We are in the most immense disagreement here. You think it makes sense for her to have a gun?
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We are in the most immense disagreement here. You think it makes sense for her to have a gun?
Andrefpvs
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For... real? I watched the anime for the first time a couple of months ago and didn't notice this. My mind is blown.
What's the first episode in which this happens?
I want to say that it's the back 12 episodes, but I might be wrong. I haven't actually seen all of the English dub.
Given Japan gun laws, dunno. She works with the police so I never really questioned the idea of her having one, so not sure how it is for detectives over there.
Do you think it made sense for the characters in the P4 anime to have the same animations to summon a Persona weaponless? Yosuke doing a twist to punch the card? Naoto doing a finger gun for god's sakes to summon hers?
Given Japan gun laws, dunno. She works with the police so I never really questioned the idea of her having one, so not sure how it is for detectives over there.
Do you think it made sense for the characters in the P4 anime to have the same animations to summon a Persona weaponless? Yosuke doing a twist to punch the card? Naoto doing a finger gun for god's sakes to summon hers?
I never paid any notice to it, to be honest. I've always seen the weapons as a pure gameplay decision though, which is why they're not only never addressed, they're never even mentioned again after the scene with Yosuke at Junes.
Kanji is Troy Baker eps 1-12, Matthew Mercer 13-26
NicoNico?
I tried a search there, but I couldn't find an unboxing. I'm not sure if typing what I want in english will mess with the results or not.
Yeah, the idea of gathering up shadow parts to get new weapons, so Daidara himself I can easily see as something that exists because of "It's a game!" But I cannot wrap my head around the IT going into a dangerous environment(they know it is since it killed a few people) totally unarmed, no, especially since they didn't have a persona the first time.
I mean, the only people in the cast that it bothered me that had weapons and were somehow skilled in using them was Yosuke and Yukiko. I mean, we have a fighting game with them using them, SEES obviously uses them in their movies, so if the new anime doesn't have them using them it's kind of bad, don't you think?
It's a modern persona thing. The group of friends being together for a common goal is always represented by the Fool, since the MC is always the Fool arcana, and you can look at this as the "Fool's Journey". It's just a barometer to let you know how far along in the game you are.
In Persona 3, SEES itself was The Fool too.
Yep, pretty much.
The only important thing Edogawa ever has to say in Persona 3 is about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxSkc8ICLr0
Blackstarhat
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I got persona 4 arena my psn is cpuguy18.
SloaneRisette
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I disagree. Mary Elizabeth Winstead actually sounds like a young man and she wasn't completely awful at conveying emotion.
I mean, M.E.W wasn't great at voicing Naoto (they're both miles worse than Romi Paku) but M.E.W gets the edge for at least attempting to capture Naoto's concept.
Agreed completely. I actually prefer her as Naoto since she's more convincing as a
girl trying to seem as a boy
I'm not sure what you'd type specifically for an unboxing video, but "劇場版「ペルソナ3」" is the name of the movie series in Japanese.
I think you meant Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and not the Scott Pilgrim actor.
And I'd have to disagree, because McGlynn sounded totally inappropriate for the character, and her performance was pretty phoned in.
LelouchViBritannia
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So, what Ultimax character trailer do you think will be released tomorrow? Sho, or one of the returning cast?
I still say there are moments where Naoto's actual voice comes through when she gets upset/agitated, or when she talks about her ideal of being a detective. The anime version, while having a similar scene, loses most of the impact that this doesn't happen.
Well, that's my opinion anyway. I like the a VA, but if you can't capture subtle things about the character, you shouldn't be said character. It's probably more of a strike against the VA direction though.
I'm not sure what you'd type specifically for an unboxing video, but "(劇場版「ペルソナ3" is the name of the movie series in Japanese.
I think you meant Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and not the Scott Pilgrim actor.
And I'd have to disagree, because McGlynn sounded totally inappropriate for the character, and her performance was pretty phoned in.
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Like I said earlier, I don't think McGlynn was particularly great at voicing Naoto, but I think she was a good deal better than the P4 VA. She was pretty good at sounding androgynous for one, and she didn't come across as contrived/artificial as the original VA. Any scene that involved emotion fell flat on its face because of the VAs complete and utter lack of inflection.
The hospital scene where she's crying over Nanako's death stands out. Like nails on a chalkboard
Voice acting is all about conveying a message in a natural sounding way. Naoto's P4 VA doesn't convey (Naoto) like her VAs do.
She wasn't just not particularly great at voicing Naoto, she was downright awful. It's especially apparent at the start of episode 15, where she sounds completely out of character. McGlynn's performance was completely phoned in and she almost never has the right tone or pitch for the scene.
I don't give two shits about the androgynous part if the performance is going to be that awful and dry sounding. I'll take the performance of the anonymous actor from the game any day.
Worst part is I know McGlynn isn't a bad actor, so I can't lay the blame at her feet.
I thought she sounded okay, apart from 1-2 scenes.
It was unquestionably phoned in in almost every step. There's also the issue of the fact that her voice is too deep. Even Romi Park's original voice acting for Naoto is higher than that too. The anime dub in contrast almost makes her sound like a villain at times with some of the delivery. That's definitely not intentional.
the kujis are here
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"Everyone, let us go to the Family Mart."
1/8th scale Aigis -summer dress ver.-
1/8th scale Shinjiro and Koromaru figure set
Persona Compendium alarm clock
Iwatodai ramen bowl
Clearfile sets
keychain straps
chibi figure set
1/8 scale Aigis -summer dress ver.- ~ANOTHER ver. figure
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"Everyone, let us go to the Family Mart."
buddha0991
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I don't want to live in a world where the opening lyrics to "A Lone Prayer" are not "Live this ballin' manly"
"my love play with no one"
SloaneRisette
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Man I want an Iwatodai ramen bowl
Glad I'm not the only one.
Ramen is way too anime for you.
Red The Hunter
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I always though that one of the lines in Bloody Destiny was talking about summoning Cthulhu.
Yeah, definitely sounds like ballad. Which is a really weird way to pronounce buried.
buddha0991
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buddha0991
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Hot Coldman
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Every-day's great, at your Ju-[FAMILY MART]
ScraftyDevil
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I've been reppin' my waifu since last Wednesday, and will likely continue to rep her until Real Pic July.
My superpower is the inability to feel shame.
This immediately got the song stuck in my head. Luv it.
I'm not even sure who that is.
I was about to post this exact same thing.
This looks really, really good. Like, super fucking good.
ScraftyDevil
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Foo Fighters iirc.
(She's from Part 6 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.)
ScraftyDevil
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Yup! She's actually one of my favourite characters in the series, and since I recently finished my second reading Stone Ocean I thought I'd rep her for a little while.
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