A.B.I.torial: Misunderstanding Yukiko

[@Luna_Everywhere]

important note about the amaterasu myth: susano-o, famous for being a drunkard, was especially drunk when he did that

[@sagc1998]

Again...Yosuke Wtf???

[@X-35173]

@@sagc1998 He's paid one too many visits to the Konishi's

[@aheahe7943]

I don't know, someone skins and chucks my favorite pet's bloody carcass into my room and then proceeds to shit on my gaming chair, I'd probably shut myself away from the world too, ngl.

[@suspecthalo]

It’s just a prank bro

[@lemao2222]

Look, in my personal experience, drunkenness doesn't make you go out of character: It just brings down any restraints you had. Maybe Sober Susano-o would've considered that a bad idea. But Sober Susano-o would've *had* that idea regardless.

[@MetiNotTheBadGuy]

Glad to have someone else out there standing up for my girl, she's been misunderstood for way too long. The more videos like this the better.

[@asuraswrath8601]

Yo, meti, nice to see you here, have a nice day

[@N_DAnimationEnthusiast]

Of course Meti’s here. Good to see you.

[@nobody5661]

Meti you truly have good taste

[@Mrpokpokza]

I used to hate her because I don't really pay attention to her story but when I played Golden I really like her. She is an amazing girl. She thought she didn't have a choice. But now staying is in fact her choice.

[@mao-sama6446]

Hey! Meti! Your Yukiko video was the first video I saw on your channel!

[@FarelForever]

I liked Yukiko, but the end of her Social Link bothered me, because I really badly wanted to move away myself, start a new life, so it felt relatable. The end being a different lesson was something I didn't want to hear. However years passed, I moved away from my family, and I discovered that life did not get better. It wasn't a magical thing where all of a sudden I had my whole act together. After a year and a half I returned home having learned my lesson, and now I understand the real point of Yukiko's story.

[@frisolaxod3835]

People don't like Yukiko's SL because it's very realistic and can be seen as even pessimistic by much. But it really is just as good of a conclusion as the other characters in this game once you learn about how moving away won't make everything instantly better.

[@TheEmerald97]

@@frisolaxod3835 I didn't find it pessimistic. She chooses to accept the inn. My life took a similar turn and I realized my heart really wanted to do caretaking without influence from others. I think realizing she loves the inn and wants to takeover is positive because she can do it wholeheartedly. I think that's the difference between doing something your told you must do and doing the same task for yourself. Doing it for you allows you to do it with more passion.

[@grizzlybear6377]

This is something that's happened to a handful of people I care about deeply. It just keeps making me think about the old saying 'the grass is always greener'. I always regret that they ended up feeling pain on their journey. However, despite regrettable things happening; they themselves do not regret their journeys. They were glad to have experienced what had happened and use it to make them a stronger person. I personally didn't get it at first. If I were them, I'd do my best to forget it ever happened in the first place. This mindset makes me more ignorant than I'd like to believe and proves I have much more growing to do.

[@FarelForever]

@@grizzlybear6377 I myself don’t regret my journey that much. Life is not about getting what you want, it's about lmgrowing wiser and understanding what is really important. The journey is truly more valuable than the reward at the end.

[@celnart3159]

@@frisolaxod3835 Though this is true, in some ways moving can be a life saver, depending on the circumstances of course. I once got caught in with the wrong crowd and couldn't muster the strength to distance from them myself, but my mom moving in with her boyfriend in another city presented me with the unique opportunity to amend my mistakes, leaving me with much better grades, better friends and a more mature outlook on life since I dodged a major bullet and was incredibly thankful for that. Of course later in life I did study abroad in another country and that's where I learned that it's not so different from home since you have to get by with the same means, essentially.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

You will find in general Persona fans have a weird dichotomy of not knowing how to read or reading into things TOO MUCH sometimes. Not just with 4 or 5, with the whole series lol. And your "cultural lens" speech near the end shows a huge factor yeah

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Is this why so many care so muc about wether or not Kanji is gay and Naoto is trans?

[@phosphorescenceking6114]

I mean, there's no such thing as reading into things too much if the evidence all connects smoothly. When people throe around terms like "overanalyzing" they're actually talking about people who make shit up without backing up their claims with real evidence. A decent analysis will always tell if some interpretation probably wasn't intentional.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

Yeah that pretty much hits it dead center. Persona fans either don’t get a simple storytelling narrative, or read into the lines TOO literally. Which is kinda sad cause the series is just involved so much in symbolism and deeper meanings. But very rarely will get the so called “fans” to get it. Similar to Danganronpa in that sense.

[@onimaxblade8988]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 I still stand by that Kanji is pretty bi-sexual. But with Naoto.... Yeah, a big part of the point is that she's *not* trans, and people who *insist* on that are strange. But I don't dislike the discourse around that interpretation. There's way too many relatable things for people who struggle with self image in general, and especially with gender roles and expectations and all that stuff for that reading to just be shunned out of conversations. It'd be really easy to have a slightly different character who *was* trans. Same thing sort of happens with Lukako in Steins;Gate. In both instances too, I am actually somewhat a fan that the conclusion isn't that they're trans too. For one, it's rather open and demonstrates that not just trans people have these sorts of struggles with self-identity. And secondly, I have met plenty of people who do have arcs like those characters. It's a lot like the Yukiko case, in which they think the answer and what they're looking for is one thing, but the true answer after shifting through all the options and feelings is something else entirely. That's my take on the whole situation. People should accept and work with canon, but the interpretations aren't misguided or invalid, and that's part of what's cool about the characters.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@phosphorescenceking6114 of course the series has been deep as heck from jump and warrants huge analyses like Snickety Slice's ongoing series. It's just the occasions of other fans I've seen taking something straightforward and small and blowing it up to be this huge thing that isn't either of those things and act like they're some masterclass literature analyst for discovering it or something. Though I guess it just speaks of how the series credit it can inspire always looking for deeper meaning in the first place.

[@makotoyuki345]

Ngl Yukiko’s acceptance in her character arc really hit home to me. Sometimes it’s not what’s forced on you but it’s just how you perceive it, for example I felt for a long time that my parents expected so much of me and would never understand what I actually wanted when in reality they really did care and respect my choices but they just weren’t sure how to show it without being intrusive or sure if I was able to make such an important choice.

[@mikey5656]

God yes. I love Yukiko's social link as it resonates so much with my experience as well. I used to think that my parents would be so disappointed if I didn't get into a prestigious uni since I was great in school and I felt I had no choice, but now I'm getting into uni and see it as my own choice rather than my parents'. I don't get why people feel that actually changing your path is what matters, it's more so how you view it.

[@ltb1345]

Yes.

[@TheArkhamjester]

As someone who likes Yukiko, unless I'm forgetting something, her S Link by the end stated she still wanted to learn interior decorating and that she was going to inherit the inn EVENTUALLY. I came away thinking she was still going to college and have a career but knew her heart was in the town and that she would return. I have seen people 100% the game and miss this detail and it frustrates me to no end. Granted the tv in Leblanc implies she took over in less then 5 years...

[@drasconboy6349]

Considering it's only referenced in a single line Yeah, it's not hard to see why people could miss it

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

To be fair, not only could she have gotten through college in that timeframe (last year of HS + typical bachelor's degree = five years) but her taking over the inn would actually afford her the opportunity to update the style of her inn and give her the experience to provide her expertise elsewhere even as she managed the inn.

[@catharticreverie]

@@drasconboy6349 yeah I don't remember it being repeated again. like with Chie, we hear about her wanting to be a police officer multiple times like in her social link, and P4Arena, but with yukiko it's not really mentioned much

[@theguyyouhate]

more frustratingly and also skipped over in this video: she say herself that she never actually didn't want to inherit the inn. it was the expectations of inheriting the inn that she wanted to run away from. she was so obssed with not wanting to do what everyone expected of her she didn't really sit down and consider what she DID want to do. after her realisation that those around her who love her just want her to be happy and have no forced expectations of her she considers and realises she does actually want to inherit the inn. or simplified imensely she wants to run the inn but it has to be on her own terms rather than just because it's what people expect of her.

[@lolnothxyt]

I didn't get the impression she'd have time to go to college. She seemed super beat and tired already from working there like Naoki and like she'd decided to inherit the inn and do her best with it, not leave.

[@mas8705]

*sees Susanoo* Suddenly, Yosuke’s constant need to pee make sense...

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

*Yosuke

[@mas8705]

@@ChiefMedicPururu Autocorrect strikes again. Thanks for looking out.

[@yuhboik.g.8118]

@@ChiefMedicPururu Funny thing is that Yusuke and Yosuke both get Susano'o

[@Poet482]

@@yuhboik.g.8118 Hah! You're right! Yosuke's is the persona disco ninja frog, though.

[@kennmoren2074]

@@Poet482 No, that's Jiraiya. Yosuke's Susano'o is a clown with a sun afro

[@The4thSnake]

Pat is very often at fault, yes.

[@liamclarke91]

The guy can't even remember which parent Yukari has issues with. And Woolie too.

[@chazzwozzio]

@@liamclarke91 stealing pies and telling lies

[@Tony6Shot]

Pat is unshockingly good at bad takes that warp the minds of all who hear him.

[@ChrisPhails]

@@Tony6Shot Crazy Talk is indeed a powerful stand

[@OhNoTheFace]

And cringy when he tries to be edgy

[@ciphercdr3349]

Didn't know Yukiko was so missunderstand. I saw her as someone, who wasn't happy with how her life goes, because she was forced into it. But over time she decides to take over the Inn on her own decision, that she wants to do this. Don't see how this could be considerd giving up, she made her mind up about this and wants this on her own.

[@FullMetalSnorlax]

When you find out she was never actually forced into it, she just FELT like she was being forced by societal norms, but her family actually encouraged her to leave if she wants. It kinda gets cringe. Societal norms are expected to be upheld by the writers of the persona franchise and it shows.

[@simpcat4415]

@@FullMetalSnorlax why is that cringe? These kind of things happen all the time in all societies. A huge example in America is college, the importance and constant emphasis on college makes lots of teens feel like they don’t have a choice about going. Even if they are told otherwise, the constant remarks and off handed implications that they are expected to go makes them feel like they have to. Same goes with having kids. Many parents will imply that getting married and having kids is a necessary step of life. I myself know how that feels, because they say it so much that you think attempting to break away from that idea will make them think less of you or see you as a failure. The inn is no different. If yukiko was told from a young age things like “you should learn this thing because you’ll inherit the inn one day” constantly, then yeah, she would probably feel like it was a heavy expectation. I mean, they even pulled her out of school to work at the inn, showing that her parents valued her as a potential successor more than her getting an education.

[@X-35173]

@@simpcat4415 plus even Chie, her best friend in the whole world, reinforces this by talking about how cool it is that Yukiko will inherit the inn.

[@ltb1345]

@@FullMetalSnorlax Literally how is that cringe at all?

[@ltb1345]

@@simpcat4415 Yeah, that’s why Yukiko is the most relatable character for me.

[@MrTheil]

That description is basically how I felt about Pat’s thoughts on Yukiko lmao

[@squidrecluse2336]

The part about how people frame a story with their own expectations really hit me. It always bothered me how people can become so vocal and toxic when a story doesn't go the way they want it, or a character doesn't act how they expect, but I've struggled to put into words why that is (I'm not a very clever lady). This concept is probably applicable to a lot of fandoms and media.

[@onimaxblade8988]

It's not always the easiest thing to avoid, but it is good to try and look out for the trap and not come in with skewed expectations. It ends up biting a lot of people in the ass as far as enjoyment and understanding story goes.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Yeah it's prevalent in all over

[@otooandoh9556]

Yeah that frame of mind sums up what most of critical theory is. It’s leads to a lot of fairly obnoxious and inaccurate takes. I’m not a fan

[@edwardengland8349]

Ikr. He hit the nail in the head and I'm glad to finally have the words for it now.

[@caesarhiro3630]

Well said, sir. I also happened with many characters in other games. People so forceful about what they want and become toxic fans/shipper

[@jvever4904]

The irony is that Yukiko and Rise are both very popular in the p4 Japanese fandom, and lukewarm but still appreciative of Chie and Naoto. Meanwhile in the English fandom, it's in reverse, but people utterly hate Yukiko and Rise for being "damsels", boiling their characters down to stereotypes because they're not as overly "independent" as Chie and Naoto.

[@JayAreAitch]

I just don't think Yukiko is as interesting in her own right as she is when serving as a foil for Chie. Every Slink is a damsel waiting to be saved by MC's lukewarm advice tbqh.

[@lolnothxyt]

@@JayAreAitch exactly. That was kind of p4's shtick and why it felt like a harem. Everybody was floundering and Yu swoops in to give them all confidence. Also personally, I didn't like Naoto that much either. They didn't feel as indepth as the others but might be late party member syndrome. Who knows. Rise I didn't like because she was whiny and pushy. Yukiko and Chie were my favorites. (And Ai from Moon Arcana haha, hate but love her.)

[@JayAreAitch]

@@lolnothxyt it's not P4's. It's nu-Persona's.

[@lolnothxyt]

@@JayAreAitch nu-persona? If you mean the newer ones then no. Persona 5 was different. They didn't depend on Mc so much as he existed around them while they worked out their own stuff.

[@JayAreAitch]

@@lolnothxyt That's kind of the point. He didn't need to actually help them. He just stood there while they solved their own problems. Same issue.

[@juniorjunior5884]

Says he won't put his hand in the Hornets nest, still mentions Naoto begging for the Hornets to swarm. Plus, good job for jabbing Pat.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Yeah, he was an asshole about her.

[@theprocrastinator16]

@@ChiefMedicPururu I mean pats an asshole in general lol

[@psycholuigiman]

He really deserves it for being wrong all the time.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

@@psycholuigiman All the time? Any other mistakes he did?

[@psycholuigiman]

@@ChiefMedicPururu I couldn't possibly list them all. Some are small, like thinking Crono will always be in the Party in Chrono Trigger. Others are kinda baffling like thinking sound travels poorly underwater. It's all in good fun though. Really, the only reason it's even a thing is because he says stuff with such confidence and conviction that it begs to pointed at and laughed at sometimes.

[@C_Ranked]

Even with my extreme personal bias for the character aside (like the fact that she's just a big ol weirdo and I'm just super into that), as someone who is also indecisive with my own choices to the point where it's crippling for me to make basic decisions to get up in the morning, it's genuinely heartwarming to have a character like Yukiko to not only learn that the things that chain her down is just a mental prison she created in her head but also be in comfort that her family and friends are there to be supportive more than she expected, giving her the motivation to wanna stay in the town she loves to make it a better place for everyone It's something I wish I had confidence to do myself, just so I can make my own friends and family happy (it really makes quarantine during 2020 hit alot harder realizing it now, oof) Either way fantastic video, this and The P4 Cuplrit video are some of my favorites on your channel, love to see you keep doing more

[@marcoamotta]

Just so you know: transitions and colours and patterns in this video are all GORGEOUS. Excellent work. Thanks for putting this much effort and passion guys - it really shows.

[@sachitechless]

What I see in Yukiko's social link is also this. Her Shadow was her asking for someone to help her and solve her problems for her. Yukiko did just that during her Social Link, she went to Yu seeking help to free her from her cage of Yasu-Inaba. As she progresses through her Social Link she realises she's just doing the same thing with Yu as she tried to do the rest of her life, and her choosing to stay at the inn from her own volition was her deciding to get herself out of her rut without relying on someone else to help her. I feel like a few Social Links in Persona have this which might be why they feel so strange to some people, the characters are still doing these things their shadows were showing off but in more subtle ways because *cough* accepting yourself doesn't instantly mean you changed yourself *cough*

[@Ramsey276one]

Fully agree

[@Bruh-bi6yi]

Had no idea this character was hated for reasons other than annoying laughters this much. That aside, this is a damn good analysis on her and really goes over what she's about. Always liked her S link since it basically subverted my expectation of her story and was something I could understand personally. Hope to see more content like this.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

I think an important one is her and other characters irrelevancy. Which is kinda fair but also they were just normal kids getting caught up in a murder mystery. Sometimes people can’t do much but help as much as they can. And only took an actual trained detective to help them in their investigation to get them on the right track.

[@electricant55]

How dare you call her glorious laughter annoying

[@abadenoughdude300]

I found her laughing fits funny and charming, a completely random quirk for someone so uptight and proper. Kinda makes sense, actually, if one doesn't loosen up once in a while it may lead to all kinds of slippage.

[@Ramsey276one]

The Amagi LOLcopter is taking off! XD

[@abbymems]

I've always liked Yukiko because I'm the type of person who laughs openly at a stupid joke only I find funny, because what's the point in keeping it in? She's straight-forward, honest, and cackles like a maniac and I find that incredibly endearing. I want to point out that even more obvious than the cage, Shadow Yukiko doesn't get tossed into the castle in her commercial. She excitedly runs into it, hoping some stud comes in and fixes her problems for her! It can easily be compared to some of the other Shadow intros, where they are fully embracing their inner qualities by running further into the depths. If Yukiko wants so desperately to leave, why does her Shadow choose to stay? And wow, I did not know Pat was so hard on Yukiko. And that fanbase certainly know how to dogpile on people with differing opinions. But I don't think it's rare for people to be analytic of things that resonate with them and then to be callous to things with similar depth that do not. Unfortunate, yeah, but not at all uncommon.

[@abadenoughdude300]

She says she doesn't want to inherit the inn and wants to run away but is too passive and indecisive so she just talks (her shadow even throws it in her face when they confront). Eventually she matures to actually decide for herself and that's the message of her link - not giving up to do what others tell you to but to make a conscious choice about your life. I think people hate on Yuki so much not because they misunderstood her but because they're projecting. When you identify with a character that just sits on their ass and whines about how they hate their life while doing nothing about it like they do and when that character chooses to actually be an adult rather than a whiny brat they take that as treason, I guess. I mean, anyone can dislike a character, but the game's writing is nowhere near complex enough for a character to be that misunderstood.

[@coldnova]

Interestingly Makoto from Persona 5 has a very similar "return to the start" character arc, I think its something intrinsic to The Priestess archetype in the eyes of Atlus. A fair few interpretations of the card have at least some mention of cycles and cyclical behaviours. I've enjoyed your little dive into Persona characters.

[@KoylTrane]

I mean, to me as a slav her progression made sense. Instead of feeling like the decision was imposed on her, Yukiko made a conscious decision to stay. You'd have to be blind to see it as regression.

[@abadenoughdude300]

That's how I understood her arc too, and I did so while completely missing about 80% of the symbolism. People are either deliberately trying to misunderstand characters as much as humanly possible or are upset about being shown that you can actually make choices to take control of your life rather than just sit and whine expecting someone else to do it for them.

[@XeroScheneider]

Now we wait for someone to explain how the fandom missed the point of Ai ebihara.

[@yoshidoor5229]

Pretty sure HeavenlyM(?) already did that.

[@TheAxeLordOfFire]

Personally waiting for a video on Ayane. Love my gal.

[@Miyakolover]

Or Marie and Yukari Takeba in The Answer.

[@DiarrheaIsUnbreakable]

Simply Dad of all people defended her social link and character.

[@XeroScheneider]

@@DiarrheaIsUnbreakable Oh I know. Ai needs more recognition. though.

[@marche800]

This video didn't change my mind because I already saw her for who she was. I'm glad this video exists though so more people can see that perspective.

[@Sensko]

Always loved Yukiko, both for the reasons you have listed and what a delightful weirdo she is behind the prim and proper facade. Always considered her a perfect match to the anime version of Yu.

[@berserkerciaran]

Best friends, kinda opposite behaviours, one dressed in red and one in green... Chie and Akiko are Persona 4's christmas cavaliers

[@TheAxeLordOfFire]

*TWO CAVALIERS, TWO CAVALIERS.*

[@petertromp8786]

Thanks for this video. You articulate very well something I've struggled to understand for some time, namely why people who dislike Yukiko dislike her so passionately. I feel like Ann Takamaki from Persona 5 suffers the same level of passionate dislike in the Persona fandom, and I feel there it is similarly motivated by cultural disconnect. There's no Persona character I can say I've disliked, and it has always made more sense to me that people are passionately vocal about the things they like. What's been mystifying to me is the time people spend passionately disliking something, or beating down on people for the things they do like. Anyways, here's hoping you make a Lady Ann video sometime soon.

[@somasora7]

I don’t think people hate Ann herself. From what I’ve seen at least, the issue is more how she’s treated by the game (e.g how much of her sexualisation is based on giving her agency vs typical anime fan service)

[@YoshiONE2ONE]

In-game (or was it the anime?), Yukiko mentions how she doesn't like her name since it means "snow". The fact she uses fire magic is obviously in direct opposition to this, but its also a way of saying that maybe some of those negative thoughts she had before obtaining her Persona never really went away, that is until it evolves into Amaterasu and everything sorta comes full circle.

[@arcengal]

It was in-game, aye. She begrudged being named after something so transient and fragile. This leads to a tear-jerking moment in Persona Q when we find out a specific character was called "Niko" ("girl two") because she was someone's second daughter. There's a "..." appearance from Yukiko during this scene and you can instantly tell what's going through her head.

[@zerotolerancd8743]

8:43 Y'know this seems more like a Terumi move than a Susano'o move

[@SaanWukong]

Well that was Terumi true form tbf

[@spektre2K9]

That was such a missed opportunity in cross tag

[@jotarokujo9644]

Blazblue reference?? In 2021?? You have no idea how happy I am rn

[@skye387]

The thing about the story is that they have different versions of what Susano actually did. Another version was that he killed one of her servant out of disgust... which if I remember correctly is also what they said what her husband, Tsukuyomi did that makes her separate with him (day and night story). I guess that's why he chose the other version, because it doesn't clash.

[@phosphorescenceking6114]

I was never particularly interested in Yukiko back in the day, but over time the pure novelty appeal of a character that was not well liked or talked about won me over. She's not boring, per say, and so I started to find her charming because I couldn't pin down what exactly her charms were. As for her story, I was always most interested in the why of it all. I mean, Chie's story is also tied to Yukiko's and happens in her castle. The TV concept of the game also harps on how people view the world through the fuzzy lens of TV and media rather than seeing true reality, and I think Yukiko's concept of someone coming to make her choices for her partially stems from the countless fictions young girls consume that basically say exactly that. But yeah, we have to remember the sort of mental state Yukiko was in. Chie was abusing their relationship and constantly clipping her wings to make herself feel more powerful, she was damaging Yukiko's confidence and self worth for a long time due to her own insecurities. I think one of the most telling things is that Yukiko never interpreted Chie's abuse tactics as the forces that were seeking to control her, like she thought her family and community were. She liked that Chie was making her choices for her, so she interpreted Chie as one of her princes. They both played off each other's worst traits. Their story lines also mimic each other in clever ways, with Chie's S Link being about developing mental and emotional strength and confidence, while Yukiko wanted to develop practical skills, to the same end. Inseparable foils.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

Ehhhhh, wouldn't really call Chie's attitude as being abusive. Overbearing yes. Almost like an overprotective nanny. Cause I don't think all Chie did were conscious decisions. But were definitely feelings she did had. Feeling inferior but taking some pleasure in Yukiko's reliance, but mistaking that for a genuine friendship and her wanting to protect Yukiko from creeps and such. But other than that those points fit well. They had some bad traits that played off one another that made each other worse. They overcompensate and end up developing some problematic attitudes. That people view them in a stereotypical light and just make brash assumptions of her. Which also relates to her shadow being an over the top representation of her actions and views. Both being right but also wrong. Which was a major theme for the game and the bosses everyone of the party members fight in.

[@phosphorescenceking6114]

@@jacobfoxfires9647 I'm refer to it as "abuse" because the characters and the game recognize her behavior as negative, something she was doing that was wrongful. To be fair we don't see the full extent of her behavior, we see a few instances of her teasing and clipping the wings of Yukiko, making fun of her in front of new friends, saying things in public that made Yukiko visibly uncomfortable, and stuff like that. Obviously none of the people were evil, like, consciously hurting others, but it was still wrongful behavior.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

@@phosphorescenceking6114 There is not that much intent for that tho. Plus for the casual on looker that just seems like normal teasing friends do. And what I think was going on with Chie, she "Thought" she was was just teasing. Not taking into consideration how Yukiko feels. Which is where I say that I don't agree with it being "abuse", least not how I would see it.

[@mas8705]

Honestly, I never had an issue with Yukiko as a character. I would say that while she does seem the most “oblivious” and straightforward at times (but obviously not beating out Kanji and his drive to make Yusuke feel uneasy over misunderstandings), she is definitely on of the most caring team mates on the team. If anything else, this video does help to show that in the end, she was able to make her own choices rather than it being forced upon her. Of course, had Yu not shown up and/or the whole situation with the TVs not happen, then she probably would have gone through life feeling the inn was always going to be her responsibility, but she does find out later that if she it is one that she can choose to inherit rather than it feel like a weight strapped to her ankle. Hope we get to see more “persona character” videos in the future. Not for Naoto per ce, but others could be nice to see. ^__^

[@sdmblack1]

One of the best things the anime did was expand the Videogame boss fight. That episode is the best development Yu gets, and it shows exactly what would have happened if he failed/wasn't present.

[@aoijeka]

Got a feeling that any 'misunderstanding' that happened is just the unwillingness to actually read.

[@MarioGMan25]

See the other High Priestess I know, Makoto, has a fun parallel to this what with her evolving from an ill-informed teen to... a Yakuza Protagonist. Which, I mean, that's one of the most independent kinds of characters you can be.

[@thomasthecoolkid7228]

A YAKUZA PROTAGONIST!? OK, that's probably the most hilariously accurate description of Makoto I've ever seen. Thanks, man.

[@alianar.d.8724]

I'm not even the biggest fan of Makoto but describing her as a Yakuza protagonist is so weirdly accurate

[@sdmblack1]

I wish we saw Makoto doing more out of school, some kind of computer lab or educational trip would be cool. Her intelligence is often stated but she just plays second fiddle to Futaba in the "socially awkward genius" slot. Having the two interact more would also be cool, but that may happen in StrikerS and I just haven't seen it yet.

[@skye387]

Something like, how Fuuka started from being shy and timid and hiding her love of computer tech/mechanic stuff because it doesn't seem feminine. Then she became more brave in making her own choices and more open to show her interest. (Yeah, I'm bad at describing)

[@kain1799]

As a former yukiko hater. Honestly it was more so cause she reminded of myself too much lol. When I actually finished her social link when I did golden I definitely started to like her a lot more. There's a significant difference between being made to do something and choosing to do it. Even if it's the exact thing you've been doing your whole life. Doesn't mean you've regressed. It just means you're making it your own and not something decided for you.

[@wildvelarde5931]

I think yukiko is most relatable towards asian culture and its society. I noticed that most people elsewhere only finds her as just a waifu of some sort. Sad really to hear that people hate on her when all of the characters in persona relate to someone, somewhere in the real world. I think that's what's best about this game. You're free to choose which path in search for the truth you wish to take. Which characters you wish to open up and discover. For me, she's the best girl in the game. I never leave her out of my roster. Hehehehe! Yay yukiko!!!

[@code066funkinbird3]

Imagine her death battle with Sakura from Naruto

[@abadenoughdude300]

Huh, I always read the conclusion of Yukiko's link as her maturing to face the responsibilities and expectations everyone thrusts on her and the fact of her deciding to inherit the ryokan after all to be her OWN CHOICE, not her giving up. Hell, if anything is to be considered giving up it's the "someone take me away" - that's not even deciding consciously to leave, it's waiting for others to decide for you. Making a choice after long deliberation is the mature thing to do here, not "I don't know what I want but this ain't it, waaaaah!". And I didn't need to know every symbolic nuance to understand that about her arc.

[@rhyolite_777]

This is great! As a fan of Persona 4, I'm a huge Yukiko stan for years. You really got it going with the misconceptions she gets in this video. One thing I think is a criticism of Persona 4 is culture clash. The game takes place in a society and culture vastly foreign from the Western experience. Even the great localization from Atlus USA cannot translate _every_ Japanese reference, joke and so forth. In Japan, she's a lot more popular among the fanbase, but again, it's a cultural standard. One example would be her character design; she's modeled as a "yamato nadeshiko" in mind, but that term doesn't really exist outside of Japan, so it makes sense that concept would be lost on Western audiences.

[@hunnibuttr]

this video may have come 10 years later than I needed, I'm glad it exists

[@Ramsey276one]

8:54 Yosuke: WAIT A MINUTE THAT WAS NOT ME!! XD

[@HellNutcase]

Looks more like Blazblue Susano-O's work.

[@ForgedinPrint]

That ending puts the okami game in a whole new light.

[@Braaaap.]

I can actually relate to Yukiko a little. There was this one time my dad got upset that one of my grades were lower than usual, and I got rightfully upset. My dad did eventually come to not care about my grades as long as I was passing, but the thing was, I just didn’t know it. So even though he wasn’t gonna get upset over a B anymore, I thought that he still was. So then I basically just imposed this straight A standard onto myself because I thought my dad was. And this kinda lasted for like three years before I got the hint when my grades were the lowest they’ve ever been. This actually applies to a lot of other things in my life that I didn’t really know until now, but a lot of the issues I had with myself stemmed from me trying to fit into a standard that no one was really trying to put me on. But doing it anyway because I thought that’s what they wanted. It’s sounds like a very specific problem to have, but it’s a really easy mindset to get into if you’re not aware of it. Tbh I kinda wish I took this the lesson of her social link to heart the first time around, couldve saved a lot of unnecessary stress. Sorry for rambling, great video!

[@windyboii2947]

The transitions are so smooth and beautifully fit the p4 art-style.

[@mao-sama6446]

Thank you so much for making this. Yukiko is my favorite out of the Persona 4 girls and seeing her so misunderstood and hated disappoints me. She finally appears to be getting some recognition.

[@chrisbaldwin8570]

I don't know why it's hard to get Yukiko's character. She feels like her life and decisions are taken from her because of her inn and how she feels she will be forced to inherit and run it. Hell, even her shadow self shows an unhealthy mentality, what with her feeling like she wants to be saved from her situation but unwilling to take self actualization to free herself from her situation. She feels like she _should_ inherit the inn, that she _should_ continue it's long history, and that not doing so would wrong and selfish. Essentially, she wants someone to take the choice away from her since she doesn't want to do something she feels she should do. It's a conflict between what she feels is right to do with what she wants to do and the hope someone will simply make the choice for her so she can still be morally righteous while being selfish.

[@junkszy912]

So are you going to do a video on Akihiko, how they took a great character, in the spin-offs gave him an amazing redesign and turned his character into a one dimensional meme.

[@firesonicz]

The Persona Q games flanderized pretty much every character.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

PROTEIN!

[@joelsmemes4140]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 step 1: protein Step 2: protein Steps 3 through 5 are also protein

[@onimaxblade8988]

@@firesonicz Yeah, but Aki unluckily probably gets it the worse though. Chie too, probably, as, it's almost the same joke.

[@LTDLetsPlays]

thats why persona spin off games are quite shit outside of gameplay

[@wrestlerdude6955]

You said something that I just realized about P3 and P4. In Persona 3 a Social Link could be inverted by the player not hanging out with friends or by saying the wrong thing. In Persona 4, instead of being inverted by the player's choice of action, the holders of the arcana start with shadows that are already reversed. This gives the characters in P4 more depth because this is something they're coming to terms with, not you making the action that inverts them. P3 also had something cool where the main characters could awaken to their Personas without the aid of the protagonist, but I think P4 is more balanced. I still don't like all the decisions of P4 like some of the characters (Yukiko, Rise was a little annoying, Yosuke picked on Teddie a little much) but this was an awesome video! Thanks😀😀👍

[@mrshadowcristal]

Honestly, I miss the story evolutions from P3, especially since they all happened at strong emotional beats of the story. The evolved Persona's meshed so well into the plot by being representations of the party members resolves solidified.

[@starblade8719]

You forgot to mention the funniest part of her connection to Amaterasu. Most of her “locked in a cave” stories involve either a female strip tease or her falling in love with her own beauty via a mirror. The latter could be her being aware of her beauty and seeing it as a curse, but growing to appreciate it like Amaterasu, while the former is almost always used to tie her lesbian undertones to Chie. I love mythology.

[@self-sustainedauto-canibal6207]

I was also waiting for him to mention that but then he didn't.

[@ltb1345]

More like bisexual undertones, but yeah.

[@skye387]

Yeah, for other people who didn't know and are curious when reading this but don't want to google. Basically, a goddess had an idea to dance naked which then attracts other gods/goddesses who thinks she's crazy/silly and making loud noises while watching her. The noises peaks Amateraru's curiousity and so she opened the rock to peek and then they immediately showed her a mirror.

[@Ramsey276one]

I'm sure the devs noticed along the way XD

[@BrucieJones]

Yesss! I love Yukiko - she is so kind and smart and much more interesting than she is given credit for. Her complexity is more understated compared to all of the more extraverted characters but it is definitely there.

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

Ah, finally, a good video about Yukiko. Was getting sick of Pat's weird interpretation being the be all end all.

[@CietherStrike]

Okay so, I love you for doing these. Please, please, PLEASE keep going. Persona 4 and Nier Automata have completely changed my life; and if Umineko has taught me anything, it's that with different perspectives come new knowledge ❤

[@Yami-no-Raiden]

First two words of the description have me hollering, "THANK YOU!"

[@LowTier4Life]

Thank you for using that HIMDAISY clip, caught me off guard and got a laugh. God I wanna watch that again now

[@BanchoGato]

Pat and Woolie also spread misconceptions about Kanji and Naoto to this day btw

[@Gigamokin]

Nobody wants to be the "problematic phobe" to dispel those misconceptions, it's eaisr to just nod along and be spared from the wrath of the soyboys.

[@arcengal]

Wonderful video, thank you. There's potentially more material in terms of how well Yukiko relates to people of her own age vs how she relates to older folk, as well as other things, but I feel you covered the most important parts of her link without spoiling a ton about the story for those who haven't played.

[@Vision7550]

Awesome video. I love the unique, character-specific presentation and editing you use each time. Yukiko best girl.

[@timeless_act]

Thank you so much for making this video. It’s so sad that a lot of people misunderstand Yukiko. I think we can all agree we all want control of our life instead of having someone controlling ur life yeah? That was the main problem with Yukiko cuz she felt as though she didn’t have control over her life. She believe many ppl and her family had a lot of expectations of her one day taking over the inn. It was even broadcast on the news. I can imagine what was going over Yukiko head and the sad part is that she just a teenager. Technically a kid. Born into a family business and all over a sudden ur destined to become a inn manager. But at the end of the she was just over imagining it but can u blame her?

[@Haineko5]

Timeless_ActGaming you are Best Shadow Yukiko main.

[@timeless_act]

@@Haineko5 Thank you so much 😊. It means a lot.

[@Poet482]

Naoto doesn't literally want a sex change, nor is Kanji gay. And even if they are, it's not the *point.* The point is that they're insecure about who they are and who they want to be, like all kids their age. Naoto wants to be taken seriously in her field (which is dominated by men), and Kanji just wants to be accepted by society for his "feminine" interests. Their Personas are literally created by them accepting the parts of themselves they're uncomfortable with and wouldn't want to even acknowledge without the help of Narukami and the rest of the party. I don't understand how people are so confused about this. Pursuing truth is the theme of the game and its central to every plot event and character within it. The point with Yukiko is that she wants to do what she wants, and after some soul searching, she relizes that her true desire was to run the inn, but *only* because she genuinely *wants* to and not because she's being *made* to. It makes a huge difference, and it's possible that she's misunderstood because the people who play the game are spiteful that they, also, feel like they're stuck in a situation in life they see no way out of... and also failing to realize that the chains holding them down are either non-existant, or of their own creation. So they instead complain, because they're losers. They're upset that they can't be strong like Yukiko grows to be and make their own decisions in life.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Tell that to guys who don't really care to understand.

[@Poet482]

@@ChiefMedicPururu That's the worst possible outcome, too. Failure to acknowledge our own weaknesses in to remain a child forever, and never grow. What's the point of going through life without learning anything and refining oneself? Isn't that the reason fiction exists in the first place? It's a canvas for a creator to explore ideas they wish to express. The Persona series is so good because it's specifically about self-actualization, and using it for good as the characters enter adulthood. It's an evergreen formula, so if people aren't gonna meet a fictional character halfway by at least pretending to understand what the creators are trying to say, why do they bother with the game at all? Maybe if these people stopped and listened rather than complain so much, then perhaps they'd learn something as grow as people, themselves.

[@HellNutcase]

The main problem with Persona 4 is that people take everything that Shadows say too damn LITERALLY! When the main point of the game is not to do that. Part of the blame also lies on the translation with its famous 'I'm a shadow... the true self."

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

@@HellNutcase Not the game's fault people can be dunces, sometimes.

[@SugarPunch]

@@Poet482 Persona even offers a glimpse into the kind of person who *doesn't* grow from their faults and instead blames their failings on everything around them. His name is Adachi.

[@revolutionpoetry1]

Not to mention Yukiko is somewhat a paradox Free and trapped, winter and fire Not being who she is (winter), wearing a fiery persona (Amaterasu) It was one of the reasons why I clicked with her at first. But after your explanation, I'm sure now Yukiko is one of my personas

[@Regis_Philbin]

My favorite character in any Persona game :) Thanks for making this.

[@erikohman2294]

The world engulfed in darkness, Amatarasu was needed. To lure her out the Gods laughed in unison! Ritual laughter is still part of her cult. As she peered from her cave. They assured that someone had taken up her responsibilities, and showed her someone as radiant as herself. As she stepped closer to see them, she was pulled out of the cave before she realized that her worthy replacement was a mirror. Persona 4 is so many layers of brilliant. LOVE it.

[@Kev-D-OG]

Now this one is FANTASTIC. Yukiko has always been one of my favorite characters from Persona 4 and this is such a great study of her character! I thought this was gonna be an analysis of her P4A stuff like the Chie video, but I was thrown for such a loop. Genuinely great video.

[@TenebraeUbr]

Yukiko's story has always resonated with me, and it helped me to notice I am doing the same thing. A cage of the mind, yet open and free to leave. Little by little, I'm taking steps out of the cage, but every now and then I retreat back into it. It's hard, it's frightful, it's overwhelming to take responsibility of your choices, but I still gotta do it if I wanna grow and fly free.

[@dracocrusher]

Honestly feels pretty similar to how I feel about the discussion around Ann early on in 5. Yes, she dresses up in a super tight cat suit in an arc about sexual assault, but this is her way of taking that power back from the abuser and becoming more confident, which is perfectly showcased by her destroying the fake image of herself Kamoshida created when she transforms. The fact that she's dressed provocitavely doesn't matter, it's the fact that this is her own choice to do so that's so important. It's Ann's own way of expressing herself and rebelling against society, by taking back her own image in her own way. It's also worth noting this design is meant to be based on Tatsunoko villainesses, which Ann actively says she admires in her social link for being so confident and strong-willed.

[@KeyOfTheTwilight]

Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised people would misunderstand Yukiko like that. For me, seeing Yukiko for the first time, I immediately could see myself through her and pretty much could relate to a lot of her problems. Because for a long while I also thought I was just someone who just listens to other people on how to run my life and I also felt completely trapped and suffocated by the coddling of my mother and I felt so withdrawn with myself I didn't exactly show myself to others except to the ones closest to me. And yeah. I also felt like a doll because of all that as well as my appearance. I am aware of the beauty I have because people keep telling me about it, so I do have to deal with attention from boys and strangers which is really uncomfortable, I have to say since I've never been in a relationship before.

[@kres6009]

Great video! Would love to see if you ever end up making a Naoto video. (Though I'd also love to see you make a Rise video somewhere down the line, as I feel she's so easily reduced to an obsessed kouhai 👀)

[@SwordSaint550]

Dammit, why did you put Princess Amagi at the end there... Now I'm going to be in an ATLUS OST binge all day! :S

[@livingcorpse5664]

"Confessions from complete strangers" Yikes, stranger danger.

[@XellosNi]

"SUSANOO WAS A DICK!" Yuki Terumi: **laughs**

[@ltb1345]

From the moment she was introduced, I knew she’d be my favorite character, and best girl.

[@Viviantoga]

9:42 I feel like this is a major factor that lead to the P team choosing a lot of Western fiction when creating user personas for the Phantom Thieves in P5 (which probably also encouraged the thief motif in the first place, seeing as how many of them there are in more "contemporary mythology" i.e. the current canon of fiction in public domain)

[@brightkharma]

Susano also killed a goddess who could regurgitate delicious food, that also angered Ameterasu

[@SugarPunch]

That wasn't Susanoo, that was her brother Tsukuyomi, god of the Moon. Amaterasu was so upset by this that she refused to be on the same side of the planet as him, and that's why the Sun and the Moon are opposite.

[@brightkharma]

@@SugarPunch woops. Thanks for the clear up. She has some awful brothers

[@Kaimax61]

@@brightkharma Greek gods: first time? I don't know why gods in irl lore and stories are just dicks to each other.

[@brightkharma]

@@Kaimax61 no god can hold a candle too the Greek gods being a hot mess

[@Jimmeeehhh]

8:43 Yo, this your Persona, Yosuke?

[@marlee_oh_noo]

My fave character in Persona 4 tbh, her shadow and her whole arc was very nice, I really love her voice too.. and she's sooo pretty I can't even deal.

[@cutecatsara123]

People hate Yukiko because they either lack awareness being in the same situation, or just don't understand the burden of Yukiko's lifestyle. Plaguing daughters more than one would notice. Because it is all, behind closed doors.

[@ChrisPhails]

Growing up in an Asian family really helped me understand Yukiko's arc. There are many pressures put on you at her age so her story seemed so relatable to me.

[@Xeroxthebeautiful]

Thank you. I've been seeing people misinterpret her story for years and it's kind of frustrating.

[@MaoriGamerDood]

Wow. I already liked this character. But after seeing this, I like her Even More! The lenses describing the way we see things is my favorite. I look forward to seeing more on the P4 characters, and I REALLY WANT THIS GAME ON PS4,PS5 and.... EVERYTHING!

[@prof.penspinner9038]

I completely respect not wanting to provoke the vocal minority about Naoto but I'd like someone with the same level of understanding as you to tackle it. I've seen videos with takes I agree with on the subject but they're way too aggressive about it, shutting down people's headcanons. (think Kanji is a bit less controversial, but not by much. Just a note: 6:17 "Masculinity owns him" is a great way of summing up Shadow Kanji) Anyway, great video. Reminds me of Meti's but stands on it's own. Wasn't able to really 'get' Yukiko in my playthrough and you've made me appreciate her more. Earned yet another subscriber.

[@mauricesteel4995]

"Amaterazu was upset with Suzanoo because he skinned alive her favorite horse, hurled its carcass in her weaving room and shat on her futom" Suzanoo being a little brother.

[@Shinhunter123]

Dammit thank you. I been screaming this about Yukiko for years.

[@lindthechaoticheretic8708]

"The most interesting thing about Kanji is that he's gay!" -Pat

[@electricant55]

Sounds like a person I wouldn't want to have anything to do with

[@lindthechaoticheretic8708]

@@electricant55 Nah, he's cool. He's just wrong. A Lot...

[@CereDulce37]

Yikes these comments

[@GabrielCosta-xt1dv]

Yeah, he's bi

[@breakfastsquad9871]

@@GabrielCosta-xt1dv Or just confused...

[@DTylerFultzVA]

*slams hands on desk* THANK YOU!!! I saw a lot of Yukiko's character and development during my first playthrough of P4: Golden, but this video basically put it into better detail as to why she's not "regressive" or "defeatist" than I ever could. Hopefully, this can help a few people I know understand why I played P4G four or five different times and chose to romance Yukiko every single time.

[@Ronatario]

It's basically been an entire decade since my experience with Persona 4 and I feel like I only truly understand Yukiko now, definitely needed this video.

[@Xchester901]

0:45 Twitter

[@akumaten]

If you do stir that hornet's nest, bring a flame thrower to the nest and call it as it is. They are not bees, they are wasps.

[@hrgrhrhhr]

who are "they"

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

@@hrgrhrhhr "naoto is trans" folk

[@walterstreete9196]

I’m so glad I’ve begun to see more and more ppl defend yukiko

[@davi_sem_d4769]

Now I'm really hyped for other Persona vídeos from you, I also hope you talk about characters from P3 and P5 (specially Junpei, I see some people who really don't understood his character)

[@LikableSeeweed]

I honestly didn’t like yukiko that much because the storyline for her never felt like it developed. It’s not because of the fact that she changes her mind at the end but rather that every day with her felt like the same “I don’t know what to do” or “I don’t know how I feel” without ever really diving into it. I got the point behind it all but it felt monotonous near the end and I just never felt like she showed me anything new during the entire thing. Rise is a good example of what I’m trying to get at. She had the same problem with choosing a life until it was forced on her to make a choice. She decides to stay where she’s happy but that sacrificed basically everything she’s done up to that point and she freaks out. It felt very disturbing, very potent, and made me actually feel a connection to her. I just wish that yukiko had something like that, maybe not as drastic, but what happened at the end never really gripped me like rise. I was left with disappointment more than anything.

[@OblongOtter]

I love the use of the stories of her personas to shed light on who she is as a character and look forward to more

[@louhani6712]

I would love a video that goes over every social link and either how it ties to the aracna or how it ties to the theme of the game it is in.

[@richarddavis2530]

Thanks for this video. Well thought-out, interesting, comprehensive, and splendid editing. Really enjoyed watching it!

[@minmaxed5297]

I think the problem with Yukiko that alot of people (including myself) has had is how painfully boring and underutilized she is. While yes alot of her character is very misunderstood, she is very overshadowed in the main story. While that may apply to alot of the party members in persona 4, it applies to yukiko much more as she is by far, the character with the least entertaining/important dialogue among the cast. The problem with yukiko to me was never that she was a bad character, but more so because of just how much she is outshined by everyone around her. I think this issue is exemplified later in the game and in spinoffs, where yukiko eventually turns into a person who has a few lines in the conversation, and needs to be played up as something she blatantly isn't (like many characters in persona spinoffs).

[@MagillanicaLouM]

This is a very valid complaint yeah. It's kind of an inherent hurdle with how 4&5 are structured, it will just seem like every character has their arc and the ones that don't obviously directly contribute much to the conflicts after get shafted by later characters. I personally think 5 is a bit better than 4 with it though, as I can still vouch for the characters most commonly thought to suffer hard of this symptom after their initial arcs. But that's also probably because 5 is more consistently putting it's plot to the forefront than 4 does. Either way, still prefer how 1-3 handle things though. Gives more room for overarching plot and individual characters to do their thing

[@Ephelle]

Yeah, 4 definitely had that problem. Yosuke and Naoto kinda take over the story.

[@lemao2222]

I like how people call that town "Yasoinaba". Except Yasoinaba is the Train Station. The town itself is, indeed, just Inaba.

[@Vesperitis]

I've never really hated or liked Yukiko, but this video highlights my problem with people's interpretation that Kanji is gay. There may be a lot of hints of his sexuality, but nothing is really confirmed one way or another, and yet people keep debating whether he's straight or gay or fluid or bi or whatever, like that's the most important thing about him. My takeaway with Kanji has always been the same takeaway I had with Yukiko and the rest of the cast: *WHO THE HELL CARES.* One of the big lessons of P4 is that you are far more complex than a simple label, and you have to stop labelling yourself or allow others to label you. Be who you want to be, keep discovering who you want to be, and keep finding ways to change and be happy. The flip side of that lesson is that you should stop labelling other people too, and if they're happy with their lives they've chosen for themselves, then accept it, and be happy for them.

[@GREPAPA1]

Damn that was a very good video about Yukiko Thanks for making this one And that part with yosukes persona HAHAHAAH MY GOD And that's why those two will never have a normal conversation

[@liplaygames5591]

I still personally dislike Yukiko as a character due to the fact that what she considers a struggle is such a luxury compared to the rest of the cast. She's born into a wealthy family, is loved by all of her looks, generally well liked just overall; has so much going for her. Yet she's scared about making choice's for herself. Like, if she really wants couldn't she just hire someone to take care of the place while she does what she wants? She has so much available to her and her palace in my eyes is her whinning about how much she has available to her. Like I find that annoying, every other member of the crew has legitimate issues I can get behind while her's just don't work for me even after going through this vid. It's still a fantastic vid and I hope to see more SugarPunch stuff!

[@darkdeath5550]

I'd say it is similar to the story of someone going to the big city to see what they can do, but eventually figuring out that they loved the life they had in the rural town life. even if you come home after, you still made the journey to find that out, she felt that was never an option. She may have wanted to, even grew up wanting to, but as she got older, it got harder to, even crippling herself by relying on Chie, having her make the choices with her headstrong attitude. They where the one they wanted to be, or so they thought, but really, they just had to accept themselves, and improve the way they thought of their lives.

[@rimjobledouche5201]

None of this was lost on me, but I didn't know about the mythology. Excellent video, mate.

[@Fgtr4Life]

As a fan of both Blazblue and Japanese mythology, that reaction to Susanoo is pretty on point for both.

[@Ramsey276one]

1:15 no glasses. Your words are enough XD

[@bananabike279]

What a great analysis video! I had no idea people were so decisive on Yukiko... She's great! Her Social Link was a bit confusing, but now I understand it better. Never knew there was so much symbolism behind her character!

[@aisukururimu7515]

I had no idea she's not well liked in the west before. I'm not Japanese, but I'm still within that Asian spectrum that recognize that Yukiko's growth took some real strength I was the same way as her when I played it. I wanted to go and run away from everything, and the end of Yukiko's S. Link was amazing, she decides to stay and take her responsibilities VOLUNTARILY, that was very admirable to me. So apparently in the west, the ones who we see as 'fleeing' is the ones regarded as strong huh... that's an interesting difference in our cultures

[@andrewgerardo2349]

I actually really like Yukiko before but listened to the masses and grew to become indifferent to her but always kept in the back of my head that she consciously made the decision to take on the inn which kept me from straight up hating her. Thanks for this video I feel like I can open up to how I originally felt!!!

[@FullMetalSnorlax]

She only made that decision due to peer pressure. This video neglects to mention how people around town liked her and constantly reminded her that they EXPECTED her to inherit the inn, this is what inherently made her feel trapped the key factor that wore her down into giving the inn another shot. She never hated the idea of running the inn, just the expectation that she should, but frankly it looks like she's going to run that place into the ground so long as she's doing the cooking there.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@FullMetalSnorlax I don't run any inns personally, but I figure the head of one as staffed as the Amagi's won't have to be anywhere near the stove ever, aside from checking in on the actual cooks now and again. So I doubt her lack of cooking ability factors in much lol