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"Ahahahahah! C'mon, look! You can't tear your eyes away! This is me! This is who I really am! Not Risette, the fake celebrity! Look at the girl right in front of you! I'm sick of being some airhead cliche who chokes down everything she's fed and takes it all with a smile! "Risette"? Who the hell is she? There's no such person in this world! I'm no one but myself! C'mon look at me!"
—Shadow Rise

Shadow Rise is an enemy in Persona 4. It is the Shadow Self of Rise Kujikawa.

Appearances[]

Profile[]

Persona 4[]

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Shadow Rise and Shadow Teddie

Shadow Rise and Shadow Teddie

Shadow Rise was created from Rise Kujikawa's dark feelings about not being able to identify her "true self." This one-dimensional Shadow manifested itself as a stripper, threatening to completely expose herself in front of the party in order to get them to "look at her," much to Rise's dismay.

Rise denied the Shadow, and it went berserk, transforming into a technicolor humanoid dangling from a dance pole with a fractal mirror as a face.

The party was unable to defeat the monster, as its Supreme Insight technique prevented them from landing any hits. The group came close to meeting their demise at the hands of this Shadow, but Teddie stepped in at the last second and defeated it by exerting all his energy, thus "deflating" him. The Shadow reverted to its more human state, where Rise accepted it. Shadow Rise transformed into Rise's Persona, Himiko, which was used almost immediately after its creation as Shadow Teddie surfaced.

Himiko inherits the fractal mirror face that the Shadow has, although the design of both are significantly different.

The Animation[]

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Shadow Rise - Persona 4 the Animation

Shadow Rise in The Animation.

In the anime, Shadow Rise appears in Episode 10. She torments Rise by creating many duplicates of herself, each wearing a different outfit and representing an aspect of "Risette." In battle against the Investigation Team, her "Supreme Analysis" ability enables her to identify each of their Persona's elemental strengths and weaknesses, and she uses a pole-shaped cannon to bombard them with magic. For the final blow, she assembles multiple pole-cannons, only to be thwarted by Teddie.

Stats[]

Persona 4[]

Arcana Level HP SP
Strength 12
Magic 30
Endurance 22
Agility 22
Luck 22
Lovers 35 2,800
800
Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi
- - - - - Null Null -
EXP Yen Normal Drop Rare Drop
0 0 - -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Agi Deals light Fire damage to 1 foe.
Maragi Deals light Fire damage to all foes.
Agilao Deals medium Fire damage to 1 foe.
Maragion Deals medium Fire damage to all foes.
Bufu Deals light Ice damage to 1 foe.
Mabufu Deals light Ice damage to all foes.
Bufula Deals medium Ice damage to 1 foe.
Mabufula Deals medium Ice damage to all foes.
Zio Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe.
Mazio Deals light Elec damage to all foes.
Fire Break Nullifies 1 foe's Fire resistance (for 3 turns).
Ice Break Nullifies 1 foe's Ice resistance (for 3 turns).
Mind Slice Deals medium Phys damage to all foes with a chance of Confusion.
Spirit Drain Drains 30 SP from 1 foe.
Supreme Insight Supreme Insight: Your Party can no longer attack Shadow Rise.

Arcana Level HP SP
Strength 12
Magic 30
Endurance 22
Agility 22
Luck 22
Lovers 35 2,800
800
Phys Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi
- - - - - Null Null -
EXP Yen Normal Drop Rare Drop
0 0 - -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Agi Deals light Fire damage to 1 foe.
Maragi Deals light Fire damage to all foes.
Agilao Deals medium Fire damage to 1 foe.
Maragion Deals medium Fire damage to all foes.
Bufu Deals light Ice damage to 1 foe.
Mabufu Deals light Ice damage to all foes.
Bufula Deals medium Ice damage to 1 foe.
Mabufula Deals medium Ice damage to all foes.
Zio Deals light Elec damage to 1 foe.
Mazio Deals light Elec damage to all foes.
Zionga Deals medium Elec damage to 1 foe.
Mazionga Deals medium Elec damage to all foes.
Garu Deals light Wind damage to 1 foe.
Magaru Deals light Wind damage to all foes.
Garula Deals medium Wind damage to 1 foe.
Magarula Deals medium Wind damage to all foes.
Mind Slice Deals medium Phys damage to all foes with a chance of Confusion.
Spirit Drain Drains 30 SP from 1 foe.
Fire Break Nullifies 1 foe's Fire resistance (for 3 turns).
Ice Break Nullifies 1 foe's Ice resistance (for 3 turns).
Elec Break Nullifies 1 foe's Elec resistance (for 3 turns).
Wind Break Nullifies 1 foe's Wind resistance (for 3 turns).
Supreme Insight Supreme Insight: Your Party can no longer attack Shadow Rise.

Strategy[]

Persona 4[]

The fight with Shadow Rise is one of the easier Shadow fights in the game, as it really only serves as a warm-up for the upcoming fight with a more daunting Shadow. The battle begins with the creature casting low-level magic spells at individual party members. The Shadow has no strengths or weaknesses, so any means of inflicting damage at this point will suffice. After about a third of Shadow Rise's HP has been depleted, she'll start using Mind Slice, which may cause confusion, but it shouldn't be much a problem.

After two thirds of her HP is gone, Shadow Rise will use Supreme Insight. At this point, no attack can touch her, so it's best to either guard for the remainder of the battle or simply attack in vain. The skill specifically causes the party's attacks to bypass accuracy checks to always miss, so melee attacks can still cause the user to stumble. The battle ends after three turns have gone by with Supreme Insight in effect, and the party's HP and SP are automatically restored for the next battle. Shadow Rise can still get damaged by Counter skills.

If the party somehow manages to deplete all of Shadow Rise's HP quickly enough, Shadow Rise will not die, and simply transition to using Supreme Insight at her first opportunity.

Battle Quotes[]

Quotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArLU4SMIkQ

  • "I am a shadow... The true self... And now, the moment you've been waiting for! It's time for me to show you every last inch of myself! Heehee... And for our guests in the front row... I'll give you extra-special, extra-intense service!"
    • Yosuke: "Looks like she had issues of her own after all... but we'll stop her from going berserk!"
    • Kanji: "So I was like this too? Oh man!"
  • "Take a look!"
  • "Ohhh!"
  • More! More!
  • "Look at me..."
  • "Feast your eyes!"
  • "Oh? You're going to rush the stage? What an ill-mannered guest..."
  • "Maybe you're looking for an experience that's a little more intense!?"
  • "Ahahaha! Enjoying yourself? I've got a ways to go until I show you my true self... You ain't seen nothin' yet!" (Mind Slice)
  • "No touching allowed. Ahaha!" (Supreme Insight)
  • "I can see everything about you ... Ahaha!"
  • "What...? I dealt all that exquisite pain and you're still not satisfied? What a finicky guest..."
  • "You might as well die then!" (Supreme Insight)
  • "Woohoo...! Analysis complete!"
  • "Okay, here comes my counterattack! See if you can dodge, hmm?"
  • "Okie dokie, here we go again!"
  • "Ehee, looks like you're having fun, how long will it last?"
  • "Hmm, looks like you're not satisfied yet!"
  • "I think you need severe punishment!"
  • "Wanna see the real me? Ehehe..."
  • "How insolent!"
  • "The real me isn't like this!"
  • "This can't be!"
  • "How's this? Will it satisfy you?"
  • "Will this make you happy?"
  • "Argh!" (unused death quote)
  • "Ngh... How? Die, you bastards, die!" (If HP is depleted to the point where Shadow Rise would normally be defeated)
  • "Goodbye... forever!" (Battle then becomes unwinnable; scripted)
  • ".....!? This high energy reading... Is it coming from that weird thing...!?" (Refers to Teddie)

General[]

  • "Ugh... what a pain." (Character select screen)
  • "Now here I go!" (Character select screen)
  • "I'm gonna show you EVERYTHING on stage~!" (Intro)
  • "Here I am! Risette's ready to WREAK HAVOC!" (Intro)
  • "Kyahahaha... you actually think you can win against me?" (Intro)
  • "Stupid!" (Round Victory)
  • "*giggle*, ah~ yes!" (Round Victory)
  • "Just die already!" (Round Victory)
  • "Hah~! It's coming...!" (Round Victory)
  • "Kyahahaha!" (Round Victory)
  • "Look at me~!" (Round Victory)
  • "Did you burn my power into your brain? Kyahahaha!" (Match Victory)
  • "What? No way! You're so WEAK... just roll over and die!" (Match Victory)
  • "*giggle*, should I let you see EVERY last bit of me?" (Match Victory)
  • "Hmph... enough of this fighting crap, I'm glad it's over." (Match Victory)
  • "THAT is your new power? Kyahaha, it's SO puny!" (Match Victory against Rise)

Victory Quotes[]

General
  • "See, look at me! The new me! Before you die!"
  • "Senpai! Are you watching!? I'll destroy everything, so cheer me on!"
  • "If I just act friendly, everyone fawns over me. Were you fooled too? Kyahaha!"
  • "It doesn't matter if I'm the "real thing" or not. No one cares about that stuff anyway!"
  • "Getting to destroy anything I don't like to my heart's content... It's so cool! Kyahaha, thank you!"
Character specific
  • Rise Kujikawa: "Whaddya mean, "Everyone's Risette"? Getting all worked up over a false idol... Everyone's so stupid!"
  • Chie Satonaka: "Ooooh, I'm scared! Any boy would run away from a brute like you! Kyahaha!"
  • Kanji Tatsumi: "Ahaha, it's so funny! You're still the simpleton as always! That's why your life's so half-assed."
  • Mitsuru Kirijo: "You're useless... half-assed at both fighting and searching! I can't believe you have any dignity left! Does the Empress need new clothes...?"

Gallery[]

Persona 4[]

Persona 4 The Animation[]

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax[]

Trivia[]

  • Shadow Rise's boss is one of the rare instances where the battle completely omits the presence of a Navigator.
  • Shadow Rise's victory quote against Rise only occasionally shows up and may even show up against another Shadow Rise.
  • In Persona 5 Strikers, Shadow Alice has an attack where she grabs a dance pole and spins around. This attack is called "Feast Your Eyes!" possibly referencing the line from Shadow Rise's boss battle.


Storyline Shadow Yosuke - Shadow Chie - Shadow Yukiko - Shadow Kanji - Shadow Rise - Shadow Teddie - Shadow Mitsuo - Shadow Naoto - Kunino-sagiri - Tohru Adachi & Magatsu-Izanagi - Ameno-sagiri - Kusumi-no-Okami * - Izanami - Izanami-no-Okami
Sub Avenger Knight - Daring Gigas - Amorous Snake - Killing Hand - Dominating Machine - World Balance - Chaos Fuzz - Envious Giant - Gorgeous King * - Heaven's Giant * - Neo Minotaur - Sleeping Table
Extra Contrarian King - Intolerant Officer - Momentary Child - Escapist Soldier - Extreme Vessel - Lost Okina
Other Margaret - Reaper
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