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"I've known it all along; I've just been lying to myself... I was consumed by hatred... I couldn't face the thought of being alone... But... that's exactly what happened... All this time, I've just been running away... ...... I've made up my mind... Shinjiro-san... I'll see it through to the end. So you don't need to worry."
Ken Amada is a playable character from Persona 3. He is the youngest member of SEES, and one of the two who doesn't attend Gekkoukan High School until he attends its middle school branch in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax two years later.
Appearances[]
- Persona 3 / FES / Portable / Reload: Playable Character
- Persona 3 Portable (F): Justice Arcana Social Link
- Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight: Playable Character
- Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight: DLC partner
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Playable Character (paired with Koromaru)
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Playable Character
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P3: Major Character
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4: Supporting Character
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Playable Character
Design[]
Persona 3/FES/Portable[]
Ken has styled short brown hair and eyes. Even as an elementary student, he is short for his age. At school and Tartarus, he wears a school uniform of Gekkoukan Elementary, with an orange jacket under his Gekkoukan jacket, and tennis shoes with white socks. On weekends off, he is seen wearing a long orange turtleneck sweater shirt with light orange sleeves and tan shorts. On the summer days off, he wears a black turtleneck shirt underneath his orange and black jersey (with an "8" on the back, referencing his Arcana) and black shorts.
Reload[]
Ken wears a slightly altered summer casual attire. He wears a black undershirt underneath his orange and burnt orange jersey.
When he is seen cooking, Ken wears a yellow T-shirt with black sleeves underneath, orange apron and yellow shorts.
He is given new battle gear, which consists of a long black jacket, fingerless gloves and a white belt he wears around his shoulder.
Dancing in Moonlight[]
In Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight, he wears a high-collar orange jacket with attached white wings, regular black length shorts, mismatched socks (one yellow with purple stripes and the other blue with purple stripes), and green and white sneakers. He also wears fingerless green gloves and black headphones over his ears.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax[]
In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Ken is now 13 years old and consequently has grown taller from his last appearance. His hair remains mostly unchanged in style, but is slightly longer. Ken now wears the standard uniform of Gekkoukan Middle School, brown shoes, a wristwatch on right wrist, and an armband with "Student Council" written on it on his left arm. He no longer wears his orange jacket, which is now worn by Koromaru, nor the shorts he wore as an elementary student.
His "TV glasses" are a pair of light beige glasses.
Personality[]
Despite his young age, Ken is very intelligent and mature. It is shown that this is a coping mechanism due to the death of his mother at a young age, which more-or-less forced him to give up his childhood. His maturity is noted by Yukari, who can't believe he's in elementary school and claims that Junpei, who is a full six years older than him, could learn a thing or two from him. Fuuka also notes his maturity, and finds him cute as a result of it. Besides being mature, Ken also says several words that boys his age don't usually use, such as "bastard," which he usually uses when referring to Strega. Additionally, he doesn't take kindly to when others underestimate or degrade him due to his age or the fact that he is in elementary school. He is normally very polite to others, and never misses a chance to show respect where respect is due. He is also honest, diligent, and deeply caring towards his peers, particularly the members of SEES. Ken is shown to like and care a great deal for animals, such as Koromaru. In his video recording, There is a hamster in his room. In Persona 3 The Movie, he cares for a goldfish. In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, it is shown that he and Koromaru are now living together.
Although Ken is very mature, he still has several traits that fit with his age and is sometimes too precocious for his own good. Overall, Ken gives off the impression that he's trying too hard to be something he's not, i.e. an adult. Ken notes that one of the reasons he uses spears in battle is so that the long reach of the weapon can let him be on even ground with an adult.
He also likes to watch a children's show, Featherman R, but he prefers to keep it a secret. He seems to collect a lot of the Featherman R figurines, as well. He is also shown to be quite naive at times, such as when Junpei convinces him into believing the girls aren't wearing anything under their kimonos, which they wore on New Year's Day: although Junpei had clearly perverted intentions, those were completely lost on Ken. He finds a role-model in Akihiko, whom he admires for his boxing and fighting talents, often referring to him as "Sanada-san" as a form of respect to his senpai.
He has a strong dislike for milk, but he forces himself to drink it because he believes it can make him become taller. Unfortunately, it seems he may be lactose-intolerant since it often makes him ill. In the female protagonist's route, he acts shy towards her, due to the crush he develops on her if the right choices are made during his Social Link.
Although especially idealistic, his tragedy with his mother's death torments him in maintaining his sense of justice and the reason to live it belies for him: at first, he considers suicide, but eventually forgoes that and responds with a drive for revenge. Although hesitant towards taking down Shinjiro Aragaki, he would become consumed by hatred without thinking of the consequences, specifically the guilt that he will drown in as warned by Shinjiro himself. After Shinjiro's death and Akihiko's support towards him by letting him choose how to live for himself, Ken comes to terms with his loss of his mother and his loneliness, and strives to live on, preserving his ideologies of an ideal world.
In The Answer, it is shown that he attempted to tell the truth about his mother's death to a police officer, but the officer dismissed it as some hallucination Ken had as a result of trauma. This convinced Ken that he couldn't rely on adults, and so he resolved to track down his mother's killer on his own.
In Midsummer Knight's Dream, however, he initially thought it was just some random Shadow that killed his mother and only discovers that it was Shinjiro later on, ultimately attempting to kill him out of a feeling of betrayal. Ken is portrayed as being more polite and having more remorse over Shinjiro's death in the Japanese version compared to his portrayal in the English version. In fact, in the Japanese version, it is made very clear that Ken feels remorse by outright saying that he no longer wants to kill Shinjiro anyway.
After Shinjiro sacrifices himself to save him, Ken becomes depressed and guilty, losing his reason to live, and runs away from the dorm. His depression is especially shown in Falling Down, when he recalls Shinjiro's last words to him and claims that living for what the future has in store is easier said than done, since living is sometimes just as painful as dying. Later, he is confronted by Akihiko, who tells Ken that he is just going to have to move on and accept his mother's death, with Akihiko leaving Ken's decision of whether or not to return in his own hands. He then admits to himself that he had just been running away from the truth the whole time, and was really just looking for someone to blame for the death of his mother. He then decides to live in memory of Shinjiro and his mother, triggering the evolution of his Persona, and returns to the dorm shortly afterwards, stating that he's done running away.
In The Answer, Ken seems to have grown even more mature, as he now understands why the Kirijo Group covered up the truth behind his mother's death and made it look like an accident, going so far as to say that it's alright when Mitsuru expresses her sympathy. He also appears to be slightly more trusting of Metis than the others, being willing to believe that all she really wants is to protect Aigis. When the origins of the Abyss of Time are revealed, Ken notes the irony of the group trapping themselves, saying that it's "almost funny." During the dispute over what to do with the keys, he takes Akihiko's side, as the two usually agree and have the same viewpoints. He strongly disagrees with Yukari's desire to go back to before the last battle, believing it to be too big of a gamble and refuses to let the time they spent with the protagonist be for nothing, especially since he, much like Akihiko, has learned to accept that the dead, like Shinjiro, are never coming back. After the group defeats Erebus, however, he admits that he can breathe easier now that he knows for sure that the protagonist gave his life for a reason.
Profile[]
Persona 3[]
The Journey[]
"I always thought there was something I had to do. The more I thought about it, the more hesitant I became... But I've made up my mind... The next chance I get, I'll do it. ...I'll get it done for sure."
Shuji Ikutsuki invites Ken to live in the SEES dorm because he is an orphan with no home to return to. It is never explained what happened to Ken's father.
Ken is revealed to have the potential to wield a Persona and is asked to join the team. He uses long spears to make up for his short stature. His Personas are equally as large (being the largest of the Personas) to contrast his short stature, and can be used for healing. He can also use single target Electricity and Light spells for damage and instant death, and Physical skills that focus on vulnerable enemies.
Initially, the protagonist and his friends believe that Ken joined SEES out of altruism, but his true intentions are far darker and revealed in October. In reality, exactly two years ago in 2007, Shinjiro accidentally caused the death of Ken's mother when his Persona went berserk while on a SEES mission. Ken would be driven by revenge for his mother's sake as a coping mechanism.
After recently finding out Shinjiro was the killer by overhearing a conversation, he would join SEES while keeping his true intentions a secret. Soon after during their work at SEES, Ken would discover that one of their upcoming Full Moon operations would take place on October 4th, 2009, the anniversary of his mother's death. He would call him over at the site of his mother's death on that day in order to enact his revenge onto Shinjiro and kill him. During the entire meeting, Ken would antagonize Shinjiro, treating him as nothing more than a killer, while drawing pity towards himself, which is an end result of his loneliness.
Shinjiro displayed understanding towards one-another however, as while Ken's actions were laced with hesitation, Shinjiro not only agreed to meet up with Ken knowing full well why, but Ken's entrance into SEES was the whole reason he agreed to return back to the team after recurring reluctance. Shinjiro let Ken kill him if he had to, but warned him that if he did, he would end up becoming just like him. Ken, while only having seen Shinjiro as a murderer, did hesitate with going through with his plans as he didn't have complete certainty in his sense of righteousness.
During their confrontation, Takaya Sakaki comes across them when on his way to identify and assassinate the team's navigator (who is actually Fuuka Yamagishi, who Takaya never recognizes). Takaya tells both of them that Shinjiro does not have much to live even if Ken did not kill him and if Shinjiro would die Ken would probably commit suicide. Takaya tries kill both of them as in his deluded worldview, he was just trying to "put them out of their suffering." This shatters not only Ken's hopes of revenge, but Shinjiro would realize that his acceptance wouldn't remotely save Ken's life, as their actions would in the end be meaningless.
After Takaya takes down Shinjiro, he announces his plans to assassinate the team navigator, but Ken steps in and lies to him that he is the team Nagivator in a bid to use Takaya to commit suicide, only for Shinjiro to jump in front of the bullet, mortally wounding himself while his friends arrive too late to save him, accepting his fate. Dying, he reminds Ken that he is still a child with a whole life ahead of him and a future that can be about more than vengeance. Shinjiro's death devastates Ken and snaps him to reality, but his last words inspire Ken to fight for the future his mother would have wanted for him.
After Shinjiro sacrifices himself to save him, Ken becomes depressed and guilty. However, Akihiko confronts Ken by having him choose what he wishes to do from that point onward, allowing him to overcome his past and forgive Shinjiro. This event changes Ken dramatically, allowing him to obtain his ultimate Persona.
Ken fights with SEES until the end against Nyx Avatar. When the protagonist confronts Nyx's true form Death, Ken's voice is the first heard, worrying that there's nothing they can do.
Portable[]
"From now on, I'll look after you."
- Main article: Social Link/Ken Amada
Ken is a Social Link of the Justice Arcana for the female protagonist - his equivalent for the male protagonist is Chihiro Fushimi.
His events are available starting from September 1 and take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. However, Ken is overtly shy about the idea of spending time with a girl, especially one who is older than him, and his Social Link events will not start unless the protagonist has maximum Courage. Her courage will rub off on Ken and allow him to overcome his initial shyness. Depending on the protagonist's choices, Ken will fall in love with the protagonist over the course of the Social Link.
Through the month of September, outside of the very first week, the protagonist will be unable to take Ken out on Tuesdays, which can be viewed two-fold. The in-universe reason is most likely that Ken is withdrawing himself from the female protagonist as he prepares for the events of October 4th. One is the outside reason of not advancing the Social Link too quickly for if this wasn't the case, it could have been possible to get near to or completely finish his Social Link, with his behavior at the end of the Social Link not mixing with his behavior at that time.
After October 4th, if his Social Link has been started, an extra scene will be shown where Ken and the female protagonist will revisit the spot behind the station.
Maxing out his Social Link will make it possible for Ken to visit the female protagonist during the ending.
Reload[]
"The hard battles continue, but we're still able to keep going... And it's because we all know when we come back, you'll always be there for us. […] I feel like you're always looking after us and making sure we're okay, too. I want to be more like you, [protagonist]-san."
- Main article: Linked Episode
Ken represents one of the Linked Episodes to compensate his absence as a Social Link from previous games for the male protagonist.
Ken's 1st Linked Episode can be started on 9/8 at earliest after getting a text by Fuuka who is worried about him during night time. He can be found at different locations around the dorm depending on the rank, including his room, the fourth floor and outside the dorm.
His Linked Episodes mostly focus on him trying to fit in SEES as the only elementary kid by getting to know the group, specifically Shinjiro and the protagonist. Before the October Full Moon Operation, he will talk to the protagonist during his second Linked Episode to entrust his pet hamster, "Hamburger" to him. This could possibly be hinting at him committing suicide after confronting Shinjiro.
He eventually starts realizing how much his life matters, especially after Shinjiro sacrificed his life in exchange for his future. He would soon realize that he should start living his young life and starts to hang out with his school friends, watch TV and read manga.
During his final two Linked Episodes he asks the protagonist to a one-on-one to eventually surpass him eventually and help him grow stronger. Before fighting Nyx, he challenges the protagonist once again with Akihiko, Junpei and Koromaru cheering him. He would eventually win against the protagonist after getting distracted by Yukari. Completing his Linked Episode will make him give the protagonist his Silver Key as a promise to eventually fight with him again when he grows up. The Silver Key would the unlock the fusion of Michael.
The Answer[]
At the start of The Answer, Ken is one of the few SEES members still staying in the dorm. Early on, he is attacked by Metis due to a misunderstanding. He is seen being slammed against a wall and bleeding from his mouth. Aigis rescues Ken and oddly enough, no one mentions Ken's health to Aigis after she wakes up as he appears to be fine.
At the end of Cocytus, in the flashback regarding his past, he's seen in a police station telling the officer about the happenings of the night when he lost his mother. He tells him about a "shining horse monster" (Castor), but the officer doesn't believe him at all, and then tells him that his mother's killer was a driver; everything was an accident. Ken responds angrily but he's brushed off by the policeman. This, most likely, as is revealed in the next scene, was the result of the standard procedure the Kirijo Group took when regarding Shadow-related deaths in using recent or nearby incidents as cover. Mitsuru Kirijo apologizes to Ken for that.
During the debate to determine what to do with the keys, Ken sides with Akihiko, feeling the past shouldn't be tampered with. He believes that the protagonist died because he used all his powers to protect everyone, and by tampering with the past, it would be disrespectful to his sacrifice.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax[]
Ken is a playable character fighting with Koromaru as a pair. He is shown to be in middle school by now and is also much taller. He is an honor student and is part of the student council. He has also been shown to now play soccer. Like Yukari, he was called in to rescue Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Aigis.
In P3 Mode Epilogue, Ken alongside Koromaru decides to leave Shadow Operatives to spend more time living out the childhood and normalcy he missed out on by joining SEES and taking vengeance. Ken decides that when he graduates, he will return to the Shadow Operatives.
Play Style[]
In gameplay, Ken works as a two-in-one character with Koromaru, thus, almost similar to Shadow Labrys and a few other characters of avatar-fighter fame (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future characters, Guilty Gear's Bridget and BlazBlue's Carl and Relius Clover). Koromaru acts as his active "puppet" extension, making it effectively controlling two characters at once, as opposed to some of the other JoJo characters (like Shadow Dio) and the rest of the P4AU cast, who are all passive with their avatars/Personas.
This is also added along with the fact that Ken's C and D moves only use Koromaru (C makes him attack, and D calls him back), as Ken only uses his Persona in a few select attacks (like his Gigantic Impact). Ken's arsenal is limited, but with his long-range spear, wisely used pokes with slow startup and notable lag can easily deal with opponents from full-screen, and his close-range pokes are decent as well with okay combo ability (especially if one manages to "sandwich" the opponent between himself and Koromaru, which is much easier due to Koromaru as an active "avatar puppet" as opposed to being passive).
Koromaru also has his own gauge which acts as his health bar, in that he will be knocked out for a while should he suffer too many hits. Koromaru, like Ken, also has very few attacks that use his Persona.
Ken's only SMT series spells are Vile Assault, Mediarama, Thunder Reign and Hamaon (which is only used along with Koromaru's Mudoon during their Instant Kill/Mortal Blow).
Due to Ken not relying on his Persona as much, much less than Akihiko would, especially with his limited move list involving it, he has the lowest amount of Persona Cards/Units in comparison to most characters and tied along with Akihiko, which both have only two Cards/Units.
Ken's theme/leitmotif is called "Youthful Spirit."
Score Attack[]
Ken, as a Boss character, deals more damage and has more stamina. In addition, Koromaru is invulnerable to all attacks and is also able to attack even during All-Out Attack, Vile Assault and Thunder Reign. His C attack is incredibly faster than normal. Ken's Mediarama recovers more HP. His Gigantic Impact and Thunder Reign SP skill inflict Shock even without Skill Boost. His Awakened SP skill has increased damage and is unblockable in air.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth[]
Ken and his team are stranded in an alternate reality of Yasogami High School, where they must traverse the mystical labyrinths to find the items guarded in each labyrinth in order to leave the place. During their first venture into the labyrinth, they encounter the Investigation Team and agree to join forces for the same purposes.
Ken's co-op attack is a piercing attack, hitting the target and piercing through it to hit one of the enemies in the back row as well.
During the P4 story, Ken finds out that Yosuke lost someone dear to him because of the criminal in his town and goes to ask him what he planned to do once he caught them. Yosuke answers that he would turn them in to the police, which upsets Ken. Kanji overhears this and later talks to him while crocheting new shoelaces for the boy. Ken and Kanji connect through this experience.
After the threat is over, everyone returns to their separate worlds. Their memory of the event is erased. Ken is last seen participating in a private party with the rest of the team.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth[]
Ken and SEES are on a mission in Tartarus when they are unexpectedly brought to a new world. He and the team are separated from two of their teammates and then ambushed by a herd of Shadows before the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and the Investigation Team come to their rescue. Among them is a girl who claims to know them and to be part of their team despite having never met. It was later revealed that she is from an alternate reality where she is a team member of SEES.
Throughout the game, Ken develops admiration for the Phantom Thieves due to their sense of justice. Learning how the Phantom Thieves change people's hearts makes him think of Shinjiro who is responsible for his mother's death and the person he wants to take vengeance against. After spending time with the Phantom Thieves and realizing their form of justice, Ken starts to reconsider his own sense of justice.
Ken is one of three people who notices something is off with Akechi based on how he interacts with Koromaru, which is the same as Ken himself. When confronting Akechi directly, Ken feels, for a moment, that Akechi might be the same as him (both driven by desire for revenge), but immediately dismisses it as to not make Akechi uncomfortable. When seeing Akechi and Ken together, Yu correctly deduce that the both of them have something looming over them that neither feels they can talk about.
Ken learns two unison attacks from completing specific side quests, which he can perform with the P3P heroine, Aigis, and Koromaru in one; and Morgana, Ryuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki in another.
Once they defeat the true enemy, everyone returns to their separate worlds with their memories erased. Ken is last seen watching a science-fiction movie with the team. The Ken in the P3P heroine's world is seen in the post-credits scene, where they also watch a movie together.
Stats[]
The Answer[]
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Battle Quotes[]
- "Don't underestimate me because of my age!" (Summoning Persona for the first time)
- "Nemesis!" (Summoning Nemesis)
- "Kala-Nemi!" (Summoning Kala-Nemi)
- "Check this out." (Summoning Persona)
- "Here goes!" (Summoning Persona)
- "Watch this." (Summoning Persona)
- "Appear!" (Summoning Persona)
- "Here's our chance! Let's do it!" (Requesting All-Out Attack)
- "Understood!" (After confirming All-Out Attack)
- "I'm going, too!" (Requesting Co-Op attack)
- "That wasn't good." (Using a Support Ability)
- "Please, help me!" (After attacking, enemy survives)
- "Oh, crap!" (After attacking, enemy survives)
- "This is what my power is meant to be used for!" (Enemy weak to attack/Critical hit)
- "It's time to get serious!" (Enemy weak to attack/Critical hit)
- "Alright. Next!" (Battle won)
- "We can't afford to lose!" (Battle won)
- "Alright!" (Battle won)
- "Don't worry, I'm fine." (Battle won with low HP)
- "Did you see that!? Not bad, huh?" (Battle won with low HP)
- "Not bad." (Party member gets "1 more")
- "Another, another!" (Party member gets "1 more")
- "You're on a roll!" (Party member gets "1 more")
- "Go on. Execute 'em!" (Party member gets "1 more")
- "That was amazing, Mitsuru-san!" (Mitsuru gets "1 more")
- "Yes yes yes, my skill level has increased!" (Level Up)
- "Slash attacks won't work!" (Enemy resistant to Slash)
- "Hey! Physical attacks aren't working!" (Enemy resistant to Strike)
- "Pierce attacks won't work!" (Enemy resistant to Pierce)
- "Fire attacks are useless!" (Enemy resistant to Fire)
- "Ice doesn't seem to work." (Enemy resistant to Ice)
- "Wind attacks are a waste of time." (Enemy resistant to Wind)
- "Electricity won't do much damage." (Enemy resistant to Electricity)
- "Light attacks are useless!" (Enemy resistant to Light)
- "Darkness isn't working?!" (Enemy resistant to Darkness)
- "Almighty skills won't work?! No fair!" (Enemy resistant to Almighty)
- "There's nothing we can do!?" (Final Nyx Battle)
- "How can he use Kala-Nemi...?" (Battle against ???)
- Shadow Ken
- "Heh, this will be fun, Koromaru." (When chosen on the character select screen)
- "If you underestimate, you'll get hurt." (When chosen on the character select screen)
- "Hehehehe... can you win against me?" (Starting the round)
- "Are you the idiot with a death wish?" (Starting the round)
- "I'll crush you until there's nothing left." (Starting the round)
- "Go Koromaru!"
- "Do it, Koromaru!"
- "Too bad..."
- "You're joking."
- "Dodging!"
- "Up yours!"
- "Get lost!" (Activating Shadow Frenzy)
- "Bastard!" (When hit)
- "Useless!" (When dismissing Koromaru)
- "Get real." (While performing Mediarama)
- "I have it." (While performing Mediarama)
- "Don't let them go!" (While performing Zan - Hakurou Battouga)
- "It's time!" (While performing Thunder Reign)
- "Behold... you're dead!" (While performing Fire Breath)
- "Behold... it's time! Your death... you're dead!" (While performing Super Gattai! Ultimate Cross)
- "So annoying..." (Non-final round victory)
- "Moron..." (Non-final round victory)
- "I'll shut you up!" (Non-final round victory)
- "Hehe... freaking out over a little kid?" (Non-final round victory)
- "You're weak... too weak to live." (Final round victory)
- "This can't be!?" (Non-final round defeat)
- "Dammit... Next time..." (Final round defeat)
Victory Quotes[]
- General
- "Arf arf arf!"
- "Looks like my skills haven't gotten rusty..."
- "I expect a better battle from you next time."
- "Did you get stronger, Koromaru? You did great!"
- "With Koromaru and I fighting as a team, we don't have any weaknesses!"
- "You thought we were just a boy and his dog, didn't you? That's why you lost."
- Character Specific
- Yu Narukami: "You're their leader, right? Whew, it would've been scary to think that someone like you has a boss!"
- Yosuke Hanamura: "You're older than me, right? I don't know how to put this, but... There's someone in our group who reminds me of you."
- Chie Satonaka: "You're very strong, but if you're going to go up against me, you should work on your strategy more."
- Teddie: "That's... supposed to be a bear, right? I was just thinking that Koromaru could take you down in an instant."
- Yukari Takeba: "I beat Featherman Victory! ...I-I mean, uh, yeah. I don't care. I don't even watch that show!"
- Labrys: "You were made before Aigis-san, right...? Sometimes I wonder, because you seem so perfect already."
- Mitsuru Kirijo: "Whew... You're so strong, Senpai. There's no way I would have won without Koromaru."
- Tohru Adachi: "You're the culprit behind last year's case, aren't you? What are you doing here? Are you connected with this?"
- Akihiko Sanada: "That was close...! But not even Sanada-san can beat Koromaru and me!"
- Junpei Iori: "You're really going after your dreams. I admire how you can do that..."
- Minazuki: "I used to think I was best on my own, too... But I'm not like that anymore."
- Shadow Ken: "You're an impressive copy. But if you thought all it took to beat us was our appearances... Well, you're wrong."
- Shadow Ken
- "Koromaru says that he'd tear your throat out, but you're not worth the effort."
- "Age doesn't mean anything in a fight. I mean, it's so easy to destroy people, after all!"
- "Even Koromaru's appalled by how weak you are. How does it feel to have a dog pity you?"
- "You can't do anything but hang out with others, even at your age... why don't you grow up already?"
- "You thought we were just a kid and a dog, didn't you? And now you lost. How does that feel? Hahahaha!"
- "Even those who act superior over people they're older than get honest when they're about to die. Pitiful..!"
- "We could go again, but it'll only turn out the same way. Oh, sorry, are you too stupid to understand that?"
- Character Specific
- Junpei Iori: "Hm? I guess you haven't grown at all. Isn't that right, Junpei-san...?"
- Mitsuru Kirijo: "Ahaha, I was waiting for this day! "Normal life" is nothing but weakness! Do you understand now, Mitsuru-san?"
- Tohru Adachi: "I don't really know you, but you sound like the cynical type. Did you think you were smarter than everyone? How wrong you were."
In Other Languages[]
Language | Title |
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English | Ken Amada |
Japanese | 天田 乾 (Amada Ken) |
Korean | 아마다 켄 (Amada Ken) |
Traditional Chinese | 天田 乾 (Tiāntián gàn) |
Etymology[]
- The name Ken means "dried, cured" (乾).
- Ken's surname Amada means "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (天) (ama) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).
Trivia[]
- The Shirt of Chivalry, a type of costume for males in FES and P3P, is noted for the kanji symbols on their back that symbolizes the character. Ken's kanji means "grudge" (怨), representing his dark past and his ambitions of revenge.
- In Ken's initial design, Ken's weapon of choice was darts instead of spears.[1]
- Ken's recording in The Journey hints that he is lactose-intolerant, as his stomach hurts after he drinks cow's milk out of a carton.
- In the Persona 3 Portable Club Book, it is revealed that Ken frequents Baofu's rumor website. However, Baofu claimed that he closed the website after the final battle in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, so the website that Ken accesses is unlikely the same, at least not maintained by Baofu.
- In Persona 4 Golden, if Teddie has the Gekkou Uniform equipped, he will mimic Ken's victory pose after battles, as well as say Ken's lines.
- Ken is the youngest romance partner in the Persona series as of yet.
- In the English version of Persona 3 Portable, the dialogue at the end of Ken's Social Link with the female protagonist becomes "You spent a long time talking with Ken..." instead of "You spent some time alone with..." in the Japanese version. This is in order to prevent pedophilia-related controversies as the latter is often considered to be an implied sex scene.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax[]
- In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Ken is described by the announcer as a severe sufferer of "Chūnibyō" (中二病*)?, which is a phrase that picked up in usage as Japanese net slang for adolescents going through puberty, in particular referring to the hyper-self conscious and melodramatic phase that is common among junior high students as they attempt to define themselves as adults. This also tends to be rumored as an increase in hyperactive imagination from some circles of info and portrayals.
- Ken's pairing with Koromaru in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax may be a reference to the connection between their Arcanas (Justice and Strength respectively), as in some interpretations of the major arcana, Justice is the 8th card and Strength is the 11th card, while in others it is the other way around, Strength being 8th and Justice being 11th. By fighting as one character, it could be interpreted as "sharing" their slot on the roster, the same way their Arcanas share their places with each other.
References[]
- ↑ Game Fact Friday! Persona 3 concept art shows that Ken originally used darts as a weapon, not spears as in the final game. Saboten Con, Facebook (October 19, 2018)
Characters | |
Playable | Makoto Yuki - Yukari Takeba - Junpei Iori - Akihiko Sanada - Mitsuru Kirijo - Fuuka Yamagishi - Ken Amada - Aigis - Elizabeth |
DLC | Shinjiro Aragaki - Goro Akechi - Theodore - Lavenza - Sho Minazuki - Labrys |
Locations | |
Port Island | Velvet Room - Tartarus - Gekkoukan High School - Paulownia Mall - Iwatodai Station - Port Island Station - Naganaki Shrine - Iwatodai Dormitory - Moonlight Bridge |
Music | |
Songs | Our Moment - Moonlight Serendipity |
Albums | Persona Dancing P3D & P5D Soundtrack Advanced CD |
Archive | |
Lists | Social - List of Patches and Updates - Trophies |
Corporate | Atlus Co., Ltd. |
Personnel | Kazuhisa Wada - Shigenori Soejima - Ryota Kozuka - Shoji Meguro Toshiki Konishi - Atsushi Kitajoh |