User:GiverOfThePeace/Digital Devil Story Novels Feats Blog

Introduction

Cause it's a novel, I'm gonna be posting all Digital Devil Story feats in here. You can find a translated copy of the novel on this site. I'm listing page numbers I got from downloading a pdf of this book on goodreads. If you're looking at the scans through the site, just pay attention to the chapter number. The quotes for the second novel comes from here.

Feats

Akemi Nakajima

Attack Potency

Could wrestle with his teacher with a strength one wouldn't imagine from Akemi:

“	Whispering in synch with the computer, Nakajima continued to enter commands on the keyboard with unbelievable speed. Soon the entire room started to shake from an earthquake, and cracks formed in the windows. Nakajima entered his final command. > KILL: KONDO HIROYUKI, TAKAMIZAWA KYOKO Iida did not like students like Kondo Hiroyuki and Takamizawa Kyoko. In fact, he hated them, but he felt even more loathing for the manner Nakajima intended to deal with them. "Stop this foolishness. If you'd like, I can make sure the incident is investigated fully and have Kondo expelled. Just stop doing this." Stumbling through the shaking room, Iida desperately reached for the computer's power switch. To prevent him from interfering, Nakajima grabbed his arm with a strength one wouldn't even imagine from him. While the two struggled, the rumbling started to subside. The fluorescent lights lit up with a creaking sound and illuminated the room as the freezing air surrounding Iida's body dissipated.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 3, Page 12

Akemi obtains the Hi-no-Kagutuschi, a sword that amplifies him and allows him to harm Loki:

“	"Is this really what Izanami wants...?" Nakajima's palms started sweating with worry. His last-ditch attempt at doing anything by knocking the spheres together produced fireworks that lit the pomade in the room. With a large roar, the flames leapt up and formed a circle in the air. In the center of the pale orange flames, the shape of a human's face formed, and flickered with purpose. Hi-no-Kagutsuchi... It was the god of fire, Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, whom Izanami gave birth to right before she first died. Even though he had not been taught that name by anyone, Nakajima somehow knew it. Instinctively, Nakajima extended his right hand into the flames hovering into the air. Air swirling like a whirlwind, Hi-no-Kagutsuchi's flames painted a spiral shape in the air as they coiled around Nakajima's outstretched hand. Nakajima bit down on his lip and tried to withstand the heat. His skin did not feel like it was being scorched by flames. Instead, it felt as if the flesh and bone making contact with the flame was somehow boiling, giving off heat from within. His flame-enveloped arm gave off a great flash of light so blinding that even the battling Loki and Kerberos stopped for a moment. Rubbing his dazzled eyes, Nakajima realized that his hand, stretched upward toward the ceiling, gripped a sword that emitted a phosphorescent, crimson glow. An overwhelming power the likes of which he had never experienced flowed throughout his body. Without hesitation, Nakajima leapt out of the burial chamber. As his sword emanated its unimaginable aura, Loki's movements faltered for a moment. Not missing a beat, Kerberos bared his fangs and attacked; the instant Loki tried to brush him aside with his hand, he left his face wide open. Nakajima thrust the blade forward with all his might. Reflexively, Loki let go of Izanami and tried to cover his forehead with his right hand, but Nakajima's sword clove it in two. With a feeling of heavy resistance, Nakajima’s sword sank deep into Loki's forehead. "GYAAAH!" Loki's cry shook the very walls of the burial pathway. Clutching his wound with his left hand, Loki staggered to his feet, the sword still embedded in his forehead. Starting from the protoplasmic mass of his lower body, the demon's bronze torso underwent a rapid transformation. With an unpleasant slimy sound, his bronze skin crumbled away. The impaled sword clattered to the ground. Loki's entire body transformed into an undefined, undulating lump. Astonished at his own unexpected power, Nakajima watched as one section of the unstable mass of flesh before him started throbbing. Suddenly, as if it was a separate life of its own, a green heart broke through the protoplasmic mass and tumbled onto the floor. It started to draw a strange figure on the floor with the stream of green blood flowing behind it. As it did so, the air seemed to slightly twist in on itself, centered on the figure the heart was drawing. "That is Loki! Nakajima, do not let the demon escape!" Pulled back to his senses by Izanami's voice, Nakajima swiftly picked the Hi-no-Kagutsuchi sword off the floor and thrust it into the heart of Loki as it tried to escape into the warped space. After an instant of silence, the heart burst like a popped balloon. The undefined mass of flesh stopped writhing. Within a heartbeat, the silence was broken as Nakajima was assaulted by a rumbling roar from deep under the floor of the underground valley. Crimson stones started falling from the high, darkness-blanketed ceiling	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Pages 59-60

After speaking with Izanami and getting her robe, he was seen as a worthy opponent to fight Set, and eventually defeated Set with the aid of Yumiko:

“	So, you really did come after all. Already inside the tower of flesh, a powerful psychic wave assaulted Nakajima's mind. Trying to shake off the head-splitting pain, Nakajima slashed his sword. Surprisingly, the inside of Set's body was easily torn up by the sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi. What you are so gleefully cutting up are the bodies of the humans that have become a part of me. Dice them up to your heart's content. Set's scornful psychic wave seemed to be almost pleased that a somewhat worthy opponent had appeared. Where is Yumiko? Give her back! There was no response. Instead, the space in front of Nakajima suddenly opened up. With a sickening sound, boiling swamp of blood appeared. One of the sticky bubbles burst. A human hand reached out. As if on cue, one by one, naked, stooped-over humans came crawling out of the swamp, dripping with fresh blood.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 2, "To Space"

“	more than learning of her survival. Freed from his spatial constraints, Set could now roam through space without restraint. One moment he seemed to attack with his foul, enormous mouth, and the next instant he vanished into the vacuum, reappearing to strike with his thick, heavy tail. Dodging alone took all of Nakajima's concentration. However, Set's movements appeared to be slowing. Looking closely, the minor demons had amassed at one point on the giant serpent's body, clawing at it. Now that the satellite had been destroyed, they had lost the artificially generated magnetic field and were now competing with each other to cling to Set's body in an attempt to materialize in the Assiah world. Dodging the now-slowed Set's fangs, Nakajima quickly dove beneath the body of the snake. Now, Nakajima! Encouraged by Yumiko's voice, Nakajima stabbed his sword into the throng of lesser demons. SPLUTCH! For an instant, as if time had stopped, Set's movements ceased. Like thick glass penetrated by a bullet, cracks started spreading over the scales covering the enormous serpent. The cracked were centered on the sword lodged in its trunk. After a moment of silence, Set's body shattered into tiny fragments and dispersed into space. Yumiko, reflected in the light of the sword, floated off into space, still tied to the Egyptian cross; the mass of scale fragments around her looked like snowflakes.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 6, "To Space"

Abilities

Information Analysis (Nakajima developed a ISG's host computer that could analyze data for him):

“	"At any rate, I've got to figure out what that haze was." Recovering his composure, Nakajima turned on the modem and called up ISG's host computer. HELLO NAKAJIMA. WHAT'S UP? Checking Craft's message, Nakajima changed disk drives and turned on another customized computer, an automatic translator equipped with a database of 50,000 magic and occult-related terms. Of course, Nakajima had created it himself. > AN UNKNOWN VAPOR APPEARED ABOVE THE SACRIFICE. I'M SENDING A ROUGH ESTIMATION OF ITS FORM AND COMPOSITION. TRY TO ANALYZE IT FOR ME. The data stored in the handheld computer traveled over the phone lines to Massachusetts. Nakajima tapped his fingers impatiently on the desk for a minute...two minutes. Five minutes later, Craft finally sent its analysis. VOLUME AND MASS SUGGESTS AN ECTOPLASMIC CONTENT FIVE TIMES NORMAL. JUDGING FROM THE SITUATION IN WHICH IT AROSE, THE CHANCE OF THE VAPOR BEING LOKI HIMSELF IS QUITE HIGH. > I HAVEN'T PREPARED ANY DATA THAT WOULD ALLOW LOKI TO TAKE A BODY. BESIDES, THE CAI ROOM'S COMPUTER COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNDERTAKE A SIMULATION OF THAT SCALE IN THE FIRST PLACE. FROM THE DATA THAT YOU PROVIDED, I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN EXACT ANSWER. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THE DEMON YOU SUMMONED INTO THE COMPUTER IS LIKE A GENIUS-LEVEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ONE CANNOT DISCARD THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE HAS FIGURED A WAY TO TAKE FORM HIMSELF. > THANK YOU, CRAFT. Sending his closing message, Nakajima cut the connection.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 2, Page 26

“	Powerless, Nakajima stared at Loki and Ohara. I should have considered the possibility that this could happen. I'd better find a weakness, and soon! Nakajima frantically pointed the sensor connected to his computer at the nearly-materialized Loki. Calling up the ISG host computer, he sent the data the sensor had gathered about the demon to Craft. Meanwhile, Loki extended his hand toward Yumiko, rigid with terror. His bronze, naked body was beautifully symmetrical, almost like the Greek Apollo, and his muscular chest was covered in black scales. His black eyes, from which no one could possibly fathom any emotion, paralyzed her. "Come over here." Pointing his talon at Yumiko, Loki commanded her in a low, cold voice. Yumiko looked to Nakajima for help, but he merely glanced at her and continued talking with the AI. Nakajima knew he wouldn't have a chance if he tried to fight Loki directly, but Loki probably couldn’t risk doing anything to him so long as Nakajima had control of the computer environment. Nakajima knew that he had to find some sort of weakness to Loki while he still had the chance. He had a hunch that Loki would not be able to leave the magnetic field being generated by the computer. However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs. "No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body. >CRAFT, HURRY! Covering his ears so he wouldn't have to hear Yumiko's screams, Nakajima frantically kept hitting the keys. Finally the data transfer LED lit up, and Craft sent a response. ACCORDING TO THE DATA YOU SENT, THE JELLY SUBSTANCE IS 58% WATER AND 17% ECTOPLASM. THE REMAINING MATTER IS NOT NATIVE TO THE PLANET AND CANNOT BE ANALYZED. >HAS THERE EVER BEEN A CASE OF SIMILAR MATTER BEING DISCOVERED BEFORE? YES. THIS CENTURY, SIMILAR MATTER WAS DISCOVERED IN A MAYAN TEMPLE AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. > WHAT IS ITS WEAK POINT? I CANNOT MAKE A HYPOTHESIS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA. HOWEVER, THE MATTER DISCOVERED UNDER A RELIEF IN THE MAYAN TEMPLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE EVAPORATED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH MERCURIC SULFIDE-BASED PAINT. > MERCURIC SULFIDE? YOU MEAN A MIXTURE OF MERCURY AND SULFUR. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM NOW! UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36-37

Magic & Extrasensory Perception (Through drawing a thaumaturgic circle and connecting it with his computer he can find a location he couldn't find previously, along with this it is treated as "casting a spell")

“	The scenery perfectly matched the photos in a much-reread book on ancient history he had eagerly studied long ago. Maybe it was true that an ancient Japanese goddess had called them to the mountains of Asuka, which were intimately entwined with Japanese myth. But how was he supposed to find Izanami's tomb without any guidance? The demonic beast beside Nakajima let out a low growl, as if to encourage the motionless youth as he stared ahead blankly. "Yeah, you're right, Kerberos. That has to be it..." Drawing a deep breath, Nakajima balled his right hand into a fist and touched the tip of the beast's sharp fang with his wrist. In an instant, sharp pain ran through his arm as fresh blood flowed out of the wound. Nakajima tried to use his own blood to create and power a thaumaturgic circle In order to find the location of Izanami's tomb. Even as his blood fell to the muddy ground, the rain simply washed it away, distorting the shape of the circle. Dizzy from blood loss, Nakajima tried to redraw it. Though he was well-versed in magical theory, Nakajima had always relied on computers up until now. Although this was his first time casting a spell by himself, there was no hesitation in his expression. There couldn't be any ambiguity when casting spells using a computer. Having mastered the theory to that extent, he was sure he could do this. Nakajima calculated his direction from the ishibutai and Tono Peak, used his computer's astrology software to find the position of the stars and phase of the moon, and drew his circle. Circle completed, Nakajima sat down and murmured, "Izanami, please tell me where you are." He made a sign with his hands and began to meditate. Nakajima lacked any sort of psychic powers, but his feelings toward Yumiko and the unique magnetic field at Mount Ayakashi easily pulled him into a trance. He concentrated on the silver thread of fate that connected Yumiko and himself. The thread he pictured started to glow. In that state of deep meditation, Nakajima tried to superimpose the thread that he was picturing onto the scenery of the real world. His brow wrinkled deeply as he focused his spirit to the utmost. An eternity later, he could clearly see the silver thread in his metal image being pulled into two small knolls that had been plowed into grape fields. That must be where Izanami's grave is. Awakened from his meditation, Nakajima knelt down and looked for something in the scenery around him that matched what he had seen in his trance. "That's it! That's Izanami's grave!" Nakajima cried aloud.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Down the Road, Chapter 1, Pages 43-44

Summoning (Able to freely summon demons with his handheld laptop)

“	Nakajima immediately grabbed his handheld computer and entered the command to summon Kerberos. From the liquid crystal display, a white mist wafted into the room. "Come forth, Kerberos!" In response to Nakajima's cry, the mist rapidly solidified, impatient to fully take form, and assaulted Loki. "You are a beast of the demon world and yet you side with the human!?" Flame-like breath burst forth from the fang-lined maw, and Loki let out a cry that shook the very earth. Deftly dodging an attacking tentacle, the demon beast Kerberos bit down at the tentacle’s base and tore it off of Loki's body. Loki's purple blood gushed out and melted the linoleum tiling on the floor. The two demons let out roars like thunder; cracks shot up the plate glass window, and the ceiling and walls started to crumble. Despite the fierce fight, Loki refused to drop Nakajima. "Kerberos, over here!" As Kerberos leapt through the air in response to Nakajima's cry, he was finally caught as a tentacle wrapped around his body. His tail split in half and became two serpents; they raised their heads and tore off the tentacle holding him. Freed from Loki's grasp, Kerberos leapt at the tentacles restraining Nakajima in an attempt to save him.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 38-39

“	"Hold on. I promise I'll bring you back." Carefully laying down Yumiko's body, Nakajima picked up the handheld computer that had dropped to his side and turned on the switch. Fortunately, it still appeared to be working. If I can summon Kerberos... As the white mist appeared from the small liquid crystal display, Nakajima breathed a sign of relief. The fully materialized electronic beast roared once and looked at his master with fire in his eyes. But the wounds he had sustained fighting Loki had robbed Kerberos of his usual vigor; it even looked as if his entire body had gotten a little smaller. It would probably take at least a few months for wounds that serious to heal. It might be possible to heal him by fixing errors in the computer data that comprised him but Nakajima had never tried to do anything like that before. Even if he tried, it wasn’t something that could be completed in a day or two, and Nakajima didn't have that kind of time. Patting Kerberos' muzzle to encourage him, Nakajima pulled Yumiko's body up onto his back and set out.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Down the Road, Chapter 1, Page 43

Summoning (Can picture in his mind two blue spheres, allowing him to summon the Hinokagutsuchi)

“	Nakajima had been picturing two blue spheres in his mind. They were spheres he had been given in Yomi, and were used to summon Hi-no-Kagutsuchi. Knocking the two spheres in his mind together, they gave off a shower of sparks, and a blistering aura surrounded his right hand. Suddenly, Nakajima grasped the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi as it glowed with crimson light. Feeling the intense heat, Ohara instinctively jumped backwards. Immediately the crimson blade came crashing down, slicing into her arm. Nakajima charged Ohara, knocked backwards by the force of the blow, thrusting the sword to finish her off. But he was not adequately trained in sword arts, and Ohara escaped its tip by a hair's breadth.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6, "Set Summoned"

Law Manipulation (Nakajima's demon summoning program is later used in the second novel and noted that physically materializing a demon is "breaking the laws that bind demons and their kind")

“	"Thy legends still are known to this day--how thou killed thy elder brother Osiris, how thou turned all the all the other gods led by Horus against thee, and how thou fought them all and survived--all in order to make the Assiah world thy own." "What is it what you wish to say...?" There was some hesitation in Set's voice. "I have the technology to break the laws that bind thee and thy kind. Joining forces with me would be greatly beneficial to thee as well, would it not?"	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 1 "Quickening"

Purification (The Hinokagutsuchi can purify those under the control of demons)

“	The chests of the monsters were cleaved in two, and like a wave being drawn back into the sea, their scales vanished, leaving only white skin behind. Just like Ohara, until recently these monsters had been living as ordinary people. Only Set could have transformed them into demonic beings. "Damned demons..." Nakajima gripped his sword and bit his lips, his eyes filled with indescribable desolation. Looking over at Feed, Nakajima saw that he was firing his Smith & Wesson over and over again while gripping his ornate cross. The mercuric sulfide bullets instantly killed the monsters they struck, but far more of them were missing their targets than aiming true. "Professor, the battle is just starting," Nakajima called out. "Please don't waste your ammunition!" Indeed, it appeared that no matter how many of the monsters they defeated, their numbers only seemed to increase. There were probably almost a thousand of them. Nakajima called Kerberos and took a step back, glaring back at what appeared to be a writhing, infinitely thick wall of creatures. I'm just going to have to force my way right through them... Just as Nakajima had set upon a plan, the hostility vanished from the eyes of the monsters. As their arms flopped to their sides, every one of them turned around and shuffled back into the depths of the forest. Their empty stares hinted they were all in a trance. Nakajima turned around, startled by Kerberos’ growl, and noticed that Feed and Narukawa had a strange glimmer in their eyes. "Professor! Narukawa-san!" As if trying to cut through an invisible thread, Nakajima brought down the Sword of Hi-no-Kagutsuchi before their eyes. Suddenly returned to their senses, the two men looked at one another. "That was close. We almost became enthralled by the demon as well." Shuddering, Feed flicked the safety of his pistol and put it in the pocket of his coat.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Conflict"

Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance; Izanami's robe allowed Akemi to breathe in 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.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 6, "To Space"

Misc.

He's the reincarnation of Izanagi:

“	As his consciousness faded and he prepared to die, memories of those strange illusions from before spontaneously appeared in a corner of Nakajima's mind. What were those? The woman from them called that man that looked just like him "Izanagi." Did it have any connection to the story of Izanami and Izanagi from Japanese mythology?	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 39

“	The heart of the seemingly dead Yumiko started to beat faintly. Yumiko, Yumiko! A kind voice was calling her name. Who are you? Is that you, Mom? Yumiko asked instinctively in her mind. As if recognizing that she had awakened, the voice cut off briefly, then resumed speaking in a kind voice. Stand up, Yumiko. Yumiko did not hear the roars of the demon beast nor the sounds of the classroom being destroyed. In fact, she had no sense of her terrible experience at all. All she could hear was the voice of the woman. Timidly opening her eyes, Yumiko realized that the voice was coming from the red aurora in the warped area in the air. Through the aurora, the mirage of a peaceful countryside was visible. Blue rice paddies with not-yet-ripened seeds. Rolling hills covered in summer grass. Groups of giant boulders, simple yet mysterious. Yumiko had seen that scenery somewhere before. Isn't that the Asuka Ishibutai tomb...? As the thought popped into her mind, the woman's voice spoke again. When you were Izanami in a former life, that's what you called it. My former life? Izanami...you mean the goddess from Japanese mythology? Yumiko was confused by the suddenness of the words, but what the voice said had the sense of an undeniable truth. Stand, Yumiko. This space in the air is connected to Asuka, where I rest. Take Nakajima--no, your dearest Izanagi--and come to me.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 39

Flight (With Izanami's Robe, gives him the power to "soar the heavens" and fly in the sky)

“	"Please, I beg you. Give me the power to defeat Set. Even if it costs me my life, I have no regrets." "I have no other power to give you. However...." Izanami, taken aback by Nakajima's concern for Yumiko, hesitated for a moment, then quietly removed her robe and handed it to him. "Wear this robe. With it you will gain the ability to race through the heavens." Averting his eyes from Izanami's pure, shining, white naked body, Nakajima gently took the robe. It was as light as feathers and had the warmth of human skin. "That robe was given to me by my husband Izanagi. It is also my connection to the human world. If you take that robe, then I may never be able to appear in the human world again. Not even to possess Yumiko..." Nakajima stiffened at Izanami's unexpected words. "But that is also the soul of Izanagi. Truthfully, it would be most fitting if you wore it." Izanami's voice became fainter and fainter. Looking up timidly, Nakajima saw her white skin lose its form, melting away into the darkness. "Now go. Please take care of Yumiko..." "Izanami-sama!" Nakajima instinctively extended his hand. It passed through Izanami's holograph-like body and clutched the air. Only a small amount of ash remained in his grasp.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 5 "Demon City"

“	The Kumazasa was wet with morning dew. As Nakajima left Shirasagi Mound behind him, his calm expression showed not a trace of the worry that had lined it when he came here to ask Izanami's help. Turning around one last time, he sucked in a deep breath and kicked off the ground as hard as he could. His body seemed as light as a feather. Like coming to the surface from deep within the ocean, Nakajima floated through the air, his arms pushing in a swimming motion. The wind whipped at his ears. It was not a great howl, but the comfortable sound of cloth fluttering in the breeze. Using one arm to push the air aside and twist his body, Nakajima started flying parallel to the ground. Below him, Ishibutai tombs and the roofs of ancient temples looked scattered on a pale green panorama. Nakajima left Asuka and went in a straight line to the east. Soon, the blinding blue-black shimmer of Ise Bay spread out below him. Further ahead, the Nobi plains and the peaks of the Japanese Alps appeared to stare at Nakajima flying gently across the sky. Nature gave birth to and killed millions of lives here... Ages ago, Izanami and Izanagi had had a great fight. That day, Izanami vowed to take the lives of one hundred people per day, and in response Izanagi vowed to give life to two hundred people per day. Whether or not the gods actually had any interest in the lives or deaths of humans, surely there was no conflict over whether any individual life survived or died. In ages past, this Toyoashihara might have been the country of the gods. But present-day Japan was created by the efforts of people, and ruled by people. It would be difficult to see any opportunity for the gods to interfere. Am I really Izanagi's reincarnation? At the very least, that's what Izanami told me. But I do not want to be a god. I want to live and die as a person... If Nakajima could really call himself a god, things would have been so much easier for him. Then he would have been able explain away the fact that the single program he created caused his mother, Yumiko's family, and thousands—tens of thousands—of people to die as a destiny given to humanity by the gods. The gods had simply given a cruel trial to humans who put too much faith in their own power by making them face off against technology-produced demons. It would seem natural, for the demons would destroy the human world, and after the people had seen just how powerless they were, then the ever-capricious gods would step in and save them by driving off the demons. Even if I really am Izanagi's reincarnation, I could not become a god. I only created that program to get revenge on those who hurt me. And now I am using all of the power Izanami gave me to save Yumiko, just one person that I love... Gaining altitude, Nakajima climbed into the clouds. Crisp, cold air caressed his cheek. More than accepting the fact that his attack on the demons was out of stubborn insistence on rescuing Yumiko, Nakajima was trying to hold onto his identity as a person. Nakajima had not yet realized that destroying the many in favor of an individual was also a common act of those very same ever-capricious gods. From the moment he had donned Izanami's robe, his body had subtly started transforming within.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 1 "To Space"

Intelligence

Nakajima is apart of a famous and prestigious school where he is apart of the gifted class:

“	Jusho Private High was a famous and prestigious school; every year more than twenty of its students were admitted to Tokyo University. However, anyone familiar with the way the school worked would acknowledge the extreme stratification amongst the students. The school was divided into two groups, the general class, and the "gifted" class. The gifted class received better facilities, better curricula, better teaching materials, and in general were favored much more highly. The gifted class comprised about twenty percent of the student body and was always the target of constant jealousy and disgruntlement from the general class. With such a gulf between the two, the violent incidents born from this jealousy were to an extent unavoidable. Both Nakajima and Takai were part of the gifted class. With his slender frame and delicate looks, if Nakajima swapped his uniform for a girl's sailor suit, he might very well be able to pass for a beautiful teenage girl. Takai's appearance, on the other hand, was the polar opposite. Judo practice since junior high had given him a rugged body and thick fingers. But his personality was not as tough as his exterior, and when he put on his glasses, he looked almost childlike.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue Chatper 1, Page 6

Nakajima is so good wih computers that he can make entire video games by himself in mere days that far outclass any of the commercial games, along with this he's so good with computers that arguably no one in Japan compares with him:

“	However, when it came to computers, nobody in school came even close to Nakajima--not even the teachers. Takai thought that you probably wouldn't be able to find someone who was as good as Nakajima in that arena if you searched all of Japan, let alone the school. The games that Nakajima would whip up in a matter of days were fantastic. No matter how popular they were, commercial games just seemed boring after playing one of Nakajima's. Sometimes Nakajima's expression looked positively mad as he hunched over one of the terminals writing programs in the school's CAI (Computer Aided Instruction) room, his fingers flying across the keyboard.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 1, Page 7

Noted by Takai Ken'chi that if he's a prodigy, then Nakajima is a bonafide genius:

“	If I'm a prodigy, then Nakajima must be a bona-fide genius. Takai nodded to himself as his gaze turned back to the scenery passing by outside the window.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 1, Page 7

Nakajima created a program that automatically translated text equipped with a database of 50,000 magic and occult-related terms:

“	"At any rate, I've got to figure out what that haze was." Recovering his composure, Nakajima turned on the modem and called up ISG's host computer. HELLO NAKAJIMA. WHAT'S UP? Checking Craft's message, Nakajima changed disk drives and turned on another customized computer, an automatic translator equipped with a database of 50,000 magic and occult-related terms. Of course, Nakajima had created it himself.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 2, Page 26

Noted that once Nakajima perfects his technology, demons would be able to freely roam the Earth without restrictions of movement as they originally had:

“	It was past midnight. Nakajima was in the CAI room of Jusho High, facing the Host Computer. The machine was connected via a modem to the outside and he was trying to talk to Loki. "So what's the story? Did the movement experiment work?" "I suppose it would be best to say that it showed some results--at least to an extent." The low, rumbling voice that came out of the speakers shook Nakajima's very bowels. Nakajima supposed "results to an extent" meant that Loki could exist inside another computer as an AI construct. "So I guess you have no choice but to recognize how good my technology is?" "If that's what you want to think, go ahead. Let me just say that we're a long way from perfection." "Well, that's to be expected. When trying to send that much information in a single burst, there's bound to be some data loss." Sweat glistened on Nakajima's forehead; his microphone headset gripped his temples. Nakajima continued to talk with a calm, disinterested air, but his entire body, stiff with tension, revealed a hint of uneasiness in a corner of his mind. What will happen if Loki gains the ability to take form? Nakajima asked himself. No, that's impossible. Just look, Loki is dutifully obeying me in these demon transfer theory tests. Demon Transfer Theory. Gaining the ability to move freely about the earth had been a dream of demons for aeons. Since ancient times, the areas in which a demon could appear on the earth had been extremely limited. Furthermore, once a demon had actually been summoned, it could only hold form within a radius of a few kilometers from the point it was called. It could easily be said that this was the reason why Earth had gone for so long without seeing a demon invasion. Nakajima had created a technology that turned what was once common knowledge in the demon world upside-down. This technology digitized a demon and transferred it to other computers over communication lines. Once perfected, it would completely remove the physical restrictions on demon movement on Earth. Nakajima thought that his experiment had finally succeeded. It was a naive line of thought. He was just an ordinary high school student who had never made contract with a demon before, yet here he was immediately jumping to deal with an incredibly powerful demon lord like Loki, which could very well lead to tragedy. At least he was being prudent and showing forethought by realizing the danger that Loki could pose should he gain the ability to physically manifest. I may end up having to summon another powerful demon from the Atziluth World that can counteract Loki.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Transfer, Chapter 2, Page 30

Nakajima created a program that allows him to summon demons from the Expanse (known as Atziluth in the story):

“	Nakajima first became interested in magic when he had the opportunity to read "The New Golden Dawn Theory." The book was poorly written, the interpretation clumsy and unskillful, but Nakajima read through the whole thing anyway. The world of magic held an appeal that hid a dark and sinister side, yet it also showed a rational and scientific realism as well. While re-reading passages that seemed unusual to him two or three times over, Nakajima had a sudden realization that was almost like an epiphany. Magical theory and computer theory were surprisingly similar. At first glance, the two worlds did not seem to have any connection to each other. However, the similarities between them had been noted by both magic and information technology researchers long before Nakajima’s revelation. Professor Charles Feed of MIT, a school famous for its study of artificial intelligence, was one of those researchers. Nakajima had immediately become a member of his group, the International Satanist Garden. For the past few months, he had been immersed in writing a program to summon demons, an idea he had thought up himself. It was almost complete. Nakajima had already finished the core part of the program. All he had to do now was add a few subroutines and it would be finished. Until today, Nakajima had had reservations about completing his project. If his theory was correct, the program would definitely call a demon into the world. Up until today, Nakajima couldn't think of any particular reason to summon a demon. He hadn’t even known what he’d make it do, but the events of the day had given him a clear, simple goal. "I feel a little sorry for you, but you're going to be the subject of a little experiment." Nakajima started creating his final subroutines. "Use data addresses 3780-3990 for 'Toad's Legs.' Put this in the buffer, and before displaying the result, chant the spell. Yod, Dur, Dawr, Set. Wonder what this spell means?" Picking up the modem receiver, Nakajima dialed Arkham in Massachusetts to connect with ISG's host computer. As the connection picked up, his computer's display filled with the image of the demon Lucifer. He called up the ISG AI Craft, and explaining the situation, he asked about the spell. Nakajima's English was not particularly good, so several times the only thing that appeared on-screen was question marks. UNDERSTOOD. Finally, Craft appeared to have gotten it; Nakajima asked the AI what the spell meant. HIGHLY LIKELY TO BE A COUNTER. Craft's response indicated that the spell was probably just a time counter. > THANK YOU, CRAFT. Nakajima cut the connection to ISG and set himself to the task of writing the subroutine once again.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 2, Page 9

“	3AM. "All right, it's done!" Nakajima slapped his thighs with his hands and stood up from his chair. > RUN The disk drive started whining, and bizarre letters blinked on and off the screen. But in less than five minutes, the screen displayed an error message and stopped. > OUT OF MEMORY If there wasn't enough memory for the program, it was either because the program itself was too long, or because it dealt with more variables than the machine could handle. "No big deal. One little computer isn't enough to run a program like this anyway. If I use the school's host computer, it should have more than enough memory." Nakajima's eyes glittered with anticipation.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 2, Page 10

“	"My program's just not working out the way I wanted to. But I'm almost done fixing it." Nakajima's voice seemed slightly metallic, as if in tune with the sound of the disk drive spinning. "I'm always happy to see your enthusiasm, but you know that you need to ask permission in advance if you want to work in this classroom late at night. You're lucky I found you instead of someone else," Iida scolded as he flicked on the light switch. "What is this!?" Iida's shocked voice echoed through the illuminated CAI room. A large geometric figure was drawn on the floor in white and red chalk, with Nakajima's seat situated at the center. "It's a Solomon Hexagram." "Solomon? That has an occultish sound to it." Nakajima paid Iida's sarcasm no heed, and his fingers slid over the keys of the terminal. Presently, the host computer behind thick glass walls in the adjacent machine room started to run. "Great, the bugs are finally gone. It's done!" After sending a print job to publish the contents of the program list, Nakajima stood and turned toward Iida. His girlish, almond eyes glittered amidst a demonic grin. His still-healing lip split open from his excitement, and a trickle of fresh blood stained his jaw. Iida's gaze became stern. "All right, Nakajima, do you want to explain just what kind of program you're running on the host computer--and without permission, I might add?" Nakajima brushed aside some hair from his forehead and responded nonchalantly. "I've written a program that will summon demons. This hexagram is here to protect me from them. In just a moment, a demon will appear. Sensei, you should probably get inside it as well. You might get shredded to pieces otherwise." For an instant, Iida's mouth gaped open, and he took a long hard look at Nakajima.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 3, Page 11

“	Nakajima turned away from the stunned Iida and to the keyboard. > RUN The last command displayed on the monitor, the magnetic tape of the host computer started to gradually spin. Iida tried to yell at Nakajima and stop the computer. But the moment he opened his lips, a frigid breeze from nowhere struck him and covered his arms in goose bumps. "Summoning demons with a computer ...what a concept!" Iida twisted his lips into a smile to hide his fear. "Computer theory and magical thought have many overlapping similarities. I bet the first person who thought up the principles of computing was an alchemist or Kabbalist. It's not that well-known, but things like spells, sacrifices, and thaumaturgic circles are very easy to put into binary format. Summoning a demon is just a transfer of the matter comprising the demon in the Atziluth World to the Assiah—real—World. A computer is the perfect device to facilitate it." As Nakajima explained his theory, cold air wrapped around Iida almost like a living creature, and a bizarre smell entered his nostrils. The lights of the classroom flickered out, and the CAI room plunged into darkness, the only sound the spinning disk drive. Presently, the computer let out a low whine. "Yod, Heh, Vav, Heh." To Iida's ears, the whine sounded like actual, real words. "Yod, Heh, Vav, Heh." Whispering in synch with the computer, Nakajima continued to enter commands on the keyboard with unbelievable speed. Soon the entire room started to shake from an earthquake, and cracks formed in the windows. Nakajima entered his final command.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Prologue, Chapter 3, Page 12

“	"Come, relax a bit. In just a few minutes, the demon Loki will arrive. Loki is well known for his beauty and mischievousness. A perfect match for you, sensei," Nakajima said a composed, sweet voice that could melt anyone’s heart. As Nakajima's hand slid from Ohara-sensei's cheek to the nape of her neck, her breath became deep and heavy. "It's time to turn on the host computer. There's no need to worry, sensei. I'm sure that you will satisfy the demon," Nakajima whispering in Ohara-sensei's ear as he stepped away and entered a command into a nearby terminal. Beyond the thick plate glass, the reels of magnetic tape slowly started to spin. Nakajima picked up his handheld computer and entered a quick command. A white haze appeared from the liquid crystal display and began expanding before seeping out the doorway. As soon as it disappeared from view, the low growl of a beast reverberated throughout the outside hallway, sending tremors of fear into the bowels of all within earshot. Its name was Kerberos; a digital beast summoned from the Atziluth world and given form by Nakajima, he was to perform the role of guardian for tonight's ceremony.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 2, Page 22

Loki noted that Nakajima's demon transfer technology was revolutionary to the point of being on par with nuclear weapon technology and that if he could master it then conquering the human world would be more than just a far-fetched dream:

“	Loki's voice was full of resolve. He fully realized that the revolutionary technology of summoning demons with computers was on par with nuclear weapon technology. If he could master the demon transfer technology Nakajima had developed, conquering the human world would be more than just a far-fetched dream.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Down the Road, Chapter 2, Page 45

The feat of being able to summon a demon from a computer was considered so impossible that a famous engineer and magical researcher of MIT, could not do it:

“	On one block stood a cheap brick hotel, built before the First World War, yet still standing despite never having been renovated. On the second floor, there was a room devoid of furniture other than a bed and telephone, and the only sound to be heard was the rattling of an ancient GE air conditioner's compressor. The man in this room ignored it and focused on the handheld computer in front of him. He was probably close to fifty years old, wore a black cloak over a yellowed old flaxen robe, and worn leather boots on his feet. His shoulder-length silver hair fit his medieval sorcerer's garb perfectly. The man's name was Isma Feed. He was the younger brother of Charles Feed, the famous engineer and magical researcher of MIT. In contrast to his elder brother, who had founded his organization, the International Satanist Garden, so that alchemy and magic could further science and society, Isma's purpose in life was to master dark sorcery and the black arts for nefarious ends. People who knew Isma were deathly afraid of him. As he hunched over the display, his eyes darting across the screen like a hawk, Isma resembled a demon in demeanor. Isma's handheld computer was connected to the telephone jack, and was communicating with ISG's AI, Craft, online. Scrutinizing the latest data Craft had given him, Isma narrowed his eyes in thought, and his long, bony fingers tapped the keyboard. > IS THAT TRUE? The artificial intelligence responded immediately. > MAYBE. With a deep breath, Isma cut the connection to the AI. "It's tough to believe at face value, but there doesn't seem to be any doubt that a young boy in Asia really did succeed in summoning a demon with a computer." As he murmured, somebody knocked on the door.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 1 "Return"

When asked to recreate the demon summoning program, it was noted as easy for Nakajima to do and only took him several days:

“	The first job of the Demon Banishment Project was to recreate the Demon Summoning Program that had been deleted off of Jusho High's host computer. That was easy for Nakajima. Several days later, as Nakajima was going through the nearly complete program line-by-line to check it, Feed called out from behind him. "How is it compared to the old version?" "Part of the machine-language subroutines might be different, but for the most part, it should be the same." Nakajima's voice was slightly downcast. It might have been that he no longer wanted any more association with demons.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Quickening"

Yumiko Shirasagi

Attack Potency

Izanami at the end of the novel amplifies her to be able to fight demons:

“	Hesitantly, Nakajima spoke."Yumiko..." She showed no response to his breath, but she had definitely returned to life. Her formerly torn mouth had returned to its lovely original shape, and her slightly opened lips shivered slightly as she breathed. Her eye sockets were now covered with well-formed eyelids, and her cheeks had a slight pink hue to them. Nakajima's impatience was enveloped by an untainted presence. "Don't worry. She will awaken soon enough." Turning around, Nakajima saw Izanami standing above him. Though her hair was matted with green blood, her shining, beautiful expression, full of kindness, calmed his soul. The goddess opened her lips. "I will take care of her for a while." Nakajima was perplexed by her statement. "It will not be long; only until I strengthen her enough so that she can fight demons." "Fight demons? But Loki's dead!" The goddess approached, took Nakajima's hands and looked into his eyes. White light shone throughout the space in front of his eyes, and all color vanished from his field of vision.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 61

Inherits the strength of the Goddess Izanami:

“	The goddess Izanami had brought Yumiko to Yomi to teach Yumiko how to control her power. Though she had lived the life of an ordinary girl for seventeen years, Yumiko had inherited the strength of Izanami. With adept instruction from the goddess herself, Yumiko had learned, bit by bit, to draw out the bottomless power slumbering deep within her in a very short time.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Set Summoned"

Abilities

Fire Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (For a moment obtained the power to burn anything she stares at, allowing her to use spontaneous combustion to destroy several of Loki's tentacles)

“	The instant she obeyed the voice and stood, the angry cries of Loki and the roars of Kerberos filled Yumiko's ears as she returned to reality. Overwhelmed with a sudden dizziness, she immediately sat down again. But as blood rushed to her head and she saw the crumpled Nakajima on the floor, she was struck with an overwhelming sense of duty. I've got to save him! It was a feeling greater than love or friendship, closer to instinct. It was a powerful emotion; the boy named Nakajima Akemi was literally a part of her, and if he was lost there would be no meaning to her continued existence. Without any idea how to save him, she stood up and clenched her teeth, and the voice sounded again. For the moment, I am going to enter your body so you can use my power--the power to burn anything you stare at with conviction. I pray that your body can take the strain of it. From the dimensional rift, a blinding flash pulsed, and a pure power Yumiko had never felt before rushed through her body. "GYAAH!" A bizarre cry snapped Nakajima Akemi back to consciousness. Opening his eyes, he saw Loki's smoking tentacle spasming over his head as it gave off the stench of cooked meat. Enduring the head-splitting pain, Nakajima sat up. Pillars of flame burst from various spots on Loki's body, and his charred tentacles flailed through the air like waves, giving off dark fumes thick with that charred meat smell. Yumiko, who he had thought dead, was facing off against Loki; gouts of flame shot out everywhere she stared. In medieval Europe, when magic use had been at its height, the ability was known as spontaneous combustion. What the heck is going on...? Nakajima stared, dumbfounded, as Yumiko wielded a power he could never have imagined her controlling. Nakajima soon noticed that her face was unusually pale, and that her entire body was shaking. Just with the force of her will, Yumiko was channeling the immense power of Izanami, and her body was getting close to the limit of what it could stand. Meanwhile, under intense attack from the flame, Loki ejected Ohara from inside his body and started to chant a spell in an eerie rhythm. The pink protoplasm started to condense, changing back into the form of the bronze-skinned youth. Yumiko desperately channeled her will and attempted to incinerate Loki with the power of Izanami, but the flames harmlessly dissolved against his bronze skin. Loki did not budge and simply stood still, as if waiting for her to expend all her energy. A wave of intense exhaustion swept over Yumiko's body, and her vision started to waver. Right as she felt like she was going to drop to her knees, no longer able to withstand the effort, the voice spoke once more.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Page 40

Aura & Light Manipulation (Enveloped a Golden Aura around her that allowed her to shoot out light from her fingers)

“	The goddess Izanami had brought Yumiko to Yomi to teach Yumiko how to control her power. Though she had lived the life of an ordinary girl for seventeen years, Yumiko had inherited the strength of Izanami. With adept instruction from the goddess herself, Yumiko had learned, bit by bit, to draw out the bottomless power slumbering deep within her in a very short time. She was currently in the middle of training to harness the psychic power once held by the ancient gods. Two rock walls, nearly perpendicular to the ground and separated by a gap of two meters, faced each other, towering up into the sky. Yumiko was floating in mid-air, weaving through the gap. Her white skin began to glow with a phosphorescent purple glow. With a boom like thunder, the glow increased in intensity. Yumiko, enveloped in that mysterious light and limned by a golden aura, resembled the smiling visage of the Miroku Buddha. Soon, as if she had transformed into a particle of light herself, the outline of her shape started to blur and become indistinct. Silently, Yumiko raised her right hand. The clouds of light surrounding her body started to condense at the tip of her finger. Yumiko brought her arm down forcefully. As she did, the light fired from her finger like an arrow shot through the rock face. An immense roar echoed and a brilliant blue pillar of flame flared into the sky. Yumiko watched the giant rock with an almost drunken expression as it slowly crumbled into nothing in perceived slow-motion. Suddenly Yumiko’s eyes clouded up, and she started plunging toward the ground some twenty meters below like a bird whose wings had been pulled off.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Set Summoned"

Precognition (Type 1; Foresaw in something awful happening to her mother during her training)

“	Mere moments before Yumiko would have struck the ground, an invisible power picked her up and brought her down slowly like a feather falling leisurely. "What's the matter with you?" Izanami spoke harshly as she knelt next to Yumiko. "If this is the best you can do, I can't imagine when I'll be able to send you back to the human world!" The goddess realized that Yumiko's eyes were trembling in terror, and softened her tone. "You saw something, didn't you?" "Yes. Someone close to me crying out, and the smell of blood..." Yumiko replied in a broken voice, her pale lips trembling, drained of blood. "Was it Nakajima-kun's voice?" "No....it was my mother's voice." Yumiko looked up into the sky anxiously. Other than the sound of the wind blowing through the valley, all was silent. But Yumiko was sure that she had heard her mother scream. "Izanami, could something terrible have happened to my mother?" Yumiko's voice was full of emotion. Yumiko might have foreseen something in the future. There was also the possibility that her desire to return to the human world was subconsciously causing her to hallucinate. Izanami had trouble deciding whether or not she should return her charge to the human world. With Izanami's direct instruction, Yumiko had gained mastery of her powers well enough to face off against demons on her own. But her mind was still that of a seventeen-year-old schoolgirl. Like what had happened today, if her determination wavered, it could have disastrous consequences. Furthermore, Yumiko was relying too much on her sense of sight when using her powers.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Set Summoned"

Extrasensory Perception (Through her training with Izanami, she honed her supernatural senses allowing her to pick up her mother's faint residual energy and learn that Ohara killed her family)

“	While Ohara spoke with Nakajima’s mother, Yumiko returned to her house for the first time in ages, only to be greeted by the stench of blood. She stood fixed to the spot, staring at the wet pools of blood in the foyer. Why...who did this...? Dropping to the floor, her hands slipped in the lake of blood beneath them. The mangled corpses of her mother, father, and younger brother all lay before her. Perhaps she was paralyzed by the overwhelming shock of emotion, but Yumiko did not shed a tear. Suddenly, the image of a sneering woman's face appeared before her eyes. "Ohara!" Yumiko's honed supernatural senses had picked up her mother's faint residual energy and amplified it to a clear picture. "It was you, wasn't it, Ohara!" Yumiko's field of vision reddened, her sorrow turning to rage. When she regained her senses, she found herself walking outside.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 5, "Set Summoned"

Resistances

Yumiko seems to be the only one in the school unaffected by Loki's hypnosis:

“	Nakajima let out a deep sigh of relief. Yumiko sensed a faltering in his normally rock-solid confidence. Nakajima was not a magician. If he had been, he would have known the importance of ironing out a purpose and duration of service when negotiating a contract with a demon. However, Nakajima had neglected that. When Loki turned Kondo, Takamizawa and Iida into bloody lumps of flesh, he had deluded himself into believing that he had become a great ruler. Loki's power was tremendous. He had taken the subconscious respect that the students and teachers had for Nakajima and converted it through his power, making the men obey him and the women fawn over him. For a formerly powerless high school student, it was a dream come true.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 2, Page 24

Intelligence

Yumiko's admission test demonstrated her abilities as a top tier of the gifted class:

“	Yumiko's admission test had demonstrated that her abilities put her in the top tier of the gifted class. Her parents were quite relieved and happy at her scores, but Yumiko felt that this school had an unnatural coldness that she could reach out and touch. Her former school in Sapporo had also been quite a prestigious institution, but there was no sort of artificial separation between "gifted" and "general" classes, and the students there just seemed to enjoy their life as high school students more.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 1, Page 17

Misc.

She is the reincarnation of Izanami:

“	The heart of the seemingly dead Yumiko started to beat faintly. Yumiko, Yumiko! A kind voice was calling her name. Who are you? Is that you, Mom? Yumiko asked instinctively in her mind. As if recognizing that she had awakened, the voice cut off briefly, then resumed speaking in a kind voice. Stand up, Yumiko. Yumiko did not hear the roars of the demon beast nor the sounds of the classroom being destroyed. In fact, she had no sense of her terrible experience at all. All she could hear was the voice of the woman. Timidly opening her eyes, Yumiko realized that the voice was coming from the red aurora in the warped area in the air. Through the aurora, the mirage of a peaceful countryside was visible. Blue rice paddies with not-yet-ripened seeds. Rolling hills covered in summer grass. Groups of giant boulders, simple yet mysterious. Yumiko had seen that scenery somewhere before. Isn't that the Asuka Ishibutai tomb...? As the thought popped into her mind, the woman's voice spoke again. When you were Izanami in a former life, that's what you called it. My former life? Izanami...you mean the goddess from Japanese mythology? Yumiko was confused by the suddenness of the words, but what the voice said had the sense of an undeniable truth. Stand, Yumiko. This space in the air is connected to Asuka, where I rest. Take Nakajima--no, your dearest Izanagi--and come to me.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 39

Narukawa

Abilities

Transformation (Can turn into his original self, Tsukuyomi)

“	Narukawa extended his arms out wide toward the heavens and called out. "Soul of the light of heaven and earth, light of the moon, come here to me, Tsukuyomi!" Feed turned around in shock. "So you've finally lost it." Isma stopped the giant serpent, its mouth wide open and ready to swallow Nakajima, and turned to stare at Narukawa. The rumbling of the heavens and the earth quickly wiped the sneering grin off his face. Nakajima looked up. The sky is falling, he thought. The stars in the sky, shining far brighter than usual, became a single band of light and shot down toward Narukawa, leaving a streaking tail behind. Or at the very least, that was what it looked like to Nakajima. "Narukawa-san..." But it was no longer Narukawa standing to fight the demon, but his identity in his former life, the moon god Tsukuyomi. Not waiting a moment, he threw the light gathered around his right hand at the enormous snake.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 4 "Conflicts"

Light Manipulation (Fired an arrow of light at Tyrant)

“	But it was no longer Narukawa standing to fight the demon, but his identity in his former life, the moon god Tsukuyomi. Not waiting a moment, he threw the light gathered around his right hand at the enormous snake. GYAAAAAGH! The arrow of light split Typhon's body in two down the middle like a laser scalpel. Isma tumbled to the ground. Narukawa showed no mercy as he launched another attack. With no time to cast a defensive spell, Isma was wreathed in flames in an instant. Screaming in anger and pain, he attempted to grab Narukawa as he crumpled to the ground in a lifeless heap.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 4 "Conflicts"

Misc.

Narukawa is the reincarnation of Tsukuyomi:

“	Narukawa extended his arms out wide toward the heavens and called out. "Soul of the light of heaven and earth, light of the moon, come here to me, Tsukuyomi!" Feed turned around in shock. "So you've finally lost it." Isma stopped the giant serpent, its mouth wide open and ready to swallow Nakajima, and turned to stare at Narukawa. The rumbling of the heavens and the earth quickly wiped the sneering grin off his face. Nakajima looked up. The sky is falling, he thought. The stars in the sky, shining far brighter than usual, became a single band of light and shot down toward Narukawa, leaving a streaking tail behind. Or at the very least, that was what it looked like to Nakajima. "Narukawa-san..." But it was no longer Narukawa standing to fight the demon, but his identity in his former life, the moon god Tsukuyomi. Not waiting a moment, he threw the light gathered around his right hand at the enormous snake.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of Demon City Chapter 4 "Conflicts"

Isma Feed

Attack Potency

Casually grabbed and threw an adult woman by their neck:

“	"I won't have you running out on your own and ruining things. Stay right here." His stare affixed on Ohara, Isma moved toward her, a step at a time. "I don't take orders from you!" As she spoke, Isma's large, bony hands grabbed her by the back of the neck. Ohara's eyes opened wide. "Just what do you think you can do on your own? True, we don't know for sure that Loki is dead. But even if I let you continue to play with the summoning program, with your limited computer knowledge, you'd only end up getting killed by Set!" As he admonished her, Isma threw Ohara to the floor like so much useless rubbish. Crawling on the carpet, Ohara glared up at Isma, her eyes full of humiliation and bewilderment, the white nape of her neck marred with reddish-black marks from his fingers. Acting like nothing had happened, Isma turned and continued to speak to Shimazaki.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 3 "Return"

Abilities

Seemingly has telekinesis:

“	"The great magician Isma Feed. I've finally found you." The man's voice was thick with barely concealed hatred. "You're...James, from the FBI, are you not? I applaud your efforts in finding my whereabouts, but this is certainly a rude manner in which to greet me. I presume you intend to arrest me--on what charges, may I ask?" Isma stood up slowly, a sarcastic smile on his face. "As you may know, we're not famous for our subtlety down at the FBI. And if I were to cite each and every one of your crimes, it would take all day." Despite the strength of his words, the man's voice trembled ever so slightly, as if intimidated by Isma's stare. "Come quietly. I don't want to have to drag your corpse around." Bluffing, the man cocked his pistol and pointed the barrel at Isma's chest. "Well, dealing with your corpse wouldn't bother me one bit..." Isma's pale blue eyes glittered with cold light as he stared at the man. Despite his seemingly overwhelming advantage, the man could not speak, and simply met Isma's gaze. Silence filled the room; a large bead of sweat trickled down his temple. Presently, Isma started walking toward the man, his robe dragging behind him like it was wiping the floor clean. "Stop! Don't come one step closer!" Crying out in a dry voice, the man readied his handgun and took a step backwards. "James, if you wanted to take me on, you should have called for backup first. Of course, one person or three people, the result would still be the same." Isma's cold eyes glimmered. As they did, the barrel of the gun slowly started to move on its own, sliding along the filthy wall as if to wipe it clean. The man grabbed his right hand with his left, trying his utmost to stop it. As if it were being twisted by a powerful, invisible force, his right hand slowly but surely pointed the gun at his face. "Stop, please stop. Argh..." The sour, chilly taste of the gun barrel filled his mouth, forcing his saliva and cries down his throat. As both his hands fought each other for control of the gun, the man bent backward and looked up at the ceiling. The low sound of the gunshot shook the room, and the man fell backward, his blood and brains spilling on the floor through the hole in the back of his head.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 1 "Return"

Invisibility & Perception Manipulation (Is able to hide his presence with a magical field making passerbys unable to notice him)

“	Resting his elbows on the concrete fence surrounding the school building, Isma Feed stood like a shadow. He was dressed the same as he had been in Massachusetts, black cloak draped over a yellowing flaxen robe, and wearing black leather boots. Despite his unusual appearance, the people passing by on the street appeared to pay him no heed. They were not avoiding him deliberately; rather, they did not even realize that he was standing there. Isma had surrounded himself in a magical field. The ability to hide one's presence within a magical field was thought to be the specialty of the Japanese Onmyojis, but its roots were actually far older, and had been mastered by ancient Mayan magicians. For Isma, a descendant of those same magicians, hiding his presence was an easy task. But his eyes, turned to the school building, were full of discontent.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "Return"

Extrasensory Perception (Can sense demonic presences around and within people)

“	I can't sense anything. There seems to be no doubt that the boy named Nakajima summoned a demon, but I can't feel any demonic presence... Isma had noticed the similarities between computer theory and magical theory years ago. He had thought the reason that it was so difficult to summon demons into the human world was that it was easy for the weather and the earth's magnetic field to interfere with the environment necessary to successfully perform a summoning. He had theorized that if one were to create a strong magnetic field within a computer, it would be possible to eliminate said outside influences. He had been attempting to do so himself. However, upon learning from the ISG databanks that a young man in Japan already succeeded in doing so, he immediately flew to Tokyo. Looks like I'm just going to have to take the time to search out Nakajima Akemi myself. Disappointed, Isma slowly turned around and started to walk away, when he heard a pleading voice say "Sensei, please keep all this a secret..." Turning around, he saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man calling to a woman carrying a large bag. The woman waved her hand irritably and started walking toward Isma. She was a very alluring woman. Her beautiful symmetrical body emitted feminine charm and could easily belong to a model. Her hot yet somehow dark gaze could not help but kindle desire in any man that saw her. But that was not all. Isma sensed something from Ohara that set off his instincts as a magician. A smile formed on Isma's lips as his eyes traveled up and down her body. A demon really DID come to the Assiah world. The demonic life within that woman's body is the proof.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "Return"

Mind Manipulation (Has a spell that forces one to choke themself causing more and more pain the more he casts his spells)

“	As Isma responded with a sarcastic smile, his eyes drifted to Ohara, who was crawling towards the door in another attempt to escape. "Don't you get it yet!?" Isma chanted a spell in a low voice. "Yog-sothoth Ya Rubikay Hara." Ohara let out a cry like an animal and rolled around the floor, her hands frantically clutching at her throat. Her shining, manicured nails sunk into the flesh of her neck, and blood flowed from the wounds. "Ohara, the mark on your neck will not vanish easily. As I continue to cast my spells, you will feel a tightening pain as if you were being hung from the gallows." Isma's harsh, merciless words sounded like a far-off echo to Ohara as she writhed on the floor in agony.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 3 "Return"

Mind Control (Isma used the powers he gained from his contract with Set to control and summon all of the humans to create a tower of human flesh)

“	Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for summoning. The divine constitution she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also held some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds. Having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people to attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding according to plan. Even now, the heavens split with terrible thunder, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as it slithered from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 5 "He Who Calls"

Misc.

Noted to be near his fifties:

“	On one block stood a cheap brick hotel, built before the First World War, yet still standing despite never having been renovated. On the second floor, there was a room devoid of furniture other than a bed and telephone, and the only sound to be heard was the rattling of an ancient GE air conditioner's compressor. The man in this room ignored it and focused on the handheld computer in front of him. He was probably close to fifty years old, wore a black cloak over a yellowed old flaxen robe, and worn leather boots on his feet. His shoulder-length silver hair fit his medieval sorcerer's garb perfectly. The man's name was Isma Feed. He was the younger brother of Charles Feed, the famous engineer and magical researcher of MIT. In contrast to his elder brother, who had founded his organization, the International Satanist Garden, so that alchemy and magic could further science and society, Isma's purpose in life was to master dark sorcery and the black arts for nefarious ends. People who knew Isma were deathly afraid of him. As he hunched over the display, his eyes darting across the screen like a hawk, Isma resembled a demon in demeanor.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 1 "Return"

Loki

Speed

Stated to travel faster then the eye could see:

“	Traveling faster than the eye could see, Loki's fist slammed into Yomotsu-Shikome's still-extended shoulder. Without even a chance to cry out, the monster woman was slammed against the rock wall, her flailing purple-flecked legs kicking at the cold stone floor.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 4, Page 55

Abilities

Extrasensory Perception (Loki has the ability to not only talk with all flies, but sense everything they've experienced as if he was there himself)

“	Loki had servants to spy for him—flies. Flies were one of the few creatures that could freely travel between the Assiah and Aztiluth worlds; Loki had the ability to not only talk with all flies, but to sense everything they experienced as if he was there himself.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Down the Road, Chapter 2, Page 45

Transformation & Dimensional Travel (Loki was capable of figuring out how to turn into an unknown vapor and breifly appear in the human world, attempting to give himself a physical body without Nakajima preparing data that would allow Loki to take a body. Later on he could enter the human world without the need of Nakajima)

“	"At any rate, I've got to figure out what that haze was." Recovering his composure, Nakajima turned on the modem and called up ISG's host computer. HELLO NAKAJIMA. WHAT'S UP? Checking Craft's message, Nakajima changed disk drives and turned on another customized computer, an automatic translator equipped with a database of 50,000 magic and occult-related terms. Of course, Nakajima had created it himself. > AN UNKNOWN VAPOR APPEARED ABOVE THE SACRIFICE. I'M SENDING A ROUGH ESTIMATION OF ITS FORM AND COMPOSITION. TRY TO ANALYZE IT FOR ME. The data stored in the handheld computer traveled over the phone lines to Massachusetts. Nakajima tapped his fingers impatiently on the desk for a minute...two minutes. Five minutes later, Craft finally sent its analysis. VOLUME AND MASS SUGGESTS AN ECTOPLASMIC CONTENT FIVE TIMES NORMAL. JUDGING FROM THE SITUATION IN WHICH IT AROSE, THE CHANCE OF THE VAPOR BEING LOKI HIMSELF IS QUITE HIGH. > I HAVEN'T PREPARED ANY DATA THAT WOULD ALLOW LOKI TO TAKE A BODY. BESIDES, THE CAI ROOM'S COMPUTER COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNDERTAKE A SIMULATION OF THAT SCALE IN THE FIRST PLACE. FROM THE DATA THAT YOU PROVIDED, I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN EXACT ANSWER. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THE DEMON YOU SUMMONED INTO THE COMPUTER IS LIKE A GENIUS-LEVEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. ONE CANNOT DISCARD THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE HAS FIGURED A WAY TO TAKE FORM HIMSELF. > THANK YOU, CRAFT. Sending his closing message, Nakajima cut the connection.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Night of Demons, Chapter 2, Page 26

“	"It's too late now. There's no other way." Nakajima spoke as if trying to convince himself, and Yumiko listened in despair. Nakajima's narrowed eyes turned to the host computer beyond the plate glass as its magnetic tapes began to spin. In time with the tape, the display in front of him flashed in brilliant colors. "Prepare the sacrifice." There was no hesitation in Nakajima's voice as he gave the order. Yumiko saw several students approach to bring her to the chair. However, a sudden earthquake stopped them. "STOP!" A gut-wrenching, solemn voice commanded. "Why did you stop them, Loki!?" Losing his calm at the unexpected turn of events, Nakajima gripped the microphone, his hands covered with cold sweat. "I don't need your help anymore," Loki said. "What!?" "Don't you understand, Nakajima? I already have the ability to materialize in the Assiah world on my own." Nakajima's eyes were filled with shock as, right before his eyes, the monitor displaying Loki started to ooze a blue haze. A dimensional tear between the demon and human worlds was starting to form right then and there. Vibrantly-colored light shone like an aura, the atmosphere twisted and writhed unusually, and a pungent cold air burst forth. Yumiko just watched the haze billow forth, her mouth agape. She was paralyzed with fear at the unbelievable events unfolding in front of her. The haze gradually thickened, and started to shape itself into a vaguely-defined shape much like a hologram. Slowly, the form solidified. The light dancing within the frigid gust changed into flowing black hair, and the outline of a handsome face gained bronze skin as its deep black eyes gazing at the students in the room. "Yod, Heh, Vav, Heh." In an ancient language, Loki declared his own divinity. Ohara, who had at some point fallen on her knees in front of him, put her hands together, looked up at him in awe, and spoke the same words as if worshiping an all-powerful god. To think that Loki would have affected Ohara this much...	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 35-36

Corrosion Inducement (As a blob, compleltely dissolved objects such as a steel chair brought into him)

“	Hashiguchi abruptly noticed that the display looked like it was damp, as if it was covered in a layer of condensation. As he tried to wipe the screen off with his hand, he felt something stick to his fingertips, and jumped back in surprise. Something slimy was stuck to his fingers; as he shook them violently, a heavy, disgusting jelly-like substance fell to the floor with a splat. "Ugh! What the hell is this!?" Inoue turned around at Hashiguchi's cry and froze in shock. Beneath the skin of the pink protoplasm, a mesh of green-colored veins spread out as the whole blob pulsated like an organ torn out of its host. The repulsive lump of flesh made a squishing sound as it started to approach the two men. Backing up, Inoue stumbled over a chair and sprayed the contents of his stomach all over the floor. "Inoue! Get a hold of yourself!" Grabbing his coworker's arm to keep him standing, Hashiguchi started to run toward the door. As he turned, the gelatinous blob lashed out; tentacles covered in a viscous sticky fluid like red jam grabbed onto the legs of both men in an instant. "Shit!" Hashiguchi cursed as he grabbed files and the phone off his desk--any object within reach--and began throwing them at his attacker. When it showed no fear, he grabbed a chair, lifted it over his head, and brought it crashing down on top of the thing. However, the skin of the gelatinous blob simply pulled the steel chair into its body, where it was quickly dissolved right before Hashiguchi's eyes.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28

“	However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs. "No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36

Absorption (Absorbed the blood of Hashiguchi after completely crushing his body)

“	Thump, thump. Hashiguchi could no longer tell whether the sound he heard was his own heart beating or the lump of flesh pulsating. He was brought back to his senses by a strange sensation emanating from his foot; the pink lump of flesh had enveloped his entire right leg. He tried to cry out, but terror had sealed his throat. Steadily, greedily, the pink blob started to pull Hashiguchi's body into its own. He felt no pain. It was like sinking into warm mud; all he suffered was a boundless feeling of loss and the awareness of his impending death. Help me... No longer able to speak, Hashiguchi clawed at the air, as if trying to find something to grab onto as a last resort. The blob suddenly clamped down on his torso with an incredible force. The impact sent Hashiguchi's eyeballs flying out of their sockets as his crushed ribs shredded his internal organs. The blood that came pouring out of his body was absorbed by the blob. Only Hashiguchi's head protruded from the mound of flesh; pink tentacles started flowing out of his open mouth and eye sockets.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Transfer, Chapter 1, Page 28

Soul Manipulation & Psuedo-Resurrection (With the art of Soul-Returning, a spell used to revive the dead, the spell is done through restoring the person's body and replacing the original deceased soul with the soul of a demon)

“	"Nakajima, there is no reason to fear me. If you join forces with me again, you can rule the human world!" "Hah! You think that will work after you tried to kill me? To start with, I didn't run away from you in the first place. I've got to bring Yumiko back to life, whatever it takes. Now go away and don't bother me." "You want to revive the woman? Then why don't you ask me to? It would be only too simple for me to teach you the art of Soul-Returning." The art of Soul-Returning was a spell to revive the dead. However, even if the spell could completely restore a person's body, it could not restore their soul as well. "The art of Soul-Returning? Are you seriously asking me to replace Yumiko's pure soul with that of a demon?" "Pure, you say?" Snickering, Loki opened his jet-black eyes wide. "That seems like an unlikely choice of words for a human who willfully joined forces with demons. Look at my eyes!"	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 56

Illusion Creation (Type 1; Loki's eyes reflect one's deeepst fears, the more one looks into them, the more their own fears would make them tremble)

“	"So that's your answer, eh?" Angry, Loki's hair stood on end, and he glared at Izanami from the entrance of the burial chamber. No matter what he did, he could not cross that silver relief. On the other hand, Izanami's power had not dealt him any serious damage either. As the two glared at each other, the goddess' expression clouded. Right at that moment, Nakajima noticed the form of a white silhouette in Loki's dark eyes. I've seen that before...! Loki's eyes reflected not the Izanami standing before him, but her form as a hideous cadaver, chasing after the man she loved. "Take a good look, Izanami." Loki's low voice shook the goddess' resolve. “Like a mirror, my eyes reflect whatever your deepest fears are. The more you look into them, the more your own fears will make you tremble. I must say that you're quite hideous--I have trouble believing this is your true form." As if to add fuel to the fire Loki was kindling, the image of a single person appeared, that of the young Izanagi, running in terror from the hideous Izanami chasing him.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Pages 58

Izanami

Attack Potency

Harmed Loki:

“	"Izanami..." Nakajima found himself kneeling all of a sudden. The goddess nodded before she turned toward Loki. "Demon, return to your world!" Her voice was cold and harsh. Loki smiled sarcastically, but his expression could not hide his uneasiness. "You appear to be one of the Kunitsukami of Yamato--why do you go to such lengths to support these humans?" "Because this girl is my reincarnation." "Your reincarnation?" Loki spread his arms in an exaggerated motion. "Very well. You can have the girl. In exchange, I will take the boy. It surely will benefit him to join forces with me. I still wish to avoid any unnecessary confrontation." Holding his breath, Nakajima watched the two talk. A shiver ran down his spine. "You're simply afraid that some other demon will get a hold of Akemi and his knowledge." Izanami strained her eyes and glared at Loki's chest. Red light exploded on his breast, and Loki stumbled back from the blow. The spontaneous combustion power she used was many times more powerful than when she had possessed Yumiko.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 58

Izanami at the end of the novel amplifies Yumiko Shirasagi to be able to fight demons:

“	Hesitantly, Nakajima spoke."Yumiko..." She showed no response to his breath, but she had definitely returned to life. Her formerly torn mouth had returned to its lovely original shape, and her slightly opened lips shivered slightly as she breathed. Her eye sockets were now covered with well-formed eyelids, and her cheeks had a slight pink hue to them. Nakajima's impatience was enveloped by an untainted presence. "Don't worry. She will awaken soon enough." Turning around, Nakajima saw Izanami standing above him. Though her hair was matted with green blood, her shining, beautiful expression, full of kindness, calmed his soul. The goddess opened her lips. "I will take care of her for a while." Nakajima was perplexed by her statement. "It will not be long; only until I strengthen her enough so that she can fight demons." "Fight demons? But Loki's dead!" The goddess approached, took Nakajima's hands and looked into his eyes. White light shone throughout the space in front of his eyes, and all color vanished from his field of vision.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 61

Abilities

Power Bestowal (Izanami at the end of the novel amplifies Yumiko Shirasagi to be able to fight demons. Gave Yumiko the power to burn anything she stares at, allowing her to use spontaneous combustion to destroy several of Loki's tentacles)

“	Hesitantly, Nakajima spoke."Yumiko..." She showed no response to his breath, but she had definitely returned to life. Her formerly torn mouth had returned to its lovely original shape, and her slightly opened lips shivered slightly as she breathed. Her eye sockets were now covered with well-formed eyelids, and her cheeks had a slight pink hue to them. Nakajima's impatience was enveloped by an untainted presence. "Don't worry. She will awaken soon enough." Turning around, Nakajima saw Izanami standing above him. Though her hair was matted with green blood, her shining, beautiful expression, full of kindness, calmed his soul. The goddess opened her lips. "I will take care of her for a while." Nakajima was perplexed by her statement. "It will not be long; only until I strengthen her enough so that she can fight demons." "Fight demons? But Loki's dead!" The goddess approached, took Nakajima's hands and looked into his eyes. White light shone throughout the space in front of his eyes, and all color vanished from his field of vision.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 61

“	The instant she obeyed the voice and stood, the angry cries of Loki and the roars of Kerberos filled Yumiko's ears as she returned to reality. Overwhelmed with a sudden dizziness, she immediately sat down again. But as blood rushed to her head and she saw the crumpled Nakajima on the floor, she was struck with an overwhelming sense of duty. I've got to save him! It was a feeling greater than love or friendship, closer to instinct. It was a powerful emotion; the boy named Nakajima Akemi was literally a part of her, and if he was lost there would be no meaning to her continued existence. Without any idea how to save him, she stood up and clenched her teeth, and the voice sounded again. For the moment, I am going to enter your body so you can use my power--the power to burn anything you stare at with conviction. I pray that your body can take the strain of it. From the dimensional rift, a blinding flash pulsed, and a pure power Yumiko had never felt before rushed through her body. "GYAAH!" A bizarre cry snapped Nakajima Akemi back to consciousness. Opening his eyes, he saw Loki's smoking tentacle spasming over his head as it gave off the stench of cooked meat. Enduring the head-splitting pain, Nakajima sat up. Pillars of flame burst from various spots on Loki's body, and his charred tentacles flailed through the air like waves, giving off dark fumes thick with that charred meat smell. Yumiko, who he had thought dead, was facing off against Loki; gouts of flame shot out everywhere she stared. In medieval Europe, when magic use had been at its height, the ability was known as spontaneous combustion. What the heck is going on...? Nakajima stared, dumbfounded, as Yumiko wielded a power he could never have imagined her controlling. Nakajima soon noticed that her face was unusually pale, and that her entire body was shaking. Just with the force of her will, Yumiko was channeling the immense power of Izanami, and her body was getting close to the limit of what it could stand. Meanwhile, under intense attack from the flame, Loki ejected Ohara from inside his body and started to chant a spell in an eerie rhythm. The pink protoplasm started to condense, changing back into the form of the bronze-skinned youth. Yumiko desperately channeled her will and attempted to incinerate Loki with the power of Izanami, but the flames harmlessly dissolved against his bronze skin. Loki did not budge and simply stood still, as if waiting for her to expend all her energy. A wave of intense exhaustion swept over Yumiko's body, and her vision started to waver. Right as she felt like she was going to drop to her knees, no longer able to withstand the effort, the voice spoke once more.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Page 40

Fire Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (Possesses the power to burn anything she stares at causing spontaneous combustion)

“	"Izanami..." Nakajima found himself kneeling all of a sudden. The goddess nodded before she turned toward Loki. "Demon, return to your world!" Her voice was cold and harsh. Loki smiled sarcastically, but his expression could not hide his uneasiness. "You appear to be one of the Kunitsukami of Yamato--why do you go to such lengths to support these humans?" "Because this girl is my reincarnation." "Your reincarnation?" Loki spread his arms in an exaggerated motion. "Very well. You can have the girl. In exchange, I will take the boy. It surely will benefit him to join forces with me. I still wish to avoid any unnecessary confrontation." Holding his breath, Nakajima watched the two talk. A shiver ran down his spine. "You're simply afraid that some other demon will get a hold of Akemi and his knowledge." Izanami strained her eyes and glared at Loki's chest. Red light exploded on his breast, and Loki stumbled back from the blow. The spontaneous combustion power she used was many times more powerful than when she had possessed Yumiko.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Page 58

“	The instant she obeyed the voice and stood, the angry cries of Loki and the roars of Kerberos filled Yumiko's ears as she returned to reality. Overwhelmed with a sudden dizziness, she immediately sat down again. But as blood rushed to her head and she saw the crumpled Nakajima on the floor, she was struck with an overwhelming sense of duty. I've got to save him! It was a feeling greater than love or friendship, closer to instinct. It was a powerful emotion; the boy named Nakajima Akemi was literally a part of her, and if he was lost there would be no meaning to her continued existence. Without any idea how to save him, she stood up and clenched her teeth, and the voice sounded again. For the moment, I am going to enter your body so you can use my power--the power to burn anything you stare at with conviction. I pray that your body can take the strain of it. From the dimensional rift, a blinding flash pulsed, and a pure power Yumiko had never felt before rushed through her body. "GYAAH!" A bizarre cry snapped Nakajima Akemi back to consciousness. Opening his eyes, he saw Loki's smoking tentacle spasming over his head as it gave off the stench of cooked meat. Enduring the head-splitting pain, Nakajima sat up. Pillars of flame burst from various spots on Loki's body, and his charred tentacles flailed through the air like waves, giving off dark fumes thick with that charred meat smell. Yumiko, who he had thought dead, was facing off against Loki; gouts of flame shot out everywhere she stared. In medieval Europe, when magic use had been at its height, the ability was known as spontaneous combustion. What the heck is going on...? Nakajima stared, dumbfounded, as Yumiko wielded a power he could never have imagined her controlling. Nakajima soon noticed that her face was unusually pale, and that her entire body was shaking. Just with the force of her will, Yumiko was channeling the immense power of Izanami, and her body was getting close to the limit of what it could stand. Meanwhile, under intense attack from the flame, Loki ejected Ohara from inside his body and started to chant a spell in an eerie rhythm. The pink protoplasm started to condense, changing back into the form of the bronze-skinned youth. Yumiko desperately channeled her will and attempted to incinerate Loki with the power of Izanami, but the flames harmlessly dissolved against his bronze skin. Loki did not budge and simply stood still, as if waiting for her to expend all her energy. A wave of intense exhaustion swept over Yumiko's body, and her vision started to waver. Right as she felt like she was going to drop to her knees, no longer able to withstand the effort, the voice spoke once more.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Page 40

Resurrection (Izanami resurrected Yumiko Shirasagi after her death)

“	Nakajima was standing still, alone in Izanami's burial chamber deep below Asuka. After enjoying a brief reunion with Yumiko, brought back to life by Izanami's power, the goddess had taken her off the land of Yomi.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Return"

“	The calm wind on his skin and the cold rain on his cheek, Nakajima opened his eyes. Next to him, covered in fern leaves, lay the half-naked Yumiko. Where are we? Not letting go of Yumiko's hand, Nakajima warily scanned his surroundings. The world he had seen beyond the aurora had been one of fields and rolling hills, yet they were now in a dim forest. Either way, they were safe. That, of course, was due to Yumiko's courage and extraordinary power. Wondering how that sweet expression could possibly hold the power to stop a demon in its tracks, Nakajima put his hand on her cheek. Yumiko's cheek was hard and cold, almost as if she was a doll of ice. Telling himself it was because of the rain, Nakajima took off his shirt and sat Yumiko up so he could to put it around her. However, when he put his hand behind her delicate shoulder, it came back covered in thick black clots of blood. Nakajima timidly looked at her back, suppressed the urge to cry out, and shuddered. From her right shoulder to her waist, Yumiko's back had been brutally torn open; even her bones were visible. In trying to grab her, Loki's claws had dealt her a terrible wound. As if awakening from a deep sleep, Yumiko opened her eyes. Her calm, pure expression betrayed no hint of pain from the wound as she gazed at Nakajima and whispered "I'm sorry." "...." Nakajima didn’t know how to respond and simply hugged Yumiko tight. He should have been the one apologizing. Having Yumiko apologize to him hurt far worse than her condemnation would. But Yumiko's words had a meaning to them. She murmured into Nakajima's ear. "Sorry...I don' t think I'm going to survive this. But will you wish to bring me back?" "What are you saying? You won't die just from this wound! Hang on!" "No, that's not it. Izanami told me earlier. It's not just because of this wound on my back. I borrowed Izanami's power to fight Loki. But her power was far too strong for me to handle..." "Izanami?" Nakajima was shocked by the words coming from Yumiko's mouth. With his background in magic and mythology, he was able to grasp the meaning of what she said, even if only vaguely. At the same time, he realized the meaning of the strange visions that he had seen several times before. They had been an exact replay of Japanese mythology. In order to bring back his dead wife Izanami, Izanagi, the father of the gods, went to the land of Yomi. While there, Izanagi looked upon his wife, who had become hideous, and broke a great taboo in doing so. He was forced to abandon her and flee back to the surface. "She told me that I am a reincarnation of Izanami. And that if you desire for me to return to life, you should bring my body deep into her grave, right to the room where she is entombed. If you do so then I will return to life, and this time we can be together." Yumiko started coughing fiercely. As her throat shuddered, Nakajima wiped aside the fresh blood she coughed up. "Yumiko, don't talk like that. You're not going to die. We're going to live happily ever after." Nakajima opening up to her, when he had never been open with anyone, brought a smile to Yumiko's pale face. "Thanks. Don't abandon me mid-way like Izanagi did in the myth..." Yumiko closed her eyes like she was going to sleep, and drew her last breath.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Down the Road, Chapter 1, Pages 42-43

“	Something was throbbing. It was a slight rhythm, but was definitely there. Nakajima had awoken earlier. He had felt warmth, and felt as if he wanted to remain immersed in sleep for just a little longer. Struck by a wave of sentimentality, Nakajima slowly opened his eyelids. He found that his arms were wrapped around Yumiko. A bittersweet fragrance drifted from her body. Hesitantly, Nakajima spoke."Yumiko..." She showed no response to his breath, but she had definitely returned to life. Her formerly torn mouth had returned to its lovely original shape, and her slightly opened lips shivered slightly as she breathed. Her eye sockets were now covered with well-formed eyelids, and her cheeks had a slight pink hue to them. Nakajima's impatience was enveloped by an untainted presence. "Don't worry. She will awaken soon enough."	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 5, Pages 60-61

BFR (Type 1; Sent Akemi Nakajima back to the human world. Teleported Nakajima and Yumiko to her burial ground)

“	As Yumiko had been drawn into the battle with demons against her will, Izanami wanted to give her the ability to least defend herself; Nakajima had been ordered to return to the human world. Still sensing Yumiko's presence, he was reluctant to leave; as he was mulling about, his ears started to ring slightly. Looking up, he realized that at some point the crimson walls of the tomb had disappeared. He was surrounded by an empty void, almost like outer space. What's going on? All of a sudden, Izanami's voice sounded in his head. "Stand up. And think of the person that needs you the most. Return to her." Realizing that Izanami was using her power to return him to the human world, Nakajima immediately pictured Yumiko in his mind. In front of him, white mist swirled around and formed into the face of a human. "Yumiko!" As Nakajima called out, the face dissipated back into white mist. "Nakajima-kun, there's someone that needs you much more than me." Yumiko's familiar voice whispered an admonishment into his ears. Soon after, he heard another familiar voice, painfully crying out his name. Nakajima reflexively covered his ears with his hands. "Akemi, Akemi..."The voice calling to him became louder and louder, and Nakajima felt as if he was getting smaller as the voice became more clamorous. The white mist condensed again, into the face of a beautiful woman that looked quite a lot like him – his mother. "Stop! I don't want to see you!" Nakajima cried out like a petulant child. Nakajima's antipathy toward his mother, a woman who hardly ever bothered with her family, might have been strong enough to completely overwhelm his ego. But the billowing mist gradually started to envelop him. "No!" As Nakajima desperately resisted, the mist's movement slowed slightly, and his mother's beautiful face looked down at him with sadness in her eyes. Her kind stare opened his stubborn heart like the unraveling of ropes binding a body down. "Mom..." The minute the word left his lips, his body became as a drop of condensation in a mist and he was wrapped in a feeling of pure ecstasy. The mist enshrouding Nakajima quietly moved toward the void. There was no distance or time there. I want to stay like this forever... Nakajima thought. He became aware of an image in the nothingness. The outlines of white walls and a familiar room's lighting formed, and the profile of his mother entered his field of vision. "Mom..." As Nakajima automatically called out, he felt all the blood being pulled out of his body along with a floating sensation like being in a weightless environment. His body was hit with a twisting shock as he was tossed somewhere. He moaned and sat up; he had been returned to the human world from Izanami's burial chamber. A familiar sofa and sideboard stood before him. There, in his living room, his mother sat, dejectedly twirling her disheveled hair with her fingers, making no effort to fix it. Her face looked so young that she was often mistaken for Nakajima's older sister, but now it was full of creases and wrinkles; she looked almost twenty years older than she had before. Nakajima's mother looked up and saw him in front of her. She gaped at him in amazement.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Return"

“	The Japanese goddess Izanami had possessed Shirasagi Yumiko, a transfer student with a crush on Nakajima. In the indescribably harsh battle, the CAI room had been reduced to ruins. Izanami had teleported the wounded Nakajima and Yumiko to her burial place, Asuka. Loki had headed to Asuka in hot pursuit.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "Return"

Possession (Possessed Yumiko Shirasagi's body when she was fighting against Loki)

“	Meanwhile, Loki secretly achieved a physical body of his own, and had deemed Nakajima a threat. The beautiful teacher Ohara, given to Loki as an offering, became enthralled by the demon's charm, and learned to operate the demon summoning program in Nakajima's stead. Soon, Loki had slipped from Nakajima's control, a man-eating beast enamored of brutal killing sprees. Feeling a deep responsibility for the results caused by his curiosity and desire for vengeance, Nakajima summoned the demon beast Kerberos and challenged Loki. He was defeated, but an unlikely ally appeared during the battle. The Japanese goddess Izanami had possessed Shirasagi Yumiko, a transfer student with a crush on Nakajima. In the indescribably harsh battle, the CAI room had been reduced to ruins. Izanami had teleported the wounded Nakajima and Yumiko to her burial place, Asuka. Loki had headed to Asuka in hot pursuit.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "Return"

Telekinesis (Stopped Yumiko's fall and allowed her to slowly descend down to the ground)

“	The goddess Izanami had brought Yumiko to Yomi to teach Yumiko how to control her power. Though she had lived the life of an ordinary girl for seventeen years, Yumiko had inherited the strength of Izanami. With adept instruction from the goddess herself, Yumiko had learned, bit by bit, to draw out the bottomless power slumbering deep within her in a very short time. She was currently in the middle of training to harness the psychic power once held by the ancient gods. Two rock walls, nearly perpendicular to the ground and separated by a gap of two meters, faced each other, towering up into the sky. Yumiko was floating in mid-air, weaving through the gap. Her white skin began to glow with a phosphorescent purple glow. With a boom like thunder, the glow increased in intensity. Yumiko, enveloped in that mysterious light and limned by a golden aura, resembled the smiling visage of the Miroku Buddha. Soon, as if she had transformed into a particle of light herself, the outline of her shape started to blur and become indistinct. Silently, Yumiko raised her right hand. The clouds of light surrounding her body started to condense at the tip of her finger. Yumiko brought her arm down forcefully. As she did, the light fired from her finger like an arrow shot through the rock face. An immense roar echoed and a brilliant blue pillar of flame flared into the sky. Yumiko watched the giant rock with an almost drunken expression as it slowly crumbled into nothing in perceived slow-motion. Suddenly Yumiko’s eyes clouded up, and she started plunging toward the ground some twenty meters below like a bird whose wings had been pulled off. "Look out!" Mere moments before Yumiko would have struck the ground, an invisible power picked her up and brought her down slowly like a feather falling leisurely. "What's the matter with you?" Izanami spoke harshly as she knelt next to Yumiko. "If this is the best you can do, I can't imagine when I'll be able to send you back to the human world!"	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Set Summoned"

Set

Attack Potency

Set is noted to be far more powerful then Loki:

“	The underground storage room seemed somewhat smaller now with the huge supercomputer installed there. Isma had been making large improvements in the demon summoning program Ohara had stolen. Of course, he also had the skills of the software engineers under Shimazaki's control at his beck and call. Still, materializing the "digital" Set had proven to be more difficult than expected. "Saint, how is it going? Has there been any progress?" Shimazaki's voice sounded somewhat impatient. "This program has too many defects in it! Summoning a demon is a two step process; first you need to create a magnetic field in which to call it forth, and then you can help give it form. However, this program completes the process in a confusing and complicated way!" "But wasn't the demon called Loki able to take a body using that program?" "Set is a lot more powerful than Loki. The amount of data that needs to be processed is gigantic in comparison. Furthermore, if you try to run the program straight-up, low-ranking demons get their data mixed up with Set’s, making it even more difficult to give him a form. I'm trying to add my own improvements to handle the data more efficiently, but it's not enough to give Set a body yet. Anyhow, to start with, I'm going to try to separate and materialize those low-ranking demons first."	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 3 "Quickening"

Abilities

Avatar Creation (It is noted that his Apeps are his avatars)

“	Set's avatars, the Apeps, could possess humans and control them however they desired. However, because of the Apeps' innate poison, the possessed would start to rot from within. Matoba had died thus, but Ota had no way of knowing that.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 3 "He Who Calls"

Deconstruction, Poison Manipulation, & Body Puppetry (Set commands and controls two small white snakes that go inside of a human body and dissolve their spinal cords with their poison and then replace it with their own bodies, becoming the victim's nervous system and controlling them completely)

“	Sitting in the middle of the Solomon Hexagram, Isma started to type on the keyboard. The magnetic tape started clacking as the reels began to spin and the display flashed wildly. A musky smell filled the room. "Yod, Heh, Vav, Heh." As the low voice sounded, a milky white droplet formed on the display. "Oh, at last!" Not moving an inch, Isma and Shimazaki gazed at the screen. The condensation increased until it seemed to cover the screen and it slid onto the floor. Two tiny white snakes, small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand, started to slither across the ground. As Shimazaki started to bend toward them, an expression of suspicion on his face, Isma yelled at him. "Don't get near them! If you value your life, that is!" "What are these puny little snakes?" Shimazaki asked, dissatisfaction clear in his voice. "They are Apeps, venomous serpents that serve Set." "What kind of power could these little snakes possibly have?" "Apeps enter into the bodies of humans, dissolve their spinal cords with their poison and then replace it with their own bodies, becoming the victim's nervous system and controlling them completely." "I-is that so...?" Shimazaki gulped and took a step backward. "Apeps are like receivers that Set can use to control humans from a long distance. Depending on how one used them, they could be more useful than any kind of raw power, no matter how great..." His eyes mere slits, Isma studied the two small squiggling vipers as one would precious jewels.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 3 "Quickening"

Death Manipulation (Set's apeps possession will kill the host targets body within ten days)

“	The air conditioners in the manor’s basement hummed at full blast, drawing in air damp from the previous day's rain, and drenching the room with thick humidity. Focused entirely on his work at the keyboard, Isma heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs and turned around in irritation. Shimazaki entered the room, his yellow teeth drawn in a wide grin. "The Apeps are working splendidly." "Of course they are. But don't forget--any body the Apeps possess won't last ten days." Brushing aside Isma's warning, Yamazaki continued speaking. "You know, the Chief Secretary of the Liberal Party says he would like to meet you."	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 1 "Set Summoned"

Telepathy (Set sent a telepathic picture within Nakajima's head of Yumiko tied to a cross)

“	Crying out, Typhon whipped and spasmed. Sword and all, Nakajima was thrown aside, but Kerberos leaped into the air and caught him. Right then, Nakajima got the sense that he heard Yumiko's voice from far away. Looking around in confusion, the image of Yumiko, bound to a cross and writhing in agony, appeared in his mind. Most likely, Set had sent him the picture of her current state as the core of his enormous protoplasmic temporary body. Nakjima noticed that one of the eyes in her lovely, terrified face was dripping blood.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City, Chapter 2, "Conflicts"

Demons

Attack Potency

All powerful and god level demons sustain a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon that is sustained by said demon and destroyed upon their death:

“	"I don't think so. From what I've just seen, there's no mistake that a magnetic field suitable for summoning a demon was set up. It may be that the reason no demon appeared was that it might have arrived in the Assiah world via a different magnetic field." "There’re still some details about the mechanism for demon summoning that I don't really understand yet." "Unusual words, coming from the genius that was the first to successfully summon a demon via a computer." Feed grinned broadly, but his expression soon turned grave as he looked directly at Nakajima. "The last demon to appear called himself Set, correct?" "Yes, that's right." "While it's too dangerous to try and conjecture the state of affairs in the demon world based on our own knowledge of this one, my theory is that the demon world is like a colloidal conglomeration of countless mini-universes, each centered around a powerful demon. Most likely, with Loki's death, the mini-universe in contact with Japan or Tokyo vanished, and Set's mini-universe entered to take its place. Demon summoning is just opening a contact point between the two worlds at the same time." "So what would happen if two contact points were opened at the same time?" "The demon would decide where it wanted to appear. However, there are some examples in medieval records of demon summonings that report that when the difference in strength of the two magnetic fields was great enough, the demon would be pulled to the stronger field, regardless of which it wanted to go to..."	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 4 "Quickening"

Abilities

Empathic Manipulation (Women cannot resist the allure of demons, even if they despised a demon normally, they'd fall mdaly in love with them if they had sex with a demon even once)

“	Leaving his handsome face intact, Loki started to change into a cylindrical lump of flesh that sprouted countless small tentacles. The pink protoplasm started to glow and the movement of the tentacle fondling Yumiko's body became faster and rougher. Yumiko lost all will to resist, and her head fell to the side limply as she passed out. Loki started to pull her doll-like body into his own; he failed to notice that Ohara was glaring furiously at Yumiko even as she was enveloped within the protoplasm. Many women could not resist the allure of demons. Even if they despised them normally, they’d fall madly in love with them if they had sex with them even once. For Ohara, who had devoted herself body and soul to Loki, watching him have sex with one of her students in front of her eyes was an unbearable humiliation. Once Yumiko's slender white legs had sunk into the protoplasm and she was inside Loki up to her chest, Ohara went mad with jealousy, grabbed Yumiko’s head, and started to twist it.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 37

Healing (Demons have shown to heal wounds they create and "seal them away")

“	Matoba was taking a nap on the sofabed in the study next to his office. The heavy black bags under his eyes betrayed his exhaustion from his nonstop efforts to bring his party together and block the National Secrets Protection Act from being passed. Taking advantage of the fact that the world stage was becoming a war of information, the restrictions in the act clearly indicated that the Liberal Party was veering further and further to the right. As the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, that was hard for Matoba to allow. A quiet breeze blew into the room through the air conditioner that Matoba had left on. Not even disturbing the sound of that breeze, the snake slipped into the room through the slit under the door. It raised its head, fixating on its prey. Its small red eyes looked over the snoring, sleeping form of Matoba. Wiggling its body rapidly, the white snake slithered across the floor, effortlessly climbed up the sofabed and dove into the V-neck of Matoba's exposed undershirt, clearly by his unfastened tie. Without any hesitation, the pale serpent bit into the exaggeratedly expanding and contracting fat stomach before it. Like a sharp drill, the slender body of the snake tunneled into Matoba's gut. As if he felt no pain whatsoever, Matoba slept on peacefully. A minute or so later, Matoba suddenly twisted up from the sofabed as if a wave of high-voltage electricity was running through him. His body started to spasm wildly. However, it appeared that the Apep had gained full control of his nervous system; he soon started snoring again and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely enough, the wound on his stomach had sealed, as if cured by some sort of magic. Only moments later, the light sound of a Cedric driving away could be heard from the front of Matoba's manor.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 6 "Quickening"

Absorption (Demons have the innate ability to absorb the air and earth into their bodies)

“	Isma's body appeared to float in the air as he laughed, and two unusual lights appeared by his feet. Covered in jet-black scales, the great black serpent Typhon stared at Nakajima with its golden eyes, Isma riding on its back, as it slowly rose into the air, towering like an enormous tree. With its head nearly extended to the full height of the tower of flesh, the huge serpent shuddered and assaulted Nakajima. The lower half of Isma's body had been fused into Typhon's; perhaps it was another sort of fusion the demon could do in addition to its innate ability to absorb the earth and the air into its own body.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Chapter 2 "Conflicts"

Weaknessess

Demons are weak to mercuric sulfide:

“	Powerless, Nakajima stared at Loki and Ohara. I should have considered the possibility that this could happen. I'd better find a weakness, and soon! Nakajima frantically pointed the sensor connected to his computer at the nearly-materialized Loki. Calling up the ISG host computer, he sent the data the sensor had gathered about the demon to Craft. Meanwhile, Loki extended his hand toward Yumiko, rigid with terror. His bronze, naked body was beautifully symmetrical, almost like the Greek Apollo, and his muscular chest was covered in black scales. His black eyes, from which no one could possibly fathom any emotion, paralyzed her. "Come over here." Pointing his talon at Yumiko, Loki commanded her in a low, cold voice. Yumiko looked to Nakajima for help, but he merely glanced at her and continued talking with the AI. Nakajima knew he wouldn't have a chance if he tried to fight Loki directly, but Loki probably couldn’t risk doing anything to him so long as Nakajima had control of the computer environment. Nakajima knew that he had to find some sort of weakness to Loki while he still had the chance. He had a hunch that Loki would not be able to leave the magnetic field being generated by the computer. However, just as Yumiko tried to stagger away and flee, a strange sound came from Loki's arms. For a moment they looked like they were beginning to melt, and then they changed into giant, jiggling, pink-colored blobs of protoplasm. From their tips, multiple tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Yumiko's limbs. "No, stop!" The tentacles gripping the crying Yumiko's limbs pulled her up into the air, toward the body of the blob. A new pink tentacle sprouted and wrapped around Yumiko's body, and the liquid leaking from its membrane melted her clothes, latched onto her now-exposed skin and started writhing along her slender body. >CRAFT, HURRY! Covering his ears so he wouldn't have to hear Yumiko's screams, Nakajima frantically kept hitting the keys. Finally the data transfer LED lit up, and Craft sent a response. ACCORDING TO THE DATA YOU SENT, THE JELLY SUBSTANCE IS 58% WATER AND 17% ECTOPLASM. THE REMAINING MATTER IS NOT NATIVE TO THE PLANET AND CANNOT BE ANALYZED. >HAS THERE EVER BEEN A CASE OF SIMILAR MATTER BEING DISCOVERED BEFORE? YES. THIS CENTURY, SIMILAR MATTER WAS DISCOVERED IN A MAYAN TEMPLE AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. > WHAT IS ITS WEAK POINT? I CANNOT MAKE A HYPOTHESIS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA. HOWEVER, THE MATTER DISCOVERED UNDER A RELIEF IN THE MAYAN TEMPLE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE EVAPORATED WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH MERCURIC SULFIDE-BASED PAINT. > MERCURIC SULFIDE? YOU MEAN A MIXTURE OF MERCURY AND SULFUR. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH HIM NOW! UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Possession, Chapter 2, Pages 36-37

“	A viscous drop of water fell onto Nakajima's cheek. Listening closely, he could hear the steady sound of water coming from high above. Over the aeons, the lime deposits in this trickle had accumulated here and there along the path to form giant stalagmites. Nakajima touched the rising cliff to feel it. The surface of the cold stone was wet with condensation. When he scratched it, the rock crumbled away easily, revealing a new layer of red stone below. Idly recalling that the ancient red paint used in ancient Japanese tombs was mercuric-sulfide based, Nakajima suddenly remembered Craft's words. When explorers had discovered material that was apparently part of a demon's body in a Mayan temple, it evaporated when it came into contact with their mercuric-sulfide based paint. In other words, this tomb was designed specifically to keep demons out. His courage buoyed by this realization, Nakajima picked up Yumiko's body and walked toward the depths of the red valley. However, he’d never had that much in the way of stamina in the first place. In less than ten minutes, his legs were exhausted. He would have liked Kerberos' help, but he didn't want to put any more stress on the already terribly-injured demon. Besides, this path with walls literally painted with demon repellent would hardly be the most appropriate place for Kerberos.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Pages 50-51

“	Yomotsu-Shikome took a step forward. As Nakajima met her gaze, he carefully laid Yumiko down, wiped the cold sweat on his hands onto his slacks, and picked up his handheld computer. "Kerberos, please come here." Before the white haze that emerged from the liquid crystal display could even take on a rough outline of its shape, it vanished with a weak bark. Apparently, the pathway’s crimson paint really did seal off the power of the demon beast.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 1, Page 51

“	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.	„
	~ Digital Devil Story, Sword of Flame, Chapter 2, Page 53