Oooh yes I feel you there. I haven't played P4G yet (honestly, I don't really feel like doing so anywhere soon - I'm more of a mainline SMT person nowadays) but I played Persona 4 Arena recently, and no offence to Erin Fitzgerald, but she's just nowhere near as...Chie-like.

Interested in how do you feel about Marie? I hear a lot of contrasting things about her from the wider Persona community.