Difference between revisions of "Tohru Adachi"

Tohru Adachi is a detective operating out of the sleepy town of Inaba. He acts as assistant, sidekick, underling, and (to hear him jokingly tell it) slave to Ryotaro Dojima in the investigation of Inaba's TV Killer. Adachi's happy-go-lucky demeanor, soft touch, and occasional lack of focus often get him in trouble with the department -- leading to a reputation as a bumbler. Despite this, his commitment is clear, and many of the various teen and college-age crusaders in the world of Personae consider him an upstanding ally. Not that that stops them from exploiting his tendency to blurt out sensitive information.

I Can't Seem to Face Up to the Facts, I'm Tense and Nervous and I -- Can't Relax, I Can't Sleep, 'Cause My Bed's on Fire, Don't Touch Me, I'm a Real Live Wire

[edit] Background

Adachi's Persona is Magatsu Izanagi: a twisted, deformed version of Yu Narukami's Izanagi Persona. Obviously, a lot of this is to do with the mirrored relationship of their Arcana and blah blah blah.

With his sister, Izanagi is one of the chief creators of existence -- the two of them bore gods, landmasses, and great leaders of men. When his sister died, Izanagi pursued her into the underworld to bring her back -- but he gazed upon her too early and made her ashamed and enraged, which generally cocked it all up. Etc. Magatsu Izanagi is that myth, turned on its ear: Adachi wants to bring the world into hell in part because he can't GET a woman, his charming girlfriend excepted (not that any woman would completely satisfy him, anyway). Indeed, he's actually the one who kicks women INTO the 'underworld' when they won't acknowledge that what HE wants is more important than anything else.

Adachi is a creator, in his way -- he IS trying to create a new fused, horrible form of reality -- but all of his efforts are selfish and ultimately destructive to those around him. The 'game' Adachi plays is also only ever going to get more and more stressful and harmful to himself -- and on some level he knows this, considering the bloody, ragged appearance of his Magatsu Izanagi, a creature literally unable to ever get past its wounds.

To date, no one outside of Adachi himself is aware of Magatsu Izanagi's existence; he uses generic Personae to cover his tracks.

[edit] Resonance

Adachi's resonance is weak and watery and difficult to read. Those who are not extraordinarily sensitive may not even be able to pick up anything at all. Those who can tune in will find the station given to static.

• Yu Narukami: Adachi gets along well enough with the co-leader of the KDA (who also happens to be his partner's nephew). They're not close or anything.

• Yosuke Hanamura: A KDA kid who Adachi has actually been rather close to in the past, to the point that Yosuke is even aware of Adachi's SEES ties. The two have sought one another's counsel before, but it's not clear if that relationship has maintained itself over the past year.

• Yukiko Amagi: Adachi barely knows this one, but he certainly doesn't feel sorry for the harm he's caused her family's business by committing a murder in their Inn. Adachi, you wag!

• Tomomi Fujimori (Reverse): Bitch.
• Mitsuru Kirijo: The leader of SEES. She's pinged Adachi as a Persona user, but doesn't know the truth of things (of course). Nonetheless, she's made him an ally of SEES, albeit one kept at arm's length.
• Tsukiko Otonashi (Reverse): NWO den mother. She and Adachi had dinner once, and she introduced him to a few occult principles. He's of mixed opinion -- fascinated by her wizardry, put off by her worldliness.

• Kanji Tatsumi: A KDA kid who's gotten himself into trouble with Adachi in the past. At one point, Adachi was his parole officer. Despite some positive interactions (including Tatsumi saving Adachi's life), Adachi still has a low opinion of Tatsumi, and thinks he might be, you know, queer.

• Shinjiro Aragaki: The SEES kid who trained Adachi when he became an ally of the group. The two are mutually aware that there's more to each other than meets the eye, and perhaps because of that remain friendly.
• Ryotaro Dojima: Adachi's boss, partner, and best friend (aside from Enoha-chan, of course). The two men harbor an intense level of trust that Adachi is continually and consciously violating, what with being the murderer that they're both hunting. Won't that be a laugh, when Dojima finds out! If he finds out.

• Aigis: SEES kidbot. Adachi thinks Aigis is okay, he supposes, but the fact is, a robot is harder to deceive than a human being, even a weird, spacy robot like Aigis. He views her as a problem in his quest to not be uncovered as the TV Killer -- or possibly as a challenge.
• Chie Satonaka: KDA kid. Adachi's had some fun screwing with her. ("With," people, "with.") He enjoyed himself, so the fun may not be over yet.

• Nanako Dojima: Cute kid. Adachi has no beef with her. That doesn't mean she's not out of danger.
• Katsuya Suou: Former roommates, Adachi and Suou are oil and water as far as personalities go, but they get along well. Adachi likes giving the far more uptight Suou a lot of shit, but in a good-hearted way. That good-heartedness is only because he's not aware that Suou has confessed his love for Adachi's girlfriend -- to Adachi's girlfriend.

• Azusa Shimegi (Reverse): A former charge of Adachi's who once assaulted Enoha. For that, Adachi did his best to make sure her time in his care was a living hell.

• Ran Itoh: SEES kid. Aragaki's girl. Cute enough.

• Michi Aomori: KDA kid. Adachi caught her drunkenly vandalizing Junes once. Something off about her.
• Thora Kobayashi (Reverse): A friend and drinking buddy. He doesn't mind being a doofy Barney Fife for her.
• Enoha Koinose: Adachi's girlfriend. She's madly in love with him and absolutely devoted to him. Adachi absolutely loves that about her. He'd stick his neck out for her in a way that he wouldn't for other people, but his love comes with the possibility of a heavy, heavy cost.

• Michiru Fukase: KDA kid. Once got chucked through a window by Kanji Tatsumi. Possibly a bitch, so Adachi had some fun with her once.
• Tohya Kidzuki: Ex-NWO kid. Adachi's had some interactions with her, and she knows something of his NWO involvement. Could be a problem, but problems always have solutions.

• Shion Katsuragi (Reverse): A D4 coworker, Shion and Adachi have both been stationed in Inaba for what feels like forever. He's perfectly okay with her, but they're not much closer than work associates.

• Itsuka Mizuhara: SEES kid. Some mouth on her. Adachi doesn't like her. Bitch.

• Kohaku Tsukino: NWO cop. Adachi likes busting his balls. Doesn't care too much about him beyond that, but then, he hasn't been given a reason to yet.

• Kyo Enda (Reverse): A former charge of Adachi's who's gone astray. Clearly, he'll need to be taught a lesson, when the time is right.
• Tatsuya Suou: What a prick.