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| “ | The year was 2011. This peaceful little rural town was about to be shaken by a series of brutal murders. It was through these tragedies that I met a lot of people I would come to call friends. We all worked together to pursue the truth and catch the mysterious culprit. This year... would prove to be a memorable one, filled with cherished friends. |
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| ~ Yu Narukami/Souji Seta's narration about his life-changing stay at Inaba that saw the foundation of Investigation Team in manga adaptation of Persona 4. |
The Investigation Team are the heroic faction that serves as the main protagonists in the Persona 4 sub-series within the Persona series.
They are a group dedicated to investigating the phenomena of the Midnight Channel and stopping the murder cases in Yasoinaba. The members have little faith in the conventional law enforcement system because they feel the police are inept, and are convinced that revealing Midnight Channel to the police could exacerbate things and render IT members unable to catch the murderer.
The Investigation Team also represents the Fool Arcana Social Link. In addition, much like how SEES eventually becomes the Nyx Annihilation Team, the Investigation Team eventually becomes known as The Seekers of Truth if the player chooses to continue searching for the real culprit, at which point it changes to represent the Judgement Arcana Social Link.
Biography
Investigation Team was established shortly after Yu, Yosuke, and Chie's discovery of TV World and subsequently, Teddie's growing suspicion where recent deaths — Mayumi Yamano and Saki Konishi — were perpetrated by someone who threw them there and let them be killed by their own Shadow Self. Starting with Yukiko Amagi, they managed to save subsequent victims who then joined them in the effort to stop murder attempts.
Thanks to Naoto Shirogane, the group made an actual progress after being led astray by Mitsuo Kubo, an unassuming yet unpleasant nobody who deluded himself to be the killer that terrorized Inaba. However, the culpit, who spied on the group, sent threatening messages to Yu twice, the second attempt led to to young man in trouble with his uncle Ryotaro Dojima, who also happened to be the police detective who conducted his investigation in the same case. However, this coincided with the supposed killer revealed himself to be Taro Namatame and worse, he had kidnapped Nanako, Yu's younger cousin. Both Namatame and Nanako were subsequently evacuated from TV World, though hazards there and strange fog covering the twon following the rescue attempt saw the latter ended up nearing the death door. Had the group not let their grief get best of them, they wouldn't be able to learn the truth straight from Namatame himself.
After questioning Namatame and reviewing what they learned so far, Yu finally realized that the true culprit was not just manipulating the former like a marionette, but also the last person they expected; Tohru Adachi.
Members
The members, arranged chronologically in the order of joining, is as follows:
Founding Members
- Yu Narukami: Field Leader
- Yosuke Hanamura: Second-in-command
- Chie Satonaka
Later Members
- Yukiko Amagi
- Kanji Tatsumi
- Teddie: Temporary Navigator
- It should be noted that while Teddie aided the Protagonist, Chie, and Yosuke even before the Investigation Team was founded, he did not join the Investigation Team until later.
- Rise Kujikawa: Permanent Navigator
- Naoto Shirogane
Allies and Associates
Investigation Team members often hang out with these people, but they are not considered to be official members.
- Nanako Dojima
- Marie
- Ryotaro Dojima
- Igor
- Margaret
- Tohru Adachi (formerly)
Trivia
- Naoto's theme in Persona 4: Arena, Seeker of Truth, is named after the group's Judgement Arcana social link of the same name.
- Besides Teddie, the Investigation Team is the only playable party to never directly encounter Igor outside of their leader.
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Revelations: Persona Persona 2 Eternal Punishment Persona 3 Persona 3 Social Links Others Persona 4 Persona 4 Social Links Others Persona 4 Arena Persona 4: Dancing All Night Persona 5 Persona 5 Confidants Others Persona 5 Strikers Persona 5 Tactica Persona 5: The Phantom X Velvet Room Attendants Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Misc. See also | ||
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