Part 132: March 20 Part 5: Sanzo's Destiny

-The Path is Open-


The finalized design for Izanagi-no-Okami, the Persona 4 protagonist's awakened Persona. The approach taken was to show a more mature, stronger version of Izanagi.

-The Bond of Everyone's Souls-

Golden adds full voice acting for this scene, so here's a video.



> You hear...someone's voice...


What are you doing? Get up. You are not someone allowed to fall here. You must know already...The true nature of bonds...What bonds give to you...
Here, listen closely...


What's the matter? Isn't it too early to give up?
...You taught me what a family truly is. I had my hands full just with Nanako when you came rolling in...Haha, I wasn't sure what to do...
But then again...I can get back up as many times as I need to, with you two with me...However painful it gets, I'll just grit my teeth...I'll get up as many times as I have to for you two...A father can be pretty stupid that way, huh?


Don't go, partner...Everything inside me changed after I met you...I'm...glad we met. I wouldn't have made it this far if I hadn't done it alongside you...
You can't let it end this way, right? You can keep going...Right, partner?


No...Don't leave me...! I'm scared...I'm such a stubborn, two-faced coward...
But you understood me...That's why...I can become as strong as I need to be...


Hey...Can you hear me? Don't close your eyes yet...
I'll give you our strength...You're our last hope...
Please...Get back up, just once more.


Yo Senpai, how much longer you gonna just lie there? You ain't like that, Senpai...You're not the kinda guy who can let it drop like this...
That ain't the Senpai I look up to...Get back up...Just one more time...Let me protect you...


Senpai...Thanks...I'm glad I came to this town...When I think back on all the fun I had with you...
Senpai...Please stand up just one more time. We'll be your strength...


S-Senpai...If you stay down...I won't forgive you. You...gave me a reason for me to stay just as I am.
For someone like you to leave me in the dark halfway like this...Please stand up, just once more...
Let's fight this together. Never fear...We're always together.


*yip*

> The fox's cry is weak...


Let us worry about you for once...You don't have to shoulder the entire burden by yourself.
We're right there with you...A couple of morons waiting to prop you up...C'mon, you can stand, right...?


You gotta be joking...Don't you care that I won't be able to take another step forward if you disappear...?
I...couldn't stick by someone who'd do that to me...


Please don't give up, Senpai...I've had enough with losing the people most precious to me...
I don't want to lose you too...


Senpai...Thank you for thinking of me when you're suffering...
You're priceless to me. I could do anything for you, Senpai.
What about you...? Could you stand up again for someone...for me?


I'm sorry I can't be there to support you in your hour of need...Life...It's filled with so many things that are dirty, grotesque, and painful...There's no way you can stand it alone...
But no one is truly alone in this world. You know that, since you've protected those precious to you, right? C'mon, people are waiting for you...


Come on, my dear. It's too early yet for you to sleep...I know you must be a little tired...But there are still people waiting for you...
Have you really done everything you can for those precious to you?


Thanks, Mister. To tell the truth, to be brave, to stand up again, to believe...You taught me all those things...
You have to believe that you're not alone either, Mister...


Mister...Actually, you're only a high-school boy...
You must've gone through so much pain...It must've been so tough for you...
But...it's wonderful to be able to protect someone who matters to you...You showed me that joy...


Man, you're so cruel. You make me take responsibility for my sins, but you're gonna let some bitch take you down like this? Haha...That's hilarious.
...Get up. You're not like me, right?


Sensei...I'll...protect you, Sensei.
You gave me my life...You're important to me...
I'm not alone anymore...And neither are you, Sensei...I'm sure together, we can do things that no one could do alone...


...Can you hear everyone's voices?
The people do not wish for a world enveloped in fog.
There are times when they'll stop and think they can't go another step, but everyone desperately pushes on.
Please...Grant everyone's wishes...Bring light to people's hearts...
Please get up...Just once more!


Hey...Big bro...
Are you going to leave me behind...?
I'll be a good girl...So don't go...I don't want you to go...Big bro...



VALHALLA







> The hearts of those you formed the deepest bonds with become your strength...





> Izanagi has transfigured into Izanagi-no-Okami!



I guess...he has two of them now? Can he dual-wield?

















































How else to end Genjo's bizarre adventure...



...but with ZA WARUDO.



-PML2012: Found Me-




Instead of the endless struggle, wouldn't it be easier to wrap oneself in lies and live in blissful ignorance...? Isn't that true peace for humans...?


Stop assuming you know us!
*chuckle* Very well. Then try and live your way...Power enough to erase my existence...You have already exceeded what I thought humanity to be capable of...You have lifted the fog in this world, as well as the fog in your own...And whether that will lead to happiness or not...rests upon your shoulders.




Well done...!






Thank goodness...!
It's really over now...
Yep! This time it's alllll over!
Unless Izanami was being puppet-mastered by some even bigger douchebag. Just saying.
It seems this is more like a beginning for us, though.
Well now, we've got no regrets for tomorrow...

> Friends that you can believe in, and the many people you have come to understand...A strong heart bound to others, trying to ascertain the truth...A firm belief in grasping the truth with your own hands without being misled or deceived...The power of these things has brought judgement down on what deceived mankind, opening the door to a new tomorrow...




Everything's finally over.
You really are incredible. I'm no match for you...
You just fought the "other me" that split from my personality. The two Sagiri, the other me, and the me that is speaking with you right now...They were all originally one within me. But...There was nothing I could have done, without my powers. If not for you, I would have disappeared along with the fog when the Hollow Forest vanished.
...Thank you so much. You saved everything. I'll be all right...The fragments you defeated have returned to me, and will soon become one.
My name is..."Izanami-no-Mikoto." The fertile will that protects those who live in this land and fulfills their wishes...I will not forget you.
Please do not forget. I am always by your side.


You have driven back a godly being and brought about a new world...This will be the last time we summon you here.
Soon, the fog will lift, and our destination will be visible. We will be arriving shortly.
This journey was a fruitful one, worthy of marking a turning point in your destiny. Many a time along the way did the fog of lies prevent you from moving forth...Yet in every instance, you overcame the temptation of easy exits and false terminals. In forging bonds with those precious to you, you moved closer to the truth, one step at a time...And my heart danced with delight to see you succeed. I am most honored to have borne witness to such a wondrous journey.
Our destination is close at hand now.
Well then, we have finally come to your journey's true end. Our contract has been fulfilled. My own duties end here as well...You were truly a remarkable guest. Now go forth, and see with your own eyes. See the world you have won...The bright, magnificent future...












The fog is...all gone!
Wow...
It's nice. It feels kind of...nostalgic.




I know this place...This scenery...


A long, long time ago, everywhere in this world used to look like this.










So this is the world inside people's hearts...











> The town's fog and the fog from the other world have all been cleared. The human heart has the strength to shine through the clouds of lies and uncertainty. You and your friends were able to prove that fact. And that will remain true until the end of time...