“Minato joins SEES to battle Shadows during the hidden Dark Hour using awakened Persona powers.”
Persona 3
ペルソナ3
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Synopsis
Minato joins SEES to battle Shadows during the hidden Dark Hour using awakened Persona powers.
On the surface, SEES—the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad—is a completely normal club at Gekkoukan High School. In reality, they are a group of students who investigate a phenomenon known as the "Dark Hour" and eliminate beings known as "Shadows." Only select individuals with "potential" can remember the occurrence of the Dark Hour while others will "transmogrify" into coffins and become susceptible to Apathy Syndrome—a condition that puts its victims in a trance-like state and causes them to lose their will to live. Transfer student Minato Arisato is one such individual who can remember the events that occur during the Dark Hour, even though he is not aware of his ability. The moment he arrives at the school, he meets a mysterious person who asks him to sign a contract saying he will take responsibility for his own actions. Afterward, he is confronted by the members of SEES, who place him under secret surveillance because they believe he possesses a potential far greater than any of the other members. One night, Minato is abruptly awakened by Yukari Takeba when a Shadow comes to attack their dormitory during the Dark Hour. Feeling compelled to fight the Shadow, he picks up Yukari's gun but, instead of shooting the Shadow, he turns it on himself, awakening his "Persona." Equipped with his newfound powers, Minato joins SEES to uncover the mystery behind the mysterious phenomenon.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
What 7 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.28 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.29
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Aug 2022
- 9 “Persona 3. What a wonderful game. It inspired me so much and brought me to tears many times. I love this manga, and went out an bought it at a convention. I own 1-3. The art is GORGEOUS and the...”
- 10 “Loved the game for ps2 and defenitely love this manga too! The characters or art might be not the best but the storyline is outstanding, played the game for 180 hours, finished it 2 times and still...”
- 9 “I love this story, i played the game so is easiest to me follow the story, but even in this case the story is really good, the characters are not complex enough to confuse the reader, but enough to...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 50 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 40m approx
- Published Feb 2007 – Jan 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M2268 catalog