Makoto Yuki
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Makoto Yuki is a major character and the protagonist of Persona 3 and its spin-offs, as well as a member and field leader of S.E.E.S. in universe. In Persona 3 Portable, his female counterpart is Kotone Shiomi. The name Makoto Yuki was originally the protagonist's name in the Persona 3 The Movie tetralogy, later adopted for Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight. The name became the protagonist's default name in the 2023 re-release of Persona 3 Portable, which the game defaults to if its text language settings are changed.[1]
In game, Makoto acts as the Wild Card of the group, having the ability to wield and swap multiple Personas at once during battle, as well as having the ability to fuse said Personas in the Velvet Room.
Profile
Makoto Yuki is a teenager of average towards slim contexture for his age. His hair is a shade lighter than navy blue, and is longer than average, styled with a long fringe that covers one of his eyes, which are depicted as light gray in most of his appearances, and dark blue in Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 3 Reload. As his classmates, he wears the Gekkoukan High School Winter Uniform in most of the media, also wearing his ATH-model headphones and the S.E.E.S. armband. Other outfits he wears lean into a gray, beige and/or blue palette, as shown by his Winter and Summer outfits, as well as his yukata.
In Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, he also wears a modified Gekkoukan High School Uniform, featuring a white shirt with red writing, more slim headphones and pop-patterned sneakers. In Persona 3 Reload, he gains an upgraded Battle Gear that integrates a redesigned armband that allows him to use Theurgy attacks. As a minor addition, he also wears gloves.
Gameplay
- For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Makoto Yuki.
Makoto is a Wild Card who starts with Orpheus as his initial Persona and can wield multiple Personas in battle. By visiting the Velvet Room, he can fuse new Personas, setting him apart from his allies. Additionally, by having certain Personas to be summoned, he can use Fusion Spells to do a variety of effects. In Persona 3 Portable, Fusion Spells instead can be achieved by visiting the Mayoido Antiques. In Persona 3 Reload, the same effect can be achieved with his Theurgy, and players are only required to have the Personas needed for the specific Theurgy to be in the Compendium. By researching internet websites on the Iwatodai Dorm computer, Makoto can also learn new field skills for ambushing Shadows in Tartarus. In battle, Makoto is able to use a variety of weapons that can deal all sorts of damage type. He must be in the party at all times, and dying would have players receive a game over. In Portable and Reload, he would later stick to his one handed sword that deals Slash damage to his opponents.
Makoto later appears in Persona Q and Persona Q2, as well as a main dancer in Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight.
Manual
Manual Descriptions | |
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Persona 3 | The main character is a teenager who has recently transferred to a new high school. After settling into his room in the dormitory, he is attacked by Shadows. This incident awakens his Persona ability. However, unlike the other SEES members, the main character can use more than one Persona. Because of this special talent, he is chosen to lead the squad in the fight against the Shadows. |
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight |
The stalwart protagonist. He is a second-year high school student who awakened to his Persona abilities after a pivotal event, then accepted the leadership role in the "Special Extracurricular Execution Squad" to combat Shadows. He has displayed limitless power and has gained the reputation of a reliable leader. |
Game Appearances
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Persona 3
On April 6th, 2009, Makoto moves to Tatsumi Port Island as a transfer student to Gekkoukan High School. Three days later, he enters the Dark Hour, a supernatural 25th hour where Shadows roam, is caught up in a Shadow attack on the Iwatodai Dormitory and awakens to the power of Persona, with the initial Persona Orpheus. Makoto learns that his dormmates are actually members of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.), a group dedicated to fighting Shadows. Makoto is inducted into S.E.E.S. and named their field commander due to his unique ability to control multiple Personas, the Wild Card.
Over the course of the next several months, with the aid of the inhabitants of the Velvet Room—Igor and Elizabeth—Makoto leads S.E.E.S. in battle in order to bring an end to the Dark Hour. Together, S.E.E.S. explores Tartarus, a massive tower that appears in place of Gekkoukan High during the Dark Hour.
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Eventually, S.E.E.S. defeats the twelve fragments, but the Dark Hour is not destroyed. They learn destroying the fragments will allow Death to return to its full power and summon the maternal being, Nyx, and bring about the Fall, the end of humanity.
Death later manifests in the form of new Gekkoukan transfer student, Ryoji Mochizuki. It is revealed that in 1999, the Kirijo Group's experiments on the Shadows went disastrously awry, unleashing the most powerful shadow, Death. The Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon Aigis pursued and battled Death, causing a car crash that killed Makoto's parents and left him the sole survivor. Aigis, unable to defeat Death, sealed a portion of its power in Makoto.
Ryoji offers Makoto a choice—kill him and allow SEES to live out the remainder of their lives in blissful ignorance, or let him live and make a futile attempt to delay the inevitable. In the bad ending, Makoto kills Ryoji and is last seen ignorantly singing karaoke right before the Fall. In the good ending, Makoto spares Ryoji. On January 31st, 2010, S.E.E.S. ascends to the top of Tartarus and defeats Ryoji's true form, Nyx Avatar, in battle, but are powerless to stop the Fall. Makoto ascends to face Nyx and expends all of his life force to create a seal to protect the Earth from her.
Makoto spends the next two months living a regular life with his friends, getting more tired and weaker as the days go by, before passing away peacefully in Aigis's arms on March 5, 2010.
Persona 3 FES
The Journey
During the main Persona 3 campaign, now titled "The Journey", Makoto's role in the plot is unchanged, but he now has additional social activities he can choose to do with party members.
The Answer
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After Makoto's death, the collective manifestation of S.E.E.S.' grief expands a hidden Shadow nest called the Abyss of Time. S.E.E.S. investigates and learns that Makoto's soul is bound to the Great Seal in order to prevent Erebus, the collective manifestation of humanity's desire for death, from reaching Nyx and bringing about the Fall. After S.E.E.S. defeats Erebus, Elizabeth departs the Velvet Room on a journey to find a way to save Makoto from his fate.
Persona 3 Portable
Makoto returns as the optional male protagonist in Persona 3 Portable. There are no significant story or character changes between Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable.
Persona 3 Reload
Episode Aigis: The Answer
Persona 5 Royal
Makoto is a DLC boss character in the Challenge Battles mode. He has two difficulties, level 50 and level ???. The Personas he uses in the fight are Orpheus, Attis, Siegfried, Thanatos and Messiah.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Makoto is often referenced and spoken about by members of S.E.E.S.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Makoto Yuki is the protagonist of the Side:P3 route of the game. On Side:P4, he is much more vocal.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Makoto Yuki, alongside Aigis, are the last two characters to join the player's party in the third dungeon, A.I.G.I.S. He and Kotone Shiomi quickly realize they are the same person from alternate timelines, which comes to their advantage once the party gets to the last floor of the dungeon. He focuses on an all-around focus on magic, with a focus on fire.
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
Makoto is one of the main dancers in Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight He is the main performer for the songs Mass Destruction (P3 + P3F ver.), Battle Hymn of the Soul (Daisuke Asakura Remix) and Brand New Days (Yuyoyuppe Remix). Mitsuru describes his dancing as "still yet powerful". Makoto is an extremely versatile dancer and can easily adjust his dancing style to suit his partners whether it's ballet, ballroom, or even hip hop.
Anime Appearances
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Persona 3 The Movie: Spring of Birth
Persona 3 The Movie: Midsummer Knight's Dream
Persona 3 The Movie: Falling Down
Persona 3 The Movie: Winter of Rebirth
Manga Appearances
Persona 3
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Makoto Yuki is referenced before Yu Narukami leaves to confront Hi-no-Kagutsuchi as Mitsuru reflects on how he reminds her of her former leader.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Roundabout
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side:P3
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side:P4
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Roundabout SP
Audio Drama Appearances
Persona 3 Character Drama CD Vol. 1
Persona 3 Character Drama CD Vol. 2
Persona 3 Character Drama CD Vol. 3
Persona 3 Character Drama CD Vol. 4
Persona 3 Character Drama CD Vol. 5
Novel Appearances
Persona 3: Shadō Kurai
Persona 3: Owari no Kakera
Stage Play Appearances
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Ao no Kakusei
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Gunjo no Meikyu
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Sōen no Kesshō
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Ai no Seiyaku
Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade: Hekikū no Kanata e
Other Appearances
Weiß Schwarz
CR Persona 3
Puzzle & Dragons
Star Ocean: Anamnesis
Makoto was an ACE 5★ Attacker unit who could be obtained in the gacha during the Persona 5 Royal collaboration. His collab artwork for the game was drawn by Eito Nishikawa. His skills were mostly named after things from Persona 3.[2]
- Battle Skills: Agi, Triple Thrust, Slash Attribute Combo, Brave Blade
- Rush Combo: Orpheus: Vorpal Blade
- Talents: S.E.E.S., Orpheus, Aptitude for the Dark Hour, Root of Salvation
Kotodaman
Trivia
- Makoto Yuki is referenced in an alternate color palette for Yu Narukami in Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle.
Nomenclature
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The family name is derived from the Yūki district of Shimōsa Province, in the present-day Ibaraki Prefecture.[3] The given name means "reason" or "logic."[4]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | 結城 理 | Yūki Makoto |
Russian | Макото Юки Makoto Yuki | Makoto Yuki |
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Notes
References
- ↑ "The text language setting has been changed so the main character's name will be fixed as Male "Makoto Yuki" or Female "Kotone Shiomi." If you'd like to keep your original name, you must change back to the original text language setting." Persona 3 Portable (2023 re-release).
- ↑ 「スターオーシャン:アナムネシス」,ペルソナシリーズ3作の主人公が登場。ジョーカー,鳴上 悠,結城 理が活躍するコラボイベントも. Published October 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2024. 4gamer. Article.
- ↑ Family Name Origins. Website.
- ↑ Namedic. Website.
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