Yusuke Kitagawa

“	A breathtaking sight... Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle... Though the flowers of evil blossom, be it known... Abominations are fated to perish!	„
	~ Yusuke Kitagawa

“	A breathtaking sight... Imitations they may be, but together, they make a fine spectacle... Though the flowers of evil blossom, be it known... Abominations are fated to perish!	„
	~ Yusuke Kitagawa

“	Have you finally come to your senses? How foolishly you averted your eyes from the truth... A deplorable imitation indeed... Best you part from that aspect of yourself! Let us now forge a contract. I am thou, thou art I. The world is filled with both beauty and vice. It is time you teach people which is which!	„
	~ Goemon during Yusuke's Awakening

“	A Japanese god found in the Izumo Fudoki. He was one of the three gods born from Izanagi. He was a violent ruffian, but also has a sensitive side, showing love for his mother and reading poems	„
	~ Confidant

“	Childhood nickname of Goemon Ishikawa. During his youth, he was raised among the Iga-ryu ninjas before he set off on his own to become a rogue ninja	„
	~ Confidant

Summary

Yusuke Kitagawa is a playable character from Persona 5. Yusuke is an honor student in an art course at the Kosei High School, and because of that, his entire life’s passion is comprised of and surrounded by art. He searches for the aesthetic everywhere in his surroundings, from people to places. He sees every opportunity or challenge presented to him as a way to broaden his horizons and primarily considers how it will benefit him as an artist, all while fighting alongside the Phantom thieves of Hearts in an effort of changing the corrupted society that they live in.

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Name: Yusuke Kitagawa "Fox"

Origin: Persona 5

Gender: Male

Age: 16-17

Classification: Human, Member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, Persona user, The Emperor Arcana

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery (Swords and Guns), Stealth Mastery, Acrobatics, Regeneration (Mid-Low, speed depends on willpower), Summoning (Yusuke is capable of summoning items from his inventory for use in battle, as shown on multiple occasions where large items and equipment are pulled out of nowhere and used despite being missing in both gameplay and cutscenes), Superhuman Charisma (can assist Ren in Shadow Negotiation) and Supernatural Willpower, Empowerment, Accelerated Development, Reactive Power Level, and Reactive Evolution(Battle, Leveling, and Training; Physical Stats, Magic, and Improved Resistances. Humans are able to get more powerful after defeating strong demons or even as they are in the middle of battle, even against opponents ontologically superior to them, and are able to grow massively in strength in the span of merely a day's time or less, either through resolve, the threat of death, or training, or the bonds they hold dear, Non-Physical Interaction, Durability Negation, Healing Nullification, Immortality Negation (Type 2, 3, and 7), and Invulnerability Negation (Capable of interacting with Demons, which are invisible beings comprised of data and information, the fulcrum of the entire verse proper, a concept synonymous to souls, minds, and even concepts. Even entities devoid of time and space, and nonexistent bodies such as The White can be struck down. Can completely negate their invulnerability to conventional weaponry, and the requirement of needing to be on a specific informational frequency to harm, as well as Septentriones, which require spiritual attacks to harm, and as well as killing undead beings and regenerative entities, such as Nagas and Blobs)

Cognitive Physiology (Persona), Magic, consisting of: Ice and Probability Manipulation. Resistance Negation (with Break skills), Statistics Reduction (with various support spells), Damage Boost (with critical hits), Damage Reduction (with Guard), Status Effect Inducement, which includes, Empathic Manipulation (Confusion) and Sleep Manipulation (with Dormina and Lullaby)

Through equipping certain items, Yusuke can possess any of the following: Enhanced Regeneration, Statistics Amplification, Attack Reflection, Forcefield Creation, Attack Absorption, Limited Precognition, Healing, Purification, Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation and Curse Manipulation. Invulnerability to Memory Manipulation and Sleep Manipulation

Resistance to Cognition (the Phantom Thieves' wills of rebellion serve as protection against the effects of Cognition and Air Manipulation, Cognition (the Phantom Thieves' wills of rebellion serve as protection against the effects of Cognition). Absolute Zero, Existence Erasure, Information Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Fusionism and Memory Manipulation (Simply having the potential to awaken a Persona grants one a will firm enough to maintain their own existence and individuality in the unconscious world, where the concept of the ego does not exist and all individuality dissolves into oneness, with ordinary people being immediately overwhelmed by the nothingness and scattered throughout all possible worlds by stepping into it), Fate Manipulation and Curse Manipulation (Like the other protagonists, she is likely able to fight and defeat White Rider, the abstract embodiment of victory and conquest whose crown assures his success in all battles and wars. Unbothered by interactions with Pisacas, which fate humans to die in the span of nine months), Disease Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Madness Manipulation and Chaos Manipulation (Unaffected by the act of looking into Girimehkala's eye, which inflicts incurable sickness and misfortune into individuals, and by the gaze of Yakkha, which is said to inflict disease and madness), Petrification and Poison Manipulation (Can easily do battle against Basilisk and Cockatrice, both of whom turn normal people into stone simply by being touched or looked at, and have a gaze and breath so poisonous that any mortal being near them instantly dies, turning their surroundings into a desert), Life and Death Manipulation (Can fight Liches, whose presence drains the life of those who see them, and is not affected by Balor's gaze, which instantly kills enemies, and Chatterskull's laughter, which dooms whoever hears it to death, immediately stopping their heart)

All previous abilities to a greater extent.

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Limited Invulnerability (with Endure skills and/or sufficient willpower), Damage Boost (with Boost and Amp skills), Limited Precognition (against Fire-based attacks) and Durability Negation (with Vorpal Blade).

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Resurrection, Death Manipulation, Limited Resistance Negation (with Stagnant Air and Foul Breath) and Damage Reduction. Status Effect Inducement which includes Empathic Manipulation and Fear Manipulation. Additional Magic which includes Ice Manipulation and Mind Manipulation. Invulnerability to Hunger, Rage, Despair and Confusion, Burns, Freeze and Shock

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Invulnerability to Ice Manipulation and Resistance to Air Manipulation

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Regeneration (Mid-Low normally, and High-Godly if killed or erased, as she can return from conceptual erasure from all of history, simply reappearing in the Velvet Room which exists outside of reality, before being able to reclaim his existence simply by leaving the room)

All previous abilities to a greater extent

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Additional Status Effects, including Mind Control and Life Manipulation

All previous abilities to a greater extent

All previous abilities to a greater extent.

All previous abilities to a greater extent

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Limited Invulnerability (with Endure), Durability Negation (with Vorpal Blade) and Earth Manipulation (with Gigantomachia)

All previous abilities to a greater extent. Greatly improved Resistance to Cognition (Lavenza specially notes after the battle with Berserk Cendrillon that the Phantom Thieves' wills of rebellion have reached new heights)

Attack Potency: Universe level+ (Assisted in the fight against Azazel), higher with Willpower | Low Complex Multiverse level (Assisted in the fight against Sae Niijima), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Assisted in the fight against Masayoshi Shido, who should be superior to Parvati, a Shadow within his Palace, who is an entity that holds the aspect of Kali Ma within herself, who is stronger than the likes of Anat), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Assisted in the defeat of the Holy Grail, the Administrator of the Collective Unconscious and who began the gradual fusion of Assiah and Kadath, and is superior to the likes of Enlil, who in turn is above Masakado), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Assisted in the defeat of Yaldabaoth, the transformed state of the Holy Grail, and was ultimately the one to defeat him), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Assisted in the defeat of Azathoth and Maruki, the former being stated to be on a whole other level than Yaldabaoth and is the master of the Faceless God), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Can meagerly damage and withstand blows from a full-power Adam Kadmon, the First Man, and the First World that transcends the entire Tree of Life, and is the closest emanation of the Great Reason), higher with Willpower

Speed: Immeasurable (Is superior to the likes of Thor, who is a resident of The Expanse, a higher-dimensional plane that transcends past, present, and future), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Kept pace with Shido), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Kept pace with the Holy Grail), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Kept pace with Yaldabaoth), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Kept pace with Azathoth), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Should be capable of reacting to Adam Kadmon as the other Thieves did to a greater extent), higher with Willpower

Lifting Strength: Universal (Should be comparable to Joker, whose Persona Mada is strong enough to physically swallow the universe), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Can hold his ground against attacks from Yaldabaoth), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Stronger than before), higher with Willpower | Immeasurable (Stronger than before. Held back the sustained force of Fused Adam Kadmon's all-out punch alongside the other Phantom Thieves besides Ren and Futaba), higher with Willpower

Striking Strength: Universe level+, higher with Willpower | Low Complex Multiverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower | Outerverse level, higher with Willpower

Durability: Universe level+ (Took hits from Azazel), higher with Willpower | Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to Joker, who took hits from Thor), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Took hits from Samael), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Took hits from Yaldabaoth), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Took hits from a serious Takuto Maruki), higher with Willpower | Outerverse level (Barely endured full power blows from Fused Adam Kadmon), higher with Willpower

Stamina: High (Can fight for hours inside the Metaverse)

Range: Extended Melee Range with swords, Kilometers with guns and Persona skills

Standard Equipment: His Phantom Suit, Katana and Assault Rifle. | His Phantom Suit and ultimate weapons: Usumidori R (katana), and Heaven's Gate R (assault rifle).

Intelligence: At least Average. Should be comparable to the rest of the Phantom Thieves, who formulated a plan to fake the death of their leader in order to confirm their suspicions of betrayal in regards to Akechi, ascertain the identity of Japan's nationwide conspiracy's ringleader, as well as allow said leader to escape the eyes of the aforementioned conspiracy, all in one strategic move.

Weaknesses: He and his Personas are vulnerable to ice-based attacks. Although this can be made irrelevant through items or his later Persona awakenings.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Persona Summoning: The ability to utilize Personas, powerful manifestations of the mind and soul. Personas can move and attack independently of their users, allowing for double-teaming between their user and the equipped Persona. Each Persona has a set of elemental affinities, which also apply to their user while the Persona is equipped. Yusuke's initial Persona is Goemon, his evolved Persona is Kamu Susano'o and his ultimate Persona is Gorokichi.

Bufu: Light Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
Giant Slice: Medium physical damage to 1 foe.
Sukukaja: Buff agility of 1 ally for 3 turns.
Vicious Strike: Medium physical damage to all foes.
Mabufu: Light Ice damage to all foes. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
Rising Slash: Heavy physical damage to 1 foe. Stronger when used during teamwork.
Mind Slice: Medium physical damage to all foes. Low chance of inflicting Confuse.
Bufula: Medium Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
Speed Master: Automatic speed boost at the start of battle.
Tempest Slash: Miniscule physical damage to 1 foe 3-5 times.
Mabufula: Medium Ice damage to all foes. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
Heat Wave: Heavy physical damage to all foes.
Deadly Fury: Severe physical damage to 1 foe. Stronger when used during teamwork.
Masukukaja: Buffs party agility for 3 turns.
Bufudyne: Heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
High Counter: 20% chance of reflecting a physical attack.
Myriad Slashes: Medium physical damage to 1 foe 2-3 times.
Mabufudyne: Heavy Ice damage to all foes. Rare chance of inflicting Freeze.
Vorpal Blade: Severe physical damage to all foes.
Brave Blade: Colossal physical damage to 1 foe.
Evade Fire: Exclusive to Kamu Susano'o. Triples evasion chance against Fire-based attacks.
Hyakka Ryouran: Increase Attack/Defense/Agility of party for 3 turns.

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