User:Gakon5/Kanji Tatsumi

Kanji Tatsumi (巽 完二, Tatsumi Kanji) is a fictional character in the universe of the

Character design

Kanji is a

In Persona 4, an unknown serial killer is kidnapping people and throwing them inside television screens, transporting them to an alternate reality called the Midnight Channel. Kanji is the fourth victim to be trapped inside the TV, and the second to be rescued by the Investigation Team, a band of high-schoolers who know of this other world and are rescuing those who are kidnapped in an attempt to find the killer. Victims in the TV world encounter "Shadow" versions of themselves, which expose hidden sides of their personality.^[8] Kanji's Shadow is a near-nude version of himself living inside a sauna, the game's second dungeon.^[8] It reveals to the game's characters that Kanji fears girls and has a preference for men.^[9] When Kanji rejects what his Shadow says, it goes into a rage, requiring the other characters to defeat it in battle.^[10] After the fight, Kanji accepts his Shadow as himself, causing it to transform into the Persona Take-Mikazuchi.^[11] He later joins the Investigation team as a fighter and to help the group catch the killer.

Developer Yu Namba has said that Kanji's sexual orientation was left ambiguous, allowing the player to decide if he is or is not gay. "What matters is that Kanji's other self cries out, 'Accept me for who I am!' I think it's a powerful message which many, if not all of us can relate to."

Within the social simulation elements of Persona 4, the player's character is able to spend time with Kanji by advancing his Social Link, which is represented by the Emperor Arcanum. The player hears rumors that Kanji is leading a gang of bullies within Yasogami High. When the Protagonist confronts Kanji on this, he insists the rumors aren't true.

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