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'''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Complex Multiverse Class'''  
'''[[Striking Strength]]:''' '''Complex Multiverse Class'''  


'''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Unknown'''
'''[[Lifting Strength]]:''' '''Inapplicable'''


'''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Extra-Temporal'''
'''[[Speed|Travel Speed]]:''' '''Inapplicable''' (In a plane beyond everything before, which is beyond even all of the concepts made by [[Observation (Megami Tensei)|humanity's observation]], which includes the Gods that embody said concepts)


'''[[Speed|Combat Speed]]:''' '''Extra-Temporal'''
'''[[Speed|Combat Speed]]:''' '''Inapplicable'''


'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Extra-Temporal'''
'''[[Reactions|Reaction Speed]]:''' '''Inapplicable'''  


'''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless'''
'''[[Stamina]]:''' '''Limitless'''
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'''[[Range]]:''' '''Complex Multiversal''' (The Axiom guides all from the plane it resides in)
'''[[Range]]:''' '''Complex Multiversal''' (The Axiom guides all from the plane it resides in)


'''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''[[Omniscience]]'''
'''[[Intelligence]]:''' '''[[Omniscience]]''' (The Axiom is aware of everything, being the one to fate and guide the Messiahs through their entire journey, having immutable unbroken laws, which only one who caught a glimpse of him could break. [[Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)|Stephen]], catching a glimpse of the Axiom made him a cosmically intelligent being)
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[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]], [[Nondualism]] ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all togehter, oneness]), [[Immortality]] (Type 5 & 11. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Stephen transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death], reaching the realm of The Axiom and catching a small glimpse of him), [[Dimensionless Existence]] (Type 2. The Axiom [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 is the very being that created observation], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 which gave humans the ability to give concepts to the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 giving things without form, a certain and stable form], [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html with The Axiom existing even beyond this]<Ref>Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?<br>Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.<br>Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.<br>Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.<br>Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?<br>Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)<br>Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.<br>Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?<br>Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.</ref>), [[Power Bestowal]] ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 Granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe]), [[Fate Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2547 The Axiom chooses messiahs], in which they are tasked with slaying YHVH through the power the Axiom provides. Further more, this protection allows the messiahs to succeed in battles in which they had no hope of winning previously, be revived if they are defeated in battle, survive events that would have lead to their demise, and unite with individuals that would further progress their journey), [[Reality Seperation]] (Type 4. Exists outside of the entire Megami Tensei Multiverse), [[Omnipresence]] (Type 4. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2547 The Axiom is a force that binds the universe], existing everywhere and nowhere throughout every existing plane), [[Avatar Creation]] ([[YHVH]] is a mere avatar of The Axiom), [[Life Manipulation]] & [[Death Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Any that die return to the Axiom who controls the cycles of life and death, reincarnating all beings anew]), [[Resistance]] to [[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]] ([https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html The Axiom is a being unaffected by observation]<Ref>Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?<br>Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.<br>Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.<br>Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.<br>Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?<br>Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)<br>Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.<br>Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?<br>Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.</ref>, [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 being the one that granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe])
[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]], [[Nondualism]] ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all togehter, oneness]), [[Immortality]] (Type 5 & 11. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Stephen transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death]<ref>Yamai: When you reach the battle with VISHNUFLYNN, there is a reference point of the soul, where it either enters or departs from the circle of transmigration. Nanashi is in the middle of that circle, he is a human just like us. That is the reference. Beings like Stephen, Mido, or the Count of Saint Germain left the circle of transmigration, and I think that is why they could get in contact with the Great Reason.<br>Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.<br>Yamai: That’s right. This time, in order for the Divine Powers to succeed, various currents of thought from all kinds of countries and religions come into play. The Buddhist view on reincarnation is one of them and our setting is not biased towards it, but the soul itself is something important for the gods. Shin Megami Tensei IV adopts a quantum theory approach according to which gods exist thanks to human perception, and religious beliefs are one part of that.<ref/>, reaching the realm of The Axiom and catching a small glimpse of him<ref>Shioda: Professor Matsuda didn’t even have a character design in the preliminary stages.<br>Miyata: It’s shocking that so few people realised professor Matsuda was actually Stephen.<br>Shioda: That was shocking indeed, and they even had the same voice actor (laughs). What kind of device is the Shesha radar in Hibiya?<br>Miyata: I saw news the other day about the success of the detection of gravitational waves and this radar works on the same principle. There is a huge empty lot underneath Hibiya named ‘multi-purpose underground utility conduit’ and it is presumed that that is where Stephen built his detector.<br>Yamai: Because the device related to the elementary particles is extremely big.<br>Miyata: He also needed a secure place, and the underground was much safer than the streets dominated by demons. It is explained in the beginning of SMT4A that the multi-purpose underground utility conduit has been abandoned because of the battle of gods and the underground empty space remained as it is. I figured it was just right, since the new headquarters of the Hunter Association in Kasumigaseki is close enough, but I didn’t think gravitational waves would be discovered so fast when I was writing the setting.<br>Yamai: Stephen travels through various parallel worlds, so I believe it is possible for him to discover gravitational waves, since he makes contact with all kinds of technological developments.<br>Miyata: Gravitational waves appear anywhere in the universe when stars reach the end of their lives and explode, but every time Shesha warped to a different universe and a different dimension, there were weak gravitational waves released possible to detect.<br>Shioda: Since Stephen is also the creator of the terminals and the Demon Summoning Program, related to the Yamato Perpetual Reactor, it’s easy to say he is the biggest mystery of the Megaten series.<br>Yamai: What is clear is that Stephen is the same person across the series. Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II are related, while Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei IV are each in their own universes, but we can argue that he is the only one to cross space and time and visit each universe. I think the beginning was the universe created in Shin Megami Tensei, but we have no intention to give a clear answer on such a personal matter. As for the details of his arrival in the Shin Megami Tensei IV world, when he was researching the Demon Summoning Program and the Matter Transfer System he got connected by coincidence to the Expanse, demons showed up and hurt him badly, which led to him being now dependent on a wheelchair.<br>Shioda: This time he talks about the aim of the Great Reason in the end. Do you think he has met the Great Reason?<br><nowiki>*</nowiki>From Dijeh (Basically just a translators note): The term used here is NOT the Great Will. The Japanese for Great Will [of the Universe] is either “宇宙の大いなる意志” or just “大いなる意志” in previous games in the series, while in SMT4F and this interview, the term is 大いなる理; the kanji used are easily distinguishable: 意志 vs. 理. For more about the distinction, see Will and Li.<br>Yamai: From the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei, the Stephen of Shin Megami Tensei IV is one of the possibilities, but we can say it was possible for him to have met the Great Reason. Of course, from the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Stephen, I think we can say Shin Megami Tensei is also a possibility.<br>Miyata: Stephen’s position allows him to catch a glimpse of a small part of the Great Reason’s movement. When he passed through time and space and made contact with the Great Reason, he interpreted things in his own way.<ref>), [[Dimensionless Existence]] (Type 2. The Axiom [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 is the very being that created observation], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 which gave humans the ability to give concepts to the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 giving things without form, a certain and stable form], [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html with The Axiom existing even beyond this]<Ref>Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?<br>Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.<br>Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.<br>Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.<br>Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?<br>Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)<br>Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.<br>Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?<br>Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.</ref>), [[Power Bestowal]] ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 Granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe]), [[Fate Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2547 The Axiom chooses messiahs], in which they are tasked with slaying YHVH through the power the Axiom provides. Further more, this protection allows the messiahs to succeed in battles in which they had no hope of winning previously, be revived if they are defeated in battle, survive events that would have lead to their demise, and unite with individuals that would further progress their journey), [[Reality Seperation]] (Type 4. Exists outside of the entire Megami Tensei Multiverse), [[Omnipresence]] (Type 4. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2547 The Axiom is a force that binds the universe], existing everywhere and nowhere throughout every existing plane), [[Avatar Creation]] ([[YHVH]] is a mere avatar of The Axiom), [[Life Manipulation]] & [[Death Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Any that die return to the Axiom who controls the cycles of life and death, reincarnating all beings anew]), [[Resistance]] to [[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]] which includes: [[Observation]], [[Negation]], [[Negation]] of [[Null Existence]] (Type 3), [[Negation]] of [[Incorporeality]], [[Negation]] of [[Abstract Existence]] (Type 1), [[Negation]] of [[Acausality]] (Type 5), [[Negation]] of [[Invulnerability]] (Type 2), [[Negation]] of [[Immortality]] & [[Regeneration]] (Types 1, 3, 5 & 8; High-Godly), [[Negation]] of [[Omnipresence]], [[Power Nullification]], [[Reality Warping]], [[Conceptual Manipulation]], [[Subjective Reality]], & [[Creation]], [[Truth Manipulation]], [[Memory Manipulation]], [[Statistics Reduction]] ([https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html The Axiom is a being unaffected by observation]<Ref>Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?<br>Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.<br>Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.<br>Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.<br>Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?<br>Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)<br>Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.<br>Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?<br>Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.</ref>, [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 being the one that granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe])
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[[Cosmic Intelligence]], [[Cosmic Awareness]], [[Immortality]] (Type 5. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death]), [[Acausality]] (Type 5. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Gained a small glimpse of] The Axiom [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration]), [[Reality Separation]] (Type 4. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Gained a small glimpse of] The Axiom [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration]), [[Soul Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=136 Could salvage the SMT 1 Hero's soul after it was broken from the cycle of reincarnation by] [[YHVH]]), [[Link Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1404 Linked the SMT 1 Hero's soul with] Nanashi's), [[Statistics Amplification]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1439 With Luster Candy, boosts all stats]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1546 With Smile Charge, induces smirk], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Smirk?so=search the effects of Smirking include maximizing buffs like Tarukaja (boosts attack damage), boosting critical chance of attacks to 95% and 70% for phys and gun respectively, boosting hit rate of normal attacks and physical skills to 100%, removing the unit's weakness and preventing the enemy's critical chance, and boosting evasion rate to 85% against all incoming attacks, but with no changes to ailment infliction chances]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2051 With pair production, fully buffs himself by the maximum amount]), [[Statistics Reduction]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1444 With deabilitate, drops all stats]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1954 With Particle Annihilation, fully debuffs all foes by the maximum amount]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1470 With singularity lightning, severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Ice Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1574 With singularity hail, severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Fire Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2172 With singularity hellfire, severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Air Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ With Singularity Vortex, severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Resistance Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1470 Attacks such as singularity lightning have a pierce effect] [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Pierce#Effect pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel]), [[Energy Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1473 With energy compression, a severe physical attack]), [[Explosion Manipulation]], [[Resistance Manipulation]], [[Power Nullification]], & [[Law Manipulation|Law Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1477 With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe]. [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Almighty_Skills?so=search Almighty damage is done to all foes by] [https://youtu.be/OzSx4S5XF58?t=26 producing a large explosion]. Almighty skills in Persona bypasses all [[Forcefield Creation|barriers]] and [[Attack Reflection|reflectors]], [[Invulnerability|invulnerability]], and [[Resistance|resistances]]. Almighty attacks are able to hurt someone wielding the Omnipotent Orb, [https://imgur.com/Mo6OkLw which bends the rules of reality to defend the user from attacks]), [[Status Effect Inducement]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1477 With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2249 With singularity brand, a heavy physical attack that inflicts the brand status], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Status_effects#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV:_Apocalypse a status effect that reduces HP and MP recovery to one point]), [[Durability Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1512 With black body radiation, drops all foes remaining HP by half]), [[Power Nullification]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ With dekunda, removes all stat buffs from allies]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2043 With Reboot Code], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes]), [[Law Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=149 Risked bending the very will of] The Axiom, and [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1857 ended up bending the immutable laws of the universe] to fight the Messiahs), [[Quantum Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2299 Shown to have control over wave functions]), [[Data Manipulation]]/[[Information Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2340 With crack code, Stephen cracks and executes a code that removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn]), [[Resistance]] to [[Superhuman Physical Characteristics|Physical Attacks]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists physical attacks]), [[Weapon Usage|Gun Attacks]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists gun attacks]), [[Fire Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists fire elemental attacks]), [[Ice Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists ice elemental attacks]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists electric elemental attacks]), [[Air Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists force elemental attacks]), [[Light Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists light elemental attacks]), & [[Darkness Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks])
[[Cosmic Intelligence]], [[Cosmic Awareness]], [[Immortality]] (Type 5. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and death]<ref>Yamai: When you reach the battle with VISHNUFLYNN, there is a reference point of the soul, where it either enters or departs from the circle of transmigration. Nanashi is in the middle of that circle, he is a human just like us. That is the reference. Beings like Stephen, Mido, or the Count of Saint Germain left the circle of transmigration, and I think that is why they could get in contact with the Great Reason.<br>Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.<br>Yamai: That’s right. This time, in order for the Divine Powers to succeed, various currents of thought from all kinds of countries and religions come into play. The Buddhist view on reincarnation is one of them and our setting is not biased towards it, but the soul itself is something important for the gods. Shin Megami Tensei IV adopts a quantum theory approach according to which gods exist thanks to human perception, and religious beliefs are one part of that.<ref/>), [[Acausality]] (Type 5. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Gained a small glimpse of] [[The Axiom]]<ref>Shioda: Professor Matsuda didn’t even have a character design in the preliminary stages.<br>Miyata: It’s shocking that so few people realised professor Matsuda was actually Stephen.<br>Shioda: That was shocking indeed, and they even had the same voice actor (laughs). What kind of device is the Shesha radar in Hibiya?<br>Miyata: I saw news the other day about the success of the detection of gravitational waves and this radar works on the same principle. There is a huge empty lot underneath Hibiya named ‘multi-purpose underground utility conduit’ and it is presumed that that is where Stephen built his detector.<br>Yamai: Because the device related to the elementary particles is extremely big.<br>Miyata: He also needed a secure place, and the underground was much safer than the streets dominated by demons. It is explained in the beginning of SMT4A that the multi-purpose underground utility conduit has been abandoned because of the battle of gods and the underground empty space remained as it is. I figured it was just right, since the new headquarters of the Hunter Association in Kasumigaseki is close enough, but I didn’t think gravitational waves would be discovered so fast when I was writing the setting.<br>Yamai: Stephen travels through various parallel worlds, so I believe it is possible for him to discover gravitational waves, since he makes contact with all kinds of technological developments.<br>Miyata: Gravitational waves appear anywhere in the universe when stars reach the end of their lives and explode, but every time Shesha warped to a different universe and a different dimension, there were weak gravitational waves released possible to detect.<br>Shioda: Since Stephen is also the creator of the terminals and the Demon Summoning Program, related to the Yamato Perpetual Reactor, it’s easy to say he is the biggest mystery of the Megaten series.<br>Yamai: What is clear is that Stephen is the same person across the series. Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II are related, while Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei IV are each in their own universes, but we can argue that he is the only one to cross space and time and visit each universe. I think the beginning was the universe created in Shin Megami Tensei, but we have no intention to give a clear answer on such a personal matter. As for the details of his arrival in the Shin Megami Tensei IV world, when he was researching the Demon Summoning Program and the Matter Transfer System he got connected by coincidence to the Expanse, demons showed up and hurt him badly, which led to him being now dependent on a wheelchair.<br>Shioda: This time he talks about the aim of the Great Reason in the end. Do you think he has met the Great Reason?<br><nowiki>*</nowiki>From Dijeh (Basically just a translators note): The term used here is NOT the Great Will. The Japanese for Great Will [of the Universe] is either “宇宙の大いなる意志” or just “大いなる意志” in previous games in the series, while in SMT4F and this interview, the term is 大いなる理; the kanji used are easily distinguishable: 意志 vs. 理. For more about the distinction, see Will and Li.<br>Yamai: From the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei, the Stephen of Shin Megami Tensei IV is one of the possibilities, but we can say it was possible for him to have met the Great Reason. Of course, from the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Stephen, I think we can say Shin Megami Tensei is also a possibility.<br>Miyata: Stephen’s position allows him to catch a glimpse of a small part of the Great Reason’s movement. When he passed through time and space and made contact with the Great Reason, he interpreted things in his own way.<ref> [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration]<ref>Yamai: When you reach the battle with VISHNUFLYNN, there is a reference point of the soul, where it either enters or departs from the circle of transmigration. Nanashi is in the middle of that circle, he is a human just like us. That is the reference. Beings like Stephen, Mido, or the Count of Saint Germain left the circle of transmigration, and I think that is why they could get in contact with the Great Reason.<br>Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.<br>Yamai: That’s right. This time, in order for the Divine Powers to succeed, various currents of thought from all kinds of countries and religions come into play. The Buddhist view on reincarnation is one of them and our setting is not biased towards it, but the soul itself is something important for the gods. Shin Megami Tensei IV adopts a quantum theory approach according to which gods exist thanks to human perception, and religious beliefs are one part of that.<ref/>), [[Reality Separation]] (Type 4. [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html Gained a small glimpse of] [[The Axiom]]<ref>Shioda: Professor Matsuda didn’t even have a character design in the preliminary stages.<br>Miyata: It’s shocking that so few people realised professor Matsuda was actually Stephen.<br>Shioda: That was shocking indeed, and they even had the same voice actor (laughs). What kind of device is the Shesha radar in Hibiya?<br>Miyata: I saw news the other day about the success of the detection of gravitational waves and this radar works on the same principle. There is a huge empty lot underneath Hibiya named ‘multi-purpose underground utility conduit’ and it is presumed that that is where Stephen built his detector.<br>Yamai: Because the device related to the elementary particles is extremely big.<br>Miyata: He also needed a secure place, and the underground was much safer than the streets dominated by demons. It is explained in the beginning of SMT4A that the multi-purpose underground utility conduit has been abandoned because of the battle of gods and the underground empty space remained as it is. I figured it was just right, since the new headquarters of the Hunter Association in Kasumigaseki is close enough, but I didn’t think gravitational waves would be discovered so fast when I was writing the setting.<br>Yamai: Stephen travels through various parallel worlds, so I believe it is possible for him to discover gravitational waves, since he makes contact with all kinds of technological developments.<br>Miyata: Gravitational waves appear anywhere in the universe when stars reach the end of their lives and explode, but every time Shesha warped to a different universe and a different dimension, there were weak gravitational waves released possible to detect.<br>Shioda: Since Stephen is also the creator of the terminals and the Demon Summoning Program, related to the Yamato Perpetual Reactor, it’s easy to say he is the biggest mystery of the Megaten series.<br>Yamai: What is clear is that Stephen is the same person across the series. Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II are related, while Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei IV are each in their own universes, but we can argue that he is the only one to cross space and time and visit each universe. I think the beginning was the universe created in Shin Megami Tensei, but we have no intention to give a clear answer on such a personal matter. As for the details of his arrival in the Shin Megami Tensei IV world, when he was researching the Demon Summoning Program and the Matter Transfer System he got connected by coincidence to the Expanse, demons showed up and hurt him badly, which led to him being now dependent on a wheelchair.<br>Shioda: This time he talks about the aim of the Great Reason in the end. Do you think he has met the Great Reason?<br><nowiki>*</nowiki>From Dijeh (Basically just a translators note): The term used here is NOT the Great Will. The Japanese for Great Will [of the Universe] is either “宇宙の大いなる意志” or just “大いなる意志” in previous games in the series, while in SMT4F and this interview, the term is 大いなる理; the kanji used are easily distinguishable: 意志 vs. 理. For more about the distinction, see Will and Li.<br>Yamai: From the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei, the Stephen of Shin Megami Tensei IV is one of the possibilities, but we can say it was possible for him to have met the Great Reason. Of course, from the perspective of Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Stephen, I think we can say Shin Megami Tensei is also a possibility.<br>Miyata: Stephen’s position allows him to catch a glimpse of a small part of the Great Reason’s movement. When he passed through time and space and made contact with the Great Reason, he interpreted things in his own way.<ref>, reaching his realm, [https://eirikrjs.blogspot.com/2016/08/apocalypse-artbook.html through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration]<ref>Yamai: When you reach the battle with VISHNUFLYNN, there is a reference point of the soul, where it either enters or departs from the circle of transmigration. Nanashi is in the middle of that circle, he is a human just like us. That is the reference. Beings like Stephen, Mido, or the Count of Saint Germain left the circle of transmigration, and I think that is why they could get in contact with the Great Reason.<br>Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.<br>Yamai: That’s right. This time, in order for the Divine Powers to succeed, various currents of thought from all kinds of countries and religions come into play. The Buddhist view on reincarnation is one of them and our setting is not biased towards it, but the soul itself is something important for the gods. Shin Megami Tensei IV adopts a quantum theory approach according to which gods exist thanks to human perception, and religious beliefs are one part of that.<ref/>), [[Soul Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=136 Could salvage the SMT 1 Hero's soul after it was broken from the cycle of reincarnation by] [[YHVH]]), [[Link Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1404 Linked the SMT 1 Hero's soul with] Nanashi's), [[Statistics Amplification]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1439 With Luster Candy, boosts all stats]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1546 With Smile Charge, induces smirk], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Smirk?so=search the effects of Smirking include maximizing buffs like Tarukaja (boosts attack damage), boosting critical chance of attacks to 95% and 70% for phys and gun respectively, boosting hit rate of normal attacks and physical skills to 100%, removing the unit's weakness and preventing the enemy's critical chance, and boosting evasion rate to 85% against all incoming attacks, but with no changes to ailment infliction chances]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2051 With pair production, fully buffs himself by the maximum amount]), [[Statistics Reduction]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1444 With deabilitate, drops all stats]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1954 With Particle Annihilation, fully debuffs all foes by the maximum amount]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1470 With singularity lightning, severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Ice Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1574 With singularity hail, severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Fire Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2172 With singularity hellfire, severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Air Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ With Singularity Vortex, severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances]), [[Resistance Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1470 Attacks such as singularity lightning have a pierce effect] [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Pierce#Effect pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel]), [[Energy Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1473 With energy compression, a severe physical attack]), [[Explosion Manipulation]], [[Resistance Manipulation]], [[Power Nullification]], & [[Law Manipulation|Law Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1477 With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe]. [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Almighty_Skills?so=search Almighty damage is done to all foes by] [https://youtu.be/OzSx4S5XF58?t=26 producing a large explosion]. Almighty skills in Persona bypasses all [[Forcefield Creation|barriers]] and [[Attack Reflection|reflectors]], [[Invulnerability|invulnerability]], and [[Resistance|resistances]]. Almighty attacks are able to hurt someone wielding the Omnipotent Orb, [https://imgur.com/Mo6OkLw which bends the rules of reality to defend the user from attacks]), [[Status Effect Inducement]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1477 With calamity code, medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2249 With singularity brand, a heavy physical attack that inflicts the brand status], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Status_effects#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV:_Apocalypse a status effect that reduces HP and MP recovery to one point]), [[Durability Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1512 With black body radiation, drops all foes remaining HP by half]), [[Power Nullification]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ With dekunda, removes all stat buffs from allies]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2043 With Reboot Code], [https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#First_Battle_ removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes]), [[Law Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=149 Risked bending the very will of] The Axiom, and [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1857 ended up bending the immutable laws of the universe] to fight the Messiahs), [[Quantum Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2299 Shown to have control over wave functions]), [[Data Manipulation]]/[[Information Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=2340 With crack code, Stephen cracks and executes a code that removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn]), [[Resistance]] to [[Superhuman Physical Characteristics|Physical Attacks]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists physical attacks]), [[Weapon Usage|Gun Attacks]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists gun attacks]), [[Fire Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists fire elemental attacks]), [[Ice Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists ice elemental attacks]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists electric elemental attacks]), [[Air Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists force elemental attacks]), [[Light Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists light elemental attacks]), & [[Darkness Manipulation]] ([https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen#Shin_Megami_Tensei_IV_Apocalypse_2 Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks])
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Background

The Axiom is the creator and overseer of the Megami Tensei Multiverse and a being often associated with YHVH, once its most prominent avatar and currently its enemy.

Their avatars' personalities are often very similar to YHVH; They appear as godly beings that stand on a high moral ground and present themselves as the road to salvation, but are ultimately ruthless, arrogant and cruel, only caring for their power and long standing regardless of any cost. Most of them are extensions of YHVH's will rather than separate from him, and as such often act on YHVH's behalf. Those that are not tend to take YHVH's place as the God of Law and are similar in personality. The sole exception is during Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse where they are known as the "Axiom" and are depicted as largely benevolent neutral forces. During that time, they kick YHVH out of the group, and assigned Flynn and Nanashi to kill him.

Usually, avatars of the Axiom appear as the final boss of the games they are in, as well as their main antagonist. However, a few appear as recurring endgame bosses.

It is implied that, blinded by presumptuousness, YHVH and his avatars/extensions do not fully grasp the Axiom as they claim. They acknowledge that the Axiom produced them to rule the universes on its behalf, but fail to understand that their eventual demises at the hands of the protagonists is also the will of the multiverse, as explained by Stephen in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse.

Statistics

Tier: 1-C

Name: The Axiom, The Great Will (Though this is sometimes referring to YHVH also), The Universal Will (Though this is also sometimes referring to YHVH also)

Origin: Megami Tensei

Sex: Sexless (It is a non-physical being with no true sex)

Age: Inapplicable (The Axiom precedes even[1] YHVH and other demons in existence, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse)

Alignment: True Neutral (The Axiom is a neutral benovelent creature that gives people the ability to defeat YHVH with Observation, but never directly interfering themself)

Classification: God, Supreme Being, Creator of Observation

Dimensionality: Devoid (The Axiom is the very being that created observation, which gave humans the ability to give concepts to the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer, giving things without form, a certain and stable form, with The Axiom existing even beyond this[2]. The Axiom is even less definable then demons[3], who 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. Even attempting to say his infinitesimal lesser avatar's name, will cause a static-like sound as his mere name cannot truly be heard or comprehended)

Attack Potency: Complex Multiverse level (The Axiom is the most powerful being in the verse, existing in a realm beyond every other realm prior[4], being beyond even the likes of Matter Lucifer and YHVH. Was the very being that granted humans observation, and tasked them with observing the universe, with the ability being the reason for Gods and demons existing. Which would include beings such as Matter Lucifer, who transcended into a higher plane of existence beyond even YHVH. [A small glimpse of it's being caused Stephen to be so powerful he could fight off all four of the Messiahs at once)

Durability: Complex Multiverse level

Striking Strength: Complex Multiverse Class

Lifting Strength: Inapplicable

Travel Speed: Inapplicable (In a plane beyond everything before, which is beyond even all of the concepts made by humanity's observation, which includes the Gods that embody said concepts)

Combat Speed: Inapplicable

Reaction Speed: Inapplicable

Stamina: Limitless

Range: Complex Multiversal (The Axiom guides all from the plane it resides in)

Intelligence: Omniscience (The Axiom is aware of everything, being the one to fate and guide the Messiahs through their entire journey, having immutable unbroken laws, which only one who caught a glimpse of him could break. Stephen, catching a glimpse of the Axiom made him a cosmically intelligent being)

Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Nondualism (Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all togehter, oneness), Immortality (Type 5 & 11. Stephen transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and deathCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag), Power Bestowal (Granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe), Fate Manipulation (The Axiom chooses messiahs, in which they are tasked with slaying YHVH through the power the Axiom provides. Further more, this protection allows the messiahs to succeed in battles in which they had no hope of winning previously, be revived if they are defeated in battle, survive events that would have lead to their demise, and unite with individuals that would further progress their journey), Reality Seperation (Type 4. Exists outside of the entire Megami Tensei Multiverse), Omnipresence (Type 4. The Axiom is a force that binds the universe, existing everywhere and nowhere throughout every existing plane), Avatar Creation (YHVH is a mere avatar of The Axiom), Life Manipulation & Death Manipulation (Any that die return to the Axiom who controls the cycles of life and death, reincarnating all beings anew), Resistance to Observation which includes: Observation, Negation, Negation of Null Existence (Type 3), Negation of Incorporeality, Negation of Abstract Existence (Type 1), Negation of Acausality (Type 5), Negation of Invulnerability (Type 2), Negation of Immortality & Regeneration (Types 1, 3, 5 & 8; High-Godly), Negation of Omnipresence, Power Nullification, Reality Warping, Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation, Truth Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Statistics Reduction (The Axiom is a being unaffected by observation[5], being the one that granted humans the ability of observation, giving them the task of observing the universe)

Cosmic Intelligence, Cosmic Awareness, Immortality (Type 5. Transcended the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, a cycle of life and deathCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep[6]), Accelerated Development (Level;Physical Stats and Abilities. 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, and get strong enough to the point that they can fight end game tier demons), Reactive Adaptation (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), Precognition (Types 3. Demons have the ability to see into the future, with the likes of Eligor being able to see things to come), Extrasensory Perception (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[7]), Corrosion Inducement (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas[8]), Duplication (Demons can make duplicates of themselves. 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 (Demons are naturally invisible to humans, and can do actions such as make noises and fight without humans noticing), Quantum Manipulation & Intangibility (Spatial. Demons passively create adecoherence field, that is essentially a special dimension of quantum fluctuation that they exist in, where humans cannot see them), Non-Physical Interaction (Demons can interact with each other and Gods, despite their physiologies and existences), Sealing (Gods and Demons cannot kill each other, thus resulting in them needing to seal each other), Soul Manipulation (Noted by a soul that demons can eat souls), Size Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Demons can grow in size to grow strong enough to fight Messiahs), Shapeshifting (Demons can shapeshift into humans to trick others), Hacking (Demons can hack into various servers and set up firewalls and "digital traps"), Necromancy (Demons can raise people from the dead and turn them into zombies), Personal Domain & BFR (Demons can pull one into alternate dimensions where coordinates and direction are different. Along with pull entire areas such as mansions into pocket dimensions. High level demons such as fiends can create personal realms to battle people in. Alice created her own personal domain that she could freely control. Demons can also freely teleport people to other locations), Pocket Reality Manipulation (Demons can warp areas into alternate dimensions such as the inside of a school. Once one is in said dimension the demon will keep it's hold into the dimension until it's defeated), Subjective Reality (Demons are able to take the thoughts of people and materialize them into something real), Information Manipulation & Matter Manipulation (As demons can make pocket realms and higher level demons can make universes, they are by extension they are creating areas entirely made of data and information down to their sub-atomic level), Illusion Creation & Perception Manipulation (Type 3. Demons can create mirage realms, that shroud an entire area in mist, with them being able to attack from inside said illusion without being capable of being attacked back, requiring the user to go inside of their illusion to fight them), Teleportation (Demons are capable of teleporting around usually through manipulating their own Magutushi or Magnetite), Telepathy (Demons are able to speak telepathically to others[9]. Demons such as Aogami speaks telepathically with Nahobino), Power Bestowal (The memories of a demon's techniques can be passed down into weapons), Absorption (Demons can absorb lifeforce and Magutushi out of another. Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world), Healing Negation (Demons can inflict wounds that only spiritual magic can heal), Power Absorption (Demons can absorb the remains of other demons to gain their abilities), Dimensional Travel (Demons can feed off the lifeforce of people to manifest themselves into the real world), Healing (Demons naturally have healing properties, allowing them to heal other people), Fusionism (Demons can latch on with a humans negative emotions, fusing with them to become a far more powerful demon. Demons can fuse with humans to become a Nahobino), Telekinesis (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains[10]), Existence Erasure (Type 4. Demons can kill humans, which in the process erases said beings from memory and existence), Invulnerability (Type 2. Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry[11]), Invulnerability Negation (Demons are capable of harming each other, and are viewed as valuable tools to get past other demons invulnerability), Possession (Demons can possess one’s body), Creation (Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality), Resistance Negation (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), Regeneration Negation (Unknown. Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality. Which they themselves can negate the regeneration of), Limited Resistance to Observation (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as shown with them being immune to conventional weaponry[12] and higher-dimensional demons not being able to be percieved 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[13]), 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 Negation (Demons can create Shikimi no Kage's that are unable to be put down for good and will regenerate even from observation users who can negate regeneration and immortality)

High Tier Demon Abilities: Power Bestowal (Demons can grant others their powers and strength), Reality Warping, Space-Time Manipulation & Creation (Demons such as Loki can create and sustain his own universe[14]. Demons such as Morax can create their own personal realms, with it being noted demons create their own space-time sectors by quantum tunneling, that have stack of space-time layers on top of each other. Demons such as Set with enough Magnetite gathered can merge entire worlds[15]), Immortality (Type 5. Higher tiered demons exist beyond death itself), Sheer Will, Resurrection, & Transformation (Some fiends are born from men that die in competitive sports), Curse Manipulation (Gods such as Anahita can remove curses), Resistance to Physics Manipulation (A god's divine energy isn’t bound by the laws of physics)

God Tier Demon Abilities: Higher-Dimensional Existence (God Tier demons are higher dimensional beings that cannot be percieved by lower one's Burroughs, requiring them to come down into the lower dimensions for the character to percieve them), Madness Manipulation (Type 3. God Tier Demons such as Kagutsuchi's light can cause demons to grow more hostile towards others, making it impossible for negotiation and to escape from them. They'll also calm down once a New Phase passes), Resistance to Existence Erasure (Type 4. The strongest and highest level demons can survive Kagutsuchi's light, which can wipe one from existence)

Cosmic Intelligence, Aura (Noted to have an angelic aura), Omnipresence (Type 3. YHVH's presence is felt everywhere throughout the world, every emotion, concept, and feeling he is there to witness and exists in, noting he's with them every step of the way. Notes that he is existence himself), Reality Seperation (Type 4. YHVH exists outside of reality within his own realm), Immortality (Type 8. His single manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos. All gods are avatars of YHVH, including the likes of Kagutsuchi. As long as people continue to seek his salvation, The Axiom will repeatedly resurrect him), Avatar Creation (His single manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos. All gods are avatars of YHVH, including the likes of Kagutsuchi), Healing (With Mediarahan, fully restores HP), Immortality Negation (Broke the SMT 1 Hero's cycle of reincarnation which is a cycle where one is sent back to The Axiom and resurrected), Darkness Manipulation (Massive dark energy tinged from his massive doors), Sleep Manipulation (Placed Set into a deep slumber until he was needed again), BFR (Type 1. YHVH casted all other Gods into the abyss, along with the likes of Lucifer), Soul Manipulation (Gave Zayin his soul), Empathic Manipulation (The voice of the lord pacifies those and become his believers and followers and erases hostility from the world), Power Nullification (His song can negate Mem Aleph into a physical form. Even attempting to say his name will cause a static-like sound as his mere name cannot truly be heard or comprehended), Existence Erasure, Information Manipulation, & Conceptual Manipulation (Type 4. The song of the lord negates a demons existence, and returns them back to their pure natural state), Fusionism (Forcibly fused Ashtar and Ishtar in response to his followers turning from his wrath to Ishtar's kindness), Infinity Manipulation (YHVH embodies and manipulates the concept of infinity), Law Manipulation & Order Manipulation (YHVH is the embodiment of and can manipulate the concept of law and order), Truth Manipulation (Controls truths, and forces all to follow them), Personal Domain & Higher-Dimensional Manipulation (Has a personal realm which is his own universe, which contains brane layers with each layer being linked to a higher dimension, reaching another plane of his universe), Power Mimicry & Illusion Creation (Type 3. YHVH creates illusionary copies of previous bosses and can recreate anyone they've fought), Creation (Is the creator of the universe, can create an infinte amount of Metatron's as he pleases), Fate Manipulation (YHVH is the guidance of all mankind, guiding them through their destiny), Power Bestowal (The likes of Metatron and Satan are under YHVH's protection), Velocity Manipulation (YHVH always strikes first at the beginning of battle regardless of the protagonists speed), Statistics Amplification (With Luster Candy, amplifies all stats. With Smile Charge, induces smirk the effects of Smirking include maximizing buffs like Tarukaja (boosts attack damage), boosting critical chance of attacks to 95% and 70% for phys and gun respectively, boosting hit rate of normal attacks and physical skills to 100%, removing the unit's weakness and preventing the enemy's critical chance, and boosting evasion rate to 85% against all incoming attacks, but with no changes to ailment infliction chances), Statistics Reduction (With Debilitate, decreases all stats), Holy Manipulation (With divine wave, a holy attack), Resistance Negation (His attacks have a piece effect pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel), Ice Manipulation (With Hailstorm of God, heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Fire Manipulation (With Inferno of God, heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Electricity Manipulation (With Lightning of God, heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Air Manipulation (With Tornado of God, heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances), Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (With planned chaos, induces medium almighty damage, Almighty damage is done to all foes by producing a large explosion. Almighty skills in Persona bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances. Almighty attacks are able to hurt someone wielding the Omnipotent Orb, which bends the rules of reality to defend the user from attacks), Status Effect Inducement (With planned chaos, medium almighty damage that inflicts charm/bind/panic to a foe), Durability Negation (With Miracle, instantly reduces foes HP to 1, and greatly reduces their MP), Paralysis Inducement (YHVH's glare can freeze one in place), Power Nullification (Can inflict mute on all party members, making them unable to use abilities along with decreasing their stats. With Divine Harmony, removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes), Death Manipulation (With Mouth of God, an almighty-type attack that can induce instant kill), Fear Manipulation (With Authorative Stance, instills an authorative aura on the user, removing 3 of their press turns), Resistance to Physical Attacks (Naturally resists physical attacks), Gun Attacks (Naturally resists gun attacks), Fire Manipulation (Naturally resists fire elemental attacks), Ice Manipulation (Naturally resists ice elemental attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Naturally resists electric elemental attacks), Air Manipulation (Naturally resists force elemental attacks), Light Manipulation (Naturally resists light elemental attacks), & Darkness Manipulation (Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks)

All previous powers and abilities to a lesser extent due to being reduced to a weaker state with the exception of Omnipresence, Immortality, etcetera. Infinity Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (With Infinite Power, can buff all of his statistics and give himself the smirk status), Black Hole (With black hole, creates a black hole that steals MP), Resistance to Physical Attacks (Naturally resists physical attacks), Gun Attacks (Naturally resists gun attacks), Fire Manipulation (Naturally resists fire elemental attacks), Ice Manipulation (Naturally resists ice elemental attacks), Electricity Manipulation (Naturally resists electric elemental attacks), Air Manipulation (Naturally resists force elemental attacks), Light Manipulation (Naturally resists light elemental attacks), & Darkness Manipulation (Naturally resists darkness elemental attacks)

Absorption (Clarion absorbed all of the poisoned MAG from Behemoth), Light Manipulation (Appeared as light so bright Gotou thought it was sunlight), Possession (Possessed Abe Seimei), Fear Manipulation & Aura (His mere appearance and aura caused a primal terror that shook Goutou and Raidou's souls), Body Control (Could freely control his body to look like a head, when in reality he was a giant tentacle monster), Telekinesis (Telekinetically controlled a myriad of meteors to attack the captial), Fusionism (Was going to fuse and become one with the planet earth), Resistance to Extreme Heats (Hid behind the sun without any heat)
Creation, Space-Time Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Concept Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Transmutation, Soul Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation and Reality Warping (As the name implies, the Conception's purpose is to bring forth a new world, with new laws determined by a Reason. The Conception is set in motion by Hikawa, who strives to create a world of perfect stillness. After being set in motion, everyone outside of the hospital is killed instantly and turned into Magatsuhi or souls. Tokyo is uprooted and twisted into a spherical world known as Vortex World. His power shapes and defines the laws of reality within a given universe and can remake them in the image of a specific philosophy should he so desire), Holy Manipulation (Is an avatar of YHVH), Chaos Manipulation & Summoning (Through the Conception, it spread chaos throughout the world and summoned demons as a result. There are many high leveled demons encounter in the Tower of Kagutsuchi), Fate Manipulation & Empowerment (Selected a few to survive the conception, a multiversal nuke, among these being Demi-fiend of which Kagutsuchi guides and allows him to survive circumstances that would have ended his journey or put a hinderance on. Stated to be destiny and the truth. Capable of empowering those who hold a reason, including Gods fused with humans, to contend with Demi-fiend), Limited Probability Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Kagutsuchi's phases affect the probability of obtaining item of higher value from any mystic treasure chest. Full phase guarantees rarer item, while new phase does the exact opposite. Slight modifier of all damage dealt in battle, the fuller the higher, and vice versa. Activator of skills such as Bright Might, Dark Might, and Dark Pledge. Several puzzles and locations in the game require the use of the Kagutsuchi phase, as well), Telepathy (Able to read what's inside people's heart), Causality Manipulation (Erased the Sangai, the past, present and future of the universe, in order to construct the Vortex World in its foundations, while keeping select few lifeforms of his choosing alive even under those conditions), Existence Erasure (Type 4. Threatened to wipe Demi-fiend out of existence with his light), Resurrection (Able to bring back everyone that previously died back to life in the Freedom ending), Transformation (After taking hits in his first phase, he will transition to his second phase), Abstract Existence and Incorporeality (Type 1. Exist as the source to creation. Is said to be "destiny" and the "truth" although this most likely just him monologuing or in reference to the Great Will), Power Bestowal (Can grant users the ability to create a new world from their own vision), Omnipresence (Type 2. Exist throughout all of Time and Space and the infinite universes that exist within the Amala universe), Mind Manipulation & Madness Manipulation (Kagutsuchi's light can cause demons to grow more hostile towards others, making it impossible for negotiation and to escape from them. They'll also calm down once a New Phase passes), Cosmic Awareness (Oversees all of creation), Immortality (Type 9. Has infinite versions of himself that share the same consciousness), Acausality (Type 5. Demons, despite being created by observation, existed prior to creation and are unbounded by it as they are not affected by the destruction of the Multiverse. Furthermore, they exist in the Expanse, a higher plane of existence that transcends past, present, and future with demons such as Ishtar being able to exist outside of both realities of SMT and Persona), Fusionism (Merged the Demon World and the Divine World into the remnants of the human realm to create the Vortex World), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with demons, which are formless abstract entities made of data. Should scale to Flynn, who can strike down formless, nonexistent entities such as The White), Illusion Negation (During one of Kagutsuchi's phase, it'll expose Ongyo-Ki from his illusions during his boss fight), Resistance Manipulation (Can erase demons from existence once they are defeated in battle, which already naturally resist these effects), Magic & Elemental Manipulation which includes: Fire Manipulation (via Maragidyne, which deals heavy fire damage to all foes), Ice Manipulation (via Mabufudyne, which deals heavy ice damage to all foes with a 15% chance to freeze all foes), Electricity Manipulation (via Maziodyne, which deals heavy electric damage with a 15% chance to shock all foes), Air Manipulation (via Mazandyne. Deals "force" (wind) damage to all foes), Explosion Manipulation, Law negation, Resistance Manipulation & Power Nullification (via Megidola. Which deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes by producing a large explosion. Almighty skills in Persona bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances. Almighty attacks are able to hurt someone wielding the Omnipotent Orb, which bends the rules of reality to defend the user from attacks), Purification (via Dekunda, which removes all debuffs from all allies), Stat Nullification (via Dekaja, which removes all stat buffs on all foes), Time Manipulation (via Phase Shift, which shifts Kagutsuchi phase forward by 2 instantly), Evasion Negation & Light Manipulation (via Vast light and Infinte light. Overwhelms the characters with a glorious beam of light that deals Mega almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons), Fear Manipulation (via Dragon Eye. a simailar ability to Beast eye, this skill grants user's team four blinking turn icons allowing them to perform any actions with the opponent forced to wait and unable to do anything until they use up their turns)

Standard Equipment

Nothing notable.

Notable Techniques

*Mediarahan: Restores all HP.

  • Agidyne: Massive fire damage.
  • Ziodyne: Massive electric damage.
  • Megido: Medium Almighty damage to all foes.
  • Megidolaon: Heavy Almighty damage to all foes.
  • Dekaja: Removes all buffs, all foes.
  • Rikaja: Removes all debuffs, all allies.
  • Maragidyne: Massive Fire damage (all enemies).
  • Bufudyne: Massive Ice damage (2-4 enemies).
  • Maziodyne: Massive Elec damage (all enemies).
  • Divine Wave: Heavy phys damage to one foe.
  • Inferno of God: Heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Hailstorm of God: Heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Lightning of God: Heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Tornado of God: Heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Mouth of God: May instantly kill one foe. Almighty-type.
  • Planned Chaos: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
  • Miracle: Drops all foes' HP to 1. Almighty-type.
  • Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
  • Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
  • Divine Harmony: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes.
  • Authoritative Stance: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.
  • Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
  • Holy Stigmata: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of Brand.

*Crush: Severe physical damage to one foe.

  • Rampage: 6-8 hits of medium physical damage to multiple foes.
  • Inferno of God: Heavy fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Hailstorm of God: Heavy ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Lightning of God: Heavy elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Tornado of God: Heavy force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Mouth of God: May instantly kill one foe. Almighty-type.
  • Black Hole: Forms a black hole that steals MP from all foes.
  • Supernova: Severe almighty damage to all foes.
  • Infinite Power: Fully buffs (+3) self and gains smirk.
  • Unending Curse: Fully debuffs (-3) all foes, chance of Mute.
  • Planned Chaos: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
  • Miracle: Drops all foes' HP to 1. Almighty-type.
  • Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
  • Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
  • Divine Harmony: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and other effects (smirk, charge, Doping) on all foes.
  • Authoritative Stance: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.
  • Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
  • Holy Stigmata: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of Brand.

    • First Form
    Race Level HP MP St Ma Vi Ag Lu Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak
    Light 85 20,000 7,000 30 34 29 18 15 - - Expel, Death, Ailments - -
    Skill Cost Effect
    Maragidyne 25 MP Heavy fire damage to all foes.
    Mabufudyne 25 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% freeze to all foes.
    Maziodyne 25 MP Heavy electric damage and 15% shock to all foes.
    Mazandyne 25 MP Heavy force damage to all foes.
    Megidola 37 MP Heavy almighty damage to all foes.
    Dekunda 10 MP Removes all debuffs from all allies.
    Dekaja 10 MP Removes all buffs from all foes.
    Phase Shift None Shifts Kagutsuchi phase forward by 2 instantly.
    Vast Light None Mega almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons. Only executable during full Kagutsuchi phase.
    Second Form
    Race Level HP MP St Ma Vi Ag Lu Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak
    Light 90 40,000 10,000 30 30 30 1 1 - - Expel, Death, Ailments - -
    Skill Cost Effect
    Maragidyne 25 MP Heavy fire damage to all foes.
    Mabufudyne 25 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% freeze to all foes.
    Maziodyne 25 MP Heavy electric damage and 15% shock to all foes.
    Mazandyne 25 MP Heavy force damage to all foes.
    Megidola 37 MP Heavy almighty damage to all foes.
    Dekunda 10 MP Removes all debuffs from all allies.
    Dragon Eye 1 MP Grants user's team four blinking turn icons. (Enemy-only)
    Infinite Light None Severe almighty damage to all foes. Undodgeable and costs 2 turn icons.

    *Energy Compression: Severe physical damage to one foe.

    • Singularity Brand: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of brand.
    • Singularity Hellfire: Severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
    • Singularity Hail: Severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
    • Singularity Lightning: Severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
    • Singularity Vortex: Severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
    • Calamity Code: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
    • Black Body Radiation: Drops all foes remaining HP by half. Almighty-type.
    • Smile Charge: Bestows the user with smirk. Cannot be used if the user has ailment(s).
    • Luster Candy: Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
    • Debilitate: Debuffs all foes' attack, defense and agility by 1 level.
    • Dekunda: Negates all stat debuffs from all allies.
    • Reboot Code: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes.

    *Energy Compression: Severe physical damage to one foe.

  • Convergence: 8 hits of heavy physical damage to multiple foes.
  • Singularity Brand: Heavy physical damage to one foe, chance of brand.
  • Singularity Hellfire: Severe fire damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Singularity Hail: Severe ice damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Singularity Lightning: Severe elec damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Singularity Vortex: Severe force damage to all foes, pierces resistances.
  • Calamity Code: Medium almighty damage with chance of charm/bind/panic to one foe.
  • Black Body Radiation: Drops all foes remaining HP by half. Almighty-type.
  • Black Hole: Steals MP from all foes.
  • Wave Function: Severe almighty damage to all foes.
  • Singularity Wave: Incredibly severe almighty damage to one foe.
  • Particle Annihilation: Fully debuffs (-3) all foes.
  • Pair Production: Fully buffs (+3) self and gains smirk.
  • Reboot Code: Removes all buffs, debuffs, and effects (smirk, charge, Doping) from all foes.
  • Crack Code: Removes 3 Press Turns at the start of the foe's next turn.

    • Other

    Standard Tactics: The Axiom has shown to never directly interfere himself, and rather creates Messiahs to stop the foes in question, regardless of what the Messiah does to the world, their mission will be completed.

    Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

    References

    1. ↑ Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?
      Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.
      Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.
      Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.
      Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?
      Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)
      Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.
      Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?
      Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.
    2. ↑ Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?
      Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.
      Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.
      Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.
      Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?
      Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)
      Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.
      Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?
      Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.
    3. ↑ Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?
      Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.
      Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.
      Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.
      Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?
      Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)
      Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.
      Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?
      Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.
    4. ↑ Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?
      Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.
      Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.
      Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.
      Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?
      Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)
      Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.
      Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?
      Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.
    5. ↑ Shioda: Is it correct to think that humanity was created by the Great Reason rather than by the gods?
      Yamai: In the beginning, I believe, pure humans were made as observers of the universe. Then, as time passed, gods and polytheism appeared as the result of their perception of the surrounding world.
      Miyata: Nozomi says at some point that it’s all right for people to be unsure, but in the underground it is believed that the gods are one of the answers hypothesised by humans. From her point of view, the gods are a symbol of the ideal imagined by humans and the perfect form envisioned by them as their target, their final point. Monotheism, on the other hand, only has one final target, but there are many ideals to pursue. This is tied to Nozomi’s lines above. It’s all right if there are bad guys and if there are good people, there will also be fickle ones. Nozomi’s credo is that everyone should choose their own destination.
      Yamai: Even when talking about the creation of the universe, I think the birth of the Great Reason is beyond our ideals. The universe we can observe stretches over 130 billion light years, but we don’t know how it managed to appear from nothing. Gods like Izanagi, who birthed out of his eyes and nose, were perhaps a symbol of a farming culture, but they had a power that surpassed the humans’ power of understanding and I dare say that in the case of the Great Reason too, if emotions were to arise, those emotions themselves would become gods. I’m talking about that kind of creation. For example, the wish to be worshipped gave birth to YHVH, or seeing the fights between humans signified the appearance of Lucifer. I think this is similar to the trends and movements born out of people’s shared consciousness nowadays. Let’s look at Japan’s concept of cuteness: if it spread throughout the whole world, maybe it would lead to the birth of a new god. I had this vague thought that the backbone of the Great Reason would begin like a pure baby who would pick up various emotions through touch, gradually learning about its surroundings.
      Shioda: So it’s something along the lines of a god born out of the collective unconscious which came from shared awareness?
      Yamai: That’s right, don’t you all just love it? (laughs)
      Miyata: I certainly think there is some sort of huge collective unconscious, but I never really thought it might be connected to the Great Reason. And speaking of shared awareness, the scale would be quite small depending on the surroundings; the Japanese would have their shared awareness, but it would be different from that of foreigners. For example, even if the Japanese saw themselves as without religion, they’d look Buddhist to foreigners. This kind of thing leads me to think that the Great Reason is not at the surface of shared awareness, but belongs instead to an extremely deep part of the origin.
      Shioda: I personally think that the term ‘bunrei’ [spirit divisions] often used to name gods in the story is extremely important in this game. The Great Reason is the origin. Does that make YHVH and all the other gods ‘bunrei’?
      Yamai: Yes, it does. I think we can explain the existence of ‘bunrei’ through polytheism resulted from human perception. In the Celtic world, the druids saw Dagda as the forefather of sorcerers, but this was different for the Norse people or the Germanic culture. The people of each civilisation would see things as it fit them, so we got Odin instead. ‘Bunrei’ are born like this, but then again, treating Dagda and Odin as identical is wrong. Their powers and responsibilities are different, so it’s better for them to be thought of as different entities. Let’s have a look at YHVH: when he was born, humans perhaps observed YHVH himself, but once the scriptures were written, Uriel would be the one to be noticed and maybe that’s why he made so many appearances in their pages. Uriel frequently appearing as YHVH’s messenger also kind of feels like an accessory that comes to the front in order to preserve YHVH’s solemnity. But that is the result of the perception of later people, so we can also say that Uriel is a part [bunrei] of YHVH.
    6. ↑ Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
    7. ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 5: Chapter 4, "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.
    8. ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 5: Chapter 2, "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."
    9. ↑ "Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7: Chapter 6,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!
    10. ↑ 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."
    11. ↑ 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."
    12. ↑ 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."
    13. ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7: Chapter 6, " 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. Swinging his sword, 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."
    14. ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2, Chapter 4 "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."
    15. ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 4: Chapter 5 " 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."

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