P4U2 Kujikawa Rise Introduction Video
完全変態スーパーアイドル!
Laughing my ass off at her tagline and also TOTALLY called it, she’s using her freaking mic and the stand to do battle.
AND HER EXPRESSIONS DURING BATTLES ARE SO ADORABLE!!
RISE-CHI!!!
I knew they would do a good job with her :) I’ll probably suck at using her like I do Naoto because reasons.
from the recent Famitsu article.
Yikes, Shadow Rise…
Holy fucking shit, Shadow Rise looks like a goddamn villain out of a horror comic. Toss her in a white dress, undo her pigtails, and she’d be the next fucking Sadako.
Now, now, Shadise, do we need to toss another exploding bear at you?
And I called this, too! Shadow Rise!
Naoto and Rise from Persona 4 dressed as Elsa and Anna from Disney’s Frozen.
Frozen is pretty much my favourite thing at the moment, so I ended up spending waaaay longer than I had intended to on this. It was only meant to be a sketch!
When good things combine <3
Yenra Photography exploring found light at night with Sarah Fong at Anime USA. Risette - Rise Kujikawa - Persona 4.
Album: http://www.yenraphotography.com/anime-usa/2013/Me as Rise Kujikawa at Anime USA yesterday!
Sarah is amazing. She can cosplay anyone I swear.
ALSO LOOK AT THIS AMAZING COSTUME NICOLE MADE ME?!?! I need to get more pics of it uuuuu
Why doesn’t this have more notes seriously this Rise is precious!
When it comes to the female cast, it feel that some favor Naoto in ways that seem hypocritical. They freak out whenever Naoto is in fan-service scenes or anything that slightly demeans her, but you never see them act the same way about the other girls. What? Are they an exemption? They’re female and just as important, you know.
This… is an interesting point.
A small headcanon I’ve had for a while is that Naoto really respects the girls on the team, because they are strong and capable, and they have no issue being, well, women. I’ve wanted to write something for this but never got around to it, of her watching them in battle, and how good they are. Chie is definitely strong, and Yukiko is quite dangerous. Rise, even if she’s in the background, is focusing on the entire fight and all of the enemies and giving them battle tips and things, which I imagine would take a lot of skill to control the persona she has.
I love all of the girls, but sometimes I feel like the fandom forgets about them because Naoto is so complex. And she is, and she is interesting, but when I see fanservice shots people cry out for Naoto more. But… none of the girls would do things like that. Even with the beauty pageant, for example, NONE of them wanted to do it. Chie just ended up giving in because of Hanako, Yukiko kinda went along with it after that, and Rise was like “whatever I’ve been in a swimsuit before (and no I don’t think she’d be for fanservice either, I don’t believe in the Rise = slut thing some people have, after her dungeon and her shadow why would she ever be o.k. with that? She may accept Risette being a part of who she is, but the whole "gunna git naked” thing is not what she wanted to be seen as). When ALL of the girls found out about the bathing suit thing (not just Naoto) they were pissed, I mean, Yukiko even said “that bear needs to disappear.” In fact, Naoto was mortified while Yukiko promised death. And Chie was so pissed about the entire pageant in the beginning that she signed the boys up for the cross-dressing pageant as payback, and smirked the whole time.
So yeah… this is an interesting point to me.
Naoto with the Maid outfit in the Persona 4 Manga.
When does this happen I must know the answer! Look at Kanji’s perf chibi face!
“It doesn’t have to count.”
“Pardon me?”
“The kiss. It doesn’t have to count.”
Naoto looks at the girl sitting across from her. All sweet smiles and pigtails, Rise “Risette” Kujikawa is the picture perfect image of “girl.” She wears the uniform better than Naoto ever could, but is courteous enough not to point that out.
“What do you mean it does not have to count?”
Rise keeps the smile in place, answering the question with practiced ease, “The kiss, silly. It doesn’t have to count. Your first kiss should be special, so this one doesn’t have to count.”
“If it does not have to count, what was the point in doing it?” The logical frown is firm on her face.
“I just… I wanted to, you know? Sometimes girls just want to.” It’s not at all an honest answer, but she hopes it’ll suffice so she doesn’t have to go into the truth — ironic, she knows, since they’ve both had harsh lessons on the importance of truth.
“No, I do not know. People do things for a reason.”
“Well I had no reason. I just wanted to kiss you. But it doesn’t have to count, I know who you want it to count with.” Even if Naoto isn’t willing to say the name out loud, Rise knows who her first should belong to.
Naoto tries to keep the blushing at a minimum, but her cheeks don’t listen, “R-regardless, you should not assume that this kiss was meaningless.”
“Naoto-kun, I told you-“
“I mean it. This kiss… this was a good first kiss.”
She tries not to look too hopeful, but her voice is high and excited when she speaks, “Really? Well then, can we try for a second first kiss?”
The blush is worse the second time around, but it still makes for a good second first kiss.
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So the lovely ladies Sarah Fong and Kris Lee did some fantastic Naoto and Rise cosplay pictures. I haven’t written any fandom related things in a long time, but this pic inspired me. Keep up the great work, ladies!
In case you missed it late last night, I wrote a Persona 4 headcanon thing after not having written headcanons in centuries :) Also be sure to check out the ladies I link to, they’re the ones who did the amazing cosplay.
the expo itself wasnt the best and ended up arriving late to our own meet up but it was a really sunny day and i had fun with friends :)
*incoherent noises*
Not only are these two cosplay cuties.
And not only is that a black Naoto which makes my black cosplayer heart happy.
But that Naoto is rockin’ the hat my wifey makes! Sweet! It looks fantastic on her!
