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| The Overseer | Oct 25 2012, 12:06 PM Post #1 |
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Prior Appearance: http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120401062740/megamitensei/images/5/5e/Naoto_Shirogane_render.png Appearance as a Pony: http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/f/2012/237/e/8/equesona_4__naoto_shirogane_by_one_armed_dragon-d5cbmqz.png From: Persona 4, Persona 4 The Golden, Persona 4 Arena, Persona 4 The Animation Personality: Having lost both parents in a car accident during childhood, Naoto acts very mature in spite of being young of age. As a descendant of a lineage of famous detectives, she wears formal clothing and speaks formally in a deep voice, wishing to be treated as an adult, and expresses frustration at being treated like a child by the police force. It is also implied in the story that Naoto has no talent in cooking. History: *PERSONA 4 AND PERSONA 4 ARENA SPOILERS START HERE* A well-known detective, Naoto was dubbed the "Detective Prince" by the media. She is first mentioned when the department which Ryotaro Dojima works has no lead upon their investigations for the bizarre murder case, resulting in Dojima's superiors employing Naoto to assist them, an action which greatly disturbs Dojima. Furthermore, Naoto claims that the only rewards she wants for solving the case is the truth, and wants no assistance from other departments, further annoying Dojima. Naoto first appears on-screen during the Investigation Team's investigation of Kanji Tatsumi as the potential next victim. Incidentally, Naoto was also to deduce that Kanji would be the next victim, and tries to seek clues by speaking to him. During that time, Naoto expresses interest in the case, which Kanji mistakes as Naoto being interested in him. This results in Kanji becoming shocked and conflicted about his feelings towards Naoto, and more importantly, his sexuality. Naoto later enrolls at Yasogami High School, immediately attracting the admiration of others. However, her serious nature often leads to her shunning and ignoring her admirers and classmates. Later, during one of the Investigation Team's meetings regarding the suspect of the case, Mitsuo Kubo, Naoto appears and chastises the Team's efforts, deeming their investigation as nothing more but a "game." She tells them that their game is about to end, and that Yasoinaba will soon return to its peaceful, rustic self. Annoyed by her words, Rise Kujikawa tells Naoto that she is the one who was treating the case like a game. Surprised by the idol, Naoto reluctantly accepts that what Rise said might be true, lamenting that detectives are just employed for the time being, and once the case has been solved, they are simply pushed aside. After the arrest of Mitsuo Kubo, the first suspect of the case, Naoto remains suspicious and decides to become bait to lure the culprit. She is interviewed by a TV show and subsequently kidnapped and thrown into the Midnight Channel. Through the Team's efforts to gather clues, they found out that Naoto, despite her professional personality, is actually a workaholic who chooses to ignore the police department's advice and work alone. As such, she is often deemed a kid trying too hard by the officers. The Investigation Team eventually manages to detect Naoto's location in the Midnight Channel, an industrial laboratory or military base filled with mechanical Shadows and falcon symbols, and sets out to rescue the detective. The Investigation Team eventually finds Naoto, along with her Shadow, who is busy preparing for a "body-altering operation." The other 'Naoto' taunts Naoto, saying that in reality Naoto is nothing more than just a child trying to play "superhero". Confused and surprised, Naoto denies the Shadow's claims. However, the Shadow then reveals a shocking secret: Naoto is actually female. It clarifies that the "body-altering operation" was to be a sex-change operation. Fueled by Naoto's rejection, her Shadow transforms and attacks the party. Naoto's Shadow is a robotic doppelganger equipped with large toy-like laser guns, rocket feet and a jet pack, representing Naoto's resentment towards being treated like a child and not taken seriously, as well as the pressure she feels from working in an occupation dominated by men. It can also be something of a split personality, as it can talk seriously one minute, and act helpless and innocent the next, similar to how the Wheel of Fortune may act unpredictably. After defeating the Shadow, Naoto reveals that her parents were detectives as well, but were both killed in one of their investigations. She acknowledges her parents' passion for their job, and wishes to become a "hard-boiled" detective, inheriting the title of "Shirogane," but fears as long as she herself is a girl, she can never achieve her dreams. She eventually realizing that what she wanted was not to become a man, but to be accepted as her true self, and her Shadow acknowledges her resolution, transforming into Sukuna-Hikona, her Persona. Later, during the Yasogami High cultural festival, she wins the beauty pageant despite not showing up for the second round (a swimsuit competition). In spite of her extremely masculine personality, she is a bit self-conscious of her body, as she refuses to wear a swimsuit and immediately steals her physical examination results from Teddie when Rise is about to reveal her bust size. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Persona 4 Arena: Her story mode begins a month before the game's actual starting date, after she is contacted by a man in the Japanese Self Defence Force to help them investigate Mitsuru Kirijo, the eldest daughter of the Kirijo group. When she asks why is she needed for this, the man reveals that this involves Shadows and Personas, interesting Naoto. It seems that they have been working with an almost invisible group still under the Government's support called Shadow Operatives, mainly because of their job to exterminate Shadows (creatures this same man had seen in the past) and because they work in the shadows. They suspect Mitsuru Kirijo to be doing this not only to exterminate Shadows and help people but because there is some dark secret she is trying to hide, and they want to make it come to light. Naoto agrees thinking it's for the better good. After meeting Mitsuru, she takes part in the escort team of a plane carrying something really important for the Kirijo Group, with a high security label, but the plane is hijacked and the cargo disappears. Naoto manages to put a transmiter in a suspicious van, and they track the signal to Inaba, where the cargo is supposed to be at. Naoto is told by Mitsuru she shouldn't get involved any further, and asks her to leave the case. Naoto understands Mitsuru is only thinking about the better good, but decides to keep on investigating. A month later, she is contacted by the same man at the Self Defence Force, instructing her to meet up a person close to Mitsuru Kirijo called Detective Kurosawa, a close aid of Kirijo. Later she is also contacted by Chie in order to know if she's going to make it to their meeting. Naoto meets with Kurosawa. He gives her information about Mitsuru's group and objectives. When Naoto asks him why is he doing this, Kurosawa replies that, no matter how much they investigate, they won't be able to find anything dirty in Mitsuru, because there is none. He leads Naoto to where Mitsuru, Aigis and Akihiko Sanada meet, before entering a TV where they suspect the cargo is. Naoto decides to follow in order to keep on investigating and make sure everything is alright in that world. She finds herself caught up in a strange tournament which happens to contain herself and the rest of the investigation team promptly running into Yu as soon as she comes to. He tells her what's going on and she continues onward. Eventually she runs into Mitsuru and is able to defeat her. While she is still suspicious of Mitsuru, she gets a better understanding of who she is and can trust her completely. She helps her get into contact with Rise who reveals she is locked up in the announcement room and heads there defeating Akihiko too. *PERSONA 4 AND PERSONA 4 ARENA SPOILERS END HERE* How she became a pony: Naoto noted that every time they entered the TV world, the television was turned off. So she decided to conduct and experiment, and turned the TV on, flipping it to a random channel, one that she knew was safe, due to it being full of children's shows. She then placed her hand through the TV... It felt a bit more strange then usual, but it was still possible to enter... Though now she couldn't pull her hand out. The television was now pulling her in. She'd close her eyes and shake her head. "Well... down the rabbit hole I go..." she thought before pushing through the screen, closing her eyes. When she opened them, she looked around.... Everything was so colorful. "Where... am I? And why am I so low to the ground...." She'd look around and notice that the town was populated not by humans, but by ponies. "...by process of elimination, I can safely say that I am now inside of the television show 'My Little Pony...'" she muttered to herself, before looking herself over. Her clothes had morphed to cover her new form. She shook her head once more and started to walk around... "I wonder if anyone even knows of Inaba here... or how to get home..." ((I'll continue that in a thread in Ponyville :P)) |
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| The Overseer | Oct 25 2012, 01:36 PM Post #2 |
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"WESTERN" version of history, on request A well-known detective, Naoto was dubbed the "Detective Prince" by the media. She is first mentioned when the department which Roy works has no lead upon their investigations for the bizarre murder case, resulting in Roy's superiors employing Naoto to assist them, an action which greatly disturbs Roy. Furthermore, Naoto claims that the only rewards she wants for solving the case is the truth, and wants no assistance from other departments, further annoying Roy. Naoto first appears on-screen during the Investigation Team's investigation of Ken as the potential next victim. Incidentally, Naoto was also to deduce that Ken would be the next victim, and tries to seek clues by speaking to him. During that time, Naoto expresses interest in the case, which Ken mistakes as Naoto being interested in him. This results in Ken becoming shocked and conflicted about his feelings towards Naoto, and more importantly, his sexuality. Naoto later enrolls at the local High School, immediately attracting the admiration of others. However, her serious nature often leads to her shunning and ignoring her admirers and classmates. Later, during one of the Investigation Team's meetings regarding the suspect of the case, Michael, Naoto appears and chastises the Team's efforts, deeming their investigation as nothing more but a "game." She tells them that their game is about to end, and that the city will soon return to its peaceful, rustic self. Annoyed by her words, Roxanne tells Naoto that she is the one who was treating the case like a game. Surprised by the idol, Naoto reluctantly accepts that what Roxanne said might be true, lamenting that detectives are just employed for the time being, and once the case has been solved, they are simply pushed aside. After the arrest of Michael, the first suspect of the case, Naoto remains suspicious and decides to become bait to lure the culprit. She is interviewed by a TV show and subsequently kidnapped and thrown into the Midnight Channel. Through the Team's efforts to gather clues, they found out that Naoto, despite her professional personality, is actually a workaholic who chooses to ignore the police department's advice and work alone. As such, she is often deemed a kid trying too hard by the officers. The Investigation Team eventually manages to detect Naoto's location in the Midnight Channel, an industrial laboratory or military base filled with mechanical Shadows and falcon symbols, and sets out to rescue the detective. The Investigation Team eventually finds Naoto, along with her Shadow, who is busy preparing for a "body-altering operation." The other 'Naoto' taunts Naoto, saying that in reality Naoto is nothing more than just a child trying to play "superhero". Confused and surprised, Naoto denies the Shadow's claims. However, the Shadow then reveals a shocking secret: Naoto is actually female. It clarifies that the "body-altering operation" was to be a sex-change operation. Fueled by Naoto's rejection, her Shadow transforms and attacks the party. Naoto's Shadow is a robotic doppelganger equipped with large toy-like laser guns, rocket feet and a jet pack, representing Naoto's resentment towards being treated like a child and not taken seriously, as well as the pressure she feels from working in an occupation dominated by men. It can also be something of a split personality, as it can talk seriously one minute, and act helpless and innocent the next, similar to how the Wheel of Fortune may act unpredictably. After defeating the Shadow, Naoto reveals that her parents were detectives as well, but were both killed in one of their investigations. She acknowledges her parents' passion for their job, and wishes to become a "hard-boiled" detective, inheriting the title of "Shirogane," but fears as long as she herself is a girl, she can never achieve her dreams. She eventually realizing that what she wanted was not to become a man, but to be accepted as her true self, and her Shadow acknowledges her resolution, transforming into her Persona. Later, during the school's cultural festival, she wins the beauty pageant despite not showing up for the second round (a swimsuit competition). In spite of her extremely masculine personality, she is a bit self-conscious of her body, as she refuses to wear a swimsuit and immediately steals her physical examination results from Teddie when Roxanne is about to reveal her bust size. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Persona 4 Arena: Her story mode begins a month before the game's actual starting date, after she is contacted by a man in the Japanese Self Defence Force to help them investigate Michelle, the eldest daughter of the her family' group. When she asks why is she needed for this, the man reveals that this involves Shadows and Personas, interesting Naoto. It seems that they have been working with an almost invisible group still under the Government's support called Shadow Operatives, mainly because of their job to exterminate Shadows (creatures this same man had seen in the past) and because they work in the shadows. They suspect Michelle to be doing this not only to exterminate Shadows and help people but because there is some dark secret she is trying to hide, and they want to make it come to light. Naoto agrees thinking it's for the better good. After meeting Michelle, she takes part in the escort team of a plane carrying something really important for her Group, with a high security label, but the plane is hijacked and the cargo disappears. Naoto manages to put a transmiter in a suspicious van, and they track the signal to Inaba, where the cargo is supposed to be at. Naoto is told by Mitchelle she shouldn't get involved any further, and asks her to leave the case. Naoto understands Michelle is only thinking about the better good, but decides to keep on investigating. A month later, she is contacted by the same man at the Self Defence Force, instructing her to meet up a person close to Michelle called Detective Keith, a close aid of Michelle. Later she is also contacted by Clarice in order to know if she's going to make it to their meeting. Naoto meets with Keith. He gives her information about Michelle's group and objectives. When Naoto asks him why is he doing this, Keith replies that, no matter how much they investigate, they won't be able to find anything dirty in Michelle, because there is none. He leads Naoto to where Michelle, Amy and Anthony meet, before entering a TV where they suspect the cargo is. Naoto decides to follow in order to keep on investigating and make sure everything is alright in that world. She finds herself caught up in a strange tournament which happens to contain herself and the rest of the investigation team promptly running into You as soon as she comes to. He tells her what's going on and she continues onward. Eventually she runs into Michelle and is able to defeat her. While she is still suspicious of Michelle, she gets a better understanding of who she is and can trust her completely. She helps her get into contact with Roxanne who reveals she is locked up in the announcement room and heads there defeating Anthony too. ...this hurt my brain to type. |
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| Detective Greycoat | Oct 25 2012, 02:13 PM Post #3 |
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That hurt your brain to TYPE? The western version was so confusing it hurt my brain to read. But...approved as a PI if you so desire. |
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| The Overseer | Oct 25 2012, 02:18 PM Post #4 |
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It's more going to be her rediscovering herself, but yeah, she'll probably do some PI stuff on the side. |
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