Persona 3 portable bosses9/18/2023 ![]() Aside from Elizabeth and Fuuka, he is the only Persona user in the game who does not use an Evoker to manifest his Persona, instead summoning it "manually" by clutching his head and falling to his knees. ![]() In battle, Takaya uses a five-shot revolver to strike down his opponents. He functions as the protagonist's foil, leading the rival group of Persona users and setting himself up as a false messiah. Takaya is the confident and charismatic young leader of Strega who was once experimented on by the Kirijo Group. Takaya's actions and philosophy seems to stem from the fact that he has nothing to actually live for: the fact that he is dying seems to have some impact to his mental state, but his comments in the game imply that he is a bitter and weak-willed man who is simply trying to find some excitement in his short life, and that in fact he is envious of SEES for their hope and will to live. He claims that any meaning in life was lost long ago and that humanity actually prays for Nyx's "salvation." During this conversation, he claims that the future is but an illusion and a soul can be satisfied if it only lives for the moment. He simply answers to the questions of the team without any intimidation and in a very melancholic manner, asking them what they hope to achieve, since Nyx is unbeatable. When confronted by SEES for the final time, Takaya shows a great deal of himself. This is illustrated when he convinces Jin to stop SEES from advancing while knowing that he is not capable of doing so, while also aware that the Shadows from the lower floors of Tartarus can attack Jin as well. His later multiple attempted murders ( Shinjiro in the female protagonist's route if his Social Link is maxed, Ken, Junpei, etc.) shows that he has little or no appreciation for the life of others with the exception of Jin and Chidori, although in the end he puts his own life first. This, along with his other comments during the story, shows that he is also misanthropic. When asked by his victim why he is doing this, Takaya says that it is not the victim's concern and even justifies his action by saying that "people hear what they wish to hear and believe what they want to believe."ĭuring his first encounter with SEES, he tells the team that the world is crawling with sin and that there will always be disasters, caused by Shadows or human folly, further reinforcing his negative world view. In Takaya's first appearance, where he was on a "mission" with his fellow members, he is shown to be cold and indifferent, mocking and pointing at his victim with his gun. Even if completely determined in his ways, Takaya is self-aware of his state of affairs, knowing that one cannot face death without first finding meaning in life, and he cannot find any as he's stuck living in solitude meanwhile, he's still oblivious to the optimistic, determined and unified vigor of SEES, claiming them to be "odd." Takaya isn't afraid of death itself, and even then he refrains from telling the group further about his experiences. He is especially obsessed with the factor of "destiny" and the severe effects its had on his way of life, even commenting that he and SEES are destined to be in opposition. without first having found meaning in life, Takaya would grow to become a nihilistic and solitary man, with the only qualm to his suffering being that the end is "salvation." He's also "learned" that there's no such thing as hope for the future, and the person can only be sated by living in the present. Having been forced to face death from a young age. The revolver Takaya uses is a model of Smith & Wesson Model 500. His first design began as a "cool and handsome" clean-shaven male with combed back hair, but his final design is achieved as Soejima attempted to make him more antagonistic. Takaya was designed around the concept of "charisma," according to Shigenori Soejima, particularly in reference to cult leaders who he considers to be "obviously suspicious," yet with their high charisma able to garner support and adoration from others as easily as wealth and power. He also looks rather emaciated, commented on in-universe one NPC thinks he lives on nothing but air, and Junpei calls him a "freaking ghost." His age, like the other Strega members, is never revealed, but he appears older than both Jin and Chidori and SEES, perhaps in his early twenties. He is never seen wearing a shirt, jacket, vest or anything of the sorts. He has full tattoo sleeves on both arms and a small tattoo on his lower back. He wears a wire like headband, faded and torn light blue jeans with a red, ragged scarf tucked in the back pocket, a studded white belt and brown boots. It is unknown why he has yellow eyes, but yellow eyes are often depicted to be the mark of a Persona user or Shadow Self. Takaya has long gray or platinum blond wavy hair and yellow eyes.
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