The Hero (Shin Megami Tensei)

“	Who dares attempt to pass this place! He who does not state his name shall not pass! Identify thyself! Thou sayest that thou art Kazuya? The one named Kazuya has dormant power. Kazuya... Beyond this door, both those chosen by God that follow the path of Law and Order, and those that rely on their own power that follow the path of competition and Chaos await you. Take care not to tip the balance between the two as you proceed...	„
	~ YHVH reaching out to The Hero in a dream sequence

Dream

“	...That's right. I still have much to do. This is no time for a rest. Thank you, child. Because of you, I am whole again.	„
	~ The Hero thanking Nanashi for reviving him

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I can't lose--there's still something I need to do!

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Yes, Stephen has restored us. All that's left is to find a way back to our respective universes.

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“	I must return to my own universe as well. I'm concerned about Tokyo, now that the ICBM fell... I still don't know which is the right path. Law, Chaos, or perhaps... Maybe there isn't a right path. But I need to learn what the people desire most. I don't know how long that will take, but I won't rest until I find the answer. Let's meet again.	„
	~ The Hero to Nanashi before returning to his own world

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE Soundtrack - New Battle Theme

“	Try not to feel too bad.	„
	~ The Law Hero to The Hero after witnessing his mother's death

Battle - PSX

Battle - Super Famicom

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The Shin Megami Tensei experience

Background

The Hero, also given the name of Kazuya or Futsuo in supplementary materials, is the main protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei I, and, like the others before and after him, is a silent character, whose personality within the game is determined strictly by the actions and decisions of the player themselves. Having started out as seemingly an ordinary high schooler living alone with his mother and dog, with no previous contact with the supernatural, his idyllic life was soon shattered after a meeting with a demon in a shopping mall, and a series of strange dreams and meetings, all of which prophesized that he would one day attain a power beyond his wildest imagination, and shape the entire world through his actions, causing him to discover about the ongoing infestation of demons occurring in Tokyo, and a chain of events that ultimately culminated in the destruction of the city by a barrage of nuclear missiles.

Unlike most of the series' main characters, however, the Hero is distinguished by the fact that he took a canonical stance within the conflict between Law and Chaos at the end of the game, ultimately choosing to reject both the order of God and the visceral freedom of Lucifer and carving his own path, in which both extremes would side in harmony, and humanity at large would hopefully live safe from the meddling of either side.

General Information

Name: "Hero," Kazuya, Futsuo, Sho.

Origin: Shin Megami Tensei

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown, though presumably in his late teens.

Classification: Devil Summoner, Messiah, Reincarnation of Adam.

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased (No matter the ending, The Hero unfortunately perishes at the hands of the Archangels through means of petrification before the events of SMT II, which was covered up as a cave-in accident. Interestingly enough, SMT IV Apocalypse seems to imply that he met his demise when the ICBM hit Tokyo, an ending shown in the Sega CD port of Shin Megami Tensei). Alive as of SMT If... and IV Apocalypse (In an alternate timeline, Thorman had suffered a heart attack thanks to the intervention of Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV retconning the event, thus the ICBM did not go off and The Hero is seen wandering in SMT If. In Apocalypse, Stephen had brought back The Hero thanks to Nanashi's Observation)

Alignment: Neutral Good (Canonically took the Neutral path in his adventure, in which he seeks to balance the forces of Law and Chaos to achieve a peaceful result so that both sides are equally satisfied and can decide their own fate. Helped in rebuilding society after the destruction of Tokyo)

Name: "Hero," Kazuya, Futsuo, Sho.

Origin: Shin Megami Tensei

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown, though presumably in his late teens.

Classification: Devil Summoner, Messiah, Reincarnation of Adam.

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased (No matter the ending, The Hero unfortunately perishes at the hands of the Archangels through means of petrification before the events of SMT II, which was covered up as a cave-in accident. Interestingly enough, SMT IV Apocalypse seems to imply that he met his demise when the ICBM hit Tokyo, an ending shown in the Sega CD port of Shin Megami Tensei). Alive as of SMT If... and IV Apocalypse (In an alternate timeline, Thorman had suffered a heart attack thanks to the intervention of Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV retconning the event, thus the ICBM did not go off and The Hero is seen wandering in SMT If. In Apocalypse, Stephen had brought back The Hero thanks to Nanashi's Observation)

Alignment: Neutral Good (Canonically took the Neutral path in his adventure, in which he seeks to balance the forces of Law and Chaos to achieve a peaceful result so that both sides are equally satisfied and can decide their own fate. Helped in rebuilding society after the destruction of Tokyo)

Codex Statistics

Key: Early Game | Mid Game | Late Game

Tier: Low 8-C physically. 2-C via Observation & Summoning, Higher via Willpower | 2-C, Far Higher via Observation & Willpower | 1-C, Far Higher via Observation & Willpower

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Small Building level (Can easily defeat normal thugs found in the streets, even at the earliest of levels, displaying a clear superiority in strength in comparison to regular humans. Able to destroy robots, such as mobile infantry units. Can harm fodder demons who wield bufu skills, who have access to Agi skills, which can vaporize humans, which gives these results. Along with access to Bufu skills, which can completely freeze opponents, giving these results). Universe level via Observation & Summoning (Defeated Thor early on in his adventure, who is described as the mightiest of the Norse gods and is superior to Loki, who can create and sustain his own universe Should be superior to Morax, who created and rules over his own realm and controlled the sector, being noted to be the energy source they were looking for, said energy source is noted to control the entire sector, and be linked to the sector like a magnet. Each sector is a space-time plane layered atop each other, being planes outside of the human worlds local space-time existing in a quantum tunnel, along with being noted as parallel universes and other dimensions overlapping being isolated in time and space by enormous power being connected by quantum tunnels), Higher via Willpower (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before) | Universe level (Trained within the Diamond Realm in a test of worthiness to determine if he can return back to the real world, allowing him to achieve the enormous strength that he has now. Capable of fighting and summoning demons much stronger than Thor. Can do battle with demons comparable in strength to that of Alice and Black Frost), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Simple Hierarchal Multiverse level (Wields the sword and armor of Masakado. Defeated Micahel and Asura, both of which are the leaders of YHVH’s and Lucifer’s armies respectively. Lucifer himself was worried about the hero’s increasing strength and took preparations to try to destroy him or get him to join his side. Killed Vishnu, the God of Hinduism. Defeated Beelzebub, who is one of the most powerful chaos demons and serves as Lucifer’s second in command. Which should put them above the likes of Ideo Hazama, who is in full control of The Expanse, with his power splitting The Expanse into different domains, and can control areas in The Expanse into different locations. Even while defeated, his mental world sustains The Expanse. The Expanse, is a realm that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, of which there are infinite universes), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower (Observation can be used to massively amplify one's stats, such as when the early game Shin Megami Tensei 1 protagonist was amplified to be able to fight with all the other end game protagonists and fight Stephen. With it's power being noted by Stephen to give humans the potential to exceed the Axiom) & Willpower (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before)

Durability: Small Building level (Able to survive hits from low tier Demons that have access to Bufu and Agi skills), Universe level via Observation (Fought and survived hits from Thor), Higher via Willpower | Universe level (Much more durable than before), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Simple Hierarchal Multiverse level (Can survive hits from the Archangels and Beelzebub), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Striking Strength: Small Building Class (Can physically strike down demons with no issues), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Universe Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Simple Hierarchal Multiverse Class (Can wield the sword and armor of Masakados), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Can utilize weapons wielded by mythical gods and demons that vastly tower over the average person) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Able to traverse through towns and entire cities within a short time frame) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman

Combat Speed: Extra-Temporal (Able to do battle with demons, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse) | Extra-Temporal | Extra-Temporal (Comparable to Demi-fiend, who can move in a void without time or space) | Extra-Temporal

Reaction Speed: Extra-Temporal (Can react to demons and evade their attacks) | Extra-Temporal | Extra-Temporal | Extra-Temporal

Stamina: Very High (Capable of fighting demons and traveling throughout Tokyo without requiring rest)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with swords, Hundreds of Meters with guns, Simple Hierarchal Multiversal with the Demon Summoning Program (Able to summon demons from the Expanse, a metaphysical realm that transcends time and can be used to travel throughout the multiverse). At least Meta Hierarchal Multiversal with Observation (Can affect beings such as YHVH through their observation. YHVH is the progenitor of all gods and all religions from all around the world, existing as the one true original god. Turned all other gods in the pantheon into demons. He is viewed as an omnipotent existence that created everything A single manifestation head is so far beyond all of creation that not even his creations blades can harm him. YHVH is a being who created infinite universes, and exists beyond the very boundaries of time within the multiverse. The multiverse is composed of information and data, further proven with Stephen having attacks that can code beings that the world, this would make SMT a mathematical multiverse falling under the level 4 multiverse, a multiverse where every possible mathematical structure and be described at some level, which would include any possible level of reality that can be conceived of using set theory. Which would include planes such as Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space, with it requiring a special ritual to enter, where even the Herald of Yatagarasu cannot put Raidou into this place, putting it beyond even The Expanse a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. The true form views the multiverse and his manifestation head are infinitesimal in size compared to him, and he exists as an incomprehensible transcendent being overseeing everything in his creation. His universe is a place beyond reality that is more vague and more infinite then anything the cast has seen before which includes areas such as the expanse and Akrana Corridor, and his single manifestation head. Along with this, humans observation has the potential to exceed The Axiom, who exists in a realm beyond every other realm prior)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Although he acts as the silent protagonist with not a lot of detail surrounding his character, he is shown to be an expert in the ways of combat and strategy as a means to fend off powerful demons and gods of myth who wield mystical and supernatural abilities with some having exceptional skills in battle such as Thor. His mastery over swordsmanship and firearms more than makes up for the fact that he cannot wield Magic. Thwarted Gotou, a military general and succeeded in toppling high-ranking members of both the Messian and Gaian cults. Shown to be a competent leader as he is able to negotiate and lead groups of demons to join his cause, along with coordinating their attacks when locked in combat. Capable of utilizing the COMP to its fullest capabilities of which Stephen noted how difficult it was for regular people to figure out. Founded the Valhalla district of Tokyo Millennium and worked to help it expand alongside Pascal-Cerberus and Madam. Assisted in reconstructing civilization after it was wiped out after the events of SMT. Helped out the other messiahs in defeating Stephen, whilst displaying his true potential throughout the entire fight, with Stephen noting how they have the potential to exceed the Axiom)

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Tier: 1-A, likely Higher. Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, likely Higher (Empowered by Nanashi's observation, reforming him back to his original self. Nanashi during this period has his powers lended to him by Stephen. Fought against a fully powered Stephen alongside the other Messiahs and managed to satisfy him after a long battle, proving to him that they had the potential to exceed The Axiom. Stephen gained a small glimpse of The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration, which would make him comparable to Matter Lucifer who transcended into a higher plane of existence beyond even YHVH). Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Durability: Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, likely Higher. Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Striking Strength: Meta Hierarchal Multiverse Class, likely Higher. Far Higher with Observation & Willpower

Lifting Strength: Superhuman

Travel Speed: Superhuman

Combat Speed: Extra-Temporal (Could tag Stephen, gained a small glimpse of The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration. The Axiom exists 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)

Reaction Speed: Extra-Temporal (Could react to attacks from Stephen)

Stamina: Very High

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with swords, Hundreds of Meters with guns, Simple Hierarchal Multiversal with the Demon Summoning Program (Able to summon demons from the Expanse, a metaphysical realm that transcends time and can be used to travel throughout the multiverse). At least Meta Hierarchal Multiversal with Observation (Can affect beings such as YHVH through their observation. YHVH is the progenitor of all gods and all religions from all around the world, existing as the one true original god. Turned all other gods in the pantheon into demons. He is viewed as an omnipotent existence that created everything A single manifestation head is so far beyond all of creation that not even his creations blades can harm him. YHVH is a being who created infinite universes, and exists beyond the very boundaries of time within the multiverse. The multiverse is composed of information and data, further proven with Stephen having attacks that can code beings that the world, this would make SMT a mathematical multiverse falling under the level 4 multiverse, a multiverse where every possible mathematical structure and be described at some level, which would include any possible level of reality that can be conceived of using set theory. Which would include planes such as Akarana Corridor a void that transcends time and space, with it requiring a special ritual to enter, where even the Herald of Yatagarasu cannot put Raidou into this place, putting it beyond even The Expanse a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. The true form views the multiverse and his manifestation head are infinitesimal in size compared to him, and he exists as an incomprehensible transcendent being overseeing everything in his creation. His universe is a place beyond reality that is more vague and more infinite then anything the cast has seen before which includes areas such as the expanse and Akrana Corridor, and his single manifestation head. Along with this, humans observation has the potential to exceed The Axiom, who exists in a realm beyond every other realm prior)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Although he acts as the silent protagonist with not a lot of detail surrounding his character, he is shown to be an expert in the ways of combat and strategy as a means to fend off powerful demons and gods of myth who wield mystical and supernatural abilities with some having exceptional skills in battle such as Thor. His mastery over swordsmanship and firearms more than makes up for the fact that he cannot wield Magic. Thwarted Gotou, a military general and succeeded in toppling high-ranking members of both the Messian and Gaian cults. Shown to be a competent leader as he is able to negotiate and lead groups of demons to join his cause, along with coordinating their attacks when locked in combat. Capable of utilizing the COMP to its fullest capabilities of which Stephen noted how difficult it was for regular people to figure out. Founded the Valhalla district of Tokyo Millennium and worked to help it expand alongside Pascal-Cerberus and Madam. Assisted in reconstructing civilization after it was wiped out after the events of SMT. Helped out the other messiahs in defeating Stephen, whilst displaying his true potential throughout the entire fight, with Stephen noting how they have the potential to exceed the Axiom)

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Powers and Abilities

As a Messiah, he is a user of Type 3 Observation, granting him the following: Observation (Varies between Unconcious Manifestation & Concious Manifestation; Observation users consciously and unconsciously change truths around them creating Gods and demons from myths and rumors), Negation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms. Nanashi and his party's denial of YHVH cast him into a demonic form. Gods and demons exist within a human's observation. Demons that also exist beyond death can be killed by observation users), Negation of Personal Nonexistence (Ayin Physiology; Can kill The White and demons, who naturally exist within the expanse, which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse, a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual, which demons naturally exist in. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, which is a vast, white space), Negation of Incorporeality (Can harm and kill demons, who are beings made of data, that exist in a virtual world, along with being pure information. With even the most basic of objects in the verse existing as data), Negation of Abstract Existence (Type 1; Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in), Negation of Acausality (Type 5; Can harm and kill demons, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Negation of Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, can harm demons with regular guns and swords, even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry), Negation of Immortality (Ageless, Regenerative Immortality, Life and Death Immunity & Reliance [On Concept]) & Regeneration (True-Godly; It is noted by Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other. Permanently killed YHVH. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate. This allows demons to die and come back in a short timeframe due to their continuous existence from The Axiom and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, The Axiom would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back.), Negation of Dimensionless Existence (Beyond-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Negation of Omnipresence (Observation can reduce one into a singular being, when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality), Negation of Omniscience (Humanity's observation of YHVH defies his words and truths, YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world), Irreversible Damage (Nyarlathotep used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic), Existence Grounding (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms), Power Bestowal (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them. Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers), Power Nullification (Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities), Reality Warping (Stephen stated that humans have the power to shape the world. Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality, with their strong wills being able to change reality), Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer), Truth Manipulation (Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth. Observation debased YHVH's truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline), Perspective Manipulation (The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as), Statistics Amplification & Resurrection (Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers. Isamu was able to survive a hit from Thor despite being a regular human), Statistics Reduction (Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. One's will and beliefs can lower even a nonexistent entity's (such as The White) stats. Gods powers can be greatly reduced if they're forgotten. Observation allowed Aleph and his party to harm YHVH who stated as they were his creations, there blades cannot harm him, yet they were able to), Resistance to Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline)

With their Willpower, they get: Sheer Will (Naturally users of willpower tend to have some of the strongest willpower in their respective universes), Statistics Amplification (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before), Regeneration (True-Godly. Characters that get completely erased by demons to the point that everything returns to nothing (otherwise known as returning to The Axiom) but with enough willpower one can regenerate back to life), Resurrection (Everyone praying for Raidou bolstered his willpower up, allowing him to ressurect and regenerate part of his body), Resistance to Pain (Users with high willpower can fight through pain that's so unbearable that it makes one unable to move, constantly take damage and being unable to control their demons well), Memory Manipulation (Noted by Polaris that all of the memories and relationships of the Devil Survivor 2 cast will be completely erased if they choose to restore the world, requiring a strong willpower to retain them), Empathic Manipulation (Humanity's willpower allows them to ignore the voice of God, with Zelenin needing to sing a stronger sword to wipe their willpower away), Truth Manipulation (Users with huge willpower can ignore the truths created by YHVH due to the bonds with their friends)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery (Is highly skilled in the use of firearms and swordsmanship), Observation (Type 3; As a messiah, he wields the power to change reality around him and affect beings such as YHVH due to his connection with The Axiom), Accelerated Development (Leveling, Other; Physical Stats & 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), Extrasensory Perception (Capable of seeing Demons, who are naturally invisible to the human eye), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with demons which are abstract, nonexistent beings that reside from the Expanse, a plane of existence that transcends time), Damage Boost (Can land critical hits), Mind Manipulation, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Conceptual Manipulation, Existence Erasure (Type 4), Data Manipulation, and Information Manipulation (Can completely erase demons, attacks in the Megami Tensei verse erase one from existence, with their body, mind, and soul, this would include a demon's Magatsuhi, which is born from the suffering of emotions, such as suffering, anxiety, sadness, and an enmorous amount that exist in the Amala Network, a network which has a place of information and all of one's emotions transferred into Magatsuhi, along with this, melting and liquefying demons and it's been shown humans can be erased too from attacks), Can affect an Omnipresent Conscious (Should be comparable to Demi-fiend, who can harm Kagutsuchi, who exist throughout all of Time and Space and the infinite universes that exist within the Amala universe. Should be comparable to the messiah of the future, who are able to destroy YHVH's true form), Social Influencing (Like most SMT protagonists, The Hero is able to convince demons to join his cause and fight by his side at all times), Summoning (Has an arm terminal that accesses them to the demon summoning program, allowing them to communicate, recruit, and summon demons), Information Analysis & Data Manipulation (The COMP was created as a program designed to capture and analyze data, and record the data into the computer's memory so a user may summon a demon whenever), Sealing (Can suck demons into their arm terminal), Save and Load (Can record his progress either by Terminals or going straight to Stephen; taking note to not let any demons possess his body as he "sleeps"), Fate Manipulation, Immortality (Type 4 & 8), and Divine Protection (Chosen by The Axiom to be their messiah, 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 have fallen in battle, survive events that would have lead to their demise, and unite with individuals that would further progress their journey. Messiahs such as the Demi-fiend were written to succeed against the Moirae Sisters, who has full control over Fate, proving to Hikawa that he was the deus ex machina spoken of in the prophecy, Scripture Of Miroku. All people when they die are sent to The Axiom to reincarnate back, some become demons in these cases), Absorption, Summoning, Statistics Amplification, and Wish Granting (Should be capable of absorbing Magatsuhi, which can be used to grant wishes, amplify one's own strength dramatically, and summon Gods to support their own reason), Sheer Will (As a messiah, he naturally possesses an immense amount of courage to pass through obstacles without shedding much tear, such as when he witnessed his own Mother's death or when he is forced to kill all of his friends to secure the path he envisions. Capable of defying even YHVH's divine will, requiring a tremendous amount of willpower to overcome his salvation and truths), Immersion (Humans are capable of entering the Amala Network, an entire network), Empathic Manipulation & Status Effect Inducement (Via Sexy Dance. Capable of inducing the "Charm" status effect to enemies, which will stop them from attacking The Hero), Damage Boost (via Critical Strike. Inflicts critical damage to 1 enemy), Paralysis Inducement (via Shibaboo. Inflicts the "Bind" ailment to 1-3 foes), Resistance Manipulation (via Lightspeed Slash. Deals Medium physical damage to one foe, which pierces their resistances and weakens one random resistance), Statistics Reduction (via Crescent Slice. 2 hits of medium physical damage to one foe, debuffs their agility by 2 levels), Statistics Amplification (via Charge, Morale Boost, and High Phys Pleroma. Multiplies user's next physical or gun damage by 2.5. Buffs party's attack, defense, and agility by 1 level. Boost physical attacks by 50%)

'Resistance: Mind Manipulation, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Conceptual Manipulation, Existence Erasure (Type 4), Data Manipulation, and Information Manipulation (Capable of surviving hits from Demons, who are capable of utilizing conceptual attacks that erases the mind & soul that additionally affects data), Fate Manipulation (As a Messiah, he should be comparable to Demi-fiend, who was unaffected by having his fate controlled and cut during his battle with the Moirae Sisters), Physical/Gun attacks, Nulls Light Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Status Effect Inducement ('Poison, Panic, Sleep, Paralysis, Sick, Charm, Sealing/Power Nullification (Nulls the Mute status ailment, which seals away your abilities))

Healing & Restoration (via Medicine, which restores some of one ally's HP. Ox Bezoar restores 100 HP to one ally. Muscle Drink restores a lot of HP, which may have side effects. Life Stone restores 25% of one ally's HP. Bead completely restores one ally's HP. Hiranya restores one ally's HP and MP. Soma completely restores one ally's HP and MP. Magic Bottle restores 5 MP to all allies. Fortune Slip randomly increases or decreases HP and MP), Purification (Dis-Poison cures poison from one ally. Dis-Stun cures the Paralyzed status for one ally. Dis-Stone restores one ally from Petrified status), Resurrection (Jin Dan revives one ally from a Dying state but has a 1 in 64 chance of failure. Balm of Life revives one ally from Death or Dying, with a 1 in 128 chance of failure. Buddha Icon revives Chaos-aligned characters when at 0 HP. Rosario revives Law-aligned character when at 0 HP and blocks Energy Drain), Power Nullification (Amulet negates all damage-causing spaces on the current floor. Core Shield negates all damage zones until the next full moon), BFR (Sealing Bell prevents lower-level enemies from appearing. Indulgence causes all non-boss enemies to leave), Fire Manipulation (via Molotov, uses a fire-based attack on one enemy. Agilao Stone is a stone with the power of Agilao within it, a medium fire attack. Maragi stone is a stone with the power of Maragi within it, a light fire attack that targets all foes), Air Manipulation (via Hand Grenade, uses a force-based attack on one enemy. Stinger uses a force-based attack on one enemy. Dragon ATM uses a powerful force-based attack on a group of enemies), Electricity Manipulation (via Zionga stone, a stone with the power of Zionga within it, a medium electric attack. Mazio stone is a stone with the power of Mazio within it, a light electric attack that targets all foes), Ice Manipulation (via Mabufu Stone, a stone with the power of Mabufu within it, a light ice attack that targets all foes), Light Manipulation & One Hit Kill (via Holy Water, eliminates multiple enemies with the power of Hama, a light-based skill that has a low chance of an insta kill. Soul Returns eliminates multiple enemies with the power of Hama. Segaki Rice eliminates 2 enemies with the power of Hama), Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (via Holy Shafts, which strongly damages a group of enemies with non-elemental damage. Almighty damage is done to all foes by producing a large explosion. Modes such as Berserk Mode from Digital Devil Saga 2 gives all of their attacks almighty effect, where it bypasses all resistances.Almighty skills bypasses all barriers and reflectors, invulnerability, and resistances, as putting up barriers to reflect, void, resist, etcetera do not affect almighty attacks. Almighty attacks can even work in and affect reason bearers, who can change the very laws of battle to make attacks not allowed in reality which if they are done then the character is sent straight to hell, showing almighty attacks are beyond even the laws of the universe), Status Effect Inducement & Empathic Manipulation (via Charm), Poison Manipulation (via Poison Arrow and Darts), Death Manipulation (via Curse Needle, which casts death on many enemies. Kodoku Plate casts Death on 2 enemies), Attack Reflection (Pentagram reflects a single magical attack), Smoke Manipulation (via Smoke Bomb, creates a smoke screen that allows you to escape), Limited Invulnerability (Talisman will block Death once), Statistics Amplification & Healing (St, In, Ma, Vi, Ag, Lu Incense completely restores HP and raises Strength, Intelligence, Magic, Vitality, Agility, and Luck by 1), Sealing (via Glancing Pot, seals away one enemy demon), Sleep Manipulation (via Nerve Shells), Curse Manipulation (via Curse Shells), Empathic Manipulation (via Magic Bullet, which induces Charm. Happy shot induces Happy), Petrification (via Medusa Bullet, which induces Stone), Sealing/Power Nullification (via Sealing Shot, which seals away a foes ability to use magic), Paralysis Inducement (via Bind Shells, which induces Bind) Since The Hero wears the armor of Masakado, he should therefore inherit his affinities granting him Invulnerability to Physical Attacks, Fire, Ice, Electricity, Force, Light, Dark, Status Effect Inducement (Poison, Mirage, Panic, Sleep, Paralysis, Sick, Charm, Sealing/Power Nullification, Stone, Rage)

All of his summons have Demon Physiology, granting them:

Standard Demon Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Demons can casually rip out a man's throat. They can also casually eat fully grown humans), Sheer Will (Demons are able to survive and withstand attacks that should kill them), Immortality (Ageless; Demons are the descendants of the gods of old. Who are able to do battle for an eternity. Regenerative Immortality; Ouroboros the embodiment of infinity notes that unlike humans who are finite, demons have infinite and endless powers, allowing them to resurrect back infinitely no matter when due to not being made of finite matter. Undead; Many demons tend to be undead beings and humans that die and become ghost become demons. Reliant on Concept; All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Reliant on Reincarnation Cycle; Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate), Abstract Existence (Type 1; Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in), Dimensionless Existence (Type 2; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Personal Nonexistence (Ayin Physioloy; The home of the demons is the expanse, which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse, a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual, which demons naturally exist in. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, which is a vast, white space), Incorporeality (Demons are beings made of data, that exist in a virtual world, along with being pure information. With even the most basic of objects in the verse existing as data. Even if a demon's physical form is lost, their residual MAG can still remain, allowing one to infuse them within one's weapons or objects), Nondualism (Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all togehter, oneness), Regeneration (True-Godly. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence. Along with this, all demons that die return to The Axiom and reincarnate. This allows demons to die and come back in a short timeframe due to their continuous existence from The Axiom and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, The Axiom would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back), Acausality (Type 5; Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Paradox Existence (Out of Universe and In the Universe; Demons are a race of entities and are at the same time the same entity sharing all one collective hive mind of memories, species will note if they've been captured before even if they're being fought in an area one's never been to or were fused prior, demons such as Forneus and Decarabia talk about an event that happened in Nocturne where Forneus was late to a meeting due to his death from Demi-fiend), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance, Nutritional Self-Sustenance, & Restful Self-Sustenance; Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.), 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), Berserk Mode (Demons enter a state of pure rage and berserk mode during the full moon, being completely irrational and unable to be negotiated with), Precognition (Destiny Perception; 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.), Corrosion Inducement (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.), 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), Hell Manipulation (Demons naturally use evil powers from hell), Sealing (Gods and Demons cannot kill each other, thus resulting in them needing to seal each other), Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Noted by a soul that demons can eat souls), Empathic Manipulation (Women cannot resist the allure of demons, even if they despised a demon normally, they'd fall mdaly in love with them if they had sex with a demon even once), Size Manipulation & Statistics Amplification (Demons can grow in size to grow strong enough to fight Messiahs), Technology Manipulation (Demons can stop technology from working with their evil powers), 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 (Can absorb and consume mangetite, which is an information construct. 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. 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 ("Real" Illusions) & Perception Manipulation (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), Velocity Manipulation (When attacks are nullified or avoided, the enemy will forcibly forfeit their turn to move, allowing one to attack sooner, this extends further with absorbing attacks completely ending an opponents turn regardless of how fast they are), Teleportation (Demons are capable of teleporting around usually through manipulating their own Magutushi or Magnetite), Telepathy (Demons are able to speak telepathically to others. 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. Demons have the innate ability to absorb the air and earth into their bodies), 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), Consumption (Demons can consume and devour their enemies to gain power in battle), 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. Demons have shown to heal wounds they create and "seal them away"), Telekinesis (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains), Erasure (Existence Erasure, Conceptual Erasure, & Data Erasure; Demons can kill humans, which in the process erases said beings from memory and existence), Pierce Resistance (Pierce Immunity; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.), 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), Forcefield Negation (Demons can destroy barriers made to block out humans from entry), Limited Resistance to Observation (Demons to an extent can resist some humans abilities of observation as shown with them being immune to conventional weaponry and higher-dimensional demons not being able to be percieved by some observation users), Resistance to Extreme Colds (Demons are unaffected by cold temperatures, even while harboring the body of a human), Cosmic Radiations, Biological Manipulation, & Gravity Manipulation (Demons can naturally exist and breathe within the vacuum of space without any adverse effects done to them.), 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) Powerful Demon Abilities: Power Bestowal (Demons can grant others their powers and strength), Reality Warping, Space-Time Manipulation & Creation (All powerful and god level demons sustain a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon that is sustained by said demon and destroyed upon their death. Demons such as Morax have created and ruled over their own realms within the Schwarzwelt, and controlled their own sectors, being noted to be the energy source the Strange Journey team were looking for, said energy source is noted to control the entire sector, and be linked to the sector like a magnet. Each sector is a space-time plane layered atop each other, being planes outside of the human worlds local space-time existing in a quantum tunnel, along with being noted as parallel universes and other dimensions overlapping being isolated in time and space by enormous power being connected by quantum tunnels. Demons such as Set with enough Magnetite gathered can merge entire worlds.), Immortality (Life and Death Immunity; Higher tiered demons exist beyond death itself), Sheer Will, Resurrection, & Transformation (Permanent 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 Level Demon Abilities: Higher-Dimensional Existence (God Tier demons are higher dimensional beings that cannot be perceived by lower one's Burroughs, requiring them to come down into the lower dimensions for the character to perceive 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 3; The strongest and highest level demons can survive Kagutsuchi's light, which can wipe one from existence)

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Equipment

• COMP: A COMP is a portable computer which many characters have used in order to communicate with, transport, and summon demonic entities using the Demon Summoning Program. It comes with a list of other features such as automapping and auto-recovery.

Items

Item Effect Medicine Restores some of one ally's HP Ox Bezoar Restores 100 HP to one ally Muscle Drink Restores a lot of HP. May have side effects. Life Stone Restores 25% of one ally's HP Bead Completely restores one ally's HP Hiranya Restores one ally's HP and MP Dis-Poison Cures Poison from one ally Dis-Stun Cures the Paralyzed status for one ally Dis-Stone Restores one ally from Petrified status Soma Completely restores one ally's HP and MP Jin Dan Revives one ally from a Dying state, but has a 1 in 64 chance of failure Balm of Life Revives one ally from Death or Dying, with a 1 in 128 chance of failure Magic Bottle Restores 5 MP to all allies Buddha Icon Chaos-aligned characters will be revived when at 0 HP Rosario A law-aligned character blocks Energy Drain and is revived when at 0 HP Amulet Negates all damage-causing spaces on the current floor Sealing Bell Prevents lower-level enemies from appearing Core Shield Negates all damage zones until the next full moon Fortune Slip Randomly increases or decreases HP and MP Item Effect Molotov Uses a fire-based attack on one enemy Hand Grenade Uses a force-based attack on one enemy Stinger Uses a force-based attack on a group of enemies Dragon ATM Uses a powerful force-based attack on a group of enemies Toxic Bottle Poisons one enemy Agilao Stone A stone with the power of Agilao within it Maragi Stone A stone with the power of Maragi within it Zionga Stone A stone with the power of Zionga within it Mazio Stone A stone with the power of Mazio within it Mabufu Stone A stone with the power of Mabufu within it Holy Water Eliminates multiple enemies with the power of Hama Soul Return Eliminates many enemies with the power of Hama Holy Shafts Strongly damages a group of enemies with non-elemental damage Hell Orb Damages one enemy Charm Charms one enemy Poison Arrow Poisons one enemy Curse Needle Casts Death on many enemies Angel Hair Law-aligned characters fully recover. All others are damaged Asura's Palm Chaos-aligned characters fully recover. All others are damaged Pentagram Reflects a single magical attack Segaki Rice Eliminates 2 enemies with the power of Hama Kodoku Plate Casts Death on 2 enemies Smoke Bomb Creates a smoke screen that allows you to escape Amida Beads Chaos-aligned human characters can avoid having energy drained Talisman Will block Death once Indulgence Causes all non-boss enemies to leave Incense can only be used on humans. Item Effect St Incense Completely restores HP and raises Strength by 1 In Incense Completely restores HP and raises Intelligence by 1 Ma Incense Completely restores HP and raises Magic by 1 Vi Incense Completely restores HP and raises Vitality by 1 Ag Incense Completely restores HP and raises Agility by 1 Lu Incense Completely restores HP and raises Luck by 1 Item Effect Scroll Decoy item initially offered in the Antique Store; unobtainable Ink Wash Decoy item initially offered in the Antique Store; unobtainable Toro Decoy item initially offered in the Antique Store; unobtainable Gold Buddha Decoy item initially offered in the Antique Store; unobtainable Glancing Pot Seals away one enemy demon (used to seal Tyrant Belial) Surt's Claw Used to create the Devil Ring, given by Tyrant Surt Astaroth's Wings Used to create the Devil Ring, given by Tyrant Astaroth Arioch's Fang Used to create the Devil Ring, given by Tyrant Arioch Devil Ring Ring with the power of Devils; Required to advance past a certain point the Cathedral (Chaos route) obtained by bringing the components to a certain NPC Angel Ring Ring with the power of Angels; Required to advance past a certain point in the Cathedral (Law route) obtained by bringing its components (Uriel, Gabriel, and Raphael) to a certain NPC Item Use ID Card Allows entry into the Echo Building Matchbook Allows entry into the Resistance Headquarters Fake ID Card Allows entry to Gotou's Headquarters and the American Embassy Memory Board Allows Stephen to upgrade the protagonist's Demon Summoning Program to hold 10 and 12 Demons Gate Orb Used to enter the Four Heavenly Kings' mansions, and to recover Masakado's armor (Neutral only) Golden Apple Used to return Cerberus to his senses *, allows access to Tokyo Destinyland Octo Flute Used to call an Octopus for transportation, to travel over water (Law and Neutral) Turtle Bell Used to call a Turtle for transportation, to travel over water (Chaos and Neutral) Belial Pot Bottle containing Tyrant Belial. Used in Sword fusion to create the Karyuken. Used in the "A-Mode DDS" Option of the GBA and iOS versions to view extra scenes. Transcripts (fan-translated) of each item's scene are available here. Item Scene Obtained Bloody Apron Shows a scene from the protagonist's mother's death Defeat Jaki Amanojaku Gnawed Ball Shows a scene from when the protagonist first obtained Pascal Treasure chest in Pascal's location after recruiting him Kikyo Amulet Shows a scene from when Douman was first summoned through the Terminal Defeat Meta Douman Goki Claw Shows a scene from when En no Ozuno first met Zenki and Goki Defeat Zenki and Goki Cloudy Shaker Shows a scene from when the Heroine became the Resistance Leader Room 1 square south of the resistance bar in Shinjuku after the Great Cataclysm Balisong Shows scenes from what happened to Ozawa after the Great Cataclysm Defeat Kishin Minakata Black Mask Shows a scene from when the Soul Diver was captured by Ozawa Room 3 squares west of the Soul Diver after freeing him Jade Ring Shows a scene from when Law Hero's Girlfriend was 'revived' by the Red Count Use a Balm of Life on Law Hero's Girlfriend in Roppongi Chipped Cup Shows a scene of the Law Hero and his Girlfriend from before the Great Cataclysm Room 2 squares East of Law Hero's Girlfriend if she is saved before he leaves the party Ginger Doll Shows a scene of Count Red and Alice Seal Tyrant Belial Candleabrum Shows a scene of Count Black and Alice Defeat Fallen Nebiros Yama's Book Shows a scene of Yama ruminating on his judging of people Received from the Chaos Hero after defeating Tenma Yama Idol Shard Shows a scene from when the Chaos Hero received his female partner, Rie 1 square east of the Gaean Shrine in Ueno after encountering the Chaos Hero at Tokyo Destinyland's entrance Dog Collar Shows what happened to Pascal-Cerberus after the Great Cataclysm Return Pascal-Cerberus to his senses and then defeat Echidna Script Shows a broadcast of "Good Morning Messiah". Tokyo Tower 30F while Law-aligned Kuyo Netsuke Shows a scene of Taira no Masakado in the 10th century Tokyo Tower 45F after meeting Masakado Megaphone Government Office 48F while Chaos-aligned Silver Cup Basilica 3F while Law-aligned Broken Specs Basilica B4 while Chaos-aligned Black Moon Shows a scene how Yuriko became Chaos Hero's partner Defeat Lilith on the Neutral route Lily Bouquet Defeat Lilith on the Law route Snake Charm Shows a scene how Yuriko became the Hero's "Eternal Partner" Kichijoji Cafe (NG+, obtained Law or Neutral ending) Mossy Jizo Shows a scene of Douman after his exile in the 10th century Defeat Meta Douman (NG+) SDF Unit Pin Shows what happened to Gotou after he discovered The Expanse Defeat Meta Gotou (NG+) US Flag Defeat Deity Thor (NG+) Vajragarbha Diamond Realm, near the Blue Phantom (NG+) Girl's Cameo Heroine's Psyche, most Southwestern room (NG+) Red Headband Southwest Roppongi 2F (NG+) Skull Flag Defeat Tenma Yama (NG+, obtained Chaos ending) Child's Book Shinagawa 1F (NG+, obtained Law ending) Secret Rules Ichigaya B1 (NG+, obtained Law ending) Daodejing Shows a scene of Taishang Laojun explaining why humanity must preserve neutrality Basilica B1 while Neutral-aligned (NG+) Ebon Book Basilica B1 while Chaos-aligned (NG+)

Weapons

Cursed weapons are noted with † Weapon Attack Accuracy NOH Sex Alignment Bonus Dropped by Attack Knife 6 1 1 Both All - Hoodlum Machete 7 2 1 Both All - Obattarion Tonfa 6 2 2 Male All - Preta Spiked Rod 8 5 1 Male All - Weredog Fake Sword 9 0 1 Both All - Lady Zombie Nameless 13 7 1 Male All - Suicide Unit Scorpion 10 5 3-5 Female All - Heroine's Initial Liuyedao 16 8 1 Male All - - Warhammer 18 3 1 Male All - Goblin Sanjiegun 12 15 1-3 Male All - Azumi, Orc Bizen Blade 17 8 1 Female All - Harpy Athame 22 15 1 Female All - Dryad Tomoe Sword 24 17 2 Female All - Apsaras Chainsaw 25 2 1 Male All - Bogle Gladius 29 0 1-2 Male All - Spartoi Meito Kotetsu 32 7 1 Male All - Gotou Crescent 30 20 1-3 Both Neutral - Gift from En no Ozuno Light Sword 35 30 1 Both Law - Red Phantom Headsman Ax 40 0 1 Male Chaos - Blue Phantom Blaze Whip 25 20 2-8 Female All - Rusalka Osafune 35 10 1-3 Both All - Minakata Storm Whip 37 15 3-6 Female All - Oni Jorou Kusanagi 40 10 All Both All In +1 Shinagawa 2F Cursed Lance † 50 0 0-2 Male All - Orobas Kamudo Sword 55 5 1 Male Neutral - Momunofu Plasma Sword 41 20 2-4 Male Law - Holy Knight Brionac 60 20 1 Female All - Lamia Vajra 75 3 1 Male Chaos - Purski Kuchinawa 58 8 3-6 Both All St +1 Raja Naga Sonic Blade 44 5 0-8 Male All St +1 Sawo Bhaku Higyo Sanko 87 5 1 Male All Ma +2 Taraka Claim Solais 98 10 1 Both All - Backbeard 7-Star Sword 77 30 1-2 Male All In +1 Isora Kikusui 88 15 1 Female All Lu +1 Wyrm Nihil Sword † 120 0 1 Both All - Manticore Truth 80 15 2 Male Law St +2 Turdak Futsu Sword 80 3 1-3 Both All In +1 Sword fusion Gae Bolg 90 40 1-2 Female All Ma +2 Wyvern Deathbringer 90 15 1-3 Male Chaos - Ose Headhunter † 120 25 0-1 Both All - Nataku Cat-o-9Tails 78 20 2-8 Female Neutral - Marchosias Spirit Sword 98 30 1 Both All - Yaksa, Rakshasa Ameno Nuhoko 100 2 2 Female Law St +2 Tengu Yatsuka 115 5 1 Both All - Basilisk Muramasa † 130 0 0-8 Female All St +2 Mishaguji Valhalla 130 16 1 Female Chaos - Samael Dynast Sword 135 3 1 Male All Ma +2 Abaddon Meifu Hazuki 155 10 1 Male Neutral St +2 Vritra Luna Blade 140 5 2 Female All In +3 Fenrir Majousen 120 3 0-8 Female All Ma +3 Hanuman Lotus Wand 130 10 3-5 Both All St +3 Oberon Longinus 165 20 1 Both All In +3 Fafnir Sol Blade 160 40 1-2 Female All In +3 Flauros Murakumo 180 0 1 Both All - Sword fusion Fujinken 155 5 2-4 Both All - Sword fusion Raijinken 170 3 1-3 Male All - Sword fusion Karyuken 185 2 2 Female All - Sword fusion Mitsurugi 190 8 1-3 Male Law - Cathedral 3F Kurikara 190 15 1-3 Male Chaos - Cathedral B3F Masakado 195 10 1-3 Male Neutral - Masakado Kagutsuchi 200 20 2-4 Both All All +1 Sword fusion Angel Trumpet 208 23 0-8 Both Law St +3 Pale Rider Death Scythe 215 10 0-8 Both All St +3 High Priest Stradivari 255 0 0-8 Both All Ma +3 David Gun Attack Accuracy Target NOH Sex Alignment New Nambu 18 8 Single 1 Both All Beretta 92F 22 15 Single 1 Both All MP5 SMG 34 3 Group 3-6 Both All M16 Rifle 43 5 Group 2-8 Male All SPAS-12 55 8 Group 2-4 Both All M249 Minimi 68 10 Group 2-8 Male All M2 Browning 72 0 Group 0-8 Male All Pauza P50 110 25 Single 1 Male All Kirai Cannon 80 10 Group 2-8 Both All Golden Gun 95 30 Group 3-6 Both All Gigasmasher 100 8 Group 0-8 Male All Kunitomo Gun 110 40 Group 3-5 Both All Patriot Gun 120 40 Group 3-5 Both All M134 Minigun 125 0 Group All Both All Rail Gun 150 35 Group 3-8 Both All Megido Fire 160 30 Group All Both Law Peacemaker 170 5 Group 0-8 Both Chaos Bullet Attack Sex Alignment Ailment Normal Shells 2 Both All - Shot Shells 10 Both All - Poison Darts 8 Both All Poison Nerve Shells 15 Both All Sleep Curse Shells 20 Both All Curse Holy Shells 9 Both All - Silver Shell 16 Both All - Uranium Slug 25 Both All - Pu-238 Slug 30 Both All - Magic Bullet 17 Both All Charm Medusa Shells 28 Both All Stone Sealing Shot 25 Both All Close Blind Shells 30 Both All Bind Happy Shot 35 Both All Happy Light Shells 40 Both Law - Dark Shells 40 Both Chaos -

Armor

Note: Affinities reduce damage as follows, as per the Armor Shop's Help listing: Normal: No reduction Fire: Fire/Charge -50%, Ice/Force/Dex -30% Fire2: Fire/Needle -50%, Ice/Force/Dex/Charge -30% Elec: Elec -50%, Ice/Death/Mind/Bind/Charge -30% ElecFire: Elec/Fire -50%, Ice/Charge/Dex -30% Drn Elec: Absorbs Elec, Ice/Charge/Dex -30% Ice: Ice -50%, Elec/Charge/Dex -30% Ice2: Ice -50%, Elec/Charge/Dex/Needle -30% Force: Gun/Force/Charge/Dex/Needle -50%, Ice/Elec -30% Heat Res: Fire/Ice -50%, Elec/Charge/Dex -30% Holy: Blocks Nerve/Death, Needle -50%, Ice/Elec/Charge/Dex -30% Psyche: Nerve/Death/Mind/Bind -50%, Ice/Elec/Charge/Dex -30% All: Not Listed (All Elements -30%) Magic damage is also reduced as Defense increases; weak armor with good affinities may not reduce magic damage more than strong armor with Normal affinity. Helm Defense Evade Sex Alignment Bonus Affinity Headgear 3 0 Male All - Normal Full Helm 4 0 Male All - Normal Fritz Helm 6 0 Male All - Normal Metal Crown 6 3 Female All In +1 Normal Dullahan Helm 8 1 Male All Vi +1 Normal Triangle Hat 8 4 Female All In +2 Psyche Dark Crown 10 3 Male All Vi +2 Psyche Ogre Helm 10 5 Female All St +2 Fire2 Elemental Plume 12 4 Female All Ma +2 Holy Dragon Helm 14 6 Male All St +2 Fire2 Crimson Helm 15 5 Female All Ma +2 Normal Wisdom Ring 16 9 Both All In +2 Psyche Masquerade 13 4 Both Law In +1, Ma +1 Normal Kinko 18 0 Both Chaos St +1, Vi +1 Force Hermes Helm 22 2 Both All Ag +1, Lu +1 Normal Panzer Helm 24 6 Female All In +2 All Jagd Helm 25 7 Male All In +2 All Sturm Helm 27 7 Female All In +2 Ice2 Jesus Helm 22 9 Male Law In +3 Fire Tenma Helm 24 10 Male Chaos In +3 Ice Masakado 23 12 Male Neutral In +3 Force Wizard Mask † 29 27 Both Law Ma +3 Ice2 Moon Band † 26 30 Both Chaos Vi +3 Drn Elec Suwa Hossyou † 30 26 Both Neutral St +3 Elec Armor Defense Evade Sex Alignment Bonus Affinity Hunting Vest 6 2 Male All - Normal Ceramic Vest 8 0 Male All - Normal Fire Guard 13 0 Male All - Fire Ageha Dress 13 14 Female All Ag +2 Heat Res Thunder Vest 14 3 Male All - Elec High Cut Armor 15 5 Female All - Normal Italian Gear 17 6 Male All Lu +1 Normal Tetra Jammer 20 9 Both All In +1 Holy Dynast Armor 25 8 Male Chaos Vi +2 All Cleric Robes 12 12 Both Law All +2 Drn Elec * Dragon Mail 30 15 Male All In +2 ElecFire Crimson Gear 32 5 Female All Ma +2 Holy Ebon Armor 35 15 Male All Lu +2 Fire Power Armor 20 20 Both All All +2 Normal Devil Corset 38 10 Female All Ag +2 Magic Armor 40 17 Male All Vi +2 Ice Panzer Suit 46 14 Female All St +1 All Jagd Armor 50 12 Male All St +2 All Sturm Suit 56 16 Female All St +2 All Earth Mail 65 15 Both All Lu +2 Heat Res Agama Suit 66 15 Both All In +1, Ma +3 Psyche Jesus Armor 75 20 Male Law St +3 Holy Tenma Armor 79 18 Male Chaos St +3, Ag +1 ElecFire Masakado 86 25 Male Neutral St +3 Fire2 Gauntlets Defense Evade Sex Alignment Bonus Affinity Plain Gloves 1 0 Male All - Normal Rivet Gloves 2 0 Male All - Normal Kaiser Fist 3 0 Male All - Normal Gauntlet 4 1 Female All - Normal Cyber Arm 5 2 Both All St +2 Normal Iron Claw 6 4 Male All St +1 Normal Atlas Bracer 7 3 Male All Vi +1 Normal Kishin Tekko 7 5 Both All St +1 Normal Draupnir 8 7 Male All St +1 Normal Crimson Fist 10 5 Female All St +2 Normal Panzer Fist 12 6 Female All St +1 Normal Jagd Glove 11 6 Male All St +2 Normal Sturm Glove 13 6 Female All - Normal Jesus Gloves 15 9 Male Law St +3 Normal Tenma Gauntlet 18 8 Male Chaos St +3 Normal Masakado 20 10 Male Neutral St +3 Normal Leg Guard Defense Evade Sex Alignment Bonus Affinity Plain Boots 1 3 Male All - Normal Combat Boots 2 4 Male All - Normal Rider Boots 3 5 Male All - Normal Jet Boots 4 8 Male All Ag +1 Normal Sky Heels 5 12 Female All Ag +1 Normal Dancing Shoes 7 15 Female All Ag +1 Normal Metal Boots 12 0 Male All Ag +1 Normal Dragon Boots 4 10 Male All Ag +2 Normal War Pants 14 6 Male All Ag +2 Normal Crimson Hose 9 20 Female All Ag +2 Normal Panzer Pants 10 14 Female All Ag +2 Normal Jagd Legs 12 15 Male All Ag +2 Normal Sturm Pants 11 15 Female All Ag +3 Normal Jesus Leggings 13 17 Male Law Ag +3 All Tenma Boots 15 17 Male Chaos Ag +3 All Masakado 16 16 Male Neutral Ag +3 Ice2

Gems

Gems are used to trade for items or Element Race demons. Gem Dropped by Amethyst Oshichi, Fuxi, Tun Kou Aquamarine Troll, Pixie, Kwancha Emerald Man Eater, Girimekhala, Lakhe Onyx Kelpie, Badb Catha, Gurr, Ghoul Opal Lilim, Cu Chulainn, Elf, Orthros, Dwarf, Atlas Garnet Hresvelgr, Vampire, Hobgoblin, Wyrm Sapphire Senko, Sytry, Gu Huo Niao Diamond Siren Turquoise Wendigo, Furiae, Nue, Barbegazi Topaz Senri, Berith Pearl Kimnari, Tam Lin Ruby Lich, Orochi, Cyclops

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Notable Techniques

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Shin Megami Tensei: if

Race Alignment Level HP MP Fiend Dark-Neutral 32 767 97 MAG NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 1024 1 104 66 88 66 11 19 St 20 In 18 Ma 7 Vi 12 Ag 10 Lu 15 Drop M16 Rifle Swd Gun Fir Ice Elc For Nrv Exp Crs Mgc Bnd Rsh Hnd Leg Fly Alm - - - 5／8 5／8 - Nu Nu Nu 1／8 1／8 - - - - - List of Skills Skill Effect Akasha Arts Light Punch damage to all foes. Spiral Sword Light Sword damage to 2-3 foes. Sexy Dance Inflicts Charm ailment to all foes. (Mind-type) Call Ally Summon allies (Enemy only) Escape Run away (Enemy only)

Race Alignment Level HP MP Fiend Dark-Neutral 80 12500 6850 MAG NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC 0 3 280 200 160 100 350 999 St 22 In 28 Ma 31 Vi 40 Ag 19 Lu 20 List of Skills Skill Effect Critical Strike Inflicts critical damage to 1 enemy Shibaboo Inflicts Bind ailment to 1-3 foes. (Bind-type) Sexy Dance Inflicts Charm ailment to all foes. (Mind-type) Call Ally Summon allies (Enemy only) Escape Run away (Enemy only)

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Race Level HP MP Strength 304 Dexterity 250 Magic 80 Agility 170 Luck 130 Human 125 1317 625 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark Resist Resist - - - - Null Null Ailment Resistance Null: Poison/Panic/Sleep/Bind/Sick/Charm/Mute Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Lightspeed Slash 30 MP Medium physical damage to one foe, pierces resistance, weakens one random resistance. Crescent Slice 25 MP 2 hits of medium physical damage to one foe, and debuffs their agility by 2 levels. Mist Rush 28 MP 2 to 4 hits of medium physical damage and 70% daze to multiple foes. Charge 9 MP Multiplies user's next physical or gun damage by 2.5. Morale Boost 80 MP Buffs party's attack, defense and agility by 1 level. High Phys Pleroma Auto Boosts physical attack by 50%.

Other

Standard Tactics: The Hero will focus on Physical/Gun attacks in combination with his summonable demons to make for a deadly team as they have access to magic that can either buff his stats while debuffing the opponents, and access to a large array of elemental/status effects magic. If he can, The Hero will also try to talk down his opponent to join his cause.

Weaknesses: Was gullible enough to pick up a knife that was already used as a murder weapon, which lead to his unfortunate arrest. Lacks real magic attacks. Demons will turn back on their master if they lack the strength to control them. His demons are weak to mercuric sulfide.

Trivia

His mention in SMT if...

• In Shin Megami Tensei if..., he is mentioned once by Yahata who was inspired by his COMP and decided to make one himself.
• In Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army, in the Akarana Corridor, one of the hourglasses' visions says that "There's a ruined city with three young warriors fighting for survival." Those three warriors could be the protagonist, Law Hero and Chaos Hero.
  • The Lost Soul found in the 2030s area of the Corridor alludes to the events of Shin Megami Tensei, as well as the protagonist saying "We owe a lot to the schoolboy with the gadget on his arm, who defeated all the gods and demons..."
• He is the only Shin Megami Tensei protagonist to have followed a canonical route in a game with multiple paths and endings.
• One of his names, "Futsuo," means both "ordinary man" and "Contact of Buddha."

Appearances

• Shin Megami Tensei: Protagonist
  • Shin Megami Tensei Comic Anthology (Kobunsha)
  • Shin Megami Tensei 4-frame gag battle
• Shin Megami Tensei II: Statue
• Shin Megami Tensei: if...: Guardian, Fiend Race (Rare encounter; also indirectly mentioned)
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Opening Cinematic
• Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: DLC Party Member, Human Race
• Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight: Cameo, costume

Explanations

The following is an explanation of the various status effects of Megami Tensei

Status Effects

Name Effect Apperances Freeze Prevents any action in battle. Usually caused by Ice skills and generally only lasts for one turn. In later games, attacking a frozen enemy is guaranteed to cause a critical hit. Most Megami Tensei Games Shock Prevents any action in battle. Usually caused by Electricity skills and generally only lasts for one turn. In later games, attacking a shocked enemy is guaranteed to cause a critical hit. Most Megami Tensei Games Poison Depletes health at the end of each turn, often persisting on the field. Most Megami Tensei Games Paralyze Paralyzed characters are unable to move. Unlike Shock, this often persists for more than one turn. Most Megami Tensei Games Stun Stunned characters have lowered agility and defense. Most Megami Tensei Games Confused Confused characters become indecisive and may either attack a random enemy, do nothing or flee in a panic. Most Megami Tensei Games Charm Character begins attacking their own allies or cast healing spells on the enemies. Most Megami Tensei Games Stone Prevents the target from moving. This persists even on the field and is treated as similar to being dead. In most games, if the protagonist is petrified, it triggers a game over. In some games, Force spells will shatter a petrified opponent. Most Megami Tensei Games Sleep Prevents any action in battle. Character loses a turn. In some games, sleeping characters restore some of their HP and MP. Most Megami Tensei Games KO Can no longer participate in battle. In most games, if the protagonist dies, it is game over. Can only be recovered with Recarm spells. Most Megami Tensei Games Bind Prevents any action from a unit. In Persona Q and Persona Q2, Binds are spilt into three different subsets that stop specific actions. Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Megami Ibunroku Persona Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Persona Q Persona Q2 Bomb Bomb is implanted in party member. When those inflicted with this status are hit, they explode, dealing damage to the entire party. Defending will prevent damage. In the Devil Children series, only the character inflicted with Bomb is hurt when hit by Fire attacks. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Devil Children series Happy Overjoyed and may not attack. Shin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Megami Ibunroku Persona Devil Children series Rage Attack is increased, but the afflicted will attack anyone other than themselves as if they were Charmed. In the Persona series, Rage lowers the afflicted's defense and agility. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Persona 3 Persona 4 Persona 5 Down Character may get their turn skipped and they take more damage. Overlaps with other ailments. Persona 3 Persona 4 Persona 5 Hungry Hungry characters will become indecisive. On their turn, they will either not take action and receive a small amount of Almighty damage or attack an ally. DDS: Avatar Tuner Persona 5 Sick Capacity (how much the character can carry) is doubled. Shin Megami Tensei NINE Fly Renders the target 200% vulnerable to all affinities and reduces all their stats except Ag to 1. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Sick Reduces affected character's outgoing damage by 25%, its evasion to 0 and increases damage taken by 25%. At the end of a turn with a party holding this character, there's a 5% chance that another character will be infected. Shin Megami Tensei IV Lost Flynn cannot summon or fuse the affected demon and is forced to reunite with said demon through an encounter. Shin Megami Tensei IV Brand DLC only. Reduces HP and MP recovery to 1 point. Can't be cured. Shin Megami Tensei IV Sick Reduces affected character's outgoing damage by 25%, its evasion to 0 and increases damage taken by 25%. At the end of the party's turn or an individual party member's turn, if a party member is afflicted, there is a 5% chance that another party member will be infected. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Lost Nanashi cannot summon or fuse the affected demon and is forced to reunite with said demon through an encounter. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Brand Reduces HP and MP recovery to 1 point. Can't be cured, but wears off randomly or automatically after battle. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalpyse Close Prevents a unit from using their magic. Represented by kissing and hearts when inflicted by skills. Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis Mirror Affected character cannot move, takes increased damage from physical attacks but reflects all magic. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Card Affected character cannot move, takes increased damage from Fire attacks, and decreased damage from physical attacks. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Bat Affected character steals HP from allies outside of battle. Can spread to allies. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Plague Stronger version of Poison that deals more damage. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Dance Affected character cannot move. Evasion is increased. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Tipsy Affected character may take a random action Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Drunk Affected character performs random actions Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku High Provides bonuses to all actions, but they also become random. Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku Guilt Randomly-selected actions cannot be performed. Megami Ibunroku Persona Blind Hit rate and evasion dropped. Megami Ibunroku Persona Sick Loses HP at the end of the turn and when walking around. Works like Poison, but Sick is considered a different ailment in-game. Megami Ibunroku Persona Cloak Cannot be directly targeted by single-target attacks. Defense lowered and cannot summon Persona. Megami Ibunroku Persona Puppet Allows controlling a K.O-ed ally. Puppet can attack and use items, but cannot summon Persona. Megami Ibunroku Persona Beast Buffs all stats. Amount varies depending on the current moon phase. Megami Ibunroku Persona Illusion When a character is in the illusion status effect, his/her hit rate will decrease significantly. Persona 2 Possession Possession occurs when the demon inhibits the characters body. When a possessed character summons a persona, there's a high chance that the possessed character will attack instead. Persona 2 Despair Drains SP every turn, cannot move. Dies/Faints after 3 turns have passed. Persona 5 / Royal Rattled Cannot move, damage taken increased. Persona 5 / Royal Artist's Grace Inflict weaknesses to all affinities. Persona 5 / Royal Lust Affected targets may lose a turn. Persona 5 / Royal Wrath Affected targets have their attack raised sharply, but their defense decreased sharply for a turn. Allows free action. Persona 5 / Royal Envy Affected Targets may attack random party members with weapons when a support skill is used on anyone but the envied target for a turn. Persona 5 / Royal Ache After a successful hunt, the character that just ate might get affected by a stomach ache. Occasionally inflicted as a side effect from eating a Moldy Roll. This prevents the character from gaining any AP after the battle. Allies also won't get any AP from the consumed monster, if AP sharing skills are set. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Bat Reduces all stats and makes the affected character weak to Force. Wears off over time or when battle ends. Does not override passive skills that affect Force resistance. Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Egg When the team holding the affected character has their next turn, the affected character takes a large amount of Almighty damage and a Maggot is summoned next to them. Devil Survivor

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