Monday, November 23, 2009

President Tanaka

Tanaka, as seen in Persona 3.

President Tanaka (社長・たなか, Shachou Tanaka), is the president of a mega-corp. company. He makes his first appearance in Persona 3, and known to be a successful, yet cunning business man. Tanaka also hosts his own home shopping show, Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, which shows every Sunday morning.

Appearances:

Persona 3

Also known as TV Tanaka, Tanaka is a television salesman and president of his own company. If the Protagonist's Charm is high enough, he asks him to be a model for his products. He then swindles the protagonist out of a large sum of money, however, when he sees the protagonist is unaware he's being taken advantage off, Tanaka takes him under his wing and begins to teach him about business. The Protagonist would then create the Devil Arcana Social Link.

Through the Protagonist' interaction with Tanake, the Protagonist learns Tanaka's passion of making money, but Tanaka lacks business ethics, and teaches the protagonist questionable sales tactics. However, Tanaka's materialistic behavior may be stem from his past when he was a high-school student, where he is constantly looked-down upon, it is also implied that, Tanaka, prior of his success, came from a poor family.

Tanaka would later take interest in one of his female colleague who enjoys doing charity work. Tanaka chastises his colleague, but eventually realize that what he truly take interest in isn't making money, but to educate others so they could achieve success. At the end of the Social Link, Tanaka will reveal that he made a donation to a orphanage community, and gives the Protagonist the Gratitude Letter, bestowing the form of Beelzebub.

In the expansion re-release of Persona 3, namely Persona 3: FES, the epilogue reveals that Tanaka is faced by dozens of interviewers chastising his unethical business techniques, and demands him to come out for an explanation. Tanaka eventually tricks the interviewers, and uses the opportunity of being interviewed on air to advertise his products. Tanaka also mentions that he "has nothing to hide nor ashamed of", implying that he may have decided to try to do business more ethically.

As mentioned above, the Protagonist can also tune in the program of Tanaka's Amazing Commodities through his TV during Sunday Morning, where Tanaka advertises his products.

Persona 4

Tanaka returns as a minor character in Persona 4, however, he is not represented by any Social Link. He returns as the host of Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, where the Protagonist can purchase his products every Sunday morning.


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