Viewpoint "Takuro Morinaga" of the news For August 25 broadcast The consumer price index / a salary / job opening-to-application ratio / a job loss is record high
Episode 10 : Shadow Laughing in the Dusk / Kage wa Hakubo ni Warau.
While Shin goes on a trip with Eiko, Takuro goes to train his Persona with Megumi. Meanwhile, Ryo and Jun get together with Mayuri to see a movie. Mayuri later confronts Ryo in an overpass, but were confronted by Tōma, who was seen to be alive. Ryo and Toma's Persona engage each other in combat, with the latter forced to get away before seeing the mysterious red-haired girl and some whale feathers. Ryo heads down to the coroner's office to see Eiko and despite his earlier battle with Tōma, confirmed his dead corpse.
"Child's Release and Healing of the Sacred Spirit"Shin and Takuro, with Ito, get involved in a planned operation by Akihiko to take down the Marebitos. However, Shin and Takuro got their Personas pinned down by Sotaro and Udo's. Things became worse when Sotaro's persona wounds Jun by the shoulder by a beam shot in the shoulder. After Akihiko tends to Jun's wounds, Megumi assists them by taking refuge in her family home.
"Shadow Laughing in the Dusk"While Shin goes on a trip with Eiko, Takuro goes to train his Persona with Megumi. Meanwhile, Ryo and Jun get together with Mayuri to see a movie. Mayuri later confronts Ryo in an overpass, but were confronted by Tōma, who was seen to be alive. Ryo and Toma's Persona engage each other in combat, with the latter forced to get away before seeing the mysterious red-haired girl and some whale feathers. Ryo heads down to the coroner's office to see Eiko and despite his earlier battle with Tōma, confirmed his dead corpse.
"Rare Personality"Shin, Takuro and Kanaru get summoned by Ayanagi Police regarding a mutilation that occurred at the same karaoke bar that they went to. While Jun gets a visit from Eiko Nikaido, a Kanzato family friend, Shin is warned by Ryō that he should leave Ayanagi City alongside Jun as his situation to contain the mysterious killings were on the verge of becoming public through pressuring of his mysterious benefactors. The individuals supposedly known for the Persona killings attempted to assassinate both Ryō and Shin for good. Their attempts backfired as Ryō's Persona made short work of his assailant's Persona, killing him while Shin's Persona fought back until one of his attackers became incapacitated when his Persona had been combined with another.
"Shadow Pulling"Shin, with his Persona awakened, nearly escapes his death while still being alive. Ryō's previous actions in saving Yumi Tasaka, as well as the emergence of Shin's own new Persona, had forced the men responsible for the Shadow killings to make plans to kill Ryō and Shin before they are able to use their Personas against them. Shin and Jun head to their respective schools, with the former meeting friends such as Takuro and Megumi. During a Shadow Pull, Takuro's Persona had emerged with Shin's for a second time. Shin gets invited for karaoke night with Megumi, Takuro and Kanaru, but the girls get attacked by thugs after they left the female restroom for a break.