History Characters / Persona5ThePhantomX

* YamatoNadeshiko: Her actual self dresses in this manner, which is a stark contrast to her cognition's Phantom Thief attire's more aristocratic look.

%%zce* YamatoNadeshiko: Her actual self dresses in this manner, which is a stark contrast to her cognition's Phantom Thief attire's more aristocratic look.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Her actual self dresses in this manner, which is a stark contrast to her cognition's Phantom Thief attire's more aristocratic look.

** To ''Yusuke'', believe it or not. Both have problems with communicating with others, but while Yusuke comes off more aloof and a {{cloudcuckoolander}}, Shun comes off as more aggressive due to his brutish delinquent looks. Yusuke's Phantom Thief attire and overall demeanor comes off as polite with a hint of Japanese theatrical drama as seen in his Awakening cutscene and in his and Ann's Showtime attack. Shun, on the other hand, comes off as more intimidating with a Wild West theme in spite of his attempts at being polite.
** To Shinjiro from ''Persona 3''. Both characters are intimidating and standoffish, can wield axes as weapons, and have a love for cooking. While Shinjiro hides his hobby of cooking as he is [[UnmanlySecret slightly embarrassed by it]], Shun has an unabashed love and and passion for the craft and wants to become a professional.

* RealNameAsAnAlias: Merope has given each of them codenames, all of which so far are derivatives of their actual names. While this would normally count as an AtrociousAlias since it defeats the point of being a Phantom Thief, the Phantom Idols are cognitions based on people in the real world and (at the moment) have no relationship with Wonder and the Phantom Thieves beyond assisting them in battle. Several of these were changed in the "Heart Stealing" beta.

* ActuallyADoombot: The characters summoned by Igor and Merope are not the people themselves, but a cognition based on them created by the masses. This explains how the original Phantom Thieves of Hearts are playable in the game. There are also a handful of completely new characters available, but it is currently unknown how any of them may factor into the game's plot at large.

* {{Tokusatsu}}: Reo is a big fan of sentai shows. His Phantom Thief self is heavily inspired by ''Franchise/KamenRider'', right down to his spear and blaster.

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Igor's newest assistant.

Spin-Offs: ''[[Characters/Persona5Strikers Strikers]]'' [[[Characters/Persona5StrikersJailMonarchs Jail Monarchs]]] | ''[[Characters/Persona5Tactica Tactica]]'' | '''''The Phantom X''''' -]]]]]

This is the character sheet for ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX''. See the links below for the Phantom Thieves and other returning characters. For a full index of characters from the ''Persona'' series, go [[Characters/{{Persona}} here]].

* [[Characters/Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]]
** Characters/Persona5StartingMembers [[note]]Ryuji Sakamoto / Skull, Morgana / Mona, Ann Takamaki / Panther[[/note]]
*** [[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]]
** Characters/Persona5LaterMembers [[note]]Yusuke Kitagawa / Fox, Makoto Niijima / Queen, Futaba Sakura / Oracle, Haru Okumura / Noir[[/note]]
*** [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]
* [[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] [[note]]Igor, Takemi, Iwai, Chihaya[[/note]]
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* GyaruGirl: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/okyann_young.png She was one of these in her youth]], and her Phantom Thief self is one of these, sporting bleached hair and tanned skin, ganguro style.

** [[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]]
** [[Characters/Persona5RyujiSakamoto Ryuji Sakamoto]]
** [[Characters/Persona5Morgana Morgana]]
** [[Characters/Persona5AnnTakamaki Ann Takamaki]]
** [[Characters/Persona5YusukeKitagawa Yusuke Kitagawa]]
** [[Characters/Persona5MakotoNiijima Makoto Niijima]]
** [[Characters/Persona5FutabaSakura Futaba Sakura]]
** [[Characters/Persona5HaruOkumura Haru Okumura]]
** [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]

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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To the original Phantom Thieves from the main game as a whole. Almost everyone from the original Phantom Thieves are outcasts of society in some way, shape, or form, with Joker having a criminal record, Ann being descriminated for her half-Japanese heritage, Ryuji getting labelled a delinquent for supposedly attacking Kamoshida unprovoked, etc. The Phantom Thieves of ''X'', however, have no such reputation or stigma and are otherwise normal people who are otherwise forced to deal with corrupt members of society.
* {{Expy}}: Invoked example. Per WordOfGod, the Phantom Thieves of ''X'' are near-literal counterparts to the Phantom Thieves of the main game as ''X'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse.

* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To ''Yusuke'', believe it or not. Both have problems with communicating with others, but while Yusuke comes off more aloof and a {{cloudcuckoolander}}, Shun comes off as more aggressive due to his brutish delinquent looks. Yusuke's Phantom Thief attire and overall demeanor comes off as polite with a hint of Japanese theatrical drama as seen in his Awakening cutscene and in his and Anne's Showtime attack. Shun, on the other hand, comes off as more intimidating with a Wild West theme in spite of his attempts at being polite.
* FaceOfAThug: Much like Ryuji, he has a rather intimidating appearance. His poor attempts at communication don't help matters.

* {{Irony}}: He believes himself to be TheChosenOne with psychic powers, only for a version of himself to work for an ''actual'' [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Onscreen, he's a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Offscreen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurant owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down. One of his victims was Shun's mentor, which is why he's very eager to bring Hiromu down.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: In-universe example. Per WordOfGod, the Phantom Thieves of ''X'' are near-literal counterparts to the Phantom Thieves of the main game as ''X'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse.

* TheChooserOfTheOne: Implied to be why he's been following the protagonist around the city. Previews and trailers have him searching for someone who was going to make a "choice", and seemingly finds the person he's looking for with Wonder.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Although an anthropomorphic being like Morgana, Luffel is an avian creature in the real world (an owl to be precise), wields tonfas and a blow dart in battle, and wears actual clothes whereas Morgana was a cat who fought using swords and a slingshot while being almost entirely naked save for the utility belt around his waist. Luffel is also more respectful and level-headed whereas Morgana wears his heart on his sleeve and prone to outbursts. The relationship between their respective teams also differs: Luffel considers his group of Phantom Thieves to be "business partners" at first before becoming invested in them after witnessing their Persona awakenings, whereas Morgana initially wanted to use the Phantom Thieves to help regain his lost memories and human form before growing attached to them. Luffel's Persona specializes in Fire skills, while Morgana's Zorro uses Wind. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Luffel turns into a sports car while Mona turns into a van.]]

* InconsistentSpelling: His name is originally read as "Luffel" (ルフェル/''Ruferu'' in Japanese and 路菲尔/''Lù fēi ěr'' in Chinese), but this gets commonly mistranslated into/misspelt as "Luffy" in English, likely a translation error caused by the presence of the characters 路菲/''Lù fēi''/"Luffy" in his Chinese name.

* MeaningfulName: His codename "Soy" likely refers to 'soybean', a common cooking ingredient. Fitting for a man who wants to be a chef.

* ButNotTooForeign: She is of mixed Japanese and French descent.
* OddNameOut: Kotone is the only member of the cast to have a surname of non-Asian origin, with "Montagne" being of French origin instead.

A 44-year-old housewife and former fashionista who is neighbour to the protagonist.\\\

* GyaruGirl: She was one of these in her youth, and her Phantom Thief self is one of these, sporting bleached hair and tanned skin.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Like other Velvet Room attendants, Merope looks human but is implied to be anything but. That said, whether she is "one of those who govern power" is up on the air as she lacks their trademark gold eyes. Igor also hesitates when he introduces her to Wonder, as if unsure what exactly to call her.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: She and her shop take over the space Sojiro's coffee and curry shop occupied in Yongen-Jaya's dingy alleys. Between this, the original Phantom Thieves not being mentioned at all, and the nameplate of the Sakura residence strangely blank [[AmbiguousSituation raises more than a few questions]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Onscreen, he’s a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Offscreen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurant owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down. One of his victims was Shun's mentor, which is why he's very eager to bring Hiromu down.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Whenever a restaurant owner refuses to cough up the dough for his good reviews, he’ll instead tear them down completely with a bad one even though the food is perfectly good. Since he’s such a famous TV Host, the audience will blindly listen to whatever he says about a place, causing it to instantly lose business and inevitably shut down. This reputation is also why Shun is partly unable to sue him for hurting his mentor's restaurant with his scathing reviews, the other being that while his reviews are harsh, they are ''not'' illegal.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Onscreen, he’s a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Offscreen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurants’ owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Whenever a restaurant owner refuses to cough up the dough for his good reviews, he’ll instead tear them down completely with a bad one even though the food is perfectly good. Since he’s such a famous TV Host, the audience will blindly listen to whatever he says about a place, causing it to instantly lose business and inevitably shut down.

[[folder:YUI (BUI)]]
!!YUI / BUI
!!!'''Persona II''': [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Apseudes]]
!!!'''Weapons:''' Chakrams and railguns
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaAnzai

->''Game over.''

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[[folder:Miyu Sawara (Puppet)]]
!!Miyu Sawara / Puppet
!!!'''Persona II''': [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Nemertes]]
!!!'''Weapons:''' [[SupportPartyMember None]]
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/KanaIchinose

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[[folder:Toshiya Sumi (Sepia)]]
!!Toshiya Sumi / Sepia
!!!'''Persona II''': [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Gorgyra]]
!!!'''Weapons:''' Canes and duckfoot pistols
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/JunyaEnoki

->''To thine other self be true.''

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[[folder:Hina Nishimori (Riddle)]]
!!Hina Nishimori / Riddle
!!!'''Persona II''': [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Daeira]]
!!!'''Weapons:''' Pickaxes and air popper guns
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiOgura

->''I am curious!''

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!Antagonists
[[folder:Takeyuki Kiuchi]]
!!Takeyuki Kiuchi
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
The first target of the Phantom Thieves.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To fellow StarterVillain Suguru Kamoshida. Kamoshida was a high school gym teacher and the volleyball team coach who previously won a gold medal at the Olympics. He began taking advantage of his status as Shujin by demoralizing and crushing rival sports clubs like the Track Team while sexually harassing the female members of the volleyball club. Kiuchi, on the other hand, is a former star baseball sportsman who suffered a humiliating loss against a girl in elementary school. Kamoshida treats Ryuji like garbage and lusts over Anne while forcing Shiho to have sexual relations with him to keep her spot on the team whereas Kiuchi never got over his loss against Motoha when the latter was in elementary school and attempts to get back at her.
* EvilIsPetty: The reason he targets Motoha? She scored a home run in a baseball game against him, which ended up humiliating him in front of his colleagues and fans for having lost against a mere elementary school student. Motoha herself is flabbergasted when she learns this and is outraged that he hates her over a petty grudge.
* ItsPersonal: Kiuchi hates Motoha, even going so far as to try and push her in the way of an oncoming train. The reason for this is that Motoha scored a home run against him in a baseball game ten years ago. While the loss itself was already a huge blow, the fact that he lost to a girl in ''elementary school'' humiliated him so much he's held a grudge against her ever since, believing she cost him his career.
* StarterVillain: The first official target for the Phantom Thieves of ''The Phantom X''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's more or less a baseball-themed Suguru Kamoshida, albeit with a toned down form of Lust in comparison to Kamoshida since he’s mainly just promiscuous with woman instead of sexually harassing them. Hell, even his Shadow form resembles Asmodeus!

[[folder:Miyazawa Hiromu]]
!!Miyazawa Hiromu
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
The second target of the Phantom Thieves.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Onscreen, he’s a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Offscreen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurants’ owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Whenever a restaurant owner refuses to cough up the dough for his good reviews, he’ll instead tear them down completely with a bad one even though the food is perfectly good. Since he’s such a famous TV Host, the audience will blindly listen to whatever he says about a place, causing it to instantly lose business and inevitably shut down.
[[/folder]]

!!Mementos Targets
Targets who have not become corrupt enough to have their own Palace, but still carry a darkness that hurts those around them and could lead to a Palace creation if left unchecked.

[[folder:Takahashi Otoko]]
!!Takahashi Otoko
A girl who struggles with social anxiety and a fear of being alone. Her desperate desire for friendship has become so twisted that she has resorted to kidnapping a cat named Chatai and holding him against his will in her backyard.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She kidnaps Chatai and forces him to stay trapped in her backyard, despite how miserable he is in captivity.
* CrazyCatLady: Downplayed. Unlike most examples, Otoko isn't an old woman and her main problem has less to do with her personality and more with her obsession to have friends. The cat she has isn't actually hers, having kidnapped it and forcing Chatai to stay in her home even though it's clear Chatai doesn't ''want'' to be there.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Deep down, Otoko simply wants to have a friendship with someone, but is so desperate to not be alone that she’s started to go off the deep end and hold the closest thing she has to a friend hostage.
* {{Yandere}}: A tamer and friendship-based "pet owner" example. Otoko is willing to abuse Chatai by keeping him locked up because it satisfies her desire for "friendship", and her Shadow’s dialogue implies that she was on her way to being much worse before Wonder came along.
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder:Merope]]
!!Merope
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukariTamura

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Igor's newest assistant.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Like other Velvet Room attendants, Merope looks human but is implied to be anything but. That said, whether she is "one of those who govern power" is up on the air as she lacks their trademark gold eyes. Igor also hesitates when he introduces her to Wonder, as if unsure what exactly to call her.
* BreakingOldTrends: Excluding Demon Painter, Nameless, and Belladonna from the first game and the ''Persona 2'' duology, Merope is the first Velvet Room assistant to neither have gold eyes nor be [[ThemeNaming named after]] a character in author Mary Shelley's ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' or a character in real life associated with the novel, and is instead named after various figures from Greek mythology sharing the name "Merope".
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Caroline and Justine treated Joker somewhat harshly and maintained a strictly professional relationship (at least until toward the end of the game) with him. [[spoiler:They were also two halves of Lavenza, the actual form of Igor's assistant]]. Merope is much kinder to Wonder and is very amicable with him. This is best seen when Joker and Wonder visit the Velvet Room outside their dreams for the first time; whereas Caroline would kick Joker inside, Merope takes his hand and guides him inside herself. This gets retconned in the second beta test where she brings Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely by ''throwing'' him into the doorway. Their methods of fusion also differ: Instead of sending Personas to the literal chopping block or stuffing them into Iron Maidens, Merope uses what looks like a literal ''grinder''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Between her polite demeanor to Wonder and gently grabbing him by the hand when guiding him into the Velvet Room upon entering it for the first time of his own volition, it's clear Merope is much kinder to her guest than Caroline and Justine were to Joker. While this is still the case in the second beta test, Merope ends up bringing Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely as Caroline does with Joker, albeit throwing him into the door rather than kicking him inside.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ena Kageyama]]
!!Ena Kageyama
The proprietor of a coffee shop in Yongen-Jaya...which strangely replaces Cafe Leblanc.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: She and her shop take over the space Sojiro's coffee and curry shop occupied in Yongen-Jaya's dingy alleys. Between this, the original Phantom Thieves not being mentioned at all, and the nameplate of the Sakura residence strangely blank [[AmbiguousSituation raises more than a few questions]].
[[/folder]]

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A female second-year student at Kokatsu Academy and Motoha's best friend. She has a cool and calm personality and boasts excellent observational skills. Also a talented baseball catcher, Tokomo and Mohota have won several championships together since they were young.\\\

->''What gose around comes around.''

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The finishing touch of her All-Out Attack features the phrase "What gose around comes around", with the spelling of "gose" instead of "goes". It is unclear whether this is intentional or a spelling error.

!!!'''Weapons:''' Chakrams

!!!'''Weapons:'''

!!!'''Weapons:''' Pickaxes

In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Seiji" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\\\

In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of her named "Kotomo" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\\\

In the Metaverse, a masked cognition of him named "Kii" is summoned by Igor and Merope to aid Wonder.\\\

* RealNameAsAnAlias: Merope has given each of them codenames, all of which so far are derivatives of their actual names. While this would normally count as an AtrociousAlias since it defeats the point of being a Phantom Thief, the Phantom Idols are cognitions based on people in the real world and (at the moment) have no relationship with Wonder and the Phantom Thieves beyond assisting them in battle. Several of these were changed in the third beta.

* RealNameAsAnAlias: Merope has given each of them codenames, all of which so far are derivatives of their actual names. While this would normally count as an AtrociousAlias since it defeats the point of being a Phantom Thief, the Phantom Idols are cognitions based on people in the real world and (at the moment) have no relationship with Wonder and the Phantom Thieves beyond assisting them in battle.

[[folder:Seiji Shiratori (Seiji)]]
!!Seiji Shiratori / Seiji

* GratuitousFrench: His All-Out Attack screen features the phrase "Êtes-vous prêts", which in English means "Are you ready?".

[[folder:Tomoko Noge (Kotomo)]]
!!Tomoko Noge / Kotomo

[[folder:Kiyoshi Kurotani (Kii)]]
!!Kiyoshi Kurotani / Kii

[[folder:Reo Kamiyama (Leo)]]
!!Reo Kamiyama / Leo

!Antagonists
[[folder:Takeyuki Kiuchi]]
!!Takeyuki Kiuchi
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
The first target of the Phantom Thieves.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To fellow StarterVillain Suguru Kamoshida. Kamoshida was a high school gym teacher and the volleyball team coach who previously won a gold medal at the Olympics. He began taking advantage of his status as Shujin by demoralizing and crushing rival sports clubs like the Track Team while sexually harassing the female members of the volleyball club. Kiuchi, on the other hand, is a former star baseball sportsman who suffered a humiliating loss against a girl in elementary school. Kamoshida treats Ryuji like garbage and lusts over Anne while forcing Shiho to have sexual relations with him to keep her spot on the team whereas Kiuchi never got over his loss against Motoha when the latter was in elementary school and attempts to get back at her.
* EvilIsPetty: The reason he targets Motoha? She scored a home run in a baseball game against him, which ended up humiliating him in front of his colleagues and fans for having lost against a mere elementary school student. Motoha herself is flabbergasted when she learns this and is outraged that he hates her over a petty grudge.
* ItsPersonal: Kiuchi hates Motoha, even going so far as to try and push her in the way of an oncoming train. The reason for this is that Motoha scored a home run against him in a baseball game ten years ago. While the loss itself was already a huge blow, the fact that he lost to a girl in ''elementary school'' humiliated him so much he's held a grudge against her ever since, believing she cost him his career.
* StarterVillain: The first official target for the Phantom Thieves of ''The Phantom X''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's more or less a baseball-themed Suguru Kamoshida, albeit with a toned down form of Lust in comparison to Kamoshida since he’s mainly just promiscuous with woman instead of sexually harassing them. Hell, even his Shadow form resembles Asmodeus!

[[folder:Miyazawa Hiromu]]
!!Miyazawa Hiromu
!!!'''Voiced by:'''
The second target of the Phantom Thieves.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Onscreen, he’s a well-known and well-regarded TV food critic who will often film himself enjoying food from various restaurants before reviewing them. Offscreen, however, he’s a disgustingly arrogant and selfish man who’s willing to either extort an exorbitant amount of money from restaurants’ owners for a good review or completely destroy their careers and reputations with a scathingly bad review that will get their restaurants shut down.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Whenever a restaurant owner refuses to cough up the dough for his good reviews, he’ll instead tear them down completely with a bad one even though the food is perfectly good. Since he’s such a famous TV Host, the audience will blindly listen to whatever he says about a place, causing it to instantly lose business and inevitably shut down.

!!Mementos Targets
Targets who have not become corrupt enough to have their own Palace, but still carry a darkness that hurts those around them and could lead to a Palace creation if left unchecked.

[[folder:Takahashi Otoko]]
!!Takahashi Otoko
A girl who struggles with social anxiety and a fear of being alone. Her desperate desire for friendship has become so twisted that she has resorted to kidnapping a cat named Chatai and holding him against his will in her backyard.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: She kidnaps Chatai and forces him to stay trapped in her backyard, despite how miserable he is in captivity.
* CrazyCatLady: Downplayed. Unlike most examples, Otoko isn't an old woman and her main problem has less to do with her personality and more with her obsession to have friends. The cat she has isn't actually hers, having kidnapped it and forcing Chatai to stay in her home even though it's clear Chatai doesn't ''want'' to be there.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Deep down, Otoko simply wants to have a friendship with someone, but is so desperate to not be alone that she’s started to go off the deep end and hold the closest thing she has to a friend hostage.
* {{Yandere}}: A tamer and friendship-based "pet owner" example. Otoko is willing to abuse Chatai by keeping him locked up because it satisfies her desire for "friendship", and her Shadow’s dialogue implies that she was on her way to being much worse before Wonder came along.

!Other Characters
[[folder:Merope]]
!!Merope
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukariTamura

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Igor's newest assistant.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Like other Velvet Room attendants, Merope looks human but is implied to be anything but. That said, whether she is "one of those who govern power" is up on the air as she lacks their trademark gold eyes. Igor also hesitates when he introduces her to Wonder, as if unsure what exactly to call her.
* BreakingOldTrends: Excluding Demon Painter, Nameless, and Belladonna from the first game and the ''Persona 2'' duology, Merope is the first Velvet Room assistant to neither have gold eyes nor be [[ThemeNaming named after]] a character in author Mary Shelley's ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' or a character in real life associated with the novel, and is instead named after various figures from Greek mythology sharing the name "Merope".
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Caroline and Justine treated Joker somewhat harshly and maintained a strictly professional relationship (at least until toward the end of the game) with him. [[spoiler:They were also two halves of Lavenza, the actual form of Igor's assistant]]. Merope is much kinder to Wonder and is very amicable with him. This is best seen when Joker and Wonder visit the Velvet Room outside their dreams for the first time; whereas Caroline would kick Joker inside, Merope takes his hand and guides him inside herself. This gets retconned in the second beta test where she brings Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely by ''throwing'' him into the doorway. Their methods of fusion also differ: Instead of sending Personas to the literal chopping block or stuffing them into Iron Maidens, Merope uses what looks like a literal ''grinder''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Between her polite demeanor to Wonder and gently grabbing him by the hand when guiding him into the Velvet Room upon entering it for the first time of his own volition, it's clear Merope is much kinder to her guest than Caroline and Justine were to Joker. While this is still the case in the second beta test, Merope ends up bringing Wonder to the Velvet Room just as rudely as Caroline does with Joker, albeit throwing him into the door rather than kicking him inside.

[[folder:Ena Kageyama]]
!!Ena Kageyama
The proprietor of a coffee shop in Yongen-Jaya...which strangely replaces Cafe Leblanc.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: She and her shop take over the space Sojiro's coffee and curry shop occupied in Yongen-Jaya's dingy alleys. Between this, the original Phantom Thieves not being mentioned at all, and the nameplate of the Sakura residence strangely blank [[AmbiguousSituation raises more than a few questions]].