“ | ...Welcome to my world. Until yesterday, I was extremely talented, but still ultimately human. But now, I am the ruler of the Demon World having received the omniscient, omnipotent power. The denizens of the Demon World call me the Deity Emperor. You have been blessed with a once in a lifetime privilege to behold me. Your fate, whether you live or die, is now entirely up to me. You'd best put on a good show. | „ |
~ Hazama at the start of if... |
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'''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: Undefinable''' | '''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: Undefinable''' | ||
'''[[Speed| | '''[[Speed|Attack Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: Undefinable''' | ||
'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: Undefinable''' ([https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm1-C3g?t=98 of the multiverse]. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases) | '''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Unknown: Undefinable''' ([https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm1-C3g?t=98 of the multiverse]. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases) | ||
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'''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless''' ([https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=194 Demons are noted to have infinite and endless powers unlike humans who are restricted with their limited powers] by Ouroboros [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=404 the embodiment] [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 of infinity]. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. [https://youtu.be/l4vtvHB2CiM?t=56 Demons such as King Frost can passively produce magic for years upon years] [https://youtu.be/WSOD6232l_Y?t=78 even while fighting enemies] without tiring) | '''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless''' ([https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=194 Demons are noted to have infinite and endless powers unlike humans who are restricted with their limited powers] by Ouroboros [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=404 the embodiment] [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 of infinity]. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. [https://youtu.be/l4vtvHB2CiM?t=56 Demons such as King Frost can passively produce magic for years upon years] [https://youtu.be/WSOD6232l_Y?t=78 even while fighting enemies] without tiring) | ||
'''[[Range]]:''' '''Standard Melee | '''[[Range]]:''' '''Standard Melee''' physically, '''Multiversal+''' with powers ([https://youtu.be/P5GEQlDLWYA?list=PL7Qiw4LezW3o3GJfXaxi5TPqyjl13R0pS&t=313 Hazama is in full control of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/F57DQgnFhVc?list=PL7Qiw4LezW3o3GJfXaxi5TPqyjl13R0pS&t=950 with his power splitting The Expanse into different domains], [https://youtu.be/F57DQgnFhVc?list=PL7Qiw4LezW3o3GJfXaxi5TPqyjl13R0pS&t=979 and can control areas in The Expanse into different locations]), At least '''Universal''' with [[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=490 Can affect beings such as] [[YHVH]] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=526 through their observation], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=602 where YHVH is existence itself]) | ||
'''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''[[Cosmic Intelligence|Cosmic]]''' ([https://youtu.be/EiPvCTypu58?t=38 Entered a state where he became from his own viewpoint "omniscient"], obtaining ultimate power and knowledge from becoming the Demon Emperor) | '''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''[[Cosmic Intelligence|Cosmic Intelligence]]''' ([https://youtu.be/EiPvCTypu58?t=38 Entered a state where he became from his own viewpoint "omniscient"], obtaining ultimate power and knowledge from becoming the Demon Emperor) | ||
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==[[Powers and Techniques]]== | ==[[Powers and Techniques]]== | ||
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|-|General Demon Abilities= | |-|General Demon Abilities= | ||
As the Demon Emperor has '''[[Demon Physiology]]''', which gives him: | As the Demon Emperor has '''[[Demon Physiology (Megami Tensei)|Demon Physiology]]''', which gives him: | ||
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{{!}}-{{!}}Standard Demon Abilities= | {{!}}-{{!}}Standard Demon Abilities= | ||
'''[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]]''' ([https://youtu.be/rB33VIhkdI8?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGw5y3AeCL9IQIlEpGvpOcd&t=907 Demons can casually rip out a man's throat]. [https://youtu.be/aKxlc9fasAI?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5NA3u08X9KCTjDKgSPRLhKg&t=113 They can also casually eat fully grown humans]), '''[[Sheer Will]]''' ([https://youtu.be/W3eE_x6xfWM?t=2692 Demons are able to survive and withstand attacks that should kill them]), '''[[Immortality]]''' ('''Ageless;''' [https://youtu.be/pjpjwdREvFY?t=1772 Demons are the descendants of the gods of old]. [https://youtu.be/HQB5c72lTFc?list=PLk42cv8sI9I9o8hCBCC-MUW9qdXZ1UGfA&t=565 Who are able to do battle for an eternity]), '''[[Death Protection]]''' ('''Reliance [On Observation]''', '''Partial;''' [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]), '''[[Reincarnation]]''' ('''Reincarnation Cycle''', '''Standard;''' [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] [[The Axiom]] and reincarnate), '''[[Undead Physiology]]''' ( [https://youtu.be/5PAKZvyPZDc?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=100 Many demons tend to be undead beings and humans that die and become ghost become demons]), '''[[Abstract Existence]]''' ('''Type 1;''' [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms], [https://youtu.be/mU1bTqbGlDg?t=364 and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in]), '''[[Dimensionless Existence]]''' ('''Non-Dimensional;''' [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity] [https://youtu.be/CF9IHP0s0B4?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1053 with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help], the "true forms" of demons are in truth [https://youtu.be/6064HUSmlT8?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1150 without the concept of form], without observation [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 they are not certain nor stable], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 are a phenomena without an answer] [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 and are unbound by concepts such as truth] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 completely unshaped by reality]. [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity] which they are free from in their true forms), '''[[Timeless Physiology]]''' ([https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=98 of the multiverse]. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), '''[[Incorporeality]]''' ([https://youtu.be/6vovyFwhBnU?t=636 Demons are beings made of data], [https://youtu.be/moAYKVTsmso?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5POaRAtktRwlkGYNQLUdlv4&t=909 that exist in a virtual world], [https://imgur.com/hBzsNkT along with being pure information]. [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=19 With even the most] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=9995s basic of objects in the verse existing as data]. [https://imgur.com/a/8O65gpo Even if a demon's physical form is lost, their residual MAG can still remain, allowing one to infuse them within one's weapons or objects]), '''[[Nondualism]]''' ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness]), '''[[Resurrection]]''' ('''Self-Resurrection;''' '''Atemporal Resurrection;''' [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] [[The Axiom]] and reincarnate. [https://youtu.be/Blfd0N2E2TQ?t=259 This allows demons to die] [https://youtu.be/Uwz652XkLGg and come back in a short timeframe] due to their continuous existence from [[The Axiom]] and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, [[The Axiom]] would still exist within it, allowing demons to come back), '''[[Acausality]]''' ('''Causality Immunity;''' [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=98 of the multiverse], [https://youtu.be/P-3HpFREL3E demons such as] Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, [https://youtu.be/Rgz8XdoGSPQ along into the "real world"], [https://youtu.be/vt9F5SxUWZ4 demons such as] Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, [https://youtu.be/B3_OsqKXf1k?t=168 demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void]), '''[[Hive Mind]]''' ('''Multiversal Hive Mind;''' Demons are a race of entities and are at the same time the same entity sharing all one collective hive mind of memories, [https://youtu.be/haOVB8wCagU?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=2294 species will note if they've been captured before even if they're being fought in an area one's never been to or were fused prior], [https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=2616 demons such as] Forneus and Decarabia [https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=2634 talk about an event that happened in Nocturne] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=8514 where Forneus was late to a meeting] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=7153 due to his death from] Demi-fiend), '''[[Self-Sustenance]]''' ('''Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance, & Restful Self-Sustenance;''' Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6 "To Space", The glitter of the stars and the unending void surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning blue globe shone up at him. It took him a few moments to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi he held emitted a strand of light in the inkwell of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, responding to the tens of thousands of stars.<br>It seemed that Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move in the vacuum of outer space. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. Swinging his sword, Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw.<br>An incomprehensibly enormous serpent; though the demon had only owned a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body.<br>Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful, practical satellite lying in medium Earth orbit.<br>It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.<br>The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind.<br>But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this machine down with me is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here!<br>Several pale glowing things that looked like hoods aimlessly floated beside Nakajima.<br>Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of foolish humanity’s dominion over the earth will not be long. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signaling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think on it.<br>Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment that had given Set a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power Nakajima had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew a whip-like arc that emitted red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent."</ref> Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.<ref>Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the '''[[Observation (Megami Tensei)|observation of humanity]]''' affecting them.</ref>), '''[[Accelerated Development]]''' (Level;Physical Stats and Abilities. [https://youtu.be/qx5b3hFhTCQ?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=531 Demons and Humans are able to grow from battles, allowing them to enhance their level of strength, magic, agility, luck, etcetera]. Additionally, they can learn new skills and abilities from battles and further increase their HP and Magic capacity, [https://youtu.be/105HNY0pQcs and get strong enough to the point that they can fight end game tier demons]), '''[[Adaptation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=9170 Demons as they grow in battle form changes around their body until they transform into a higher level with newer stats and newer abilities to learn]), '''[[Berserk Mode]]''' ([https://youtu.be/vNkvz8mQPy4?t=22 Demons enter a state of pure rage and berserk mode during the full moon], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Moon_Phase_System being completely irrational and unable to be negotiated with]), '''[[Extrasensory Perception]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/DaVqK7f Demons are able to tell who is actually a demon in disguise and who is an actual human]. Demons can sense the power of an opponent and compare it to the power they sensed of others.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Chapter 4, "Sword of Flame", Page 55 "RAUIERE!" Yomotsu-Shikome tried to tell him something in a foreign tongue. She could sense that this intruder possessed a power much different and far greater than the human tomb robbers that had foolishly wandered in before. If possible, she wanted to repel him without having to fight. Caught off guard, Loki stood still and narrowed his jet-black eyes, as if sizing up the power of this new arrival. Then, he started to walk forward calmly, an arrogant smirk on his face.</ref>), '''[[Corrosion Inducement]]''' (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28 "Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat.<br>"Ugh! What the hell is this!?"<br>Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor.<br>"Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant.<br>"Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes."</ref><ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36 "However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.<br>"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body."</ref><ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Chatper 2, Sword of Flame, Page 53 "At that time, Loki swiftly entered Shirasagi Mound, and was standing before the passageway that Nakajima had passed through earlier. "Just you wait, Nakajima. Soon, I will defile your precious woman before your very eyes before devouring you whole." With a twisted smile on his face, Loki transformed himself into an amorphous blob and oozed into the tunnel. Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the plaza before the burial pathway. At that instant, its outer membrane hissed and gave off smoke as it started to melt. "Damn you!" Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body, and kneeling on the ground, let loose a terrible howl. Most likely, he could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Even now, the one gelatinous place of his body between his eyes throbbed and pulsated. Gritting his teeth and standing, Loki stared solemnly at the crimson burial road."</ref>), '''[[Duplication]]''' ([https://youtu.be/KZ5nmbVmU50?t=373 Demons can make duplicates of themselves]. [https://youtu.be/oMfe5fBTGIo?t=9652 With them being completely disconnected from the demons, thus killing or defeating the clones in no way affects the original and they can endlessly spawn more]), '''[[Invisibility]]''' & '''[[Perception Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/SJhzC5B5HGA?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=86 Demons are naturally invisible] to humans, [https://youtu.be/SJhzC5B5HGA?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=329 and can do actions such as make noises and fight without humans noticing]), '''[[Quantum Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Intangibility]]''' ('''Spatial;''' [https://imgur.com/a/lqQRrE8 Demons passively create adecoherence field, that is essentially a special dimension of quantum fluctuation that they exist in, where humans cannot see them]), '''[[Non-Standard Interaction]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JBhIqNhEM&t=426s Demons can interact with each other and Gods], despite their physiologies and existences), '''[[Hell Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/ve0qxFaCQ28?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGSBjPQoA2aRWT0oTPq1Ezi&t=397 Demons naturally use evil powers from hell]), '''[[Sealing]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JBhIqNhEM&t=426s Gods and Demons cannot kill each other, thus resulting in them needing to seal each other]), '''[[Non-Standard Interaction]]''' ('''Soul Interaction;''' [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=6842 Noted by a soul that demons can eat souls]), '''[[Empathic Manipulation]]''' (Women cannot resist the allure of demons, even if they despised a demon normally, they'd fall madly in love with them if they had sex with a demon even once<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37 "Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher.<br>Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm.<br>Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it.</ref>), '''[[Size Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Statistics Amplification]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FV51PZ1ds&t=2248s Demons can grow in size] [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E to grow strong enough to fight] Messiahs), '''[[Technology Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/ve0qxFaCQ28?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGSBjPQoA2aRWT0oTPq1Ezi&t=397 Demons can stop technology from working with their evil powers]), '''[[Shapeshifting]]''' ([https://youtu.be/aKxlc9fasAI?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5NA3u08X9KCTjDKgSPRLhKg&t=96 Demons can shapeshift] [https://imgur.com/a/DaVqK7f into humans to trick others]), '''[[Hacking]]''' ([https://imgur.com/gallery/u1ptgO4 Demons can hack into various servers and set up firewalls and "digital traps"]), '''[[Necromancy]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/SFiaiC7 Demons can raise people from the dead and turn them into zombies]), '''[[Personal Domain]]''' & '''[[BFR]]''' ('''Application Based;''' [https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can pull one into alternate dimensions where coordinates and direction are different]. [https://imgur.com/a/0HBiarp Along with pull entire areas such as mansions into pocket dimensions]. [https://youtu.be/8S-fDtTYY-0 High level demons such as fiends can create personal realms to battle people in]. [https://imgur.com/a/tZ9F4f8 Alice created her own personal domain that she could freely control]. [https://youtu.be/KZ5nmbVmU50?t=356 Demons can also freely teleport people to other locations]), '''[[Pocket Reality Manipulation]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/yDTC9H3 Demons can warp areas into alternate dimensions such as the inside of a school]. [https://imgur.com/a/B0jfaW3 Once one is in said dimension the demon will keep it's hold into the dimension until it's defeated]), '''[[Subjective Reality]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/60gVHMi Demons are able to take the thoughts of people and materialize them into something real]), '''[[Information Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Matter Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=583 Can absorb and consume magnetite], [https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=586 which is an information construct]. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=24 they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level]. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=24 they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level]), '''[[Illusion Creation]]''' ("Real" Illusions) & '''[[Perception Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/KYU8J4N80Lw?t=6825 Demons can create mirage realms], [https://youtu.be/KYU8J4N80Lw?t=7150 that shroud an entire area in mist], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FV51PZ1ds&t=1802s with them being able to attack from inside said illusion without being capable of being attacked back], [https://youtu.be/p5FV51PZ1ds?t=2248 requiring the user to go inside of their illusion to fight them]), '''[[Velocity Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/dnVoPk9R4z4?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=924 When attacks are nullified or avoided, the enemy will forcibly forfeit their turn to move, allowing one to attack sooner], this extends further with absorbing attacks completely ending an opponents turn regardless of how fast they are), '''[[Teleportation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=95 Demons are capable of teleporting around usually through manipulating their own Magutushi or Magnetite]), '''[[Telepathy]]''' (Demons are able to speak telepathically to others.<ref>"[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2, "Conflicts" "Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood."</ref><ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6, "To Space" "However, he could not stop fighting. As minor demons from Set's world continued wriggling while trying to enter the Assiah world, an unmistakably familiar voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. ''Nakajima! I'm here! Aim for here! Yumiko! Is that you!?'' The instant Nakajima heard the voice, the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi regained a shine like a nova as it tore through the air. ''Stab your sword in the direction of my voice!'' Nakajima quickly noticed a pale, white, phosphorescent glow on a part of the enormous serpent's scale-encased body. ''Yes, I'm inside the demon! If we attack from inside him and outside him at the same time, we might be able to defeat Set...'' Led by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his blade toward the phosphorescent glow. But an instant before the tip reached it, the tail of the giant snake forcefully knocked the blade aside and sent Nakajima flying far back. Flipping over and regaining his composure, robe fluttering behind him, Nakajima saw the rolling form of Set uncoiling, as if swimming through the vacuum. ''Foolish girl! To think you would let me know that you still live! Now I no longer have to depend on this irritating machine!''</ref> Demons such as Aogami [https://youtu.be/pjpjwdREvFY?t=1608 speaks telepathically] with '''[[The Protagonist (Shin Megami Tensei V)|Nahobino]]'''), '''[[Power Bestowal]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/RVjBVs3 The memories of a demon's techniques can be passed down into weapons]), '''[[Absorption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=5167 Demons can absorb lifeforce and Magutushi out of another]. [https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world]. Demons have the innate ability to absorb the air and earth into their bodies<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City] Chapter 2 "Conflicts" "Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body."</ref>), '''[[Healing]]''' '''[[Negation]]''' ('''Physical;''' [https://imgur.com/a/0kAy72J Demons can inflict wounds that only spiritual magic can heal]), '''[[Power Absorption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/AlCyQhaY3e0?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=668 Demons can absorb the remains of other demons to gain their abilities]), '''[[Consumption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=402 Demons can consume and devour their enemies to gain power in battle]), '''[[Dimensional Travel]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world]), '''[[Healing]]''' ([https://youtu.be/K4PnmanP6Ro Demons naturally have healing properties, allowing them to heal other people]. Demons have shown to heal wounds they create and "seal them away"<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6 "Quickening" "Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow.<br>A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie.<br>Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully.<br>A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor.</ref>), '''[[Telekinesis]]''' (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains<ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2: Chapter 2], ""I made it back to Toyoashihara..." His lips trembled with relief. Opening his arms wide, the youth took a deep breath of the humid air, pursed his lips forcefully, turned around, and sat down. For a while, he stared at the form of the grotesque woman chasing him, then shook his head sadly and closed his eyes. The youth started to meditate. When the woman had gotten within reach of a stone's throw, his body seemed to float slightly in midair for a moment, and then there was a huge undulation in the atmosphere. As if a huge invisible power had been released, the earth shook, and the fissure that appeared directly beneath the youth spread to the surrounding moutains, and countless rocks started to fall on the path. As the woman stopped, a giant boulder rolled in front of the path in front of her eyes, sealing it off. "Izanagi! I will come to you! Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years!" The sound of the woman's bitter cries rose from beyond the towering pile of earth. "Forgive me, Izanami..." Plugging his ears with his hands, the youth staggered into the wetlands, the tall reeds rising even above his height."</ref>), '''[[Erasure]]''' ('''Existence Erasure''', '''Conceptual Erasure''', & '''Data Erasure;''' Demons can kill humans, [http://web.archive.org/web/20221114155656/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153004175745033 which in the process erases said beings from memory and existence]), '''[[Pierce Resistance]]''' ('''Pierce Immunity;''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), '''[[Invulnerability]]''' ('''Metaphysical Invulnerability;''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), '''[[Invulnerability]] [[Negation]]''' (Demons are capable of harming each other, [http://imgur.com/a/GPpAQbJ and are viewed as valuable tools to get past other demons invulnerability]), '''[[Possession]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/m4zdjWy Demons can possess one’s body]), '''[[Creation]]''' (Demons [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1275 can create] Shikimi no Kage's [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1209 that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate]), '''[[Resistance | '''[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]]''' ([https://youtu.be/rB33VIhkdI8?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGw5y3AeCL9IQIlEpGvpOcd&t=907 Demons can casually rip out a man's throat]. [https://youtu.be/aKxlc9fasAI?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5NA3u08X9KCTjDKgSPRLhKg&t=113 They can also casually eat fully grown humans]), '''[[Sheer Will]]''' ([https://youtu.be/W3eE_x6xfWM?t=2692 Demons are able to survive and withstand attacks that should kill them]), '''[[Immortality]]''' ('''Ageless;''' [https://youtu.be/pjpjwdREvFY?t=1772 Demons are the descendants of the gods of old]. [https://youtu.be/HQB5c72lTFc?list=PLk42cv8sI9I9o8hCBCC-MUW9qdXZ1UGfA&t=565 Who are able to do battle for an eternity]), '''[[Death Protection]]''' ('''Reliance [On Observation]''', '''Partial;''' [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]), '''[[Reincarnation]]''' ('''Reincarnation Cycle''', '''Standard;''' [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] [[The Axiom]] and reincarnate), '''[[Undead Physiology]]''' ( [https://youtu.be/5PAKZvyPZDc?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=100 Many demons tend to be undead beings and humans that die and become ghost become demons]), '''[[Abstract Existence]]''' ('''Type 1;''' [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms], [https://youtu.be/mU1bTqbGlDg?t=364 and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in]), '''[[Dimensionless Existence]]''' ('''Non-Dimensional;''' [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity] [https://youtu.be/CF9IHP0s0B4?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1053 with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help], the "true forms" of demons are in truth [https://youtu.be/6064HUSmlT8?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1150 without the concept of form], without observation [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 they are not certain nor stable], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 are a phenomena without an answer] [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 and are unbound by concepts such as truth] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 completely unshaped by reality]. [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity] which they are free from in their true forms), '''[[Timeless Physiology]]''' ([https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=98 of the multiverse]. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), '''[[Incorporeality]]''' ([https://youtu.be/6vovyFwhBnU?t=636 Demons are beings made of data], [https://youtu.be/moAYKVTsmso?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5POaRAtktRwlkGYNQLUdlv4&t=909 that exist in a virtual world], [https://imgur.com/hBzsNkT along with being pure information]. [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=19 With even the most] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=9995s basic of objects in the verse existing as data]. [https://imgur.com/a/8O65gpo Even if a demon's physical form is lost, their residual MAG can still remain, allowing one to infuse them within one's weapons or objects]), '''[[Nondualism]]''' ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness]), '''[[Resurrection]]''' ('''Self-Resurrection;''' '''Atemporal Resurrection;''' [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] [[The Axiom]] and reincarnate. [https://youtu.be/Blfd0N2E2TQ?t=259 This allows demons to die] [https://youtu.be/Uwz652XkLGg and come back in a short timeframe] due to their continuous existence from [[The Axiom]] and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, [[The Axiom]] would still exist within it, allowing demons to come back), '''[[Acausality]]''' ('''Causality Immunity;''' [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 Demons are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=98 of the multiverse], [https://youtu.be/P-3HpFREL3E demons such as] Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, [https://youtu.be/Rgz8XdoGSPQ along into the "real world"], [https://youtu.be/vt9F5SxUWZ4 demons such as] Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, [https://youtu.be/B3_OsqKXf1k?t=168 demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void]), '''[[Hive Mind]]''' ('''Multiversal Hive Mind;''' Demons are a race of entities and are at the same time the same entity sharing all one collective hive mind of memories, [https://youtu.be/haOVB8wCagU?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=2294 species will note if they've been captured before even if they're being fought in an area one's never been to or were fused prior], [https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=2616 demons such as] Forneus and Decarabia [https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=2634 talk about an event that happened in Nocturne] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=8514 where Forneus was late to a meeting] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=7153 due to his death from] Demi-fiend), '''[[Self-Sustenance]]''' ('''Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance, & Restful Self-Sustenance;''' Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6 "To Space", The glitter of the stars and the unending void surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning blue globe shone up at him. It took him a few moments to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi he held emitted a strand of light in the inkwell of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, responding to the tens of thousands of stars.<br>It seemed that Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move in the vacuum of outer space. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. Swinging his sword, Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw.<br>An incomprehensibly enormous serpent; though the demon had only owned a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body.<br>Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful, practical satellite lying in medium Earth orbit.<br>It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.<br>The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind.<br>But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this machine down with me is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here!<br>Several pale glowing things that looked like hoods aimlessly floated beside Nakajima.<br>Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of foolish humanity’s dominion over the earth will not be long. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signaling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think on it.<br>Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment that had given Set a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power Nakajima had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew a whip-like arc that emitted red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent."</ref> Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.<ref>Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the '''[[Observation (Megami Tensei)|observation of humanity]]''' affecting them.</ref>), '''[[Accelerated Development]]''' (Level;Physical Stats and Abilities. [https://youtu.be/qx5b3hFhTCQ?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=531 Demons and Humans are able to grow from battles, allowing them to enhance their level of strength, magic, agility, luck, etcetera]. Additionally, they can learn new skills and abilities from battles and further increase their HP and Magic capacity, [https://youtu.be/105HNY0pQcs and get strong enough to the point that they can fight end game tier demons]), '''[[Adaptation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=9170 Demons as they grow in battle form changes around their body until they transform into a higher level with newer stats and newer abilities to learn]), '''[[Berserk Mode]]''' ([https://youtu.be/vNkvz8mQPy4?t=22 Demons enter a state of pure rage and berserk mode during the full moon], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Moon_Phase_System being completely irrational and unable to be negotiated with]), '''[[Extrasensory Perception]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/DaVqK7f Demons are able to tell who is actually a demon in disguise and who is an actual human]. Demons can sense the power of an opponent and compare it to the power they sensed of others.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Chapter 4, "Sword of Flame", Page 55 "RAUIERE!" Yomotsu-Shikome tried to tell him something in a foreign tongue. She could sense that this intruder possessed a power much different and far greater than the human tomb robbers that had foolishly wandered in before. If possible, she wanted to repel him without having to fight. Caught off guard, Loki stood still and narrowed his jet-black eyes, as if sizing up the power of this new arrival. Then, he started to walk forward calmly, an arrogant smirk on his face.</ref>), '''[[Corrosion Inducement]]''' (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28 "Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat.<br>"Ugh! What the hell is this!?"<br>Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor.<br>"Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant.<br>"Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes."</ref><ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36 "However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.<br>"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body."</ref><ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Chatper 2, Sword of Flame, Page 53 "At that time, Loki swiftly entered Shirasagi Mound, and was standing before the passageway that Nakajima had passed through earlier. "Just you wait, Nakajima. Soon, I will defile your precious woman before your very eyes before devouring you whole." With a twisted smile on his face, Loki transformed himself into an amorphous blob and oozed into the tunnel. Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the plaza before the burial pathway. At that instant, its outer membrane hissed and gave off smoke as it started to melt. "Damn you!" Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body, and kneeling on the ground, let loose a terrible howl. Most likely, he could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Even now, the one gelatinous place of his body between his eyes throbbed and pulsated. Gritting his teeth and standing, Loki stared solemnly at the crimson burial road."</ref>), '''[[Duplication]]''' ([https://youtu.be/KZ5nmbVmU50?t=373 Demons can make duplicates of themselves]. [https://youtu.be/oMfe5fBTGIo?t=9652 With them being completely disconnected from the demons, thus killing or defeating the clones in no way affects the original and they can endlessly spawn more]), '''[[Invisibility]]''' & '''[[Perception Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/SJhzC5B5HGA?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=86 Demons are naturally invisible] to humans, [https://youtu.be/SJhzC5B5HGA?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=329 and can do actions such as make noises and fight without humans noticing]), '''[[Quantum Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Intangibility]]''' ('''Spatial;''' [https://imgur.com/a/lqQRrE8 Demons passively create adecoherence field, that is essentially a special dimension of quantum fluctuation that they exist in, where humans cannot see them]), '''[[Non-Standard Interaction]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JBhIqNhEM&t=426s Demons can interact with each other and Gods], despite their physiologies and existences), '''[[Hell Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/ve0qxFaCQ28?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGSBjPQoA2aRWT0oTPq1Ezi&t=397 Demons naturally use evil powers from hell]), '''[[Sealing]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JBhIqNhEM&t=426s Gods and Demons cannot kill each other, thus resulting in them needing to seal each other]), '''[[Non-Standard Interaction]]''' ('''Soul Interaction;''' [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=6842 Noted by a soul that demons can eat souls]), '''[[Empathic Manipulation]]''' (Women cannot resist the allure of demons, even if they despised a demon normally, they'd fall madly in love with them if they had sex with a demon even once<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/09/reincarnation-of-goddess.html Digital Devil Story] Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37 "Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher.<br>Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm.<br>Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it.</ref>), '''[[Size Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Statistics Amplification]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FV51PZ1ds&t=2248s Demons can grow in size] [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E to grow strong enough to fight] Messiahs), '''[[Technology Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/ve0qxFaCQ28?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJGSBjPQoA2aRWT0oTPq1Ezi&t=397 Demons can stop technology from working with their evil powers]), '''[[Shapeshifting]]''' ([https://youtu.be/aKxlc9fasAI?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5NA3u08X9KCTjDKgSPRLhKg&t=96 Demons can shapeshift] [https://imgur.com/a/DaVqK7f into humans to trick others]), '''[[Hacking]]''' ([https://imgur.com/gallery/u1ptgO4 Demons can hack into various servers and set up firewalls and "digital traps"]), '''[[Necromancy]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/SFiaiC7 Demons can raise people from the dead and turn them into zombies]), '''[[Personal Domain]]''' & '''[[BFR]]''' ('''Application Based;''' [https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can pull one into alternate dimensions where coordinates and direction are different]. [https://imgur.com/a/0HBiarp Along with pull entire areas such as mansions into pocket dimensions]. [https://youtu.be/8S-fDtTYY-0 High level demons such as fiends can create personal realms to battle people in]. [https://imgur.com/a/tZ9F4f8 Alice created her own personal domain that she could freely control]. [https://youtu.be/KZ5nmbVmU50?t=356 Demons can also freely teleport people to other locations]), '''[[Pocket Reality Manipulation]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/yDTC9H3 Demons can warp areas into alternate dimensions such as the inside of a school]. [https://imgur.com/a/B0jfaW3 Once one is in said dimension the demon will keep it's hold into the dimension until it's defeated]), '''[[Subjective Reality]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/60gVHMi Demons are able to take the thoughts of people and materialize them into something real]), '''[[Information Manipulation]]''' & '''[[Matter Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=583 Can absorb and consume magnetite], [https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=586 which is an information construct]. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=24 they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level]. As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=24 they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level]), '''[[Illusion Creation]]''' ("Real" Illusions) & '''[[Perception Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/KYU8J4N80Lw?t=6825 Demons can create mirage realms], [https://youtu.be/KYU8J4N80Lw?t=7150 that shroud an entire area in mist], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FV51PZ1ds&t=1802s with them being able to attack from inside said illusion without being capable of being attacked back], [https://youtu.be/p5FV51PZ1ds?t=2248 requiring the user to go inside of their illusion to fight them]), '''[[Velocity Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/dnVoPk9R4z4?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=924 When attacks are nullified or avoided, the enemy will forcibly forfeit their turn to move, allowing one to attack sooner], this extends further with absorbing attacks completely ending an opponents turn regardless of how fast they are), '''[[Teleportation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/NPF5iZ80xHY?t=95 Demons are capable of teleporting around usually through manipulating their own Magutushi or Magnetite]), '''[[Telepathy]]''' (Demons are able to speak telepathically to others.<ref>"[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2, "Conflicts" "Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood."</ref><ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6, "To Space" "However, he could not stop fighting. As minor demons from Set's world continued wriggling while trying to enter the Assiah world, an unmistakably familiar voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. ''Nakajima! I'm here! Aim for here! Yumiko! Is that you!?'' The instant Nakajima heard the voice, the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi regained a shine like a nova as it tore through the air. ''Stab your sword in the direction of my voice!'' Nakajima quickly noticed a pale, white, phosphorescent glow on a part of the enormous serpent's scale-encased body. ''Yes, I'm inside the demon! If we attack from inside him and outside him at the same time, we might be able to defeat Set...'' Led by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his blade toward the phosphorescent glow. But an instant before the tip reached it, the tail of the giant snake forcefully knocked the blade aside and sent Nakajima flying far back. Flipping over and regaining his composure, robe fluttering behind him, Nakajima saw the rolling form of Set uncoiling, as if swimming through the vacuum. ''Foolish girl! To think you would let me know that you still live! Now I no longer have to depend on this irritating machine!''</ref> Demons such as Aogami [https://youtu.be/pjpjwdREvFY?t=1608 speaks telepathically] with '''[[The Protagonist (Shin Megami Tensei V)|Nahobino]]'''), '''[[Power Bestowal]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/RVjBVs3 The memories of a demon's techniques can be passed down into weapons]), '''[[Absorption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=5167 Demons can absorb lifeforce and Magutushi out of another]. [https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world]. Demons have the innate ability to absorb the air and earth into their bodies<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City] Chapter 2 "Conflicts" "Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body."</ref>), '''[[Healing]]''' '''[[Negation]]''' ('''Physical;''' [https://imgur.com/a/0kAy72J Demons can inflict wounds that only spiritual magic can heal]), '''[[Power Absorption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/AlCyQhaY3e0?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=668 Demons can absorb the remains of other demons to gain their abilities]), '''[[Consumption]]''' ([https://youtu.be/sQ6MRn14w1M?list=PLYtggmS_d2CgniWl4RQwuyv48CzAYbdit&t=402 Demons can consume and devour their enemies to gain power in battle]), '''[[Dimensional Travel]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/hikuzPc Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world]), '''[[Healing]]''' ([https://youtu.be/K4PnmanP6Ro Demons naturally have healing properties, allowing them to heal other people]. Demons have shown to heal wounds they create and "seal them away"<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6 "Quickening" "Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow.<br>A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie.<br>Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully.<br>A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor.</ref>), '''[[Telekinesis]]''' (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains<ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2: Chapter 2], ""I made it back to Toyoashihara..." His lips trembled with relief. Opening his arms wide, the youth took a deep breath of the humid air, pursed his lips forcefully, turned around, and sat down. For a while, he stared at the form of the grotesque woman chasing him, then shook his head sadly and closed his eyes. The youth started to meditate. When the woman had gotten within reach of a stone's throw, his body seemed to float slightly in midair for a moment, and then there was a huge undulation in the atmosphere. As if a huge invisible power had been released, the earth shook, and the fissure that appeared directly beneath the youth spread to the surrounding moutains, and countless rocks started to fall on the path. As the woman stopped, a giant boulder rolled in front of the path in front of her eyes, sealing it off. "Izanagi! I will come to you! Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years!" The sound of the woman's bitter cries rose from beyond the towering pile of earth. "Forgive me, Izanami..." Plugging his ears with his hands, the youth staggered into the wetlands, the tall reeds rising even above his height."</ref>), '''[[Erasure]]''' ('''Existence Erasure''', '''Conceptual Erasure''', & '''Data Erasure;''' Demons can kill humans, [http://web.archive.org/web/20221114155656/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153004175745033 which in the process erases said beings from memory and existence]), '''[[Pierce Resistance]]''' ('''Pierce Immunity;''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), '''[[Invulnerability]]''' ('''Metaphysical Invulnerability;''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), '''[[Invulnerability]] [[Negation]]''' (Demons are capable of harming each other, [http://imgur.com/a/GPpAQbJ and are viewed as valuable tools to get past other demons invulnerability]), '''[[Possession]]''' ([https://imgur.com/a/m4zdjWy Demons can possess one’s body]), '''[[Creation]]''' (Demons [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1275 can create] Shikimi no Kage's [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1209 that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate]), '''[[Resistance Bypassing]]''' (Shikimi no Kage [https://youtu.be/RcS_yQPihkw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=591 have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it]), '''[[Regeneration Negation]]''' ('''Magic;''' [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1474 Demons can fully destroy Shikimi no Kage's], [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1275 that they've created] [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=1209 that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate]), '''[[Forcefield Creation|Forcefield]]''' '''[[Negation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/ekz3E7UnDnw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=343 Demons can destroy barriers made to block out humans from entry]). | ||
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Limited '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]]''' (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 shown with] them being immune to conventional weaponry<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space"] "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref> and [https://imgur.com/a/lHRdNd7 higher-dimensional demons not being able to be perceived by some observation users]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Radiation Manipulation|Cosmic Radiations]]''', '''[[Biological Manipulation]]''', & '''[[Gravity Manipulation]]''' (Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6, "To Space", "Accompanied by the glittering of the stars, unending empty space surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning shining blue globe looked up at him. It took him a few moments for him to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. In them, he held the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, emitting a strand of light in the blackness of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, as if responding to the tens of thousands of stars. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. It appeared as if Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move about in the vacuum of outer space. Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw. It was that of an incomprehensibly enormous serpent. Though the demon had only possessed a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the natural effect of powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body. Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Now a giant snake, Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful yet functional satellite lying in dead orbit. <i>It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.</i> The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. <i>But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this satellite down with me to the surface is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here into space!</i> Beside Nakajima, several pale glowing things that looked like hoods floated aimlessly. <i>Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of the age of the foolish humans' dominion over the earth will not be long now. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signalling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think it over.</i> Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment of outer space that had given the demon a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power he had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew an arc like that of a whip emitting red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent. <i>Fool, you do not value your life. Set lurched forward.</i> Weaving away from the enormous serpent's attacking fangs, Nakajima was enveloped by a miasma like ice. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi had already produced many pale sparks striking the body of the serpent coiled around the satellite. Yet the tough scales showed no sign of injury. Not only that, but the ugly faces and disgusting tentacles of materializing new demons floated like ghosts in the space around him. The noisy voices of the demons amplified like they were advancing down on Nakajima."</ref>), '''[[Death Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=7796 Demons can naturally exist within the] [https://youtu.be/eT69uzcI98Y vortex world] [https://imgur.com/a/CLQoVav which kills all humans who enter]), '''[[Disease Manipulation]]''', '''[[Corruption]]''', '''[[Data Manipulation]]''', & '''[[Petrification]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=1406s All demons are unaffected by the Cuvier Syndrome], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Cuvier_Syndrome?so=search a state where corruptive data came out of the black sun, irreversible petrification]), '''[[Sealing]]''' (Demons naturally have a resistance to sealing if they’re stronger then their target, [https://youtu.be/RcS_yQPihkw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=182 and their sealing resistance gets amplified during the full moon]), '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/qaSwT4LNF3I?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=919 Demons can pass through tainted barriers that humans cannot pass through]), '''[[Elemental Manipulation]]''' (Shikimi no Kage [https://youtu.be/RcS_yQPihkw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=591 have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it]) | Limited '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]]''' (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as [https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043007/https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 shown with] them being immune to conventional weaponry<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space"] "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref> and [https://imgur.com/a/lHRdNd7 higher-dimensional demons not being able to be perceived by some observation users]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Radiation Manipulation|Cosmic Radiations]]''', '''[[Biological Manipulation]]''', & '''[[Gravity Manipulation]]''' (Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 6, "To Space", "Accompanied by the glittering of the stars, unending empty space surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning shining blue globe looked up at him. It took him a few moments for him to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. In them, he held the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, emitting a strand of light in the blackness of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, as if responding to the tens of thousands of stars. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. It appeared as if Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move about in the vacuum of outer space. Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw. It was that of an incomprehensibly enormous serpent. Though the demon had only possessed a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the natural effect of powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body. Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Now a giant snake, Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful yet functional satellite lying in dead orbit. <i>It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.</i> The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. <i>But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this satellite down with me to the surface is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here into space!</i> Beside Nakajima, several pale glowing things that looked like hoods floated aimlessly. <i>Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of the age of the foolish humans' dominion over the earth will not be long now. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signalling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think it over.</i> Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment of outer space that had given the demon a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power he had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew an arc like that of a whip emitting red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent. <i>Fool, you do not value your life. Set lurched forward.</i> Weaving away from the enormous serpent's attacking fangs, Nakajima was enveloped by a miasma like ice. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi had already produced many pale sparks striking the body of the serpent coiled around the satellite. Yet the tough scales showed no sign of injury. Not only that, but the ugly faces and disgusting tentacles of materializing new demons floated like ghosts in the space around him. The noisy voices of the demons amplified like they were advancing down on Nakajima."</ref>), '''[[Death Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=7796 Demons can naturally exist within the] [https://youtu.be/eT69uzcI98Y vortex world] [https://imgur.com/a/CLQoVav which kills all humans who enter]), '''[[Disease Manipulation]]''', '''[[Corruption]]''', '''[[Data Manipulation]]''', & '''[[Petrification]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=1406s All demons are unaffected by the Cuvier Syndrome], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Cuvier_Syndrome?so=search a state where corruptive data came out of the black sun, irreversible petrification]), '''[[Sealing]]''' (Demons naturally have a resistance to sealing if they’re stronger then their target, [https://youtu.be/RcS_yQPihkw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=182 and their sealing resistance gets amplified during the full moon]), '''[[Forcefield Creation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/qaSwT4LNF3I?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=919 Demons can pass through tainted barriers that humans cannot pass through]), '''[[Elemental Manipulation]]''' (Shikimi no Kage [https://youtu.be/RcS_yQPihkw?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=591 have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it]) | ||
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Articles About Ideo Hazama
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“ | I see you've finally made it this far... You're the first to have made it here, and I'm quite happy that you came all this way just to see me. I'd love to show you some first-rate hospitality, but as you can see, there's nothing here. Why, you ask? That's because only the things I allow are here. So, what does that mean? Simple! I don't need anything! It's all worthless garbage not fit to be dealt with! It's only natural that it should vanish like the unnecessary filth that it is! Say what you will. I am omnipotent, and omniscient... I do not make mistakes. You've entertained me for a while but now I have no more need of you. Vanish and die like everything else! | „ |
~ Hazama upon confrontation |
“ | I certainly never expected a bunch of insignificant worms such as yourselves to sully the depths of my mind... But I will not allow you to lay even one finger upon the source of my superior mind!!! | „ |
“ | ... I-I am... the o-omniscient, omnipotent... D-demon Emperor... r-ruler of the Expanse... I... I... cannot be defeated... It cannot be... I refuse to believe it... I conquered the Expanse and the world would be mine... I... I am defeated... I... I... No! It's not fair... y-y-you cheated... C-cheater! ... I... I... I... didn't lose... I-I-won't lose... | „ |
~ Hazama upon being defeated |
Background
Ideo Hazama is the main antagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: if..., proclaiming himself as Demon Emperor.
This dropdown contains the synopsis of Ideo Hazama’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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Shin Megami Tensei: if... Abused by fellow schoolmates, betrayed by his first and only love, and comforted only by the school nurse, Ideo Hazama is a student of Karukozaka High School. The corruption of the abuse from his schoolmates forced his mind to become warped. He tries to summon a demon within the Gym (which explains why the gym has a summoning circle within it), but the summon goes out of control and opens a portal leading to the world of demons known as the Expanse, where Hazama would eventually come to rule as Deity Emperor. The following day, the school is sucked into the Expanse leading to the intro of the game. He first appears appearing as a vision to the protagonist, and later reappears several times as a statue, informing her on what world she is in, and how said world applies to humanity. When the protagonist and her ally make their way through the Expanse, they face him directly within an abandoned version of the school. In Reiko and Yumi's path, he reveals his demon form and attacks them, while in Charlie's path, he simply lets him and the protagonist leave, as their selfish goals do not conflict with his plans. Reiko Ending In Reiko's route after the Deity Emperor is defeated, the Ring of Deliverance shines, allowing the protagonist and their allies to enter his mind. While they are traveling through his mind, they see his memories and learn of his motivation for his actions. When they reach the center of his mind, Hazama scolds them and transforms into the manifestation of his warped mind; a giant fetus demon with Hazama acting as the right eye, ankle-deep. After defeating Hazama in this form he expresses his hate for losing, turns into a younger version of himself, and states the protagonist is picking on him like everyone else before starting to cry. Reiko comforts him and he returns to his normal age. She promises that she will not leave him anymore, and the protagonist is warped out of the room. Reiko informs them that Hazama's warped mind is returning to normal, and that she cannot stay and must leave. As she leaves, Reiko tells that Hazama was originally a kind person, but there wasn't the least bit of love from the people around him. She thanks them for allowing her to save Hazama and forces her to release her demon companions. Afterwards, the school returns to normal. The nurse reveals that Hazama confided what was on his mind to her, and that she should have listened to him. Hazama and Reiko are never seen again. |
General Information
Name: Ideo Hazama
Origin: Shin Megami Tensei: if...
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown, Inapplicable upon becoming the Demon Emperor (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases)
Classification: Majinnou, Demon Emperor
Species: Human, Demon
Occupation: None
Status: Deceased
Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Is officially dark-chaos aligned. Ideo Hazama wants to exact revenge on those that have wronged him, sending them into an alternate world and having them suffer to the likes of demons, worlds to punish them, and more. Few are spared from his reign due to being nice to him back when he was bullied)
Codex Statistics
Tier: Unknown-A, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Cardinality: Unknown
Dimensionality: 3-D in his human form (The human form of Hazama one sees is a mere astral body), Devoid upon becoming the Demon Emperor (Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in. Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms)
Attack Potency: Unknown: Cosmic level (Hazama is in full control of The Expanse, with his power splitting The Expanse into different domains, and can control areas in The Expanse into different locations. Even while defeated, his mental world sustains The Expanse. This would give him the level of magnetite that'd give him such a power to the point that it was noted in the Digital Devil Story novel that enough magnetite could fuse the Expanse [Atziluth] and the Human World [Assiah][1][2], where even Shiva gathering a large volume of magutsuhi that Aogami has never seen before is not on the same level, where Shiva plans to destroy the universe with his secret art "Rudra Astra". The Expanse, is a realm that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, of which there are infinite universes), Far Higher with Observation (Observation can be used to massively amplify one's stats, such as when the early game Shin Megami Tensei 1 protagonist was amplified to be able to fight with all the other end game protagonists and fight Stephen. With it's power being noted by Stephen to give humans the potential to exceed the Axiom) & Willpower (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before)
Durability: Unknown: Cosmic level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Striking Strength: Unknown: Cosmic Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Lifting Strength: Unknown: Undefinable (Even while defeated, his mental world sustains The Expanse)
Travel Speed: Unknown: Undefinable
Attack Speed: Unknown: Undefinable
Reaction Speed: Unknown: Undefinable (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases)
Stamina: Limitless (Demons are noted to have infinite and endless powers unlike humans who are restricted with their limited powers by Ouroboros the embodiment of infinity. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. Demons such as King Frost can passively produce magic for years upon years even while fighting enemies without tiring)
Range: Standard Melee physically, Multiversal+ with powers (Hazama is in full control of The Expanse, with his power splitting The Expanse into different domains, and can control areas in The Expanse into different locations), At least Universal with Observation (Can affect beings such as YHVH through their observation, where YHVH is existence itself)
Intelligence: Cosmic Intelligence (Entered a state where he became from his own viewpoint "omniscient", obtaining ultimate power and knowledge from becoming the Demon Emperor)
Powers and Techniques
As the Demon Emperor has Demon Physiology, which gives him:
Limited Resistance to Observation (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as shown with them being immune to conventional weaponry[17] and higher-dimensional demons not being able to be perceived by some observation users), Resistance to Cosmic Radiations, Biological Manipulation, & Gravity Manipulation (Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.[18]), Death Manipulation (Demons can naturally exist within the vortex world which kills all humans who enter), Disease Manipulation, Corruption, Data Manipulation, & Petrification (All demons are unaffected by the Cuvier Syndrome, a state where corruptive data came out of the black sun, irreversible petrification), Sealing (Demons naturally have a resistance to sealing if they’re stronger then their target, and their sealing resistance gets amplified during the full moon), Forcefield Creation (Demons can pass through tainted barriers that humans cannot pass through), Elemental Manipulation (Shikimi no Kage have specific weaknesses that cannot be exploited by Raidou's gun or other things to do with their specific elemental weakness, requiring Raidou to get a demon's elemental magic to affect it)
Resistance to Physics Manipulation (A god's divine energy isn’t bound by the laws of physics)
Resistance to Erasure (Conceptual Erasure; The strongest and highest level demons can survive Kagutsuchi's light, which can wipe one from existence)
Is a user of Observation which grants them: Observation (Varies between Unconscious Manifestation & Concious Manifestation; Observation users consciously and unconsciously change truths around them creating Gods and demons from myths and rumors), Negation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms. Nanashi and his party's denial of YHVH cast him into a demonic form. Gods and demons exist within a human's observation. Demons that also exist beyond death can be killed by observation users), Negation of Personal Nonexistence (Ayin Physiology; Can kill The White and demons, who naturally exist within the expanse, which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse, a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual, which demons naturally exist in. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, which is a vast, white space), Negation of Incorporeality (Can harm and kill demons, who are beings made of data, that exist in a virtual world, along with being pure information. With even the most basic of objects in the verse existing as data), Negation of Abstract Existence (Type 1; Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in), Negation of Acausality (Causality Immunity; Can harm and kill demons, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Negation of Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, can harm demons with regular guns and swords, even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry[21]), Negation of Immortality (Ageless) & Resurrection (Atemporal Resurrection; It is noted by Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other. Permanently killed YHVH. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence), Negation of Dimensionless Existence (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Negation of Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), Negation of Omnipresence (Observation can reduce one into a singular being, when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality), Negation of Omniscience (Humanity's observation of YHVH defies his words and truths, YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world), Irreversible Damage (Nyarlathotep used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic), Existence Grounding (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms), Power Bestowal (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them. Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers), Power Nullification (Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities), Reality Warping (Stephen stated that humans have the power to shape the world. Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality, with their strong wills being able to change reality), Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer), Truth Manipulation (Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth. Observation debased YHVH's truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline), Perspective Manipulation (The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as[22]), Statistics Amplification & Resurrection (Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers. Isamu was able to survive a hit from Thor despite being a regular human), Statistics Reduction (Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. One's will and beliefs can lower even a nonexistent entity's (such as The White) stats. Gods powers can be greatly reduced if they're forgotten. Observation allowed Aleph and his party to harm YHVH who stated as they were his creations, there blades cannot harm him, yet they were able to).
With their Willpower, they get: Sheer Will (Naturally users of willpower tend to have some of the strongest willpower in their respective universes), Statistics Amplification (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before), Regeneration (True-Godly; Characters that get completely erased by demons to the point that everything returns to nothing (otherwise known as returning to The Axiom) but with enough willpower one can regenerate back to life), Resurrection (Everyone praying for Raidou bolstered his willpower up, allowing him to resurrect and regenerate part of his body).
Notable Techniques
- Akasha Arts: Light Punch damage to all foes.
- Bodhisattva's Palm: Heavy Punch damage to one foe.
- Sol Smasher: Heavy Almighty damage to all foes.
- Debilitate: Decreases stats of all foes.
- Makarakarn: Shields against Magical attacks for one turn, all allies.
- Maragidyne: Heavy Fire damage to all foes.
- Mabufudyne: Heavy Ice damage to all foes.
Other
Standard Tactics: Hazama will usually send one into the Expanse where he will constantly taunt them and force them to play his game of getting each ring before eventually reaching him. Once they've reached him, he will spam different spells and attacks.
Weaknesses: Demons are weak to mercuric sulfide[24][25][26][27]. His mind is incredibly fragile due to constant bullying which led him down this path.
Trivia
- He is Reiko's brother. However, his mother left him when he was young and took Reiko with her, hence why they have different surnames.
- The nurse is the only person within the school other than Reiko and the protagonist near the end of the game. It is most likely because she was the only one to comfort him during his abuse from fellow schoolmates.
- His clothing is available as a promotional item for male characters in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE. When the Hazama-themed Ruler's Gloves are equipped, players assume his stance.
- His family name, Hazama, literally means "threshold", an intentional choice according to story-writer Ryutaro Ito[28], as he is the "threshold between demon and human".
- According to the 8th volume of DDS Net, Hazama has an IQ of 256.
References
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City, Chapter 5, "He Who Calls" "Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for summoning. The divine constitution she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also held some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds.
Having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people to attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding according to plan. Even now, the heavens split with terrible thunder, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as it slithered from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went." - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City, Chapter 5, "He Who Calls" "Having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people to attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding according to plan. Even now, the heavens split with terrible thunder, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as it slithered from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went.
"Typhon, welcome. Breathe deeply and take in the air of the Assiah world." Isma looked kindly at the enormous snake. "Take a look, your first victim awaits in the shadow of that tree."
Isma pointed to the fleeing police officer. Typhon vanished beyond the trees.
Meanwhile, Set had transformed into a gigantic, vile pillar of flesh. At its peak, his sinister, glowing red eyes darted all around the area.
Typhon's presence is proof that the demon world Set rules is starting to meld with the Assiah world. Now all that remains is gathering more Magnetite and solidifying the connection...
Isma's eyes shimmered with madness." - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "To Space", The glitter of the stars and the unending void surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning blue globe shone up at him. It took him a few moments to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi he held emitted a strand of light in the inkwell of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, responding to the tens of thousands of stars.
It seemed that Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move in the vacuum of outer space. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. Swinging his sword, Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw.
An incomprehensibly enormous serpent; though the demon had only owned a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body.
Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful, practical satellite lying in medium Earth orbit.
It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.
The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind.
But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this machine down with me is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here!
Several pale glowing things that looked like hoods aimlessly floated beside Nakajima.
Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of foolish humanity’s dominion over the earth will not be long. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signaling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think on it.
Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment that had given Set a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power Nakajima had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew a whip-like arc that emitted red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent." - ↑ Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Chapter 4, "Sword of Flame", Page 55 "RAUIERE!" Yomotsu-Shikome tried to tell him something in a foreign tongue. She could sense that this intruder possessed a power much different and far greater than the human tomb robbers that had foolishly wandered in before. If possible, she wanted to repel him without having to fight. Caught off guard, Loki stood still and narrowed his jet-black eyes, as if sizing up the power of this new arrival. Then, he started to walk forward calmly, an arrogant smirk on his face.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28 "Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat.
"Ugh! What the hell is this!?"
Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor.
"Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant.
"Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36 "However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.
"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Chatper 2, Sword of Flame, Page 53 "At that time, Loki swiftly entered Shirasagi Mound, and was standing before the passageway that Nakajima had passed through earlier. "Just you wait, Nakajima. Soon, I will defile your precious woman before your very eyes before devouring you whole." With a twisted smile on his face, Loki transformed himself into an amorphous blob and oozed into the tunnel. Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the plaza before the burial pathway. At that instant, its outer membrane hissed and gave off smoke as it started to melt. "Damn you!" Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body, and kneeling on the ground, let loose a terrible howl. Most likely, he could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Even now, the one gelatinous place of his body between his eyes throbbed and pulsated. Gritting his teeth and standing, Loki stared solemnly at the crimson burial road."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37 "Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher.
Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm.
Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it. - ↑ "Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2, "Conflicts" "Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space" "However, he could not stop fighting. As minor demons from Set's world continued wriggling while trying to enter the Assiah world, an unmistakably familiar voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. Nakajima! I'm here! Aim for here! Yumiko! Is that you!? The instant Nakajima heard the voice, the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi regained a shine like a nova as it tore through the air. Stab your sword in the direction of my voice! Nakajima quickly noticed a pale, white, phosphorescent glow on a part of the enormous serpent's scale-encased body. Yes, I'm inside the demon! If we attack from inside him and outside him at the same time, we might be able to defeat Set... Led by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his blade toward the phosphorescent glow. But an instant before the tip reached it, the tail of the giant snake forcefully knocked the blade aside and sent Nakajima flying far back. Flipping over and regaining his composure, robe fluttering behind him, Nakajima saw the rolling form of Set uncoiling, as if swimming through the vacuum. Foolish girl! To think you would let me know that you still live! Now I no longer have to depend on this irritating machine!
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 2 "Conflicts" "Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "Quickening" "Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow.
A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie.
Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully.
A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor. - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2: Chapter 2, ""I made it back to Toyoashihara..." His lips trembled with relief. Opening his arms wide, the youth took a deep breath of the humid air, pursed his lips forcefully, turned around, and sat down. For a while, he stared at the form of the grotesque woman chasing him, then shook his head sadly and closed his eyes. The youth started to meditate. When the woman had gotten within reach of a stone's throw, his body seemed to float slightly in midair for a moment, and then there was a huge undulation in the atmosphere. As if a huge invisible power had been released, the earth shook, and the fissure that appeared directly beneath the youth spread to the surrounding moutains, and countless rocks started to fall on the path. As the woman stopped, a giant boulder rolled in front of the path in front of her eyes, sealing it off. "Izanagi! I will come to you! Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years!" The sound of the woman's bitter cries rose from beyond the towering pile of earth. "Forgive me, Izanami..." Plugging his ears with his hands, the youth staggered into the wetlands, the tall reeds rising even above his height."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space", "Accompanied by the glittering of the stars, unending empty space surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning shining blue globe looked up at him. It took him a few moments for him to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. In them, he held the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, emitting a strand of light in the blackness of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, as if responding to the tens of thousands of stars. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. It appeared as if Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move about in the vacuum of outer space. Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw. It was that of an incomprehensibly enormous serpent. Though the demon had only possessed a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the natural effect of powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body. Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Now a giant snake, Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful yet functional satellite lying in dead orbit. It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space. The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this satellite down with me to the surface is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here into space! Beside Nakajima, several pale glowing things that looked like hoods floated aimlessly. Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of the age of the foolish humans' dominion over the earth will not be long now. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signalling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think it over. Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment of outer space that had given the demon a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power he had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew an arc like that of a whip emitting red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent. Fool, you do not value your life. Set lurched forward. Weaving away from the enormous serpent's attacking fangs, Nakajima was enveloped by a miasma like ice. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi had already produced many pale sparks striking the body of the serpent coiled around the satellite. Yet the tough scales showed no sign of injury. Not only that, but the ugly faces and disgusting tentacles of materializing new demons floated like ghosts in the space around him. The noisy voices of the demons amplified like they were advancing down on Nakajima."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Quickening" "I don't think so. From what I've just seen, there's no mistake that a magnetic field suitable for summoning a demon was set up. It may be that the reason no demon appeared was that it might have arrived in the Assiah world via a different magnetic field."
"There’re still some details about the mechanism for demon summoning that I don't really understand yet."
"Unusual words, coming from the genius that was the first to successfully summon a demon via a computer." Feed grinned broadly, but his expression soon turned grave as he looked directly at Nakajima.
"The last demon to appear called himself Set, correct?"
"Yes, that's right."
"While it's too dangerous to try and conjecture the state of affairs in the demon world based on our own knowledge of this one, my theory is that the demon world is like a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon. Most likely, with Loki's death, the mini-universe in contact with Japan or Tokyo vanished, and Set's mini-universe entered to take its place. Demon summoning is just opening a contact point between the two worlds at the same time."
"So what would happen if two contact points were opened at the same time?"
"The demon would decide where it wanted to appear. However, there are some examples in medieval records of demon summonings that report that when the difference in strength of the two magnetic fields was great enough, the demon would be pulled to the stronger field, regardless of which it wanted to go to..." - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 5, "He Who Calls" "Isma had realized that the bizarre life form that had torn itself out of Ohara's belly was a temporary body for Set, who had been planning to take form by possessing Loki's child. According to his theory, summoning a demon via a computer would require creating a magnetic field with which to summon the demon and the processing of the demon's data to be materialized, both of which would have to be done at virtually the same time. If the magnetic field was weak, the point of connection between the demon's world and the Assiah world would narrow, constraining the amount of data that could be processed. On the other hand, no matter how powerful the magnetic field was, unless the digital data could be processed quickly and concisely, the demon would never be able to take form. It was quite possible that even a supercomputer would not be able to handle the massive amount of data that would be needed to materialize a high-ranking demon. Despite that fact, the high-ranking demon Set was able to to take form in the Assiah world, even if it was only in a makeshift body. Something must have added a great deal of power in setting up the necessary magnetic field for a summoning; this in turn would ease the restraints on the data processing. Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for the summoning. The divine constitution that she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of that highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also retained some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds entirely. Therefore, having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people and attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding just according to plan. Even know the heavens split with a terrible thundering, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as if slithering from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went. "Typhon, welcome. Breathe deeply and take in the air of the Assiah world." Isma looked kindly at the enormous snake. "Take a look, your first victim awaits in the shadow of that tree." As Isma pointed to the copse where Officer Nimura was, Typhon vanished beyond the trees. Meanwhile, Set had transformed into a gigantic, vile pillar of flesh, his sinister, red glowing eyes at its peak darting all around the area. Typhon's presence is proof that the demon world Set rules is starting to meld with the Assiah world. Now all that remains is to gather more biological Magnetite and solidify the connection... Isma's eyes shimmered even brighter with madness."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7, Chapter 2 "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Narisawa: Now, let’s change the subject. I’d like to talk about the Abyss or the demon areas. This time the Abyss is designed like the Sephiroth Tree. We need to read the strategy guide in order to understand that, but is this how you originally envisioned it?
Okada: I said earlier that Tokyo Millenium and the Underworld are in contrast but generally speaking, their opposite is the Abyss. It’s like saying Lucifer is Satan’s opposite.
Narisawa: Kabbalah is a secret formula that belongs to humans, so how do you explain Lucifer using it to design the Abyss?
Itou: That is why we have opposites. We can consider the possibility of humans being the ones who were influenced. We don’t know whether they saw the Abyss’s design after a near-death experience or were telepathically struck by some waves, but if pushed to say, the Kabbalah that’s transmitted through the world right now could be a representation of what they “saw”.
Narisawa: It’s a reversal. - ↑ 6/8 resistance
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36-37 "Powerless, Nakajima stared at Loki and Ohara.
I should have considered the possibility that this could happen. I'd better find a weakness, and soon!
Nakajima frantically pointed the sensor connected to his computer at the nearly-materialized Loki. Calling up the ISG host computer, he sent the data the sensor had gathered about the demon to Craft. Meanwhile, Loki extended his hand toward Yumiko, rigid with terror. His bronze, naked body was beautifully symmetrical, almost like the Greek Apollo, and his muscular chest was covered in black scales. His black eyes, from which no one could possibly fathom any emotion, paralyzed her.
"Come over here." Pointing his talon at Yumiko, Loki commanded her in a low, cold voice. Yumiko looked to Nakajima for help, but he merely glanced at her and continued talking with the AI.
Nakajima knew he wouldn't have a chance if he tried to fight Loki directly, but Loki probably couldn’t risk doing anything to him so long as Nakajima had control of the computer environment. Nakajima knew that he had to find some sort of weakness to Loki while he still had the chance. He had a hunch that Loki would not be able to leave the magnetic field being generated by the computer.
However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.
"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body.
>CRAFT, HURRY!
Covering his ears so he wouldn't have to hear Yumiko's screams, Nakajima frantically kept hitting the keys. Finally the data transfer LED lit up, and Craft sent a response.
ACCORDING TO THE DATA YOU SENT, THE JELLY SUBSTANCE IS 58% WATER AND 17% ECTOPLASM. THE REMAINING MATTER IS NOT NATIVE TO THE PLANET AND CANNOT BE ANALYZED.
>HAS THERE EVER BEEN A CASE OF SIMILAR MATTER BEING DISCOVERED BEFORE?
YES. THIS CENTURY, SIMILAR MATTER WAS DISCOVERED IN A MAYAN TEMPLE AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
> WHAT IS ITS WEAK POINT?
I CANNOT MAKE A HYPOTHESIS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA. HOWEVER, THE MATTER DISCOVERED UNDER A RELIEF IN THE MAYAN TEMPLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE EVAPORATED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH MERCURIC SULFIDE-BASED PAINT.
> MERCURIC SULFIDE? YOU MEAN A MIXTURE OF MERCURY AND SULFUR. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM NOW!
UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Pages 50-51 "A viscous drop of water fell onto Nakajima's cheek. Listening closely, he could hear the steady sound of water coming from high above. Over the aeons, the lime deposits in this trickle had accumulated here and there along the path to form giant stalagmites. Nakajima touched the rising cliff to feel it. The surface of the cold stone was wet with condensation. When he scratched it, the rock crumbled away easily, revealing a new layer of red stone below. Idly recalling that the ancient red paint used in ancient Japanese tombs was mercuric-sulfide based, Nakajima suddenly remembered Craft's words.
When explorers had discovered material that was apparently part of a demon's body in a Mayan temple, it evaporated when it came into contact with their mercuric-sulfide based paint. In other words, this tomb was designed specifically to keep demons out. His courage buoyed by this realization, Nakajima picked up Yumiko's body and walked toward the depths of the red valley. However, he’d never had that much in the way of stamina in the first place. In less than ten minutes, his legs were exhausted. He would have liked Kerberos' help, but he didn't want to put any more stress on the already terribly-injured demon. Besides, this path with walls literally painted with demon repellent would hardly be the most appropriate place for Kerberos. - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Page 51 "Yomotsu-Shikome took a step forward. As Nakajima met her gaze, he carefully laid Yumiko down, wiped the cold sweat on his hands onto his slacks, and picked up his handheld computer.
"Kerberos, please come here."
Before the white haze that emerged from the liquid crystal display could even take on a rough outline of its shape, it vanished with a weak bark. Apparently, the pathway’s crimson paint really did seal off the power of the demon beast. - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 2, Page 53 "Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the burial chamber plaza. The moment he touched the floor, his outer membrane hissed smoke as it started to melt.
"Damn you!"
Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body. Kneeling, he let loose a terrible howl. He could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Between his eyes, the one gelatinous place on his body throbbed and pulsated. - ↑ [1] Interview with Ryutaro Ito
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Hazama in the Digital Devil Story Card Game
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Hazama and Reiko's outfits in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
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Akechi as Hazama in Persona 5
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