#janosik

[p5x-theories]

As far as I could tell quickly watching through it, this interview with Shigenori Soejima about Wonder (and I believe Janosik?)'s designs, compared to Joker (and possibly Arsene?)'s designs, doesn't have any actually new information about the game, but it may still be interesting to some people, so I felt I should post a link to it!

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

Jakby Janosik mógł mieć zwierzątko to jak sądzisz jakie by chciał? (Pomijając kwestie realizmu czasu i miejsca akcji)

[zarya-zaryanitsa]

Janosik (1973)

[kochana-lulu]

Maryna appreciation post

(my wife <3)

[thelastofthebookworms]

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[batfamiliar]

not many people know this but janosik (1972-73) is actually part of xena: warrior princess universe

[carpvthian]

Janosik's head, wood engraving, Muzeum Żup Krakowskich w Wieliczce (1917)

[daydreamodyssey]

1. Slovakia gives fighter planes to aid Ukraine

2. The new Persona game has Janosik as a persona

3. ...I saw a show with the Slovak flag in a bar Happy

Unofficial Slovak Day! 🇸🇰🥳

[p5x-theories]

What We Know About the Protagonist

(as of the third beta; last updated 1/22/24!)

The protagonist, codename Wonder, is a resident of Zoshigaya in Tokyo, and a second-year student at Kokatsu Academy in class 2C. He lives with his parents, however they are traveling abroad at the start of the game (though he still receives texts from his mother).

The codename "Wonder" is invented by Ruferu, who connects it to how strange and mysterious aspects of him are- a wonder, in other words.

Most of his personality is up to the player, as the series-typical "silent" protagonist, but one thing that seems to be set is that he doesn't know what he wants. The game opens with him being unsure what to put on a form about his plans after high school, eventually turning it in blank.

More generally, he doesn't quite have Joker's typical calm and unfazeable exterior, and updates to the game with each beta have made his expressions more "blank" or neutral. However, he does still show emotion sometimes: he grins during his Persona awakening, and smiles widely at Ruferu after their first change of heart operation is a success. He's apparently also prone to falling asleep in class.

His voice actor is Koki Uchiyama.

The game starts with Wonder having what seems to be a dream, which follows the start of Persona 5's casino intro with Joker escaping, except Joker "glitches" into Wonder at one point. After Joker takes out the Moloch shadow that attacks him, however, Joker's attacked by someone else, who appears to be Wonder in a white mask. They fight, and Wonder wins, the dream ending with him shooting Joker with a smile.

Wonder jolts awake and goes to school, though throughout the day the player is prompted with choices to help someone or speak up about something, which Wonder seems to be prevented from acting on if the player tries to. On his way back home, he's the only person to react when a woman jumps off the roof of a building near the train station.

This inspires Ruferu to attempt to recruit him, during which Wonder is rushed by a person who rode a bike into the subway train car they were both sitting in. Wonder accidentally opens the MetaNav on his phone right before the bike hits him, and finds himself in Mementos with a strange owl. This leads to his Persona awakening (32:18 - 37:08 in this video) as they try to get out, and his recruitment by the owl (who introduces himself as Ruferu) as a phantom thief and "business partner".

Ruferu begins to follow Wonder around and eventually lives with him at his house as they pursue their first target, Takeyuki Kiuchi. Wonder has a strange vision at one point of Kiuchi pushing a woman and her stroller down the stairs, which goes unexplained. After Motoha Arai joins the team, they steal Kiuchi's Treasure and he has a change of heart, but as Kiuchi is arrested, this prompts another vision for Wonder of Kiuchi cackling, even as the real Kiuchi is going quietly. Motoha and the protagonist decide to continue being thieves to help more people.

Wonder's role seems to loosely parallel Joker's in the original P5.

His Persona is Jánošík (based on a Slovak highwayman described as being similar to Robin Hood) and has Bless and Gun skills, and resists Bless while being weak to Wind and Electric.

In addition to this, the protagonist is a wildcard, able to recruit shadows as new Personas, and access the Velvet Room to strengthen and fuse them. His Velvet Room is underwater, and appears to be a tunnel, with a circular table in the middle that he and Igor sit on either side of. His attendant is Merope.

In combat, his melee weapon is a knife, and his ranged weapon is a handgun. His highlight attack is the first 15 seconds of this video.

[slavicafire]

ło dyć janosik najbarziej hotówa w tyj scenie kie go za poślednie ziobro wiesają. przeca jo byk go sarpała choby wilk te łowiecki po hali i zodyn baca by mnie nie powscymoł

[kochana-lulu]

ludziska!! Janosik na tvp hd (odc 4)

[indecisive-v]

forgive me, i've really gone down the p5x rabbit hole now

[ennaakat]

Wonder concept art sheets by Soejima

[tired-joker]

Im kinda excited for new persona mobile game cos JANOSIK!!!