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is a fictional character introduced in the 2005 role-playing game ''Tales of the Abyss'' by Namco Tales Studio. Luke is a young swordsman who has been living in a mansion in the Kimlasca Kingdom for seven years after being kidnapped and started suffering amnesia. His pampered life turns upside down when he unwittingly becomes the target of a military-religious organization known as the Order of Lorelei, who believe him to be the key to an ancient prophecy. Across his journey, Luke fights to stop an impeding war and matures as a person. He has also appeared in the anime and manga versions of the game as well other games within the ''Tales'' series. Luke was created by game's staff to be a flawed person who despite being unlikable due to his personality would mature across the game. He was designed by Kōsuke Fujishima who wanted to show through his appearance his laziness, a sense of fashion as well as the fact he practises martial arts. He has been voiced by Chihiro Suzuki in Japanese and Yuri Lowenthal in English. Critical reception to Luke's character has ranged from negative to positive based on his development in ''Tales of the Abyss''. While initially seen as an unlikable person, his growth into a respectable hero across the story earned praise by critics. He has also appeared in multiple ''Tales'' polls where he has been voted as one of the series' most popular characters. ==Creation and design== The producer of ''Tales of the Abyss'', Makoto Yoshizumi, explained that the staff made the protagonist, Luke, unlikable in the beginning, being "selfish" and "annoying".〔 These negative personality traits would generate dislike within gamers during the game's beginning, but over the course of the game, the protagonist would mature into someone so likable that the other main characters would comment, "Huh, Luke's not that bad".〔 While such a character could turn off many players, Yoshizumi preferred a cast of "flawed characters" rather than a story in which "the fated protagonist had a perfect life and a perfect upbringing, and he grew up to defeat the demon king".〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=May 14, 2014 )〕 Character designer Kōsuke Fujishima noted that while Luke's clothing makes him look lazy, it was okay to have clothes that are outrageous since the setting was to have him wearing the most fashionable clothes of his time. As a result of being a main character, Fujishima wanted to show it in the design. He decided to show his abdomen as it was needed to show that he could combat in the production. Fujishima remains anxious about the character's design as he wonders what impression people have regarding how he always shows his abdomen. His pose is the result of the research from fashion books he bought which features boys who look like they hang out at Shibuya. His Japanese voice actor is Chihiro Suzuki. Originally, Yasunori Matsumoto aimed for the role of Luke but Suzuki was picked instead. Suzuki had no idea as to the setting and how Luke looked like since there was no picture and then that he was told to use Shibuya as an image. Luke's English voice actor is Yuri Lowenthal.〔)〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=May 15, 2014 )〕 Lowenthal noted he could relate to the character due to his selfish nature and comically noted he lacked Luke's development. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luke fon Fabre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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