As usual for a few weeks now, Atlus released a daily character trailer forPersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, the dungeon crawlingPersonaspin-off based on theEtrian Odysseyseries.
Today’s trailer introduces Haru Okumura fromPersona5. Despite the mysterious situation the characters found themselves into, she’s quite excited to be able to enter and explore movies.
Judging from her conversations shown in the trailer,Haru will really get along with Yukiko fromPersona 4, sharing the same sense of humor. Haru and Yukiko also share an Unison attack together, as they’re both typically refined Japanese ladies and heiresses of big companies.
We can also see Haru and Mitsuru enjoying each other’s company, as they’re both black tea aficionados. It seems Mitsuru recently managed to obtain quite a rare brand and would love to share it with someone who understands its appeal, someone like Haru.
I really love everything about Haru. Starting from her hairstyle, which is even cuter here in SD. In my opinion, she has the best hairstyle amongPersona 5female characters along with Sadayo, which I ended up dating in my playthrough. There’s also how despite being voiced by Haruka Tomatsu, Haru has quite a unique voice, as Tomatsu-san voiced her in a way different than many other roles she did, something very refreshing to me. In comparison, It’s quite funny how Haru’s Persona Milady sounds more like the usual Tomatsu-san. At the end of the day though, my favorite Haruka Tomatsu role will always be Bell inPretty Rhythm Rainbow Live.
It’s quite a shame she joins the party so late intoPersona 5. Compared to characters like Ryuji and Anne who’re there from the start, she kinda feels lacking. Even the game’s opening animation barely shows her.
Which is why my expectations are quite high for spin-offs likePersona Q2, hoping they’ll show even more sides to sidelined characters like Haru. If she has a similar moveset than inPersona 5, with the different barrier skills, she’ll definitely have a regular spot in myPersona Q2party.
You can watch Haru’s trailer below.
The shop specific pre-order bonuses for the game in Japan have been revealed,you’re able to check them here.
You can also check the latest trailer focusing on one of the game’s movie-parodying dungeons:Junessic Land.Previous recent character trailers focused onMariefromPersona 4Golden,Makoto NiijimafromPersona 5andMitsuru KirijofromPersona 3.
Persona Q2is scheduled to launch for 3DS in Japan on November 29th. The game hasn’t been announced for the west yet.
