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* EveryonesBabySister: Nanako is beloved by pretty much everyone, who dote on her and become extremely protective of her. The same holds true for Akira, who becomes like a younger brother to Yu. Kanji chases off Daiki when the boy attacks Akira and Yusuke, and Yu is always fretting over Akira's safety, especially after he learns that Akira is the mysterious Trickster.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Akira's "Trickster" moniker proves to do more harm than good, as Lavenza's constant attempts to hide him from the Investigation Team to ensure the story proceeds as usual makes Yu suspicious of the nebulous and conniving-sounding "Trickster". Even though said Trickster hadn't done anything to him or anyone he knows, the fact that there's another rogue Persona user with such an ominous name constantly puts Yu on edge, and Akira learning about this makes him reluctant to spill the beans to him.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Akira's "Trickster" moniker proves to does do more harm than good, as Lavenza's constant attempts to hide him from the Investigation Team to ensure the story proceeds as usual makes Yu suspicious of the nebulous and conniving-sounding "Trickster". Even though said Trickster hadn't done anything to him or anyone he knows, the fact that there's another rogue Persona user with such an ominous name constantly puts Yu on edge, and Akira learning about this makes him reluctant to spill the beans to him.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu. Yu's inability to come clean about the TV World's existence to Akira causes Yu to become worried about this strange "Trickster" while Akira believes that Yu will hate him if he does tell the truth.
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** A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu. Yu's inability to come clean about the TV World's existence to Akira causes Yu to become worried about this strange "Trickster" while Akira believes that Yu will hate him if he does tell thetruth.truth.
** Teddie's own extremely vague descriptions of Akira in the TV World contribute to the ominous air the Trickster gives off that puts Yu on edge, especially when the Trickster's name seems to imply that he's plotting something.
** A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu. Yu's inability to come clean about the TV World's existence to Akira causes Yu to become worried about this strange "Trickster" while Akira believes that Yu will hate him if he does tell the
** Teddie's own extremely vague descriptions of Akira in the TV World contribute to the ominous air the Trickster gives off that puts Yu on edge, especially when the Trickster's name seems to imply that he's plotting something.
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* ReformedBully: Daiki bullies Akira from day one in Inaba, giving him a black eye while he and his cohorts hurl insults at Akira in hopes of making him leave. But after Akira rescues Daiki from the TV World, he manages to convince Daiki's Shadow to get him to reflect and change. After this, Daiki apologizes for how he treated Akira and they soon become friends making small-chat over lunch.
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** Similarly, Lavenza tries to keep Akira out of the Metaverse since it isn't his time to develop as the Trickster. But she finds herself drawn to the rambunctious and adventure-seeking boy, following him while trying to hide her intervention from Margaret and Igor. Though it turns into a pointless endeavor, as while Igor is well aware of Lavenza's interactions with Akira and outright approves of their growing bond so long as Lavenza doesn't solve Akira's problems for him.
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** Similarly, Lavenza tries to keep Akira out of the Metaverse since it isn't his time to develop as the Trickster. But she finds herself drawn to the rambunctious and adventure-seeking boy, following him while trying to hide her intervention from Margaret and Igor. Though it turns into a pointless endeavor, as while Igor is well aware of Lavenza's interactions with Akira and outright approves of their growing bond so long as Lavenza doesn't solve Akira's problems for him.
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* HaveWeMetYet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
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* HaveWeMet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Futaba runs into [[spoiler:the Akira from 201l]]. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.
* HaveWeMetYet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
* HaveWeMetYet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, [[spoiler:the Akira from 2011 is dismayed to learn that he'll forget ever meeting his future self when all is said and done. But things get more complicated when the Akira from 2016 recalls a distinct memory of Zen informing his younger self that Rei is dead. He does end up forgetting the whole thing by the end, but not before scratching "Igor Fake" onto his own arm.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, [[spoiler:the Akira from 2011 is dismayed to learn that he'll forget ever meeting his future self when all is said and done. But things get more complicated when the Akira from 2016 recalls a distinct memory of Zen informing his younger self that Rei is dead. He does end up forgetting the whole thing by the end, but not before scratching "Igor Fake" onto his own arm. He eventually regains these lost memories after recovering his own soul from the Sea of Souls.]]
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. During the events of the ''Persona Q'' story, there's a lot of fumbling over how to refer to [[spoiler:both Akiras, the one from 2011 and the other one from 2016.]]
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* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale. Akira is also the only Persona user around to defend Inaba from the Shadows appearing there while the Investigation Team is off to defeat Adachi.]]
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* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale. Akira is also the only Persona user around to defend Inaba from the Shadows appearing there while the Investigation Team is off to defeat Adachi. He also joins Yu when he goes off to defeat Izanami, though [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome the story ends before we see the fight]].]]
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* NeutralNoLonger: Lavenza worries that spending time with Akira before he's supposed to become the Trickster will interfere with her duties as a Velvet Room Attendant. It becomes increasingly clear over time that she cherishes Akira as a friend, and perhaps even more than that, coming to his aid however she can and answering as many of his requests as possible. By the events of the ''Arena'' story, she admits that she can understand why Elizabeth left the Velvet Room.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
** In the ''Persona 4: Arena'' story, Akira manages to defeat Mitsuru by surprising her with Belphegor, who knocks her on the head with his toilet. Both Akira and Mitsuru find this horribly embarrassing, Akira for summoning a Persona sitting on a toilet and Mitsuru for being beaten by said toilet. It's brought up in jest years later, though Mitsuru tries to brush it aside rather than linger on it.
** Akira is on tape dancing horribly as part of an idol concert. He looks back on this fondly, though he admits that despite the fun he had, it's still rather embarrassing.
** In the ''Persona 4: Arena'' story, Akira manages to defeat Mitsuru by surprising her with Belphegor, who knocks her on the head with his toilet. Both Akira and Mitsuru find this horribly embarrassing, Akira for summoning a Persona sitting on a toilet and Mitsuru for being beaten by said toilet. It's brought up in jest years later, though Mitsuru tries to brush it aside rather than linger on it.
** Akira is on tape dancing horribly as part of an idol concert. He looks back on this fondly, though he admits that despite the fun he had, it's still rather embarrassing.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:After Akira pulls his soul back together in the Sea of Souls, his eyes flash gold like a Shadow's or a Velvet Room Attendant's. Because of this, Elizabeth and Lavenza aren't sure if he's still fully human.]]
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is [[TheAgeless an ageless]] aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly. [[spoiler:All pretense goes out the window when the Group Date Labyrinth pairs the Akira and Lavenza of 2011 together. The Akira of 2016 sees this and realizes that he is genuinely in love with her.]]
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is [[TheAgeless an ageless]] aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly. [[spoiler:All pretense goes out the window when the Group Date Labyrinth pairs the Akira and Lavenza of 2011 together. The Akira of 2016 sees this and realizes that he is genuinely in love with her. But then she gets a PlotRelevantAgeUp after she's properly fused back together in 2016, having kept a piece of herself inside him for safekeeping.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:After Okumura's death, Akira goes to confront Fake Igor and tell him off, consequences be damned. He ends up paying for it by having his soul shattered into countless tiny pieces, to the point that even Elizabeth was sure he was beyond recovery until he miraculously pulls his soul back together through the power of his bonds.]]
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* OutOfBodyExperience: [[spoiler:Akira's soul is separated from his own body after he goes to confront Yaldabaoth over Okumura's death and what he did to Lavenza. The God of Control's attack tears Akira's soul to pieces, though once he manages to pull himself back together, Elizabeth brings him to the relative safety of Mementos.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: During the P-1 Tournament, Elizabeth mentions that she came to investigate because of the unusual number of Persona users gathered in one place. Akira remembers this years later, and calls in every single Persona user he knows in hopes of piquing her interest so he can talk to her and figure out what Fake Igor is and why Lavenza has been replaced by Caroline and Justine.
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* DramaticIrony: After discovering that Akechi has knowledge of the Metaverse, the Phantom Thieves ultimately decide that he can't be Black Mask since his Metaverse outfit doesn't have one. Unfortunately for them, they're not quite right about that...
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* IndyPloy: As Yu puts it, Akira tends to fly by the seat of his pants and ''loves'' it. Compared to Yu's calm and careful leadership, Akira is a much more chaotic and spontaneous person whose quick thinking lets him run mental circles around his enemies through gambits that work out more often than not.
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* RetiredBadass: By the events of ''Forearmed'', Koromaru has reached his doggy golden years and doesn't show up with the rest of the Persona users Akira calls in to draw in Elizabeth because he's simply too old to be in this kind of action anymore.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, [[spoiler:the Akira from 2011 is dismayed to learn that he'll forget ever meeting his future self when all is said and done. But things get more complicated when the Akira from 2016 recalls a distinct memory of Zen informing his younger self that Rei is dead.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, [[spoiler:the Akira from 2011 is dismayed to learn that he'll forget ever meeting his future self when all is said and done. But things get more complicated when the Akira from 2016 recalls a distinct memory of Zen informing his younger self that Rei is dead. He does end up forgetting the whole thing by the end, but not before scratching "Igor Fake" onto his own arm.]]
* MoodWhiplash: In the ''Persona Q'' story, Akira, Yu, Lavenza, and Margaret are having a laugh about the song Elizabeth wrote about Igor's nose. Lavenza then mimics Igor's high-pitched voice telling them not to sing it again. Yu and Margaret say that she's on point, but Akira doesn't, telling her that she's completely off before giving an impression of the booming voice of the Igor he knows. That's when Yu, Lavenza, and Margaret realize that something is ''very'' wrong, leaving Akira to wrack his brain about how to remind himself of this with the impending LaserGuidedAmnesia. [[spoiler:He ends up cutting "Igor Fake" into his own skin with a knife, which ends up carrying over after seeing the scar his 2011 self got while fighting Shadows in the labyrinths.]]
* MoodWhiplash: In the ''Persona Q'' story, Akira, Yu, Lavenza, and Margaret are having a laugh about the song Elizabeth wrote about Igor's nose. Lavenza then mimics Igor's high-pitched voice telling them not to sing it again. Yu and Margaret say that she's on point, but Akira doesn't, telling her that she's completely off before giving an impression of the booming voice of the Igor he knows. That's when Yu, Lavenza, and Margaret realize that something is ''very'' wrong, leaving Akira to wrack his brain about how to remind himself of this with the impending LaserGuidedAmnesia. [[spoiler:He ends up cutting "Igor Fake" into his own skin with a knife, which ends up carrying over after seeing the scar his 2011 self got while fighting Shadows in the labyrinths.]]
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* EndearinglyDorky: Even after Akira develops his cheeky and mischievous personality, he gets embarrassed easily, especially when girls (or more specifically, Lavenza) is involved, is cheerfully enthusiastic about jumping into the TV World, and awkward when he's on the spot. This only endears him to Yu and his friends.
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* HappilyAdopted [[spoiler:While Akira's strange predicament prevents Dojima from signing adoption papers, it's blatantly clear that they've come to consider each other family. Akira causally refers to Nanako as his sister, and Dojima cares for him much like a son.]]
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* HappilyAdopted HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:While Akira's strange predicament prevents Dojima from signing adoption papers, it's blatantly clear that they've come to consider each other family. Akira causally refers to Nanako as his sister, and Dojima cares for him much like a son.]]
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* LuminescentBlush: Akira is prone to blushing furiously when he's embarrassed or ashamed, making it blatantly clear when he's in distress.
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is [[TheAgeless an ageless]]l aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly.
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is [[TheAgeless an ageless]]l ageless]] aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly.exactly. [[spoiler:All pretense goes out the window when the Group Date Labyrinth pairs the Akira and Lavenza of 2011 together. The Akira of 2016 sees this and realizes that he is genuinely in love with her.]]
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* ChickMagnet: Akira recalls getting confessed to by numerous girls as Yasogami High, but he turned them all down because he's still waiting for that special someone.
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* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:When the Akira of 2011 is asked how long he'd wait for his special someone by the Group Date Labyrinth, he replies that he'd wait forever. This, combined with Lavenza being Akira's supposed fated someone, gets the Akira of 2016 to realize his feelings for Lavenza.]]
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* {{Technobabble}}: Futaba's knowledge of her mother's cognitive psience flies right over Akira's and Yusuke's heads, who tell her to simplify it since she's clearly the only one understanding what she's saying. In the story's ''Persona Q'' section, she gets wide-eyed stares while wondering aloud if their time travel situation is a closed loop or a branching universe given that [[spoiler:the Akira from 2016 doesn't remember any of this despite the Akira from 2011 being present.]]
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* {{Technobabble}}: Futaba's knowledge of her mother's cognitive psience flies right over Akira's and Yusuke's heads, who tell her to simplify it since she's clearly the only one understanding what she's saying. In the story's ''Persona Q'' section, she gets wide-eyed stares while wondering aloud if their time travel situation is a [[StableTimeLoop closed loop loop]] or a [[AlternateUniverse branching universe universe]] given that [[spoiler:the Akira from 2016 doesn't remember any of this despite the Akira from 2011 being present.present. While it initially seems to be the former, the Akira of 2016 gets flashes of memory at certain moments, leaning the story toward the latter.]]
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* NotAMorningPerson: Akira doesn't enjoy getting up early in the morning and Yu has to shake him out of bed so he's not late for school. Yukiko notes that Yu seems to be the only one who seems to like mornings at all.
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is [[TheAgeless an immortal ageless]]l aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly.
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* IWillFindYou: Akira swears this to Lavenza after she mysteriously disappears and is replaced by Caroline and Justine. One of the first things he does after reuniting with Rise is to have her and Futaba combine their abilities as Navigators to scope out Mementos in hopes of finding Lavenza, and is given hope that they remember seeing a blue butterfly down there. [[spoiler:He reaffirms this oath to the Lavenza of 2011 when they meet in the fake Yasogami High School during the events of the ''Persona Q'' chapter of the story.]]
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: Akira grows from a cute, if gangly twelve-year-old into a TallDarkAndHandsome {{Bishonen}} by the time he turns sixteen. In the ''Persona Q'' story, the Investigation Team from 2011 is quick to notice is this, especially with the "dark and mysterious" air he gives off while hiding his eyes behind his glasses. [[spoiler:This is particularly noticeable given that the Akira from 2011 is present, prompting the girls to coo about how cute he used to be while Yu tries to shake him out of bed.]]
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: Akira grows from a cute, if gangly twelve-year-old into a TallDarkAndHandsome {{Bishonen}} by the time he turns sixteen. In the ''Persona Q'' story, the Investigation Team from 2011 is quick to notice is this, especially with the "dark and mysterious" air he gives off while hiding his eyes behind his glasses. [[spoiler:This is particularly noticeable given that the Akira from 2011 is present, prompting the girls to coo about how cute he used to be while Yu tries to shake him out of bed.]]
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* HaveWeMet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
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* HaveWeMet: HaveWeMetYet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, [[spoiler:the Akira from 2011 is dismayed to learn that he'll forget ever meeting his future self when all is said and done. But things get more complicated when the Akira from 2016 recalls a distinct memory of Zen informing his younger self that Rei is dead.]]
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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Akira's PurelyAestheticGlasses from ''Persona 5'' are recontextualized as a pair of Teddie's glasses for seeing through the fog as it leaks from the TV World into Inaba. He continues to wear them even after the fact even though he doesn't need them, to the point that he doesn't realize that Shujin is being shrouded in fog until Haru and Makoto point it out to him.
* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:Inverted. In the story's adaptation of ''Persona Q'', Akira runs into his future self. After getting over the initial confusion, both Akiras think it's awesome and the younger Akira is eager to ask all kinds of questions about the future, only to be dismayed when Lavenza informs him that he's likely to forget all this since the older Akira doesn't remember any of this happening.]]
* HaveWeMet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
* HaveWeMet: In the ''Persona Q'' chapter, Akira runs into Margaret and recognizes her instantly. Meanwhile, Margaret is surprised that he does, given that they hadn't spoken at that point, as well as her surprise at Akira being sixteen rather than twelve. [[spoiler:Then Futaba runs into the Akira from 201l. She gets a nagging feeling that she knows him, but doesn't connect the dots until he tells her his name.]]
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* NervesOfSteel: Yu is completely unphased by the Reaper when it ambushes him in Mementos, merely fighting it with his full arsenal of Personas until he can find an opportunity to retreat. The fact that he's completely and utterly calm about this terrifies Akechi, who quickly realizes that Yu is ''far'' more powerful than him.
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* NervesOfSteel: Yu is completely unphased unfazed by the Reaper when it ambushes him in Mementos, merely fighting it with his full arsenal of Personas until he can find an opportunity to retreat. The fact that he's completely and utterly calm about this terrifies Akechi, who quickly realizes that Yu is ''far'' more powerful than him.
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* {{Technobabble}}: Futaba's knowledge of her mother's cognitive psience flies right over Akira's and Yusuke's heads, who tell her to simplify it since she's clearly the only one understanding what she's saying. In the story's ''Persona Q'' section, she gets wide-eyed stares while wondering aloud if their time travel situation is a closed loop or a branching universe given that [[spoiler:the Akira from 2016 doesn't remember any of this despite the Akira from 2011 being present.]]
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* HeroismDoesntPayTheBills: In response to Naoto getting on his case, Akechi has the Conspiracy blacklist her from every police organization she has ever made contact with, forcing her to move out of Tokyo in the process. Unfortunately for him, she does find work with the Shadow Operatives and his act of sabotage [[NiceJobFixingItVillain quickly narrows all of her suspects down to him.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: Yu apologizes to Naoto when she's blacklisted from the police organizations she used to work with, as it's Yu's request to find Akira that ruined her career in the first place. She quickly assuages his concerns though, telling him that she should have trusted her detective instincts rather than Akechi and that this is all on her.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Akira never lived in one place for long and has no friends, family, or trusted adult figures to rely on until he comes to Inaba. Because of this, he's terrified of the future and what will happen after his year in Inaba is up. Part of the reason why he keeps jumping back into the TV World is because of the feeling of freedom and purpose he gets form having the powers of a Persona user that he can't get in reality.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Akira never lived in one place for long and has no friends, family, or trusted adult figures to rely on until he comes to Inaba. Because of this, he's terrified of the future and what will happen after his year in Inaba is up. Part of the reason why he keeps jumping back into the TV World is because of the feeling of freedom and purpose he gets form from having the powers of a Persona user that he can't get in reality.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Discussed. Akira tells Lavenza that he loves running around in the TV World despite the danger it poses because the superpowers he gets there make him feel special and that he has a purpose after going through life without one for so long. Compared to real life, where he's a bullied orphan desperately trying not to get kicked out of his new home, risking his life in the Metaverse is thrilling by comparison.
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* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Although they're both Wild Cards, Akira is barred from using the Velvet Room's facilities as he's not yet a guest. This, along with the great number of bonds Yu has cultivated around Inaba, is why Yu's Personas are so much more powerful than Akira's.
* SucksAtDancing: In the story's adaptation of ''Persona 4: Dancing All Night'', Akira quickly realizes that he's terrible at dancing and initially refuses to go on stage with everyone else out of fear of embarrassment. But he relents with some coaxing from Yu and Yusuke, finding it surprisingly fun despite knowing that he's really, really bad. The event still becomes something of a OnceDoneNeverForgotten thing for him, and he brings it up to Ann and Ryuji later when discussing Kamoshida's rumors about him.
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* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: Lavenza is concerned when Akira falls into the TV World, as he was not meant to know about the Metaverse yet in the "proper" course of events. Despite her attempts to make him stay in the real world, he keeps coming back both to revel in the powers of his Persona and to see her. She worries that Akira's increasing involvement would
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* NervesOfSteel: Yu is completely unphased by the Reaper when it ambushes him in Mementos, merely fighting it with his full arsenal of Personas until he can find an opportunity to retreat. The fact that he's completely and utterly calm about this terrifies Akechi, who quickly realizes that Yu is ''far'' more powerful than him.
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* CallForward: There are numerous nods to Akira's future as the leader of the Phantom Thieves.
** Igor and Lavenza continually refer to him as "Trickster", a title they only give him after they both return following Akira's confrontation with the BigBad in the Velvet Room.
** Akira developing StickyFingers and a reputation as an enormous trouble magnet all clear nods to his future escapades stealing Treasures from Palace Rulers and the unfortunate incident that brings him to Tokyo.
** Rather than the Investigation Team's brute forcing of the dungeons they encounter, Lavenza teaches Akira to be sneaky, as his Personas can't grow strong enough to handle all of the Shadows on his own without the Velvet Room. another skill that proves handy once he tackles Palaces as a teenager.
** Igor and Lavenza continually refer to him as "Trickster", a title they only give him after they both return following Akira's confrontation with the BigBad in the Velvet Room.
** Akira developing StickyFingers and a reputation as an enormous trouble magnet all clear nods to his future escapades stealing Treasures from Palace Rulers and the unfortunate incident that brings him to Tokyo.
** Rather than the Investigation Team's brute forcing of the dungeons they encounter, Lavenza teaches Akira to be sneaky, as his Personas can't grow strong enough to handle all of the Shadows on his own without the Velvet Room. another skill that proves handy once he tackles Palaces as a teenager.
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* AgeGapRomance: It's heavily implied that Akira has started to feel more than feelings of friendship for Lavenza, even if he can't quite parse out his relationship with her yet. But while he's grown up, her appearance has remained the same as ever. Though in reality, Lavenza is an immortal aspect of the Collective Unconscious, so it's unclear how old she is exactly.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Akechi attempts to sabotage Naoto's investigation into the circumstances of Akira's probation by having her blacklisted by every police organization she's ever made contact with. He smugly believes that this will get her off his trail as she'll be struggling to find work. In reality, this ends up narrowing the candidates of suspicious people down to him, and she immediately warns Yu and Akira about this while finding work with the Shadow Operatives for the time being.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Although Akira has never spoken to Igor personally, he knows that Igor's eccentric appearance belies his benevolent and courteous demeanor toward guests of the Velvet Room. So when Akira finally does wake up in the Velvet Room, he's immediately on edge by how deep and threatening Igor's voice is, as well as his referring to Akira as "inmate" rather than "guest" and the coming events as a "game".
* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to the terms of his probation, Akira is barred from meeting with any of his family and friends under threat of prosecution for their illicit harboring of a minor who should have gone into the foster care system. Because of this, he doesn't tell any of them what happened or where he's going, causing them unnecessary worry and creating numerous misunderstandings, like Ryuji accusing Yu of being a creepy stalker for trying to find Akira. It isn't until Akira stops trying to keep his head low and gets Futaba on his side that he finally makes contact with them, and they can finally meet in person by making use of Mementos to hide from prying eyes.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: But not by choice. Over the past few years, Tokyo's government has made it increasingly difficult for the Shadow Operatives to work in Tokyo by issuing a series of laws making it difficult to transfer funds and preventing the police from working with them. This is why Mitsuru and the rest of the Shadow Operatives can't join in on the Phantom Thieves' efforts to root out the Conspiracy.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to the terms of his probation, Akira is barred from meeting with any of his family and friends under threat of prosecution for their illicit harboring of a minor who should have gone into the foster care system. Because of this, he doesn't tell any of them what happened or where he's going, causing them unnecessary worry and creating numerous misunderstandings, like Ryuji accusing Yu of being a creepy stalker for trying to find Akira. It isn't until Akira stops trying to keep his head low and gets Futaba on his side that he finally makes contact with them, and they can finally meet in person by making use of Mementos to hide from prying eyes.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: But not by choice. Over the past few years, Tokyo's government has made it increasingly difficult for the Shadow Operatives to work in Tokyo by issuing a series of laws making it difficult to transfer funds and preventing the police from working with them. This is why Mitsuru and the rest of the Shadow Operatives can't join in on the Phantom Thieves' efforts to root out the Conspiracy.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Daiki and many of the other kids at Yasogami Elementary School don't take kindly to an outsider like Akira and begin bullying him from his first day at school.
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* InSeriesNickname: Lavenza continually refers to Akira as "Trickster", alluding to his future role as a guest of the Velvet Room and the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Heart. He's confused by this at first, but soon grows to like the nickname and embraces it.
* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
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* InSeriesNickname: Lavenza continually refers to Akira as "Trickster", alluding to his future role as a guest of the Velvet Room and the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Heart. He's confused by this at first, but soon grows to like the nickname and embraces it.
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* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale. Akira is also the only Persona user around to defend Inaba from the Shadows appearing there while the Investigation Team is off to defeat Adachi.]]
* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale. Akira is also the only Persona user around to defend Inaba from the Shadows appearing there while the Investigation Team is off to defeat Adachi.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu. Yu's inability to come clean about the TV World's existence to Akira causes Yu to become worried about this strange "Trickster" while Akira believes that Yu will hate him if he does tell the truth.
* StickyFingers: Akira has a habit of swiping things he shouldn't if it could help him in the future. It first starts with some of the vegetables from Nanako's garden as healing items. Then he swipes the glasses Teddie makes just in case. He even steals cards from Igor's compendium in hopes of using those Personas, though it turns out that only Yu can summon them and Akira has to convince those Personas to become one of his masks. This habit of his is another CallForward to his future as a Phantom Thief.
* StickyFingers: Akira has a habit of swiping things he shouldn't if it could help him in the future. It first starts with some of the vegetables from Nanako's garden as healing items. Then he swipes the glasses Teddie makes just in case. He even steals cards from Igor's compendium in hopes of using those Personas, though it turns out that only Yu can summon them and Akira has to convince those Personas to become one of his masks. This habit of his is another CallForward to his future as a Phantom Thief.
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** Akira reaches out to Futaba after she tries to sneak into Leblanc to plant a bug to listen in on him. As a result, he and Yusuke are able to help Futaba confront her trauma and get her obtain her Persona before Ryuji and Ann are able to get much of anywhere in Kamoshida's Palace.Palace. This means that the Phantom Thieves are a much bigger party from the outset.
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** Madarame's previous experience with Akira means that he hates him for distracting Yusuke from producing more works of art to pass off as Madarame's own. Because of this, Madarame's Shadow instantly jacks up the security level at the mere sight of Akira, forcing him to sit out Madarame's Palace until the time comes to steal Madarame's heart, when the security is going to be jacked up anyways.
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* TheAce: Yu is the strongest member of the Investigation Team by far thanks to his abilities as the Wild Card, his natural leadership skills, and his natural talent at basically anything.
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* IGotBigger: Akira starts hitting his growth spurt about halfway into his stay in Inaba. It's far more of a nuisance than anything, as gaining several inches over the course of a few weeks means that he quickly outgrows all of his clothes. The lack of money from his parents to replace them raises additional red flags with Dojima, and Akira is soon too big to use the TV in his and Yu's bedroom to enter the TV World.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Although Akira is TheAce of the Phantom Thieves, it's blatantly clear to everyone that Yu is a step above in every conceivable way. This is probably most blatant in their fight against [[spoiler:Nanako's Shadow]]. It's powerful enough that Akira collapses in a heap on a floor afterward, while Yu treats it like a light workout.
* BashBrothers: Yu and Akira tag-team in Mementos in order to [[spoiler:subdue Nanako's Shadow]]. Futaba watches in amazement as the two of them work, neither one taking a leadership position but both of them seamlessly covering for one another.
* BashBrothers: Yu and Akira tag-team in Mementos in order to [[spoiler:subdue Nanako's Shadow]]. Futaba watches in amazement as the two of them work, neither one taking a leadership position but both of them seamlessly covering for one another.
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* HappilyAdopted [[spoiler:While Akira's strange predicament prevents Dojima from signing adoption papers, it's blatantly clear that they've come to consider each other family. Akira causally refers to Nanako as his sister, and Dojima cares for him much like a son.]]
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* ParentsAsPeople: Dojima loves his daughter Nanako, but his work as a police officer and the stress of the mystery of the serial killings prevents him from always being there for her, leaving Akira and Yu to babysit her in her place.
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* TheAce: Much like how Yu was the leader and strongest of the Investigation Team, Akira's several year headstart in the Metaverse and abilities as the Wild Card make him by far the strongest and most experienced member of the Phantom Thieves.
* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Nanako confronts her Shadow in Mementos, and while she is unable to accept it right away, she's able to realize that what it's saying the truth after Yu and Akira subdue it. As a result, it becomes her Persona, Murasaki Shikibu.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Nanako confronts her Shadow in Mementos, and while she is unable to accept it right away, she's able to realize that what it's saying the truth after Yu and Akira subdue it. As a result, it becomes her Persona, Murasaki Shikibu.]]
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** Due to Akira entering Kamoshida's Palace late, Akechi makes the mistake of revealing himself far too soon in his attempts to turn Ryuji and Ann into {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. As a result, he's blindsided by the arrival of Akira and Morgana and scrambles to change his plans. But Akira's connection to Naoto through Yu soon has the Phantom Thieves pinning Akechi as Black Mask even before the infamous pancake comment.
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** Akira reaches out to Futaba after she tries to sneak into Leblanc to plant a bug to listen in on him. As a result, he and Yusuke are able to help Futaba confront her trauma and obtain her Persona before Ryuji and Ann are able to get much of anywhere in Kamoshida's Palace.
** Due to Akira entering Kamoshida's Palace late, Akechi makes the mistake of revealing himself far too soon in his attempts to turn Ryuji and Ann into {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. As a result, he's blindsided by the arrival of Akira and Morgana and scrambles to change his plans. But Akira's connection to Naoto through Yu soon has the Phantom Thieves pinning Akechi asBlack Mask a traitor even before the infamous pancake comment.
** Due to Akira entering Kamoshida's Palace late, Akechi makes the mistake of revealing himself far too soon in his attempts to turn Ryuji and Ann into {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. As a result, he's blindsided by the arrival of Akira and Morgana and scrambles to change his plans. But Akira's connection to Naoto through Yu soon has the Phantom Thieves pinning Akechi as
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Akira loves running around in the TV World despite the danger because the superpowers he gets there make him feel special and that he has a purpose after going through life without one for so long.
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* ForWantOfANail: Compared to the previous story, Akira's ExperiencedProtagonist mindset changes a whole bunch of things.
** Akira quickly picks up on Kamoshida's pervertedness from the outset and manages to convince Ann not to step into his car. As a result, Akira makes it to class on time while Ryuji and Ann enter Kamoshida's Palace first. In fact, he doesn't learn about it until long after he gets back in the game by entering Futaba's Palace.
** Due to Akira entering Kamoshida's Palace late, Akechi makes the mistake of revealing himself far too soon in his attempts to turn Ryuji and Ann into {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. As a result, he's blindsided by the arrival of Akira and Morgana and scrambles to change his plans. But Akira's connection to Naoto through Yu soon has the Phantom Thieves pinning Akechi as Black Mask even before the infamous pancake comment.
** Akira quickly picks up on Kamoshida's pervertedness from the outset and manages to convince Ann not to step into his car. As a result, Akira makes it to class on time while Ryuji and Ann enter Kamoshida's Palace first. In fact, he doesn't learn about it until long after he gets back in the game by entering Futaba's Palace.
** Due to Akira entering Kamoshida's Palace late, Akechi makes the mistake of revealing himself far too soon in his attempts to turn Ryuji and Ann into {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. As a result, he's blindsided by the arrival of Akira and Morgana and scrambles to change his plans. But Akira's connection to Naoto through Yu soon has the Phantom Thieves pinning Akechi as Black Mask even before the infamous pancake comment.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The story ends with Yu's realization about the true culprit behind Adachi's murders and Marie's predicament. He and Akira then run off to confront Izanami to end the events of the fog and the Midnight Channel once and for all.
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* NaughtyIsGood: In contrast to Yu who is maturing into a responsible young man, Akira's CharacterDevelopment revolves around him moving past the trauma of his parents' deaths and his fear of the future to become TheTrickster he's destined to be. This involves sneaking out, swiping things that could prove useful, and lying about his whereabouts to prevent his new family and friends from worrying about him, though his actions also bring himself and the family he's trying to protect a lot of grief.
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* KnifeNut: Akira purchases a pair of cheap daggers from Daidara Ironworks because they're the only things he's able to afford from the meager amount of cash he's scrounged up from beating up Shadows in the TV World. They soon become his preferred weapons and he continues to use them well into his teenage years.
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* TerribleArtist: Akira struggles to draw anything more complex than a stick figure, to the point that 6-year-old Nanako is a far better artist than him. He's hurt when Nanako can't decipher his drawings and quickly admires Yusuke's budding artistic talent.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Akira is a perpetually glum StepfordSmiler who is desperately trying to find some semblance of normalcy at the start of the story. His adventures in the Metaverse as well as his growing sense of belonging in Inaba brings more of his true personality to light: a thrill-seeking, cheeky, and kindhearted young man as well as a huge trouble magnet.
* FamilyOfChoice: Although joining the Dojima household is initially a matter of convenience for Akira, he soon grows to genuinely love Dojima and Nanako as family for taking him in on top of seeing Yu as a big brother figure. [[spoiler:Akira doesn't even hesitate to say yes when Dojima offers to let him stay.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: Igor allows Lavenza to advise and watch over Akira in his adventures even though he's not yet a guest in the Velvet Room, with the condition that she not intervene in any of his battles, a command she follows to the letter. [[spoiler:But that doesn't stop her from indirectly assisting him when he'd otherwise never make it. She's able to find Akira and Nanako after Namatame traps them both in the Midnight Channel and offers to guard her while Akira jumps through a portal in search of help to bring Nanako back to safety.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: Igor allows Lavenza to advise and watch over Akira in his adventures even though he's not yet a guest in the Velvet Room, with the condition that she not intervene in any of his battles, a command she follows to the letter. [[spoiler:But But that doesn't stop her from indirectly assisting him when he'd otherwise never make it. She's able to find Akira and Nanako after Namatame traps them both in the Midnight Channel and offers to guard her while Akira jumps through a portal in search of help to bring Nanako back to safety.]]
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** Akira meets Yusuke well before he's expected to, and they both get involved in the Metaverse completely by accident. As a result, they become BestFriends willing to stake their lives for one another, which carries on into ''Forearmed'', as Yusuke is the first one Akira seeks out for help during his probation.
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** Akira meets Yusuke well before he's expected to, and they both get involved in the Metaverse completely by accident. As a result, they become BestFriends {{Best Friend}}s willing to stake their lives for one another, which carries on into ''Forearmed'', as Yusuke is the first one Akira seeks out for help during his probation.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** Akira joins the Dojima household when he otherwise would have never met them, getting to know Yu and his friends along the way as well as [[EveryonesBabySister getting doted on nearly as much as Nanako.]]
** Akira meets Yusuke well before he's expected to, and they both get involved in the Metaverse completely by accident. As a result, they become BestFriends willing to stake their lives for one another, which carries on into ''Forearmed'', as Yusuke is the first one Akira seeks out for help during his probation.
** Akira joins the Dojima household when he otherwise would have never met them, getting to know Yu and his friends along the way as well as [[EveryonesBabySister getting doted on nearly as much as Nanako.]]
** Akira meets Yusuke well before he's expected to, and they both get involved in the Metaverse completely by accident. As a result, they become BestFriends willing to stake their lives for one another, which carries on into ''Forearmed'', as Yusuke is the first one Akira seeks out for help during his probation.
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** Similarly, Lavenza tries to keep Akira out of the Metaverse since it isn't his time to develop as the Trickster. But she finds herself drawn to the rambunctious and adventure-seeking boy, following him while trying to hide her intervention from Margaret and Igor. Though it turns into a pointless endeavor, as while Igor is well aware of Lavenza's interactions with Akira and outright approves of their growing bond so long as Lavenza doesn't solve Akira's problems for him.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Akira never lived in one place for long and has no friends, family, or trusted adult figures to rely on until he comes to Inaba. Because of this, he's terrified of the future and what will happen after his year in Inaba is up. Part of the reason why he keeps jumping back into the TV World is because of the feeling of freedom and purpose he gets form having the powers of a Persona user that he can't get in reality.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Akira loves running around in the TV World despite the danger because the superpowers he gets there make him feel special and that he has a purpose after going through life without one for so long.
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* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly, though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
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* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly, directly (in large part due to Lavenza's insistence), though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
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** Akira hides his parent's deaths from Yu and Dojima out of fear of being kicked out should they learn the truth. Unbeknownst to him, Dojima had already dug into Akira's past given how it's impossible to reach Akira's parents and learned about this within a few months of taking him in. He doesn't confront Akira about this at Yu's insistence that Akira be allowed to come clean himself.
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** Akira hides his parent's deaths from Yu and Dojima out of fear of being kicked out should they learn the truth. Unbeknownst to him, Dojima had already dug into Akira's past given how it's impossible to reach Akira's parents and learned about this within a few months of taking him in. He doesn't confront Akira about this at Yu's insistence that Akira be allowed to come clean himself.
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* IronicName: Akira's full name is based on the Japanese pronunciation of "A killer kills you". So when he jumps into Kamoshida's Palace in full thief garb to help the struggling Ann and Ryuji, they immediately accuse him of being the Black Mask who attacked them earlier despite Akira being completely innocent and unaware of Black Mask's existence.
* OhCrap: While lurking in Mementos to spy on Akira and Yu, Akechi runs into the Reaper and desperately ducks for cover. To his horror, Yu is completely calm when facing the monstrously powerful Shadow and manages to fight it to a standstill on his lonesome before retreating, sending Akechi into a severe panic over howstrongl strong this stranger from nowheresville is.
* OhCrap: While lurking in Mementos to spy on Akira and Yu, Akechi runs into the Reaper and desperately ducks for cover. To his horror, Yu is completely calm when facing the monstrously powerful Shadow and manages to fight it to a standstill on his lonesome before retreating, sending Akechi into a severe panic over how
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Having gotten involved in the supernatural when he was 12, Akira is more than capable of handling himself in the Metaverse and is well-acquainted with Personas and fighting in general.
* ImprobableUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akira is familiar with using strands of wheat as makeshift lockpicks in the Metaverse. Morgana, a trained thief who knows how to make actual lockpicks, is flabbergasted at the sight of this.
* ImprobableUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akira is familiar with using strands of wheat as makeshift lockpicks in the Metaverse. Morgana, a trained thief who knows how to make actual lockpicks, is flabbergasted at the sight of this.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Having gotten involved in the supernatural when he was 12, Akira is more than capable of handling himself in the Metaverse and is well-acquainted with Personas and fighting in general.
general. But he needs the nitty-gritty of this new Metaverse and cognitive psience explained to him, namely things like Palaces, Treasures, and Mementos.
*ImprobableUseOfFood: OhCrap: While lurking in Mementos to spy on Akira and Yu, Akechi runs into the Reaper and desperately ducks for cover. To his horror, Yu is completely calm when facing the monstrously powerful Shadow and manages to fight it to a standstill on his lonesome before retreating, sending Akechi into a severe panic over how strongl this stranger from nowheresville is.
* UnconventionalUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akirais familiar with using strands of learns to use the wheat that grows in Nanako's garden as a makeshift lockpicks lockpick in the Metaverse. Morgana, a trained thief who knows how to make actual lockpicks, uses conventional lockpicks for his endeavors, is flabbergasted at when Akira pulls out a strand of wheat to pick the sight of this.
lock to his cell.
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* UnconventionalUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akira
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Akira Kurusu is a strange kid. Quiet, mousey, and nearly perpetually glum. He does a good job of pretending everything is normal, but there's always the hint that there's something wrong beneath the surface. At least, that's the impression Ryotaro Dojima got when he agreed to take the 11-year-old in as part of a school exchange program. Strangely enough, the kid's parents are nowhere to be found, and all calls to the phone numbers on Akira's records lead to dead lines.
Unbeknownst to anyone else, Akira's parents have been dead for over a year. This exchange program is his last-ditch effort to find obtain some normalcy when he had none. He just had to keep his head low for another year until he could figure out what to do since no one else seems to know or care enough to tell him.
But this illusion of normal life is quickly shaken by the arrival of Dojima's nephew, Yu Narukami, the strange fog, and a string of bizarre serial murders that have swept through the otherwise sleepy town of Inaba.
''Forewarned is Forearmed'' is a series of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfics written by [=VampireBadger=]. It follows Akira as a witness to the happenings of Inaba, all while he gets increasingly entangled in the supernatural and his future as the Trickster.
It can be read in order [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1767610 here]].
The story is clearly written with the mindset that the reader knows the stories of both ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5''. All spoilers pertaining to those games will be left unmarked.
'''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned'''.
!!Forewarned contains examples of:
* BigBrotherInstinct: Although joining the Dojima household is a ploy for Akira to avoid being dumped into the Japanese foster care system, Akira is quickly takes a liking to living there and becomes extremely protective of Nanako. Similarly, Yu becomes equally protective and doting on both Akira and Nanako.
* BondingOverMissingParents: Akira meets Yusuke well before they originally do in the games, as Yusuke is staying with Madarame at the Amagi Inn. They soon find common ground over their background as orphans.
* ForWantOfANail: Subverted. For the most part, Akira's presence does little to change the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot, and Lavenza tries her hardest to keep things that way out of fear of causing a BadFuture.
* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing: After saving Akira from his own Shadow, Lavenza pointedly refuses to intervene in any more of his fights, saying that these are challenges that he must overcome on his own. That said, she watches over him and ensures he doesn't get too in over his head while giving him advice.
* InSeriesNickname: Lavenza continually refers to Akira as "Trickster", alluding to his future role as a guest of the Velvet Room and the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Heart. He's confused by this at first, but soon grows to like the nickname and embraces it.
* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly, though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The existence of Lavenza is a closely-guarded secret in ''Persona 5'', as her existence reveals the nature of the true BigBad of the game. She appears relatively early in this story to rescue Akira after he falls into the TV World by accident, and later becomes his first friend.
* LoopholeAbuse: Igor allows Lavenza to advise and watch over Akira in his adventures even though he's not yet a guest in the Velvet Room, with the condition that she not intervene in any of his battles, a command she follows to the letter. [[spoiler:But that doesn't stop her from indirectly assisting him when he'd otherwise never make it. She's able to find Akira and Nanako after Namatame traps them both in the Midnight Channel and offers to guard her while Akira jumps through a portal in search of help to bring Nanako back to safety.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Akira's "Trickster" moniker proves to do more harm than good, as Lavenza's constant attempts to hide him from the Investigation Team to ensure the story proceeds as usual makes Yu suspicious of the nebulous and conniving-sounding "Trickster". Even though said Trickster hadn't done anything to him or anyone he knows, the fact that there's another rogue Persona user with such an ominous name constantly puts Yu on edge, and Akira learning about this makes him reluctant to spill the beans to him.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu.
!!Forearmed contains examples of:
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Having gotten involved in the supernatural when he was 12, Akira is more than capable of handling himself in the Metaverse and is well-acquainted with Personas and fighting in general.
* ImprobableUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akira is familiar with using strands of wheat as makeshift lockpicks in the Metaverse. Morgana, a trained thief who knows how to make actual lockpicks, is flabbergasted at the sight of this.
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Unbeknownst to anyone else, Akira's parents have been dead for over a year. This exchange program is his last-ditch effort to find obtain some normalcy when he had none. He just had to keep his head low for another year until he could figure out what to do since no one else seems to know or care enough to tell him.
But this illusion of normal life is quickly shaken by the arrival of Dojima's nephew, Yu Narukami, the strange fog, and a string of bizarre serial murders that have swept through the otherwise sleepy town of Inaba.
''Forewarned is Forearmed'' is a series of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5'' fanfics written by [=VampireBadger=]. It follows Akira as a witness to the happenings of Inaba, all while he gets increasingly entangled in the supernatural and his future as the Trickster.
It can be read in order [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1767610 here]].
The story is clearly written with the mindset that the reader knows the stories of both ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5''. All spoilers pertaining to those games will be left unmarked.
'''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned'''.
!!Forewarned contains examples of:
* BigBrotherInstinct: Although joining the Dojima household is a ploy for Akira to avoid being dumped into the Japanese foster care system, Akira is quickly takes a liking to living there and becomes extremely protective of Nanako. Similarly, Yu becomes equally protective and doting on both Akira and Nanako.
* BondingOverMissingParents: Akira meets Yusuke well before they originally do in the games, as Yusuke is staying with Madarame at the Amagi Inn. They soon find common ground over their background as orphans.
* ForWantOfANail: Subverted. For the most part, Akira's presence does little to change the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot, and Lavenza tries her hardest to keep things that way out of fear of causing a BadFuture.
* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing: After saving Akira from his own Shadow, Lavenza pointedly refuses to intervene in any more of his fights, saying that these are challenges that he must overcome on his own. That said, she watches over him and ensures he doesn't get too in over his head while giving him advice.
* InSeriesNickname: Lavenza continually refers to Akira as "Trickster", alluding to his future role as a guest of the Velvet Room and the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Heart. He's confused by this at first, but soon grows to like the nickname and embraces it.
* KidHero: Downplayed. Akira doesn't do much to influence the events of ''Persona 4's'' plot directly, though he does get involved in the Metaverse much earlier and learns how to take down Shadows on his own. But his Personas aren't particularly strong, especially when compared to Yu's, due to lacking access to the Velvet Room and a sufficient number of bonds to power them up. [[spoiler:But his presence ends up tipping off both Nanako and Dojima to the nature of Shadows, Personas, and the Metaverse, getting them all much more involved in the finale.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The existence of Lavenza is a closely-guarded secret in ''Persona 5'', as her existence reveals the nature of the true BigBad of the game. She appears relatively early in this story to rescue Akira after he falls into the TV World by accident, and later becomes his first friend.
* LoopholeAbuse: Igor allows Lavenza to advise and watch over Akira in his adventures even though he's not yet a guest in the Velvet Room, with the condition that she not intervene in any of his battles, a command she follows to the letter. [[spoiler:But that doesn't stop her from indirectly assisting him when he'd otherwise never make it. She's able to find Akira and Nanako after Namatame traps them both in the Midnight Channel and offers to guard her while Akira jumps through a portal in search of help to bring Nanako back to safety.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Akira's "Trickster" moniker proves to do more harm than good, as Lavenza's constant attempts to hide him from the Investigation Team to ensure the story proceeds as usual makes Yu suspicious of the nebulous and conniving-sounding "Trickster". Even though said Trickster hadn't done anything to him or anyone he knows, the fact that there's another rogue Persona user with such an ominous name constantly puts Yu on edge, and Akira learning about this makes him reluctant to spill the beans to him.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A driving source of conflict in the story is how reluctant the characters are to reveal the truth. Akira's refusal to reveal his parents' deaths causes Yu and Dojima worry about how they can't get in contact with them. Lavenza's refusal to let Akira get involved with the Investigation Team out of fear of causing a BadFuture she can't speak about drives a wedge between Akira and Yu.
!!Forearmed contains examples of:
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Having gotten involved in the supernatural when he was 12, Akira is more than capable of handling himself in the Metaverse and is well-acquainted with Personas and fighting in general.
* ImprobableUseOfFood: From his previous adventures in the TV World, Akira is familiar with using strands of wheat as makeshift lockpicks in the Metaverse. Morgana, a trained thief who knows how to make actual lockpicks, is flabbergasted at the sight of this.
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