Archetype:True Friend

True Friend
Joker (Persona 5) having immense kindness and undying loyalty towards his friends, has gained an indomitable bond with all his Confidants particularly the Phantom Thieves of Heart.
Power/Ability of:	Represent the True Friend archetype.

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

― Jesus Christ (John 15:13)

"You said if something happened, we had to think of ourselves first. You said you wouldn't save me...You liar!! Ever since India, all you've done is meddle in other people's problems! Avdol!! You should've just left me alone!"

― Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)

"We're All A Little Weird, We're All A Little Wacky. Some More Than Others. But If It Works, It Works."

― Dean Winchester to Garth (Supernatural)

"I cannot protect everything. Therefore, I will absolutely protect those precious people within arms reach. If it’s for the sake of that, I will slay everything."

― Tobio Ikuse (Slash Dog)

The ability to embody the true friend archetype. Note: that this is essentially a definition of an archetype/concept. Not to be confused with Enhanced Socialness or Friendship Embodiment.

Capabilities

The user is a true friend: one who is genuinely friendly, trustworthy, devoted, compassionate, loyal, protective, charming, kind, loving, warm, caring, and supportive. They can easily make friends with anyone regardless of their species, get along and have patience with even the most unbearable and insufferable of people, inspire love and trust in anyone regardless of how hateful or suspicious they may be, remain loyal to those they bond to no matter what forces/barriers get in the way, encourage even the most obstinate/hopeless of people to have faith in the user/themselves and do whatever it is the user asks, and develop deep, meaningful, and lifelong friendships with just about anyone they come across overall.

Applications

• Bond Empowerment
• Companion Allegiance
• Empathy
• Enhanced Charisma
• Enhanced Cooperation
• Enhanced Socialness
• Entity Bonding
• Hyper Connection
• Indomitable Belief
• Indomitable Compassion
• Indomitable Happiness
• Indomitable Hope
• Indomitable Love
• Indomitable Will
• Love Empowerment
• Magnetic Friendship
• Relationship Empowerment
• Social Attraction
• Social Cloaking
• Undying Loyalty

Associations

• Enhanced Cuteness
• Guardianship
• Pure Heart
• Friendship Embodiment
• Soulmate Connection

Known Users

See also: True Companions.

• Fone Bone (Bone Comics)
• Jesus Christ (Christianity)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)
• Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Yugi Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Hideyoshi Nagachika (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Ash Ketchum (Pokémon)
• Gon Freecs (Hunter X Hunter)
• Commander Shepard (Mass Effect); especially as a Paragon
• Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (Marvel Comics)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
• Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero)
• Stiles (Teen Wolf)
• Scott McCall (Teen Wolf)
• Komatsu (Toriko)
• Toriko (Toriko)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Ei Sei (Kingdom)
• Yo Tan Wa (Kingdom)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Various Protagonists (Persona series)
  • Makoto Yuki (Persona 3)
  • Yuu Narukami (Persona 4)
  • "Joker" (Persona 5)
• Steven Universe (Steven Universe)
• Bobby Singer (Supernatural)
• Castiel (Supernatural)
• Mordecai (Regular Show)
• Rigby (Regular Show)
• The Park Employees (Regular Show)
• Muhammed Avdol (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamonds are Unbreakable)
• Miyamoto Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Mane Six (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Gallery

Jesus Christ (Christianity) has shown acts of compassion to everyone in life, especially sinners who needed it most regardless of their sins, and everyone who accepted him and his boundless kindness saw him as more of a true friend than anyone else.

Avatar Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto)

Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)

Sora (Kingdom Hearts Series) has always been known to touch the hearts of many people who called him a friend because of his selflessness and compassion to others, even he saw that all his friends where his power.

Scott McCall (Teen Wolf) despite his flaws, who was a true friend to many especially the one who grew close to his heart.

Stiles (right) (Teen Wolf) was a good friend to many especially to Scott who he knew since his youth.

Ri Shin and Ei Sei (Kingdom)

The Hi Shin Unit (Kingdom)

One of his greatest and strongest traits, Monkey D. Luffy's (One Piece) unbreakable loyalty and unconditional kindness towards his friends, has allowed him to pull off near impossible miracles solely for their sakes…

…defeating the Shichibukai Crocodile, saving Alabasta to fulfill Vivi's wishes to protect her country…

…declaring war on the World Government, defeating their greatest assassin Rob Lucci solely to saved Robin…

...breaking into the impenetrable Impel Down,...

…intrude on the Battle of Marineford and recklessly challenge the Marine Admirals...

...solely to save his foster brother Ace…

…defeating Hody to protect Fishman Island at the request of his friend Jinbe…

…defeating the Shichibukai Doflamingo, saving Dressrossa to repay his debt towards Rebecca for giving him food…

…endangering his life by challenging the tyrannical Yonko Big Mom solely to save his friend Sanji.

Natsu (Fairy Tail)

Mane Six (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Videos

Key & Peele - Gangsta Standoff

Two gang members engaged in a standoff find out they have more in common than they realized.