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Kenmaru is the friend ship between Koromaru and Ken Amada from the Persona fandom.
Canon[]
Ken and Koromaru are both members of SEES. They are also the only members who don’t attend Gekkoukan High because Ken is an elementary school student and Koromaru is a dog.
Reload[]
In the good ending, a new scene shows Ken and Koromaru entering Gekkoukan High after remembering their promise to the others. They find the others at the gymnasium, who also regain their memories from Dark Hour and Tartarus. In the final scene, after they reach the roof with the others, Ken carries Koromaru in his arms.
Film[]
In the second film, Ken is seen feeding Koromaru food by the shrine entrance shortly after SEES returns from the Yakushima trip. During the Dark Hour, when Ken walks alone, he hears Koromaru’s voice and realizes something is off, so he rushes to the shrine where Koromaru stays. He found Koromaru guarding the shrine from a Shadow. Later, Koromaru and Makoto witness Ken’s first awakening of his Persona and defeat it. Ken and Koromaru officially joined SEES together instead of in separate weeks like in the game. A few days later, Ken and Koromaru trained to use their personas and weapons at Tartarus, with Akihiko and Makoto supervising them. Koromaru and Ken joined the other SEES members for the August full moon operation.
In the final film, during Graduate Day, Ken and Koromaru jog together until they stop by Gekkoukan High, where they remember their promise to everyone in January. They both enter the high school, where they are reunited with the others to search for Aigis and Makoto.
Weird Masquerade[]
Ken and Koromaru have a few scenes together. In one scene where Ken first notices Koromaru is in trouble fighting off Arcana Hirophant but gets injured in Act 2. In Act 4, the Second scene is where Ken is trying to catch up with Koromaru to walk him.
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight[]
Ken is very concerned when he realizes that Koromaru has not joined them for the dance battle. He misses Koromaru, and feels that since he is an important member of the team he should have been invited. He believes that Koromaru would have been a great dancer. Instead, Ken decides that he will dance hard enough that he can say he danced for both himself and Koromaru. He then promises that he'll give Koromaru pets and praise him when they return to the dormitory. Ken mentions on more than one occasion that he is putting his all into his dance, for Koromaru's sake.
Persona 4 Arena[]
Three years later, Ken and Koromaru become inseparable. They also joined Shadow Operatives with the other former members of SEES. They also become the only residents who have reopened dorms due to the increased number of students. Ken, Koromaru, Yukari, and Labrys went to Inaba to rescue Aigis, Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Fuuka from an unknown enemy. Ken and Koromaru participate in combat as a duo rather than separately.
At the end of P3 Story Mode, Ken and Koromaru decide to leave the Shadow Operatives. Their reasons are that Ken wants to enjoy an everyday life that he hasn’t been able to do since childhood, and Koromaru wants to be on Ken’s side.
Fanon[]
Kenmaru is one of the few well-known friendships of the Persona 3 fanbase. Ken and Koromaru become closer, almost like an owner and pet. Some fans believe Ken becomes Koromaru's new owner after Shinjiro's death.
There are 17 works on A03. There are nine works on FanFiction.net.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Ken & Koromaru tag on AO3
- Ken & Koromaru on FanFiction.Net