Tae Takemi
ISFP
Functional Order: Fi - Se - Ni - Te
Spoiler warning
This article will cover Tae’s analysis and there’ll be references to her confidant, so read carefully!
Judging Functional Axis
Introverted Feeling (Fi) / Extroverted Thinking (Te)
Takemi isn’t a member of the Phantom Thieves, nor a pivotal character in the game. That being said, she has an interesting confidant that offers enough elements to type her and, looking at her narrative arc, there is more depth than one may think.
Tae is a Fi dominant and this is shown during her interactions with protagonist. Unraveling her past, the player discovers how her little clinic in Yongen-Jaya is also an activity to cover her real goal: to improve her medicine, thus finding a cure to a rare disease. Tae isn’t only concerned about this on a humanitar level, since a proper medicine would work for every people affected by the disease, she also deeply cares because this is a personal matter. Tae believes one of her former patient died due to a treatment she developed, thus causing her to lose her role at the university and gaining the nickname “The Plague”. So, even if Tae is surely working to find a cure for everyone, what is more important for her is to find a cure as a way to make amends for her past mistake, honoring Miwa. When Tae discovers Oyamada’s scheme and the truth about Miwa, she’s relieved because this way, she can still save a life - one she cares even more about since she thought Miwa was dead. Even if Oyamada used her as a scapegoat, blinded by jealousy, Tae doesn’t seem to hold a grudge against him. All she cares about is that Miwa is still alive, and this means she’s still able to save her life.
All this events related to her confidant show how Tae works with a clear and strong ethic -as a doctor but, more importantly, as someone who cares about her patients. Tae doesn’t seek revenge on Oyamada, nor she tries to actively rehabilitate her past. Her number one priority is to find a cure, thus she pours her soul into her work.
Tae’s mature Fi is balanced by a healthy Te. When protagonist meets her, they strike a deal and Tae is well aware about how a person willing to operate outside the law would be helpful to her studies. She quickly sees a concrete way to reach her goal faster and, even if her medicines have side effects, she never forces the protagonist to take them. But with his aid, Tae develops a cure to the disease. Her Te is a mature one, since Tae is organized and work following a clear and rational course of action. Even if she lost a patient and her job, she’s still focused on a practical way to solve a problem, one she deeply cares about, thus she uses her Te to polish her plan to save Miwa.
Perceiving Functional Axis
Extroverted Sensing (Se) / Introverted Intuition (Ni)
Tae, as a high Se user, prefers to learn by doing. Her research for a cure has a theoretical basis, but at the same time her main way to obtain data is by providing medicines to protagonist. First she tests the side effects, then she proceeds to fine-tune her studies. She is well aware of the implication of her treatment, but she still does her best to experiment outside the law to reach her goal (Te) and she does it by constantly taking action, learning by taking concrete decisions with immediate, tangible effects. When Tae discovers the truth about Miwa she feels relieved, however she doesn’t waste time and starts to work even harder to find a cure to the disease. So, Tae has a general approach to problems based on taking action and, as a doctor, she breaks lots of stereotypes about the serious and passive professionist always occupied with paperwork and bureaucracy.
Tae’s Se is balanced by a well-developed Ni. We can see how Tae works as a doctor not only as a way to aid people, but also with a bigger goal in mind. She has a mission, something that falls outside her daily routine. Tae’s Ni is what receives all the data collected by her Se and puts them into an abstract pattern. This pattern is her research, since as an ISFP her tertiary Ni aids her Fi by establishing a goal to her plan. At the same time, as a high Se user, Tae knows well how to make adjustments when needed. Since she’s a P, in fact, Tae is adaptable enough to see the path carved as a strong recommendation rather than a strict set of action to take in order to succeed.
On a final note: Tae is a really mature ISFP, so her Ni may appear stronger than a tertiary one and this is also true for her inferior Te. A general reminder with MBTI is that adults had time to make mistakes and, hopefully, to learn from them.