Tohru Adachi

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Tohru Adachi

P4AU
P4D
P4
Manga

Also known as

The Egocentric Police Dick (P4AU)
Suspect Under Investigation (P5)

Adachy-baby (by Teddie)

Japanese Name

足立透

Romaji

'Adachi Tōru'

First Appearance

Persona 4

Date of Birth

February 1st, 1984

Age

27 (P4) 28 (P4AU)

Zodiac

Aquarius

Height

173 cm (5'8")[1]
176 cm (5'9") (P4AU)

Weight

63 kg (139 lbs)

Blood Type

A

Weapon

Handgun

Arcana

Hunger

Persona

Magatsu-Izanagi

Theme

"A New World Fool" (P4)
"Fool or Clown?" (P4AU)
“Fog" (ATLUS Konishi Remix) (P4D)

Japanese VA

Mitsuaki Madono

English VA

Johnny Yong Bosch

"Relax, kids, the police are on the job. See you!"

—Adachi to the Investigation Team

Tohru Adachi is a character in Persona 4. He is a police detective and Ryotaro Dojima's partner.

Appearances

Persona 4: Major Character
- Persona 4 Golden: Major Character; Jester Arcana Social Link
- Persona 4 (Manga): Major Character
- Persona 4 The Animation / Golden Animation: Major Character
- Persona 4 Visualive / the Evolution
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: DLC Playable Character/Navigator; Protagonist (Episode Adachi)
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Manga): Major Character
- Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold Stageplay: Major Character
Persona 4: Dancing All Night: Playable Character (DLC)

Design

Adachi is a young adult, with unkempt black hair and gray eyes. He wears a black suit with a long-sleeved white shirt, a crooked dark red tie, and brown field shoes.

In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, he wears a yellow jacket during his pre-battle sequence. The jacket was also seen in his concept art, and he was seen wearing it in Persona 4 The Golden Animation.

Personality

"Why choose reality when you can have a world of your own making? That's clearly the choice, y'know...I mean come on, we all prefer the easier life. Hehehehe.... You see, all reality ever gives you is boredom and bickering. And no one truly wants to live in a world like that. It's only because they think they have to accept it that they choose to buck up and deal. There's only one thing that's going to set you apart and let you succeed in life: it's the magic ticket they call 'talent'. And if you don't have it, then you're left to rot in despair. Game over. So wouldn't we better off without this reality crap? Someday, you'll all understand what I'm saying. No matter what you try and do, reality sucks. And I, for one, am sick of it."

—Adachi to Yu, Persona 4 The Animation

A cheerful and jovial detective, Adachi often serves as the story's comic relief. Like Shuji Ikutsuki, he makes terrible unfunny jokes and puns that only someone without a sense of humor would enjoy.[2] He jokingly refers to himself as the "slave" of Dojima, complaining of the workload that his partner piles on him. Adachi is shown to be rather lazy, even encouraging Nanako to take shortcuts in her homework. Adachi also often accidentally (and sometimes purposely) blurts out the police investigation results to the Investigation Team, much to his own chagrin. He can be seen hanging around Junes Department Store, usually "killing time." His actions in public hide his normal thoughts and desires however, after the Investigation team learns he's the true culprit he completely drops his detective act.

His true nature is that of a sadistic misanthrope who manipulates others for his own amusement, acting as if everything was a game and doesn't seem to care about the consequence of his actions. When he was younger, his parents only cared about his grades in school, resulting in an aloof upbringing without many friends. Due to the hard work in his youth, Adachi feels that he should be entitled to success in life. Because of his lot in life, Adachi blames society for the misfortunes that befell him. Much like how Yosuke was, Adachi grew bored of the life he lived in the quiet country town of Inaba. This was what motivated him to instigate his cat-and-mouse game, as he simply wanted to uplift his boredom, even describing his experience pushing Mitsuo Kubo into the Midnight Channel as a "kick." He views his reasons for what he's doing as justifiable, saying that he wants to save and prevent humanity from the pain, suffering, boredom, and despair of life.

Regarding his relationships with the people around him, Adachi does not seem keen on hanging around or depending on others, believing that true freedom lies in solitude. Being treated with empathy and kindness confuses him, due to his lack of friends in his youth. He has a lack of empathy for others, whether it be his victims or their loved ones, and encourages Yu to adopt a similar mindset to look out for oneself. Should Yu personally confront Adachi, the latter would only refute that it was Yu's decision to befriend Adachi that betrayed him, rather than Adachi himself. Despite this, Adachi does express in his letter to Yu fondness for his life with the Dojimas, showing that he does show some appreciation for the values of friendship that he often scoffs at. Whenever Adachi upsets Nanako by antagonising Yu, he would try to uplift her spirits, as shown by performing a magic trick for her.

After Ameno-Sagiri's defeat, Adachi accepts his defeat and willingly returns to the real world to answer for his crimes. He then acknowledges that had he been more like Yu and his friends, his life would have been much more fortunate.

Later, in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, he retains his habit of taunting the cast, but also retains his cheerful, nonchalant attitude. The actions of the Investigation Team appear to have made an impact on him as well; he is very adamant in trying to atone for his past crimes and shows an immense amount of selflessness by attempting to destroy the Persona Fragments that Sho had collected and assisting Yu in defeating Hi-no-Kagutsuchi. In addition, although Adachi won't admit it out loud, he genuinely values his friendship with Dojima, smiling when Dojima came to visit him in prison and almost losing his temper when the middle-aged detective began insulting him.

Profile

Persona 4

"One chose to avert his eyes from the truth, and allowed evil to taint his awakened power..."

—Izanami, Persona 4

Throughout the story, Adachi is portrayed as a textbook lousy detective: he makes rookie mistakes, vomits at the sight of grisly murders and is seemingly unable to keep his mouth shut about the murder cases to anybody he speaks with, regardless of their involvement (or lack thereof) in the investigation. Throughout the story, Adachi gives the Investigation Team hints and updates regarding the murder cases' current status, which often influence the action the Investigation Team later takes.

As the Investigation Team saves more victims, Adachi, irritated that the Investigation Team is getting in the way of his "game," sends an anonymous letter to the Dojima residence threatening the protagonist's loved ones should he continue saving people. After Nanako is thrown into the TV, rescued by the protagonist and seemingly dies in the hospital, Adachi remains oddly collected. He points the group in the direction of Taro Namatame's room in the same hospital, and the group finds him attempting to escape the hospital.

After the Investigation Team rules out Namatame, they investigate further into the case and come up with bits of evidence and clues, central to this the threatening letter, and conclude that Adachi has strong evidence of being the murderer. After realizing this, the Team is informed that Namatame is going to have his transportation and rush to the hospital, where they trick Adachi into accidentally revealing his connection with the murder cases. In an act of desperation, Adachi runs away from them and enters the Midnight Channel as his final escape.

The Investigation Team tracks down Adachi, and find him within the very first area the protagonist, Yosuke and Chie ended up in: Mayumi Yamano's dungeon. Upon finding Adachi, the detective reveals that he held a romantic interest towards Mayumi Yamano and used his job on the police force to be alone with Mayumi while she stayed in the Amagi Inn, telling the others that he was sent by to protect her from the media. Curious about the affair, Adachi called Mayumi to the inn's lobby and asks whether her affair with Namatame was real, which Mayumi brushes off by saying she doesn't have to explain herself to him. Enraged that she didn't deny her affair, Adachi calls her "another worthless bitch" and pushes Mayumi back, accidentally dropping her into the TV behind them. Since Adachi only tried inserting parts of his body into the TV before, he was surprised and amused to see that humans can actually enter the TV. After the incident, Mayumi ended up as the first victim, with Saki Konishi acting as witness. Adachi later reveals he wanted to punish her for being a "stupid bitch" for "betraying" him, and never intended to fully push her in.

Adachi later questions Saki about her discovery of Mayumi's corpse. Through his questions, Adachi tries to seduce Saki, but Saki retaliates by slapping him. Spurned, Adachi pushes Saki into the TV inside the police station's interrogation room, being able to do so with ease since Saki's body was lighter and skinnier than Mayumi's. Boasting his accomplishment to the Investigation Team, Adachi remarks that he wasn't committing crimes, but merely establishing justice by killing those two "gold-diggers" hoping to swindle Namatame's money.

When Namatame realized that every victim that was murdered first appeared on TV, he contacted the police and Adachi was the one who answered Namatame's call. He gave Namatame the idea of pushing the people who appeared on TV into the Midnight Channel and mocks Namatame's efforts, wondering aloud whether he was caught up in a messiah complex. When a student named Mitsuo Kubo came to the police station to confess to the murders of Mayumi and Saki, Adachi's superiors were less than amused, and pawned Adachi off with the student. Since allowing Mitsuo to confess to the murders would effectively stop Namatame from continuing to kidnap the people appearing on TV, and Adachi couldn't bear to let his "game" of cat-and-mouse end so quickly, he formulated a plan to throw Mitsuo into the Midnight Channel. His plans were foiled by the Investigation Team, but because Adachi turned off the lights in the interrogation room Mitsuo had no idea that Adachi was the one who pushed him in.

When the Team finds him in the other world, Adachi comments that the "game" would be boring if the Investigation Team were unable to track him down, and mockingly congratulates them. The "Adachi" talking to the Investigation Team in Mayumi's reality was revealed to be an illusion, therefore Rise and Teddie later found out that Adachi was already in his reality, Magatsu Inaba. Adachi taunts the Team, and becomes surprised when they give in to his taunts. Adachi calls the Team "losers," and wonders aloud why wouldn't they take life simpler by just studying, growing up and getting through marriage. Adachi's ultimate goal was to create a large rift between the Midnight Channel and the real world, allowing the fog to completely engulf reality and making the world a place infested with shadows.

Upon reaching the final floor of Magatsu Inaba, Adachi sarcastically congratulates the team and confirms his murders. He proceeds to express his disgust and contempt towards the world and society and justifies his actions by saying that if all of humanity are turned into Shadows, they would be given an easy life of no worries or despair. The Investigation Team, however, refutes Adachi's words one by one, until Adachi's temper reaches its peak and he attacks them, revealing his own Persona, Magatsu-Izanagi.

After his defeat, Adachi is possessed by Ameno-sagiri, who was manipulating Adachi from within and was the real mastermind behind Adachi's plans of filling the world with fog. However, Adachi later expressed that it was also partially his true desire as well and he is still to blame for the murders. Upon Ameno-sagiri's defeat, Adachi questions the Team's reluctance to kill him, asking them if wasn't that their goal in pursuing him. The Team replies that killing him would essentially continue the cycle: one dies. Surprised by the Team's resolution, Adachi finally gives up and willingly follows the Team out the Midnight Channel.

Outside the Midnight Channel, upon the police's arrival, an exhausted Adachi is taken out on a stretcher, a personal favor from Dojima. Further surprised by this, Adachi finally acknowledges that despite Dojima's strict orders towards him, Dojima still cared for him as his partner. Guilt-ridden and touched, Adachi swore to confess his crimes to the police, making a full cooperation with them.

In the events of the True Ending, the Team receives a letter from the recently-convicted Adachi, stating his suspicions about there being a higher being orchestrating the entire thing. Unfortunately, he can only give vague clues at best; and tells the protagonist it is up to him to solve the mystery. It is revealed that his, the protagonist's and Namatame's ability to enter the Midnight Channel came from seemingly chance meetings with a Moel Gas Station Attendant the day they each arrived in Inaba.

Golden

In the enhanced port for the Vita, Adachi is a newly-added Social Link, associated with the new Jester Arcana. The link can be started as early as May. Over the course of the Jester Arcana, Adachi mentions a little bit about his life, such as his school life and parents, as well as talk about how troubling some moments in life can be. He also attempts to hide from an old woman who brings him food everyday, and complains about how she is a bother, as well as how poorly her food seems to taste. If the protagonist reaches rank 6 on his Social Link, they have the option of not revealing him as the killer on December 5th, and later destroying evidence, thus letting him go free or ignoring it.

Accomplice Ending

If the protagonist chooses to keep silent about Adachi being the prime suspect on December 5th, they will be able to meet with him prior to the protagonist leaving in March and confront him about being the killer. Adachi plays innocent, pretending not to know anything, and taunts the protagonist, saying that even if he was the killer, there is no proof. If the protagonist chooses to be vague, Adachi leaves and the normal Bad Ending is triggered.

Otherwise, the protagonist is given the choice to side with Adachi and destroy the threatening letter Adachi had sent earlier. If the protagonist chooses not to burn the letter, Adachi shrugs it off, saying he "didn't expect much else" as the protagonist is merely "playing detective after all." He tells the protagonist that he will send the letter over to forensics, and subtly threatens him, idly noting that he should be careful on his way home, as "you never know what might happen." The default Bad Ending is then triggered.

Tohru_Adachi_Laughing_(Persona_4_Golden) — Tohru Adachi Laughing (Persona 4 Golden)

Adachi laughing once the evidence is burned.

If the protagonist instead burns the letter, Adachi laughs, ridiculing the protagonist for betraying both his friends and his own values. Pointing out that destroying evidence is a crime, he calls the protagonist's phone and warns that he'll be keeping tabs on him by calling him from his number. This maxes Adachi's Social Link as the Jester Arcana. Adachi leaves the interrogation room, mocking him one last time with a simple "goodbye, partner." The ending carries out like the Bad Ending, with the protagonist leaving the foggy Inaba. However, after the credits, there is an additional scene where the protagonist sees Adachi from behind as he's walking past the train. As Adachi grins, the protagonist clenches his cell phone as the train enters a dark tunnel.

If the protagonist does not choose to visit Adachi at all, the protagonist will receive a call from Adachi before he leaves for the train station. Adachi merely calls to say he is being transferred overseas that day and will probably never see the protagonist again. He hangs up, and Dojima notes that the protagonist and Adachi must have been close if the latter decided to call the former on his last day in Japan.

True/Good Ending

If the protagonist chooses to reveal Adachi as the killer on December 5th, the scene plays out like normal, with the exception of Rise mentioning that Adachi seems to be subconsciously calling out to and waiting for the protagonist after confronting him in the TV world.

Persona_4_Golden_Adachi_Jester_to_Hunger_Arcana_New_Scene — Persona 4 Golden Adachi Jester to Hunger Arcana New Scene

The protagonist confronting Adachi.

On December 7th, the protagonist can then choose to confront him one last time by himself or wait until everyone else shows up. By confronting Adachi by himself, the protagonist heads to the entrance of Magatsu Inaba, where Adachi appears and playfully taunts him for coming alone and believing in the Adachi that he saw. Telling him to return with his friends after purposely shooting the space right next to the protagonist's ear, Adachi disappears, revealing the Jester Arcana to actually be the Hunger Arcana.

MoreLikeYou — Adachi's Social Link leveling up.

As Magatsu-Inaba progresses and Adachi is defeated, the Hunger Arcana ranks up automatically and reaches rank 9. During the True Ending, the letter from Adachi is amended a slight note at the end, telling the protagonist that after what happened, he feels differently about the time he spent with him, Nanako and Dojima. However, he still calls him a dumbass and tells him that he will follow his own path, like the protagonist has followed his own.[3]

Upon maxing the Hunger Arcana before facing Izanami-no-Okami, Adachi appears before the protagonist, calling Izanami a "bitch."[4]

In the new Golden epilogue, Dojima mentions to the reunited Investigation Team that Adachi has become a model prisoner. Adachi says that he gets better treatment in prison than he had with Dojima. Dojima says he'll bring him a cheap cabbage whenever he'll visit again.

Persona 4 The Animation

In the first anime adaptation Adachi's role remains mostly unchanged. He has very little screen time for most of the series and most differences until the final episodes are minor and often for comedy. His cabbage quirk is played up much more, and he's seen with them often. One minor change though is that he is shown to get visibly angry for a brief moment when Nanako dies.

The final episodes have the most differences for him, although mostly in the execution of his scenes. When confronted by the Investigation Team he does not explain everything to them in one room. Rather, he leads them through Magatsu Inaba, which causes images of the past to manifest, so that the characters can see for themselves what happened. Magatsu Inaba has also changed in this version, as it includes destroyed versions of various Inaba locations this time, from Junes to the Amagi Inn. Adachi is also capable of commanding The Reaper in this version, using multiple Reapers to fight the split up Investigation Team and taunt them all individually with illusions of himself.

Yu finally locates the real Adachi in the ruins of the Dojima Residence, sitting at the family table with a full set of plates for everyone set out, just like the dinners the four of them used to have together. The two fight one on one, using their Izanagis. Adachi eventually uses an ability to bind both Yu and his Izanagi, keeping them from moving. He plays around with and taunts Yu, shooting at him or stabbing his persona but never actually killing him when he has the chance.

Eventually however Yu breaks free, and he and the rest of the Investigation Team refute all of Adachi's words, defeating each Reaper as Adachi starts to crumble apart and panic, screaming at all of them. The rest of the Investigation Team members ridicule Adachi similar to that in the game, but Yu also includes his own input, stating that Adachi was acting naive for thinking that he was the only one suffering in the world. Yu finally defeats Adachi when Izanagi bisects Magatsu-Izanagi at the torso before then stabbing him in the head; all things Adachi himself felt the pain of as they happened.

Adachi being control by Ameno sagiri — Adachi controlled by Ameno-sagiri

After his defeat, Adachi attempts to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, but is interrupted by Ameno-sagiri possessing his body. Unlike in the game where the possessed Adachi appears as a completely black, yellow eyed figure, the possessed Adachi in the anime has his eyes change to resemble Ameno-sagiri's lens.

The stretcher scene from the game is missing in the anime, but instead Yu extends a hand to Adachi, telling him "let's go home." This action alone seems to have a huge effect on Adachi, as it implies Yu still views Adachi as someone close to their family despite everything that happened.

Afterwards, while he is in prison, Adachi sends Yu and the Investigation team a letter, stating his suspicions about there being a higher being orchestrating the entire thing. Unfortunately, he can only give vague clues at best; and tells Yu it is up to him to solve the mystery.

The Golden Animation

Adachi's backstory is extended in episodes six and seven of the second anime adaptation. We are also shown more of his time in Inaba from his point of view, allowing the viewer to see what the player is unable to in the original game.

In episode six it's revealed through flashbacks that Adachi came to Inaba a month or so before Yu did, and had time beforehand to bond with Dojima, who opens his home to Adachi right away, believing that Adachi must have had a rough time in the city to have been transferred to Inaba. Adachi is shown having difficulties getting used to Inaba and fumbles his way through a presentation to his superiors while constantly messing up names of Inaba locations. Eventually however he starts to adjust and learn his way around the town.

While at home he's shown to be much more somber and depressed than the way he portrays himself to other people. His apartment is also meticulously neat and tidy, with hardly any personal touches or any indicators of an actual lived in home. He spends all his time at home alone, doing nothing aside from drinking beer and watching TV, seemingly too apathetic to bother with anything else.

It is revealed that the reason for his interest in Yamano is that he saw her on the Midnight Channel during the peak of the soul mate rumor. This is the same night he discovered his powers; after being shocked to find the Midnight Channel real he attempted to touch the screen, at which point his hand went through. The next day he was tasked with joining security detail for Yamano, presumably his first time learning of her affair with Namatame.

Marie is also immediately suspicious of Adachi, due to her being able to sense Ameno-sagiri inside of him. She attempts to warn Yu to stay away from him, however Yu has already begun befriending Adachi, attempting to help him and get to know him better by giving him food and inviting him to dinner in the place of the old lady from Adachi's social link. Regardless, he tries to talk to Adachi about Marie's concerns but Adachi brushes it off, instead calling Marie's character into question, which could have been meant to foreshadow Marie's own true nature. He then challenges some of Yu's views, telling him that sometimes what you do to try and help others isn't always good for that person. It's also shown that Adachi never actually ate any of the food Yu made for him, choosing to instead let it build up in his fridge before eventually throwing it all away, along with the old lady's stew pot.

In episode seven, he visits Dojima and Nanako in the hospital. After visiting Nanako in her hospital room, Adachi disappeared as Yu shows up. Later on he is inside the TV world and explains everything to Yu so he can understand why he hates bonds, then afterwards the two face off. The confrontation between Yu and Adachi goes mostly the same as it did in the game. However after summoning their Personas and having them clash, the two see a glimpse of each other's life and the world from the other's view.

Initially in the vision, Yu sees Adachi as a high school student forgoing friendships and fun in order to spend all his time studying. Then a university student trying to avoid others while becoming more disdainful of people, and eventually an uncharacteristically neat and put together detective who seems pleased with his job. However despite all his hard work, he is often passed over for recognized achievements while younger, more talented detectives are noticed and praised by others. This makes him realize that only talent can get you through life, while those without it are doomed to fail no matter what they do or how hard they work.

When the vision finally gets to Inaba, Adachi's fondness of the Dojimas is shown more clearly, showing him enjoying his time with his partner and being happy while holding hands with Nanako. With Yu's arrival, however, Adachi starts to feel as if his place in Inaba is threatened and he begins to grow jealous of the bonds Yu has with his family and friends, things Adachi himself never really had. It is also revealed that Yu's acts of kindness and attempts to befriend him were only making things worse and driving Adachi further over the edge, demonstrating exactly what Adachi was telling him in episode six.

Yu and Adachi later fight one on one, just as they did in the first anime. This time though the focus of the fight is their different view points on bonds with the fight culminating once again in a destroyed version of the Dojima residence. Adachi even gets punched several times by Yu when both of them reach exhaustion from battling with their Personas; making Adachi get bruises on his face, mainly his cheeks. After defeating him, Yu helps Adachi realize that he did in fact have a bond of his own, by placing a matching red mug that had been intended for him alongside the rest of the family's cups; a family set he was always a part of even when he thought he wasn't.

When Ameno-sagiri takes him over this time, he does not have the eye feature he did in the first anime, but rather he is immediately covered in shadows and transformed. From inside of Ameno-sagiri Adachi gives Yu Magatsu-Izanagi, which Yu then uses to quickly defeat the god and save him.

Afterwards Adachi is brought back to the real world. While inside the Junes store, he is shown being carried on a stretcher as the Investigation team watch him being taken away by the ambulance.

The 4th volume of the P4GA blu-rays included a special alternate ending episode called "Thank You Mr. Accomplice" based on Golden's accomplice bad ending where Yu, wanting to help Adachi, burns the only evidence that could be used against him. The episode ends with Yu leaving a foggy Inaba while Adachi comments on how boring everything is.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

"Don't... think we're the same, you little brat. You think the whole world hates you because someone didn't treat you right... You're nothing but a little kid throwing a tantrum. You know, I seriously hate this world... Don't put me in the same shoes as a half-ass brat like you... Please? Haha..."

—Tohru Adachi, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Adachi appears as a DLC character. In addition, he plays a major role in a scenario called "Episode Adachi," which covers his role in the game, specifically his actions in Episode P4, as well as his relationship with Sho Minazuki. Adachi is also available as a DLC navigator for VS mode.

His intro starts with the police still questioning his methods for the two murders in Inaba, which they still do not believe Adachi's words on the matter. Adachi is passive and cooperative with them despite all their verbal and physical abuse, until one of them speaks ill of Dojima, at which point Adachi brings up the officer's own crooked, unethical methods, using dirt he had heard while he was still on the force. Angered, the officer starts to assault him, but is soon brainwashed and controlled by Minazuki, who pushes Adachi into a TV (much like how Adachi dealt with his second and third victims).

Upon meeting Minazuki, the other tells Adachi of his plan to destroy the world and that he needs the latent remnants of Ameno-sagiri within Adachi and his Persona in order to tame the being that he intends to summon. He tells Adachi that he has no choice but to follow along with his plan; otherwise he'll kill him, and the murders in Inaba will resume (implying that anyone who dies that night, including Adachi himself, will show up in town the same way the original victims did). While Adachi expresses an understanding of Sho's mindset, he wants no part of the plan due to his promise to abide by the rules of the world, but he also can't allow anymore victims to appear. Otherwise, his last few months in jail trying to get the case closed as soon as possible and all the experiences that made him who he is now will be for naught. So he smiles and nods and pretends to go along with the plan, while never actually agreeing to anything outright. After meeting the other personality, Sho, and being told he can do whatever he wants so long as it doesn't get in the way, Adachi tries to come up with a method to sabotage Sho's plans and help the Investigation Team stop him.

When he runs into Yu, Yosuke and Chie, he puts on a big act pretending to be cooperating with Sho, while never actually denying or confirming his involvement. Avoiding answering any accusations with yes or no answers he instead spends the whole conversation trying to drop hints and important information for them, so that they may figure out Sho's plans, all while being careful so that Sho doesn't catch onto what he's doing. He soon leaves, taunting them into trying to hurry up and rescue their friends.

While talking to Sho a second time, he catches sight of the trio spying on them and moves to try and block them from Sho's view. Unfortunately Sho saw them anyway and throws a knife at them, prompting them to come out of hiding and ultimately instigating a confrontation. Adachi keeps trying to dissuade Sho from killing the Investigation Team, but to no avail. At one point he nearly steps in to save them, but thankfully Naoto and Labrys show up in time to save their friends. He does eventually have to step in though to stop Minazuki from killing Yu, placing himself between the two of them and trying to convince him he has other things to take care of. Once Minazuki's gone he leaves another hint for the Investigation Team, before deciding they should know enough now and take care of things themselves and heads to the school roof.

P4AU (Adachi DLC Episode, Adachi gets beat up by Minazuki) — Adachi is beaten by Sho.

Once at the top of the tower he attempts to destroy the collection of Persona Fragments that Sho had gathered for his plans. However, one shot was not enough and Sho stops him before he can get another shot in. A scuffle happens between the two, in which Adachi initially has the upper hand up until Sho uses the powers he borrowed from Kagutsuchi to turn the tables. With Adachi overpowered, Sho begins to beat him within an inch of his life, furious over being betrayed and intent on killing him. While beating him he reveals that he had intended to only use and then kill Adachi from the start, ripping his Persona from him and then killing him slowly after letting him see the world Adachi had wanted but failed to create. Despite being severely beaten, Adachi berates Sho, calling him out on the same things the Investigation Team called him out on during their confrontation in the original game, and telling Sho not to lump the two of them together.

As Sho is about to finish Adachi off, Yu manages to arrive in time to stop him, preventing Adachi from being hurt any further. Yu at this point has seen through Adachi's "facade" when he was messing with him and his friends earlier, and understand his true intentions. At this point, Adachi passes out.

When Yu can't hold out against Kagutsuchi much longer, Adachi manages to regain consciousness. Despite his injuries he gets up and tries to fight Kagutsuchi on his own for a while so that Yu can regain his strength. When both of them are almost completely spent, they merge the power of their Personas together to defeat Kagutsuchi for good, using imagery that calls back to the original myth of Izanagi cutting Kagutsuchi apart with his sword, Totsuka. Adachi collapses once more afterwards, relieved that everything is finally over.

When Adachi awakens again it's in the hub of the TV world, with Yu and Sho also there. After waking up he spends some time talking to Sho; he admits that he sees a lot of himself and the way he once was once was in the boy, and that the two of them are very similar, hence why he's able to understand why he did what he did. But he also feels that being as young as he is Sho has plenty of chances to redeem himself now and actually enjoy his youth. He tells Sho that he can't just run and hide in this world, something Adachi himself had to learn in the original game. After imparting those words to him, Adachi attempts to leave and go back to jail, telling Yu that he just wants to do his time in peace and never wants to see him again. Before he can leave though, Yu stops him to tell him of Dojima's intent to visit him. After wishing him good luck with Dojima, Adachi insults Yu one last time before leaving for good.

In the epilogue many months have passed, the investigation is finally closed and Adachi's trial date is set. As he thinks over everything that happened, who he was during the murders, who he is now, why he did what he did during the P-1 Climax and what "his rules" are, he is informed that Dojima has finally come to visit him. Despite taunting one another playfully, Adachi mulls over how Dojima has all right to never want to deal with him ever again and yet still keeps coming back no matter how often Adachi tries to sever their connection. Finally beginning to understand the bonds that Adachi used to regularly push away and mock, he tries to hide a smile from Dojima, while accidentally admitting out loud that maybe having a bond like this isn't so bad after all. This visit is the same one Dojima refers to in Golden's epilogue.

In Episode P4 Adachi does not fight against Kagutsuchi on his own (he and Yu still fuse their personas however). He also disappears without any explanation after Kagutsuchi is defeated, much to Yu's shock and confusion.

He appears very briefly in Episode P3. First, Mitsuru is able to hear him a little as she's regaining consciousness. He speaks to Sho briefly, before announcing that he's "going for a walk." Later, he reappears near the end, saving Teddie, Mitsuru, Akihiko and Aigis while they are being overwhelmed by a huge mass of Shadows. He clears a way for them to get inside of Junes to save the rest of the Investigation Team, reveals Sho's intent to summon a god and then leaves to head back to the tower. When Labrys makes it to the top of the tower, she sees Adachi knocked out after being beaten by Sho, who claims that Adachi betrayed him and won't tell him what happened to his other personality. Therefore it is likely Adachi was attempting to destroy the Persona Fragments again, but may have been the last person to actually speak to Minazuki before he disappeared, considering Sho's anger at not getting any answers about Minazuki's sudden disappearance from him. It is unclear how much of the confrontation between them remained the same. Just like in Episode P4, Adachi vanishes after Kagutsuchi is defeated but Labrys believes Elizabeth teleported him away someplace safe.

Adachi also appears in arcade mode. His role and intentions there are of course vague, and he and Minazuki never confirm or deny their involvement with one another.

Playstyle

Adachi's playstyle can be described as a mixture between Rushdown and Grappler. He is heavily dependent on his Persona Magatsu Izanagi, and most of his normals aren't safe to use and leave him out in the open, combined with the fact that he also needs most of his SP moves to help continue his higher damaging combos does somewhat hurt Adachi. His normal C attacks, which lead into somewhat violent grab animations, are both usually used as combo enders, and his gunshots are mostly used to squeeze out some small damage at the end. Out of all of his supers, two of them stand out the most: Heat Riser and Magatsu Mandala. Upon using Heat Riser, an icon of himself appears above his SP gauge which represents that, for the remainder of the round (or until his Persona is broken), Adachi will recieve 10% increase in damage and defense. With Magatsu Mandala, a small icon of Magatsu Izanagi will appear above his SP gauge, also applied for the current round or until a Persona break. Once this happens, all of Adachi's Persona moves will have the ability of inflicting a different ailment and non-Fatal Counter command throw super, Ghastly Wail, receives a significant damage increase. The following moves inflict the following ailments:

5C, j.C, Atom Smasher - Poison
5D, 2D, j.D j.2D, Megidola - Shock
Heat Riser - Rage
Magatsu Mandala - Panic
2C, j.2C - Silence

His theme/leitmotif is called "A Fool or Clown?," a possible nod to his reversed The Fool or his Social Link in Golden representing the Jester Arcana, as well as nodding to his original boss theme, "A New World Fool."

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Tohru Adachi is a DLC playable character in Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Since he does not appear in the main storyline, he is only be available in the Free Dance only. Adachi can only be a FEVER partner with Yu Narukami. His dance style is unpredictable and chaotic. Adachi's outfit has no alternatives save for DLC, but you can add accessories such as glasses, headphones, hair color and color contacts. Purchasing him will include an angry Dojima-mask for Yu, making it look like Adachi is dancing with Dojima. His DLC outfit is that of Katsuya Suou from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment.

Persona 5

Adachi is mentioned on 12/12. The reviewer asks, "Why did you hang those corpses from telephone poles and TV antennas?" Adachi replies, "Because the world sucks... I guess." The reviewer asks, "You killed them all for a reason like that!? You... Don't you have any remorse!?"