History Characters / Persona4ArenaAntagonists

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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: She is still playable in ''Ultimax'', even though Labrys already accepted her in the previous game. She is also separate from the Doppelgänger Shadow Labrys (different Persona, playstyle and Pe rsonality), making this even more confusing. [[spoiler:Turns out that Shadow Labrys survived her transformation inside Labrys' memory data bank, which even allowed to make Asterius her Persona, and in gameplay, is the reason why she doesn't have the "Shadow" fighting system as the other Shadows. How would she be able to fight against normal Labrys since they share the same body is simply gameplay.]]

** For Shadow Aigis, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdlcNd0yXQ Master of Shadow]]''.
For Shadow Akihiko, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNGQ7BL0BGI Crisis]]''.
For Shadow Junpei, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hjEce7P1E ''Deep Breath Deep Breath'']].
For Shadow Yukari, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hjEce7P1E ''Calamity.'']]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Shadow Junpei. Shadow Kanji too, to an extent, who'll occasionally drop out of CampGay mode and get [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness dead serious]].
* BloodKnight: Shadow Akihiko is ''incredibly'' enthusiastic about fighting, and seem to think everyone else must be too, deep down.

* {{Leitmotif}}: For most characters, fighting their own Shadow triggers ''I'll Face Myself -Battle-''.

* SlouchOfVillainy: Shadow Mitsuru's victory pose.

* AxCrazy: They just want to fight and kill, with the bloodthirsty Shadow Aigis being the best example.
* BadBoss: Shadow Yu revels in this trope; no surprise given that he's literally Yu's ShadowArchetype. He's callous, abusive, power-hungry, and the kind of guy who will not hesitate to put dissidents in their place. He's also the strongest, so the rest of the Doppelganger Shadows begrudgingly serve him. The only exception to this is Shadow Aigis, who thinks of him as worthless trash and totally unworthy of her loyalty. He doesn't bother trying to get her to obey him because she is the only one of the fake Shadows who can match (or maybe even surpass) his power.
** FridgeHorror: There's also some disturbing implications regarding the guy he's based off of. Does Yu really have a part of himself that loathes bonds and desires power so that he won't need them anymore?

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Shadow Junpei. Shadow Kanji too, to an extent, who'll occasionally drop out of CampGay mode and get dead serious.

--> "Hurt me more!"

* TheDreaded: Almost everyone is either terrified of or unnerved by Shadow Aigis, including her fellow doppelgängers (indeed, she's no [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Metis]]), as she's the most powerful (along with Shadow Yu) and the most mentally unstable, targeting the other Shadows along with the heroes. Even Shadow Yu, the de facto leader of the Shadow Army whose authority Shadow Aigis outright rejects, won't even think about messing with her.

* ForTheEvulz: They have no interest in being accepted by or fulfilling some hidden desire of their counterparts, like the real Shadow Selves in ''Persona 4'' do. They just want to hurt their originals (and anyone else who happens to be nearby) emotionally and physically, like the Shadow copies from the Persona 2 duology.

** Shadow Chie's victory pose has her stomping on her knocked out opponent while flipping the bird.

* ManipulativeBastard: Shadow Yu's preferred method of wreaking havoc is thru psychologically manipulating and playing mind games with everyone, including most of his fellow Shadows. The only ones Shadow Yu does not try to mess with are Adachi and Shadow Aigis, as he is aware that the former can easily see through his act, and the latter can also do the same, although she will gut him like a carp in response should he even try.

* RedBaron: Shadow Aigis' retains her other self's title: "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Heartless Armed Angel]]", which in her case, fits her perfectly and disturbingly well.
-->"'''''[[CrushKillDestroy Beginning extermination. After I'm finished here, there will be no one left standing but me!]] [[LaughingMad AHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''''"

* {{Sadist}}: Only want to hurt the main cast, whether it be physically or mentally. Shadow Aigis also enjoys hurting her fellow Shadows in addition to the main cast.

* TragicVillain: Despite having the well-earned reputation as the craziest and the most despicable of all the "Shadows", the reason why Shadow Aigis is so violent and psychotic is actually quite tragic. [[spoiler:Despite her strong and unwavering desire to fulfill her master's (Sho Minazuki) goals, she is fully aware that doing so will ultimately lead to her and her fellow Shadows' demise and failing to do so also leads to that, something that the other Shadows are blissfully unaware of. This sparks Shadow Aigis' desire to "live for the moment", through relishing the destruction and chaos she causes, before she inevitably succumbs to her fate. This somewhat makes her Ultimax's version of Takaya and Jin.]]
** This applies to all of them really. Despite how malevolent some of them act, they really are just [[ExpendableClone copies of the people they're based on]] and act malevolent due to serving Sho Minazuki and the one who created them. Several of them show brief moments of their humanity before the malevolence takes control.

* UndyingLoyalty: Shadow Aigis has this to her master Sho.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Shadow Aigis attempts to convince Labrys to join her master Minazuki and get revenge on those who wronged her in the P4 Route.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His given name is actually supposed to have an extended "u" vowel at the end, which the in-game spelling ignores (actually making it "SHOU Minazuki").

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His given name is actually supposed to have an extended "u" vowel at the end, which the in-game spelling ignores (actually making it "Shou MINAZUKI").

* AscendedExtra: He has an arguably bigger role here than in his original appearence, which is impressive considering that he's ''dead''.

* LateArrivalspoiler:Manages to be one despite not making a physical appearence. The fact that he was EvilAllAlong was one of the biggest twists of ''Persona 3'', but here it's casually stated a few times. As is his death.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His given name is supposed to have an extended "u" vowel, but is ignored in-game ("Shuuji").

* WeCanRuleTogether: Shadow Aigis attempts to convince Labry to join her master Minazuki and get revenge on those who wronged her in the P4 Route.

* ByNoIMeanYes: [[spoiler:Constantly denies that he is trying to get revenge for Ikutsuki's death, but when confronted about it after Kagatsuchi is defeated, he admits that Ikutsuki was all he had, thus his reasoning for fighting.]]

* SirSwearsALot: Somebody needs to wash this boy's mouth out with soap because he's worse than Kanji and Youske combined. (Hell...er, heck he's probably just as bad as [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]].)

* NotHimself: A number of things point to him not actually being any of the protagonist's Shadows. He doesn't wear any of the over-the-top outfits many of the Investigation Team's real Shadows had on, nor use the Berserk forms of the protagonist's Shadows in battle. Further, it would be impossible for a person's Shadow and Persona to be in the same place at the same time, as they're [[HeelFaceTurn the same thing]].

* NoExceptYes: [[spoiler:Constantly denies that he is trying to get revenge for Ikutsuki's death, but when confronted about it after Kagatsuchi is defeated, he admits that Ikutsuki was all he had, thus his reasoning for fighting.]]

* SirSwearsALot: Somebody needs to wash this boy's mouth out with soap because he's worse than Kanji and Youske combined. (Hell...er, heck he's probably just as bad as [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]])

!The Malevolent Entity [[spoiler:(Hi-no-Kagutsuchi)]]

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* LiteralSplitPersonality: Comes part and parcel with being a Shadow, of course. [[spoiler:Gets inverted in ''Ultimax'' when she's revealed to still be around because of Labrys' black box and is developing her own personality, but is now confined to said black box... unless Labrys consciousness somehow weakens, in which case she can [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take over the body.]]

* StrawCharacter: Takes the side of those who choose to be alone but portrays it in a very shallow manner by being a GenericDoomsdayVillain and claiming all who willingly abandons friendship are wishing for world destruction.

* JerkAss MadScientist: Has a complete LackOfEmpathy, stating having a heart is meaningless to him, and considers Labrys and everyone else nothing more than guinea pigs to gather data from, and later pawns to fight fight and mess with for his plan. [[spoiler:It might be an attempt to emulate his father Ikutsuki.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:InUniverse. In the true ending, Sho is surprised that he cannot feel Minazuki anymore, and that he can now use his Persona Tsukiyomi.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Ultimax''. Gameplay-wise, Asterius now has six Persona cards instead of four to make up for his constant (targetable) presence on the field; however, this is a mixed blessing, as if Shadow Labrys enters Persona break, it now takes longer for Asterius to return. She also received major buffs to her moves and damage, making her much more threatening without Awakening than she was in Arena, as well as gaining two new moves. Storyline-wise, [[spoiler:she's now a bona-fide LiteralSplitPersonality in Labrys' HiveMind that has enough independent will to summon Asterius as a genuine Persona whenever she takes over the body]].

** EmpoweredBadassNormal: His enhanced physical abilities come from having a Plume of Dusk.

* GracefulLoser: To an extent in Arena. In contrast to the Malevolent Entity, who makes Labrys rise again after being defeated [[spoiler:and has to be forced out by Fuuka]], The Eerie Voice accepts that he lost and divulges his motives, before giving back Labrys and vanishing.
* [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Half the Creature It Used to Be]]: One of his intros has him slicing a Shadow in half.

* PeoplePuppets[=/=]TheCracker: Can electronically take control of Labrys' body and make it do whatever he wants, even from outside of the TV world.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[spoiler: Likely by means of Minazuki's Persona, Sho reveals that he'd been following the Investigation Team from the shadows ever since the first rescue missions, and he liked what he saw. This also, however, led to Hi-no-Kagatsuchi getting ahold of him.]]

** TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Along with Sho, he was plotting to use Adachi's persona to prevent Kagatsuchi from winning so Sho could have his wish.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Attacks Naoto right after her fight with one of the Shadow Dopplegangers in a attempt to kill her. While it fails thanks to Labrys, Yukari, Ken, and Koromaru pulling a BigDamnHeroes moment, it's clear he knows who're the ones to worry about. He also captured the Shadow Operatives right away, getting rid of the ones who would be the biggest SpannerInTheWorks. He also throws the investigation team into a situation replicating the dark hour which they have ZERO experience with.

A character sheet for the antagonists ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'', the FightingGame sequels of the {{Eastern RPG}}s ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. More tropes can be found in the character sheets of ''Characters/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''Characters/{{Persona 4}}''. For a full index of characters from the ''Persona'' series, see [[Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona this page.]]