow Lisa - Shadow Eikichi - Shadow Yukino - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Takashi Hanya - Yasuo Inoe - Youichi Makimura
Last Battalion Fuhrer - Order of the Holy Lance
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Baofu - Chika Ueda - Sumaru Genie
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Kankichi Mishina
Climax Theater Motoko Mitsugi - Naozumi Kariyazaki - Musubu Torikiri - Akari Torikiri - Rose Futaba - Minato - Umiko Shiyama - Persephone - Tamaizu Nirasawa - Haruo Weyland - Kushiel
Locations
Sumaru City Seven Sisters High School - Club Zodiac - Kasugayama High School - Air Raid Shelter - Mu Continent - Giga Macho - Aoba Park - Smile Hirasaka - GOLD - Aerospace Museum - Mt. Iwato - Mt. Katatsumuri - Caracol - Aquarius Temple - Taurus Temple - Scorpio Temple - Leo Temple - Silver River - Xibalba - Abandoned Factory - Climax Theater
Music
Albums Original Soundtracks - The Errors of Their Youth - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Kimi no Tonari" - "Joker" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song" - "Unbreakable Tie"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Ideal Energy - In Lak'ech - Oracle of Maia - Spear of Destiny - Muses - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Shadow Self - Ambrosia - "Infectious Groove" - Crystal Skull - Ideal Self - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Lost Memories
Publications Innocent Sin (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: Short Comic Heaven / Innocent Children / Innocent Memory / Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)
Major Characters
Playable Maya Amano - Tatsuya Suou - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Baofu - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - JOKER/Tatsuya Sudou - Metal Trio
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - X series robots - Eikichi Mishina - Lisa Silverman - Jun Kashihara - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Takashi Hanya - Youichi Makimura - Ginji Sasaki - Suou's father - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Junko Kurosu - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Yasuo Inoe - Matsuoka - Yung Pao - Miyabi Hanakouji - Miki Asai - Makoto Kuwahara - Anna Yoshizaka
New World Order Tatsuzou Sudou - Takahisa Kandori - Chizuru Ishigami - General Sugawara - Captain Shimazu - Chief Togashi
St. Hermelin High School Graduates Hidehiko Uesugi - Maki Sonomura - Reiji Kido - Yukino Mayuzumi - Tamaki Uchida - Boy with Earring
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Chika Ueda
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Sumaru Genie - Kankichi Mishina
Shadow Selves Shadow Maya - Shadow Katsuya - Shadow Baofu - Shadow Ulala
Tatsuya's Scenario Lieutenant General Zula - Shiori Miyashiro - Chandraputra - Kouji Nakamura
Locations
Sumaru City Kasugayama High School - The Seedy CD - Mu Continent - Seven Sisters High School - Mt. Mifune - Sanitarium - Sky Museum - GOLD - Club Zodiac - Aoba Park - Padparcha - Sewers - Laboratory - Sumaru TV - Smile Mall - Factory - Nichirinmaru - Undersea Ruins - Mt. Iwato - Subway Tunnel - Ameno Torifune - Sumaru Castle - Monado Mandala - Bomb Shelter - Extra Dungeon
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (PSX / PSP) - Punitive Dance - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Change Your Way" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Unknown Power - JOKER Infection (Artificial Persona) - Kegare - Other Side - Nanjo Group - Trapezohedron - Muses - New World Order - Tien Tao Lien - Shadow Self - Tatsuya's Scenario - DEVA System - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Infinity Mask
Publications Eternal Punishment (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: The Atoners / The Unforgivable / The Strays
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