July 30th! It's Chie's Birthday! Please like and comment - or share on places like twitter and reddit! I went for a more catchy title this time to see if it would increase CTR. Hope you all enjoy the video - and have a good day! My Main channel "Hiding in Public" is also dropping a video today in 2 hours!

"Takeshi Suuuuucks" Very true words lol. When playing through initially this is what made me a bit turned off to doing Chie's link because it was just the thought of ....really? THIS guy is who u get flustered over and if anything say he's a friend? The feeling of cmon Chie we need to work on that self respect!

I don't think it's significant, but I've always found it interesting that Chie is the only girl where you choose the prompt "Will you be my girlfriend?" Every girl that you can romance gives you an opening at some point and then you, the MC, always initiate it. But with most of them, you're hugging them when they're down, confessing feelings during a pivotal moment, accepting _their_ confessions or just in some way responding to their blatant interest in you when the subject becomes relevant. Chie's interest in you is no less blatant, but to romance her, the MC has to be the one to even bring up the subject. _You_ make that offer at the end of a SL scene that's primarily about something else. It's a small thing, but I like how it reflects Chie's insecurities.

I’ve always liked chie. Whenever i think persona 4 i mainly think of the kung-fu dragon herself. Happy birthday chie!

Chie, the cute tomboy bungus. I ended up romancing her during my first playthrough of the original p4. Sure she can be loud and over the top, but deep down she's a sweet girl with some real relatable character flaws. She's the kind of girl I'd like to be around, one who can be kind of shy but also real casual and just kind of a bro

Another great video! Chie was a character I really liked, I even had my protag romance her mainly because I felt bad “taking” Naoto from my man Kanji lol I never personally though toooo much about her treatment of Yosuke in the game, the money thing was personally something I never really thought of as much more than some comic relief, but it was really interesting hearing a different and more in-depth perspective on their dynamic, ESPECIALLY considering how sick to death I am of the discourse around the equivalent dynamics from P3 and P5

The design of chie's first persona is modeled after black mamba, the protag of the movie kill bill. This likely is a reference to her enjoyment of martial arts films and to her being seen as having a stereotypical American personality and her mindset, as kill bill was an American martial arts movie that dipicted it's protag fighting the Yakuza.

I really didn’t like Chie at first. I was like, “Wow she’s being a jerk to her friend and she probably doesn’t even realize it.” What I didn’t expect was the game to call her out on that later on, and recontextualize it. I never expected her to be my favorite character in the game, but here we are. She’s extremely relatable, but not in the Yu Narukami “oh wow he’s just like me!” way, but more along the lines of “oh wow… she’s just like me…” I wasn’t a fan of the whole “tomboy” look, either, but even that grew on me. Now I am a firm believer that tomboys are clearly the superior choice. (Joking. (Mostly.))

Unfortunately I am still in the middle of playing the game for the first time so I can't fully watch all of your videos because of spoilers, but I'm glad that there are people who find these characters as intriguing as I do. Chie is definitely a good character. She may not be as nuanced as others but I do love her energy and genuine personality.

Everyone’s first girlfriend when they play

A great analysis as always Hiding in Private! Chie's the character that changes a lot in the voice department between Persona 4 and P4 Golden. From the deep, tomboyish, down to earth tones of Tracey Roonie to the energetic, spunky, can-do attitude of Erin Fitzgerald, despite the different voice direction, the character herself stayed the same, and that's honestly such a cool feature that no other char has tbh. Speaking of which, I'm surprised you didn't talk about how Chie's looks and design are basically the backbone of Persona 4 as a whole in terms of art direction! Maybe you'll talk about the aesthetics in a different video?

happy birthday chie! ill be honest this video helped my opinion on chie, she wasnt my favourite, but you did a great job writing this video, and i think i like her more now!!!!

My biggest takeaway from her social link is that chie was someone who frequently wanted to 'play the hero' according to how takeshi brings up it. But after her introspection, she ends up protecting the kid from the bullies because it's the right thing to do and she's willing to let herself get hurt in order to do so. But another piece of her SL I find interesting is that if you choose the 'yukiko's not that weak' choice, Chie herself isn't convinced of that despite what they've been through so far.

Happy belated birthday to Chie! One more thing about how Chie fits in the story is that she in a sense forms the nucleus of the friend group. She's the one who befriended Yukiko. She's the first one who reaches out to you (Yu). She invites Nanako to come along with you to Junes and gives Nanako the idea of calling you oniisan. And she's the one Nanako calls oneesan.

When it comes to social links that Nanako is included, I think all of the party members (except Naoto and Yukiko might also have a part where she’s in it but I can’t remember) have a part where Nanako is included Yosuke for when he’s in your bedroom Chie with the grasshopper Yukiko (probably has one but I can’t remember it) Kanji when he makes the dolls for the kid (I think) Rise when she asks Nanako if she likes Kanamin or Risette

EKKK I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS. i absolutely ADORE and love chie so i really cant wait to watch!! sadly i have work so 😞 either way happy birthday chie! and thanks for the hard work again!!

This video surprised me a lot. Mainly how much more relatable I found the analysis and deconstruction of Chies character. Despite that I wouldn't want a girl who takes money out of my pocket without asking. I didn't think much of the Yosuke scene until now and yeah that ain't right. It goes to show that Kanji a year younger has more integrity than Chie.

Been watching these videos for a while, and I'm consistently amazed with the quality and depth you have put into them. I'm currently on my second playthrough of Golden (I missed the true ending the first time through) and watching your videos has given me lots of insight into how well-written many aspects of the game are, even when I don't initially see it myself. This video in particular was a great example of looking at the little details and getting into the character's heads. Thanks for helping make the experience of one of my favorite games even greater!

Nice work once again! Ballancing Character Flaws is always tricky. Being Likable, relatable, believable [...]

i love this series so much, I've already seen quite a few of your vids on p4g but i always come back to rewatching them. it's so cool the love and detail you put into all of these videos, and it's one of my fave games of all time so it makes me super happy. I hope they make you happy too! you can definitely tell how much thought and work you put into alll of them. Super excited for your vid on naoto since theyre ur fave!

Great job again! I always look forward to your character essays

As I recall (could be misremembering) in vanilla p4 yosuke comments he wanted a motorcycle but wasn't able afford one in the first place due to chie's reckless spending of his money. This makes her actions and reaction to the situation even worse in my opinion. I find it interesting that Chie ranked so high in a japanese character poll. As far as I've seen, characters like her often don't do as well overseas, but its very poetic that the character who feels like her true self is so lacking and unlikeable ended up being one of the most liked characters.

Just an old Persona 4 fan discovering your work. I cannot believe the depth and understanding you have for this game and its content. I will be supporting your work, always!

Chie also represents a part of Japanese ideals culture called Yamato-damashii or Japanese Spirit. Basically, you must strive to possess three qualities: talent, insight/resolve, and persistence. If you have all three, you're basically a main character and can take on the whole damn world like Yu. Chie the character represents the value of Chie (知恵), which means insight/resolve. Resolve is pretty straightforward: the reason you fight. Since Chie herself was a founding member of the Investigation Team and their very first mission was to save her best friend, that part's covered. The Insight part might be a little abstract, but it's a combination of instinct and intelligence. It's the bright ideas you get out of nowhere. It's the flash of creativity that hits you when you need it the most. That is insight. Chie has more than once, uttered out the truth behind the mystery the Investigation Team was struggling with from time to time. The most prominent example is Chie guessing that the Fog in the real world is coming out from the TV World.

Welp I'm late to this one but man was it worth the wait! I love Chie despite her glaring flaws and this was a great look into her character. There's a lot more depth to her than some people realize. I always liked how chill and down to earth chie's s link struggles were compared to the other girls' stories. That's not a knock against them at all though it's just Chie's problems felt the most personal and relatable to me. It's hard to not measure yourself against other people as your gauge for success or happiness a lot of the time. Finding our good points and what the hell we want to do with our lives is something I think everyone goes through to varying extents. I know I do. Chie's arc is about taking the first step towards acknowledging the good in herself and that she doesn't just have to be "that girl who is Yukiko's friend." She obviously needed someone to tell her that she's a cool person and luckily Yu helps her with that in her s link. I find it fitting for her arcana and inspiring that Chie ends her s link without all her major issues resolved. She has to stay the course and reign in her thoughts of self-doubt and desire to be above other people. She's broken out of her complacency and has to keep working at acknowledging her good points and discovering who she wants to be. It's one of the realest and most relatable stories in the game to me. When wrapping up her s link, it's really heartwarming stuff to see her realize that she can be loved for being herself if you choose to date her too. She's almost a completely different person during the romance scenes. She shows her quiet and introspective vulnerable side a lot more here and it's something not a lot of people will see unless they go out of their way to check out those scenes. That Valentines Day scene is so sweet I almost got diabetes! She also has my favorite 3rd awakening scene in the game. She's very self-reflective here and it shows that she's a lot more wise than she lets on. It's pretty respectable to me how she wants to understand history and the world around her to remind herself of what she fights for and why she does it. So yea dating her makes her development as a person super satisfying to see. It's not required to understand her arc but I think it gives more context towards it alongside the wholesome scenes of course. Great job addressing Chie's flaws here as well. She's my favorite character alongside Yosuke but I don't actually like how unapologetic she is towards him. I respect the hell out of stuff like charging into Yukiko's castle with no weapons to save her best friend but refusing to apologize for bad shit she does is pretty annoying. I would've appreciated at least one scene where she apologizes to Yosuke because it's obvious they really care about each other. Hell, she was in tears when she thought Yosuke wasn't coming out of the TV and is the only person who looks sad for him after Adachi is arrested and he says he finally avenged Saki. Congratulations on making the money scene come off as even worse to me now too lol. I was so focused on her just stealing his money that I didn't realize her words about Junes also prod at Yosuke's insecurities. Pretty despicable behavior and easily Chie's worst moment for me. Funnily enough, Chie alongside Yu are the only people that help Yosuke and Teddie out at Junes during that super busy week of the summer. Maybe she felt she owed him the help after her bullshit but the game never outright states this. There's actually one scene in the main story where she feels bad about her behavior and it's the dreaded hot springs scene. While Yukiko and Rise laugh it off, Chie alongside Naoto say it wasn't funny and that they went too far in their reaction. I remember Chie apologizes to Yu about it in a night conversation so I'll bet the other girls probably do too. I feel the same way about Chie as I do with Yosuke regarding her flaws. There's only a few scenes in a 100+ hour game of her being a dick so I don't really go too hard on Chie for that. Other people not liking her for these flaws is completely understandable to me though. Imo her strengths definitely outweigh her flaws. At heart she's a really sweet girl who wants to use her power to protect her home and the people she loves. I also think she's epic because she made me wanna go to the gym and I haven't stopped since. Thanks for the awesome video on one of my favorite persona characters! I'm looking forward to the Yukiko vid next week!

Incredible video. Chie is my favorite character flaws and all. She's such a great character I enjoyed seeing grow.

The amount of sass when mentioning Takeshi really sells it all to me, kudos to your work so far! It's always a great thing to listen to while trying to go through my own Fool's Journey!

Man, you hit the nail on the head. Some of the actions of Chie can't be defended and yet she blames it on others. That was quite frustrating to me from time to time. Yet, somehow, I still like Chie the most out of the female cast. One particular scene always annoys me and that is the bathhouse scene. The girls were clearly mistaken in the time but somehow the boys entering during the mens time in the hotsprings while the girls should not have been there is an incentive to pelt solid wooden buckets at the boys. I guess it is a Japanese anime trope that girls will use extremely excessive violence when flustered.

I always really like Chie's Shadow design because it works in multiple ways, with her being on top of the other girls and having them prop up her own insecurity. Also with her shadow having Long Black hair like Yukiko has that represents her femininity, which Chie envies and wishes she was like, and then with the plain looking girls beneath her shadow that represent what Chie doesn't value in herself, which goes into her arc in P4 Arena later about her overcoming her insecurity of being a plain girl compared to the rest of all her friends. She seems to still value the femininity that Yukiko represents to her because her Persona keeps the Long black hair at least for her base form

wow. chie is alot more relatable than i thought. love these, thank you for your service to the fandom im eating this videos so hard

Hello there Private, your video analysis on the characters' personalities and stories have been a wonderful addition to the world of Persona, the content you made has helped me understand these important parts of who they are, what has brought the players to both like and dislike the traits that were positive and negative, then about how they would overcome or grow from (although Chie was doing some shady stuff with Yosuke's money, but that is an understandable flaw) those aspects that belonged to them. This kind of footage shows that they have ''heart'', are real people up until the game's limitations, and how their journeys begin, to the way it comes to and end and how a new one begins. I could even say that one of your analysis videos could talk about the connection between the player and Yu (yes, you).

Chie was a big favorite during both of my playthroughs so far. Therefore, I tried to listen very carefully during your talk of Chie's flaws. And yeah, you're basically right. Like at least two of the Persona Protagonists' wingmen - Yosuke and Ryuuji (haven't played P3 yet) - Yosuke ends up being the butt of jokes and kind of the fall guy in the narrative for the sake of humor. That's how I saw those scenes about Chie spending Yosuke's money. It seems to be mostly played for laughs. But once you shift into the mindset of taking those events seriously instead of humorously, you are 100% correct that it is not Chie's finest hour. Far from it, truthfully. It would be nice for Persona games to give you some capacity as the protag to influence those group events and group conversations based on how far you have progressed your social link with characters - like maybe tell Chie to lay off Yosuke or gently rib her about spending someone else's money without their permission if you've progressed her link far enough. That'd be really hard to design well behind-the-scenes, but it would also make your s-link conversations even more meaningful when they influence the overall plot of how the game progresses and how the group conversations progress.

Finally best girl recognition 👍

I've been waiting for this video soooo long. It's gonna be fun~~

I have to wonder why the other characters never helped out Yosuke when Chie charged Teddie's clothes to his account (which, by the way, shouldn't have been allowed, even if she was a 'close friend', so whoever allowed it likely hated Yosuke and didn't mind potentially getting fired over that). We don't know what sort of allowance or pay the others get, but Yu doesn't even get an option to pitch in to help Yosuke, which is extra weird considering he's likely made more than enough to shrug off the cost of Teddie's clothes.

Every video is a banger here at Hiding in Private.

Happy birthday Chie! This is an amazing video, too!

An excellent analysis through and through!

Good analysis, also quite the character I might say. I never looked too deep at Chie's personality and insecurities but once you do, it's a whole different character to view. Happy birthday Chie.

My second favorite girl in the game, thanks for the analysis. Happy birthday tomboy.

Great video as always!!! Gonna do some of my own analysis that gets a bit into headcanon territory so fair warning and I’d love to hear others’ thoughts on this. Going back to the dynamics part of Yosuke’s video I think the reason Yousuke and Chie bicker so much is because they’re both complete opposites and yet extremely similar. They are very clearly the most insecure of the Investigation Team, not only based on personal flaws like the others but also on their social standing which isn’t quite as stated with most of them. And they can both be very perceptive, intentional or not in Chie’s case, so I think they’re very away of each other’s insecurities and that makes it easy to belittle each other. Yosuke points out Chie’s “less feminine” traits, Chie makes Yosuke feel inferior both as a man and even as someone who belongs. They represent two conflicting ideas of Inaba too; Chie who hopes to be the one to protect it and Yosuke is the “invader” or outsider. While they get along fine well enough because some too-far teasing on the surface, deep down they can have pretty nasty feels for each other. They’re friends of course but I think how different they are makes them butt heads a lot. But at the same time despite being “opposites” they’re actually mush the same. They both want to feel special and loved in a way that’s very different than the rest of the team, they both feel very insecure by how they’re looked at and treated by others. They’re both one of the only members to not have a dungeon but instead have their issues take hold in the place belonging to their friend. I think they get so mean with each other because they actually see themselves in each other and I wish there was more to show their growing friendship and reconciliation with their problems because while what happened in canon was fine if a little lackluster since they were generally friends-at-arms-length, it would’ve been really interesting to see any focus on how similar they and the Investigation Team are, like how Yukiko came to resent Inaba and shared that feeling with Yosuke but it’s never brought up again, or Kanji and Naoto getting a chance to bond over being different. Like I said kinda headcanony but it was a thought that occurred to me when watching this video and it’s always struck me as odd why Yosuke and Chie in particular are so mean to each other but I think it makes sense to see it as what I said and also a “I’m low on the social ladder so I’ll stand on you to get higher,” especially considering how Yosuke being bi might’ve been a more prominent part of his story if they included it and Chie being unfeminine was already important to her. Like they see they’re different and instead of coming together try to tear each other down to get higher

Bro. This is really entertaining You earned a sub.

I really really love your videos ❤️

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

Banger as always!

And on Satonaka Saturday no less.

I love Chie she was the first girls I romances I really enjoyed her social links

LET'S GOOOO CHIE VIDEO Chie is by far my fave p4 character she is like legit So gender for me But also she's really relatable to

Another great video, love watching this stuff!

Love your Persona analysis very much despite of me not being the biggest Yosuke fan and what I said on your Teddie video. Thank you for giving Chie the love and deep dive she deserves!!

So I'm not finished with this game yet but I'm Close and omg she is just such a fun character. I've lived in a small town all my life so I relate to a of stuff in this game about Inaba. And chie to me Identity's what a small town girl who enjoys living in a small town. Idk I just get that feeling it's harder to specify more. Definitely my favorite p4 character so far and honest probably my favorite female persona character in general. But to me akechi is the best persona character so far.

absolutely great video! and it still boggles me that this was released on not only her birthday but also Satonaka Saturday :-)

This is the best channel, how is it not exploding in popularity yet. Also, maybe add those youtube segment things for each category to your vids so the algorithm blesses you, all this work can't go unrecommended

Love your videos and I'm a big ball of hate but u truly have top lv content well thought through and well spoken

Was really looking forward to this one. I guess I hadn't realized just how much subtle depth there was to Chie's character. Side note, but I was curious if you plan on talking about non-Social Link side characters for this Ultimate Analysis; while there's maybe not *as much* to say about them, I'd still like to see what you can get out of Hanako or the "significant" Yasogami students/teachers for example.

Chie helped me discover that i have a thing for tomboys

Great content :D

Nice to see that these kind of videos exist about P4G considering it’s one of the few games I enjoyed the main character dynamics and their arcs, outside of Naoto since I have no opinion on yet besides the “only people have human rights line to Teddie” because I never started her social link which I might get around to during my second playthrough when I get to it. Suppose it makes sense I start with the character analysis of a character tied as my favourite, again funny that it’s Yosuke. From what I’ve seen I’m a bit late to the party on this game because of it took until last month for this game, 5R and 3P to get ported to Xbox and it taking some convincing to try Golden until I heard of the premise of how the characters develop through reflection and thought it’d be a good place to start.

Happy birthday Chie! Great video as always. This is the first video I'm watching on release since I've finally managed to catch up and watch the entire analysis series prior to this. I'm really looking forward to the Kanji/Rise/Naoto videos whenever those come out, they're by far my favorite characters in the Investigation Team. I'm not really a fan of Chie; it's not her outgoing personality, I like that they have a character like that in the game, but that she can be a real dick, moreso than anyone else in the Investigation Team. I appreciate that she was written as a not perfect character, just like so many of the Persona characters, but it's a bit much. Especially with her stealing Yosuke's money so much and freeloading off of him for food or whatever, it just feels kinda wrong. In contrast, I feel like I have a lot more appreciation for her social link than I did before. Her social link focusing on her insecurities gives an extra layer of depth to her character that is easy to gloss over, and well, I sure glossed over them. I do also like that although she's outgoing in general, she has these moments where she's so genuine, especially in her romance route. Helped boost my opinion of her a bit. Also, thank you for bringing up Chie's jobless behavior haha. It's an inside joke among my friend group because like, even *Teddie* has a job, but I feel like no one really brings it up lol

Best girl, best analysis!

Still kinda find it wild to hear KS music in videos. Fantastic video as usual btw!

A part of becoming Chad Narukami is romancing Chie so she can't steal money fron Yosuke. And maybe paying him back his stolen money, with 1000% close friend interest.

I love this vids. I subscribe to you!

Chie's my favorite girl in P4. Great video!

when I was playing persona 4 golden, it was a very "brain off, good vibes" experience so its great to see a whole load of videos to help people understand the game.

Chie and Naoto. Why are the tomboys by FAR the cutest of the group?

I haven't played the game yet myself, but each part of this series makes me more excited for when I do!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIE! 💚💚

One of my favorite moments is during the Valentine's day event, while most of the other party members act like they are surprised the date with yukiko, rise, or naoto happens; Chie is the only one where they acknowledge they know about the relationship, and it's kind of sweet seeing the party give words of encouragement to her

Chie is one of the fictional characters ever

In my reading of Yukiko's monologue, that was Chie's projection of how she sees Yukiko, dependent and powerless on her own, which is a projection of Chie's own insecurities, not a true statement from Yukiko or her shadow. The language in Yukiko's monologue is very similar to Shadow Chie's admission of dependency on Yukiko. I also read Saki's monologue in Yosuke's section as projected from him, because before entering the liquor store, there's emphasis on Teddie, who I concede is not entirely reliable, having said that the midnight channel reflects who is present. I think that it's often misunderstood that the disembodied monologues are projected from the subject because Yosuke and Chie misinterpret what's going on, which is consistent with the motif of the investigation team not having a full understanding of things and the story moving forward with the understanding they have at the time.

Ah, Chie. She was my automatic pick of who to romance in P4G. I relate to all of her issues a lot, and I also have a lot of similar interests too! Plus, sporty chicks are always sweet. Great video, cheers. I’m so glad people still talk about P4.

Happy birthday best girl 🙏🎂

Is that Katawa Shoujo music I hear as the background around the 39:00 mark? Nice. More than likely it's a generic background music used in tons of stuff, but I think it's a nice touch for this section, as this game seems to have some similar themes as KS, albeit an entirely different genre of game. Good stuff Hiding-kun.

Its a bit late but here's a comment. Love your work.

16:16 Well damn, now I feel bad for choosing Yukiko

I keep finding out inspiration for anime I've watched through the Japanese mythology from these videos

Chie video!!! On Chie day!!!! And I just beat p4g earlier!!!!!!!! today can NOT get better

Best girl in the franchise tbh...

Poor Yosuke's wallet

Finally... the best Satonaka saturday

Hi! I've been watching a lot of your video analyses lately, and I was wondering what that song playing as the outro is? The tune to it sounds very familiar, but I feel like I remember it from a different song.

39:53 was not expecting something so harsh, music cut and everything, wow

I haven't checked if you have one but a video about naoto would be cool

Chie’s shadow is also the fact that it’s a “dominatrix banana head”

this was really good :) are you planning to do more of these analyses?

My persona love!!! Her Valentines Day is my favorite moment in gaming. Period.

Commenting to appease algorithm gods. Good video!

Finally getting around to watching this. There's one important note I'd like to make about Chie's shadow, and that's her hair STYLE. That specific depiction of hair, specifically the super long train of hair fanned out on the floor, is typically used in Japanese media and legends as a practically divine or semi-divine marker of femininity. You pretty much never see this kind of hair on characters like Chie; tomboys, warrior women, brash, outspoken, or independent ladies. It's generally emblematic of characters who embody the most traditionally feminine characteristics; demure, quiet, soft-spoken, even subservient, often tragic or sad. Characters like priestesses, princesses, or goddesses, characters like Kaguya-hime. Characters like Yukiko. Additional note: Her first persona is 100% wearing Bruce Lee's iconic tracksuit from his partially completed final film, Game of Death. The Bride also wears this outfit in the second half of the first Kill Bill, which may be where the motorcycle helmet comes from (though the helmet in Kill Bill is also yellow, rather than white, and The Bride primarily uses a sword, so this may be a coincidence). There's a lot more I could say about her (how about the very beginning of the game where her friend gets into a bicycle accident and without even checking if he's ok KICKS HIM IN THE DICK even after he offered to replace the DVD he broke as a result of the accident, and then extorts him for food over it) but suffice to say that while she is my least favourite Persona party member, I still rather enjoyed this video. Good job!

The perfect treat for Satonaka Saturday

Chie best girl

Happy birthday Chie

Dropped a like and a view.

BEST GIRL

Best girl ever chie

Hey just was wondering but do you know when you’ll upload the FULL P4 analysis video?

When i was 12 and played P4 for the first time Chie was my fave character. When i replayed Golden near the end of High school i never realized how grating Chie is. Well written but boy she is a childish simple character

In the right circumstances in game with the Halloween costume on chie looks like a gremlin

Amazing! Was my romantic choice in my first playthrough and i really apriciate her mix male-female traits and plot

I love Chie sm ‼️‼️