History Fanfic / ADemonAmongDevils

Unfortunately, the last update was posted February of 2016.

Unfortunately, the last update was posted February of 2016. Therefore, this is a DeadFic.

* PricelessPaperweight: Minato uses the Evil Pieces given to him… as ordinary chess pieces on a board. In general, Minato will do this with any relics and special artifacts they find, not out of humility or ignorance, but because he really doesn't have any other use for them. This is shown with the Excalibur pieces that Michael gives him--Michael thinks Minato plans on doing this, but instead Minato gives Xenovia and Irina one each and Kiba the remaining two, showing that once he finds a use for them, he'll use them properly.

Unfortunately, the last update was posted February of 2016. The reason for this is unknown, but since the author has stopped writing new content for any of his fanfics since 2019 it's safe to say this one is a DeadFic.

* PricelessPaperweight: Minato uses the Evil Pieces given to him… as ordinary chess pieces on a board. In general, Minato will do this with any relics and special artifacts they find, not out of humility or ignorance, but because he really doesn't have any other use for them. This is shown with the Excalibur pieces that Michael gives him--Michael thinks Minato plans on doing this, but instead Minato gives Xenovia and Irina one each and Kiba the remaining two, showing that once he finds a use for them, he'll use them properly.

** [[spoiler:He acknowledges it in the next chapter, absolutely livid at the fact that his enemy was right, the only reason he took the army and attacked was because they were foisted on him practically minutes beforehand. At the same time he gets called out by those he allied with on account of aligning with them when they weren't human either. He also acknowledges they were right. Which is why he leaves and takes the people seconds later.]]

** In the next chapter, Cao Cao impales the assistant because of having to put up with all the hypocrisy.

** The most obvious example being Minato's Personae. In the games Personae are Shadows shaped by experiences and thoughts into approximations of various identities within the sea of hearts. As such, while their abilities and traits are modelled after legends and myths, a Persona can only be as powerful as the user's spiritual strength; most human Persona users including the protagonists can hardly express powers approaching [[OurGodsAreGreater actual gods]] of the world except in special circumstances. But in this story, it's emphasized Personae ''always'' interpret things literally, to the point Minato claims it's why they are so powerful. Early on, he even monologues how his more powerful Personae can [[PhysicalGod break the world and bend laws of reality]] with few limitations even before the end of his Journey; whereas the only times Persona 3 Protagonist could conceivably demonstrate such displays of power are during [[AllThereInTheManual manga version of the final battle]] or after acquiring [[EleventhHourSuperpower the Universe Arcana]].

** The most obvious example being Minato's Personae. In the games, Personae are metaphorical selves within the heart connected to the archetypal identities in the "sea of hearts" and their powers don't necessarily reflect the powers which their myths or legends supposedly have. Personae, even ones acquired by a Wild Card, have their levels of power depend ''solely on'' the owner and their experiences; the stronger the owner, the more powerful their Personae can become, unrelated to their archetypal roots (though the ''abilities'' of Personae often ''are'' modelled after their roots). But in this story, it's emphasized Personae ''always'' interpret things literally, claiming it's why they are so powerful, and shown early on when Minato goes to great detail explaining how even before his final battle with Nyx his Personae can accomplish feats up to and including shattering continents or boiling the world's oceans or other similar world shattering phenomena; whereas the only times Persona 3 Protagonist could conceivably demonstrate such levels of power are during the [[AllThereInTheManual manga version of the final battle]] or after acquiring [[EleventhHourSuperpower the Universe Arcana]].
** On that note, Minato's final battle to [[spoiler:create Great Seal]] sees this trope being abused ''extensively'' for Erebus. In the games, Erebus is just another deity born from the collective consciousness, and nowhere near the strongest among its kind either; its most dangerous quality is the fact it has ResurrectiveImmortality and will ''never'' truly die as long as humanity continues to wish for Death. But the fanfic instead attempts to explain the reason Erebus was so weak when the rest of S.E.E.S faced it is because [[spoiler:Minato's Great Seal]] had weakened it down to a point where S.E.E.S could defeat it. Prior to that, it is as an apocalyptic abomination capable of taking on [[spoiler:Minato's entire army of Personae]] and expect to ''win''.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Notably for Death/Pharos/Ryoji Mochizuki/Thanatos, as well as Nyx. The author writes Death and the Persona Thanatos as one in the same (which isn't the case in the games), and characterizes the entity as an OmnicidalManiac embodying murderous intent and hatred against all life (which clashes heavily with the AffablyEvil ReluctantMonster Ryoji); while Nyx is written as a condescending, judgmental being who actively moves to end all life while lamenting over the loss of "human potential" which is ''not even remotely'' close to the maternal CosmicEntity which might or might not be an AlmightyIdiot in the games.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: According to Fafnir, one of the reasons for Ddraig being considered to be among the mightiest of dragons is due to him defeating every other famous dragon in history in battle at some point in his life.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10225608/1/A-Demon-Among-Devils A Demon Among Devils]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3269586/The-Crimson-Lord Crimson Lord]] is a crossover between the ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' with''VideoGame/Persona3''.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10225608/1/A-Demon-Among-Devils A Demon Among Devils]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3269586/The-Crimson-Lord Crimson Lord]] is a crossover of the Literature/HighSchoolDXD universe with the ''VideoGame/Persona3'' universe.

* DatePeepers: When Rias and Minato go shopping together near the end of chapter 20 the entire Occult Research Club plus Raynare and her Fallen Angels and the Knights Templar end up following them. HilarityEnsues when they (Read: [[{{Troll}} Rias]]) trick them into thinking they were visiting a love hotel together.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10225608/1/A-Demon-Among-Devils A Demon Among Devils]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3269586/The-Crimson-Lord Crimson Lord]] is a crossover of the LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD universe with the ''VideoGame/Persona3'' universe.

* EldritchAbomination: [[VideoGame/Persona3 Erebus]] and [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Trihexa]] both fit this bill, being unfathomably powerful creatures that would cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if they are ever unleashed as well as being virtually impossible to kill, such that the most that could be done against them was seal them away. This isn't a coincidence, as they are implied to be similar in nature to each other.

Unfortunately, the last update was posted February of 2016. The reason for this is unknown, but since the author is still working on other stories, it can be assumed that he is simply taking a break from it.

** The most obvious example being Minato's Personae. In the games, Personae are metaphorical selves within the heart connected to the archetypal identities in the "sea of hearts" and their powers don't necessarily reflect the powers which their myths or legends supposedly have. Personae, even ones acquired by a Wild Card, have their levels of power depend ''solely on'' the owner and their experiences; the stronger the owner, the more powerful their Personae can become, unrelated to their archetypal roots (though the ''abilities'' of Personae often ''are'' modelled after their roots). But in this story, it's emphasized Personae ''always'' interpret things literally, claiming it's why they are so powerful, and shown early on when Minato goes to great detail explaining how even before his final battle with Nyx his Personae can accomplish feats up to and including shattering continents or boiling the world's oceans or other similar world shattering phenomena; whereas the only times Persona 3 Protagonist could conceivably demonstrate such levels of power are during the [[AllInThereInTheManual manga version of the final battle]] or after acquiring [[EleventhHourSuperpower the Universe Arcana]].

** The most obvious example being Minato's Personae; in the games, Persona users only ever ''approach'' the levels described by the literal interpretations of their myths and legends near the end of their Journeys (usually as part of EleventhHourSuperpower but not always). Meanwhile, early on Minato goes to great detail explaining how even before his final battle with Nyx, his Personae can accomplish feats up to and including ''boiling the world's oceans'' and other similar world shattering phenomena, whereas the only times the Persona 3 Protagonist could conceivably demonstrate such levels of power are during the [[AllInThereInTheManual manga version of the final battle]] or after acquiring [[EleventhHourSuperpower the Universe Arcana]].

* AdaptationExpansion: The story focuses a lot of attention on expanding the world-building and repeating canon events in ways that are more sensible for the setting's scale. For example the peace conference between the Three Factions isn't just the three faction heads sitting around a coffee table, it's an immense gathering of hundreds of politicians and onlookers and representatives and spokespeople and honor guards for most of the above.

* NotSoDifferent: Minato holds this opinion of humans and the other supernatural races of the DxD world. When the [[spoiler:Hero Faction try to convince him to join their cause]], pointing out that each race has their share of good people, evil people and everything in-between and that no race should be judged based only on their good or bad points.

** When Issei misses Kokabiel with his WaveMotionGun style attack despite him standing still, Kiba incredulously [[Disney/{{Mulan}} demands to know he missed a target right in front of him]]

* UnreliableNarrator: WordOfGod mentions that this is Minato in Chapter 8. In particular, his initial assessment of Rias and her peerage has him judging them based on what he knows about ''Persona'' devils like Belial, who are AlwaysChaoticEvil. Eventually he realizes his mistake and warms up to Rias and her peerage.

Unfortunately, the last update was posted February of 2016.