History Characters / PersonaShallowColourHighSchool

* {{Keigo}}: Ai is rather reluctant to speak formally, usually being quite casual even with her teachers.

* {{Happily Adopted}}: By a [[HasTwoMommies lesbian Japanese couple]] that moved to Massachusetts, in the US.

Kikuhime's Persona is Tamamo-no-Mae, the most famous {{kitsune}} in Japanese tradition.

* {{Asexual}}: Perhaps ironically, given his Arcanum, Heiwa is more interested in people than in bodies, and only feels attraction to people that he has bonded to emotionally - and sometimes not even then!

A first-year who participates in several clubs, Mitsuki is a solemn young woman with a [[Main/DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]] and a no-nonsense attitude. She knows that she is easily fooled, after being taken advantage of by a group of girls who pretended to be her friends in order to get her help, but remains naive.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XII - Inverse Hanged Man]]
Ai was once a relatively cheerful and normal student, kind and well-liked. In middle school, she kept her younger sister Rin near constant company, always walking her home from school, and was generally a great older sister and student in general. Then, once she moved on to high school, she accepted someone's confession and spent the afternoon with them instead of Rin, which ended in [[Main/TearJerker tragedy]] as her younger sister vanished on the way home. She feels as though it is her fault, and that her parents blame her for Rin's disappearance.

Ai's Persona is [[Main/JeanneDArchetype Jeanne d'Arc]], the famous standard-bearer and Saint of the Hundred Years War.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs VI - The Lovers]]

An [[Main/AmbiguousGender androgynous]] second year student, Heiwa is originally from the countryside, and only moved to Madasui after [[Main/AbusiveParents certain events]] led to him to flee his home for a more accepting place. A dancer and a mythology geek, he struggled to make connections with others when he first arrived, only to befriend a distant cousin, Takeshi. Takeshi brought Heiwa along to social activities until he came down with the Nothingness Curse and ceased to function as a normal person. Heiwa is often socially awkward, not quite grasping what the socially-expected thing to do in a given circumstance is. Nevertheless, he is genuine and warm-hearted.

* {{Abusive Parents}}: Well, abusive [[Main/FantasyForbiddingFather father]] who was convinced of the [[Main/SarcasmMode virtues]] of {{tough love}}, and was ''displeased'' with his son's dancing and other "[[Main/SarcasmMode un-manly]] [[Main/PinkisforSissies pursuits]]."
* {{Ambiguous Gender}}: Very deliberately so. While his player uses male prounouns to describe him (and he is biologically male), Heiwa is more genderfluid than solidly attached to any one gender.

* {{Cool Old Lady}}: Not Heiwa himself, but his great-grandmother, who took him in when he fled from home, then pointed him in the direction of Madasui. A survivor of the Second World War, she is not native to Japan, and married an officer whom she met in Shanghai.
* {{Wholesome Crossdresser}}: While he does not really consider himself "male," Heiwa has a long-time appreciation for wearing clothing intended for women. He is especially fond of furisodes, though he likes western dresses, too.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XIX - The Sun]]

Saki is a second year student at Mishima whose boundless energy and good-cheer tends to bring an equal mixture of exhausted and entertained classmates. A native of Osaka, she only moved to Madasui recently. Before she left her home, however, she was forced to say goodbye to Yuto, a boy that she had been mentoring and helping for several years. It ended [[Main/DriventoSuicide poorly]] for Yuto, but Saki endures, shining onwards.

* {{Brutal Honesty}}: Saki is very direct, and while she can usually be trusted not to lie to someone to spare their feelings... she doesn't lie to anyone to spare their feelings.
* {{Cool Big Sis}}: She played this role to Yuto, back in Osaka, though it ended in [[Main/TearJerker tears]].
* {{Genki Girl}}: Yes, Saki is a tad overenthusiastic and seems to have limitless reserves of energy.
* {{Perpetual Smiler}}: Not to a disturbing degree, but Saki is a fairly cheerful girl, and tends to bring smiles with her where she goes.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XIII - Inverse Death]]

Daisuke is in his last year at Mishima High, having been scouted years before for his programming skills. He feels [[Main/ItsAllMyFault intensely guilty]] for the suicide of a friend, and has become fixated on the event to the point of crippling his social life and general performance.

* {{Happily Adopted}}: By a [[Main/HasTwoMommies lesbian Japanese couple]] that moved to Massachusetts, in the US.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XII - The Inverse Hanged Man]]

A quiet third year that is the president of the Health Committee of Mishima's High School branch, Ikuyo does not stand out from a crowd. Compassionate and non-judgmental to a fault, she has become known as a person [[Main/TheReliableOne upon whom you can rely]], if ever you need it. It doesn't help, then, that she rarely gets a chance to speak her own mind, being overwhelmed by others' troubles. The daughter of a doctor who aspired to once become one herself, she has been given the burden of taking care of her father once he took to alcoholism after he and her mother split apart.

* {{All Loving Heroine}}: Ikuyo is so utterly compassionate that she neglects her own desires and needs.
* {{I Just Want to Have Friends}}: While she does indeed have friends, they are both no longer at Mishima, leaving Ikuyo rather lonely even as she is surrounded by people.
* {{Promotion to Parent}}: For her father, of all people, after he took to alcoholism. Also to some extent to everyone who comes to her with fears and concerns.
* {{The Quiet One}}: When others are not consulting with her, Ikuyo remains fairly quiet, simply observing people rather than interacting with them.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XI - The Strength]]

* {{Beware the Nice Ones}}: Kikuhime is, on the surface, [[Main/YamatoNadeshiko a sweet, compassionate, and courteous young woman]], but if she is wroth or wronged, beware her fangs.
* {{Fragile Speedster}}: With her stats, Kikuhime is a critical-hit beast, but does not have much in the way of defenses.
* {{Katanas are Just Better}}: Kikuhime's weapon in the Painted World, and one of the four martial arts with which she is proficient.
* {{Naginatas are Feminine}}: Kikuhime is a member of the naginata-do club, and is rather proficient in the use of the weapon.
* {{The Ojou}}: Both her upbringing and how other classmates tend to see her makes Kikuhime fall squarely within this trope.
* {{Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training}}: Perhaps this overstates it, but Kikuhime has virtually ''no'' skills with which to care for herself or her house - she cannot cook, cannot clean beyond the most basic tasks, has not the faintest clue on how to use Japan's systems of public transportation... and generally lacks a lot of essential life skills for those not insanely wealthy.
* {{Weakened by the Light}}: Not... exactly, but Kikuhime, as an albino, burns horrifically badly and insanely fast when it comes to standing outside in the sunlight. It's why she always keeps a [[Main/ParasolofPrettiness parasol]] nearby.
* {{Yamato Nadeshiko}}: Kikuhime has been raised to be one of these, and while her core of steel has yet to come to the fore, she has one well hidden beneath the surface.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XII - The Hanged Man]]

* {{Hates Being Touched}}: As part of the etiquette he was taught, Kiyoshi finds the idea of others touching him mildly horrifying.
* {{Noble Bigot}}: He tries his best to be a good person, but his definitions of what that entails often leads him to being blind to some of the more modern developments - like sexuality, gender roles, and what constitutes appropriate entertainment.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XVII - The Star]]

* {{Berserk Button}}: She sees any obstacles or challenges she encounters as direct threats to her happiness. People who make themselves into such things see a darker side of Mikoto.

* {{In Universe Nickname}}: Mi-Mi, from the first sound of both her names.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs VIII - The Justice]]

* {{Dissonant Serenity}}: Though this is perhaps an overstatement, in times of stress, Kyousuke is much more level-headed than one might expect of someone so disillusioned with heroism.

* {{Adorkable}}: Heiwa tries his best to be a [[Main/AllLovingHero compassionate and caring]] person, but his social awkwardness usually makes him end up here.

* {{Heroic Albino}}: She does her best to hide the second, and to live up to the first, but Kikuhime is in fact very interested in helping those who have less privilege than herself, and also lacks pigment entirely.

* {{Raven Hair Ivory Skin}}: She has the look of this, but only because she dyes her hair on a regular basis. In truth, she's a {{Heroic Albino}}, as mentioned above.

* ReformedBully: Ayano was a bully to those she considered her social inferiors in elementary school, and absolutely tormented [[FragileFlower Sayako Fumai]] in middle school to the point that the other girl had a nervous breakdown. Being thanked for taking her to the nurse is what dramatically changed her personality.

Ai was once a relatively cheerful and normal student, kind and well-liked. In middle school, she kept her younger sister [[Main/FragileFlower Rin]] near constant company, always walking her home from school, and was generally a great older sister and student in general. Then, once she moved on to high school, she accepted someone's confession and spent the afternoon with them instead of Rin, which ended in [[Main/TearJerker tragedy]] as her younger sister vanished on the way home. She feels as though it is her fault, and that her parents blame her for Rin's disappearance.

Appropriately enough, Kyousuke's Persona is a certain [[Main/FateStayNight Crimson Guardian]], a similar failed hero.

* {{Expy}}: Not Kyousuke himself. Rather, his Persona has some parallels to a certain [[Main/FateStayNight red archer]].

A first year girl at Mishima's High School branch who is incredibly fascinated by [[Main/CthulhuMythos the Cthulhu Mythos]]. An aspiring author, she despises lies she is insistent on confronting liars with the truth. Though she was once a bully and the child of a wealthy TV host, she has transformed dramatically since her father's scandal and accidentally causing another girl a nervous breakdown... though she still has some troubles working with others and making close connections with them.

* {{Berserk Button}}: She has a general zero-tolerance policy with regards to being teased or thinking she's being teased.

* {{Gamer Chick}}: Her father introduced her to the {{RPG}} genre when she was young, and she remains invested in it to this day.
* {{Meaningful Name}}: {{In Universe}}, even. Her name refers to a moonbeam that fell on her face when she was born.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs VIII - The Upright Justice]]

Ayano's Persona is [[Literature/TheKinginYellow The King in Yellow]], the subject of the infamous play that drives readers mad.

* {{Reformed Bully}}: Ayano was a bully to those she considered her social inferiors in elementary school, and absolutely tormented [[Main/FragileFlower Sayako Fumai]] in middle school to the point that the other girl had a nervous breakdown. Being thanked for taking her to the nurse is what dramatically changed her personality.
* {{The Perfectionist}}: Her reason for bullying Sayako, at least in part. The girl just ''won't'' accept anything less than great success, at least when it comes to academics or club activities.

!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs II - The High Priestess]]

Mikoto's Persona is [[Main/SlavicMythology Verchern]], one of the two goddesses deemed as "Aurora" in Slavic folklore. She closes the gates to the sun's palace, so that night may arrive.

* {{Alliterative Name}}: Mikoto Misaki, which gives her her nickname.

Main/Expy Appropriately enough, Kyousuke's Persona is a certain [[Main/FateStayNight Crimson Guardian]], a similar failed hero.

* {{Walking Techbane}}: Kiyoshi is... [[Main/Understatement not very good with machines]]. They tend to malfunction whenever he's near, and he is mildly terrified of anything more advanced than a landline telephone.

Mitsuki's Persona is [[Main/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], the Greek goddess of the hunt and chastity, who rode the chariot of the moon.

Daisuke's Persona is [[Main/ClassicalMythology Orcus]], a Roman god of the Underworld that was later affiliated with Pluto.

Ikuyo's Persona is [[Main/ClassicalMythology the Caladrius]], a Roman bird that was able to cleanse people of diseases by taking them onto itself and flying into the sun.

!!Kiyoshi Akamine
!!! Player: Umbraflamma
!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XII - The Hanged Man]]
Kiyoshi is the heir of a long line of kendo dojo teachers, themselves descended from a samurai family stripped of their status during the Meiji era. A man who would have been happier living in the Edo period, Kiyoshi often finds the modern world of Japan and Madasui equally intimidating and horrifying.

Kiyoshi's Persona is Saigo Takamori, a man infamous as the last samurai of Japan, who led a revolt against the government when the samurai lost their high status during the Meiji era.

!!Suzume Yamamoto
!!! Player: Miao93
!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs XVIII - The Moon]]

An extremely strange young woman who is convinced that all manner of horrible conspiracies lurk behind the scenes in virtually all events, Suzume was taken from her single mother as early as she can remember. While her mother later regained custody of her daughter, it was only brief, and Suzume spent much of her childhood cycling through the Japanese alternative care programs until she was fostered to a couple for four years, before being finally reunited with her mother for good. She remains one of the "weird kids" of Mishima, despite her joining the baseball team.

Suzume's Persona is [[Literature/TheIliad Cassandra]], whose infamous prophetic abilities were [[Main/TheCassandra forever ignored]] by those they were intended for.


!!! Tropes:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She is, in her player's words, a quintessential weird girl, with all manner of odd quirks that make her somewhat... dissonant with the rest of society and reality.
* {{Conspiracy Theorist}}: Oh yes. Suzume has dozens of theories about how various groups are intending to take over the world/your mind/Japan through a variety of means.
* {{Orphanage of Fear}}: While it was probably not intentionally malevolent, Suzume's first memories are of a place like this.

!!Junko Takagi
!!! Player: tsupertsundere
!!! Arcanum: [[Main/TarotMotifs VII - The Inverted Strength]]

Junko is the school's janitor, largely because she lacks the self-discipline and focus to apply her various education rather than any great passion for cleaning up after the messes of children. She is generally avoidant when it comes to difficult situations, favoring fleeing from her problems over dealing with them, and lives out of her grandmother's garage for the time being. Self-reflection leads her to crippling self-hatred, and she lacks the ability to deal with criticism, no matter how small. She is intelligent, perceptive, and quick, but only slightly more than the average individual.

Junko's Persona is Haring, named for Keith Haring and taking a humanoid form made up of smaller humanoids standing on each other's hands, in a manner inspired by its namesake's art style.

!!! Tropes:
* {{The Ace}}: Junko's parents pushed her to this throughout her life, and it broke her. She did not ''quite'' become a {{Broken Ace}}, but she may yet grow greater.
* {{Almighty Janitor}}: [[Main/AvertedTrope Not quite]], but Junko does have the potential to grow into at least an amusingly close approximation of the trope's name.

An extremely strange young woman who is convinced that all manner of horrible conspiracies lurk behind the scenes in virtually all events, Suzume was taken from her single mother as early as she can remember. While her mother later regained custody of her daughter, it was only brief, and Suzume spent much of her childhood cycling through the Japanese alternative care programs until she was fostered to a couple for eight years, before being finally reunited with her mother for good. She remains one of the "weird kids" of Mishima, despite her joining the baseball team.

Suzume's Persona is [[Literature/TheIlliad Cassandra]], whose infamous prophetic abilities were [[Main/TheCassandra forever ignored]] by those they were intended for.

Junko is the school's janitor, largely because she lacks both

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A first year girl at Mishima's High School branch who is incredibly fascinated by [[Main/CthulhuMythos the Cthulhu Mythos]]. An aspiring author, she despises lies and those who tell them, and she is insistent on confronting liars with the truth. Though she was once a bully and the child of a wealthy TV Host, she has transformed dramatically since her father's scandal and accidentally causing another girl a nervous breakdown... though she still has some troubles working with others and making close connections with them.

Ayano's Persona is [[Literature/TheKinginYellow The King in Yellow]], the subject of the infamous play that drives people who even read it mad.

* {{Determinator}}: When she chooses to do something, nothing will stop Ayano from completing the task that she has set herself.
* {{Reformed Bully}}: Ayano was a bully to those she considered her social inferiors in elementary school, and absolutely tormented [[Main/FragileFlower Sayako Fumai]] in middle school to the point that the other girl had a nervous breakdown. Being thanked for taking her to the nurse is what dramatically changed her trajectory.
* {{The Perfectionist}}: This is the reason she bullied Sayako into a breakdown, at least in part. The girl just ''won't'' accept anything less than great success, at least when it comes to academics or club activities.

A first-year who participates in several clubs, Mitsuki is a solemn young woman with a [[Main/DeadpanSnarker sharp tongue]] and a no-nonsense attitude. She knows that she is easily fooled, after being taken advantage of by a group of girls who pretended to be her friends in order to get her help, but still lacks the wisdom to determine when she is being fooled.

* {{Berserk Button}}: Being teased, or thinking she's being teased. She has a general zero-tolerance policy with regards to it.

* {{Missing Mom}}: Her mother, an American novelist, died of pregnancy complications when Mitsuki was five days old. She did not realize that this wasn't normal until she was six, at which point the realization of her mother's death hit her hard (as well as the fact that her father had concealed the death from her.

!!! Player: endwaar

An [[Main/AmbiguousGender androgynous]] second year student, Heiwa is originally from the countryside, and only moved to Madasui after [[Main/AbusiveParents certain events]] led to him to flee his home for a more accepting place. A dancer and a mythology geek, he struggled to make connections with others when he first arrived, only to befriend a distant cousin, Takeshi. Takeshi brought Heiwa along to social activities until he came down with the Nothingness Curse, and ceased to function as a normal person. Heiwa is very often socially awkward, not quite grasping what the socially-expected thing to do in a given circumstance is. Nevertheless, he is genuine and warm-hearted.