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Mitsuru Kirijo
Persona character
Mitsuru Kirijo, as she appears in Persona 3.
First gamePersona 3 (2006)
Portrayed byAsami Tano (musical)
Voiced by
In-universe information
NationalityJapanese

Mitsuru Kirijo (Japanese: 桐条 美鶴, Hepburn: Kirijō Mitsuru) is a fictional character in the Persona series, appearing as a main character in Persona 3. She is the unofficial leader of an organization called SEES (Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad), which the main characters of the game participate in to fight creatures called Shadows.

Concept and creation

Mitsuru Kirijo is the only child of the head of the Kirijo Group, Takeharu Kirijo and a top-ranking

The Empress
Arcana.

She is voiced by Rie Tanaka in Japanese and Tara Platt in English.[2][3] Shigenori Soejima created Mitsuru to be a tough-looking woman on the exterior, but with a weak side in the interior.[4] She is portrayed by Asami Tano in Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade,[5] the Persona 4 Arena stage play,[6] and the Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Song Project stage play.[7]

Appearances

Mitsuru appears in

Yukari
. She decides to take over leadership of the Kirijo Group after the conflict with Nyx is finished and she graduates high school.

Mitsuru appears as a playable character in

Akihiko to search for the Anti-Shadow weapon Labrys that disappeared from her plane. Her Persona is Artemisia.[8]

Reception

Mitsuru has received generally positive reception. She was named one of the 10 best Persona characters by Kimberley Wallace of

chibi art style of Persona Q, felt less so after seeing Mitsuru, who he felt was cute and was convincing.[17]

When playing as a male character in Persona 3, Cassandra Khaw of USGamer found her "accomplished and elegant"; however, when she played as a female character, she found her "too distant."[18] Kotaku writer Leigh Alexander discussed how her perspective changed between playing Persona 3 as a male character and as a female character regarding Mitsuru; where she found Mitsuru admirable when playing as a male character, she found her "irritatingly perfect."[19]

In "Comparative Analysis of Storytelling Technique in Kingdom Hearts II (2005) and Persona 3 Portable (2009)" Shazwin Bt. Sahmir and Norlela Ismail from University Teknologi Mara noted that that the character's relationship with the protagonist tends to depend in Persona 3 Portable depending on the gender chosen. The male's bad choice will say she is unreliable while the female ones will ask in worry about her wellbeing.[20] In "Rules, Rhetoric, and Genre: Procedural Rhetoric in Persona 3" T. Harper from Games and Culture noted Mitsuru's character arc goes along Yukari Takeba's as both evolve their Personas when they discover more knowledge about their parents.[21] The Journal of Intercultural Mediation and Communication commented the localization emphasises her background as well as her social status, the original Japanese version of the game made the Japanese Mitsuru say English lines. In contrast, the English localization changed it by letting Mitsuru use French words occasionally. When the game enters its battle phase, players can often unleash a palette of magic powers, each with a name specifically designed for the fictional storyworld of the game. The only localisation here was to provide English transliterations for the original.[22]

Her portrayal in the Persona 4 Arena musical received praise from Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku, calling her portrayal "perfect" and praising the chemistry between her and Akihiko.[23] VentureBeat expressed similar comments calling her "like a sword-wielding Emma Peel".[24]

References

  1. Siliconera
    . Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  2. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (April 13, 2011). "The Voice Actress Capturing The Hearts Of Otaku Everywhere". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Shea, Brian (September 23, 2015). "A Look At The Voices Behind Gaming's Iconic Characters". Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Soejima, Shigenori (2007). Art of Persona 3. Atlus. p. 27.
  5. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (March 1, 2015). "Persona 3 Game Gets 3rd Stage Play in June". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Mitsuru and Akihiko Actors Return for Persona 4 Arena Stage Play". 18 August 2014.
  7. ^ "舞台「ペルソナ4 ジ・アルティマックス ウルトラスープレックスホールド」の追加キャストが発表".
  8. ^ Spencer (November 20, 2011). "Mitsuru and Akihiko have an edge in In Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena". Siliconera. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  9. ^ Wallace, Kimberley (May 4, 2017). "The 10 Best Persona Characters". Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  10. ^ Wallace, Kimberley. "Best Female RPG Characters". RPGFan. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Wallace, Kimberley (June 5, 2016). "Can Romance Be Portrayed Well In Games?". Game Informer. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Marchello, Sam. "Sam Marchello's Top Ten Quirky-ZOMG-Must Play Games That Will Make You Smile (Shut up! Titles Are Hard!)". RPGamer. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  13. ^ Moyse, Chris (October 18, 2018). "Persona Q2 finally heralds the coolest character in the series, Mitsuru Kirijo". Destructoid. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  14. ^ Sullivan, Meghan (July 22, 2015). "Top 10 Persona Characters". IGN. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  15. ^ Lee, Ben (February 15, 2014). "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 retrospective - Atlus's JRPG masterpiece". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  16. ^ Fahey, Mike (October 23, 2013). "Persona's Greatest Heroine Is Also One Of Persona's Coolest Models". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  17. ^ Hansen, Steven (January 10, 2014). "Tres bien! Mitsuru leads this new Persona Q trailer". Destructoid. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  18. ^ Khaw, Cassandra (January 8, 2014). "2014 in Preview: Want Emancipation? No, We Want Persona 5". USGamer. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  19. ^ Alexander, Leigh (July 28, 2010). "What I Discovered From Gaming Like A Girl". Kotaku. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  20. ^ Sahmir, Shazwin Bt.; Ismail, Norlela (December 2020). "Comparative Analysis of Storytelling Technique in Kingdom Hearts II (2005) and Persona 3 Portable (2009)". University Teknologi Mara. Retrieved May 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. doi:10.1177/1555412011402675
    . Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  22. ISSN 2035-3111
    . Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  23. ^ Eisenbeis, Richard (December 26, 2014). "The Persona 4 Arena Musical is an Uneven Mess". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  24. ^ "Persona 4 Arena proves that role-playing games and arcade fighters can mix (review)". Venture Beat. 17 August 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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