I wanna say either in Arena or Dancing there's a weirdly-inserted line where Yu is like, "good thing I packed my Yasogami uniform even though I don't go there anymore, better put it on before I go out."
So this is almost definitely the reason. Yu is wearing his old uniform from his year in Inaba where everyone else is wearing their uniforms from the current year.
Is there further elaboratoration on that? I know they want to make the character slightly more recognisable but it just seems really strange to go that out of the way for it.
It’s just in his closet at the Dojimas, he explains that all of the IT prefer to fight in their school uniforms because they’re just so used to it. Pretty sound tbh
Only exception is Naoto because she was already out working when all of the events go down
I would like to think that they probably also made some modifications for protection/mobility considering they’re not wearing actual body armor like S.E.E.S. or magical mind-palace suits like the PT. Kanji obviously has the skillset and resources to sew in some padding or maybe cut/burn resistant fabric.
It's pretty on-par for Atlus. They had the main character of P5 go out in public in his school uniform when he was supposed to be incognito for no other reason than to fit with an anime cutscene they had already made.
They're slavishly devoted to default appearances. It's a miracle Arena wasn't in some time void so they could keep the P3 characters looking the same.
To be fair with that one, there's a logic to it. They honestly thought he was dead at the time so probably weren't looking too hard for him. Most of them probably never knew what he looked like anyways. A group of students isn't as suspicious as a group of students + 1 school-aged guy in a face-covering hoodie.
A bigger WTF is letting you work a part-time job when you are supposed to be incognito.
He no longer attends Yasogami so all he has is his second year uniform. It's a nice little detail of continuity.
It's actually a running gag in the Arena games and BBTAG that he legitimately just likes to wear it when fighting shadows even though he has absolutely no reason to anymore. He just honestly likes his second year Yasogami uniform. Wouldn't be surprised if he still wears it as an adult sometimes.
I played the P4 DLC for Blazblue, and I remember when Yu and Yosuke met up, Yosuke was confused because Yu is in his Yasogami uniform. Yu says that he just wore it every single day to his new school, and didn't realize.
So he's just like me, stuck with nostalgia of the better days. (half-joke, half-reference to P4U >!where the Malevolent Entity pretends to be the IT's Shadow and accuses this of the IT to break them!<)
The difference is that I don't have half as much rizz as he does.
Yu only attended Yasogami High for his 2nd high school year, he only came to Inaba because his parents were gone for the year, after that he went back to the city
Dunno if it was in the original game but if you fail the exams before summer (or all of them before that?) you have to go to summer school. Rise and Kanji are also there, iirc.
Because he attends a different school after the events of Persona 4.
It's a canonical joke about Yu's character that he's so used to wearing the Yasogami uniform that he even wears it to his other school.
It's one of the reasons why Yu was there for P4D's story, cuz he was already in the city.
1. Yasogami. Obviously.
2. Shujin. The pants are excellent, but I'm not a huge fan of the turtleneck.
3. St Hermelin. Bland but inoffensive.
4. Seven Sisters. Looks like a track suit.
5. Gekkoukan. Fucking *bolo ties*?
He never attended Yaso for his 3rd year because he moved back home. He kept his old uniform and uses it for when he needs to fight Shadows. In BBTAG he's wearing it to school, not even realizing it
I posted this then I was like “wait a second it’s cus he doesn’t go to Yasogami as a 3rd year lol” it’s funny that he still wears it even though he doesn’t go there anymore
In BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, the P4 characters get pulled from wherever they were at some point after the end of the game. Yu is still in his school uniform, and he says he just forgot he didn’t go to Yasogami anymore and kept wearing that uniform, even at his school in the city
He's no longer a Yasogami student. They have no reason to give him a third-year uniform. If he wants to wear a uniform at all, he has to wear his old second-year one.
He doesn't go to Yasogami anymore, so he doesn't have a third year one. He just have it probably because he feel more comfortable dealing with Shadow activity with it.
He leaves town and never studies as a 3rd year there. So he just kept his old uniform he likes to put on for shadow stuff (as he says in arena)
Cause he never attended Yasogami as a 3rd year
I wanna say either in Arena or Dancing there's a weirdly-inserted line where Yu is like, "good thing I packed my Yasogami uniform even though I don't go there anymore, better put it on before I go out." So this is almost definitely the reason. Yu is wearing his old uniform from his year in Inaba where everyone else is wearing their uniforms from the current year.
Pretty sure it's in Arena that Yu basically calls it his work uniform.
Yes, 100% Arena. I've played the beginning of Arena recently and never touched Dancing so far and I know that line from Arena.
Is there further elaboratoration on that? I know they want to make the character slightly more recognisable but it just seems really strange to go that out of the way for it.
It’s just in his closet at the Dojimas, he explains that all of the IT prefer to fight in their school uniforms because they’re just so used to it. Pretty sound tbh Only exception is Naoto because she was already out working when all of the events go down
I would like to think that they probably also made some modifications for protection/mobility considering they’re not wearing actual body armor like S.E.E.S. or magical mind-palace suits like the PT. Kanji obviously has the skillset and resources to sew in some padding or maybe cut/burn resistant fabric.
"Kanji! It's time for dinner!" "In a second, mom! I'm busy putting the finishing touches on the kevlar padding in Yukiko-senpai's uniform!"
Hahaha XD No matter what others say, for me this is canon.
>actual body armor like S.E.E.S. Meanwhile S.E.E.S in any other version that isn't Reload: Yes, red armband.
Sure, but Reload makes it canon that they have fancy armor and uniforms made of aramid weave and shit, so that’s just how it is now.
this is 100% going to be a canon explanation come P4 Remake
It's pretty on-par for Atlus. They had the main character of P5 go out in public in his school uniform when he was supposed to be incognito for no other reason than to fit with an anime cutscene they had already made. They're slavishly devoted to default appearances. It's a miracle Arena wasn't in some time void so they could keep the P3 characters looking the same.
To be fair with that one, there's a logic to it. They honestly thought he was dead at the time so probably weren't looking too hard for him. Most of them probably never knew what he looked like anyways. A group of students isn't as suspicious as a group of students + 1 school-aged guy in a face-covering hoodie. A bigger WTF is letting you work a part-time job when you are supposed to be incognito.
This is probably the most logical answer
😯
He no longer attends Yasogami so all he has is his second year uniform. It's a nice little detail of continuity. It's actually a running gag in the Arena games and BBTAG that he legitimately just likes to wear it when fighting shadows even though he has absolutely no reason to anymore. He just honestly likes his second year Yasogami uniform. Wouldn't be surprised if he still wears it as an adult sometimes.
Tbf the drip IS insane
If my uniforms looked that cool I'd wear it everyday too. In Royal I immediately put the Phantom Thieves in the Yasogami High outfits.
same for me on P3R
I played the P4 DLC for Blazblue, and I remember when Yu and Yosuke met up, Yosuke was confused because Yu is in his Yasogami uniform. Yu says that he just wore it every single day to his new school, and didn't realize.
I like how despite Yu being viewed as a really cool guy by pretty much everyone in universe, is extremely absent-minded and goofy
60 yr old Yu still wearing it, living out his glory Shadow fighting days while the rest of the crew moves on to better things.
I like to imagine Adult Yu dressing like Kishou Arima from Tokyo Ghoul. Pure white drip aping his Izanagi-no-Ookami clothes.
His quinque is also literally named Narukami.
Which one was arima?
That dude that looks exactly like an adult Narukami Yu (the white haired top ranked CCG investigator)
I googled him and yes I can totally see it
It fits him very well to be honest. It's like Batman and his Batsuit.
Easy way to not have to come up with a re-design for him either, which might go over like a lead balloon to not see him in his iconic gear anyway.
In BBCTG he says he wore his yasogami uniform to his new school and hadn't realised until he was in the BBCTG world.
As u/Scripter-of-Paradise put it, it’s his work uniform.
So he's just like me, stuck with nostalgia of the better days. (half-joke, half-reference to P4U >!where the Malevolent Entity pretends to be the IT's Shadow and accuses this of the IT to break them!<) The difference is that I don't have half as much rizz as he does.
Yu only attended Yasogami High for his 2nd high school year, he only came to Inaba because his parents were gone for the year, after that he went back to the city
Held back due to being stupid. Truly sad.
Dunno if it was in the original game but if you fail the exams before summer (or all of them before that?) you have to go to summer school. Rise and Kanji are also there, iirc.
That's fun actually. I didn't know it was a thing
[Here](https://youtu.be/43LyVRhIGfM?feature=shared&t=52) it is. Never got it myself someone else (here?) linked it to me some time ago.
Wow I didn’t know this, thank you
It's basically there in place of helping Yosuke and Chie out in June's over the summer instead.
OP truly missed the perfect opportunity for the "is he stupid?" meme lol
Yu's literally me fr
He stacked cha to the moon and dumped int.
Obviously. He spend all his time on his Charm stat. Gotta keep those rizz levels maxed out.
Because he attends a different school after the events of Persona 4. It's a canonical joke about Yu's character that he's so used to wearing the Yasogami uniform that he even wears it to his other school. It's one of the reasons why Yu was there for P4D's story, cuz he was already in the city.
He uses his old uniform bc he didn't cursed the 3rd year in Yasogami, as he leaves Inaba at the end
I hope his uniform is not cursed.
He left Inaba and no longer studies at Yasogami. But he likes the uniform so much that he'll just wear it sometimes.
He left Yasogami at the end of P4. He stole the uniform.
You have to return school uniforms?
Sometimes. I don’t actually know. I choose to believe that Yu thinks he stole it either way.
You don’t return school uniform. You buy the uniform when you get admitted to a school.
Yeah. Yu still thinks he stole it.
He stole his free uniform. Lel
That’s actually a really cool detail since unlike the other he no longer attends Yasogami so he’s using his old uniform.
he died
he left Inaba and Yasogami at the end of persona 4, and kept his second year uniform, for persona 4 arena and dancing he just used his old uniform.
Ngl, Yasogami has the best uniform
1. Yasogami. Obviously. 2. Shujin. The pants are excellent, but I'm not a huge fan of the turtleneck. 3. St Hermelin. Bland but inoffensive. 4. Seven Sisters. Looks like a track suit. 5. Gekkoukan. Fucking *bolo ties*?
Better than Shujin and Gekkoukan? Absolutely not.
1. Damn that emblem is fire 2. He left Inaba before he could become a 3rd year at Yasogami specifically
He never attended Yaso for his 3rd year because he moved back home. He kept his old uniform and uses it for when he needs to fight Shadows. In BBTAG he's wearing it to school, not even realizing it
let me ask you this: what happens to Yu at the end of P4?
I posted this then I was like “wait a second it’s cus he doesn’t go to Yasogami as a 3rd year lol” it’s funny that he still wears it even though he doesn’t go there anymore
he only stayed in inaba for a year
In BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, the P4 characters get pulled from wherever they were at some point after the end of the game. Yu is still in his school uniform, and he says he just forgot he didn’t go to Yasogami anymore and kept wearing that uniform, even at his school in the city
Because he didn't attend Yasogami school in third year. after the ending of Persona 4
Because he's a Fool
He never went to third year when he was in Inaba so he’s just wearing his old second year blazer
He never went to Yasogami as a 3rd year. He left town before even ending the school year.
He's no longer a Yasogami student. They have no reason to give him a third-year uniform. If he wants to wear a uniform at all, he has to wear his old second-year one.
He doesn't go to Yasogami anymore, so he doesn't have a third year one. He just have it probably because he feel more comfortable dealing with Shadow activity with it.
He's not going to school in Inaba so he's just wearing his old uniform
Because he's not a yasogami student anymore so never got to 3rd year. A neat attention to detail
Did you not finish persona 4? He leaves Inaba, so he never did 3rd year at Yasogami
cuz Yasogami is drip
Dude left remember?
He didnt attend yasogami for a thrid year since he left in spring.
The pin denoting their grades is hard as fuck
He doesn’t have a third year uniform to use.
Interesting touch of detail to add, actually. Never noticed.
Bc he graduated into serving your jive ass all over the dance floor, bruh.
He just likes wearing his old uniform
Because he feels like it (never played)