4. Mitsuru Kirijo
When you first meet the heir to the Kirijo Group, she is prim and proper and commands the room with tacit intimidation. She’s a lot more level-headed than you’d expect a rich young woman leading a special task force to be, but as Persona 3 unfolds, her facade starts to crack.
Persona 3 puts all its teenage shadow hunters through the wringer, and Mitsuru is no exception. Her need to keep up appearances even as the floor is falling out from under her is what keeps her at a distance from the group for large swaths of the story. But as the illusion shatters, you realize she isn’t larger than life. She’s just another person trying to do right by those she cares about. It’s a shame Persona 3 Reload didn’t do more to update the women’s social links like it did with the men’s. Mitsuru’s side story reinforces all of the above, but it still doesn’t get quite as deep as the new storylines do. But even so, the gradual warming of SEES’ ice queen is a compelling tale to watch unfold.
