Hello, SkerllyFC here, I welcome you to the Persona 4 The Animation rewatch! As a reminder, please remember to mark spoilers for future events. I know that the game is good and all, but don't talk about the game. Let's maintain the discussion only related to the anime series. And don´t discuss future episodes, in order to not ruin the fun for first-timers(which I am also).

Episodes 9 & 10: No one sees the real me / Real Me Doesn't Exist

#Streaming Sites:

• MAL

• Crunchyroll

• Hulu

• The Anime Network

• Advice me if there are other legal streaming sites for the series

FULL SCHEDULE: HERE

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND TRIVIA

-About Himiko and Kintoki-Douji's Mythological origins:

Himiko was an obscure shaman queen of Yamataikoku, an ancient country within the islands that would become Japan. According to early Chinese history, people in the country agreed to elect a woman for their ruler, so that she ascended to the throne, successfully uniting the country and ending the prior Emperors' eighty years of disturbances and warfare. Her skills in magic and sorcery were highly respected by her people. She is said to remain unmarried, living in a beautiful palace, surrounded by towers and stockades, where a thousand women and only one man served her as attendants, along with countless imperial guards watching on each corner of the palace. Her reign was strict and disciplined, but peaceful. She is also mentioned to have a good connection with the Wei Kingdom. The people of Yamataikoku took her death as a great loss, and they did not obey or respect the new king's order, until one of her relatives, a thirteen-year old girl, was made Queen. History involving early Japan does not mention her at all, but she is often considered a legendary figure. Nowadays, her existence is still debated among scholars and is considered to be one of the most controversial debates of ancient Japanese history.

When the legendary figure Kintaro reached adulthood, he took the name of Sakata no Kintoki. His childhood friends were the animals on the mountain where he grew up, and he regularly proved his incredible strength when playing with them. He was rarely seen without his tomahawk, with which he helped local woodcutters fell trees.

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