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Kei Amemura
From The Codex
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| “ | A student whose peaceful days attending Jouin High School in Tokyo were all but shattered after being thrust helplessly into Da'at. But upon fusing with Aogami, a Proto-fiend from Bethel, he transformed into a Nahobino: a powerful being that can take on any demon. | „ |
| ~ The Protagonist's lore in Shin Megami Tensei V |
Background
The protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei V is a young male high school student living within the city of Tokyo. The protagonist is a third-year high school student at dormitory-based Jouin High School, living an ordinary life. He is friends with Yuzuru Atsuta and Tao Isonokami. It has also been implied that he knew Sahori Itsukishima.
In the midst of mysterious incidents, as per the school's established buddy system, one day while returning from school through Shinagawa Station with his friends, the station was closed because of a nearby murder, causing a traffic backup. Searching for other students, Ichiro Dazai, who wandered off in a different direction in a hunt over rumors from monster sightings, and Yuzuru, who also went to look for him, he enters the Takanawa Tunnel, which suddenly collapses on them.
Having regained consciousness, the protagonist finds himself lost in a desolate and deserted Tokyo, a mysterious world called "Da'at." Suddenly attacked by demons, while running away, a mysterious man appears before him, and lends him a hand. In the process, the protagonist fuses with him and becomes a "Nahobino," a condemned being, using this power to fight back and wander through Da'at.
Eventually, he and Yuzuru reunite, later finding Ichiro who has been put under the protection of angels, and return back to real-life Tokyo safely, where they're awaited by Tao, who informs them about the other world: in addition to their world, there is also Da'at, a collapsed Tokyo where legendary demons awaken from the darkness and take aim at Tokyo and humans. However, there is an organization that fights these demons, Bethel, with Tao and Yuzuru being veteran members, and the protagonist and Ichiro agree to join their cause to protect Tokyo.
While returning to his regular school life, demons would suddenly break out of Da'at and into the real world, and the school would suddenly be raided by demons. Lahmu, in particular, captured Sahori Itsukishima, an acquaintance of the protagonist who has been bullied, using her vulnerabilities to confuse her and get her to ally with him. Because of this, she would kill her bullies in the confusion, although she would get kidnapped by Lahmu, although she never truly wanted to get involved in any of it. The protagonist and Tao both agree to rescue Sahori and the rest of the kidnapped students.
While retrieving the kidnapped students one by one with Bethel's help, and giving them shelter over at the Fairy Village in Da'at, they would eventually receive intel about Sahori and Lahmu's whereabouts, where they confront the demon. Lahmu would merge with Sahori in the process, and although Lahmu alone has been defeated, he would successfully merge with Sahori, luring Tao in to kill her. The protagonist would stand in between to protect her, but he'd get himself killed in the process, leaving Tao vulnerable for the fused Lahmu to take down as well.
In her dying breath, Tao would be contacted by a higher being, reminding her of her role as a goddess, getting her back on her feet, and sacrificing her life to revive the protagonist. In spite of Lahmu's attempts to retaliate, Sahori would snap out of the fusion and gain back control of herself, leaving him exposed. The protagonist would then approach and finish Lahmu off, killing him and sacrificing Sahori in the process, to her gratitude.
The protagonist would eventually help Bethel fight off the forces of chaos and slew a majority of their leaders, such as Ishtar, Surt and Arioch. After Bethel fractures, the protagonist finds and defeats Odin, Zeus and Vasuki to create the key leading to the Empyrean, where he can decide what he wishes to do with the throne - uphold God's will, save Tokyo or destroy the throne to have humanity fend for themselves. Depending if specific criteria has been met, the protagonist may also choose to use the throne to create a world for humans only, ridding them of gods and demons alike, but not before bidding farewell to Aogami.
General Information
Origin: Shin Megami Tensei V
Sex: Male
Age: 17/18 (The protagonist is a third-year high school student at dormitory-based Jouin High School)
Classification: Human, Student
Species: Human
Occupation: None
Status: Alive
Alignment: True Neutral in the Neutral Ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to destroy the throne and goes on to recreate a world for just humans, killing all demons in the process), Chaotic Neutral in the chaos ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to recreate Tokyo, going against the law of God, which caused immeasurable conflict), Lawful Neutral in the lawful ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses the uphold God's order which results in, the destruction of Tokyo as the lawful side allows it's destruction as it is mere destiny for it to happen to them and cannot be changed)
Origin: Shin Megami Tensei V
Sex: Male
Age: 17/18 (The protagonist is a third-year high school student at dormitory-based Jouin High School)
Classification: Student
Species: Nahobino, Demon
Occupation: Demon Hunter
Status: Alive
Alignment: True Neutral in the Neutral Ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to destroy the throne and goes on to recreate a world for just humans, killing all demons in the process), Chaotic Neutral in the chaos ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to recreate Tokyo, going against the law of God, which caused immeasurable conflict), Lawful Neutral in the lawful ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses the uphold God's order which results in, the destruction of Tokyo as the lawful side allows it's destruction as it is mere destiny for it to happen to them and cannot be changed)
Origin: Shin Megami Tensei V
Sex: Male
Age: Inapplicable (Upon ascending the throne and becoming the new god, Nahobino, like demons, is a natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Once transcending the cycle he no longer is bound by time)
Classification: The Throne Holder
Species: God
Occupation: Creator (In the lawful, chaos, AND true neutral ending, the protagonist arises as the new creator)
Status: Alive
Alignment: True Neutral in the Neutral Ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to destroy the throne and goes on to recreate a world for just humans, killing all demons in the process), Chaotic Neutral in the chaos ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses to recreate Tokyo, going against the law of God, which caused immeasurable conflict), Lawful Neutral in the lawful ending (In this ending the protagonist chooses the uphold God's order which results in, the destruction of Tokyo as the lawful side allows it's destruction as it is mere destiny for it to happen to them and cannot be changed)Codex Statistics
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Average Human level (Is a standard highschool student), Far Higher with Observation (Observation can be used to massively amplify one's stats, such as when the early game Shin Megami Tensei 1 protagonist was amplified to be able to fight with all the other end game protagonists and fight Stephen. With it's power being noted by Stephen to give humans the potential to exceed the Axiom) & Willpower (A characters willpower in SMT allows them to increase greatly in strength allowing them to harm enemies they couldn't even scratch before and survive attacks that would have originally kill them, the will of one's friends and allies around them can invigorate one to become far more powerful then before). Small Building level to At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level with Aogami (Aogami is a demon that throughout the game grows in power along with the protagonist, going from being able to fight low level demons to being able to fight god tier demons)
Durability: Average Human level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Small Building level to At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level with Aogami
Striking Strength: Average Human Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Small Building Class to At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse Class with Aogami
Lifting Strength: Regular Human, At least Class 5 with Aogami (Superior to Fury Type demons who can move entire cars casually with "Use Force")
Travel Speed: Average Human, Superhuman with Aogami (Aogami can keep up with demons who can keep up with Raidou Kuzunoha XIV who can outrun Goutou)
Combat Speed: Average Human, cannot be blitzed due to Observation (Observation allows for humans to not be blitzed by demons who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse). Unknown with Aogami (Aogami is a proto-fiend demon who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse)
Reaction Speed: Average Human, cannot be blitzed due to Observation. Unknown with Aogami
Tier: Low 8-C, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | 2-C, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least 1-A, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Small Building level (Has access to Agi skills, which can vaporize humans, which gives these results. Has access to Bufu skills, which can completely freeze opponents, giving these results. His other half Aogami, casually killed several low tier demons upon saving the protagonist), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Universe level (Fought with and defeated Loki who can create and sustain his own universe[1]), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level (Stated to have power that rivals the throne itself. The Nahobino is noted as being a challenge to God's reign on the throne, being a power that god himself feared. Where for the true form 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. Viewed as so immeasurably powerful that the combined cast of SMT IV Apocalypse, needed to deny his divine nature and form understandings repeatedly through the use of obseravtion in order to defeat him. An single manifestation head of 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[2] A single manifestation head is so far beyond all of creation that not even his creations blades can harm him[3]. 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[4], putting it beyond even The Expanse a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Beings such as Metatron, are amped by them by in their fight against an end game Demi-fiend. His avatar Kagutsuchi, created and sustains the Vortex world, which was resulted from him erasing the past, present and future of the universe, in order to construct the Vortex World in its foundations. Exists as the light that encompasses and administers all of creation within the Amala universe that is said to contain countless worlds along with being the source to creation with his defeat causing the destruction of the Amala universe. Merged the Demon World and the Divine World into the remnants of the human realm to create the Vortex World; the Demon World, best known as the Expanse, is a higher plane of existence that transcends past, present, and future of the multiverse. Capable of empowering the Reason Gods, among which is Ahriman, in order to allow them to reshape the foundation of the Vortex World and birth a new reality. Fought and defeated a true demon ending Demi-fiend who was implied to have fought YHVH during the True Demon route), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Durability: Small Building level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Demon Physiology makes him extremely hard to kill | Universe level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Demon Physiology makes him extremely hard to kill | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Demon Physiology makes him extremely hard to kill
Striking Strength: Small Building Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | Universe Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower
Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Superior to Fury Type demons who can move entire cars casually with "Use Force") | Class 5 | Class 5
Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can outrun demons, who can keep up with Raidou Kuzunoha XIV who can outrun Gouto-douji) | Superhuman | Superhuman
Combat Speed: Unknown | Unknown | Unknown
Reaction Speed: Unknown (When fused with Aogami, he becomes a demon, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse | Unknown | Unknown
Tier: At least 1-A, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least 1-A, possibly High 1-A
Dimensionality: 3-D, Devoid upon ascending the Throne and gaining Lucifer's Knowledge (Nahobino's were originally god's true forms, reached a state where he became god himself, (which gods are demons that embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms, and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in. Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms)
Attack Potency: At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level (Ascended to the throne obtaining vast power, which was described as enough to re-shape the world however they see fit along with being the source of eternal light that reforges the world, the power was so vast it allowed him to see Matter Lucifer's true form proceeding to fight and defeat Matter Lucifer who defeated and consumed YHVH's knowledge becoming more then YHVH could possibly imagine, transcending into a higher plane of existence in a realm beyond the earth and heavens, with YHVH's true form his single manifestation heads are a single part of his true self that controls the entire cosmos, with each head having control over a universe[5]. 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), Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, possibly Absolute Transcendence (Consumed Matter Lucifer's knowledge allowing him to transcend the mandala system, a spatial governing phenomena that creates an endless cycle of gods attempting to re-claim the throne. This would put him on a similar state to Stephen, who gained a small glimpse of[6] The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration[7]
Durability: At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Demon Physiology makes him extremely hard to kill | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse level, possibly Absolute Transcendence
Striking Strength: At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower | At least Meta Hierarchal Multiverse Class, possibly Absolute Transcendence
Lifting Strength: Unknown (As he possesses the throne, he is in a similar state of existence to YHVH who a single manifestation head sustains the entire universe passively) | Unknown (In a similar state to Stephen)
Travel Speed: Unknown (As he possesses the throne, he is in a similar state of existence to YHVH who exists beyond time and can move anywhere in the multiverse) | Unknown (Exists in a similar state of existence to Stephen who gained a small glimpse of[8] The Axiom through transcending the infinite Cycle of Transmigration[9])
Combat Speed: Unknown | Unknown
Reaction Speed: Unknown | Unknown
Stamina: Average as a human, Limitless as a Nahobino (Demons are noted to have infinite and endless powers unlike humans who are restricted with their limited powers by Ouroboros the embodiment of infinity. Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep. Demons such as King Frost can passively produce magic for years upon years even while fighting enemies without tiring)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Beam Saber (Has a beam saber that extends further in his hands for further attacks), Higher with Beam Saber (Can extend his beam saber further), up to Kilometers with Skills (Has unique skills that allow him to create entire torandoes that he can extend his sword to reach. Can summon entire tsunamis to attack demons. Can summon storms with ruinious thunder), Planetary with demons like King Frost (It is noted that King Frost has the power to freeze the entire world), Cross-Dimensional for his demons (Demons passively create adecoherence field, that is essentially a special dimension of quantum fluctuation that they exist in, where humans cannot see them, and can attack from there. Demons can also 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), At least Meta Hierarchal Multiversal upon gaining the throne (As he possesses the throne, he is in a similar state of existence to YHVH whose 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), At least Meta Hierarchal Multiversal physically and with Observation (Should be in a similar state to Matter Lucifer and Stephen. 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[10] A single manifestation head is so far beyond all of creation that not even his creations blades can harm him[11]. 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[12], 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[13])
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius regularly (The protagonist continously gets stronger as he goes on, being capable of fighting the highest Archangels such as Abdiel, Metatron, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel. Even capable of defeating Gods from other pantheons and being noted by the likes of Odin and Zeus to have incredible power and skill. Along with this, he has the abilities and skills of Aogami, a demon that can analyze objects and was made to overcome the Bethel and their soldiers. Has helped various demons on their disputes throughout many sidequests and has been favored as the one to claim the throne by Goddess Tao. With Lucifer even viewing him as the one who would ascend to the throne), Omniscient upon gaining the throne (As he possesses the throne, he is in a similar state of existence to YHVH whose presence is felt everywhere throughout the world as he is all-knowing, 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 meaning he has knowledge of everything in existence itself. Later on gains Lucifer and YHVH's knowledge)
Powers and Abilities
Is a user of Observation which grants him: 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 (Causality Immunity; Can harm and kill demons, who are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse, demons such as Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, along into the "real world", demons such as Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void), Negation of Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, can harm demons with regular guns and swords, even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry[14]), 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 (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), Negation of Omnipresence (Observation can reduce one into a singular being, when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality), Negation of Omniscience (Humanity's observation of YHVH defies his words and truths, YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world), Irreversible Damage (Nyarlathotep used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic), Existence Grounding (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn and his party's denial of YHVH as the one true god brought him to the level of a demon, massively weakening him. Dagda mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms), Power Bestowal (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them. Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with The Axioms powers), Power Nullification (Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities), Reality Warping (Stephen stated that humans have the power to shape the world. Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality, with their strong wills being able to change reality), Conceptual Manipulation, Subjective Reality, & Creation (The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable, The Axiom, tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer), Truth Manipulation (Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth. Observation debased YHVH's truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), Memory Manipulation (Through the power of observation, the Persona 2 Innocent Sin cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline), Perspective Manipulation (The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as[15]), 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)
As a Nahobino, he is fused with a demon giving him Demon Physiology which gives:
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 (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), 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 together, 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 (Causality Immunity; 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.[16] Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.[17]), 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.[18]), Corrosion Inducement (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.[19][20][21]), 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[22]), 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.[23][24] 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[25]), 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"[26]), Telekinesis (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains[27]), 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.[28]), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.[29]), 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[30] 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.[31]), 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.[32] 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.[33]), 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)All previous powers and abilities, Sheer Will (Can withstand attacks meant to kill him), Healing (With miracle water, recovers health to all allies), Resurrection & Summoning (With revival chant, summons a demon into his party, along with bringing them back to life if they were dead), Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (With Sakanagi, deals medium almighty damage to a foe. 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), Darkness Manipulation & Poison Manipulation (With Profaned Land, deals heavy dark damage and has a high chance of poisoning the target), Energy Projection & Curtain Fire (With divine arrowfall, creates dozens of energy blasts that fire all over the battlefield dealing heavy almighty damage to all foes), Damage Reduction (With Kannabi Veil, reduces the damage done for all allies), Air Manipulation (With Wrath Tempest, creates a massive torando in the middle of his attack), Power Nullification & Energy Manipulation (With Javelin Rain, creates large energy beams that can inflict the seal status effect), Water Manipulation & Ice Manipulation (With Thalassic Calamity, causes a massive tsunami that deals ice elemental damage), Electricity Manipulation (With Ruinous Thunder, deals heavy electric elemental damage to a foe), Damage Boost (With Deadly Fury, throws several medium physical attacks that always deal critical hits), Resistance Negation (With Gaea's Rage, a several physical attack to all foes that ignores affinity resistances and deals pierce damage, pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel), Death Manipulation & Willpower Manipulation (With Chaotic Will, has a high chance of inducing instant death on all foes, and if it does not, it will cut all turns in half), Erasure, Data Manipulation, Information Manipulation (Conceptual Erasure, Metaphysical Erasure, & Data Erasure; Can completely erase demons and humans, 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)
Physical Skills: Sleep Manipulation (With Dream Needle, a physical skill that induces the sleep status effect), Poison Manipulation (With Toxic Sting, a physical skill that induces the poison status effect), Status Effect Inducement (With Madness Needle, a physical skill that induces the confusion status effect), Statistics Reduction (With Fang Breaker, a physical skill that drops one's attack. With Pierce Armor, a piercing skill that drops one's defense. With Blinding Strike, a physical skill that drops one's accuracy), Resistance Manipulation (With Pnucture Punch, a physical skill that induces pierce. Pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel), Absorption (With Eat Whole, a physical attack that drains the opponents health), Power Nullification (With Dark Sword, a physical attack that induces the seal status effect), Sense Manipulation (With Mist Rush, a physical attack that induces the mirage status effect)
Fire Skills: Fire Manipulation (With various different fire elemental skills, that range from weak to severe fire damage), Resistance Manipulation (With Trisagion, a fire elemental attack that induces pierce. Pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel)
Ice Skills: Ice Manipulation (With various different ice elemental skills, that range from weak to severe ice damage), Resistance Manipulation (With Ice Age, a ice elemental attack that induces pierce. Pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel)
Electric Skills: Electricity Manipulation (With various different electric elemental skills, that range from weak to severe electric damage), Resistance Manipulation (With Narukami, a electric elemental attack that induces pierce. Pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel)
Force Skills: Air Manipulation (With various different force elemental skills, that range from weak to severe force damage), Resistance Manipulation (With Deadly Wind, a force elemental attack that induces pierce. Pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel)
Light Skills: Light Manipulation & Death Manipulation (With various different light elemental skills, that range from weak to severe light damage, majority having a chance of insta-kill)
Dark Skills: Dark Manipulation & Death Manipulation (With various death elemental skills, that range from weak to severe dark damage, majority having a chance of insta-kill)
Almighty Skills: Explosion Manipulation, Resistance Manipulation, Power Nullification, & Law Negation (With Various different almighty skills that range from weak to severe almighty 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), Damage Boost (With Freikugel, a severe almighty attack that increases critical hit rate), Absorption (With Life Drain, a weak almighty attack that absorbs HP. With Spirit Drain, a weak almighty attack that absorbs MP. WitH Energy Drain, a weak almighty attack that absorbs HP and MP)
Ailment Skills: Status Effect Inducement (With various status ailments, that induces various status effects), Sleep Manipulation (With Dormina, induces sleep on a target), Sense Manipulation (With Dustoma, induces mirage on a target), Empathic Manipulation (With Marin Karin, induces charm on a target), Poison Manipulation (With Poisma, induces poison on a target), Mind Manipulation (With Pulpina, induces confusion on a target), Power Nullification (With Makajam, induces seal on a target)
Healing Skills: Healing (With various different healing skills, varying from small health restoration to full health restoration for all allies), Purification (With Patra, cures one of their status ailments), Resurrection (With Samarecarm, revives one with full health)
Support Skills: Statistics Amplification (With various support skills, amplifies one's statistics including attack, defense, and accuracy), Statistics Reduction (With various support skills, reduces one's statistics including attack, defense, and accuracy), Power Nullification (With Dekaja, removes all status buffs), Purification (With Dekuna, negates all stat debuffs to all allies), Damage Boost (With Charge, increases one's attack for the next turn. With Concentrate, increases one's magic for the next turn. With Critical Aura, assures next attack won't miss and hit with a critical), Resistance Manipulation (With Impaler's Animus, next attack deals more damage and pierce. pierce allows the user's physical attacks to bypass all resistances, except for Repel. With Phys Block, gives all allies an immunity to physical attacks. With Fire Block, gives all allies an immunity to fire attacks. With Ice Block, gives all allies an immunity to ice attacks. With Elec Block, gives all allies an immunity to electric attacks. With Force Block, gives all allies an immunity to force attacks. With Light Block, gives all allies an immunity to light attacks. With Dark Block, gives all allies an immunity to dark attacks), Attack Reflection (With Makarakarn, reflects back magic attacks. With Tetrakarn, reflects back physical attacks), Light Manipulation (With Trafuri, releases a flash of light, allowing one to escape the battle), BFR (With Estoma, prevents demons of a lower level from appearing)
Passive Skills: Statistics Amplification (With life spring, increases max health. With Mana Spring, increases max magic. With Beast Eye, increases accuracy. With bloody glee, increases critical rate. With Fire Pleroma, increases fire damage. With Ice Pleroma, increases ice damage. With Elec Pleroma, increases electric damage. With Force Pleroma, increases force damage. With Light Pleroma, increases light damage. With Dark Pleroma, increases dark damage. With Heal Pleroma, increases healing magic effects. With Poison Adept, increases adept poison), Healing (With Life Aid, recovers health after battle), Restoration (With Light Mana Aid, recovers magic after battle. With Restore, low MP recovery when you strike a foe's weakness or land a Critical), Velocity Manipulation (With Safeguard, being Evaded/Nulled/Drained/Repelled doesn't consume additional Press Turn Icons), Resistance Manipulation (With Resist Physical, strengthens his resistance to physical attacks. With Resist Fire, strengthens his resistance to fire attacks. With Resist Ice, strengthens his resistance to ice attacks. With Resist Elec, strengthens his resistance to electric attacks. With Resist Force, strengthens his resistance to force attacks. With Resist Light, strengthens his resistance to light attacks. With Resist Dark, strengthens his resistance to dark attacks), Power Modification (With Boon Boost, has -kaja/-nda skills last 1 extra turn), Resistance to Death Manipulation, One Hit KO, & Status Effect Inducement (With Enduring Soul, survive an attack that would kill with full HP once per battle. With Hellish Mask, decreases chance of instakill and being afflicted with ailments)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)
All of his summons have Demon Physiology which gives 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 (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), Timeless Physiology (Demons are natural residents of The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse. Due to this, they do not apply by the speed formula and can appear anywhere they want in most cases), 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 together, 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 (Causality Immunity; 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.[44] Due to their innate physiologies, demons naturally do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep.[45]), 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.[46]), Corrosion Inducement (Demons can shapeshift into a blob, allowing them to melt areas, completely dissolve objects such as steel chairs, and completely crush humans.[47][48][49]), 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[50]), 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.[51][52] 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[53]), 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"[54]), Telekinesis (Higher level demons can telekinetically affect the entire environment to cause the Earth to shake, cause fissures, and affect mountains[55]), 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.[56]), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Demons even when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry, along with military grade weaponry.[57]), 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[58] 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.[59]), 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.[60] 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.[61]), 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)Equipment
- Aogami: Aogami is a mass produced Proto-Fiend model created by Bethel Japan to show that they can still fight, in spite of most of its gods bar one being forced into hiding due to having their power depleted in Armageddon. Aogami is an amnesiac entity that appears before the protagonist while he's being attacked by Daemons, destroying much of the horde during his entrance, and the two fuse together to become a Nahobino, a condemned being, in order to survive. While fused, Aogami guides the protagonist by voice, acting as a field guide and offers advice when dealing with demons, and warning him of the presence of particularly strong demons, as well as a telecommunications relay. Aogami was present for the appearance of Lucifer when the forces of chaos and Bethel led by Abdiel clashed at Tokyo Tower within what would be later called Da'at 18 years ago, and went dormant after Lucifer scattered himself to the winds, reactivating years later when the protagonist was attacked. Much later on, it was revealed that Aogami's true identity is Susano-o. A member of Bethel, his memory data was badly damaged in the war between Lucifer and the angels, leaving him largely amnesiac. His true self is hinted at by how the protagonist develops largely water and lightning-based abilities as a Nahobino, and the fact he shares his blue hair color and clothing color palette with Amanozako, his daughter. During the final ascent into the throne, Tsukuyomi refers to him (and his Nahobino hybrid with the protagonist) as a brother before telling them that he will show them no mercy.
- Sword of Light: The protagonist's weapon in his Nahobino form, he can use it in combat as a sword, along with increasing its size to reach opponents further away or for a much more powerful attack.
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EssenceEssences are items containing the power of a demon. They can be used to impart the demon's skills and resistances to the protagonist or any allied demon.
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| Lunge | 5 | 145 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Slime (1i), Mandrake (8), Take-Minakata (19i) | ||
| Bestial Bite | 5 | 130 | 200 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus crit damage | Preta (3i), Shiisaa (19i), Bugs (25), Black Ooze (35) |
| Gram Slice | 10 | 140 | 1 | Single | 98% | +30% | - | High crit rate | Cait Sith (10), Turdak (11i), Rakshasa (21) | |
| Dream Needle | 10 | 110 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | 55% | Sleep | Sandman (8i), Incubus (22i), Poltergeist (26) | |
| Toxic Sting | 10 | 110 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | 60% | Poison | Mandrake (9), Zhen (14i), Loa (31i) | |
| Critical Slash | 10 | 160 | 1 | Single | 50% | +200% | - | Low hit/100% crit | Turdak (12), Archangel (20), Berith (25) | |
| Madness Needle | 10 | 110 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | 45% | Confusion | Zhen (17), Incubus (25), Pisaca (32) | |
| Aramasa | 10 | 20 | 8 | Single | 98% | - | - | Aogami | ||
| Bouncing Claw | 12 | 65 | 2-3 | Single | 98% | - | - | Obariyon (13), Tsuchigumo (15), Andras (20) | ||
| Scratch Dance | 12 | 85 | 2-4 | Random | 98% | - | - | Azumi (12), Shiisaa (20), Inugami (26) | ||
| Berserker God | 15 | 180 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Legion (20), Attis (29), Kelpie (30i), Power (41) | ||
| Needle Spray | 15 | 70 | 1-4 | Single | 98% | +20% | - | High crit rate | Zhen (14i), Feng Huang (25), Mothman (31) | |
| Fang Breaker | 15 | 130 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Tarunda | Neko Shogun (8), Oni (25), Pisaca (31i), Setanta (36), Power (39i) | |
| Pierce Armor | 15 | 130 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Rakunda | Berith (24i), Yakshini (31) | |
| Blinding Strike | 15 | 130 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Sukunda | Koppa Tengu (26), Cironnup (28) | |
| Heavy Blow | 15 | 160 | 240 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus crit damage | Oni (23i), Xuanwu (24) |
| Heat Wave | 15 | 100 | 1 | All | 98% | - | - | Ippon-Datara (17i), Archangel (18i), Naga (27i) | ||
| Puncture Punch | 15 | 150 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Pierce | Naga (27i), Yoshitsune | |
| Venom Chaser | 15 | 160 | 320 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus damage on Poisoned targets |
Rakshasa (20i), Attis (27i), Yakshini (30i) |
| Beatdown | 15 | 110 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Damage scales with user's current HP |
Bicorn (14i), Ippon-Datara (17i), King Frost (34) | |
| Blight | 20 | 100 | 2-4 | Random | 98% | - | 35% | Poison | Eligor (37i), Sukuna-Hikona (39) | |
| Crusher Onslaught | 20 | 170 | 1 | All | 50% | - | - | Low hit rate | Oni (23i), Basilisk (31i) | |
| Hysterical Slap | 20 | 90 | 170 | 2 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus damage on Charmed targets |
Hariti (35i), Dionysus (47) |
| Dream Fist | 20 | 140 | 450 | 1 | Weak | 98% | - | - | Bonus damage on Sleeping targets |
Hariti (36) |
| Eat Whole | 20 | 150 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | HP-draining attack | ||
| Axel Claw | 24 | 120 | 2-4 | Random | 98% | - | - | Jatayu (32i), Nekomata (34i) | ||
| Damascus Claw | 24 | 90 | 2-3 | Single | 98% | - | - | Pisaca (31i), Nekomata (36) | ||
| Critical Wave | 25 | 80 | 1 | All | 98% | +20% | - | High crit rate | Andras (19), Berith (27), Valkyrie (40i), Kumbhanda (41i) | |
| Dark Sword | 25 | 90 | 2 | Single | 98% | - | 30% | Seal | Eligor (37i) | |
| Acrobat Kick | 25 | 80 | 1 | Single | 98% | 200% | - | 100% crit | Setanta (38), Dionysus (44i) | |
| Fatal Sword | 25 | 180 | 1 | Single | 98% | +30% | - | High crit rate | Setanta (35i), Sukuna-Hikona (37i), Kumbhanda (41i) | |
| Severing Bite | 25 | 190 | 300 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus crit damage | Flauros (53), Loup-garou (54i), Chimera (55i), Cerberus (64i), Abaddon (72i) |
| Purple Smoke | 25 | 75 | 120 | 3 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus damage on Confused targets |
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| Steel Needle | 25 | 75 | 1-4 | Single | 98% | +20% | - | High crit rate | Lamia (38) | |
| Frenzied Chomp | 25 | 165 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | 25% | Poison, Confusion, Charm | ||
| Mighty Cleave | 25 | 240 | 1 | Single | 50% | +200% | - | Low accuracy, 100% crit | ||
| Mortal Jihad | 30 | 250 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | |||
| Deathbound | 35 | 150 | 1 | All | 98% | - | - | Setanta (35i) | ||
| Rampage | 35 | 180 | 2-5 | Random | 50% | - | - | Low hit rate | ||
| Mist Rush | 35 | 120 | 2-4 | Random | 98% | - | 35% | Mirage | ||
| Wrath Tempest | 35 | 30 | 40 | 8 | Random | 98% | - | - | Bonus crit damage | Aogami |
| Madness Nails | 36 | 165 | 2-4 | Random | 98% | - | - | Cerberus | ||
| Nihil Claw | 36 | 125 | 2-3 | Single | 98% | - | - | |||
| Power Punch | 40 | 155 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Damage scales with user's current HP |
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| Hell Thrust | 45 | 235 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Pierce | ||
| Brave Blade | 45 | 220 | 1 | Single | 98% | +30% | - | High crit rate | ||
| Akashic Arts | 50 | 275 | 350 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Bonus crit damage | Mada |
| Megaton Press | 50 | 260 | 1 | All | 50% | - | - | Low hit rate | ||
| Yabusame Shot | 50 | 60 | 1 | All | 98% | +200% | - | Pierce/100% crit | ||
| Figment Slash | 50 | 300 | 1 | Single | 50% | +200% | - | Low hit/100% crit | Kali Odin Uriel | |
| Myriad Slashes | 55 | 80 | 5 | Single | 50% | - | - | Low accuracy | ||
| Hades Blast | 60 | 190 | 1 | All | 98% | - | - | |||
| Titanomachia | 60 | 150 | 1 | All | 98% | +20% | - | High crit rate | ||
| Catastrophe | 75 | 290 | 1 | Single | 98% | - | - | Camael Futsunushi Adramelech Yamata no Orochi Kali Chi You | ||
| Javelin Rain | 90 | 260 | 1 | All | 108% | +40% | - | Increased crit rate | Demi-fiend | |
| Gaea Rage | 170 | 270 | 1 | All | 98% | - | - | Pierce | Demi-fiend | |
| Deadly Fury | 50 | 200 | 1 | Single | 108% | +200% | - | 100% crit | Demi-fiend | |
Fire Skills
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| Agi | 10 | Weak | 1 | Single | 130 | 98% | Onmoraki (4i), Daemon (8), Flaemis (18i) | |
| Agilao | 20 | Medium | 1 | Single | 160 | 98% | Jack-o'-Lantern (20i), Archangel (21), Feng Huang (22i), Berith (26), Attis (27i), Hua Po (31i), Quetzalcoatl (34i), Eligor (38), Dionysus (44i) | |
| Agidyne | 35 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 215 | 98% | ||
| Agibarion | 50 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | ||
| Maragi | 15 | Weak | 1 | All | 95 | 98% | Aitvaras (18), Flaemis (19), Jack-o'-Lantern (20i), Hua Po (31i) | |
| Maragion | 30 | Medium | 1 | All | 120 | 98% | Baphomet (33i), Quetzalcoatl (36) | |
| Maragidyne | 50 | Heavy | 1 | All | 155 | 98% | ||
| Maragibarion | 75 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | ||
| Fire Breath | 25 | Weak | 2-5 | Multi | 90 | 98% | Feng Huang (24), Inugami (24i) | |
| Fire Dracostrike | 25 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | Strength based | |
| Ragnarok | 60 | Medium | 2-5 | Multi | 150 | 98% | Mada | |
| Trisagion | 65 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Pierce |
Ice Skills
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bufu | 10 | Weak | 1 | Single | 130 | 98% | Preta (4i), Sandman (9), Azumi (11i), Aquans (15i), Apsaras (16i) | |
| Bufula | 20 | Medium | 1 | Single | 160 | 98% | Kaya-no-Hime (21i), Xuanwu (25), Koropokkur (26i), King Frost (33i), Parvati (37) | |
| Bufudyne | 35 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 215 | 98% | ||
| Bufubarion | 50 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | ||
| Mabufu | 15 | Weak | 1 | All | 95 | 98% | Azumi (13), Apsaras (16i), Aquans (16), Kaya-no-Hime (23), Koropokkur (26i) | |
| Mabufula | 30 | Medium | 1 | All | 120 | 98% | Forneus (31i) | |
| Mabufudyne | 50 | Heavy | 1 | All | 155 | 98% | ||
| Mabufubarion | 75 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | ||
| Ice Breath | 25 | Weak | 2-5 | Multi | 90 | 98% | Xuanwu (23i), Jack Frost (25i), Forneus (31i) | |
| Ice Dracostrike | 25 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | Strength based | |
| Glacial Blast | 60 | Medium | 2-5 | Multi | 150 | 98% | ||
| Ice Age | 65 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Pierce | |
| Thalassic Calamity | 45 | Weak | 3-7 | Multi | 95 | 98% | Aogami |
Electric Skills
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zio | 10 | Weak | 1 | Single | 130 | 98% | Mandrake (6i), Cait Sith (8), Erthys (9i), Agathion (10i), Zhen (16), Mokoi (17), High Pixie (18i) | |
| Zionga | 20 | Medium | 1 | Single | 160 | 98% | Take-Minakata (21), Ame-no-Uzume (22i), Shiisaa (22), Naga (29), Mothman (29i), Lilim (33), Lamia (36i) | |
| Ziodyne | 35 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 215 | 98% | ||
| Ziobarion | 50 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | ||
| Mazio | 15 | Weak | 1 | All | 95 | 98% | Erthys (12), Tsuchigumo (13i), Shiisaa (19i), Ame-no-Uzume (24) | |
| Mazionga | 30 | Medium | 1 | All | 120 | 98% | Lilim (32i), Valkyrie (42) | |
| Maziodyne | 50 | Heavy | 1 | All | 155 | 98% | ||
| Maziobarion | 75 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | ||
| Shockbound | 25 | Weak | 2-5 | Multi | 90 | 98% | Take-Minakata (19i), Poltergeist (25i) | |
| Storm Dracostrike | 25 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | Strength based | Valkyrie (40i) |
| Thunder Reign | 60 | Medium | 2-5 | Multi | 150 | 98% | ||
| Narukami | 65 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Pierce | |
| Ruinous Thunder | 20 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | Aogami |
Force Skills
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zan | 10 | Weak | 1 | Single | 130 | 98% | Pixie (3), Kodama (6i), Sandman (10), Aeros (12i), Fortuna (15i), Sudama (18) | |
| Zanma | 20 | Medium | 1 | Single | 160 | 98% | High Pixie (20), Andras (21), Koppa Tengu (24i), Kikuri-Hime (24i), Incubus (24), Manananggal (25i), Yakshini (33), Quetzalcoatl (34i), Muu Shuwuu (38i), Narcissus (39), Idun (42i), Kumbhanda (42) | |
| Zandyne | 35 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 215 | 98% | ||
| Zanbarion | 50 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | ||
| Mazan | 15 | Weak | 1 | All | 95 | 98% | Sandman (11), Aeros (13), Sudama (17i), Koppa Tengu (24i) | |
| Mazanma | 30 | Medium | 1 | All | 120 | 98% | Jatayu (32i), Setanta (37), Muu Shuwuu (38i) | |
| Sonic Boom | ? | Medium | 1 | All | ? | ? | ||
| Mazandyne | 50 | Heavy | 1 | All | 155 | 98% | ||
| Mazanbarion | 75 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | ||
| Wind Breath | 25 | Weak | 2-5 | Multi | 90 | 98% | Feng Huang (22i), Nekomata (37), Narcissus (40) | |
| Wind Dracostrike | 25 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | Strength based | |
| Floral Gust | 60 | Medium | 2-5 | Multi | 150 | 98% | ||
| Deadly Wind | 65 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Pierce |
Light Skills
Generally, all Light skills have a chance to instakill foes weak to Light.
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Chance | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hama | 15 | Weak | 1 | Single | 140 | 98% | 40% | Angel (10i), Fortuna (16), Archangel (18i), Ame-no-Uzume (22i), Cironnup (27i), Shiki-Ouji (29i) | |
| Hamaon | 25 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 175 | 98% | 40% | Principality (29), Anahita (32), Thoth (33i) | |
| Hamabarion | 55 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | 40% | ||
| Mahama | 25 | Weak | 1 | All | 105 | 98% | 30% | Makami (21i), Jack Frost (27), Principality (28i), Shiki-Ouji (31), Parvati (38) | |
| Mahamaon | 40 | Heavy | 1 | All | 135 | 98% | 30% | ||
| Mahamabarion | 80 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | 30% | ||
| White Dracostrike | 30 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | 40% | Strength based | Power (39i) |
Dark Skills
Generally, Dark skills have a chance to instakill foes weak to Dark.
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Chance | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudo | 15 | Weak | 1 | Single | 140 | 98% | 40% | Onmoraki (6), Daemon (9), Leanan Sidhe (17i), Legion (19i), Shiki-Ouji (29i) | |
| Mudoon | 25 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 175 | 98% | 40% | Loa (32), Baphomet (33i), Hariti (38), Lamia (39) | |
| Mudobarion | 55 | Severe | 1 | Single | 265 | 98% | 40% | ||
| Mamudo | 25 | Weak | 1 | All | 105 | 98% | 30% | Leanan Sidhe (19), Bugs (24i), Manananggal (26), Loa (31), Baphomet (34) | |
| Mamudoon | 40 | Heavy | 1 | All | 135 | 98% | 30% | ||
| Mamudobarion | 80 | Severe | 1 | All | 185 | 98% | 30% | ||
| Black Dracostrike | 30 | Medium | 1 | Single | 200 | 98% | 40% | Strength based | |
| Profaned Land | 35 | Heavy | 1 | Single | 240 | 98% | 100% | Poison, cannot instakill | Aogami |
Almighty Skills
| Skill | MP | Damage | Hits | Target | Power | Acc. | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megido | 40 | Medium | 1 | All | 125 | 98% | Thoth (33i) | |
| Megidola | 70 | Heavy | 1 | All | 160 | 98% | ||
| Megidolaon | 120 | Severe | 1 | All | 190 | 98% | ||
| Freikugel | 60 | Severe | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Strength based Increased Critical rate (+20%) | |
| Life Drain | 10 | Weak | 1 | Single | 120 | 98% | Absorbs HP | Preta (5), Incubus (23), Pisaca (31i), Black Ooze (33i), Lamia (36i) |
| Spirit Drain | 5 | Weak | 1 | Single | 100 | 98% | Absorbs MP | Lilim (36), Kumbhanda (41i) |
| Energy Drain | 15 | Weak | 1 | Single | 80 | 98% | Absorbs MP+HP | |
| Sakanagi | 20 | Medium | 1 | Single | 230 | 98% | Strength based | Aogami |
| Murakumo | 50 | Severe | 1 | Single | 275 / 330 | 98% | Strength based, increased damage when crit | Aogami |
| Divine Arrowfall | 35 | Heavy | 1 | All | 170 | 98% | Aogami |
Ailment Skills
| Skill | MP | Ailment | Target | Accuracy | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormina | 10 | Sleep | Single | 80% | Kodama (7), Mermaid (13), Bugs (24i) | |
| Dustoma | 10 | Mirage | Single | 75% | Slime (2), Erthys (9i), Mokoi (16i), Kelpie (31) | |
| Marin Karin | 10 | Charm | Single | 70% | Mermaid (14), Leanan Sidhe (17i), Incubus (22i), Lilim (32i), Idun (42i) | |
| Poisma | 10 | Poison | Single | 85% | Slime (3), Aquans (15i), Andras (18i) | |
| Pulinpa | 10 | Confusion | Single | 70% | Onmoraki (5), Mokoi (16i), Flaemis (18i), Mothman (29i), Nekomata (35) | |
| Makajama | 10 | Seal | Single | 65% | Aeros (12i), Sudama (19), Legion (21), Shiki-Ouji (30), Lamia (36i) | |
| Lullaby | 25 | Sleep | All | 55% | Hariti (35i) | |
| Fogna | 25 | Mirage | All | 50% | Forneus (32), Basilisk (32) | |
| Sexy Dance | 25 | Charm | All | 45% | Narcissus (38i), Dionysus (44i) | |
| Toxic Cloud | 25 | Poison | All | 60% | Basilisk (31i), Black Ooze (34) | |
| Tentarafoo | 25 | Confusion | All | 45% | Narcissus (38i) | |
| Makajamaon | 25 | Seal | All | 40% | ||
| Toxic Spray | 15 | Poison | Single | 85% | Rakunda | Manananggal (27), Black Ooze (33i) |
| Slumber Vortex | 35 | Sleep, Mirage | All | 40% |
Healing Skills
| Skill | MP | Target | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dia | 8 | Single | Restores a small amount of HP | Pixie (2i), Neko Shogun (5i), Cait Sith (7i), Kodama (8), Agathion (11), Fortuna (15i), High Pixie (18i), Makami (21i), Principality (28i) |
| Diarama | 15 | Single | Restores a large amount of HP | Principality (28i), Anahita (29i), Kelpie (30i), Hariti (35i) |
| Diarahan | 35 | Single | Restores all HP | |
| Media | 30 | All | Restores a small amount of HP | Leanan Sidhe (18), Ame-no-Uzume (22i), Feng Huang (22i), Kikuri-Hime (26), Hua Po (34), Parvati (35i), Muu Shuwuu (40) |
| Mediarama | 60 | All | Restores a large amount of HP | |
| Mediarahan | 150 | All | Restores all HP | |
| Patra | 8 | Single | Cures ailments | Pixie (2i), Angel (11), Obariyon (14), Apsaras (17), Kaya-no-Hime (22) |
| Me Patra | 30 | All | Cures ailments | Mothman (30) |
| Recarm | 20 | Single | Revives with half HP | Angel (13), Turdak (14), Makami (21i), Kikuri-Hime (25), Attis (27i), Hariti (37) |
| Samarecarm | 60 | Single | Revives with full HP | |
| Diamrita | 30 | Single | Diarama + Patra | Idun (43) |
| Miracle Water | 20 | All | Restores a small amount of HP | Aogami |
| Revival Chant | 100 | Single | Restores all HP of ally in stock, revives if dead, and transfers them in the party. | Aogami |
Support Skills
| Skill | MP | Target | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarukaja | 8 | 1 ally | Boosts attack by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Daemon (10), Tsuchigumo (14), Ippon-Datara (19), Ame-no-Uzume (23), Koropokkur (26i) |
| Rakukaja | 8 | 1 ally | Boosts defense by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Pixie (4), Mermaid (15), Xuanwu (23i) |
| Sukukaja | 8 | 1 ally | Boosts accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Agathion (12), Obariyon (12i), Andras (18i), Koppa Tengu (25) |
| Matarukaja | 30 | All allies | Boosts attack by 1 rank for 3 turns |
King Frost (35), Sukuna-Hikona (37i) |
| Marakukaja | 30 | All allies | Boosts defense by 1 rank for 3 turns |
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| Masukukaja | 30 | All allies | Boosts accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Jatayu (32i), Eligor (40) |
| Luster Candy | 150 | All allies | Boosts attack, defense, accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
|
| Tarunda | 8 | 1 enemy | Lowers attack by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Apsaras (18), Archangel (19), Jack-o'-Lantern (21), Kikuri-Hime (24i), Koropokkur (28) |
| Rakunda | 8 | 1 enemy | Lowers defense by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Neko Shogun (5i), Fortuna (17), Kaya-no-Hime (24), Inugami (27), Anahita (29i) |
| Sukunda | 8 | 1 enemy | Lowers accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Neko Shogun (6), Obariyon (12i), High Pixie (18i), Shiisaa (21), Makami (22), Bugs (26) |
| Matarunda | 30 | All enemies | Lowers attack by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Anahita (31), Hua Po (32), Parvati (35i), Thoth (35) |
| Marakunda | 30 | All enemies | Lowers defense by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Forneus (31i), Muu Shuwuu (39) |
| Masukunda | 30 | All enemies | Lowers accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
Poltergeist (25i), Kelpie (32) |
| Debilitate | 150 | All enemies | Lowers attack, defense, accuracy/evade rate by 1 rank for 3 turns |
|
| Dekaja | 40 | All enemies | Removes all buffs | |
| Dekunda | 40 | All enemies | Nullifies any non-special stat debuffs that have been inflicted to all allies. | Mada |
| Charge | 10 | Self | Next phys attack deals more damage |
Bicorn (15), Take-Minakata (20), Rakshasa (22), Naga (30), Sukuna-Hikona (40) |
| Concentrate | 10 | Self | Next magic attack deals more damage |
Aitvaras (19), High Pixie (21), Manananggal (28), King Frost (36) |
| Donum Gladi | 40 | 1 ally | Next phys attack deals more damage |
|
| Donum Magici | 40 | 1 ally | Next magic attack deals more damage |
Dionysus (45) |
| Critical Aura | 25 | Self | Next phys attack won't miss and will crit |
Xuanwu (26), Jatayu (34) |
| Impaler's Animus | 50 | Self | Next attack deals more damage and pierces |
|
| Bowl of Hygieia | 20 | Self | Next healing skill heals more and can surpass the max HP limit |
Parvati (35i) |
| Makarakarn | 50 | 1 ally | For 1 turn repels a magic attack |
|
| Tetrakarn | 50 | 1 ally | For 1 turn repels a Phys attack |
Muu Shuwuu (38i) |
| Phys Block | 70 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls a Phys attack |
|
| Fire Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls a Fire attack |
Attis (28), Quetzalcoatl (35) |
| Ice Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls an Ice attack |
Jack Frost (26), Koropokkur (29), Forneus (33) |
| Elec Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls an Electric attack |
Poltergeist (27), Mothman (32) |
| Force Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls a Force attack |
Koppa Tengu (27), Jatayu (33) |
| Light Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls a Light attack |
Cironnup (29), Principality (30), Power (39i) |
| Dark Block | 40 | All allies | For 1 turn nulls a Dark attack |
Loa (33), Baphomet (36) |
| Taunt | 10 | Self | Raises chance of being targeted for 3 turns |
Ippon-Datara (18), Oni (24), Basilisk (34), Power (40) |
| Fierce Roar | 30 | Self | Taunt + Rakukaja | |
| Kannabi Veil | 15 | All Allies | For 1 turn decreases all damage taken | Aogami |
Special Skills
| Skill | MP | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trafuri | 6 | Guarantees escape from escapable battles | Mokoi (8), Koropokkur (27) |
| Estoma | 35 | Prevents any enemy encounters until the next New Moon | Shiki-Ouji (32) |
Passive Skills
| Skill | Remark | Learned by |
|---|---|---|
| Life Spring | Increases MAX HP. | Fortuna (15i), Jack-o'-Lantern (23), Kikuri-Hime (27) |
| Mana Spring | Increases MAX MP. | Makami (23), Anahita (30), Thoth (33i), Forneus (34) |
| Light Life Aid | Recover a little HP after a battle. | Feng Huang (23) |
| Life Aid | Recover HP after a battle. | |
| Light Mana Aid | Recover a little MP after a battle. | Principality (31), Hua Po (33) |
| Resist Physical | Strengthens resistance to Physical skills. | Cerberus |
| Resist Fire | Strengthens resistance to Fire skills. | Naga (28), Pisaca (33) |
| Resist Ice | Strengthens resistance to Ice skills. | Bugs (27), Thoth (34) |
| Resist Elec | Strengthens resistance to Electric skills. | Kelpie (33) |
| Resist Force | Strengthens resistance to Force skills. | Poltergeist (28), Quetzalcoatl (37) |
| Resist Light | Strengthens resistance to Light skills. | Ame-no-Uzume (25), Jack Frost (28) |
| Resist Dark | Strengthens resistance to Dark skills. | Yakshini (32), Lilim (34), Lamia (37) |
| Hellish Mask | Decreases chance of instakill and being afflicted with ailments. | Narcissus (38i), Sukuna-Hikona (38) |
| Restore | Low MP recovery when you strike a foe's weakness or land a Critical | Cironnup (27i), Eligor (39), Yoshitsune |
| Curse Siphon | Low MP recovery when inflicting status ailments. | Leanan Sidhe (17i), Legion (22), Basilisk (33) |
| Counter | Chance to counter Strength-based attacks with a weak Phys attack. | Rakshasa (20i), Take-Minakata (22), Yakshini (30i) |
| Retaliate | Chance to counter Strength-based attacks with a medium Phys attack. Does not stack with Counter | Yoshitsune |
| Safeguard | Being Evaded/Nulled/Drained/Repelled doesn't consume additional Press Turn Icons. | Valkyrie (41) |
| Beast Eye | Increases Accuracy. | Bicorn (16), Nekomata (34i) |
| Bloody Glee | Increases Critical Rate. | Berith (24i), Pisaca (34) |
| Fire Pleroma | Increases Fire attack damage. | Quetzalcoatl (34i) |
| Ice Pleroma | Increases Ice attack damage. | King Frost (33i) |
| Elec Pleroma | Increases Electric attack damage. | |
| Force Pleroma | Increases Force attack damage. | Jatayu (35) |
| Light Pleroma | Increases Light attack damage. | Thoth (36) |
| Dark Pleroma | Increases Dark attack damage. | Baphomet (35) |
| Heal Pleroma | Increases Healing magic effects. | Parvati (36) |
| Poison Adept | Increases the effects of Poison. | Loa (30i) |
| Boon Boost | Your -kaja/-nda skills last 1 extra turn. | Muu Shuwuu |
| Endure | Endures lethal attack with 1 HP once in a battle. | Attis (30) |
| Enduring Soul | Survive an attack that would kill with full HP once per battle | Cerberus |
| Inspiring Leader | (Demon) EXP earned increases when the demon's Lv is lower than the Nahobino. | Inugami (25), Kelpie (30i) |
Magatsuhi Skills
| Skill | Effect | Race(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Omagatoki: Critical | All attacks, including magical attacks, will become Critical hits for all allies for 1 turn. | All |
| Omagatoki: Luck] | EXP and Macca earned greatly increased if the battle ends on this turn. | Genma, Element |
| Omagatoki: Pierce | All attacks from all allies will pierce for 1 turn. | Kishin |
| Omagatoki: Sincerity | Forgives up to 2 demon failures in a demon conversation for 1 turn. | Jirae |
| Omagatoki: Free | All skills of all allies will cost 1 MP for 1 turn. | Femme |
| Omagatoki: Hit | Accuracy and ailment efficacy of all allies is greatly raised for 1 turn. | Holy, Avatar |
| Omagatoki: Potential | All potentials are maxed out for all allies for 1 turn. | Yoma, Foul |
| Omagatoki: Doubler | Buffs and debuffs are twice as effective for all allies for 1 turn. | Fallen |
| Omagatoki: Savage | All skills of all allies will cost twice the MP but deal double the damage for 1 turn. | Tyrant |
| Omagatoki: Charge | All charge effects will remain for all allies until the next turn. | Deity |
| Omagatoki: Adversity | The lower the HP of all allies, the more damage and HP recovered through skills for 1 turn. | Beast |
| Omagatoki: Dance | All multi-hit moves of all allies will deal the max amount of hits for 1 turn. | Dragon, Snake |
| Expand: Critical Aura | Next Strength-based attack from all allies will be 100% accurate and guaranteed Critical. | Brute |
| Expand: Piercing Aura | Increases the damage of all following attacks of all allies and adds Pierce effect. | Fury |
| Fairy Banquet | Raises all stats of all allies to the max for 3 turns. | Fairy |
| Rasetsu Feast | Lowers all stats to the minimum for all foes for 3 turns. | Jaki |
| Eternal Prayer | Full HP recovery, ailment and/or death recovery for all allies (stock included). | Megami |
| Freikugel EX | Severe Almighty attack based on level to 1 foe. | Wargod, Fiend |
| Big Bang | Severe Almighty attack based on level to all foes. | Drake |
| Sea of Stars | Moderate MP recovery to all allies. | Divine |
| Accursed Poison | Chance of inflicting an ailment (stronger ailments prioritized) to all foes and lowers all stats by 1 rank for 3 turns. | Avian, Raptor |
| Shield of God | Greatly decreases damage to all allies until the next turn. | Herald |
| Twilight Wave | Heavy Physical attack to all foes. Chance of inflicting Sleep. | Haunt, Wilder |
| Waters of Youth | Full HP/MP recovery to self. | Lady |
| Soul Drain | Heavy level-based Almighty HP/MP drain attack to 1 foe. | Night |
| Dekajaon | Negates all buff effects on all foes. | Kunitsu |
| Impaler's Glory | Greatly increases the damage of the next attack of self and adds Pierce effect. | Vile |
Table of Miracles
| Name | Glory | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of Tools | 85 | Allows your demons to use items during battle. |
| Unyielding Will | 35 | When a guarding ally is attacked, the Magatsuhi Gauge increases a little. |
| Invigorating Defense | 90 | An ally's MP will recover when guarding. |
| Magatsuhi Wellspring | 150 | All allies will slightly recover HP and MP if the Magatsuhi Gauge is full at the start of a turn. |
| Vengeful Opportunist | 30 | The Magatsuhi Gauge will slightly increase when guarding. |
| Fell Swoop | 30 | The Magatsuhi Gauge will very slightly increase when inflicting WEAK or CRITICAL. |
| Counter Incentive: Resist | 30 | The Magatsuhi Gauge will slightly increase when an ally's affinity resistance reduces damage from an enemy attack. |
| Counter Incentive: Null | 50 | The Magatsuhi Gauge will increase when an ally Nulls, Drains, or Repels an enemy attack. |
| Race Transcendence | 100 | The Nabohino will become able to use race-specific Magatsuhi Skills held by other party members.. |
| Magatsuhi Dispersion | 80 | The enemy Omagatoki: Critical effect will end when an ally guards, evades, Nulls, Repels or Drains an enemy attack. |
| Skillful Conservation | 150 | Very slightly decreases the amount of Magatsuhi consumed when using Magatsuhi skills. |
| Vengeance | 40 | The Magatsuhi Gauge greatly increases anytime an ally dies. |
| Forestall | 5 | Slashing an enemy in the field without being noticed will greatly increase the Magatsuhi Gauge at the start of a battle. |
| Constant Vigilance | 100 | The Magatsuhi Gauge increases a little at the start of a battle. |
| Embolden | 150 | Raises the amount added to the Magatsuhi Gauge each turn. |
| Enhanced Summon | 80 | Demon allies summoned in battle will have a random stat raised by 1 rank. |
| Dread | 100 | All enemies will have a random stat lowered by 1 rank at the start of a battle. |
| Kindred Favor | 35 | Talking with a demon while having that same demon in your party will prompt them to occasionally heal you in battle. |
| Articulate Discourse | 65 | Talking with a demon uses 1/2 of a Press Turn Icon. |
| Pacification | 90 | If a demon's mood sours mid-negotiation, they may forgive you. |
| Inspiring Covenant | 150 | Recruiting demons in battle will cause them to immediately level up. |
| Art of Intervention | 100 | Use a demon ally's action to speak with a demon. |
| Divine Persuasion | 10 | Demons will sometimes join you unconditionally. |
| Divine Eminence | 10 | Demons above the Nahobino's level can be recruited through negotiation. |
| Deathly Aura I | 30 | Cornered demons may beg for their lives. |
| Deathly Aura II | 50 | Demand Macca from cornered demons. |
| Deathly Aura III | 70 | Demand Essence from cornered demons. |
| Name | Glory | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Hand of God | 5 | Rare chance to acquire one extra relic. |
| Warrior's Conception | 50 | Newly-fused demons will gain a stat bonus based on the stats of the demons fused. |
| Unforgotten Memories | 65 | Newly fused demons will gain EXP based on the stats of the demons fused. |
| Divine Amalgamation | 20 | Allows the Nahobino to acquire affinity resistances from essences during Essence Fusion. |
| Inheritance Violation | 10 | A demon's starting skills can be overwritten during skill inheritance. |
| Rank Violation | 10 | Level limitation for demon fusion is lifted. |
| Art of Essences I | 30 | Allows an additional skill to be selected from essences. |
| Art of Essences II | 80 | Allows up to two additional skills to be selected from essences. |
| Art of Essences III | 150 | Unlocks all essence skills. |
| Healer's Hospitality I | 40 | The healing cost at leyline founts is reduced by 25%. |
| Healer's Hospitality II | 100 | The healing cost at leyline founts is reduced by 50%. |
| Merchant's Hospitality I | 60 | Item prices at the Cadaver's Hollow are reduced by 25%. |
| Merchant's Hospitality II | 150 | Item prices at the Cadaver's Hollow are reduced by 50%. |
| Summoner's Hospitality I | 50 | The cost of summoning demons from the Demon Compendium is reduced by 10%. |
| Summoner's Hospitality II | 150 | The cost of summoning demons from the Demon Compendium is reduced by 30%. |
| Summoner's Hospitality III | 300 | The cost of summoning demons from the Demon Compendium is reduced by 50%. |
| Name | Glory | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Skill Manifestation | 50 | A demon ally may awaken to a new skill when leveling up. |
| Demonic Discipline | 150 | Increases the amount of EXP earned by demons in your stock after a battle. |
| Prayer of Strength | 200 | Additional +1 increase to a demon ally's Strength when the demon levels up (Only applies up to a certain level). |
| Prayer of Vitality | 130 | Additional +1 increase to a demon ally's Vitality when the demon levels up (Only applies up to a certain level). |
| Prayer of Magic | 200 | Additional +1 increase to a demon ally's Magic when the demon levels up (Only applies up to a certain level). |
| Prayer of Agility | 70 | Additional +1 increase to demon ally's Agility when the demon levels up (Only applies up to a certain level). |
| Prayer of Luck | 70 | Additional +1 increase to demon ally's Luck when the demon levels up (Only applies up to a certain level). |
| Empowering Cheer I | 5 | Half of MAX HP and MP are recovered when leveling up. |
| Empowering Cheer II | 50 | HP and MP are fully recovered when leveling up. |
| Demon Proficiency I | 50 | Increases demon ally's skill slots by 1. |
| Demon Proficiency II | 100 | Increases demon ally's skill slots by 1. |
| Demon Proficiency III | 150 | Increases demon ally's skill slots by 1. |
| Demon Proficiency IV | 300 | Increases demon ally's skill slots by 1. |
| Divine Proficiency I | 30 | Increases the Nahobino's skill slots by 1. |
| Divine Proficiency II | 60 | Increases the Nahobino's skill slots by 1. |
| Divine Proficiency III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's skill slots by 1. |
| Divine Proficiency IV | 150 | Increases the Nahobino's skill slots by 1. |
| Divine Garrison I | 10 | Increases demon stock by 1. |
| Divine Garrison II | 20 | Increases demon stock by 1. |
| Divine Garrison III | 50 | Increases demon stock by 2. |
| Divine Garrison IV | 65 | Increases demon stock by 2. |
| Divine Garrison V | 80 | Increases demon stock by 2. |
| Divine Garrison VI | 90 | Increases demon stock by 2. |
| Divine Garrison VII | 100 | Increases demon stock by 2. |
| Divine Garrison VIII | 165 | Increases demon stock by 3. |
| Divine Garrison IX | 200 | Increases demon stock by 3. |
| Name | Glory | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Mastery I | 120 | Increases the Nahobino's Physical skill potential by 1. |
| Physical Mastery II | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Physical skill potential by 2. |
| Physical Mastery III | 200 | Increases the Nahobino's Physical skill potential by 2. |
| Physical Mastery IV | 300 | Increases the Nahobino's Physical skill potential by 2. |
| Physical Mastery V | 400 | Increases the Nahobino's Physical skill potential by 2. |
| Fire Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Fire skill potential by 1. |
| Fire Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Fire skill potential by 2. |
| Fire Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Fire skill potential by 2. |
| Fire Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Fire skill potential by 2. |
| Fire Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Fire skill potential by 2. |
| Ice Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Ice skill potential by 1. |
| Ice Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Ice skill potential by 2. |
| Ice Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Ice skill potential by 2. |
| Ice Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Ice skill potential by 2. |
| Ice Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Ice skill potential by 2. |
| Electric Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Electric skill potential by 1. |
| Electric Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Electric skill potential by 2. |
| Electric Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Electric skill potential by 2. |
| Electric Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Electric skill potential by 2. |
| Electric Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Electric skill potential by 2. |
| Force Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Force skill potential by 1. |
| Force Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Force skill potential by 2. |
| Force Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Force skill potential by 2. |
| Force Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Force skill potential by 2. |
| Force Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Force skill potential by 2. |
| Light Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Light skill potential by 1. |
| Light Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Light skill potential by 2. |
| Light Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Light skill potential by 2. |
| Light Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Light skill potential by 2. |
| Light Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Light skill potential by 2. |
| Dark Mastery I | 50 | Increases the Nahobino's Dark skill potential by 1. |
| Dark Mastery II | 80 | Increases the Nahobino's Dark skill potential by 2. |
| Dark Mastery III | 100 | Increases the Nahobino's Dark skill potential by 2. |
| Dark Mastery IV | 130 | Increases the Nahobino's Dark skill potential by 2. |
| Dark Mastery V | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Dark skill potential by 2. |
| Almighty Mastery I | 120 | Increases the Nahobino's Almighty skill potential by 1. |
| Almighty Mastery II | 160 | Increases the Nahobino's Almighty skill potential by 2. |
| Almighty Mastery III | 200 | Increases the Nahobino's Almighty skill potential by 2. |
| Almighty Mastery IV | 300 | Increases the Nahobino's Almighty skill potential by 2. |
| Almighty Mastery V | 400 | Increases the Nahobino's Almighty skill potential by 2. |
| Ailment Mastery I | 40 | Increases the Nahobino's Ailment skill potential by 1. |
| Ailment Mastery II | 55 | Increases the Nahobino's Ailment skill potential by 2. |
| Ailment Mastery III | 70 | Increases the Nahobino's Ailment skill potential by 2. |
| Ailment Mastery IV | 90 | Increases the Nahobino's Ailment skill potential by 2. |
| Ailment Mastery V | 140 | Increases the Nahobino's Ailment skill potential by 2. |
| Recover Mastery I | 60 | Increases the Nahobino's Healing skill potential by 1. |
| Recover Mastery II | 120 | Increases the Nahobino's Healing skill potential by 2. |
| Recover Mastery III | 200 | Increases the Nahobino's Healing skill potential by 2. |
| Support Mastery I | 60 | Increases the Nahobino's Support skill potential by 1. |
| Support Mastery II | 120 | Increases the Nahobino's Support skill potential by 2. |
| Support Mastery III | 200 | Increases the Nahobino's Support skill potential by 2. |
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Other
Standard Tactics: The protagonists first course of action is to fuse with Aogami in order to become a Nahobino, once that is done, Nahobino is sort of a wild card, using his sword of light for various attacks and the various amounts of skills and magic he has at his disposal.
Weaknesses: If the protagonist perishes during battle, both he and Aogami will both be killed, erasing both of them. His demons are weak to mercuric sulfide[62][63][64][65]. Sometimes has a weakness to light, though this is mitigated through "Resist Light" and "Repel Light" skills.
Trivia
- The protagonist's hobby is reading.[66]
- The book the protagonist is reading in trailers is volume 5 of the Man'yōshū.
- How the Nahobino's hands allow one to create a sword of light though their fingers may stem from the battle of Take-Mikazuchi and Take-Minakata as spoken in the Kokiji; during their fight, Take-Minakata grasped Take-Mikazuchi's arm, in which Take-Mikazuchi morphed his hand into an icicle and then a sword, causing Take-Minakata to lose his grip. Take-Mikazuchi is also said to be borne of the blood from Izanagi's Totsuka-no-Tsurugi (which literally means "Sword of Ten Hand-Breadths") upon slaying Kagatsuchi upon his birth.
- As they can flirt with both male and female demons, they are more then likely bi-sexual.
References
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ Profile: The actual One God of monotheism. The One God praised by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is the omnipotent existence that created heaven and earth and made man in his own image, but this also means that together with the angels, his bunrei [subparts], he also gave birth to demons. By giving humans bodies of flesh and bone, their lives and fears were repeated in the endless cycle of death and rebirth, restricting their range of observation.
- ↑ The reason YHVH is harmed during this fight is due to humanity's observation weakening him, as there's no reason for YHVH to be lying
- ↑ The Herald of Yatagarsu is capable of teleporting Raidou into The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse but cannot even reach this realm, along with this she exists a plane not apart of the human world, further showing how out of reach this plane is, it requires one normally to discard their human form and transcribe themselves otherwise they are threatened with being unstuck from time
- ↑ He had a strong impact in the previous games, so I just followed the basic model. His image as the Father and main god was emphasised by the stern expression on his aged face. The panels with three angles in the middle of his face are there to portray him as a 3D representation. I showed multiple faces every time he appeared, in order to show he has all the universes under his rule. The true number of these faces is the number of stars, rather than just the number of lives we can observe.
- ↑ Shioda: Professor Matsuda didn’t even have a character design in the preliminary stages.
Miyata: It’s shocking that so few people realised professor Matsuda was actually Stephen.
Shioda: That was shocking indeed, and they even had the same voice actor (laughs). What kind of device is the Shesha radar in Hibiya?
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.
Yamai: Because the device related to the elementary particles is extremely big.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shioda: This time he talks about the aim of the Great Reason in the end. Do you think he has met the Great Reason?
*From Dijeh (Basically just a translator's 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.
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.
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. - ↑ 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.
Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.
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. - ↑ Shioda: Professor Matsuda didn’t even have a character design in the preliminary stages.
Miyata: It’s shocking that so few people realised professor Matsuda was actually Stephen.
Shioda: That was shocking indeed, and they even had the same voice actor (laughs). What kind of device is the Shesha radar in Hibiya?
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.
Yamai: Because the device related to the elementary particles is extremely big.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shioda: This time he talks about the aim of the Great Reason in the end. Do you think he has met the Great Reason?
*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.
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.
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. - ↑ 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.
Shioda: In Buddhism, leaving the circle of transmigration equals reaching Nirvana and becoming a buddha.
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. - ↑ Profile: The actual One God of monotheism. The One God praised by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is the omnipotent existence that created heaven and earth and made man in his own image, but this also means that together with the angels, his bunrei [subparts], he also gave birth to demons. By giving humans bodies of flesh and bone, their lives and fears were repeated in the endless cycle of death and rebirth, restricting their range of observation.
- ↑ The reason YHVH is harmed during this fight is due to humanity's observation weakening him, as there's no reason for YHVH to be lying
- ↑ The Herald of Yatagarsu is capable of teleporting Raidou into The Expanse, a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse but cannot even reach this realm, along with this she exists a plane not apart of the human world, further showing how out of reach this plane is, it requires one normally to discard their human form and transcribe themselves otherwise they are threatened with being unstuck from time
- ↑ 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. - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7, Chapter 2 "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Narisawa: Now, let’s change the subject. I’d like to talk about the Abyss or the demon areas. This time the Abyss is designed like the Sephiroth Tree. We need to read the strategy guide in order to understand that, but is this how you originally envisioned it?
Okada: I said earlier that Tokyo Millenium and the Underworld are in contrast but generally speaking, their opposite is the Abyss. It’s like saying Lucifer is Satan’s opposite.
Narisawa: Kabbalah is a secret formula that belongs to humans, so how do you explain Lucifer using it to design the Abyss?
Itou: That is why we have opposites. We can consider the possibility of humans being the ones who were influenced. We don’t know whether they saw the Abyss’s design after a near-death experience or were telepathically struck by some waves, but if pushed to say, the Kabbalah that’s transmitted through the world right now could be a representation of what they “saw”.
Narisawa: It’s a reversal. - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "To Space", The glitter of the stars and the unending void surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning blue globe shone up at him. It took him a few moments to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi he held emitted a strand of light in the inkwell of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, responding to the tens of thousands of stars.
It seemed that Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move in the vacuum of outer space. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. Swinging his sword, Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw.
An incomprehensibly enormous serpent; though the demon had only owned a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body.
Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful, practical satellite lying in medium Earth orbit.
It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.
The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind.
But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this machine down with me is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here!
Several pale glowing things that looked like hoods aimlessly floated beside Nakajima.
Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of foolish humanity’s dominion over the earth will not be long. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signaling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think on it.
Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment that had given Set a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power Nakajima had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew a whip-like arc that emitted red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent." - ↑ Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Chapter 4, "Sword of Flame", Page 55 "RAUIERE!" Yomotsu-Shikome tried to tell him something in a foreign tongue. She could sense that this intruder possessed a power much different and far greater than the human tomb robbers that had foolishly wandered in before. If possible, she wanted to repel him without having to fight. Caught off guard, Loki stood still and narrowed his jet-black eyes, as if sizing up the power of this new arrival. Then, he started to walk forward calmly, an arrogant smirk on his face.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28 "Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat.
"Ugh! What the hell is this!?"
Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor.
"Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant.
"Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36 "However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.
"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Chatper 2, Sword of Flame, Page 53 "At that time, Loki swiftly entered Shirasagi Mound, and was standing before the passageway that Nakajima had passed through earlier. "Just you wait, Nakajima. Soon, I will defile your precious woman before your very eyes before devouring you whole." With a twisted smile on his face, Loki transformed himself into an amorphous blob and oozed into the tunnel. Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the plaza before the burial pathway. At that instant, its outer membrane hissed and gave off smoke as it started to melt. "Damn you!" Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body, and kneeling on the ground, let loose a terrible howl. Most likely, he could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Even now, the one gelatinous place of his body between his eyes throbbed and pulsated. Gritting his teeth and standing, Loki stared solemnly at the crimson burial road."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37 "Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher.
Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm.
Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it. - ↑ "Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2, "Conflicts" "Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space" "However, he could not stop fighting. As minor demons from Set's world continued wriggling while trying to enter the Assiah world, an unmistakably familiar voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. Nakajima! I'm here! Aim for here! Yumiko! Is that you!? The instant Nakajima heard the voice, the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi regained a shine like a nova as it tore through the air. Stab your sword in the direction of my voice! Nakajima quickly noticed a pale, white, phosphorescent glow on a part of the enormous serpent's scale-encased body. Yes, I'm inside the demon! If we attack from inside him and outside him at the same time, we might be able to defeat Set... Led by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his blade toward the phosphorescent glow. But an instant before the tip reached it, the tail of the giant snake forcefully knocked the blade aside and sent Nakajima flying far back. Flipping over and regaining his composure, robe fluttering behind him, Nakajima saw the rolling form of Set uncoiling, as if swimming through the vacuum. Foolish girl! To think you would let me know that you still live! Now I no longer have to depend on this irritating machine!
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 2 "Conflicts" "Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "Quickening" "Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow.
A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie.
Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully.
A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor. - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2: Chapter 2, ""I made it back to Toyoashihara..." His lips trembled with relief. Opening his arms wide, the youth took a deep breath of the humid air, pursed his lips forcefully, turned around, and sat down. For a while, he stared at the form of the grotesque woman chasing him, then shook his head sadly and closed his eyes. The youth started to meditate. When the woman had gotten within reach of a stone's throw, his body seemed to float slightly in midair for a moment, and then there was a huge undulation in the atmosphere. As if a huge invisible power had been released, the earth shook, and the fissure that appeared directly beneath the youth spread to the surrounding moutains, and countless rocks started to fall on the path. As the woman stopped, a giant boulder rolled in front of the path in front of her eyes, sealing it off. "Izanagi! I will come to you! Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years!" The sound of the woman's bitter cries rose from beyond the towering pile of earth. "Forgive me, Izanami..." Plugging his ears with his hands, the youth staggered into the wetlands, the tall reeds rising even above his height."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space", "Accompanied by the glittering of the stars, unending empty space surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning shining blue globe looked up at him. It took him a few moments for him to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. In them, he held the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, emitting a strand of light in the blackness of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, as if responding to the tens of thousands of stars. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. It appeared as if Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move about in the vacuum of outer space. Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw. It was that of an incomprehensibly enormous serpent. Though the demon had only possessed a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the natural effect of powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body. Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Now a giant snake, Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful yet functional satellite lying in dead orbit. It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space. The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this satellite down with me to the surface is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here into space! Beside Nakajima, several pale glowing things that looked like hoods floated aimlessly. Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of the age of the foolish humans' dominion over the earth will not be long now. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signalling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think it over. Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment of outer space that had given the demon a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power he had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew an arc like that of a whip emitting red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent. Fool, you do not value your life. Set lurched forward. Weaving away from the enormous serpent's attacking fangs, Nakajima was enveloped by a miasma like ice. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi had already produced many pale sparks striking the body of the serpent coiled around the satellite. Yet the tough scales showed no sign of injury. Not only that, but the ugly faces and disgusting tentacles of materializing new demons floated like ghosts in the space around him. The noisy voices of the demons amplified like they were advancing down on Nakajima."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Quickening" "I don't think so. From what I've just seen, there's no mistake that a magnetic field suitable for summoning a demon was set up. It may be that the reason no demon appeared was that it might have arrived in the Assiah world via a different magnetic field."
"There’re still some details about the mechanism for demon summoning that I don't really understand yet."
"Unusual words, coming from the genius that was the first to successfully summon a demon via a computer." Feed grinned broadly, but his expression soon turned grave as he looked directly at Nakajima.
"The last demon to appear called himself Set, correct?"
"Yes, that's right."
"While it's too dangerous to try and conjecture the state of affairs in the demon world based on our own knowledge of this one, my theory is that the demon world is like a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon. Most likely, with Loki's death, the mini-universe in contact with Japan or Tokyo vanished, and Set's mini-universe entered to take its place. Demon summoning is just opening a contact point between the two worlds at the same time."
"So what would happen if two contact points were opened at the same time?"
"The demon would decide where it wanted to appear. However, there are some examples in medieval records of demon summonings that report that when the difference in strength of the two magnetic fields was great enough, the demon would be pulled to the stronger field, regardless of which it wanted to go to..." - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 5, "He Who Calls" "Isma had realized that the bizarre life form that had torn itself out of Ohara's belly was a temporary body for Set, who had been planning to take form by possessing Loki's child. According to his theory, summoning a demon via a computer would require creating a magnetic field with which to summon the demon and the processing of the demon's data to be materialized, both of which would have to be done at virtually the same time. If the magnetic field was weak, the point of connection between the demon's world and the Assiah world would narrow, constraining the amount of data that could be processed. On the other hand, no matter how powerful the magnetic field was, unless the digital data could be processed quickly and concisely, the demon would never be able to take form. It was quite possible that even a supercomputer would not be able to handle the massive amount of data that would be needed to materialize a high-ranking demon. Despite that fact, the high-ranking demon Set was able to to take form in the Assiah world, even if it was only in a makeshift body. Something must have added a great deal of power in setting up the necessary magnetic field for a summoning; this in turn would ease the restraints on the data processing. Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for the summoning. The divine constitution that she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of that highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also retained some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds entirely. Therefore, having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people and attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding just according to plan. Even know the heavens split with a terrible thundering, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as if slithering from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went. "Typhon, welcome. Breathe deeply and take in the air of the Assiah world." Isma looked kindly at the enormous snake. "Take a look, your first victim awaits in the shadow of that tree." As Isma pointed to the copse where Officer Nimura was, Typhon vanished beyond the trees. Meanwhile, Set had transformed into a gigantic, vile pillar of flesh, his sinister, red glowing eyes at its peak darting all around the area. Typhon's presence is proof that the demon world Set rules is starting to meld with the Assiah world. Now all that remains is to gather more biological Magnetite and solidify the connection... Isma's eyes shimmered even brighter with madness."
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- ↑ He had a strong impact in the previous games, so I just followed the basic model. His image as the Father and main god was emphasised by the stern expression on his aged face. The panels with three angles in the middle of his face are there to portray him as a 3D representation. I showed multiple faces every time he appeared, in order to show he has all the universes under his rule. The true number of these faces is the number of stars, rather than just the number of lives we can observe.
- ↑ Profile: The actual One God of monotheism. The One God praised by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is the omnipotent existence that created heaven and earth and made man in his own image, but this also means that together with the angels, his bunrei [subparts], he also gave birth to demons. By giving humans bodies of flesh and bone, their lives and fears were repeated in the endless cycle of death and rebirth, restricting their range of observation.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "To Space", The glitter of the stars and the unending void surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning blue globe shone up at him. It took him a few moments to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi he held emitted a strand of light in the inkwell of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, responding to the tens of thousands of stars.
It seemed that Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move in the vacuum of outer space. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. Swinging his sword, Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw.
An incomprehensibly enormous serpent; though the demon had only owned a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body.
Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful, practical satellite lying in medium Earth orbit.
It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space.
The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind.
But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this machine down with me is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here!
Several pale glowing things that looked like hoods aimlessly floated beside Nakajima.
Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of foolish humanity’s dominion over the earth will not be long. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signaling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think on it.
Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment that had given Set a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power Nakajima had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew a whip-like arc that emitted red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent." - ↑ Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Chapter 4, "Sword of Flame", Page 55 "RAUIERE!" Yomotsu-Shikome tried to tell him something in a foreign tongue. She could sense that this intruder possessed a power much different and far greater than the human tomb robbers that had foolishly wandered in before. If possible, she wanted to repel him without having to fight. Caught off guard, Loki stood still and narrowed his jet-black eyes, as if sizing up the power of this new arrival. Then, he started to walk forward calmly, an arrogant smirk on his face.
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28 "Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat.
"Ugh! What the hell is this!?"
Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor.
"Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant.
"Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36 "However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.
"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Chatper 2, Sword of Flame, Page 53 "At that time, Loki swiftly entered Shirasagi Mound, and was standing before the passageway that Nakajima had passed through earlier. "Just you wait, Nakajima. Soon, I will defile your precious woman before your very eyes before devouring you whole." With a twisted smile on his face, Loki transformed himself into an amorphous blob and oozed into the tunnel. Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the plaza before the burial pathway. At that instant, its outer membrane hissed and gave off smoke as it started to melt. "Damn you!" Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body, and kneeling on the ground, let loose a terrible howl. Most likely, he could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Even now, the one gelatinous place of his body between his eyes throbbed and pulsated. Gritting his teeth and standing, Loki stared solemnly at the crimson burial road."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37 "Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher.
Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm.
Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it. - ↑ "Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2, "Conflicts" "Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space" "However, he could not stop fighting. As minor demons from Set's world continued wriggling while trying to enter the Assiah world, an unmistakably familiar voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. Nakajima! I'm here! Aim for here! Yumiko! Is that you!? The instant Nakajima heard the voice, the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi regained a shine like a nova as it tore through the air. Stab your sword in the direction of my voice! Nakajima quickly noticed a pale, white, phosphorescent glow on a part of the enormous serpent's scale-encased body. Yes, I'm inside the demon! If we attack from inside him and outside him at the same time, we might be able to defeat Set... Led by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his blade toward the phosphorescent glow. But an instant before the tip reached it, the tail of the giant snake forcefully knocked the blade aside and sent Nakajima flying far back. Flipping over and regaining his composure, robe fluttering behind him, Nakajima saw the rolling form of Set uncoiling, as if swimming through the vacuum. Foolish girl! To think you would let me know that you still live! Now I no longer have to depend on this irritating machine!
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 2 "Conflicts" "Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "Quickening" "Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow.
A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie.
Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully.
A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor. - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 2: Chapter 2, ""I made it back to Toyoashihara..." His lips trembled with relief. Opening his arms wide, the youth took a deep breath of the humid air, pursed his lips forcefully, turned around, and sat down. For a while, he stared at the form of the grotesque woman chasing him, then shook his head sadly and closed his eyes. The youth started to meditate. When the woman had gotten within reach of a stone's throw, his body seemed to float slightly in midair for a moment, and then there was a huge undulation in the atmosphere. As if a huge invisible power had been released, the earth shook, and the fissure that appeared directly beneath the youth spread to the surrounding moutains, and countless rocks started to fall on the path. As the woman stopped, a giant boulder rolled in front of the path in front of her eyes, sealing it off. "Izanagi! I will come to you! Even if it takes hundreds or thousands of years!" The sound of the woman's bitter cries rose from beyond the towering pile of earth. "Forgive me, Izanami..." Plugging his ears with his hands, the youth staggered into the wetlands, the tall reeds rising even above his height."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "To Space" "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space", "Accompanied by the glittering of the stars, unending empty space surrounded Nakajima. Below his feet, the endlessly spinning shining blue globe looked up at him. It took him a few moments for him to realize that he was floating in outer space. Nakajima unfolded his arms. In them, he held the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, emitting a strand of light in the blackness of space. Its blade twinkled and throbbed, as if responding to the tens of thousands of stars. Suddenly, a sinister psychic wave hit Nakajima from behind. It appeared as if Izanami's robe had given him the power to survive and move about in the vacuum of outer space. Nakajima slowly turned around, and found his field of vision dominated by an open, gaping red maw. It was that of an incomprehensibly enormous serpent. Though the demon had only possessed a temporary form on the surface of the earth, the natural effect of powerful magnetic field that had forced him into space had given Set a complete body. Star Scorpion's 60-foot-long solar cells spread out like wings. Now a giant snake, Set's pale green scales glimmered as he coiled around the beautiful yet functional satellite lying in dead orbit. It looks like the insignificant humans had enough knowledge to summon me into this empty space. The voice echoed in Nakajima's mind. But the humans will soon know their folly in thinking that they have banished me. Pulling this satellite down with me to the surface is an easy task. And that is not all. Have a look at all the demons that were summoned here into space! Beside Nakajima, several pale glowing things that looked like hoods floated aimlessly. Soon, they will take on bodies and seek safe haven on Earth. The end of the age of the foolish humans' dominion over the earth will not be long now. Nakajima, whether or not you intended, you have become the knight that blows the trumpet signalling the beginning of the apocalypse. The only path remaining for you is to cast aside your humanity and work for me. It would be a shame to kill you. Think it over. Ignoring Set's call, Nakajima focused all of his anger onto the sword he held directly in front of him. The environment of outer space that had given the demon a body had also removed all restrictions on the divine power he had been granted. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, now an immensely long coil of light, drew an arc like that of a whip emitting red light, and came down onto the body of the enormous serpent. Fool, you do not value your life. Set lurched forward. Weaving away from the enormous serpent's attacking fangs, Nakajima was enveloped by a miasma like ice. The Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi had already produced many pale sparks striking the body of the serpent coiled around the satellite. Yet the tough scales showed no sign of injury. Not only that, but the ugly faces and disgusting tentacles of materializing new demons floated like ghosts in the space around him. The noisy voices of the demons amplified like they were advancing down on Nakajima."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Quickening" "I don't think so. From what I've just seen, there's no mistake that a magnetic field suitable for summoning a demon was set up. It may be that the reason no demon appeared was that it might have arrived in the Assiah world via a different magnetic field."
"There’re still some details about the mechanism for demon summoning that I don't really understand yet."
"Unusual words, coming from the genius that was the first to successfully summon a demon via a computer." Feed grinned broadly, but his expression soon turned grave as he looked directly at Nakajima.
"The last demon to appear called himself Set, correct?"
"Yes, that's right."
"While it's too dangerous to try and conjecture the state of affairs in the demon world based on our own knowledge of this one, my theory is that the demon world is like a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon. Most likely, with Loki's death, the mini-universe in contact with Japan or Tokyo vanished, and Set's mini-universe entered to take its place. Demon summoning is just opening a contact point between the two worlds at the same time."
"So what would happen if two contact points were opened at the same time?"
"The demon would decide where it wanted to appear. However, there are some examples in medieval records of demon summonings that report that when the difference in strength of the two magnetic fields was great enough, the demon would be pulled to the stronger field, regardless of which it wanted to go to..." - ↑ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 5, "He Who Calls" "Isma had realized that the bizarre life form that had torn itself out of Ohara's belly was a temporary body for Set, who had been planning to take form by possessing Loki's child. According to his theory, summoning a demon via a computer would require creating a magnetic field with which to summon the demon and the processing of the demon's data to be materialized, both of which would have to be done at virtually the same time. If the magnetic field was weak, the point of connection between the demon's world and the Assiah world would narrow, constraining the amount of data that could be processed. On the other hand, no matter how powerful the magnetic field was, unless the digital data could be processed quickly and concisely, the demon would never be able to take form. It was quite possible that even a supercomputer would not be able to handle the massive amount of data that would be needed to materialize a high-ranking demon. Despite that fact, the high-ranking demon Set was able to to take form in the Assiah world, even if it was only in a makeshift body. Something must have added a great deal of power in setting up the necessary magnetic field for a summoning; this in turn would ease the restraints on the data processing. Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for the summoning. The divine constitution that she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of that highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also retained some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds entirely. Therefore, having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people and attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding just according to plan. Even know the heavens split with a terrible thundering, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as if slithering from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went. "Typhon, welcome. Breathe deeply and take in the air of the Assiah world." Isma looked kindly at the enormous snake. "Take a look, your first victim awaits in the shadow of that tree." As Isma pointed to the copse where Officer Nimura was, Typhon vanished beyond the trees. Meanwhile, Set had transformed into a gigantic, vile pillar of flesh, his sinister, red glowing eyes at its peak darting all around the area. Typhon's presence is proof that the demon world Set rules is starting to meld with the Assiah world. Now all that remains is to gather more biological Magnetite and solidify the connection... Isma's eyes shimmered even brighter with madness."
- ↑ Digital Devil Story Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36-37 "Powerless, Nakajima stared at Loki and Ohara.
I should have considered the possibility that this could happen. I'd better find a weakness, and soon!
Nakajima frantically pointed the sensor connected to his computer at the nearly-materialized Loki. Calling up the ISG host computer, he sent the data the sensor had gathered about the demon to Craft. Meanwhile, Loki extended his hand toward Yumiko, rigid with terror. His bronze, naked body was beautifully symmetrical, almost like the Greek Apollo, and his muscular chest was covered in black scales. His black eyes, from which no one could possibly fathom any emotion, paralyzed her.
"Come over here." Pointing his talon at Yumiko, Loki commanded her in a low, cold voice. Yumiko looked to Nakajima for help, but he merely glanced at her and continued talking with the AI.
Nakajima knew he wouldn't have a chance if he tried to fight Loki directly, but Loki probably couldn’t risk doing anything to him so long as Nakajima had control of the computer environment. Nakajima knew that he had to find some sort of weakness to Loki while he still had the chance. He had a hunch that Loki would not be able to leave the magnetic field being generated by the computer.
However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs.
"No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body.
>CRAFT, HURRY!
Covering his ears so he wouldn't have to hear Yumiko's screams, Nakajima frantically kept hitting the keys. Finally the data transfer LED lit up, and Craft sent a response.
ACCORDING TO THE DATA YOU SENT, THE JELLY SUBSTANCE IS 58% WATER AND 17% ECTOPLASM. THE REMAINING MATTER IS NOT NATIVE TO THE PLANET AND CANNOT BE ANALYZED.
>HAS THERE EVER BEEN A CASE OF SIMILAR MATTER BEING DISCOVERED BEFORE?
YES. THIS CENTURY, SIMILAR MATTER WAS DISCOVERED IN A MAYAN TEMPLE AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
> WHAT IS ITS WEAK POINT?
I CANNOT MAKE A HYPOTHESIS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA. HOWEVER, THE MATTER DISCOVERED UNDER A RELIEF IN THE MAYAN TEMPLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE EVAPORATED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH MERCURIC SULFIDE-BASED PAINT.
> MERCURIC SULFIDE? YOU MEAN A MIXTURE OF MERCURY AND SULFUR. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM NOW!
UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER." - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Pages 50-51 "A viscous drop of water fell onto Nakajima's cheek. Listening closely, he could hear the steady sound of water coming from high above. Over the aeons, the lime deposits in this trickle had accumulated here and there along the path to form giant stalagmites. Nakajima touched the rising cliff to feel it. The surface of the cold stone was wet with condensation. When he scratched it, the rock crumbled away easily, revealing a new layer of red stone below. Idly recalling that the ancient red paint used in ancient Japanese tombs was mercuric-sulfide based, Nakajima suddenly remembered Craft's words.
When explorers had discovered material that was apparently part of a demon's body in a Mayan temple, it evaporated when it came into contact with their mercuric-sulfide based paint. In other words, this tomb was designed specifically to keep demons out. His courage buoyed by this realization, Nakajima picked up Yumiko's body and walked toward the depths of the red valley. However, he’d never had that much in the way of stamina in the first place. In less than ten minutes, his legs were exhausted. He would have liked Kerberos' help, but he didn't want to put any more stress on the already terribly-injured demon. Besides, this path with walls literally painted with demon repellent would hardly be the most appropriate place for Kerberos. - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Page 51 "Yomotsu-Shikome took a step forward. As Nakajima met her gaze, he carefully laid Yumiko down, wiped the cold sweat on his hands onto his slacks, and picked up his handheld computer.
"Kerberos, please come here."
Before the white haze that emerged from the liquid crystal display could even take on a rough outline of its shape, it vanished with a weak bark. Apparently, the pathway’s crimson paint really did seal off the power of the demon beast. - ↑ Digital Devil Story Sword of Flame, Chapter 2, Page 53 "Loki descended the passageway that took Nakajima hours to traverse in mere minutes. Soon the blob of flesh made a squishing sound as it dropped to the stone floor of the burial chamber plaza. The moment he touched the floor, his outer membrane hissed smoke as it started to melt.
"Damn you!"
Loki quickly transformed back into his bronze body. Kneeling, he let loose a terrible howl. He could not stand the chemical reaction that took place when his protoplasmic body came into contact with the mercuric sulfide. Between his eyes, the one gelatinous place on his body throbbed and pulsated. - ↑ 真・女神転生V - 公式サイト, Shin Megami Tensei V Japanese Website
Explanations
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Gallery
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Shin Megami Tensei V Key art
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Artwork of the protagonist
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The protagonist on the cover of the 2021/11/25* issue of Weekly Famitsu, drawn by Masayuki Doi.
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Full cover art of the 2021/11/25 issue of Weekly Famitsu
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Artwork of the protagonist on the release of the game
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Full artwork of the protagonist on the release of the game
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Artwork of the protagonist on the Nahobinokami
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The protagonist
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The protagonist
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The protagonist fusing with Aogami, becoming a Nahobino
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The protagonist's Nahobino form
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The protagonist in Da'at
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The protagonist in combat
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The protagonist in combat
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The protagonist in combat
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The protagonist's combat panel
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