Persona 4: Arena Ultimax | Ken Meets Kanji and Naoto

[@LeGeneralKhango]

The VA for Ken definitely added a ton of sass and the "ugh" teenager cliche to his Shadow version

[@Fanimati0n]

Ken sounds so nasally & I love it

[@JohnYakooza]

I never play persona in English dub but I gotta say his voice is pretty similar to the og

[@player2-lightwater914]

@Connor Stevens In the original Persona 3 (FES and Portable include), Ken's English VA is unknown. Cindy Robinson replaced that unknown VA starting from this game.

[@w.a1921]

Kanji : Can I pat you on the back? Ken : What? Kanji : The dog... Ken : Owh that's what you mean... Kanji : Who else do you think? Ken left the chat....

[@goddammitno_]

YOU SAYIN I LIKE DUDES!???

[@w.a1921]

@@goddammitno_ I just play no homo card if it comes to that

[@terrorbillywilly7918]

Bro, I keep forgetting Ken is the same age as kanji in this game.

[@KB-qv2cb]

​@@terrorbillywilly7918Actually he is a second year in MIDLE school😅(AKA: 13-14 years old)

[@terrorbillywilly7918]

@KB-qv2cb yeah, i only remembered after I posted that comment that p4 takes place 2 years after p3.

[@Deltak001]

Kanji Tatsumi: Just like shinji but alive

[@maskedgamerjoker6148]

댈타쿨Deltacool but likes cute things

[@Kugathalord22]

Think less too

[@sapphireshineauthor]

Now I was fanfiction of Ken and Kanji bonding together. It would be interesting to see consider how here, Kanji reminds Ken of Shinji, especially in this scene.

[@genholdmedown7778]

@Tum Tum You shut that down perfectly. Not all heroes wear capes.

[@arctohru]

Ow This hurt me like a shot through the heart *wait a minute*

[@metis7534]

7:00 Ken: We ShOoT OuRsElVeS In ThE HeAd To SuMmOn OuR PeRsOnAs

[@minakoarisato668]

magic

[@webbermain6910]

@@minakoarisato668 *E*

[@TheWorldEndsWithYou954]

Says the only guy who doesnt shoot himself in the head

[@bones_4013]

When Korumaru went “woof” I felt that

[@kathrynalegre3828]

I don't know how to describe the feeling I got when Kanji said "totes adorbz" "who's got hwimsewf a Persowna?" MY HEART

[@mehdisilini7296]

shadow: *insults Koromaru* game: BUUUUURN MY DREEEAAAAD

[@majorpeepo]

*BABY BABY BABY BABY!*

[@BlueMageDaisen]

Kanji may be dense... but he's surprisingly astute when it comes to emotional intelligence

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

Magician-character IQ, Lovers-character EQ.

[@BlueMageDaisen]

@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607 I dunno, Yukari was pretty bankrupt when it came to EQ

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@BlueMageDaisen maybe that's what she traded off for academic IQ.

[@micanikko]

Its really nice to see more characters with high EQ.

[@insertnamehere1398]

He’d make a great therapist

[@norberto05121964]

"We do things a little differently" Poimts gun at head

[@Kugathalord22]

Kanji going cuckoo over Koromaru is life!

[@sapphireshineauthor]

I need to see Kanji react to Koromaru's persona. It would be quite an interesting scene XD

[@KTam853]

@@sapphireshineauthor if I had art skills I'd probably draw kanjis persona petting koromarus

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Fairy Princess Cerberus is a big dog, and Take-Mizauki is even bigger. There is no dog that can escape Kanji Tatsumi’s petting conquest

[@cindynoh8394]

Right? Moments like this make Kanji my spirit animal!

[@thanatoast8869]

I love how koromaru has Ken’s old hoodie

[@matthewisguy7336]

7:05

[@ForestCal]

"wait thats not how you guys get personas?" "yes, things go a bit differently in our case" the case: 💀🔫

[@legendofsonic3979]

Ken literally went "yeah we're built different" lmao

[@stag1739]

There should be a chapter with koromaru and the only narration is In dog noises

[@canadianbacon3846]

That's an unfortunate thumbnail with no context

[@digi-stranger0234]

Canadianbacon 384 No its a thumbnail that i wish that happen, but it didn't

[@CereDulce37]

Unfortunate????

[@aggie5668]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@honeymoonwithanxiety2491]

7:15

[@gitgud3245]

Koromaru is so adorable that i can die for him

[@brinst_ar]

Congrats for the Hank Up. You can now take a *mortal blow* for him in battle.

[@Raydnt69]

Kens a chad. Got it.

[@minakoarisato668]

he marin karin-d me

[@Sm0nkyB0i]

2:12 Can We All Just Take The Time To Appreciate The Fact Kala-Nemi Has A '69' On His Shoulder?

[@langalea]

Nice, then.

[@Sm0nkyB0i]

@@langalea Yup

[@HassanMostafaHassanAli]

Could you tell me what meaning it holds?

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

Hassan Mostafa bless your innocent soul

[@JAND4LISMS]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not, but I'm still going to inform you guys either way those are the astrological symbols for the (western) zodiac. The '69' is the symbol for Cancer, the Crab.

[@anewhero1216]

It's really throwing me that both Kanji and Naoto have different VAs from in Golden, though Matt Mercer does sound a lot closer to Troy Baker than Naoto's 2 VAs lol Also, side note, considering the year this takes place, Ken is about the same age as Makoto and Haru in 5

[@SuperDanMan11100]

Naoto had the same actress in both vanilla Persona 4 and Golden. Her current voice actress, Valerie Arem, toke over in Ultimax and Persona Q.

[@voltrainer]

Huh yeah born in 98. U right

[@maskedgamerjoker6148]

Kanji and Naoto are like a married couple I ship it too hard

[@marklouiegarcia2588]

I prefer Yu and Naoto

[@riderjustis3009]

@@marklouiegarcia2588 what's wrong with you?

[@marklouiegarcia2588]

@@riderjustis3009 Yes

[@squares4u]

Baiken What? Kanji is implied to be bi, or gay. What’s the issue

[@chrisedwards9424]

squares4u Um, no the point of Kanji’s bathhouse and all the hints the game gives us is to show Kanji was afraid of being judged by others. That’s why he didn’t like girls, since they always made fun of him for his hobby. The game clearly states all of this throughout that arc and in Kanji’s social link. It’s not as shallow as hEs gAy, hE hAtEs WomEn. Lmao

[@adlazmdegil-2933]

Why is no one talking about how adorable is kanji?

[@joho4430]

Ken is just aketchi but young

[@unoriginalyoutubename8761]

And not a psychopathic murderer

[@jakeriese4862]

@Tum Tum Ken never killed innocent people for 2 years. And dosent kill their Leader.

[@socketandfriends8096]

They are both Justice arcana.

[@lukerosales5879]

@@socketandfriends8096 only Ken is true Justice. Akechi is just batshit crazy, for good reason though.

[@aggressivepianonoises813]

Luke Rosales idk man, Royal’s really made me change my mind about Akechi’s representation of justice.

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

When Ken said "Let's go, Koromaru!" he sounded like ash ketcham.

[@strober6401]

We should’ve been able to play as Koromaru

[@arifsalahudin6673]

But how the heck they gonna make koromaru storyline... He only barks TT.TT

[@thebiolibrary5572]

arif salahudin he just takes a walk through the Grand Prix while the story shit goes on, and then a shadow of him tries to fight him for unknown reasons because we’re not robots

[@joyboy8145]

11:40 Kanji: i want to go to the tartarus tower to slay some shadows with the boys honey, please! Naoto: No, you are seriously injuried Kanji: huh??? dont i have any say in- Naoto: Kanji-kun (*angry wife stare*) Kanji: Yes honey

[@a_tc]

What the fuck

[@lukerosales5879]

1:58 - the last words we all know is a damn trigger.

[@Fanimati0n]

When Koromaru said "Bork!" I felt that 😔

[@akimae6064]

Ken sure had a glowup

[@zefraim1042]

So...when you using Diarahan on Kanji, Ken?

[@WeetZe]

love it when persona 3 and persona 4 talk each other

[@raidomegnuo2868]

2:29 "Look out, kid". Dude, he's 2 yours younger than you.

[@norberto05121964]

Just realised koromaru probably almost would be dead by jokers time Q~Q

[@_Maritime_]

Atlus could always bring back that cut content where koromaru has puppies.

[@Rescuro]

Well it's very possible he could still be alive. Awakening to a Persona grants the user extra strength, stamina, etc. So it could expand lifespan but we don't know

[@_Maritime_]

@@Rescuro But doesn't that only apply to areas that allow you to summon personas? Like the Dark Hour, Tv World, and Metaverse.

[@norberto05121964]

@@_Maritime_ prrtty sureur right

[@devilshila5588]

@@_Maritime_ Well persona 3 (1 and 2 too) users can use theirs during the normal day life, so to Koro that boost still applies

[@SmokeyOwOs]

*They really do push Naoto x Kanji in this*

[@DearestClover]

i see more kanji x koromaru tbh

[@SmokeyOwOs]

@@DearestClover *BRUH*

[@you-5-iver804]

I like older ken better tbh

[@averagechannelname9969]

God me too

[@PhoenixWrightAceAttorney]

Yeah man. Ken stopped hunting for girls (specifically FeMC) and instead got hunted by girls. Akihiko taught him well.

[@Mimoi04]

D O G

[@guimavilaa8801]

Ken looks like Akechi Goro

[@hiranandino3693]

More like akechi lookin like my boi ken

[@09onine]

@@hiranandino3693 well they're both justice arcana, brown haired, have dead moms and both around the same age by the time the event of Persona 5 takes places.

[@ニフ-m2m]

damn i havent played any persona game beside the main line but seeing this story really makes me curious about it.esp looking at those p3 chara makes me feel so nostalgic

[@himasekiwari155]

Persona 6: I would like my MC to be 1. Elizabeth - we already saw she have the fool card and we know her journey and she is slowly discovering her TRUE self, it would be interesting to see her siblings helping her too (if they won't then at least have them appear) 2. Ken - look at him all grown up now TvT (edit)3. Sho MInazuki- Margaret also mentioned him as a possible guest of the room and he could also come back to Inaba and p3 place (we can also see Narukami again) Ngl if P6 is being worked on I hope we can see just the main siblings like not a new one, I want to see their bond and how they would guide other protagonists (like seriously where they come from?) Edit: I seriously love how Persona 4 connects with 3 just like how P2 and 1 are.

[@ansugoodboy]

Fun fact : koromaru got drip

[@theshellderinslowbrostail5422]

Special Mention to Nanako if she becomes the P6 protagonist

[@oddmystic9343]

@@himasekiwari155 what about sumire from p5r

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

atlus please make ken meet akechi in p5 arena the clones must battle

[@pogen7279]

Bro… kanjis acting like an older brother to ken… my heart 😭

[@CoolPig03]

Kanji is such a cool dude, he’s totally my role model in my life

[@kelvinh.2442]

He looks like yukari's long lost little brother.

[@fierytigergaming8112]

7:22 - ...

[@xornedge8204]

Wow Ken grew so much

[@chandra_creator]

3:55 honestly kanji had the same reaction i had to learning about P3's cast

[@Cahara-Pavel]

BURN MY BREAD

[@memory.1]

koromaru is an albino? man, i missed some stuff.

[@lunamariamiraestels7408]

Where you see a white shiba with red eyes my guy lmao!!! So yes, he's albino hahahah

[@myguy7149]

Watch out kid! Guh! Huh? Ha!-

[@Yurihyuga766]

Is it just me or does Ken look kinda like Akechi

[@user-wu8qc9bb3e]

You should all know Ken japanese VA was also Komaeda's VA Lol.

[@diamondthedragon9792]

Reminder that Koromaru is albino. :3

[@guilhermegaspar752]

Imagine If koromaru gets persona 2 as a gift and thanks for the Chapter

[@segafan1316]

Le Thumbnail tho

[@voltrainer]

I expected kanji and naoto to be shadows considering them being here contradicts the persona 4 episode

[@nilak.s617]

Is shadow Ken voiced by the same actor as Ken? I like his voice better than Ken's

[@pokefan7446]

They both have the same voice actor. I believe it’s Cindy Robinson, who also voices Labrys.

[@twilight583]

Silly kanji wants to pet koromaru

[@gigizard1343]

Fun fact: Ken is voiced by a woman

[@hiranandino3693]

You don't say...

[@legendarytat8278]

Morgana too, nothing too strange

[@xptaco2298]

@@legendarytat8278 I thought Morgana was a girl in the first place

[@majorpeepo]

@@xptaco2298 yea

[@exaltedfalcheon1793]

The next mc is: Nanako or Amada

[@ansugoodboy]

Fun fact : koromaru got drip

[@Burnt0utDoomer]

D o g

[@kaystry_._hunny]

Is that *_for real?_* 👁👄👁

[@skyjack7956]

Little Akechi?

[@ci7210]

They're actual a few weeks apart in age. June of 1998. Would be funny if current Ken had the same voice actor as Akechi.

[@skyjack7956]

@@ci7210 woah that's actually interesting and yeahh, it would be funny if they have the same voice actor lol

[@spacezeppeli7358]

JESUS KEN LOOKS SO WEIRD WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS GAME

[@frozenlizard3370]

Why couldn’t Makoto be in this game....

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

....He's dead. And Elizabeth cant bring him back anytime soon. Although i would have loved him as like a special character that you would've gotten by 100% completing the game or something. But they also would of had to confirm his name to put him in here so there was basically no chance.

[@Mark-tq7bf]

@@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970 And here we are in the Future when Atlus Confirmed he is called Makoto Yuki xD

[@mintimin8707]

Ken sounds like the blue dude from disgaea

[@Karleetoh]

guess he hadnt hit puberty yet

[@minakoarisato668]

damn.

[@mrnun76]

anybody knows the name of the song than appear when kanji and naoto arrives?

[@CoolPig03]

it’s the Adachi Dungeon theme, it’s called “Long Way”

[@SoraJack]

Does persona queerbait? I understand that in the strictest sense that it doesn't because all romance options are straight. I just keep hearing stuff and seeing thumbnails like these. It's just confusing to an outsider.

[@bossbabyfuyuhiko6657]

The thumbnail was taken out of context. Kanji was actually talking about petting their dog, but the older used that for clicks lol. Kanji is bi though (or pan maybe). Tbh tho, they do have queer bait moments, but it's not enough to make you upset. I'm a bisexual btw, but that is my opinion. You can avoid most of the moments if you just pick different options.

[@the1whoplayz]

watch the damn video instead of just commenting about the thumbnail lmao

[@SoraJack]

@@the1whoplayz Hi. Are you able to understand the concept of time? Please note that the comment you're replying to was posted over two years ago.

[@the1whoplayz]

@@SoraJack your point?

[@enricobaschenis4257]

@@the1whoplayz your mom

[@mintimin8707]

Ken sounds like the blue dude from disgaea