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Kei Amemura

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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
Nahobino's theme

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

Name: Kei Amemura, Nahobino (A title given to one that merges with a demon and ascended beyond a human)

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

State of Being: Regular

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)

Codex Statistics

Grade: B

Tier: 10-B, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Low 8-C to Unknown-A with Aogami

Cardinality: Finite (With Aogami, he can reach up to an Unknown cardinality state)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Average Human level (Is a standard high school 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 Unknown: Cosmic 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 Unknown: Cosmic level with Aogami

Striking Strength: Average Human Class, Far Higher with Observation & Willpower. Small Building Class to Unknown: Cosmic 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)

Attack 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: Undefinable 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: Undefinable with Aogami


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, Extended Melee 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 Universal 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 Universal with Observation (Can affect beings such as YHVH through their observation, where YHVH is existence itself)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius Intelligence regularly (The protagonist continuously 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 side quests 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 Techniques

Is a user of Observation which grants him: Observation (Varies between Unconscious Manifestation & Conscious 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 (Conceptual, Primordial Source; 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[19]), Negation of Immortality (Ageless) & Resurrection (Atemporal Resurrection; It is noted by Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other. Permanently killed YHVH. All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing, including even nonexistent demons such as The White, allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence), Negation of Dimensionless Existence (Non-Dimensional; Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help, the "true forms" of demons are in truth without the concept of form, without observation they are not certain nor stable, are a phenomena without an answer and are unbound by concepts such as truth completely unshaped by reality. Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity which they are free from in their true forms), 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[20]), 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)


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.
This dropdown contains the various consumables of SMT V.

Consumables

Name Description Price (ћ) Stock Location
Buy Sell
Return Pillar Return to the last visited leyline fount. Items are not consumed upon use. - - 1 Obtain from Goko after defeating the Hydra at Tokyo Tower
Medicine Slight set HP recovery to 1 ally. 50ћ 12ћ 50 Report back to Gustave after finding 5 Miman (Starter Healing Set x3)
Amalgams
Cadaver's Hollow
Treasure - Tamachi
Life Stone Slight HP recovery to 1 ally. 25ћ 50 Report back to Gustave after finding 5 Miman (Starter Healing Set x3)
Battle drop
Ox Bezoar Moderate set HP recovery to 1 ally. 150ћ 30 Give Soda to Cait Sith in West Shinbashi (x2)
Dropped by Rakshasa
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Lahmu)
Bead Full HP recovery to 1 ally. 1250ћ 10 Obtained from Amanozako after entering Shiba
Dropped by Yaksini
Treasure - Shiba
Bead Chain Full HP recovery to all allies. 5
Ambrosia Large set HP recovery to 1 ally.
Chakra Drop Slight set MP recovery to 1 ally. (50) 200ћ 30 Dropped by Cait Sith, Obariyon, Andras, Valkyrie
Amrita Soda Cures status ailments on 1 ally. 80ћ 20ћ 50 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Pixie
Treasure - Shiba
Report back to Gustave after finding 5 Miman (Starter Healing Set x3)
Randomly given by demon when leveling up
Revival Bead Revive 1 ally to half HP. 400ћ 100ћ 20 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Ippon-Datara, Tsuchigumo
Balm of Life Revives 1 ally, fully restores HP. 10
Muscle Drink Recover HP to max health to 1 ally but has a chance to inflict Charm/Confusion/Mirage.
Fire Shard Weak Fire attack to all foes. 200ћ 50ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Onmoraki, Bicorn
Fire Gem Heavy Fire attack to 1 foe. 250ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Dropped by Hua Po
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Ice Shard Weak Ice attack to all foes. 200ћ 50ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Koropokkur
Ice Gem Heavy Ice attack to 1 foe. - 250ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 20 Miman
Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Give Shabby Building Material to Koropokkur in West Shinbashi
Dropped by Jack Frost
Elec Shard Weak Electric attack to all foes. 200ћ 50ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Mandrake
Elec Gem Heavy Electric attack to 1 foe. 250ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Defeat Toranomon Abscess
Force Shard Weak Force attack to all foes. 200ћ 50ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Koppa Tengu
Force Gem Heavy Force attack to 1 foe. 250ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Dropped by Kurama Tengu, Pazuzu ("The Mermaid's Curse"), Muu Shuwuu
Light Shard Weak Light attack to all foes. Chance of instakill when striking weakness. 250ћ 62ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dropped by Cironnup, Shiki-Ouji
Light Gem Heavy Light attack to 1 foe. Chance of instakill when striking weakness. 375ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Treasure - Kamiyacho
Dropped by Shiki-Ouji ("Talisman Hunt")
Dark Shard Weak Dark attack to all foes. Chance of instakill when striking weakness. 250ћ 62ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow
Dark Gem Heavy Dark attack to 1 foe. Chance of instakill when striking weakness. 375ћ 10 Report to Gustave after finding 35 Miman
Dropped by Loa
Spirit Drain Gem Weak Almighty MP drain attack to 1 foe. 150ћ 20 Dropped by Preta, Manananggal, Kaya-no-Hime
Cadaver's Hollow - Ginza
Charm Gem Chance of inflicting Charm to all foes. 20 Dropped by Lilim
Confusion Gem Chance of inflicting Confusion to all foes. 20 Dropped by Nekomata
Poison Gem Chance of inflicting Poison to all foes. 100ћ 20 Dropped by Basilisk, Black Ooze
Search objects
Mirage Gem Chance of inflicting Mirage to all foes. 100ћ 20 Give Game Console Cartridge to Mokoi in West Shinbashi (x3)
Randomly given by demon when leveling up
Repulse Bell Prevents any enemy encounters until the next New Moon. 20
Phys Dampener Nullifies a Physical attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 37ћ 3 Complete the subquest "Movin' on Up"
Complete the subquest "Great Strategy to Become a Boss"
Fire Dampener Nullifies a Fire attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3 Cadaver's Hollow
Ice Dampener Nullifies an Ice attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3 Cadaver's Hollow
Search objects
Elec Dampener Nullifies an Electric attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3 Cadaver's Hollow
Force Dampener Nullifies a Force attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3
Light Dampener Nullifies a Light attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3
Dark Dampener Nullifies a Dark attack against all allies once for 1 turn. 150ћ 37ћ 3 Cadaver's Hollow
Defeat Onarimon Abscess (x3)
Search objects
Purge Charm Negates status buff effects on all foes. - 250ћ 10 After completing the subquest "Chakra Drop Chomp", give Kodama 2 Chakra Drops (repeatable)
Spyglass Displays info for 1 foe. 100ћ 25ћ 50 Cadaver's Hollow
Search objects
Smoke Ball Guarantees escape from battle upon use. 500ћ 125ћ 10 Cadaver's Hollow (Tennozu Isle)
Search objects
Fire Sutra Increases a demon's Fire skill potential by 1. (max: +9) 99 Search objects
Ice Sutra Increases a demon's Ice skill potential by 1. (max: +9) 99
Elec Sutra Increases a demon's Electricity skill potential by 1. (max: +9) 99
Aiding Sutra Increases a demon's Support skill potential by 1. (max: +9) 99
Agility Balm Increase Nahobino's Agility by 1. 99
Health Incense Increases a demon's max HP. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 50 Miman (x2)
Complete the subquest "The Spirit of Love" (x2)
Search objects
Stamina Incense Increases a demon's max MP. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 50 Miman (x2)
Complete the subquest "The Water Nymph" (x2)
Search objects
Strength Incense Increases a demon's Strength by 1. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 50 Miman (x2)
Search objects
Vitality Incense Increases a demon's Vitality by 1. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 50 Miman (x2)
Magic Incense Increases a demon's Magic by 1. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 50 Miman (x2)
Search objects
Agility Incense Increases a demon's Agility by 1. 99
Luck Incense Increases a demon's Luck by 1. 99
Gospel Grants the Nahobino enough EXP to level up. 99 Report to Gustave after finding 170 Miman (x2)
Dropped by Kusi Mitama
Grimoire Grants a demon at a lower level than the Nahobino enough EXP to level up. 99 Dropped by Ara Mitama
Treasure - Shiba
Small Glory Crystal Grants 10 Glory. - 99 Dropped by Nigi Mitama
Large Glory Crystal Grants 100 Glory. - 99 Report to Gustave after finding 130 Miman
Report to Gustave after finding 150 Miman
Report to Gustave after finding 175 Miman (x3)
Report to Gustave after finding 195 Miman (x4)

Essence

Essences 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.

Name Description Price (ћ) Stock Location
Buy Sell
Slime's Essence An essence containing the power of Foul Slime.
Attack/ailment skills. Slightly strong against Poison.
- - 1 Dropped by Slime
Treasure - Tamachi
Pixie's Essence An essence containing the power of Fairy Pixie.
Mostly recovery skills; some attack/support as well. Slightly strong against Force.
- - 1 Dropped by Pixie
Treasure - Mita
Preta's Essence An essence containing the power of Haunt Preta.
All attack skills; Phys/Ice/Almighty elements. Slightly strong against Dark.
- - 1 Dropped by Preta
Treasure - Tamachi
Onmoraki's Essence An essence containing the power of Raptor Onmoraki.
Fire/Dark attack/ailment skills. Slightly strong against Fire.
2,000 - 1 Dropped by Onmoraki
Report to Gustave after finding 1 Miman
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Neko Shogun's Essence An essence containing the power of Wargod Neko Shogun. - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 15 Miman
Kodama's Essence An essence containing the power of Jirae Kodama.
Force attack/ailment/recovery skills. Slightly strong against Force.
2,000 - 1 Dropped by Kodama
Treasure - Hamamatsucho
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Mandrake's Essence An essence containing the power of Yoma Mandrake.
Only Phys/Elec attack skills. Slightly strong against Electric.
2,000 - 1 Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Treasure - Hamamatsucho
Dropped by Mandrake
Daemon's Essence An essence containing the power of Brute Daemon.
Mostly attack skills; some support as well. Strong against Dark.
- - 1 Dropped by Daemon
Treasure - Hamamatsucho
Cait Sith's Essence An essence containing the power of Beast Cait Sith.
Attack/recovery skills. Slightly strong against Elec.
2,000 - 1 Dropped by Cait Sith
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Treasure - Shiba
Aogami Type-1 Essence An essence containing the power of Proto-fiend Aogami Type-1. - - 1 Treasure - Shiba Park
Search objects (Shiba)
Sandman's Essence An essence containing the power of Night Sandman.
Mostly Phys/Ice/Force attack skills. Strong against Sleep.
2,000 - 1 Dropped by Sandman
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Agathion's Essence An essence containing the power of Yoma Agathion.
Mostly Electric attack skills; some recovery/support as well. Strong against Electric.
- - 1 Complete the subquest "Bully Breaker"
Dropped by Agathion
Angel's Essence An essence containing the power of Divine Angel. - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 25 Miman
Azumi's Essence An essence containing the power of Brute Azumi.
All attack skills, mostly Ice. Slightly strong against Ice.
2,000 - 1 Dropped by Azumi
Treasure - Shiba Park
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Hydra)
Turdak's Essence An essence contain the power of Jaki Turdak.
Phys attack/recovery skills. Slightly strong against Dark.
4,000 - 1 Dropped by Turdak
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Cadaver's Hollow
Mothman's Essence An essence containing the power of Wilder Mothman.
Attack/ailment/recovery/support skills. Strong against Elec.
16,000 - 1 Dropped by Mothman
Cadaver's Hollow - Ginza
Obariyon's Essence An essence containing the power of Haunt Obariyon.
Attack/recovery/support skills. Slightly strong against Elec/Dark.
- - 1 Dropped by Obariyon
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Mermaid's Essence An essence containing the power of Femme Mermaid.
Ailment/support skills. Strong against Ice.
- - 1 Accept "The Cursed Mermaids" subquest
Dropped by Mermaid
Tsuchigumo's Essence An essence containing the power of Jirae Tsuchigumo.
Phys/Elec attack/support skills. Slightly strong against Elec/Poison.
- - 1 Dropped by Tsuchigumo
Treasure - Shiba
Bicorn's Essence An essence containing the power of Wilder Bicorn.
Attack/support/passive skills. Strong against Dark.
- - 1 Dropped by Bicorn
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Zhen's Essence An essence containing the power of Raptor Zhen.
All attack skills, mostly Phys type. Slightly strong against Dark/Poison/Mirage.
- - 1 Treasure - West Shinbashi
Dropped by Zhen
Mokoi's Essence An essence containing the power of Night Mokoi.
Mostly ailment skills. Slightly strong against Electric.
- - 1 Dropped by Mokoi
Treasure - Nagatacho
Apsaras's Essence An essence containing the power of Yoma Apsaras. 8,000 - 1 Treasure - West Shinbashi
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Loup-garou)
Aogami Type-2 Essence An essence containing the power of Proto-fiend Aogami Type-2. - - 1 Treasure - Nagatacho
Aitvaras's Essence An essence containing the power of Drake Aitvaras.
Fire attack/support skills. Strong against Fire.
- - 1 Dropped by Aitvaras
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Ippon-Datara's Essence An essence containing the power of Brute Ippon-Datara.
Phys attack/support skills. Slightly strong against Fire.
- - 1 Dropped by Ippon-Datara
Treasure - Nagatacho
Sudama's Essence An essence containing the power of Jirae Sudama.
Force attack/ailment skills. Strong against Force.
- - 1 Dropped by Sudama
Treasure - West Shinbashi
Andras's Essence An essence containing the power of Fallen Andras.
Mostly attack skills; some ailment/support as well. Strong against Ice.
- - 1 Dropped by Andras
Archangel's Essence An essence containing the power of Divine Archangel.
Mostly attack skills; 3 different elements. Strong against Light.
4,000 - 1 Cadaver's Hollow (Tennozu Isle)
Treasure - Kamiyacho
Legion's Essence An essence containing the power of Foul Legion.
Attack/ailment/passive skills. Strong against Dark.
4,000 - 1 Cadaver's Hollow (Tennozu Isle)
Dropped by Legion
Rakshasa's Essence An essence containing the power of Jaki Rakshasa.
Strength-based attack/support/passive skills. Slightly strong against Light/Dark.
- - 1 Dropped by Rakshasa
Treasure - Tennozu Isle
Jack-o'-Lantern's Essence An essence containing the power of Fairy Jack-o'-Lantern.
Mostly Fire attack skills. Strong against Fire.
8,000 - 1 Treasure - Nagatacho
Dropped by Jack-o'-Lantern
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Loup-garou)
Kaya-no-Hime's Essence Ice attack/recovery/support skills. Slightly strong against Ice/Sleep/Charm. - - 1 Dropped by Kaya-no-Hime
Makami's Essence An essence containing the power of Avatar Makami.
Attack/recovery/support/passive skills. Slightly strong against Light.
16,000 - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 40 Miman
Xuanwu's Essence An essence containing the power of Dragon Xuanwu. - - 1 Defeat Xuanwu in "The Gold Dragon's Arrival" subquest.
Incubus's Essence Mostly Physical attack skills with ailment effects. Strong against Charm. - - 1 Dropped by Incubus
Oni's Essence Mostly Phys attack skills; some support as well. Slightly strong against Phys. - - 1 Dropped by Oni
Berith's Essence Mostly Phys attack skills. Slightly strong against Fire/Dark. - - 1 Dropped by Berith
Bugs's Essence Attack/ailment/support/passive skills. Strong against Dark. - - 1 Dropped by Bugs
Inugami's Essence Attack/support/passive skills. Strong against Fire. - - 1 Dropped by Inugami
Koppa Tengu's Essence Mostly Force attack and support skills. Slightly strong against Force/Sleep. 8,000 - 1 Dropped by Koppa Tengu
Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Loup-garou)
Poltergeist's Essence Attack/support/passive skills. Strong against Elec/Confusion. - - 1 Dropped by Poltergeist
Manananggal's Essence Mostly attack skills; some ailment/support as well. Strong against Dark. - - 1 Dropped by Manananggal
Jack Frost's Essence Mostly Ice attack skills. Strong against Ice. - - 1 Dropped by Jack Frost
Koropokkur's Essence An essence containing the power of Jirae Koropokkur. Mostly Ice attack/support skills. Strong against Ice. 16,000 - 1 Dropped by Koropokkur
Cadaver's Hollow - Ginza
Cironnup's Essence Mostly attack skills; some support/passive as well. Slightly strong against Fire/Ice/Light. - - 1 Dropped by Cironnup
Shiki-Ouji's Essence Mostly attack skills; some ailment/support as well. Slightly strong against Phys/Light/Dark. - - 1 Dropped by Shiki-Ouji
Shiisaa's Essence An essence containing the power of Holy Shiisaa
Mostly Phys/Elec attack skills. Slightly strong against Elec/Force.
8,000 - 1 Cadaver's Hollow (Defeat Loup-garou)
Yaksini's Essence Mostly attack skills; some passive as well. Strong against Force. - - 1 Dropped by Yaksini
Loa's Essence An essence containing the power of Jaki Loa.
Mostly attack skills; some support/passive as well. Strong against Dark/Poison.
16,000 - 1 Dropped by Loa
Basilisk's Essence An essence containing the power of Drake Basilisk.
Attack/ailment/support/passive skills. Slightly strong against Fire/Ice/Poison.
16,000 - 1 Dropped by Basilisk
Cadaver's Hollow - Ginza
Hua Po's Essence Fire attack/recovery/support/passive skills. Strong against Fire. - - 1 Dropped by Hua Po
Lilim's Essence Mostly Electric attack skills. Strong against Elec/Charm. - - 1 Dropped by Lilim
Black Ooze's Essence Attack/ailment/passive skills. Slightly strong against Phys. - - 1 Dropped by Black Ooze
Baphomet's Essence Mostly Dark attack/support/passive skills. Strong against Dark. - - 1 Dropped by Baphomet
Quetzalcoatl's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 80 Miman
Nekomata's Essence Mostly Phys attack skills. Strong against Force. - - 1 Dropped by Nekomata
Setanta's Essence Mostly Physical attack skills. Strong against Force. - - 1 Dropped by Setanta
Lamia's Essence Mostly Phys/Elec/Dark/Almighty attack skills. Strong against Elec. - - 1 Dropped by Lamia
Muu Shuwuu's Essence Attack/recovery/support/passive skills. Strong against Force. - - 1 Dropped by Muu Shuwuu
Kurama Tengu's Essence Phys/Force/Light attack skills. Strong against Force. - - 1 Dropped by Kurama Tengu
Valkyrie's Essence Attack/passive skills. Strong against Light. - - 1 Dropped by Valkyrie
Macabre's Essence Attack/ailment/passive/special skills. Strong against Dark/Poison. - - 1 Dropped by Macabre
Kin-Ki's Essence Mostly Phys attack skills. Strong against Elec. - - 1 Dropped by Kin-Ki
King Frost's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 60 Miman
Thunderbird's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 120 Miman
Yoshitsune's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 140 Miman
Siegfried's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 160 Miman
Lakshmi's Essence - - 1 Report to Gustave after finding 180 Miman
Demifiend's Essence - - 1 Defeat the Demi-fiend (Return of the True Demon DLC)

Relics

Name Description Price (ћ) Stock Location
Buy Sell
Soda A can filled to the brim with a mysterious liquid. It smells dangerous at first, but quickly becomes rather enticing. - 60 99 Vending machine
Dropped by Turdak
Black Tape Set A thin box with two rolls of black tape. There doesn't seem to be a place to grab the tape. - 65 99 Vending machine
Powder Box A box with a strange powder spilling out from the cracks. There are several types, but they all smell good. - 70 99 Vending machine
Old Newspaper An 18-year-old newspaper. Useful for wrapping fragile items and wiping windows. - 75 99 Vending machine
Fortune A small fortune neatly folded up tight. Though it cannot be read, there's a chance something good may be written on it. - 100 99 Vending machine
Dropped by Mokoi
Cardboard Cap Bottle A bottle sealed with cardboard. Opening it releases a sweet and sour scent. - 110 99 Vending machine
Melted Doll A figurine that has melted due to the harsh environment. It's stuck to the bottom of the capsule and can't be pulled out. - 350 99 Vending machine
Cloth Mask A disposable cloth mask. Seeing as both sides are covered in sand, it would actually be quite dangerous to use now. - 800 99 Vending machine
Dropped by Saki Mitama
Cartridge Game Console A popular video game console from back in the day. The cartridge slot is filled with sand, so it probably won't work. - 1,000 99 Dropped by Saki Mitama
Shabby Building Material A piece of worn-out building material. It's chipped all over and, at the right angle, even resembles a human arm. - 1,500 99
Hexagram Trading Card A card with a hexagram drawn on the back. The front shows a young man with an odd machine attached to his left arm. - 99 Dropped by Berith
Can of Jelly A can filled to the brim with jelly. The more you shake it, the more the jelly gets broken up, making it easier to drink. - 400 99 Dropped by Poltergeist
Maid Costume An apron dress with cute frills. The skirt is short, making it easy to move around. - 840 99 Vending Machine
Segata III Game Console A popular video game console from back in the day. Seeing as it's packed with sand, it doesn't seem like it'd work at all. - 3,000 99 Dropped by Saki Mitama
School Swimsuit A swimsuit issued for PE class. Given its shape, it was likely used for some form of water exercise. - 5,000 99 Vending Machine
Dropped by Saki Mitama
Tablet Game Console A popular game console from way back. It includes a disc tray and two rectangular holes, possibly for cartridges. - 6,000 99 Dropped by Saki Mitama
Crow Mummy A mummified crow that looks as if it could fly away any moment. Seems they come in a variety of beaks and heads. - 8,000 99 Dropped by Saki Mitama

Key Items

Name Description Location
Student Handbook A pocket book for students of Jouin High School. The name "<First Name> <Last Name>" is inside. Default
Haunt Talisman Allows you to use the Haunt Magatsuhi skill Twilight Wave. Complete the subquest "A Preta Predicament"
Raptor Talisman Allows you to use the Raptor Magatsuhi skill Accursed Poison. Complete the subquest "Movin' on Up"
Avian Talisman Allows you to use the Avian Magatsuhi skill Accursed Poison. Report back to Gustave after finding 30 Miman
Yoma Talisman Allows you to use the Yoma Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Potential. Complete the subquest "Pollution Panic"
Wargod Talisman Allows you to use the Wargod Magatsuhi skill Freikugel EX. Complete the subquest "No Stone Unturned"
Avatar Talisman Allows you to use the Avatar Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Hit. Report to Gustave after finding 45 Miman
Element Talisman Allows you to use the Element Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Luck. Report to Gustave after finding 10 Miman
Jirae Talisman Allows you to use the Jirae Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Sincerity. Complete the subquest "Chakra Drop Chomp"
Jaki Talisman Allows you to use the Jaki Magatsuhi skill Rasetsu Feast. Talk to Rakshasa on the roof of the Diet Building in Nagatacho
Femme Talisman Allows you to use the Femme Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Free. Complete the subquest "The Demon of the Spring"
Brute Talisman Allows you to use the Brute Magatsuhi skill Expand: Critical Aura. Complete the subquest "Talisman Hunt"
Fallen Talisman Allows you to use the Fallen Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Doubler. Complete the subquest "To Cure a Curse"
Drake Talisman Allows you to use the Drake Magatsuhi skill Big Bang. Complete the subquest "The Ultimate Omelette"
Foul Talisman Allows you to use the Foul Magatsuhi skill Omagatoki: Potential. Speak to the SlIME behind Hamamatsucho's eastern Abscess
Bicorn Horn A horn of the Wilder Bicorn. It is supposedly used to make a form of hexing medicine. Dropped by Bicorn while the subquest "To Cure a Curse" is active
Jatayu Egg A large egg roughly the size of a human head. It is quite heavy. Found in Jatayu's nest in West Shinbashi during "The Ultimate Omelette" subquest
Inugami Head A head of the Beast Inugami. A powerful grudge stirs restlessly within.
Kunitsu Keystone A godly stone that could very well be used as a divine housing shrine. The Kunitsu Oyamatsumi's power is held within. Defeat Oyamatsumi in Shiba
Menorah of Knowledge Talk to Sophia ("Return of the True Demon" DLC)

Notable Techniques

This dropdown contains the various techniques, attacks, and skills of the protagonist.

Skills

Physical Skills

  • All Physical skills have a chance of landing Critical hits.
Skill MP Power Hits Target Acc. Crit. Ailm. Remark Learned by
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
Hanuman (46i)
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
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

Skill MP Damage Hits Target Power Acc. Remark Learned by
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
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.
Skills

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[67][68][69][70]. Sometimes has a weakness to light, though this is mitigated through "Resist Light" and "Repel Light" skills.

Trivia

  • The protagonist's hobby is reading.[71]
    • 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

  1. 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."
  2. Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: YHVH's Universe Entrance
  3. SMT: Strange Journey REDUX - Boss: Ouroboros
  4. Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse YHVH Boss
  5. 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.
  6. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei II: Law Ending
  7. (Web Archive link in case link ever dies
  8. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei II: Law Ending
  9. 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
  10. SMT IV SIDE-Quest guide: For the Past... for the Future
  11. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei II Neutral/Chaos Ending
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Note: The feats here aren't arguing for Stephen scaling to The Axiom. They are arguing for Stephen being able to do something that not even YHVH or Matter Lucifer could ever do, thus scaling him above them by a far amount
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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."
  20. 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.
  21. 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."
  22. Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
  23. 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.
  24. 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."
  25. 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."
  26. 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."
  27. 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.
  28. "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."
  29. 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!
  30. 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."
  31. 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.
  32. 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."
  33. 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."
  34. 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."
  35. 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."
  36. 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."
  37. 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..."
  38. 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."
  39. 6/8 resistance
  40. 5/8 resistance
  41. 5/8 resistance
  42. 5/8 resistance
  43. 6/8 resistance
  44. 1/8 resistance
  45. 6/8 resistance
  46. 6/8 resistance each
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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."
  50. Note: Demons normally showing these contradictions is due to the observation of humanity affecting them.
  51. 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.
  52. 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."
  53. 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."
  54. 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."
  55. 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.
  56. "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."
  57. 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!
  58. 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."
  59. 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.
  60. 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."
  61. 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."
  62. 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."
  63. 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."
  64. 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."
  65. 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..."
  66. 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."
  67. 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."
  68. 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.
  69. 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.
  70. 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.
  71. 真・女神転生V - 公式サイト, Shin Megami Tensei V Japanese Website

Explanations

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

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

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