Persona 4
Persona 4 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation 2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the "Persona" series, itself a part of the larger "Megami Tensei" franchise. The game was released in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009. "Persona 4" takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to earlier "Persona" games. The player-named protagonist is a high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona. The game features a weather forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase system implemented in the previous games.
Persona (series)
"Persona" was adapted into an eight-issue manga series titled "Megami Ibunroku Persona", originally serialized in 1996 and later reissued in 2009. A second spin-off manga, was released to tie in with the release of the "Persona 2" games. Set within the same setting of the "Persona 2" games, it follows a separate story. In its 2011 reissue, new material was added that connected the manga to the events of "Innocent Sin". "Persona 3" and "Persona 4" have both received manga adaptations, serialized in "Dengeki Maoh". Another manga based on "Persona Q" was also serialized: two separate manga storylines, based on the two storylines featured in the game, were written and dubbed "Side:P3" and "Side:P4". A "Persona 5" manga began releasing online from September 2016. Multiple novels based on "Persona 3" and "4" have also been released.