Sae Niijima P5

Shadow (Leviathan)

P5 Manga

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Live Action Also known as Sis (Makoto Niijima)

Woman in a Business Suit

Prosecutor Japanese Name 新島 冴

にいじま さえ Rōmaji Nījima Sae First Appearance Persona 5 Affiliation

(later) Tokyo District Special Investigation Department Phantom Thieves of Hearts (later) Occupation

Prosecutor (formerly) Defense lawyer Height [1] 167 cm (5'6") Arcana Judgement Shadow Self Leviathan Japanese VA English VA Portrayed by

"Still, I'm glad I was able to save you in court. I've never felt so happy in my entire life. I'm not quite sure how to put it, but... saving your future meant more to me than my own career. I feel like you even taught me how to live." —Sae Niijima, Persona 5

Sae Niijima is a character from Persona 5. She is the older sister and legal guardian of Makoto Niijima since their father's death a few years ago. She now works as a Public Prosecutor of the Tokyo District Special Investigation Department at the Public Prosecutors Office.

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Appearances Edit

Design Edit

Sae is a tall and beautiful woman with upper-back length ashen brown hair that is asymmetrically parted on the left right side and brown eyes that is sometimes depicted with a hint of mauve red.

She wears a black business suit with a black turtleneck. Her blazer's cuffs and the lower part have clamshell-like designs. Accessory-wise, she wears a necklace of a section sign (§) which references her judicial occupation (it also appears in the top right of Shujin Academy's emblem), earrings and a few dark hair clips can be seen above her right ear. She has violet fingernails and wears black or dark gray high heels. She is sometimes seen with a smartphone and a black bag slung over her shoulder.

Shadow Sae has yellow eyes, extremely thick black eyeliner and black lipstick. She still wears her earrings, but she now has a black choker with spikes and a hat that resembles an American flapper from the 1920s, with playing cards stashed behind a golden rose. She wears a revealing black dress with purple laces which exposes the center of her torso and her right leg. Her right leg is decorated with fishnet stockings and a derringer pistol and she wears purple high heels. She wears long black gloves. In addition, she also has tattoos on her shoulders and back which is a black dog's head wearing a choker surrounded by yellow roses.

While she does not initially transform into a demon form during her boss fight, she becomes Leviathan after the Phantom Thieves get past her cheating. Leviathan resembles a giant knight in black spiked plate armor, a helmet resembling a horned demon, several large firearms (such as a rocket launcher) mounted on her right hand and wielding a large red sword in her left hand.

Personality Edit

"You don't have to do a single thing, and you're provided with food, clothes, a home... I've had no time to think on such ridiculous thoughts. Would Dad have been happy with them? I don't care. He died upholding some lofty sense of righteousness, leaving all his responsibilities on us. Isn't it about time you grew up and acknowledged our situation!? Right now, you're useless to me. All you do is eat away at my life!" —Sae Niijima lashing out at Makoto Niijima, Persona 5

Sae is intelligent, professional and serious, although her actual maturity is debatable. A workaholic, Sae is very strict in both her work as prosecutor and guardian for her younger sister, Makoto, constantly telling her to focus on her studies and such. With many responsibilities, Sae is always working due to Japan's work pressure, and is very stressed and exhausted. She must care for Makoto, almost putting her in a single mother's role. Her father dying in the line of duty and forcing her to raise Makoto acts as her very sore spot. She resents Makoto, as the Niijima sister's father throwing his life away in the name of justice forced her to raise her sister alone. The resentment is so horrible that when Makoto asks for her opinion on whether she would think the Phantom Thieves of Hearts were just, Sae snaps and says a bunch of cruel things that she instantly regrets, up to and including that she views Makoto as a burden.

Because of her father's death, Sae views the concept of justice as meaningless. This has made her hyper-competitive and obsessed with getting ahead, to the point of telling Makoto that success is all that matters in life. This is to her detriment, as it results in many unjust prosecutions that she blatantly rigs in order to maintain the court's reputation, even if the people indicted by her are innocent.

The desire to frame at all costs also clouds her judgement and leads to her trusting all of the wrong people. Throughout the investigation of the Phantom Thieves, she remains completely unaware that her boss is taking her for a complete fool and while she doesn't get along with Goro Akechi, she nevertheless trusts his judgement regarding the Phantom Thieves and unaware that he is actually a double edged sword. She also gets angry at every single NPC the protagonist makes a Confidant with because she suspects that they helped him commit crimes as a Phantom Thief, with many innocents that happen to befriend the protagonist such as Chihaya Mifune or Shinya Oda, or even people among her circles such as Makoto or Akechi being suspected as accomplices. The reasons for her suspicions are of a petty nature, such as Mifune giving him advice to evade the law or Yoshida teaching him how to make speechcraft for his calling cards. This also results in her more often than not getting into the way of innocents for the sake of getting a conclusion she wanted to present to her superiors, as she's easily willing to believe that Sojiro Sakura, the manager of a café she frequents, is abusing his daughter (though Makoto suspects the same thing for a time) and completely refuses to change her mind about the Phantom Thieves no matter what good deeds they do, to the point that she's willing to believe the worst of them at any time.

Sae's most consistent flaw is her hypocrisy. For all her supposed disgust of the Phantom Thieves, she's perfectly willing to resort to methods similar to theirs in order to catch them, claiming that they "can't be caught by following the rules." Akechi even points out to her that, in doing so, she is no different from the very people she claims to hate. This trait of hers is especially prominent in her Shadow, who repeatedly states that she wishes to do things "fair and square" despite constantly cheating.

Regardless of her many flaws, Sae isn't without standards or moments of compassion, a prominent example being when the protagonist was feeling fatigued over the drug injections making her feel concerned for him despite him being labeled a criminal. There were even times when she would be worried the protagonist would pass out. She is also genuinely disgusted and even disturbed at the cops for inflicting such pain on the protagonist. Despite Sae's hard demeanor and bitter relationship with Makoto, she loves her sister deeply and has even shown consolation for her, as it's indicated that some of her stricter attitude is born out of a desire to keep Makoto out of trouble and ensure that she succeeds.

Envious of her sister and colleagues, Sae feels they have freedom to do whatever they want, while she is stuck in a dead-end attempt to defend the court's tarnished reputation. This envy, combined with her growing disillusionment and frustration with her profession as a concept due to being regularly strung along by political corruption, manifests as a Palace resembling a casino and a hypercompetitive and dishonest Shadow Self hellbent on winning, desiring everyone to feel as helpless as she does while stuck in an unfair and corrupt system. She forces the Phantom Thieves into rigged gambling games that are impossible to win fairly. Her distorted and pitiful worldview is shown during her battle quotes, claiming that a society must have rules and order to operate, and those who do not follow society's rules must be punished and penalized but also that it is natural and right to alter the rules to favor one side, then call the rigged victory "justice." After being caught cheating in her supposedly "fair" game, this is her final straw as she goes berserk and attempts to kill everyone-offhandedly revealing that she didn't think it was possible to be fair until she gave up on the game. Despite this, unlike most other Palace rulers, Sae is open to listen to reason. After defeat, the Phantom Thieves convince her to let go of her jealousy without stealing Sae's Treasure. As a result, Sae has an epiphany about how pointless her grudges and overcompensation are without fundamentally changing her personality by using her feelings in a more proactive way, even going as far as forming a confidant herself and helping the protagonist trick Akechi and Shido so he won't get murdered.

Profile Edit

Persona 5 Edit

"Well then, let's move on. At last we arrive at your most recent crime. ...You know what I mean, don't you? This calling card was delivered to your latest target—the one you had decided would prove your innocence. It was addressed to "Sae Niijima." ...Myself. Now, explain everything to me." —Sae Niijima talking about herself, Persona 5

After Sae's father who was a police officer died in the line of duty three years ago, she has been obliged to act as her minor sister, Makoto Niijima 's legal guardian. However, she does not treat Makoto as anything other than a burden for her to take care of, and the sisters generally do not have a good relationship with each other prior to the second half of the game.

The Niijima sisters, Makoto and Sae, are raised alone by their father, since their mother died young. Unfortunately, three years ago, their father died when solving a case. Without a sole caretaker, Sae has to take care of Makoto alone and find a job. She found a job at the prosecutor's office, where she has to maintain an indiction rate of 99% at all costs, regardless of the defendant's innocence. She felt incredibly bitter about this fate where everyone else can have a normal life while she's stuck between rigging cases against her will and raising Makoto because her father died. As a result, she came to resent both her father and Makoto, viewing both of them as a burden.

By the events of the game, Sae is a public prosecutor of the Tokyo District Special Investigation Department (independent from the police department) responsible for the Phantom Thieves of Hearts' case. In the prologue of the story, she requests interrogation of the captured protagonist, despite her dismissal from the investigation by her boss. Disgusted that he has been drugged, she asks him to truthfully remember and recollect his side of the story. The majority of the game involves events based on the testimonies that he makes for her, and his goal is to have her stay as long as possible to prevent his assassination and formulate a plan to get around his demise. While mysterious, Sae seems to care for the protagonist's welfare.

Over the course of the game she recapitulates the Thieves' activities with him. She is skeptical of his supernatural claims, such as a talking cat who can turn into a bus, alternate realities, monsters, etc, demanding him to stop fooling around and get serious so she can know the truth, unaware that these childish fantasies actually are the truth.

Sae first appears while visiting Café Leblanc before the protagonist goes out on May 4th, where she expresses concern about the mental shutdowns and the Kamoshida case, wondering how could a person's mental condition change so quickly.

She then can be seen having dinner with Makoto. Makoto asks her if her dad would support the Phantom Thieves if he were still alive. This question greatly frustrated Sae, and she proceeded to throw derogatory terms at her, up until she called Makoto a burden. This greatly distressed Makoto and Sae quickly apologized to her. It was implied that she snapped because her father's death was what caused her to face extreme pressure to both uphold the court's reputation at all costs by rigging cases and having to become a foster parent for Makoto. She then tells her that she will be eating dinner tomorrow, causing the Niijima sisters to have a fall out. When combined with Akechi calling her a pushover and Ann scolding her as useless, this resulted in Makoto throwing herself into Junya Kaneshiro and getting all of the Phantom Thieves blackmailed by him.

On July 18th, in order to investigate the mental shutdowns, Sae turns to Sojiro Sakura, an old friend of Wakaba Isshiki for help, as Wakaba researched cognitive psience and Sae attempts to get information about Wakaba's research from him. When Sojiro refuses to cooperate, Sae threatens to bring him to family court, where he would almost certainly lose custody of his adoptive daughter, Futaba Sakura, resulting in the two having a falling out.

Early in September, Makoto uses a USB device prepared by Futaba to steal data from Sae's laptop. Sae later notices the intrusion and accuses Akechi of stealing the data, offending him. In truth, Sae realized Makoto was responsible, but was unwilling to admit it.

When Akechi forces himself into the Phantom Thieves, he suggests that the gang should steal Sae's heart to stop her investigation, otherwise the Public Prosecutors Office may hold them responsible for the deaths of Kunikazu Okumura and Principal Kobayakawa.

Her sin is Envy, which turns her Palace in the courthouse into a massive, rigged casino where everything is going in the favor of the house due to rigging mechanisms, representing her view of every prosecution case as one that she must win at all costs. There is also a member's floor which contains a pitch black maze which has no easily accessible exit and an arena that claims to only offer one-on-one battles which only the protagonist could enter but repeatedly pits him against multiple enemies. As she does not see anyone in a distorted manner, the Cognitive existences of the Palace only appear as regular people. However, her Shadow appears as incredibly bitter, cynical and spiteful, which shocked her sister Makoto upon meeting her.

Upon receiving her calling card, Sae is infuriated that the Phantom Thieves would consider her unjust, but reassures Makoto that the case will be over soon, and they can spend time together as sisters again, comforting Makoto when she tearfully promises to protect Sae. Sae takes a phone call, and is shocked to realize that the investigation has ordered that she be placed on standby.

Persona 5 Boss Fight 7 (1080p)

Shadow Sae's boss fight takes place on a giant roulette wheel which she occasionally spins to influence the battle depending on if the Phantom Thieves win a bet (healing the winner, damaging the loser, and so on). Initially, her wheel is just as rigged as her other games, with her placing a glass shield over the cups that prevents the ball from landing and ensuring she always wins. Eventually, a member of the Thieves is sent to use their gun to knock the ball into the cup. This surprises and angers Shadow Sae, who transforms into Leviathan and attacks out of rage, declaring that the Thieves won't be able to take the only power she has away from her, and removes the glass to prove that she can defeat them in a fair fight, transforming into a grey plated, heavily armed monstrosity. However, she was still no match for the Phantom Thieves and Akechi. Makoto then manages to convince Sae to repent and make her an ally of the Phantom Thieves. However, a massive fleet of heavily armed policemen are stationing in the Metaverse's casino, in which they catch the protagonist on his way to escape and send him to interrogation.

The outcome of this operation differs depending on the dialogue choices after the protagonist has finished his long reminiscence in the interrogation room with Sae when she starts listing his confidants and party members. If he sells out his teammates or confidants during the interrogation and has confirmed to do so, Sae will end her interrogation and leave, promising to reduce his penalty, but Akechi will appear and assassinate him after killing a police guard and plant the gun to his hand to pretend a suicide. The protagonist then finds himself in the Velvet Room, where its residents lament him for his failure and Igor imprisons him within it for the rest of his life. The credits then roll with "Freedom and Security" playing in the background.

Additionally, failure to meet a Palace deadline up to hers will result in the protagonist giving the wrong testimonies, and Sae leaves the interrogation room for him to recover, in which Akechi takes the opportunity to assassinate him.

If the protagonist did not sell out his teammates or confidants during the last part of the interrogation, it will be revealed that the Thieves already set up a plan to trick Akechi from the get-go, since they all knew he was a traitor when he can hear Morgana talk about pancakes in the TV station and nobody that hasn't ran into Morgana in the Metaverse can hear him talk in the real world. As the nearby police station that would be used to interrogate the protagonist is uninfluenced by her cognition (and thus the police station would appear exactly like its real world counterpart) and she still has subconscious control over the surroundings as her treasure is not stolen, the party thought of stealing an empty briefcase and escaping, while the protagonist deliberately lets himself get arrested using himself as a decoy. The only thing that might make the plan fail is the police drugging him before he was sent to Sae. Using this, they were capable of making Sae trick Akechi into killing the cognitive versions of the protagonist and the guard of the interrogation room after the apprehension, both born from a part of her Palace where she has little influence in. Upon realizing the real reason of being appointed to the case and the true colors of her boss and Akechi, Sae cooperates with the Thieves and transports the protagonist safely to Café Leblanc. Sae apologizes to Futaba for putting pressure on Sojiro, and reconciles with Makoto.

Accepting Sae's Offer

When the gang reveal that about the mastermind behind Akechi is Masayoshi Shido, Sae admits that she had her suspicions of Shido because he gains the most from all the victims whose deaths are connected to the Palace.

When the Thieves publicize their video of the upcoming heist of Shido's heart, Sae is blamed by the Police Department for the protagonist's feigned death but she begins to pretend that her heart has been stolen.

After the conductor's fall, she is tasked with charging Shido after the latter's confession to his crimes, but because the Public Prosecutor needs a witness and Akechi has been reported missing, she turns to the protagonist which results in his confinement in the youth detention center for two months. After his allies try every way to prove his innocence in the street assault against Shido, Sae brings the good news of Shido's case and the release of the protagonist because Shido's victim who testified against the protagonist has changed her testimony.

Sae also reveals that after Shido's case has been completely settled, she will quit her current job and become a defense attorney. She believes that this is the better way to fight for justice than in the Public Prosecutors Office.

On the protagonist's last day, Sae can be found outside the café. She gives him her business card which states that she is now a defense attorney. She also encourages him not to become influenced by terrible adults, as the corrupt adults the Phantom Thieves despised are everywhere. Sae says he should call her if anything happens, although she is not worried about him, saying he will never lose sight of himself.[1]

Royal Edit

Sae retains most of her roles from the original version of the game.

While she still cannot be romanced, the protagonist will receive a chocolate from her during Valentine's Day no matter what, as the protagonist always maxes her confidant.

Taking Back Reality Edit

Should certain conditions have been met to unlock the third semester, Sae would approach the protagonist and ask him to turn himself to the police as a witness like in the original game. However, Goro Akechi would reappear after his last appearance in Shido's palace seemingly unharmed and offer to testify against Shido as the culprit behind the mental shutdowns. Surprised by the turn of events, Sae asks the protagonist to forget what she said before as she walks away with Akechi to the police station.

Sae later reappears to celebrate on New Year's Eve by having a traditional meal of toshikoshi ("year-crossing noodles") with the Phantom Thieves, Kasumi Yoshizawa and Sojiro at Leblanc. While everyone is socializing and enjoying their meal, Sae offered good news of how the protagonist's verdict will be turned around thanks to the woman who acted as Shido's witness over the assault willing to change her testimony. She added that this is still not official as of yet, but it will eventually happen as soon as the case against Shido begins.

During the third semester, she is shown in Takuto Maruki's reality, living happily with her father and sharing a close sisterly bond with Maktoto, as she wished that her father had never died so that Sae would not have to bear the burden as her only family and guardian. As a result, history was rewritten so that the Niijima sisters' father has never died, just like Wakaba Isshiki and Kunikazu Okumura. Once Makoto chooses to deny Maruki's reality, Sae will be removed from it as well.

However, the altered reality still maintained Shido's incarceration as the result of trying to overthrow the government rather than his ties to the mental shutdown incidents, and Akechi being allowed to walk free due to his crimes being completely erased. These changes in history suggest that Sae never denied Maruki's reality herself, nor did she have the chance to build her case against Shido as planned at the start of the New Year.

Soon after the Phantom Thieves defeated Maruki and restored reality to its original state, it was explained to the protagonist by Lavenza that he would be in jail in the present due to the time that transpired being restored to what it once was, including Sae's request for himself to turn to the police like in the original game. Since Akechi's appearance on that day was only thanks to the altered reality, the protagonist must go through with his imprisonment to testify against Shido (just as the original storyline followed).

Once the Phantom Thieves and his confidants rallied support and helped to find the woman who testified against the protagonist, Sae returns to meet with him about the news. Having seen the protagonist in the altered reality for a while, Sae questioned if she had actually not seen him since Christmas Day before proceeding with the news.

Later in the epilogue, Sae is seen outside a real estate shop with Makoto. Helping her sister finding accommodations to move out to for her time in college, Sae had a disagreement with Makoto's choice from the selection. The two got into a brief argument but seeing how her sister defended her choice and stood up to her for the first time only made Sae laugh together with Makoto over how much she has grown.

Confidant Edit

"...Then again, I am investigating a "thief who steals hearts." Very well. No matter how absurd it may seem, I'll reevaluate my stance on believing you for now. In return, speak the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It's a fair deal. ...Is that acceptable?" —Sae Niijima to the protagonist, Persona 5

Sae represents the Judgement Confidant which starts on July 9th and progresses automatically during her interrogation. None of her ranks offer abilities except rank 10, which gives you an ability called True Justice, an ability with no description but a row of question marks.

Her Confidant can only be maxed if the protagonist answers her second and third questions on November 20 correctly to avoid certain ruin and return to the present time. Her Confidant does not have Ranks 7, 8 or 9, jumping from 6 to 10 upon successfully surviving the interrogation and returning to the present. Maxing her Confidant unlocks the fusion of Satan.

The following are the list of available responses during the final part of Sae's interrogation which will affect its outcome. If the protagonist chooses the incorrect responses, a prompt will appear and ask him if he is really okay with the choice. Proceeding to agree with the prompt will result in a bad ending.

Question Correct Response Correct Response 2 Incorrect Response (Bad Ending) "Tell me honestly, whether or not the following are involved with the Phantom Thieves. [List of Party Member names]? Those are the accomplices in the Phantom Thieves case, are they not?" No. Never Heard of them. That's Right. "So you won't sell out your friends...Then let me change the question. [Question referring to the protagonist's non party member Confidants] Not to repeat myself, but remember that your life will be forfeit if your sentence is not lightened. You had the cooperation of people outside of your group, did you not? Can you tell me about them? There were no such people. N/A I'll tell you everything.

While the Confidant does rank up throughout the story and the menu displays it doing so, the protagonist cannot receive Arcana Burst bonus experience for Judgement Personas until after they max it out, due to the prior events taking place in the protagonist's flashbacks, and the Confidant actually being spontaneously ranked up during Sae's interrogation. Furthermore, unlike other female Confidants, the protagonist cannot romance Sae. (Although in Royal, she will always buy him a chocolate during Valentines day as her confidant is always maxed by then)

Sae's farewell gift to the protagonist on the last day after maxing her Confidant is her Business Card which has no known effect. The item description shows that her intention to become a defense attorney has become true.

Rank Date Ability 1 July 9th - After Kaneshiro's confession - 2 July 24th - After the revelation of Futaba's past - 3 August 22th - After the announcement of Medjed's defeat - 4 September 13th - After the announcement of Principal Kobayakawa's death - 5 October 12th - After the police inspect Okumura's house - 6 October 28th - After Akechi suggests stealing Sae's heart - 10 November 20th - After fullfilling the requirements for the Good Ending True Justice

​Persona 5 Manga Edit

Sae herself doesn't appear until Chapter 6 of the manga. Here she meets Akechi in a restaurant, asking him for help solving the Mental Shutdown cases.

Persona 5 The Animation Edit

Sae's role in the anime is identical to her game counterpart. In addition, Sae interrogates Ren about other events too, such as the subway crash that took place the day he moved to LeBlanc. During the Phantom Thieves' attempt to steal Futaba's heart, Sae is shown confronting Sojiro more to learn about Wakaba's research. During the A Magical Valentines Day OVA, she invites Ren on a date to the opera house.

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Edit

Sae is a minor character in this game.

Strategy Edit

Persona 5 Sae Niijima boss

Shadow Sae's fight has two separate phases, which begins on a roulette wheel. The player is allowed one free turn to attack her prior to starting this phase's unique gimmick. However, this is mostly pointless and it is better to conserve the party's resources as this phase can be completed without attacking. After the player has done whatever they desired for the first turn of actions, Shadow Sae will begin a roulette spin, forcing the player to either gamble HP, SP, or Money. She will also warn you not to attack her during the spin as either attacking or forcing a debuff on her will immediately result in that character having their HP reduced to 1 so guarding, ally buffing, or healing are the only options for this phase. No matter whichever choice is made for your roulette bet, she will cheat on the first spin. Morgana will inquire you if you caught on to her cheating and will prompt you to give your answer. You must affirm that you caught on and you noticed she is using a glass screen to manipulate the results. If you do not, more rounds will go by and you will waste time and potentially resources until you do. You will have a Special order given that has an ally get to a vantage point to stop the cheating, allowing your remaining allies to reap whatever benefits the wheel allows (either heal HP, gain money, or recover SP in that set rotation) once the player has identified her cheating method.

Once her ploy is discovered, she will immediately move on to the second phase where the real fight begins.

Shadow Sae's Leviathan form possesses a mixture of physical, gun, and almighty attacks. Once her HP hits the 2/3 mark she begins reusing Roulette Time without any cheating method - bet accordingly to make the most of the situation.

At the 1/3 mark she begins using Desperation, a buff that drastically raises her offenses at the cost of defenses, cannot be erased by Dekaja, and can even stack with Heat Riser. Take this opportunity to end the battle quickly before she outdamages the party. Whenever she casts Desperation, she is telegraphing Berserker Dance in the next turn, and will lay waste to the party. If the protagonist's current party has reached Confidant rank 8 at minimum, which lets them endure a lethal hit, it provides a good safety net if things would go awry with Desperation; otherwise, have everyone guard against it, preferably with buffs and debuffs active.

Royal Edit

Updated Niijima Boss Fight

Sae's first phase is exactly the same as the base version so the strategy above works exactly the same in Royal.

Her second phase has changed slightly as her fight is fairly straightforward, possessing a wide range of physical, gun, and almighty as well as using self-buffs to make her more dangerous as the battle drags on. It is safe to attack her with any element as she has no resistances nor is she weak to anything, though she does resist physical attacks. Her new gimmick during this phase is her Roulette Wheel imbues her with a new element to her attacks. If she shifts her elements, make sure that your party members can properly deal with them. If the Star confidant has been established, it is wise to swap out the any party members who has a weakness to her current affinity to prevent her from gaining follow-up attacks and the protagonist should mind his Personas to prevent her from exploiting their weaknesses. Once she is under 50% she will shift to Almighty attacks for the rest of the fight, thus she is for the most part a slugfest of a fight. Use self buffs as needed and maintain everyone's health in the event that she scores critical hits or technicals.





Stats Edit

Let's do this fair and square. Level HP SP Strength 30 Magic 30 Endurance 10 Agility 30 Luck 30 52 65,535 65,535 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Material Drop Skill Card - - - - List of Skills Skill Effect Roulette Time Start a roulette game which forces the player to bet HP, SP or money. Penalty Drop one's HP to 1 during Roulette Time for

any offensive or debuff command. Almighty and undodgeable. Cheating!? Unfair!? Silence! This is MY world! If you want a fair fight, then to hell with the game!

I'll crush you by force. Fair and square, just as you like! Level HP SP Strength 56 Magic 34 Endurance 30 Agility 34 Luck 30 53 8,000 2,000 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Material Drop Skill Card 11500 33000 - - List of Skills Skill Effect Roulette Time Start a roulette game which forces the player to bet SP, attack or agility. Penalty Drop one's HP to 1 during Roulette Time for

any offensive or debuff command. Almighty and undodgeable. Dekaja Negate all buff effects of all foes. Megidola Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Severing Slash Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Gatling Gun Light Gun damage to all foes 1x to 5x. Hundred Slaps Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Medium chance of Dizzy. Heat Riser Buff attack, defense and agility of 1 ally for 3 turns. Desperation Boost self's attack but drop defense for 3 turns.

Independent from -kaja and -nda and cannot be negated. Berserker Dance Severe Almighty damage to all foes. Makarakarn Erect shield on 1 ally to repel 1 magical attack. Tarukaja Buff attack power of 1 ally for 3 turns.

Royal Edit

The following stats are for Shadow Niijima's second form. Her first form has identical stats as her Persona 5 counterpart.

counterpart. If Roulette time is anything but Almighty (HP above 50%), all affinities save for the opposing affinity are resisted. The opposing affinity does neutral damage, and the same affinity as Leviathan's will be repelled. (For example, if Roulette Time's affinity is Nuclear, Leviathan's affinity becomes Neutral to Psi, Repels Nuke and resists anything else.)

If Niijima's HP is 50% or below, the Roulette time will land on "Almighty" and all affinities on Leviathan become "Neutral." She will also stop using Elemental Strike attacks.





Cheating!? Unfair!? Silence! This is MY world! I AM the law! I am everything!

No one in this world deserves to win, except for ME! Arcana Level HP SP Strength 56 Magic 34 Endurance 30 Agility 34 Luck 30 - 53 8,000 2,000 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - - - - - - - - - EXP Yen Material Drop Skill Card 11500 33000 - - List of Skills Skill Effect Roulette Time Starts a Roulette game which determines Leviathan's elemental affinities. Elemental Punishment Heavy Fire/Ice/Elec/Wind/Psy/Nuke/Bless/Curse damage against one foe.

Affinity based on results from Roulette Time. Severing Slash Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Gatling Gun Light Gun damage to all foes 1x to 5x. Hundred Slaps Heavy Physical damage to 1 foe. Medium chance of Dizzy. Brutal Impact Heavy Gun damage to all foes. Berserker Dance Severe Almighty damage to all foes. Megidola Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. Dekaja Negate all -kaja buff effects of all foes.





Battle Quotes Edit

"Let's do this fair and square!"

"Now, let us play a game of roulette. The stakes will be... our lives. Of course, acts of violence are forbidden here. One must follow the rules."

"That's fine by me. Such troublesome people will just face the penalty..."

"Ah... So you've broken the rules. In that case, it's time you be penalized! This is your penalty! Those who cannot follow rules are not to be tolerated. That is simply how society operates."

"Breaking rules will be punished!" (Penalty)

"Very well, time to make your bet! Well, how will you bet?"

"Hopefully your prediction will be correct this time. *chuckle*"

"WH-WHAT?"

"Shut up... SHUT UUUP!"

"Goodness me, you just keep losing. It seems luck isn't with you." (if protagonist is alone)

"...! Why would I cheat...?" (if protagonist is alone)

"You only dare talk like that because you can't beat me..." (if protagonist is alone)

"You're the one who needs to shut up!" (if protagonist is alone)

"Cheating!? Unfair!? Silence! This is MY world! If you want a fair fight, then to hell with the game! I'll crush you by force. Fair and square, just as you like!"

"Behave yourselves."

"Dammit..."

"Take this!"

"Die on my blade!"

"Die! Die! Die!"

"As long as you win, it doesn't matter what methods you use! Don't you all think the same!? You're controlling the hearts of others to achieve your own goals! I never lose, even in games of pure luck! Let me prove it!"

"I will win! Justice can only be on the side of the victor!"

"Winning is all that matters!"

"I... I just need to win... As long as I can win... that's all that matters..."

"I... I..." (defeated)

Overworld quotes Edit

"How many times I must endure your failures? Hurry up and get rid of them!" (Enemy flees on its own volition)

Will Seed:

"No one can change the system that I made."

"I won't let you spoil my win streak."

"Say whatever you like...I am going to come out on top."

"I am the ultimate champion...I am success in kind."

"You only get one chance. Once you lose, it's all over."

"The only thing that matters in the end...is securing my victory."

"For success I'll do anything I have to."

"The victor gets the final word. The only thing the loser contributes to is pathetic excuses."

"There's no future for losers."

"Without success, there's no point to anything."

Gallery Edit

Persona 5 Sae art. Concept art. Shadow Sae concept art. Leviathan concept art. Sae on her laptop. Akechi and Sae. Shadow Sae. Shadow Sae. Shadow Sae front. Shadow Sae back. Note her dog and yellow roses tattoo. Shadow Sae as a monster, Leviathan. Icon. Icon. Sae receiving a text from Futaba.

Persona 5 Portraits Normal portrait Sae happy Sae annoyed Sae sad Sae surprised Sae hurt Sae happy cut-in Sae surprised cut-in Sae sad cut-in Sae serious cut-in Sae serious cut-in Sae harmed cut-in Shadow Sae (Leviathan) Shadow Sae shocked Shadow Sae smiling Shadow Sae sad Smirking Shadow Sae cut-in Shadow Sae cut-in

Persona 5 Royal Portraits Sae's winter coat

Persona 5 (Manga) Sae in Persona 5: Mementos Mission

Persona 5 The Stage Niijima with Akechi on the Persona 5 The Stage cover Sae Niijima In Persona 5 The Stage

Persona 5 The Animation Sae Nijima in Persona 5 The Animation Sae's formal dress Sae on the cover of Persona 5 the Animation Volume 10 Sae on the reverse cover of Persona 5 the Animation Volume 10 Sae in the P5A Artbook Sae in the P5A Artbook (2)

Etymology Edit

Sae (冴え) is the verb for "to be clear/skillful." Niijima (新島) is a common Japanese surname meaning "New Island."

In Other Languages Edit

Language Titles English Sae Niijima Japanese 新島 冴 (Nījima Sae) Korean 니지마 사에 (Nijima Sa-e) Traditional Chinese 新島 冴 (Xīndǎo hù)

Trivia Edit

A possible reference of Sae's name could be (新島 八重), a fierce woman from the late Edo period who fought with firearm in a siege and later worked as an army nurse during war-time. For a long time Yae was criticized for her proud attitude over her second husband (which was the male spouse's idea to demonstrate gender equality) and westernized wardrobe, these led to Yae's isolation by her late husband's allies.

The prominent yellow roses in Shadow Sae's design and her tattoo of a dog head both represent her envy: yellow roses symbolize jealousy in Japanese flower language, and envy is often associated with dogs.

The dog tattoo may also symbolize guardianship, ritual, loyalty, and spirit. Wolf has the ability to make quick and firm emotional attachments, and often need to trust their own instincts. This ties in with her undying loyalty to the Phantom Thieves.

Sae's unused voice lines imply that her Confidant ranking originally might have allowed the protagonist to more readily interact and possibly even engage in a romantic relationship with her akin to other female Confidants in the game.[2]

If the protagonist fights Sae alone (or refuses to acknowledge Sae's cheating), he has to keep gambling and losing for exactly 10 turns. After these turns had past, Futaba will automatically call her out for her immaturity and angering her, initiating the true fight.

Sae is the only Palace owner who does not have her treasure revealed. However, it was theorized by Makoto to be their father's police journal. Actually, if you look closely at the location where the treasure is before sending the calling card, it appears there is indeed a notebook/journal. As a result, it seems Makoto is correct in her assumption.

Sae enjoys motorcycling and kickboxing. Incidentally, Makoto's Persona, Johanna, is modeled after a motorbike and she's seen using fists and kicks in her main melee attacking animation.

Unused dialogue from the game's files indicate that Sae was initially designed to play poker with the Thieves at some point before her boss fight. [3] While some may construe this dialogue as a replacement for her roulette-based boss fight, Shadow Sae's line at the end "Let's take this elsewhere! I'll beat you at a different game!" suggests that she would then flee to the roulette wheel.

Sae has a habit, especially when a flashforward occurs during a Confidant meeting, of using some variant of "Explain yourself!", "Answer me!", "Isn't that right?", "Spill it!" or "What do you have to say to that?"

In the original script for Persona 5, Sae was going to be the guardian of the protagonist during his probation. [4]

Penalty is ineffective in the event that a party member is at 1 HP.

In Dancing in Starlight during Makoto's Social, a few details about Sae are referred to outside of Persona 5 : Ann mentions how she passed the bar exam while she was still in high school. Additionally, her looks also garnered enough attention to be featured on a TV interview when she first became a prosecutor. Makoto, however, says that Sae was upset with the story when it broke out, due to the attention and rumors that were brought up.

during Makoto's Social, a few details about Sae are referred to outside of : Makoto is shocked when she first saw Shadow Sae's berserk form.

During a Special Screening in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, Makoto shares that their father taught them both aikido martial arts when they were young. By the time of the game, Makoto has apparently never been able to beat her sister during their sparring sessions.

Appearances in Other Media Edit

Kyoutou Kotoba RPG: Sae (Enemy > Can join as Kotodaman); Shadow (5-star), Leviathan (6-star)

Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman in Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Leviathan in Kyoutou Kotoba RPG