9. Maya Amano
Maya is an especially interesting character seeing as she’s a party member in Persona 2: Innocent Sin before becoming the main character in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. She’s also the very first female protagonist of the series.
Maya is an exceptionally cheerful and upbeat young woman, working as a journalist for the teen magazine Coolest. In Innocent Sin, she’s the rock of the party, keeping everyone on track even in the face of defeat, and oftentimes taking the lead. In the past, Maya was almost killed in a fire, although she was saved by her Persona awakening. However, she’s since developed an intense phobia of fire.
Her story takes a tragic turn by the end of Innocent Sin, before she assumes the role of a silent protagonist in Eternal Punishment. Although Maya doesn’t technically speak in the second game, she retains some of her cheerful elements, though you begin to see cracks in that development throughout the game.
