9. Ken Amada
For some reason, developer Atlus thought it was okay to allow the player to initiate a romance with the youngest member of SEES in Persona 3 Portable’s female protagonist route— despite him being only 10 years old. That cloud hangs over the character to this day, even when playing versions of the game that don’t have him as a romance option.
But Ken is still an important part of Persona 3’s themes of death and grief, and his storyline of seeking revenge for his deceased mother is a poignant one. His new Persona 3 Reload story focuses on him feeling inadequate in the eyes of his older teammates. While he keeps his distance from them at the start, he hopes to find a new sense of camaraderie with the group after his revenge scheme has far more tragic consequences than he was ready for. His history with the Persona 3 subseries is the messiest of any party member, but when he’s able to shed that baggage, he’s a vital piece of the puzzle.
