> For whatever reason, Eikichi is not available right now.

> Are you going to leave him a message or mail?

THE Staff

The team that makes this possible

Team List Eikichi Mishina - Owner, Boss, Chef, Wyvern Cat Lady (Team list will be modified as more names are added below) WORKING FOR EIKICHI Working for Eikichi is usually a non-stressful affair - as he works on the idea that if he leaves, he won't take the money back with him, he is very generous both in basic salary and just being a friend to those who chose to work there. Borrowing money is simple as asking him - as long as you don't abuse or be an asshole, he'll give as much as is asked. There's just a fine line you have to be careful of not crossing. As long as the spa makes money, everyone else does too. Everyone gets the same salary and Eikichi emphasizes for everyone to work together as much as possible. In a way, the spa works as a cross between split profits and with a money pool for emergencies and to keep operations afloat. People who are rude to his staff are dealt with quickly. Due to his ability to tell when people are lying makes it easy for him to figure out who is the guilty party, and he can be quite merciless if someone was particularly cruel. GETTING A JOB We can either thread it out or if you spoke to me, add yourself to the list below!

> For whatever reason, Eikichi is not available right now.

> Are you going to leave him a message or mail?

COMING SOON TO AN RP DW NEAR YOU

COMING SOON TO A DW GAME NEAR YOU

〈 PLAYER INFO 〉
NAME: Pixle
AGE: 36
JOURNAL: N/A
IM / EMAIL: Pixlerpgs@gmail.com
PLURK: pixle
RETURNING: I play Yu Narukami!

〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Eikichi Mishina
CHARACTER AGE: 16
SERIES: Persona 2 : Eternal Punishment
CHRONOLOGY: End of the game, 'badder' end were Eikichi regains his memories
CLASS: Hero
HOUSING: Can you please put him with Tatsuya Suou if he is accepted (with approval from potential player)

BACKGROUND: Behold, the Wiki | Here's Innocent Sin's story as told from a Official Player Guide in Japan (translated) and His Story in Eternal Punishment.

PERSONALITY:
In life, Eikichi "Michel" Mishina wants to take the center stage.

At first glance he seems self-centered, narcissistic and concentrated on wanting to leave his mark on the world. Eikichi, or as he likes to call himself by his band stage name, Michel (remember the name well, babe), is someone that wants to be heard. He is not just someone to pass by on the street, oh no, he is meant to be seen, and he will do this with utter flamboyancy worthy of a true diva. Most of his speeches aimed to pacify demons are about how great he is, and how it's sin that he's too pretty to live. While most are content to walk amongst others and be avoided, Eikichi WANTS the eyes turned towards him. He doesn't wear just the normal school outfit, but colors his hair a bright blue to attract attention, and presents himself with visual kei influence, including heavy black makeup and painted nails, and white foundation over his face. You can't help but stop and stare and he'll be happy to turn around so you can get the best of his profile.

He's a visionary and passionate in all he does, both good and bad. True to his zodiac, the Scorpio, he can be thick headed and driven to accomplish his goals, no matter how hard or impossible the challenge might be. There are two very strong examples of this, first his dream of starting his own band, Gas Chamber, with himself as the singer. You know, despite the fact he is a terrible singer, but hey he's made an armband which he wears proudly. But no worries, he'll figure it all out and they'll become world-famous soon enough! No one can tell him otherwise. He also completely changed his appearance, going from chubby, shy stuttering guy to the teenager he is today because he fell in love with a girl when he was young who said she hated who he was back then. That physical and mental transformation takes a special kind of dedication that's not present in many people. Especially when you love food so much as a kid.

He's imposing. Standing at 6'1" which is tall for a typical sixteen year old Japanese teenager (the tallest Persona user so far in the series), and is still growing. He's done his share of hand fighting, although Lisa, another teammate, easily beats him in that department all the times they butt heads. Many will find themselves intimidated by him - it is even a demon contract option where he tries to take control by calling them 'biatches' and if they 'think demons are the shit' they have another thing coming. The strength of the Scorpio-born is in their determination, passion and motivation and Eikichi is, for the most part, all of this. He is the head Boss; usually, his word goes when he gives it.

And yet, don't let appearances deceive you into thinking he's just that! Like the rest of his teammates, Eikichi's center is surprisingly much more delicate than he lets on, and in all those layers of egotism beats the timid heart of a young, caring child. Sure, he might be the Boss of his school, but he helps the students pursue their dreams and took care of them like his own brothers. He didn't tolerate bullying on anyone (granted he bullied the bullies, which is just as worst, but he realizes this in the game). He has three friends that are his "bros" that he is very close to and they have a code of conduct at how things should be run. In Eternal Punishment this is even further exemplified; despite a student having conducted a ritual to get him murdered, Eikichi braves a highly guarded scientific facility that might very easily kill him WITHOUT a persona to rescue this same person because 'it's the right thing to do as the Boss.'

Due to his history, there will always be a part of him still remains that shy, fat uncertain kid that Michel desperately tried to bury down to become the man that his crush, Miyabi, would like. He hides it behind the self confidence, but the walls could fall down, should he be crushed enough to have that happen. When it does, its not uncommon for Eikichi to start stuttering.

For all the caring deep down, he did also lose himself along the way into teeenagehood. A show-off and inflated head, it is hard to take him seriously at first. However, Eikichi has thankfully gotten much better at genuinely changing for the better, a merging personality parts of both his 'old' self and the newer, thinner him. Of course, old habits die hard no matter what, and he can still be a pain to others...and an idiot. He seems to run into bad luck many times, or just purposefully cause it.

Say what you will about him, but Eikichi also has excellent micromanaging skills - he is able to keep an entire school's worth of male delinquents in check with a combination of his charisma and his ability to lead crowds.

His greatest fear is his father and he hides from him his 'bad boy' tenancies - his old man doesn't even know that his son goes to school putting on makeup, dyes his hair blue and makes modification to his outfit every day. If you see Eikichi at his father's restaurant, you will find someone passive, quiet and dressed traditionally - a complete turnaround from his school image.

In Persona, each character has a main tarot arcana assigned to them. Eikichi's Arcana is Death, a symbol of rebirth and change, and that is what he did from his childhood to who he is now. He does not look what you'd expect someone to have the Death Arcana to look like. Once you are marked as a friend, he will stick by you. Eikichi has a big heart and he wants everyone to succeed. When the situation seems dire, he, along with Maya, tend to be the ones who jump-start and motivate the group. Just don't push him around too much. He will grumble at times and act diva-ish, sure, but does do what others ask of him. He tends to get the short end of the luck stick with his friends. His love for Miyabi hasn't changed one bit either. He really does love her unconditionally.

And yet nothing will be able to stop him from saying he is god's gift to the world. Perhaps his positivity, even if it is sometimes comically misplaced, is his greatest asset after all. He is the comedic, whipping boy character, and therefore his luck and his own stupidity tends to put him at harm's way, much to the chagrin of others.

There is very little difference to him in this world in the other, only now a little more sadness at knowing what has happened and being powerless to do anything about it. He is determined to protect his friends in the new world and make sure Tatsuya's sacrifice wasn't in vain.

POWER:
POWER 1 -- PERSONA USER
All users in the earlier game are what we call 'Wild Card Users'. This is a power that lets the users summon both the gods and demons that make up their alternate selves - masks worn throughout their lives that are shaped by how they see themselves and how others see them. In the Persona universe, gods and demons are creations of humans - as long as humans believe in them, they exist. With the ability of the Wild Card, a user can bring out those other selves as godly avatars and use them to fight.

HOWEVER, being from the other side and having no Persona in the new world before coming here, Eikichi is instead reduced to his single, awakened Persona.

Additional skills are available to earlier users of Persona that later users did not have. This is perhaps due to the fact that they were given this power by Philemon, the physical representation of humanity's potential 'guy with butterfly mask' form and the 'source' of Persona. Eikichi is therefore able to detect (at very close range) other Persona users. Each Persona emits an aura, which their own Personas warn them about. Think of it like having an inner voice that says 'hey I can hear a guy close by with a persona! I don't think I like them!!!' This power is activated only for other Persona users and only at very close range - think about maybe 1 block away or closer.

In general, all Persona users get increased endurance and agility. Attacks that would normally kill or badly harm a powerless civilian might just be incredibly painful for them (so basically, the difference between bleeding to death from a sharp wind attack, vs feeling like someone punched you really hard in your gut). Eikichi's inner strength is the strongest of his team - despite being super thin and looking like a toothpick he is able to withstand large amounts of physical damage and punching.

Eikichi summons his Persona with a few words (or just a grunt sometimes) and bluish energy emits from the ground into the air, reforming into the gigantic creature that is Hades, the lord of the dead. In a wedding dress that looks like a pomegranate. They knew what they were going for.

As his persona was reborn from his memories of the other side, Eikichi has access to all its spells and potential. He is weak to fire and all of its forms (setting his hair on fire is a common result), however, water attacks do not faze him. He could probably stand tall in a tsunami wave and survive. He is strong against ice attacks, and light (angelic light, someone shining something in his face), dark (void or any other type of negative that falls into dark), sleep spells, spells that cause panicking (honestly he doesn't need that he can panic himself very well) and charm spells have no effect on him.

SPELLS
Note: In terms of pain, it can vary depending on the target's endurance. A strike of Eikichi's water attack would not outright kill a person, depending on how strong they are vs, their own resistances and abilities.

PERSONA ATTACK SKILLS
Malaques - A water spell that blasts water from the ground into the air, hitting a group of enemies. To keep with the spirit of the original game, the targeted foes have to come from the same affiliation (as in, he could only target heroes together, or anti-heroes together, etc).

Malaquadyne - A torrential water spell that blasts water from the ground into the air, hitting a group of enemies. Think of it as Malaques, bigger, faster, stronger. Again, this can only affect one 'group' at a time.

Mamudo - Magical Ofuda (papers used in Shinto and Onmyodo for purification and exorcisms or as wards) appear on the ground and attempt to drag the target into the netherworld. It usually never works. Despite his hero status, this spell would actually work better on creatures of light, and only if players are okay with it working. Game wise, it would mean the equivalent of a character instantly dying.

Zandyne - An powerful almighty attack (in the Persona universe, this means it has no elemental group and hard to defend against) that sends out a blast of energy to a single target. Light emits from the ground and it feels like the person has just been hit by a bus or two.

Dark Verdict - Dark energy bubbles from the ground, forms into smoky tentacle wisps that attack everyone around Eikichi who he sees as potential enemies (unlike the other spells above, they can be in any group). In an even rarer change, it might try to drag the targets down with them once they retreat to the netherworld...however, agian much like the Mamudo spell, it rarely happens successfully and would cause someone to die in the game (which would require player approval).

Marin Karin - Little hearts appear in the air before flying towards and into a single target. Sometimes the target will fall in love with Eikichi, about 75% of the time, they will not, and just want to punch him for this stupid attack in the first place. In simple terms, it is a charm spell.

Bloody Honeymoon - This is Eikichi's signature attack, meaning he actually screams it out instead of just yelling 'Persona' like everything else. The spell targets everyone around him at a certain radius that he sees as enemies (so friends would not be harmed). Reddish underground water erupts from the ground, as golden rings circle around them, the sound of wedding bells and the vision of a bridal skeleton floating towards them before it is enveloped in light.

It is equivalent of being hit by a train, while having light shined in your eyes, seeing a skeleton in front of you and having a firework explode right next to your ears.

In some instances, those who cannot withstand this vision of awesomeness will become confused.

POWER 2 -- SINGING
Eikichi's singings is, well, not always gentle or pleasant. As his second power, it not only becomes even deadlier to the ears, but each song provides a different power up and essentially turns him into a bard that you're glad to have around, but dreading to hear.

For any of the below spells to work, the target needs to be able to hear him. Blocking your ear can be efficient to counter it, however this does leave someone vulnerable since they are body blocking them (unless you have earplugs or headphones. Good thinking). While he can technically affect more than one user at once if he wishes too, the effect gets diluted for each creature that hears it.

Luv Beam - Eikichi's signature (read: only) Gas Chamber song becomes a song of healing. As he sings the song, wounds begin to heal themselves at a slow but steady pace. Useful for keeping someone from dying in battle, but he can't speed up the process, so someone near mortal death may not be saved if it is too late. Additionally, this song can only affect a single person at the same time.

Velvet Stage - A slightly off-key rendition of the Velvet Room theme has two effects; primarily it will calm both creatures and a panicked populace. Aggression and fear will slowly deflate like a balloon until they feel relaxed, focused and more willing to listen. For Persona users or beings that have been affected or are divine, this will also act as a reinforcement and willingness to fight - the effect on their minds much like being both calmed down against incredibly odds, and then handed a potion of liquid courage.

Beat It - This song is an attempt at the king of pop's own. It functions very much like someone suddenly hearing nails on a chalkboard and someone laughing at them constantly. It will give the target a strong urge to attack him without prejudice to get him to shut up. He will use this to force others to attack him - for example to get the heat off a foe attacking another person and focus the attack on himself instead.

Featherman R Theme - The theme of Featherman becomes a rallying cry for justice. Characters who are good or trying to do good will find their spells a little more potent and powerful. However foes who are trying to do evil or harm someone will find that their spell become temporarily weakened as long as Eikichi is singing, with a growing sense of dread and fear. For heroes, the song will sound normal, even good as far as Eikichi is concerned. For foes, it will sound like the most terrible ear scratching screech of an excuse of a song, and one they'll want to get away from. This will make Beat It sound like a pleasant melody. Oh well, everyone's a critic!

POWER 3 -- FEATHERMAN YELLOW OWL
In Innocent Sin, each of the main character met up with a mask of a Featherman; basically a super sentai / power ranger warrior that were copied from the series Jetman in Japan with just enough changes to escape copyright. So note that while I link to Jetman images for visual examples, the outfit would be slightly different, the watch would be slightly different, etc.

Now Eikichi gets to become a real-life super sentai that he's always dreamed to be!

HENSHIN
The most important part of this change into a yellow and white spandex outfit is that to trigger it, Eikichi will need the Featherman Henshin Watch which likes like an children's toy. After pressing a few buttons and yelling out "Feather Change!" Eikichi's clothing is replace by his Featherman counter part. Sometimes when he transforms, there are yellow explosions behind him. These burns of smoke are not dangerous to nearby buildings and are just meant to be flashy.

While in the suit, Eikichi has an increased urge to be a super hero. His disdain for villains makes him sometimes act foolishly. He will also pose as he talks, and even if he wanted to stop it just happens. He can hover midair (not fly), do fancy acrobatic jumps partly do to this, and can summon Yellow Owl's unique weapon, the Winged Gauntlet which shoots energy bullets. If he isn't henshined, he cannot get or use this weapon.

While Eikichi doesn't gain additional spells, he can use all of his Persona's spells without summoning Hades while he's in his Yellow Owl disguise. However, the spells get fancy new names. Note that the spells have exactly the same effects as their Persona counterpart, all it is is a fancy coat of yellow paint (and I will encourage others to point this out to him);

Malaques > Yellow Owl Waterwave
Malaquadyne > Yellow Owl Waterwave Plus
Mamudo > Harbinger of Darkness
Dark Verdict > Harbinger of Darkness Two
Marin Karin > Yellow Love Beam
Zandyne > Featherman Flash
Bloody Honeymoon > Yellow Owl Ultimate Light Defeating Beam!

The last one gets extra fireworks as well to add insult to injury.

I have this video to give you an idea of what to expect. Note that in the Persona universe, this is a sequel to the Featherman that Eikichi knows.

〈 CHARACTER SAMPLES 〉
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
[What time is it? It's time for your early wake up in the terrible.]

HOOOOOOOOOOU! Goooood morning my beautiful city! Michel is here to let you know that today is another beautiful day and I want you to be everything you can be!

[He strikes a pose, grinning at the camera.]

I wanted to know if anyone would be interested in joining my band, Gas Chamber. As we are currently a few people short, your participation would be appreciated! And with the beautiful MOI as your singer, we will be heading towards stardom...and beyond! There's nothing more amazing than having screaming girls at your feet, babes!

[He sighs longingly, hugging himself.]

That being said, if you have talent in the visual arts, you are also welcome to join us! The artistical visual division of Gas Chamber is for those who wish to paint and exchange their keen eye and passion for the colors of the world! We can come together and draw and paint together under a single banner!

[That sounds just like a typical artist meetup. Why does he attempt to make it sound fancy?]

Well..what do you say babes? Don't be shy...Michel is eagerly awaiting your responses!

LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE:
TDM with Tatsuya and his own TDM post.

FINAL NOTES:
- Thank you MoM for letting me play a version of Eikichi that normally would be unplayable everywhere else since he'd be Persona-less and letting me stick him in spandex.
- Other things to note: Eikichi's father has been raising him to take over the sushi show which he hates. He works at an underground musical house with the hopes of becoming big one day. His mother is a painter. I leave to you all these details for whatever horrible fate you want to make his part-time job.

since the site is now down (again)

Nicknames: Michel, Death Boss, Undie Boss, "Undie" [Ginko-only] 
Birthdate: November 15, 1982 
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio / Water Dog
Guardian Dragon: Luminous 
Height/Weight: 185 cm (6'3") / 62 kg (136 lbs)
Bloodtype: O
Occupation: Junior at Kasugayama High School
Arcana: Death
Elemental Affinity: Water
Starting PERSONA: Rhadamanthus 
Ultimate PERSONA: Hades 
Weapons: Machinegun concealed in a guitar case
Appearance: Very tall and slim
Idle Animation: Narcissistically hugging himself and striking poses 
Likes: Writing songs, singing, posing
Favorite Sports: None (he hates getting sweaty)
Favorite Subjects: Art
Family: Father (Kankichi Mishina, sushi chef at Gatten Sushi), Mother (she's plump like Eikichi once was)
Talents: Can tell when people are lying (except his dad apparently probably due to being afraid of him), portraiture 
Favorite Foods: Melon, Salad (he's a vegetarian because meat would make him fat; he's on a perpetual diet)
Hated Foods: Sushi, fatty meat
Phobias: His father (just hearing his voice scares him), his mother (he's afraid he'll be fat like his mother), fish (hates the look of dead fish eyes, the smell...) 
Dream: To have his "debut" as the lead singer of Gas Chamber and to become a rock star 
Games: Main party character in Innocent Sin; NPC in Eternal Punishment
Theme: Luv Beam 
Voice Actor: Kousuke Toriumi (JP), Troy Baker (EN)

HISTORY

FUTURE

According to the lounge TV on 11/16 in Persona 3, Eikichi ends up training to take over the sushi shop. (A young man in his twenties with blue hair and a guitar case, whose birthday was the day prior.)

TRIVIA

Eikichi lives in a sushi shop, but he hates sushi (his hatred of sushi is based on Kazuma Kaneko's hatred of sushi and all kinds of seafood.)

His school uniform is blue because Kaneko wanted a different color than the Sevens and Hermelin uniforms, so he picked the "color of spring" (blue) for KasuKou. ("Kasugayama" = "Spring Day Mountain")

He has an after-school job in a "live house" - a club with live music.

With his makeup off, he unfortunately looks just like his dad.

Eikichi's dad would throw a fit if he knew how Eikichi dressed, so everyday Eikichi sneaks out of his home, goes to a public restroom, dyes his hair blue, puts on his makeup and modifies his uniform, and then goes to school. On the way home, he reverses the process (although how can Kankichi not see his black nail polish?) and Kankichi is apparently oblivious to his son's daily transformations. (Eikichi's mom doesn't seem to mind; she's apparently the type who'd go, "My, my, isn't that nice!" and smile.)

EIKICHI MISHINA (三科栄吉)

Eikichi is the infamous "Death Boss" of Kasugayama High School, the boys' school for juvenile delinquents. He's called that partially due to his reputation as a badass, and partially because he assumed that had the unique ability to summon a reaper to help him fight. (His first summoning call is "Let's go, Shinigami!" instead of the usual "Persona.") He claims to protect the weak from bullying in Kasugayama, and is both feared and respected at both schools. However, he's also picked up the unfortunate nickname "Undie Boss", due to his habit of pantsing his defeated enemies.

The most distinctive thing about Eikichi, besides his narcissism, is his visual-kei style: pale, flamboyant, with a lot of makeup and rings and jewelry. (That thing Eikichi wears isn't a skirt, by the way - it's a long "tunic" under his uniform top.) With visual kei, the look and style is FULLY as important as the music. Basically, it's the least-traditional thing around...so Eikichi is stuck as the very modern son of a very traditional sushi chef.

Eikichi also uses a LOT of "Engrish" in the Japanese version of the game, because English is "cool". Unlike Ellie, who is presumably fluent and uses English words in roman letters, Eikichi's speech is peppered with random english phrases in katakana: "MAI SUIITO SUIITO HANII", "OKEI EBURIBADII", "MAI FURENZU", "BEIBII", and so on. In the English version of the game, he uses French for the same reason.

Eikichi is loud, brash, and emotional, in contrast to the quiet, reserved Tatsuya. Eikichi is always loudly declaring what he feels about a situation or a person. He's always fighting with Ginko because, really, they're more alike in personality than either would like to admit. Eikichi's narcissism isn't really because he thinks so highly of himself - he's actually very sensitive and has a very low self esteem, so he overcompensates with his "super-cool rock god Michel" act. He's trying to become the complete opposite of how he was when he was a little kid - fat, shy, and dorky - so he overreacts when anyone reminds him of how he was.

Eikichi, despite his tough reputation, is probably the nicest guy in Tsumi. He's incredibly devoted to his friends and will do anything to help them, and he blames himself if anything happens to them. For example, when Ginko is upset and depressed, he does his best to cheer her up and says he's there for her. In Tsumi, Sugimoto was a Boss Fight because he kidnapped Miyabi. But in Batsu, Eikichi breaks into a lab and risks his life to save Sugimoto, just because Eikichi is the school Boss and he feels that it's his duty to take care of all his classmates, even the annoying ones who want to kill him.

He has a band called Gas Chamber, whose logo he personally designed and wears around his left arm. The other band members are his childhood friends Shogo, Ken, and Takeshi, and they practice in Sumaru Prison after school. Eikichi's always ranting about how awful they sound, and Ken meekly reminds him that they haven't played instruments since they were kids - but Eikichi still thinks they'll have their big "debut" soon. (In Japan and other parts of Asia, indie bands have their "debut" at a "live house" - a club with live music. That's how you climb up the ranks to stardom, but there's this terminology specific to that part of the world.) He, of course, claims that his lyrics and vocals are good enough on their own to make the band famous.
 

RELATIONSHIPS

...with Miyabi Hanakouji In elementary school, a lot of kids made fun of Eikichi for being a fat, stuttering nerd who liked to draw comics. Pretty, popular Miyabi Hanakouji was his best friend, so the other kids got jealous of him and pulled down his pants in front of Miyabi. To add insult to injury, someone told him that Miyabi hated fat people. His ego was essentially squished into the sidewalk by this double-whammy, and he underwent a massive weight-loss/image makeover program. He became a vegetarian and worked out to lose the weight, and he started dressing like a visual rock star and kicking people's asses to erase the image of him as a chubby, shy loser. To get revenge on the people who embarrassed him in front of Miyabi, he'd pull down the pants of everyone he beat up.

 

But he didn't recognize Miyabi when he met her again; she was fat and went by the nickname "Hanaji" in Japanese (nosebleed - a pun on her name "Hanakouji" and a reference to the curious event when she got a nosebleed in the girls' locker room) or "Kozy" in English (again, a pun on "Hanakouji") and didn't tell him her real name. Even so, he kind of liked her, and wasn't at all upset to find out that she was really Miyabi, despite the teasing he got from Sugimoto. Miyabi, however, now felt unworthy of him. 

...with Kankichi Mishina Eikichi's dad is a sushi chef at the Gatten Sushi. Eikichi is terrified by his very old-fashioned dad, especially because Kankichi pretends that he knows 18 forms of martial arts - "including capoeira!" Eikichi knows his dad won't like his visual kei interests, and knows that his dad wants him to take over the Gatten Sushi one day, so he lives in fear of his dad kicking his ass. 

...with Lisa Silverman His most interesting relationship in the group is with Lisa. They are ALWAYS at each other's throats, insulting and yelling at each other. They even gave each other insulting pet names - Ginko calls him "Undie Boss" and he's the one who nicknamed her "Ginko" ("Gin" = "silver", as in her last name, and he knew she'd hate a Japanesenickname). But, despite their constant bitching and fighting, they're always the first to leap to each other's defense. Eikichi frets and worries when he knows Ginko's alone with a possible Masquerade Executive - Prince Taurus - and wants to run and rescue her, but Tatsuya stops him. Likewise, Ginko's the one who really wants to jump in and stop Sugimoto from beating Eikichi up, but, again, Tatsuya stops her. I really like them together; they bring out aspects of each other you wouldn't see normally. Without each other, Ginko would probably seem like an annoying Tatsuya-obsessed fangirl, and Eikichi would seem like an annoying egotistical poseur. So their relationship is really important in that sense; it fleshes out their characters. 

...with Tatsuya Suou Eikichi basically views Tatsuya as his rival - they're both tall, skinny, good-looking guys. Tatsuya also can play the guitar! And Eikichi has a band! How convenient! 

...with Jun Kurosu Apparently when Jun entered Kasugayama, rumors quickly spread about this scary transfer student who would seriously maim you if you picked a fight with him. Eikichi, as the self-appointed leader of the students, went to check out the new kid, decided that he was "harmless", and promised to "protect him". Hee!

How am I doing with ye old narcissistic Persona user? Comments are screened and IP logging is off so HMD away!