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This better be how the novel ends before the two of them ride off together in the sunset.
Was that me who said I was done with Persona 4 coasters? Yeah… that’s a lie. This is just a sketch and will be woodburned. I always sketch on the coasters first then burn/shade them. This time, it’s Naoto’s turn. With the novel coming out soon I wanted to do something with both versions of her (because I actually like her new design and her old design).
Around the edge I want to write her quote from the game, “I am a woman. And a detective,” because, you know, just because her new design is more womanly doesn’t make her less awesome. I mean… she’s got a motorcycle now! a male cyborg motorcycle but still a motorcycle…
Found some new pictures of Naoto and her novel~
And looks like her new assistant Sousei is, in fact, a robot who’s able to transform into a motorcyle!
this sounds really ridiculous but hey, it’s fiction
…Hmm. Not optimistic for this novel. Sounds like a bad fanfiction (and I say that as someone who has written bad fanfiction). But I do like that they’re trying different things with the IP.
Well I guess it was about time we got a new robot in the Persona universe? I mean, we got the male Velvet Room guy, now we got a male robot person. Uh… yes?
Though imagine how strange that would be if she used him to visit Inaba at the end of the book. "Hello, Tatsumi-kun, it has been a long time,“ as Kanji glares at the tall guy behind Naoto, thinking he’s competition, then said guy transforms into a motorcycle and Kanji realizes that he has nothing to worry about… or something, I dunno.
People asking about source and stuff: http://blog.livedoor.jp/p_boxes/archives/8348846.html
It’s from the novel, “Persona x Detective Naoto,” which is on sale on the 10th, and is supervised by the P4 team. The pic here is of Naoto and Rise, 1 year after the events of P4. Also, ponytail Naoto now confirmed to be top tier, second only to megane Yukiko.
((I only managed to see half of this picture for some time. Now that I’ve managed to see that Rise is in the other half, suddenly Naoto’s pool clothing appearance makes a great deal more sense.
…Though I would advise her to cover them in a much more efficient manner. Crossing the arms from a lower angle such as that only pushes them upward and makes them appear both bigger and more obvious.))Rise-san! That bathing suit hardly qualifies as one! It barely covers my body! *blushes*
So… does this mean that other characters show up in the novel?
The Persona’s name is Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
In Japanese mythology, Amatsu-Mikaboshi (ja:天津甕星, “August Star of Heaven”), also called Ame-no-Kagaseo (ja:天香香背男, “Brilliant Male”), is a god of evil and of the stars, specifically the pole star.[1] He is mentioned in passing in the Nihon Shoki as an opponent of Takemikazuchi-no-kami during the latter’s conquest of the land of Izumo, and is sometimes identified with the figure of Takeminakata in the Kojiki.
((…So Naoto’s new Persona is the enemy’s of Kanji’s?
Did they get into a fight?Do not get me wrong, I am very excited for this novel, and I will go through hellfire to get a translation… but all these short previews and teasers are starting to make me nervous.
Naoto… your life suddenly taking a much more complicated route is beginning to make me think of myself this year.…Part of me still hopes Souji/Yu will make a cameo.))
((Is it her new persona? If so why did it change?
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. HURRY UP JUNE 10th!))
[[ What? Enemy of Kanji? ;; A;; You’re not the only one getting nervous over here! ]]
A Persona adverse to Kanji-kun’s? Irrefutably impossible!
I swear I go to E3 for a few days and THIS happens. What?!
A photo of latest Persona Magazine. This is Shirogane Naoto, a year later after P4 events.
Yep, have to make a mirror or something, it must happen.
Now that I’m done fangirling (not really done, but now coherent) it’s SPECULATION TIME!
I notice on the cover that there seem to be some sort of shadows on the side there, and unless if I’m looking at it wrong, there seems to be some gray thing with a red eye. So perhaps this case dips into the supernatural, like the Inaba one did? That would be really cool, actually.
I also notice that long haired Naoto has long hair like her third persona, or rather, her third persona has long hair and Naoto does now too. Coincidence? Hmmm…
Does she keep in contact with the gang I wonder? I certainly hope so (Kanji and Naoto feelings Kanji and Naoto feelings), I hope there’s some cameos to show the others one year later, because I’m curious (and since Yuu/Souji left too, it would be easy to have him show up). Maybe even something small, like her having a group picture, or something to show that the others aren’t forgotten.
Now, originally, I thought the book was taking place in like, her last year of high school? Now it’s saying it’s a year after P4. Isn’t that when the fighting game takes place? I was wondering why, in the game, the entire crew is wearing the high school uniform except her, does she not attend school with them anymore? Is she going off to solve crimes all around the world like an ace? I wonder if the game will have a tie in with the book, like, you beat it with her and she goes off, or something.
I’m assuming we’re getting a slew of new characters, I wonder what they’ll be like. I don’t think this book would make it here, sadly, I mean not even the manga is here in the U.S. I’m such a dork though I still feel like I want to have it in my collection next to the other Shin Megami things ^^ I hope she’s still the same person I fell in love with, I mean with the investigating and deducing and analyzing and all that along with being a bit socially awkward. Though I’m proud of her for accepting herself, at least from the looks of the cover she has with her hair flowing and the bindings appear to be gone. This makes me wonder… did she just cut her hair for years and finally just stopped?
