This version of Yu Narukami is based on his Persona 4 Arena appearance. While the character itself is functional and mostly source-accurate, differences between the Persona 4 Arena engine and M.U.G.E.N do lead to some visual and gameplay oddities.
Yu Narukami is a five-button character, using Ⓧ, Ⓨ, Ⓐ, and Ⓑ for normals, and Ⓒ for a Burst.
Since this version of Yu is a port of his Persona 4 Arena appearance, most system mechanics from that game are present. However, Persona Breaks, Guard Cancel Attacks, Mini Jumps, and Air Turns appear to be unimplemented or missing.
Yu's normals are divided into weak (Ⓧ), strong (Ⓨ, Persona Attack (Ⓐ), and Persona Rush (Ⓑ) attacks. Each type of Normal can be chained into a later one in the order, or another Normal of the same type. In addition to chain combos, Yu has an autocombo. Repeatedly pressing Ⓧ will cause him to perform three attacks, followed by Swift Strike, then Ziodyne if the player has enough Power.
By pressing Ⓧ+Ⓨ+Ⓐ+Ⓑ or Ⓒ, Yu can use a Burst once per match (sprites for a Burst meter exist, but it appears to be unimplemented). There are three types of Bursts: Defensive Bursts occur when blocking or being attacked, One More! Bursts occur during some attacks and cancel all end lag, and Ultra Bursts occur while in a neutral state. Using an Ultra Burst will automatically fill the Power meter.
If Yu's HP is at 35% or less, he will enter Awakening mode. During Awakening, damage is reduced by 37.5%, his maximum Power is increased to 3000, he's automatically given 1000 Power, and Cross Slash becomes available for use. Awakening ends when the round is over, regardless of who wins.
At the start of a match, Yu can choose a palette for both himself and his persona, Izanagi by using the movement keys. and select Yu's palette, and and select Izanagi's palette.
Presumably due to issues with porting the character to M.U.G.E.N, Yu has several bugs that affect his gameplay. His combos have a tendency to drop for seemingly no reason, allowing the opponent to block the rest of the string. In addition, some of his moves display odd behaviors when used against characters other than himself. The grounded version of Big Gamble becomes unsafe on hit, Raging Lion fails to hit at point-blank range or on a cornered opponent, and most characters are unable to recover from Cross Slash's crumple stun on their own.
Hovering the mouse cursor over the Command Input icons will display text that refers to the inputs set in M.U.G.E.N's Key Config.
Icons encased in square brackets [ ] require the respective button(s) to be held down. Hovering the mouse cursor over the icon displays the hold duration if applicable.
Specials[]
Big Gamble
Command Input
Properties
Ⓨ+Ⓑ
Reduces Life by 5%
Zio
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ or Ⓑ
Zio (Skill Boost)
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ
Uses 500 Power
Raging Lion
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ or Ⓨ
Ⓑ version:
Raging Lion (Skill Boost)
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ+Ⓨ
Uses 500 Power
Swift Strike
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ or Ⓑ
Swift Strike (Skill Boost)
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ
Uses 500 Power
Hypers[]
Ziodyne
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ or Ⓑ
Uses 1000 Power
Cross Slash
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ or Ⓨ during Awakening
Uses 1000 Power
Myriad Truths
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ
Unavailable during first round Use 2000 Power
Others[]
Quick Escape
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ+Ⓐ
Palette Gallery[]
YuNarukami
YuNarukami2
YuNarukami3
YuNarukami4
YuNarukami5
YuNarukami6
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YuNarukami7
YuNarukami8
YuNarukami9
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YuNarukami10
YuNarukami11
YuNarukami12
This character uses a Palette Selector that allows for more than 12 palettes to be chosen, and as such, only the first 12 are shown here. For a full list of palettes, see Alternative palettes.
Victory quotes[]
General[]
“
What? Sister-complex Kingpin?”
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It's only natural.”
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Looks like I won this time…”
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I can't stop now.”
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I should leave them be...”
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Calm down. You won't be able to win when you're that worked up.”
Character-specific[]
“
Facing myself, hm…? It seems the time has come for me too.”
— vs. Yu Narukami
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The last time we went at each other was at the river… Haha, that brings back memories.”
— vs. Yosuke Hanamura
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Her attacks were a lot more vicious than you'd expect… That was a close fight.”
— vs. Yukiko Amagi
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I couldn't read his movements at all… I'll get tripped up if I underestimate him.”
— vs. Teddie
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If she was paying close attention to my moves, I'm not so sure I could win a second time…”
— vs. Naoto Shirogane
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She has the same power of the Wild Card… This feels so strange…”
— vs. Aigis
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Make sure you take care of that Persona… It's your other self, after all.”
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, 
, and 
for normals, and 
for a Burst.
and 
select Yu's palette, and 
and 
select Izanagi's palette.
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