Is that really what he feels? Of course it is. I already told you.

[ Yu's smile drops, his face now eerily blank. ]

I am a Shadow. The true self. And I know everything he hasn't been telling you, and Minato, and Yosuke, and Hiro. Everything he keeps in, because everyone needs him.

[ Yu taps the end of his sword on the ground. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. ]

I'm a failure. How could I be anything but? And the worse things get, the less I admit. What would I do if everyone stopped relying on me? What would be my purpose? I wouldn't have anything left. This is all I know how to be.

[ He starts to laugh again, but now the sound of it is wretched. ]

It's already happening. Minato abandoned me. Who's next?