The Psychology of Yukari Takeba (Persona 3)

To celebrate the upcoming release of Persona 3 Reload in February I wanted to take a look at some of my favorite characters from Persona 3, with today's video diving into the Psychology of Yukari Takeba. Yukari is one of the very first members of SEES that the protagonist meets in the beginning of Persona 3 and so we will be taking a look at how she is able to cope with the grief of loss throughout the course of the game and how the events of 'The Answer' effect her character.
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[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I hope you enjoyed the video, who is your favorite character from Persona 3? Thank you so much for watching and if you could help by sharing this video online with anyone you know likes Persona 3 it would be SO helpful!

[@StevoPL]

Aigis is my favorite

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Akinari Kimiki, guy got dealt the harshest hand of all and at the end of it all, went out smiling knowing what he did moved a single person which as Hikari in Q2 stated “all it takes is one act to give courage to others”.

[@user-nn1mf8lr2w]

Ryouji is definitely my favourite character in this game

[@philosospielvideogamephilo3736]

Koromaru

[@dragonbane97x]

Junpei is a king that deserves much more reapect than he gets.

[@chaoseater999]

It's funny how Yukari in Answers made a lot of the fanbase hate her, while it actually made her my favorite character in p3 after fes xD

[@danilolopez3005]

Same thing for me.

[@xcrowx8140]

In the meantime I hated her long before the Answer

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

Persona Fanbase for ya when a Female Character develop Feelings and express emotions like griefThey Get Pissy and hateful.

[@xcrowx8140]

@@SuperFusionAJ93 so am I not allowed to dislike a character that acts like a bitch to almost every other character for no reason 24/7??

[@vladutzuli]

@@SuperFusionAJ93 Nothing to do with her being female, everything to do with just being pretty dumb and annoying

[@crucible1084]

romancing yukari makes the answer way more painful like man, yukari just loses everything, what amazing about her is how strong she stays. she lost her dad, has a horrible relationship with her mom, outside SEES, i dont think she really has any friends, and then she falls in love with makoto only to lose him not that long after.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

In regards to the Answer, I've got to say... thank you. The way Yukari feels in the Answer is what made her my favourite character in this series, the way she feels I think is a more genuine feeling of grief than this series has ever produced prior or since. These guys didn't just lose someone they loved, they spent an entire month having forgotten everything they had fought for with him and they had no idea the next time they'd see him, would be the last time they'd ever see him again. I've met many people who've lost someone they cared about in harsh and unexpected ways and the majority of the time what they're likely to feel is cheated, so it makes total sense that anyone experiencing that would want to latch onto any chance at undoing that pain.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

The Answer has elevated Persona 3 to potentially my favorite Persona narrative overall.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@ThoughtBubbleYT Bless you Jon, I had a feeling you might love it as it's honestly the most genuine depiction of grief and loss in this series. Massive props for playing both sides of Portable on top of FES to get the full picture. Unfortunately at the moment P3F seems to be the target of disproportionate disdain from P3 fans, seemingly due to P3R opting to omit the Answer but I do hope they pay honour to the story in some respect because there is so much there worth preserving. In any case I hope you guys are looking forward to Reload and Tactica as well, lord knows Tactica needs all the love it can get right now.

[@tristanraine]

THANK YOU! Yukari gets a lot of hate of what happens in The Answer or her social link during a specific rank, and it's happy that you're digging deep into her character. I always liked how she was, felt the most realistic in terms of Persona characters.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I agree! Her story stood out to me by far the most while playing through Persona 3!

[@MaxusFox23]

One thing that goes over a lot of people's head is what triggers Yukari's outburst during the 3rd act of The Answer. She finally decides to opens up about her feelings and stop using avoidance (pretty much the same as Aigis since they're each other's foils in The Answer) but instead of any sort of sympathy/empathy, she essentially receives a "you're weak and a coward who can't face themselves" from Akihiko. How else did you expect her to react after hearing that? Of course Yukari was not gonna take it well AT ALL and everything that followed was gonna be met with aggression from her. We all know Akihiko isn't the best articulating his words in a tactful manner but the shot was already fired by that point. Everyone that criticizes Yukari's outburst seems to completely write off Akihiko's words and it shows.

[@GaeaRage0798]

Finally! Someone who says it! The Answer soured alot of people's opinion of Yukari (or was the last nail in the coffin to outright dislike her). In my case, though, it was my opinion of Akihiko what The Answer ended up souring.

[@MaxusFox23]

@@GaeaRage0798 I get what he was trying to say, but MAN he had a poor choice of words.

[@GaeaRage0798]

​@@MaxusFox23I agree that he meant well, but the guy definitely took the wrong approach by acting all stern and harsh, instead of empathetic. The moment he accused Yukari of "making excuses" I literally shouted at the screen to STFU lol.

[@knox7945]

Yukari genuinely and truly loves Makoto

[@philosospielvideogamephilo3736]

Yukari is so underrated

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

100% accurate!

[@Luciodioc6000]

True

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

You know I've got a funny feeling Yukari is going to end up being a fan favourite in Reload.

[@rvegeta]

Underrated? Nah. Overhated? Yes.

[@anastasiyazoldyck6453]

yukari is worst girl ever🤮🤮

[@bubbletea_]

one of the BEST characters in all of persona, period.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Honestly, you I owe thanks. It was your channel that gave me the impetus to give the Answer a chance and really see what the game was about. Legitimately I don't think it's a game everyone has to like, but it's a game I feel shouldn't be written off or disregarded. There's a lot more to it than people give it credit for.

[@lovinani7]

Yukari used to be my least favorite character, but in the past years, I've grown to appreciate her more. Recently tho, I think I sympathize more with her story.... One of my younger siblings ended his life about two weeks ago. It was sudden, unexpected, and I didn't know how to cope. It got so bad that I dissociated from my body, losing my sense of time, appetite, and disconnecting from people. Thankfully, I'm recovering slowly, but I won't lie that I sometimes experience those waves that want to bring me down. Grief isn't straightforward once you're experiencing it. You feel anger, disbelief, guilt, pain, and you just want it all to disappear. Hearing this video and remembering Yukari's story almost made me cry. Had a been in her place, had I been given the opportunity to go back and stop my brother from stepping in front of that train, I would have taken it. Thank you making this video. It helps reassure me in a positive way. I just needed to hear that my grief is normal and that there is a way to get through it.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I am sorry that happened to you and am sending you all my best. I can't begin to imagine how you are feeling but grief is certainly normal and I'm glad that this video could, at least in some small way, be reassuring.

[@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk]

I am.. Far, too familiar with grieving. Growing up in and out of the hospital, being told I likely wouldn't live to 20, I watched friends with the same issues as me dying at a very young age. That was, so incredibly hardand left a major impact on me as a person. Many people in my graduating class passed away before graduation. Both my parents were gone before I was 21. Been to more funerals than I wantto even consider counting.. I became, don't want to say numb, to that feeling, but, I don't know how else to express it. Kind of, an "It is what it is" I say my goodbyes, and keep them in my memories. Now, while I'm not a big fan of Yukari as a whole I feel for her, and can understand why she is the way she is. I'm excited to play through Reload to see if how I feel about her character changes at all. With almost an additional 15 years of life experience and dealing with more grief in that time, I would expect so.. ...Yukari has 10/10 sense of style though. Her outfits are my favorite in the game. If I could pull those clothes off, I would have rocked it when I was younger.

[@ShadowOfMassDestruction]

The thing I love about Yukari is the same reason why I love Adachi in Persona 4. Both of them feel like real life people that Atlus took off the streets and threw them in the world of Persona. Yes they are in a world where supernatural things can happen but the mental struggles that they go through feels so real and the sheer humanization of how they lash out at the things that torment them just to keep themselves from breaking down under pressure strikes me in my core. I can see the Yukari in my Mom, how she almost shut herself away from people and became so jaded for while after witnessing my father's tragic and brutal passing while at the same time I can see the Adachi in me when I was younger looking at my Mom and Dad then looking at the world, seeing it in this black and white viewpoint. It makes me so glad I got into this series and Persona conceptually has become my perfect piece of media.

[@WolfShadowWhisper2]

This video has definitely changed my whole view on Yukari. I went from not caring too much about her, to absolutely loving her. The struggles of feeling isolated and not resonating with others was something that I personally have gone through. Feeling like no one takes you seriously, and being teased by exaggeration of connection (calling people “friends” just because I just associate with them) is such a terrible feeling. Because of this, I never really had a friend until my senior year of high school. Nowadays though, I’ve definitely gotten better at recognizing who’s a friend or not. I’ve also finally started talking to people, and letting loose.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I'm so glad that this video could help you to change your viewpoint on Yukari! I feel as though she's incredibly relatable to a lot of people through both her highs and lows.

[@BigKlingy]

It's no secret that Yukari is a favourite of mine, but she encapsulates something I love about P3's entire party: they weren't afraid to make them very flawed from the get go. While I like the casts of P4 and 5, I feel most of them were designed to be likable from the outset, possibly for marketing purposes, or because first impressions matter a lot more these days. P3's party members aren't entirely likable on first impression, and they're not MEANT to be. It makes their growth hit so much harder. Also, I like that the game isn't afraid to have these characters "act out" when they're stressed or upset, and in a believable way. 8:00 "The term is 'complicated grief'. But it's simple, isn't it?" - A not-so-great psychologist character from Silent Hill Shattered Memories. I love how The Answer is just a giant metaphor for grief, especially, like you mentioned, the fact that time his literally stopped and SEES is literally unable to move on. 14:07 Leading to one of my favourite Junpei lines: "I'm more afraid of things I CAN see. Like bats. And KNIVES." 19:03 I like this line from Yukari here. Just as Ann tells Makoto in P5, "real scum wouldn't call themselves that". Yukari saying this shows she acknowledges that she just said something she regrets in the heat of the moment, rather than actually wishing cruelty on others. I've always loved The Answer's take on Yukari's grief process. Most fictional characters only go through one major bout of "development" before being treated as "cured" of all their issues for the rest of their lives, but in reality people go up and down, and Yukari "regressing" here is sadly very real, and more people need to understand that. Thanks for yet another amazing analysis video!

[@anxhelovucinaj1576]

When you first made your P3 FES complete social link LP on your channel years ago you really hated yukari's characterization in the answer. So I'm curious,what made you appreciate yukari's characterization in the answer all these years later?

[@darjeelingdelise]

I always considered Yukari is canon romance. Literally she opened up to someone for the first time and that someone is Makoto. So literally she been isolate her self for 10 years just like Makoto. they both of them have something in common. Loneliness. She only opened up to someone that understand her pain.

[@darcor7517]

They have much more in common than you imagine, if the saying "twin from another mother" exists, apply it to these two

[@darjeelingdelise]

@@darcor7517 Exactly. Literally the writter of P3 always made Makoto and Yukari look like they are closest friends and Romantic couple. In the early game literally showed their how they realitionship developing as a fellow Student's and a Teammates. Yukari is like a supportive person to Makoto. Wich is why I always believe that they are destined to be together.

[@darcor7517]

​ @@darjeelingdeliseYes, that is more than clear, although I would have liked to see that in the movies, but because of the fandom Yukari was still left aside by Aigis, Although well we have the manga that although it adapts worse than the movie, the characters adapt very well, especially Yukari and Aigis with Makoto.

[@darjeelingdelise]

@@darcor7517 I always have a feeling that P3 Movie writter is never played the actual P3 Game to begin with and then rewrite the whole plot. Most of the Social Links events were not made it into the movie and literally they Biasing AiKoto Ship to much. Unlike in the Movie, Makoto in the Manga had atleast interacted more with Yukari and other's SEES members like a they existed in his life. P3 Movie is just dissapointing to me.

[@mizunofrost6691]

I feel like this is somewhat of a safe space for me to talk about how much I adore this character, and how much she resonates with myself and my struggles. I first played P3P in 2019, and although I really liked the game and its characters it didn't directly speak too much to me, and most of the events of the game were forgotten. It was only when in 2021 I heard of the FES edition, and promptly picked it up and starting playing it, with a better understanding of the english language (as it is not my native tongue). I think now is a good time to say that the pandemic hit my family pretty hard. My father was an emergency room doctor at the peak of covid contaminations, and thus, he was heavily infected inevitably. He would then succumb to the disease, changing the course of me and my family's lives forever. He was pretty much the pillar holding everyone apart. This all happened in September 2020. As I was going through FES to help me distract myself from many of the issues in my life at that moment, I specifically remember feeling quite shocked as to how much Yukari's backstory and trauma resonated with mine, to the point of tears whenever she mentioned her deceased father or shaky relationship with her mother, something I also struggled with for pretty similar reasons. Her ultimate awakening brought me to the point of putting down the game for a good while to sob like a baby. The way she was written felt waaaaay too real, and not only because I deeply empathize with her, but I was actually surprised as to how organic and human she acts during both The Journey and The Answer, to me morese than any other character in this franchise. The cherry on top of it was when I was going through some files and backups on my phone until I came across an untitled mp3 file deep on the downloads folder. To my shock, it was a voice message of my father that he had sent to me during a long shift at the hospital, just generally saying he was proud of having me as his son after I got some decent grades at school. I dont think I have to tell how haunted I was about these similarities lol TL;DR: I love Yukari not only because she is one of the most human characters I've seen in fiction, but also due to very particular similarities in how life treated us. She (and P3 as a whole) reminded me of the value of the gift of life.

[@littlebabyman8494]

19:36 Yeah, and that’s exactly my issue with her. It’s not her thoughts that make her bad in my eyes it’s her lashing out and taking her feelings out on others that I have an issue with.

[@littlebabyman8494]

13:03 It’s not just her not resonating with Junpei, it feels she’s actively taking out her frustration on the dude. Which while sometimes I wish he’d knock things off, sometimes it’s just making digs cause it makes her feel better. Same with Mona, but at least he gets an arc where he’s knocked down a peg.

[@littlebabyman8494]

12:11 Which she was, and I’ll still hold her on the “I didn’t intentionally hide information” thing cause whenever someone asked for the truth about the dark hour she looked down and stayed silent looking all sorry for herself.

[@Daniel_Coffman]

Essentially, I can sum up Yukari's reversion in The Answer; alongside, for that matter, the characters in Persona 4 Arena facing illusions of their friends throwing their Shadows' insecurities back in their face after they'd made an effort to improve from that already; in this way: Character development and progress, unlike what everyone wants it to be, is not a simple straight line in real life, at all. No matter how much we want to never go back to the way we were that we improved ourselves from, most of the time, that part of us that we used to be will never go away in reality. We will always have to face the memories of the mistakes we made regardless of whether or not we learned from them, and, as they say, "Old habits die hard," so we can well fall back into routines that we used to have that were not healthy for us in times of extreme pressure and stress. Learning from our mistakes and our regrets does, at the least, make it easier to say, "I know I was a fool back then and I effed up, but I'd already learned from that crap. Moving on." But, when we hadn't really learned to step away from our old ways of dealing with something, what is stopping us from reverting back to our old ways when we are under immense stress, like the loss of someone who is extremely important to your life? It takes our own willpower to remember and act upon what we had learned, but when we are stressed and not thinking properly, it is difficult to possess that kind of willpower in the moment. Not impossible, perhaps, but not easy by any means, no matter how much we've improved.

[@gerardoantoniozerpachacin6580]

Thank you so much for this video, Yukari is my second favorite Persona character because she is one of the most human characters in the franchise thanks for The Answer. When Makoto died and she wants to see him again, if I were on her shoes I will probably made the same choice. She will always be my first Waifu in the franchise and I really expect that this video change the people mind and stop disliking her.❤

[@phantomnite]

Yukari is such a good character. Ive always loved Yukari and personally never understood why she gets so much hate in the answer

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

She’s fantastic!

[@phantomnite]

@@ThoughtBubbleYT definitely!

[@littlebabyman8494]

45:56 Looking forward while blinding yourself with your emotional turmoil.

[@littlebabyman8494]

43:01 Which proves the point exactly that whether it be her chasing for confirmation or her running away from her grief she was NEVER moving forward and deluded herself into thinking she was.

[@littlebabyman8494]

19:02 It’s just feelings of jealousy and most people have those from time to time. She thinks feeling those feelings at all makes her a bad person, which they don’t.

[@GaeaRage0798]

THE TRUE BEST GIRL

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

One of my favorite characters!!

[@theronhildebrand5925]

Glad I found your channel man! Keep it up!

[@ChubuPeng]

the answer made me love yukari. i never hated her prior (she had many funny moments in the game after all lol), but seeing her just break down near the end of the answer at the loss of makoto just made me feel for her a lot. i havent experienced loss myself personally, but that was such a strong yukari moment imo, so it's sad to see people just label her as "the bitch" of the group

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

Yeah, I think her strangely negative reputation is super undeserved.

[@GaeaRage0798]

​@@ThoughtBubbleYTI think it's because a lot of people don't like female characters with a harsh demeanor. I also blame Aigis' stans on a lesser extent, some of them can be a huge pain in the butt towards people who like/prefer Yukari over their "Toaster Goddess" (in a similar fashion to Dimitri stans towards El fans).

[@littlebabyman8494]

44:18 That’s especially insulting to Ken because he live on and lives for himself in the memory of shinjiro who gave his life.

[@Bowflex2480]

thanks for the video as always Jon. when i played persona 3 for the first time i couldn't really understand what she was going through because i hadn't experience that real life equivalent. now i have so it hits much closer to home and im able to sympathize with her more. loved this one and i hope you do the others as well.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I’m glad you enjoyed! I definitely plan to cover more of Persona 3!

[@everlvrk6975]

YESSS SO HAPPY UR DOING YUKARI

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

THANK YOU!! I hope you enjoy!

[@WukiWakoto]

This video sure was a treat to watch.

[@leeku2054]

smelly

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

Awesome! Yukari really is a huge part of the heart of Persona 3. She is such a consistent presence no matter which version of the game you play and it always feels like she's getting development. One thing I should note about her early relationship with Mitsuru is made a lot clearer in the dub where it seems the reason Yukari is mistrustful towards Mitsuru isn't because of her family name but rather that Mitsuru is depicted as a VERY curt character who doesn't mince words and keeps herself at something of a distance from her underclassman. Tara Platt's depiction of Mitsuru is very polite and warm hearted and naturally a lot of people adore her for that but I think it also somewhat complicates how she is seen by Yukari. In the JP dialogue Mitsuru is repeatedly depicted as bit of an Ice Queen but simultaneously just a girl who deals with the same societal pressures most do. Thank you for Uploading this Jon, BTW that Thumbnail is fantastic.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I’m really glad you enjoyed! And Ali made the thumbnail and she KILLED it.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@ThoughtBubbleYT Aces! Massive props to your other half.

[@armaldosmigolton7439]

It's such a hard choice whether Yukari or Mitsuru is my favorite P3 character. Mitsuru sides with Yukari over a decision affecting the entire world not because of agreeing with her ideals or even to see Makoto again, but out of loyalty to Yukari. And I just really appreciate that.

[@darcor7517]

In fact it is also because she feels grateful to Makoto and because when he died she was left with that debt and she decided to take Yukari's side so that she would not feel any more pain, and I would do it for Makoto.

[@darcor7517]

Yukari is without a doubt the most realistic character in Persona 3, very underrated from the beginning simply because of her personality, When truly she along with Aigis are the ones who carry the message of the game at its maximum expression, I would have liked her Aigis relationship to have been developed a little more, since they went from not getting along to also having something unique in common, their important bond with Makoto, although seeing later in the story how she is doing, It seems that now he is not as alone as before, having his friends as his support and Mitsuru and Aigis as his most important ties, trying to fulfill the promise he made.

[@Moon10251]

i love yukari so much and i always will. her story was the one that hit me the most along with aigis's story, hence me loving both of them. as for people not liking yukari in the answer, i think i can add onto it as i wasn't satisfied with how the answer treated yukari. during the time the answer came out, most of the fans liked aigis more than yukari. this high preference for aigis weighed heavily against yukari and people needing to understand her side of the story (this fan preference for aigis is what led to atlus changing the "pushed romance" from yukari to aigis in future games and the movies). there was also the fact that there really wasnt a middle ground in sees before the part when aigis had to fight SEES (the closest was junpei and koromaru, but they were more so on the side of not going back to 2009). so this meant that yukari was the only one willing to go back to 2009 and risk her life to try to save the protagonist, and mitsuru just following her to be a good friend to yukari. i feel like if the choice of either going back to 2009 or continuing to go to april 1st, yukari wouldnt be so hated in the answer. me personally, i understand and sympathise with yukari in the answer, but i also understand the other side of the argument. the answer wasn't the best narratively, and i feel like if they were to tweak the answer a bit, people will like yukari a bit more and even understand her more

[@Mojo1356]

If the problem is that there wasn’t as much emphasis put on Yukari, then that’s totally fine criticism even if I don’t 100% agree with it, but it sickens me that people say she is so out of character here.

[@darcor7517]

I'll give you a point on that, since in the movies they literally threw out the entire relationship between Yukari and Makoto when Aigis came in because of her popularity, Luckily the creators and developers do not think like that, since in every spin off or adaptation of Persona 3 that they release, it is seen that their relationship has not changed and remains close as in the original, As seen in persona Q, persona dancing 3 or the most notable persona 3 manga, he believed that these are clear examples that the creators and Atlus are not influenced by the fandom and respect the material origin.

[@jaxjaxattaxx]

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABE WAKE UP, THOUGHTBUBBLE IS BACK😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I’M EXCITED TO BE BACK!!

[@Mojo1356]

Thank you!!!!!! Finally someone who has legitimately studied psychology explains why Yukari is highly realistic in The Answer!!!!

[@cybersnake88]

The hype is real

[@Gwen1661]

As a relatively new fan to Persona 3 specifically, I do not get people who say Yukari is a bad character. She is the most real out of the entire cast and The Answer is like the cherry on top and, imho, her character would feel incomplete without it. This video was such a good analysis on her character, thank you for spreading the word on Yukari.

[@user-nn1mf8lr2w]

A nice and fun thing to wake up to

[@jblitz200]

Yukari is one of my favorite characters in media, she felt like a friend, a true person of feelings

[@characterchampion830]

as someone who is a personal persona 3 stan, I thank you for making this video. She is my best girl and a video like this might change the opinions of others who just hate her for the Answer

[@verymelonman12]

Back then in my teens I didn't encounter any character like Yukari, so I was harsh to her and thought her character was just used to force conflict in the answer when the story looked liked i had wrapped up. Now that I'm older I can appreciate her character more.

[@mosqitbite7420]

yukari is one of my favorite characters of all time. i havent played the answer, so i guess i cant give my full opinion, but within the journey, her hate is so unjustified, and it saddens me.

[@littlebabyman8494]

45:03 Even after getting her ass whooped she’s still fighting moving forward.

[@hxntaiguy3318]

😁👏👏👏beautiful was well worth the wait to cover the last lover character in persona series

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@hxntaiguy3318]

@@ThoughtBubbleYT 😁👍yup and now we wait for the remake next year

[@Mojo1356]

Wait, did he cover Rise from Persona 4?

[@hxntaiguy3318]

@@Mojo1356 🤔if I remember correctly yeah he did

[@BardockSkywalker]

Seeing a Yukari analysis video that's actually good is one thing, seeing that same video show how her characterization in The Answer makes a lot of sense makes it even better. Yukari gets a lot of hate & for the most part, it's not for a good reason

[@ParakeetDSi]

I think you should do the main cast for Persona 3 as a whole.

[@user-nn1mf8lr2w]

I'm super happy you included part of what she's like when she's with the female protagonist. It makes the video feel more familiar

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

Of course! There’s enough different that I had to add the context given by the FeMC route!

[@ryouyuuichi823]

Cant wait to meet the cast all over again on February in P3Reload... too bad the answer isnt included in the game..

[@vivvy_0]

could you make a video on chidori's psychology? i have a hard time understanding her character.

[@user-nn1mf8lr2w]

I think I said this before, but while the general aspects of her backstory don't change, it's interesting to see the differences regarding her attitude and interactions with you when you play as the male protagonist. I have actually never played as the male protagonist before

[@icecube9765]

Finally someone standing up for Yukari, I get why alot of people hated her in the answer but for me specifically it was just agony to see her in grief that her friendships was put on stake... I liked her social link and considered her my favorite in my first run

[@frikizone2.03]

Pfff excellent video, it would be great if you were doing a review of Persona 3 characters like this until P3 Reload comes out

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

Oh trust me, I have my eyes on the next character I want to talk about.

[@ShursGarden]

I'm really hoping it's Junpei. Love Junpei. @@ThoughtBubbleYT

[@littlebabyman8494]

43:57 How ironic she scolds the others for being scared when that’s exactly her problem. SHE’S SCARED OF MOVING FORWARD. She didn’t gain new resolve due to her father being responsible didn’t really matter and finding a reason to live beyond that, she gained new resolve because she got what she wanted and that she was right in the end.

[@littlebabyman8494]

*realizing that her father being responsible didn’t really matter.

[@littlebabyman8494]

45:28 You have no choice anymore figuratively and literally.

[@AdamEspersona]

To this day, Yukari has always been my favorite of SEES. She is the sole girl I romanced in Reload, and in both The Journey and in Reload itself, she never left my party. She is easily the most human character of the lot. Of course she's imperfect and flawed. EVERYONE IS. But I feel that she's hated because she's "too realistic" to others, because she's not another generic love interest. Her flaws and her strengths are what make her so appealing to me. Also helps that in the dubs, we have Michelle Ruff and Heather Gonzales absolutely understanding the assignment and, true to the archer she is, they hit the bullseye in their performances.

[@littlebabyman8494]

2:31 Upbeat is not the way I see it. In the beginning it felt like she had a chip on her shoulder.

[@isaacmartinez2359]

Can I ask the comments something? I haven't played the Answer, but what are the conditions for them going back in time? Like are they explicitly told they would not have any memories of the current time they are in or are the forced to go back to one moment in particular? I always thought it was weird for so many people to hate on Yukari for wanting to do essentially what we saw the Avengers do in Endgame. They risked losing the stable future they managed to build up for getting everyone they lost back. This seems similar but on a much smaller scale. If they have no conditions then I am super surprised that the community hates her as much as they do. The power of Hindsight could do so much, even just knowing that defeating all of the Arcana shadows will release Nyx, will radically diverge how they act. I am also surprised that everyone in the group wouldn't be more divided if this was the case. Without it, it would make it seem like the writer is trying to really hammer home the theme of letting go - but ignoring the fact that they did actually give the characters a great tool to resolve an issue.

[@Zeppeli11.618]

Can you make a video on Artorius Collbrande from tales of berseria?

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

I haven't played much of the Tales of games except for the first half or Arise unfortunately!

[@Zeppeli11.618]

@@ThoughtBubbleYT ah i see, but if you get time you should play berseria cuz it's actually pretty good, the thing I like about berseria is how you play as a group of people who are considered as villains in the eyes of public

[@nocturne353]

Wow🎉

[@chr1s415]

I considered yukari canon second girlfriend after aigis. I was suprised on why she got so much hate when i consider somewhat realistic

[@dragonbane97x]

honestly i think its pretty obvious why people dont like her in the answer. her having the most human response is the exact thing people dont like. they see themselves or their family, seeing that lashing out is only hurting themselves and everyone they care about. I'd bet it strikes a cord that consciously or not they relate too. we gamers can be a precocious bunch, but that doesn't always lend to great self reflection.

[@Mojo1356]

You have no idea how much I wish this was the case, but more often than not, it’s people saying that they think Yukari’s behavior is unjustified and unrealistic.

[@magicwandstudio3141]

@@Mojo1356people whonsay this is unrealistic never been to funeral before. I did and i tell you, she is not exagerrating.

[@littlebabyman8494]

19:47 That’s fucked up.

[@allmyhomieshatefreud5501]

She's just like the messy hot girl from your high school: she's perceptive, sensitive, insecure, not afraid of confrontations; she loves fiercely, has all these heightened emotions she doesn't know how to deal with, and can be a bit mean sometimes

[@littlebabyman8494]

14:40 She didn’t.

[@littlebabyman8494]

43:15 No, but that’s NOT the issue, it was NEVER the issue. It’s her actions that were, and are the problem. Her feelings are valid but somehow thinks this subsumes the will of everyone else and goes against the rest of the group.

[@littlebabyman8494]

Lashing out and taking her frustration out on others with very little self awareness.

[@SapphireCarbuncle009]

Even as an Aigis fan, I will forever hate the Movie adaptations for the complete sandbagging of Yukari's arc in favor of Aigis X Makoto shipping. She really deserved way better.

[@ThoughtBubbleYT]

Yeahhhh. Both are incredible but the movie def made Yukari take a backseat.

[@darcor7517]

​@@ThoughtBubbleYTFrom my point of view, the creators of the films were influenced by the fandom, luckily Atlus and the creators do not think like that, clear example persona Q, persona 3 dancing and the most important Persona 3 manga, it is incredible how much it expands the character and his relationship with Makoto through these spin offs and adaptations, making it clear that they are the ones writing the story.

[@ShadowGalactica]

People don't like Yukari's jealousy and enmity toward Aigis.

[@y2m3e.45]

That's fair. Doesn't change the fact she's a good character imo. Heck, people don't like what Kamoshida from p5 does, but can agree he's a good character/villian. Even in reality, people aren't perfect and that's the most reliable thing about Yukari

[@ShadowGalactica]

@@y2m3e.45 Also not helped by the way the Lovers and Aeon arcana characters are seemingly pitted against each other for the protagonist's affection in Persona 3 and 4.

[@bashy241]

I need to get a life

[@littlebabyman8494]

38:12 I just don’t like Yukari in general, her answer self is just the journey but more so.