Comments on: Persona Club P3 Book, A Collection of Fanart and Interesting Details

By: Do You Get a Thrill From Dying in Games? | kotowari 「理」

Do You Get a Thrill From Dying in Games? | kotowari 「理」 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:05:31 +0000

[...] because there is nothing in life much scarier than facing death. Xcomp, a blogger from the UK explains: The most essential factor is the fear a Persona user feels when they put the gun shaped Evoker to [...]

By: Xcomp

Xcomp — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:50:52 +0000

Yes, this is all official material. As I mentioned, It was produced by the Famitsu staff in collaboration with Atlus, namely the P3 development staff. Some of the material appears in the P3 FES Fanbook’s glossary too but not in as much detail.

And Nyx is supposed to be an alien being made of waves by the way. Humans having the will to live is what was delaying its resurrection. It all works out if you think back towards the events of the game, especially the last scene really.

As for “The Seven Hells”, the book has it down as “Seven Earths” but it’s interesting to know the alternative references you’ve mentioned.

By: TinyRedLeaf

TinyRedLeaf — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:28:21 +0000

Are those the official background stories for Nyx and the shadows? I don’t quite like the idea of “waves” bouncing off Earth (erm….cosmic radiation?), but that aside, it’s a workable concept. Nice to know that Apathy Syndrome was caused by shadows leaving a person’s mind, instead of shadows “eating” them. That makes a lot of sense.

In effect, that means that shadows represent the “will to live”. Losing your shadow literally means you’ve lost the desire to live, hence Apathy Syndrome.

Regarding the Seven Earths reference, I’ve come across that a while ago, but I recall that it could also be a reference to the Seven Hells in Kabbalist mythology. “Tartarus” is another name for hell, so I thought the Seven Hells reference seemed more likely.

Thanks for the blog@ I won’t be buying these fanbooks in any case, since my Japanese is nowhere good enough to read them.

By: xcomp

xcomp — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:47:46 +0000

They're fun little stories. Kind of like the drama CDs really but focusing more on a single character.

By: Calvin Michel Sidjaja

Calvin Michel Sidjaja — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:54:30 +0000

I’m glad you translate the excerpt of this fanbook. The fanart looks nice, but I’m much interested to explanation toward persona 3 fes stories.

also:

He himself thinks about it too and realises how whenever he is asked something, the only answers he comes up with are “Yes”, “No”, “Whatever”.

lol, I think this is intended hinted as protagonist role parody since they rarely talk outside these lines… xD

nice article as always!

By: xcomp

xcomp — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:57:12 +0000

Persona isn't the only fictional work where the Japanese makes a reference to something that exists in real life then, twists it to create something different. Take the classic "Oh! My Goddess" show for example. It borrows heavily from Norse mythology. That's really the only one I can think of off the top my head just now but there are others. I think Full Metal Alchemist is one too.

By: Draak

Draak — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:41:26 +0000

Interesting this Butterfly story, it is the first time I read about it. I always thought that the butterfly was just a symbolism for the soul (well, it still is). That’s what I really like in P3, they mix mythology, philosophy, religion, symbolism… So many references.

Btw, Koromaru fanart is so sweet!