CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER TRAITS  AS SEEN IN PERSONA 4: THE ANIMATION

Nathasa Ayu Sabrina; Setefanus Suprajitno

doi:10.9744/katakita.3.4.33-38

CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER TRAITS AS SEEN IN PERSONA 4: THE ANIMATION

Nathasa Ayu Sabrina^(1*), Setefanus Suprajitno⁽²⁾,

(1) English Department, Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia
(2) English Department, Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Anime is Japanese cartoon that has a vast popularity due to its story and art. The popularity of anime results in the various genres such as: crime-fiction, urban fantasy, and slice of life. One of the popular animes that combines the three genres is Persona 4: the Animation. The popularity and the combination of three genres of that anime makes me interested in analyzing this anime. I am particularly attracted to the two main characters in Persona 4: The Animation namely, Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi. Those two main character possess contradictory character traits and represent a certain symbol on the society. In this paper, I examine the values that influence their character traits. Using Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of individuation, I proves that they have contradictory character traits by looking through their Persona, Shadow, Ego, and Self. Through the analysis of character traits, I find that they symbolize yin yang. Like yin yang, they are contradicting as well as complementing. Yet, they also are not paragon of evil or good

Keywords

Character traits, Persona, Self, Shadow

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.9744/katakita.3.4.33-38