Jiraiya is such an interestingly designed persona- especially amongst the absolute top teir designs that p4 put out..
But there's a lot to dissect within that. You really get a lot of the "toy" feeling, the rubber bendy arm toys are mentioned for sure.
and i've brought up the mimicry and cameo stuff before. The aspect of hiding is a very important part of Jiraiya.. not just as a ninja, either.
Cameo is- of course, a given. It's a common pattern for stealth. But the mimicry is also very cool. Jiraiya can- in the corner of your eye, or in the dark? Look like something far more dangerous than he is... like his awakened shadow form, perhaps?
THirdly, is the airplane pilot theming. Like yeah, he wears a jumpsuit. But he's also got the big scarf, which is pretty iconic to the look of a "pilot" too! Susano-o also gets huge turbines on him. Jiraiya's mask's grates are also giving juuuust enough "oxygen mask" to lend to the illusion too. All of this, plus his wind theming?
And like.. Yosuke wears a flight jacket dude. You can't unsee it when you see it.
It wraps back around to the action figure/toy energy, almost GI Joe feel (idk if jp had a gi joe equivalent?) Idk! Boys action toy stuff.
edit: oh-- ok, so, Apparently I can just forget about Kamen Rider too? I didn't consider it because Naoto's persona tend to lean towards the Kamen Rider/Super Sentai/Detective Conan look.. but Again, it's really cool stuff
And even better, it ALSO wraps into Teddie and his personas being not only toy themed, but missile themed.
oogh i love u hanabros never stop bothering each other.
Another thing is.. yeah, another thing-- lmao. The jumpsuit being very "Warehouse worker chic" + kunai actually being laborer's tools is also a cool element of how Jiraiya ties into Yosuke as a person
so like, yeah. again, another essay on why Yosuke is such a cool character. 🐕 and that doesn't even get into jiraiya as a lore character.
also some other design stuff i like thats only kinda relevant
