A Sense of Gratitude

	A Sense of Gratitude
Publisher(s)	Aniplex
Tracks	8
Length	38:38 + commentary track
Release	October 08, 2014
Catalog Number	ANZX-11384

Persona 4 The Golden Animation Original Drama CD Vol. 1: A Sense of Gratitude is a an audio drama CD with a side story for Persona 4 The Golden Animation. It came packaged as a bonus disc with the limited edition of the 2nd volume of the BD/DVD.

Blurb

林間学校で雪子と千枝が作ったカレーライス。その衝撃の味は、悠と陽介の心に深い傷跡を残していた。悠が菜々子と共に家庭菜園を始めたことを知った陽介は、カレーに対するトラウマを払拭するためにも、家庭菜園の野菜で美味しいカレーを作ってくれと悠に懇願。悠は快く了承し、夏野菜が収穫できた暁には、みんなでカレーパーティーをしようと宣言する。一方、悠と共に母の日、そして父の日を祝う菜々子。しかし、菜々子が感謝を伝えたい相手は他にもいて......

Synopsis

Chronologically, the audio drama takes place after the school camping trip and later after Rise's rescue. This places it between episodes 2 and 3 of the anime.

After being traumatized by Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi's curry—Mystery Food X—during the school camping trip, Yosuke Hanamura begs Yu Narukami to make curry so they can mentally recover. Yu agrees to make homemade curry for a curry party after he grows vegetables at the Dojima Residence. He asks his friends what they use a secret ingredient in their curry to give it a little something extra to get an idea about what to put in his. While Tohru Adachi is over at the Dojima house helping with the garden, Yu also asks him what he uses as a secret ingredient, but Adachi mostly eats readymade curry pouches.

Adachi asks Yu about his pocket money, as he must be spending a lot between this new garden and also his scooter. This conversation leads to Yu getting a part-time job washing dishes at Shiroku Pub. Shiroku feeds him a good plate of curry after one of his shifts, but she refuses to tell him her secret ingredient even after he tells her about the camping trip because she would make more money if his friends came and ate her curry instead. Yu keeps trying to recreate Shiroku's, but can never quite find the right secret ingredient that gives it the right flavor.

Two months later, Rise Kujikawa has joined the team, Teddie has a human body, and Yu still has not figured out Shiroku's secret ingredient. The group goes to Okina to watch a martial arts movie called Return of the Dragon then Rise insists they visit Chagall Cafe after for coffee. Yosuke asks about how the garden is coming along. Internally, Yu realizes he needs to hurry up and figure out a secret ingredient before the end of summer when the vegetables finish growing. He asks Rise about what kind of secret ingredient her family uses, which turns out to be soy milk. Mumon brings their coffee, warning them that they will get burned if they underestimate it. Everyone except Marie, who drank it black, reacts to the bitter taste and starts talking in nonsense before passing out and waking up later when it's night time. Yu wearily returns home with a bag of Chagall coffee.

One day after school, when a heavy storm threatens the garden, the Investigation Team bands together to save the vegetables by setting up protective storm nets. Only a few vegetables fall off and they are still useable, so Yu decides to cook with them. Yosuke suggests they use them to have a curry party that same night. Yu still hasn't figured out what Shiroku's secret ingredient is, but he agrees anyway and calls Marie over. While helping in the kitchen, Marie mistakenly adds some of the coffee from Chagall instead of Ryotaro Dojima's coffee to the curry. Yu freaks out at first, but thinks it'll be okay since it was only a little scoop. When he taste tests it, he realizes that Chagall's coffee is Shiroku's secret ingredient, and they were able to accidentally recreate hers.

Meanwhile, Nanako Dojima makes a paper flower at school and is told by her teacher to give it to her mother for Mother's Day, but she isn't sure what to do since her mother is dead. Yu suggests she put it on the family altar, and Nanako does so in hopes it reaches her mother in heaven. When Father's Day comes up, both Yu and Nanako give Dojima gifts. Nanako later realizes that she wants to show her appreciation for Yu as well, and asks Marie when "Big Brother's Day" is. Marie, who is unused to these traditions, suggests that what matters isn't the day, but just showing your thanks to that particular person.

Tracklist

No.	Track title (Japanese)	Track title (Translation)	Composer	Duration
1	Track #01	Track #01	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	1:09
2	Track #02	Track #02	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	7:00
3	Track #03	Track #03	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	5:34
4	Track #04	Track #04	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	3:32
5	Track #05	Track #05	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	8:32
6	Track #06	Track #06	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	5:33
7	Track #07	Track #07	Shoji Meguro, Tetsuya Kobayashi	7:18
8	音声特典:オーディオコメンタリー	Voice Bonus: Audio Commentary		?

Listings

Casting

Character	Japanese
Yu Narukami	Daisuke Namikawa
Marie	Kana Hanazawa
Yosuke Hanamura	Showtaro Morikubo
Chie Satonaka	Yui Horie
Yukiko Amagi	Ami Koshimizu
Kanji Tatsumi	Tomokazu Seki
Teddie	Kappei Yamaguchi
Ryotaro Dojima	Unshō Ishizuka
Nanako Dojima	Akemi Kanda
Tohru Adachi	Mitsuaki Madono
Shiroku	Makiko Nabei