Shuji SOGABE – illustratör

Rise turns the Investigation Team into a music band! …no, really! It’s Yosuke on guitar! Yukiko on saxophone! Teddie on bongos! It’s a symphonic scheme to help save Junes from financial disaster! Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

"Who am I?" "Why must I fight?" "What is Minato to me?" These are the questions that race through Aigis's mind as the android anti-Shadow weapon looks back and ponders what it is that she cherishes most.

As the promised end draws near, the members of S.E.E.S. must decide how they want to spend their final days. Is there a point to continuing the good fight? Whether they are prepared or not, time waits for no one. Based on the Persona 3 video game!

In the wake of a miraculous happening, it becomes apparent that hope lives on. There is a reason to go on fighting. The destruction of the Dark Hour may erase all memories of their days fighting together... but they will not forget.

The avatar of Nyx has arrived, and it heralds the death of the world. The answer to life can only be found by facing oneself and facing death…

The final chapter of Persona 3! Nyx's influence is breaking down the barrier between the Dark Hour and reality. Only the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad stand in the way of the end of everything.

The school festivities continue as the gang participates in the Miss Yasogami Contest – a beauty pageant for the girls, and a drag queen competition for the boys! It’s a golden opportunity for fun in the latest volume of the Persona 4 manga!

Detective Dojima has been hospitalized, while young Nanako has been kidnapped to the TV World. Soji leads the investigation team on an urgent mission to save his smallest family member. Based the Persona 4 video game!

The investigation team seeks to avenge their fallen ally. But is it justice they seek, or revenge? And what will they do when they learn that the killer they’ve been seeking, may be closer than they ever imagined… Based on the Persona 4 video game!

The true murderer has been revealed, and the Investigation Team must return to the Midnight Channel to finally bring the case to an end. Based the Persona 4 video game!

With the murder case closed and the true killer apprehended, Soji Seta prepares to leave Inaba. But as the full truth about the Midnight Channel is revealed, the Investigation Team discovers they have one final challenge to face. It’s the grand finale of the Persona 4 manga!

Following a string of mysterious murders, transfer student Soji Seta and hisnew friends have followed the legend of the Midnight Channel and foundthemselves pulled into another dimension! In this twisted TV world, aperson’s innermost secrets materialize as a Shadow — an entity thatmay become a powerful ally, or something much worse... Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

Soji, Yosuke, and Chie are hot on the trail of the Inabi kidnapping victims... which now include Chie's best friend Yukiko! Now, with the help of their strange new ally Teddie, our heroes venture into the TV World again to get Yukiko back. Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

Superstar teen idol Rise Kujikawa escapes to Inaba for a much-needed break from the limelight, and the usually sleepy town is caught in the grip of celebrity fever! But when Rise suddenly appears on the Midnight Channel and goes missing soon thereafter, it’s up to Soji, Chie, and the rest of the crew to rescue her from the TV World and figure out what – if anything – Rise shares in common with the previous kidnapping victims. Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

With Rise rescued and now in possession of her own Persona, Soji and friends welcome a powerful new ally into the fold. But just as things are looking up, the body of Inaba’s latest murder victim is discovered – and the victim’s identity turns our heroes’ investigation upside-down. Meanwhile, Teddie does some much-needed soul searching… and what he finds is much more than anyone bear-gained for! Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

With the murderer Mitsuo Kubo apprehended and the case seemingly closed, life in Inaba returns to normal just in time for Soji and his friends to enjoy a well-earned summer vacation. But moving on is proving especially difficult for Naoki Konishi, for whom time has stood still ever since his sister Saki became the second murder victim. Can he and Yosuke find the peace they’re seeking, and is Soji and friends’ investigation truly over? Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!

Between one day and the next, inserting itself into reality at midnight, sits the Dark Hour. Few know about this special time that separates humans from the dangerous creatures known as Shadows. It is here that a group of students finds the ability to summon their inner selves - their "Personas" - to do battle with the Shadows before they can consume the minds of humanity.

Life isn’t easy when you’re a transfer student – just ask Minato Arisato, Gekkoukan High School’s newest transfer student. Strangers and unfamiliar scenery aside, Minato also has to contend with the fact that his school transforms into a Shadow-filled tower called Tartarus every night during the Dark Hour! Minato and two of his new friends – Yukari and Junpei – set out to investigate Tartarus to see what they can learn about this phenomenon, but can three high school students with little to no combat experience possibly survive the tower’s horrors?

With the formation of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.), Minato, Mitsuru, Akihiko, and the rest have taken it upon themselves to combat the threat that Tartarus and the Shadows therein represent. When they learn that the soft-spoken Fuuka may have become trapped in Tartarus during the Dark Hour, they mount a desperate rescue attempt – but will they reach Fuuka in time to save her?

This next thrilling volume of the Persona 3 manga series is all about revelations as the intrepid members of S.E.E.S. visit the Kirijou family cottage and learn some surprising truths from Mitsuru’s father about the events surrounding Tartarus, the Dark Hour, and their own continuing battle against the encroaching Shadows. The weight of these truths proves especially heavy for Yukari and Mitsuru, but if they can bear this burden, their shared struggle may give rise to new power…

If you thought Shadows were the only enemies S.E.E.S. would ever have to fight, think again! It’s an all-out battle between Persona users as S.E.E.S. comes into direct conflict with Strega, an extremist group using the Dark Hour for their own personal gain. Even with Akihiko’s old friend Shinjiro and the surprisingly mature elementary school student Ken Amada as S.E.E.S.’ newest recruits, Minato and friends are in for their toughest battle yet!