Chie Satonaka

Chie Satonaka
Persona character

Chie as seen in Persona 4
First game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008)
Created by Shigenori Soejima
Designed by Shigenori Soejima
Voiced by (English) Tracey Rooney (2008)
Erin Fitzgerald (2012-present)
Voiced by (Japanese) Yui Horie

Chie Satonaka (里中 千枝 Satonaka Chie) is a fictional character from the 2008 video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. There she appears as a high school student who starts investigating a dimension labeled as the TV World alongside her friends. The kidnapping of her best friend Yukiko Amagi leads Chie to join the Investigation Team in working in a murder case where the victims are sent to the be TV World to be killed by creatures known as Shadows. Besides printed and animated adaptations of the Persona 4 game, Chie has also appeared in the fighting games Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the dungeon crawler Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, and the rhythm game Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Critical reception to the character has been positive due to both of her fighting and feminine traits. However, critics were differing when commenting the English voice acting from Chie featured in the games.

Concept and characteristics

Chie Satonaka is an upbeat girl with an obsession with kung fu, even using those techniques in battle.[1] Chie serves as the player's Social Link to The Chariot;[2] this is symbolized in the animated series by Yu's usage of the Persona Ara Mitama (アラミタマ).[3] Writer Patrick Hayes stated that her Shadow "represents her desire to maintain dominance over Yukiko in their relationship as well as her jealousy of Yukiko's feminine qualities and skills."[4] In the designing of the character, various sketches were made with some of them being reminiscent to previous Persona characters.[5]

She is voiced by Yui Horie in Japanese. In English she is voiced by Tracey Rooney for Persona 4,[6] and Erin Fitzgerald provides her English voice for all other appearances.[7] Minami Tsukui portrays her in the musical.[8] A limited edition of Persona 4 Arena featured the buttons Chie wore in Persona 4 as a bonus.[9]

Appearances

Chie Satonaka first appears in the 2008 video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, where she and her friends Yu Narukami and Yosuke Hanamura discover a world within the TV and meet a creature named Teddie and discover that someone is throwing people into the television which eventually leads to their death. Although initially reluctant, she goes into the TV world when her best friend Yukiko Amagi is thrown in, putting her in danger.[10] There, Chie encounters her Shadow who represents her jealousy of Yukiko's feminine side and talents, as well as her wish and need to maintain control over Yukiko.[11] With Yu's and Yosuke Hanamura's help, Chie confronts her other self and joins the Investigation Team.[12] Following the encounter with her Shadow, Chie receives the Persona Tomoe Gozen (トモエ Tomoe), a muscular female figure wearing a yellow outfit and armed with a naginata, that she uses in combat while she performs kicks.[13] Throughout Yu's interactions with Chie (which can also be intimate), she discovers that she genuinely wanted to protect Yukiko without any underlying selfish motivations. After this, Tomoe evolves into Suzuka Gongen (スズカゴンゲン), whose yellow jumpsuit turns black and is decked in silver samurai armor. The desire to protect people eventually inspires her to seek a career as a police officer.[14] In the re-release Persona 4: Golden, Chie's Persona can evolve to a third level to become Haraedo-no-Okami (ハラエドノオオカミ Haraedo-no-Ōkami), which has golden armor and a long flowing cape.[15] A promotional flash game for Persona 4 allowed players to "sneak a sexy peek" at Chie while she is in a hot springs.[16]

She is playable in Persona 4 Arena alongside Tomoe Gozen;[17] In Persona 4 Arena, Chie joins Yu, Yosuke and Yukiko to investigate the TV world after seeing the Midnight Channel. When she enters, she is forced to fight her friends as well as a man, Akihiko Sanada.[18][19] She also appears in Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth[20] and in Persona 4: Dancing All Night.[21]

Reception

Games journalist Leigh Alexander of Polygon felt that Chie was her favourite character due to her interest in strong women. She also cited her final Social Link sequence where she "realises that dedicating yourself to personal growth is cowardice, and that it's all meaningless unless you turn around and start fighting — start /using/ this strength you've amassed."[22] Robert Boyd, creator of Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World, ranked Chie as the second best "JRPG warrior heroine." He justified the ranking by saying that she "kicks things to death" and called her a "great foil to the main character’s best friend, Yosuke."[23] Chie was named GamesRadar's favourite Persona 4 character.[24] Kotaku's Mike Fahey called Chie his favourite Persona 4 character and discussed "swoon[ing] over" her.[25] Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton felt that Persona 4 featured more depth to its characters than its predecessor Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. The writer cited Chie's "fear for her friend Yukiko and desire to be seen as feminine" as an example of this.[26] He also compared her to Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![26] Bajo of the website "Good Game Stories" praised Chie's "spirited" personality.[27]

Critical reception to both of Chie's English voice actresses have been mixed. While reviewing Persona 4, IGN's Jeff Haynes felt that Tracey Rooney's delivery as Chie sounded at times like a 30-year-old woman instead of a teenager.[28] Reviewing the same game, RPGamer's Michael Cunningham felt that Rooney felt "a little stiff" during battle lines, but was fine elsewhere.[29] While Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton was initially reluctant about Erin Fitzgerald while reviewing Persona 4 Golden, he eventually grew to like her.[26] VG247's Johnny Cullen expressed excitement at the prospect of Chie's playability in Persona 4 Arena.[30] In reviewing Persona 4 Golden, Destructoid's Dale North revealed he was not a fan of Fitzgerald's voice, due in part to the fact that he preferred Yui Horie, Chie's Japanese voice actress.[31] RPGamer's senior reviews editor Adriaan den Oueden's initial impressions of Fitzgerald in his review of the same game were positive.[32]

References

  1. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Chie: Stop right there! What did you do to my DVD!?
  2. ↑ Jun Kumagai (October 27, 2011). "Somewhere not here". Persona 4: The Animation. Event occurs at 0:15. MBS. Margaret: I am sure that you will soon be able to wield yet another power that has awoken. The Chariot Arcana... How will this power come to shape your future, I wonder?
  3. ↑ "ペルソナ４アニメーション 公式サイト | ペルソナ". Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  4. ↑ Hayes, Patrick (2010-09-24). "Game Narrative Review - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4". Game Career Guide. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  5. ↑ Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Visual Data. Atlus. 2008. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Persona 4: The Animation". Anime News Network. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  7. ↑ "Erin Fitzgerald's History of Work". Erinfitzvo. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Persona 4 Stage Play's Cast Photographed in Costume". Anime News Network. December 23, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ Ivan, Tom (2013-04-20). "Persona 4 Arena limited edition confirmed with unboxing trailer". CVG Onlline. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  10. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Chie: So I went to her house and, it turns out Yukiko really did disappear...! / Yosuke: I guess we have no choice but to go now. [But that aside,] the cops are saying some weird stuff. They think Yukiko's hiding to "lay low". Apparently, Yukiko-san's mom collapsed because that announcer lady [Ms. Yamano] bitched her out. They think that gives her a motive, and the fact that she died right after makes her even more suspicious… / Chie: [outraged] What!? They think Yukiko did it!? What the hell is wrong with them!? / Yosuke: Dude, don't snap at me! Yukiko's the victim here, dammit, not the suspect… […] With the police totally on the wrong track, we gotta handle it ourselves. / Chie: I'm going, too! And that's final! I'm going to save Yukiko no matter what!
  11. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Shadow Chie: That's right! I'm the one who can't do anything alone! I can't win as a girl, let alone as a person... I'm pathetic. But Yukiko... she depends on me. That's why she's my friend. I'll never loosen my grip on her... she's too important too me!
  12. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Yosuke: This guy and me are gonna catch the culprit ourselves! The police are out of their league in this case, but we've got Personas. / Chie: I'm helping out too! I can't believe someone would throw people into a place like that. I'm gonna sock whoever's doing this!/ Yukiko: Let me help too. I want to know why this is happening... especially if someone hates me so much they want to kill me.
  13. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Narration: Chie has faced her other self... She has obtained the power to overcome life's hardships, the Persona Tomoe!
  14. ↑ Atlus (2008-12-09). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. PlayStation 2. Atlus. Chie: I told you I wanted to become strong so I could protect what matters most to me, right? Well, I want to protect this town. [...] So, I thought maybe I'd become a cop, and have Dojima-san put me through the winger!
  15. ↑ "Persona 4: The Golden Screenshots Show New Personas & Winter Styles". Siliconera. January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  16. ↑ Snow, Jean (2008-07-30). "Play The Perverted Persona 4 Flash Game". Wired. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  17. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop. "Persona 4 Fighter". Andriasang. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  18. ↑ "More Details About Persona 4: Arena’s Story Mode". Siliconera. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  19. ↑ "『ペルソナ4 ジ・アルティメット イン マヨナカアリーナ』主人公たちの"その後"が楽しめる"ストーリーモード"を紹介！". Famitsu. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Persona Q character trailers: Akihiko and Chie". Gematsu. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Persona 4: Dancing All Night Chie English character trailer, screenshots". Gematsu. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  22. ↑ Alexander, Leigh (2013-04-03). "HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES: A SERIES OF PERSONA 4 LETTERS". Polygon. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  23. ↑ Boyd, Robert (2012-01-05). "The Top 20 Best JRPG Warrior Heroines!". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  24. ↑ Nagata, Tyler (2012-06-23). "Game music of the day: Why Persona 4's battle music was the best". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  25. ↑ Fahey, Mike (2012-06-27). "Memorize the Fighting Moves of Your Favorite Persona Characters". Kotaku. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  26. 1 2 3 Hamilton, Kirk; Schreier, Jason (2012-11-21). "Persona 4 Golden: The Kotaku Review". Kotaku. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  27. ↑ Bajo; Hex (2013-02-26). "26 February 2013 Persona 4 Golden". Good Game Stories. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  28. ↑ Haynes, Jeff (2008-12-09). "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Review". IGN. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  29. ↑ Cunningham, Michael. "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Staff Review". RPGamer. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  30. ↑ Cullen, Johnny (2011-12-06). "Persona 4: The Ultimate footage shows off Chie awesomeness". VG247. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  31. ↑ North, Dale (2012-11-05). "A slice of fried gold". Destructoid. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  32. ↑ Ouedan, Adrian den (2012-08-08). "Persona 4 Golden". RPGamer. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
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