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| 4 | [[folder:The Nahobino]] |
| 5 | !! The Nahobino |
| 6 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kohei Yanagi (JP), Creator/CaseyMongillo (EN) |
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| 15 | The protagonist of ''Shin Megami Tensei V''. An ordinary third-year high school student who is knocked unconscious after being caught in a tunnel collapse near Shinagawa Station, and awakens in a devastated Tokyo infested with demons. He soon encounters and fuses with the mysterious Aogami, transforming him into a "Nahobino", a condemned HalfHumanHybrid with the power to contract and summon other demons. |
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| 17 | * AbdicateTheThrone: [[spoiler:The "destroy the throne" ending sees him destroy the throne of creation outright, giving up his chance to rule or remake the world.]] |
| 18 | * AmbiguousSituation: Demeter's questline reveals that the protagonist [[spoiler:holds the Knowledge of a "bull god". While this is clearly enough to allow him to become a Nahobino with Aogami, a Proto-fiend empowered by Susano'o's magatsuhi and is essentially the Japanese god of storms himself, demons like Baal and Zeus imply the protagonist can merge with them as well. Whether this is actually possible isn't explored]]. |
| 19 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: While he is never seen naked, the suit Nahobino wears makes it apparent that he doesn't really have a crotch, which is apparent in one Demon Negotiation: |
| 20 | -->'''Demon:''' What do you think...?\ |
| 21 | '''Nahobino:''' [I'm gonna get you horny.]\ |
| 22 | ''The demon's gaze fell to your conspicuously blank groin...''\ |
| 23 | ''The demon left, laughing their head off...'' |
| 24 | * BadassAdorable: In both human and fused forms, he's a cute-as-a-button high schooler who tears through armies of demons [[spoiler:and can potentially recreate the world as its only benevolent deity.]] |
| 25 | * BadassBookworm: [[AllThereInTheManual It's only implied at the start of the game and is only mentioned in the Japanese website]], but the Nahobino [[https://asia.sega.com/megaten5/vengeance/en/story_character/ enjoys reading]]. The book he's reading in the intro cutscene is a copy of the Man'yōshū, a collection of Japanese ''waka'', or classical Japanese poetry. The badass part needs no explanation. |
| 26 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: After fusing with Aogami, the Nahobino can create a LaserBlade with his fingers. In ''Vengeance'', it becomes a sickle in his second form. |
| 27 | * CallBack: [[spoiler:When the Nahobino assumes the Empyrean throne and creates a new world, he crosses his arms. In both his official artwork and when he prepares to battle the Nahobino in the "Return of the True Demon" DLC, the Demi-fiend assumes the same pose.]] |
| 28 | * CallingYourAttacks: A few of his [[SecretArt unique skills]] actually let the Nahobino declare their name before or during their activation. |
| 29 | * CanonName: [[DummiedOut It requires hacking the game to bypass the naming screen to see]], but the default name for the Nahobino is [[https://x.com/scrambledfaz/status/1762163041947303970?s=46&t=OaLlJsPk0RJCOlVL61HJyg Kei Amemura]]. |
| 30 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: |
| 31 | ** The [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Demi-fiend]] appears fairly masculine and becomes even more so after becoming a demon, sporting glowing tattoos [[WalkingShirtlessScene and walking around topless]]. He also fights using a mix of brute force and magic, pummeling his opponents with his bare hands. His transformation was also forced upon him by the Blonde-Haired Child in a first-person horror sequence. The Nahobino has a more feminine and lithe appearance by contrast to the point he could seriously be mistaken for a woman. After his FusionDance with Aogami, he becomes even more feminine, developing long hair and gaining a skin-tight suit. He also fights using a LaserBlade[[note]]The Demi-fiend is also capable of using a LaserBlade in battle, but said blade is limited to specific skills and is far less flexible and thin compared to the Nahobino's[[/note]] and magic. The aforementioned FusionDance, while coerced under threat of death, looks like a MagicalGirl [[TransformationSequence transformation]]. In their respective stories, the Demi-fiend was forbidden from creating his own ideology and could make one of the Reasons a reality [[spoiler:[[TakeAThirdOption or give Kagustuchi the middle finger and restore the world to its previous state]] and in another ending abandon his humanity entirely and destroy the cycle Kagutsuchi perpetuates]]. The Nahobino is capable of becoming the new Creator of Da'at and can create a new world order [[spoiler:such as keeping the God of Law's order, returning the myriad gods to their former glory, destroying the Empyrean Throne and preventing any future Creator from taking over or create a world for humans alone]]. In all endings [[spoiler:sans the Destroy the Throne ending, the Nahobino ascends as full TopGod]]. |
| 32 | ** [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV Flynn]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Nanashi]] led extraordinary lives, one raised in a feudal kingdom before becoming a samurai hunting demons and the other born in a demon-infested Tokyo. Both were also trained to fight demons and have equipment to help them in battle, either by using specialized apps affecting their performance in battle or summoning demons (though in Nanashi's case he could summon demons thanks to his deal with Dagda). The Nahobino lived an ordinary life up in modern-day Tokyo until being transported to Da'at and, unlike Nanashi or Flynn, had no means of fighting demons until he merges with Aogami. |
| 33 | ** The Nahobino shares a very distinct contrast with Nanashi, who similarly is involved with a god. Nanashi was resurrected and made into a Godslayer by Dagda for the purpose of killing other gods and could forcibly take control of Nanashi's body any time he wished if it suited him. The protagonist has a more beneficial relationship with Aogami, who grants him the power he needs to survive in Da'at with no strings attached and serves as more of a guide and partner. [[spoiler:Nanashi can become a TopGod himself, but kills everyone who ever supported him, including his friends in order to do so. The protagonist becomes a TopGod in all routes but Yakumo and Nuwa's, and in the "Restore God's Order" and "Create a World for Humanity Alone" endings, it's implied he revives his fallen friends as they're either killed by their opposition or by his own hand. Furthermore, while Nanashi has one of his friends revived as his 'goddess'' and rendered BrainwashedAndCrazy, the Nahobino is implied to be unable to interact with anyone in the hidden ending as he leaves behind a copy of his human self to live in his stead.]] |
| 34 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a black bodysuit, but he's one of the most kind-hearted ''SMT'' protagonists to date. |
| 35 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: Albeit a temporary version as he's only considered a god when fusing with Aogami and becoming a Nahobino. [[spoiler:He becomes a god in full in all endings except for Yakumo and Nuwa's. It's especially prominent in the hidden ending as while the other endings imply he can return to being human (or a given value of human) by undoing his fusion of Aogami, the nature of a world for humans alone means Aogami will disappear, making the protagonist a god full-time.]] |
| 36 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Humorously invoked in one demon conversation, if the Nahobino says that he gets mistaken for a lady. It can shock the demon, as they genuinely thought he was a woman. |
| 37 | * FashionableAsymmetry: The protagonist sports long bangs on the right side of his face and shorter bangs on his left, and his uniform has slightly more floral prints on the left side than on the right. As the Nahobino, he has blue geometric, glowing lightning bolt markings on the right side, and more curved, organic white ocean wave decorations on the left. |
| 38 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: The protagonist goes from being an average high school student to [[spoiler:the new TopGod]]. |
| 39 | * FusionDance: He and Aogami merge at the latter's behest, allowing the protagonist to fight demons. The protagonist is in full control of his new body while Aogami acts as a guide for them as they traverse Da'at. |
| 40 | * GodhoodSeeker: As a Nahobino, the protagonist is one of the rare few beings in the setting who has the right to claim the Throne of Creation and become TopGod of the universe. [[spoiler: By choosing to create a world for humanity that's free from both Gods and Demons, the protagonist will become this trope in earnest.]] |
| 41 | * AGodIAmNot: [[spoiler:The Nahobino rejects becoming the TopGod in the "Destroy the Throne" ending, believing in Yakumo's ideology that gods have no reason to get involved with humanity. It's also implied that, in this ending, the Nahobino never becomes a full god and can return to his human self at any time by undoing his fusion with Aogami.]] |
| 42 | * HalfHumanHybrid: The result of his FusionDance with Aogami, becoming the Nahobino; a "condemned" half-human, half-god being. As it later turns out, this makes him one of the few people who can lay claim to the Empyrean throne and become the new Creator. |
| 43 | * HelloInsertNameHere: As per usual with the franchise, you can give the protagonist any name. |
| 44 | * TheHero: Compared to some of his predecessors in this franchise who are capable of committing some [[KickTheDog real asshole actions]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential if the player so chooses]], the Nahobino doesn't seem to have ''any'' real malevolent intentions to speak of. He goes out of his way to rescue and protect his classmates, he will MercyKill [[spoiler: Sahori]] with clear remorse in his body language, and every ending he inevitably chooses will be made in the selfless pursuit of making an already broken world a better place. [[spoiler:In all endings, it's implied he is a genuinely good TopGod, with him making a utopia with a restored divine order, trying to mediate factions of gods without becoming bitter and cynical, or sacrificing his own happiness to protect humanity.]] |
| 45 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: Played with. The Nahobino's very existence is considered heretical by the angels due to the Condemnation, but the only person who ever expresses any real grievance with him is Abdiel, who is a KnightTemplar. All the other angels in Bethel have no problems with him and only treat him as a necessary asset at worst. [[spoiler:The reason he's so disliked by Abdiel is because of his potential to usurp the God of Law as the new Creator, as is Lucifer's hope.]] |
| 46 | * HowDoIShotWeb: Has a brief moment when faced with Naamah and Glasya-Labolas in the train station where he fearlessly steps up to face them... only to not transform because Aogami isn't nearby, leaving him desperately waving his hand trying to summon his sword before Glasya-Labolas attacks. Thankfully Aogami arrives just in time to lend his power, getting in range to fuse and block the incoming. |
| 47 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: His school uniform is covered with fancy and complex flower designs. He loses his uniform after becoming the Nahobino. However, his new suit is quite stylish. |
| 48 | * InvisibleToNormals: [[spoiler:In TheStinger after the “Create the world for humans alone” ending, a seemingly completely human protagonist is shown walking through [[BookEnds the very station at the beginning of the game]] amongst the crowds, only for the real protagonist to show up sitting calmly on a bench while watching over his copy and everyone else with SupernaturalGoldEyes, imperceptible. It’s unclear if this is a voluntary or an involuntary case of this trope, however.]] |
| 49 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Potentially. The protagonist, like Dazai, can eagerly join Bethel and aid in their defense of Tokyo. Inversely, he can [[RefusalOfTheCall resist his introduction]] into Bethel's forces. In any case, Koshimizu bluntly tells him he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter as Aogami's FusionDance with him makes him a curious subject for study and has access to firepower they desperately need to fend off the demons in Da'at. |
| 50 | * LaserBlade: The protagonist can generate a blade of glowing blue energy from his hand to attack enemies with. |
| 51 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: The protagonist gains a long, flowing head of blue hair that goes down to his feet after merging with Aogami. A ''lot'' of demons will comment on his luxurious hair when scouting them. |
| 52 | * MeaningfulName: The name "Nahobino" comes from the term "Nahobi-no-Kami", spirits who bring about purification to the world after it has been corrupted by spirits of disaster. |
| 53 | * MrFanservice: Just like the Demi-fiend or Joker before him, he's quite nice to look at and arguably one of the prettiest looking ''SMT'' protagonists in the series thus far. |
| 54 | * MysticalWhiteHair: In the Canon of Vengeance storyline, the Nahobino's new form trades his long blue hair for his natural short hair now dyed white. |
| 55 | * NoPlaceForMeThere: [[spoiler:Despite becoming the new Creator and creating a world solely for humans in the hidden ending, even reviving everyone who died during the course of his journey such as Sahori, Tao, and the other Nahobino candidates, the protagonist elects not to enter his new world because he's now the new TopGod, and thus has no place in a world made for humanity alone. As a result, a copy of his former human self occupies the new world in his stead.]] |
| 56 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: While little is known about the protagonist's background prior to stumbling into Da'at and meeting Aogami, it's implied he lived an otherwise normal, uneventful life. |
| 57 | * PowerDyesYourHair: He had black hair initially, but after fusing with Aogami, he gains the latter's blue hair and develops SupernaturalGoldEyes. |
| 58 | * PowerGlows: The protagonist gaining the power of a HalfHumanHybrid that can fight demons causes him to gain glowing yellow eyes and a suit of armor with various glowing blue parts. |
| 59 | * PowerMakesYourHairGrow: The protagonist's relatively short hair becomes a lot longer once he becomes the Nahobino in the E3 trailer, and now reaches his calves. |
| 60 | * ProperlyParanoid: Various dialog choices tell us that while he might be working for Bethel, he doesn't exactly trust them, and in the ''Canon of Vengeance'' he can outright tell Yoko he's afraid of them. Considering how eager the various factions are to go for each others throats and Abdiel's thinly veiled disdain and later attempts to kill him, you can't blame him. |
| 61 | * PungeonMaster: Every time a demon comments on his long hair, one of the possible responses is a pun: "Because I never take short-cuts", "A god must smite down hairitics", etc. |
| 62 | * RefusalOfTheCall: After returning from Da'at the first time, he can resist being conscripted into Bethel. However, Koshimizu makes it clear [[ButThouMust he's not taking no for an answer]]. |
| 63 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Justified. He is very suddenly drawn from his ordinary life into Da'at, and has no chance to change from his school uniform into something more appropriate, and even after joining Bethel, he still chooses to continue going to school. |
| 64 | * SecretArt: |
| 65 | ** He has several skills only he can learn: |
| 66 | *** [[BladeSpam Aramasa]]: An 8-hit light Physical attack. |
| 67 | *** [[TornadoMove Wrath]] [[DeathOfAThousandCuts Tempest]]: An 8-hit light Physical attack to random foes that deals greater damage on a CriticalHit. |
| 68 | *** [[MagicMissileStorm Divine Arrowfall]]: The Nahobino's version of Megidola. |
| 69 | *** [[DashAttack Sakanagi]]: A medium Strength-based Almighty attack to one foe. |
| 70 | *** [[{{BFS}} Murakumo]]: A severe Strength-based Almighty attack to one foe that deals greater damage on a CriticalHit. |
| 71 | *** [[ShockAndAwe Ruinous Thunder]]: The Nahobino's version of Ziodyne. |
| 72 | *** [[MakingASplash Thalassic Calamity]]: 3 to 7 light hits of Ice damage to random foes. |
| 73 | *** [[HealItWithWater Miracle Water]]: The Nahobino's version of Media. |
| 74 | *** [[DeflectorShields Kannabi Veil]]: Reduces the party's damage taken until the next turn. |
| 75 | *** [[PoisonousPerson Profaned Land]]: A heavy Dark attack to one foe with a chance of inflicting Poison. |
| 76 | *** [[BackFromTheDead Revival]] [[SummonMagic Chant]]: Resurrects a demon with full health and summons them to the party. |
| 77 | ** With the DLC ''Return of the True Demon'', he (and only he) can also acquire four additional signature skills. The catch is that they all require you to defeat his spiritual predecessor, [[{{Superboss}} the]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Demi-fiend]]: |
| 78 | *** [[UnholyNuke Gaea Rage]]: A severe Physical attack to all enemies that pierces resistances. |
| 79 | *** [[IaijutsuPractitioner Deadly Fury]]: A medium Physical attack that is a guaranteed CriticalHit. |
| 80 | *** [[BeamSpam Javelin Rain]]: A severe Physical attack to all enemies with a chance of inflicting Seal. |
| 81 | *** [[OneHitKill Chaotic Will]]: Halves the enemy party's Press Turns and also inflicts a OneHitKill. |
| 82 | ** Come ''Vengeance'' and new skills are introduced. |
| 83 | *** [[SacredBowAndArrows Heavenly Ikuyumi]]: An almighty magic attack. |
| 84 | *** [[SacredFlames Inflaming Divinity]]: Boosts attack, defence, and evasion for one party member. |
| 85 | *** [[CounterAttack Paraselene Blur]]: Attacks four times with a strength based light attack after evading an attack. |
| 86 | * ShockAndAwe: You start the game with the basic electric spell Zio, and one of the signature moves available to only the player is "Ruinous Thunder". |
| 87 | * SinisterScythe: In his new form in the ''Canon of Vengeance'', his LaserBlade becomes a crescent sickle. |
| 88 | * SlasherSmile: Sports one whenever casting Profaned Land, one of his exclusive skills. He gives another one in the Neutral Ending, [[spoiler:destroying the Throne of Creation and ensuring there won't be anymore Creators messing with humanity's future]]. |
| 89 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: After becoming a HalfHumanHybrid following his FusionDance with Aogami, he inherits the latter's gold eyes. [[spoiler:He keeps them in the True Neutral ending, signifying his status as the new Creator.]] |
| 90 | * TopGod: [[spoiler:By way of becoming the new Creator in all endings save for "Destroy the Throne".]] |
| 91 | * VillainRespect: Earns this from multiple demons over the course of the story, both in part for his prowess and the fact he is a Nahobino i.e. the being demons once were before the God of Law stripped them of their Knowledge. Three prominent examples are Arioch, who urges the protagonist to become the new Creator, [[spoiler:Zeus, who decides after their first bout that he wants the Nahobino to be his partner rather than wait for the next human bearing his Knowledge to be born, and Lucifer, who willingly allows the Nahobino to inherit the Knowledge he took from the God of Law regardless of what kind of world he wants to create]]. |
| 92 | * VocalDissonance: When he talks during attacking, his Japanese and English voices are both clearly masculine, contrasting his LongHairedPrettyBoy appearance. |
| 93 | * WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Reversing the changes from ''Shin Megami Tensei IV'' and ''Apocalypse'', it's once again game over if the player character dies, regardless of how many demons they have in their party. |
| 94 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:In the "Create a world for humanity alone" ending, he uses the Throne's power to create a world where gods and demons don't exist, resetting the world before the beginning of the game. However, since he effectively became a TopGod to do so, he cannot return back to living a normal life and now exists separate from his past self, as seen with him with SupernaturalGoldEyes observing his regular self.]] |
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| 97 | [[folder:Aogami]] |
| 98 | !!Aogami |
| 99 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), Creator/DamanMills (EN) |
| 100 | [[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aogami_render.png]] |
| 101 | [[caption-width-right:239:The Fallen God]] |
| 102 | ->"I shall devote all my strength to you so you may stave off your own death."\ |
| 103 | |
| 104 | A [[ArtificialHuman manufactured artificial demon]] known as a Proto-fiend created by Bethel. During Armageddon 18 years ago, Aogami was severely damaged and rendered inactive until the protagonist's arrival in Da'at spurs him from his slumber. Upon saving him, he and the protagonist merge together to become a HalfHumanHybrid known as a Nahobino and act as a guide for the protagonist during his journey through the demonic-infested wasteland. |
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| 106 | * AmbiguousSituation: In the "Return of the Fiends" DLC, Aogami mentions he woke up when a voice spoke to him, directing him to the protagonist. It's unclear who the owner of the voice was, though it's implied to be Lucifer. It's also equally ambiguous as to whether the protagonist is the one who has his Knowledge or if Aogami was able to merge with him because of his status as a Proto-fiend. If Koshimizu's words during Aogami's repairs are any indication, it's possibly the latter. |
| 107 | * ArtificialHuman: Or artificial demon/god in his case. Aogami is a Proto-fiend, an artificial body filled with Magatsuhi to summon the power of a god into. [[spoiler:In his case, it is the power of the Japanese god of the seas and storms, Susano-o.]] His somewhat robotic looks and mannerisms compared to other demons are a result of this artificial summoning method. |
| 108 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:As Susano-o, he's gone from a minor character who served as an enemy or party member without much involvement in the story beyond an occasional sidequest in other games in the franchise to being the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''Shin Megami Tensei V''.]] |
| 109 | * BigDamnHeroes: If Aogami had not shown up when he did, chances are the protagonist would have died. |
| 110 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: He's got a big glowing red S on the center of his chest [[spoiler:for Susano-o]]. |
| 111 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: Despite seemingly not being any known god or demon in the ''SMT'' franchise or mythology in general at first, it is eventually revealed he is in fact [[spoiler:''SMT'' series regular Susano-o, god of the seas and storms and one of the {{Top God}}s alongside Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi in Myth/JapaneseMythology.]] |
| 112 | * CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:In the True Neutral ending, he undergoes this since the Nahobino's new world is meant solely for humans.]] |
| 113 | * CharacterDevelopment: Aogami starts the game as robotic in nature whose sole mission is to protect humanity. His experience while merged with the protagonist has him learn more about humanity, their flaws, and capability to grow stronger and adapt. In regards to his relationship with the protagonist, Aogami only aids him because of his directive (i.e. protecting humans), but eventually comes to genuinely care for the protagonist's wellbeing, urging him to follow the path he believes in without any regrets. [[spoiler:This also includes any path that runs counter to Bethel or Koshimizu's objectives]]. |
| 114 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: While both he and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Dagda]] offer their respective [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse deals]] to their games' respective protagonists at a point where their only alternative is death at the hands of demons, Dagda's deal came with a hitch: Nanashi had no choice but to follow Dagda's will. Aogami takes a more backseat and supporting role, offering the protagonist advice and allowing them to do as they please, [[spoiler:even if his goals put them at odds against Bethel, his creators. What's more, Dagda will turn on Nanashi and attempt to take back the life he gave the boy in the Bonds Route, whereas Aogami supports whatever decision the protagonist makes, and in the hidden ending, encourages him to follow through in creating a world meant only for humans when doing so would erase him.]] |
| 115 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Due to him fusing with the Main Protagonist he shares the protagonist position in both story and gameplay. |
| 116 | * DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:He quickly ends up being annoyed with and suspicious of Amanozako, given how she's obviously only joining with you to find someone. That someone turns out to be him, her ''father''.]] |
| 117 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A fallen deity with blue hair whose name can be read as 青神 / "the blue god", or, if you decided to treat it as a proper name rather than the actual Japanese term, "青髪" / "blue hair". [[spoiler:Also as Susano-o the god of the sea, he's obviously the master of something pretty blue.]] |
| 118 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: |
| 119 | ** In the game over cutscene, as the Nahobino separates into his components, Aogami's face never loses its passivity even as he fades into nothingness; in contrast, the protagonist is visibly terrified. |
| 120 | ** [[spoiler:In the "Create a New World for Humanity Alone" ending, Aogami is aware that you creating a world where no gods or demons exist means that he is also going to vanish. Even so, he assures the protagonist that everything he will do is the same as he would have done, and gives him the final push to fulfill his goal.]] |
| 121 | * {{Foil}}: Compared to other gods who merge with the humans possessing their Knowledge. In the case of [[spoiler:Nuwa, Abdiel, and Tsukuyomi]] they're in the driver seat whereas their human counterparts have little to no action in their fused form. Aogami willingly hands the protagonist the reigns over their new body and offers guidance when necessary. |
| 122 | * FusionDance: He initiates one with the protagonist in order to give him a fighting chance. Afterwards, Aogami serves as a guide while leaving it to the protagonist to control their new form and wield Aogami's supernatural techniques. |
| 123 | * GodWasMyCopilot: Rather than ''just'' being a manufactured artificial demon [[spoiler:he turns out to be Susano-o, the Japanese god of sea and storm.]] |
| 124 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Large portions of his memory are missing following his deactivation 20 years ago at the end of the GreatOffscreenWar, leaving him unaware of what exactly he was doing before or even who exactly he is. However, this did not take from him his basic knowledge of Da'at, how to use his own supernatural abilities, or his general goal of helping humanity. He later regains his memories when Koshimizu has him repaired after he returns with the protagonist. |
| 125 | * LastOfHisKind: Aogami is a Proto-fiend; a mass-produced [[ArtificialHuman artificial demon]] meant to protect humanity and serve as Bethel's fighting force alongside the angels and other deities. It's implied that Aogami is the last functioning Proto-fiend remaining, as you encounter no other Proto-fiends nor are any others mentioned besides Aogami. This is reinforced with the Essence you find scattered throughout Da'at, among which are labeled "Aogami Type-[number]". ''Vengeance'' all but confirms this, with gameplay previews introducing "Aogami husks", which now carry the Aogami Type-[Number] Essences as opposed to finding them out in the wild or in chests. |
| 126 | * MissionControl: Serves as your guide through the world of Da'at, offering counsel rather than exerting any control over your now shared body. |
| 127 | * NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:His true name, Susano-o; about the only part of a name which roughly translates to "HotBlooded man" that applies to him is the "man" part, as he is TheStoic.]] |
| 128 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: When he saves the protagonist, he offers him the choice of either fusing together or being killed by demons. |
| 129 | -->'''Aogami:''' Young man, if you wish to live, take my hand. |
| 130 | * PapaWolf: He's naturally protective towards the protagonist, both partially because he's meant to protect humans and because he genuinely begins to care for him. As such, Aogami will do everything in his power to ensure the protagonist has the means to defend himself, [[spoiler:even put them on the Throne of the Creator if he's willing to claim it]]. |
| 131 | * SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:His brother, Hayao Koshimizu / Tsukuyomi, will still have a somewhat competitive view on your now life and death battle with each other if you oppose his vision for a new world, even congratulating you and Aogami for your strength if you defeat him.]] |
| 132 | * TheStoic: Possibly due to him being a Proto-fiend, or artificial demon, but Aogami rarely, if ever, emotes. |
| 133 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:He looks almost identical to his brother Tsukuyomi's human form, Hayao Koshimizu, and his daughter Amanozako has his blue hair, eye color, and fashion sense.]] |
| 134 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Befitting his nature, Aogami has gold eyes. This, along with his blue hair, transfers over to the Nahobino. |
| 135 | * UndyingLoyalty: Aogami eventually develops one to the Nahobino [[spoiler:to the point that he will support the Nahobino in whatever choices he makes in the ending.]] |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | !Humans |
| 139 | [[folder:Bethel Affiliated (In General)]] |
| 140 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the vanilla game, Ichiro and Yuzuru operated independently from the Nahobino and Tao as they went about fulfilling their own objectives and/or respective missions. In the previews for the Canon of Vengeance storyline exclusive to ''Vengeance'', the group is much more closely knit as Ichiro and Yuzuru are seen accompanying the Nahobino, Tao, and Yoko to the Shinagawa region. On a gameplay example, Tao, Ichiro, and Yuzuru never directly aided the Nahobino whereas in ''Vengeance'' they now assist him as {{Guest Star Party Member}}s. |
| 141 | * TheFellowshipHasEnded: [[spoiler:By the time you reach the Taito region in Da'at, what little cohesion between the Jouin students had is gone. Ichiro decides to uphold the God of Law's order and sides with Abdiel and the rest of the Law extremists and Yuzuru sides with Koshimizu and intends to revive the power of the myriad gods. The protagonist can side with either group or work with Yakumo and Nuwa in destroying the Empyrean Throne, ensuring there will be no more abusive Creators. Regardless of your decision, you'll be at odds with your former friends and will be forced to kill at least one of them.]] |
| 142 | * KidHero: The Nahobino, Tao, Yuzuru, Ichiro, and Yoko are all teens who work with a supernatural organization for the sake of defending Tokyo. |
| 143 | * WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: They're high school students doubling as demon summoners working to defend Tokyo, and by extension the rest of the world, from the demonic forces of Da'at. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Tao Isonokami (Unmarked Spoilers)]] |
| 147 | !!Tao Isonokami |
| 148 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaoriHayami (JP), Creator/JeannieTirado (EN) |
| 149 | [[quoteright:179:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tao_isonokami_render.png]] |
| 150 | [[caption-width-right:179:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as Panagia Tao]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tao_demon.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 151 | ->"I wish I could have done something before it got so bad..."\ |
| 152 | |
| 153 | A third-year member of the lacrosse club and the Protagonist's classmate. She's kindhearted, caring, and has had a sixth sense since she was little. She supports the protagonist and his friends as backup support when they join Bethel since she also works for their Japanese branch. |
| 154 | ---- |
| 155 | * ActionGirl: Albeit of the InformedAbility variety as she's never seen fighting on-screen, though given her moniker and her value to Bethel, it's implied she has some combat experience. She gets to show her chops when she returns as Panagia Tao, demonstrating her ability as a goddess/demon. The gameplay previews for ''Vengeance'' show her fighting alongside the Nahobino as a "Guest" party member prior in the Canon of Vengeance storyline. |
| 156 | * BackFromTheDead: After defeating Abdiel for the first time, she shows up again, alive and well, albeit as a goddess. It also doubles as CameBackStrong. This also continues in the ''Canon of Vengeance'' storyline where she's killed by Lilith. |
| 157 | * ButNowIMustGo: If the Nahobino chooses to destroy the Empyrean throne, Tao will leave the party as her job is to crown the new Creator, and him wanting to destroy the throne is counterintuitive to her mission. If certain conditions are met she reappears after he's defeated Tsukuyomi and asks him to reconsider what he wants for the world. If the Nahobino decides to become the new Creator and create a world for humanity, she will help make his world a reality. If he sticks to the original plan, she will leave, lamenting that she will have to wait for another opportunity. |
| 158 | * CameBackStrong: While it's unknown if she had any previous combat ability prior to her death, her resurrection as the Goddess of Creation gives her enough power to fight alongside the Nahobino. |
| 159 | * CharacterTitle: She is the reincarnation of the Goddess of Creation in "Shin Megami Tensei V[[labelnote:Translation]]True Reincarnation of the Goddess V[[/labelnote]]", born or created at the end of each cycle to lead the next Creator to the Throne. |
| 160 | * CombatMedic: As the Panagia, Tao has a unique healing spell, Light of Order, that greatly restores the party's HP, casts Dekunda, and then casts Luster Candy, in that order. She is also no slouch in combat, having Hama spells and Megidola. |
| 161 | * CoolMask: She manifests a face-concealing mask near the end of the game after fully accepting her role as the Goddess of Creation. |
| 162 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Asahi]]. Both are optimistic young women who are supportive of the protagonist and both have strong affinities towards healing and support magic. Both died at a certain point in their respective games, and both are revived through different means. Asahi uses her contracted demons to do the healing while Tao can innately heal without relying on an allied demon. Asahi is guaranteed to be revived as a human in the Bonds Route and she can be revived as the True Goddess in the Massacre Route while Tao died as a human and was revived by a mysterious entity as a demon, specifically the Goddess of Creation. |
| 163 | * CrutchCharacter: A variant in which she doesn't necessarily become less useful over time but is only in your party temporarily. At the time she joins, she is extremely useful both due to her high level of 60 and having a skill that buffs all three stats while healing you. However, she only stays around until just before the final boss, or after the route split if you choose to destroy the throne, so you can't afford to rely on her too heavily, and will instead need to find replacements that can use Luster Candy (e.g. Lakshmi). |
| 164 | * CuteMonsterGirl: As the Panagia. |
| 165 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: This is what essentially happened to her after she did her HeroicSacrifice when she was a human. |
| 166 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the vanilla game (dubbed ''Canon of Creation'' in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Vengeance]]''), Tao is initially killed by Lahmu (only to resurrect shortly after, if only to sacrifice her own life to revive the protagonist and Aogami). In the ''Canon of Vengeance'', it's Lilith who kills her. |
| 167 | * DistaffCounterpart: To the Nahobino. When fused with Aogami, the protagonist has a black bodysuit with white and blue TronLines and FashionableAsymmetry. Tao, as a Panagia, wears a symmetrical white bodysuit with a gold headdress with a red skirt and bracers with strips of cloth. The Nahobino is a potential TopGod who seeks the Empyrean throne, and Tao guides him to it while ensuring whatever new world order he wishes will come to pass. |
| 168 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Even prior to the protagonists ending up in ruined Tokyo, she mentions having dreams of some kind where a voice speaks to her about something. |
| 169 | * FirstNameBasis: She tends to use first names on her schoolmates, but the fact that she and Sahori use each other's first names without honorifics in the Japanese version(by comparison, Tao uses -chan on Miyazu, who uses -sempai on Tao) is a sign that they're very close. |
| 170 | * GoodIsNotNice: In the ''Canon of Vengeance'', she takes Yoko's advice on how to help Sahori seriously. When Sahori confronts her bullies while under Lahmu's influence, Tao steps in; not to stop her, ''but to kill them herself'' so Sahori won't have to dirty her hands. While she doesn't actually go through with it, the fact that Tao's threatening to kill them is enough to make Sahori snap back to her senses and reject Lahmu |
| 171 | * GuestStarPartyMember: |
| 172 | ** When she joins you as Panagia Tao. She's only available up to the TrueFinalBoss battle against Lucifer (and she'll leave right on the spot if you choose to Destroy the Throne), after which she will disappear and leave your party. Similar to Dante and Raidou from ''Nocturne'', although she has an entry in the Demonic Compendium that can be updated, she cannot be summoned after she leaves or early on in a NewGamePlus playthrough. |
| 173 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgxiImSCY3g&t=38 The 2nd PV for Vengeance]] shows Tao's human self playable, and marked with "Guest," in the same way Yuzuru and Yoko were shown in the first trailer. |
| 174 | * HealingHands: Possesses this ability even as a human, as shown when she heals the party after each battle while traveling with you. |
| 175 | * HeroicSacrifice: She sacrifices her own life to resurrect the dead protagonist to kill Lahmu once and for all. However, she shows up alive and well later on, as a goddess. |
| 176 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How she first dies in the ''Canon of Creation'' and ''Canon of Vengeance''; in the former, Lahmu takes control of Sahori's body and impales Tao with his tentacles. In the ''Canon of Vengeance'', she and Sahori are run through by Lilith's snake almost immediately after Lahmu's death. |
| 177 | * KilledOffForReal: She sacrifices her life during the second arc to revive the Nahobino. Towards the end of the game, a being that acknowledges that she isn't quite the same Tao that died earlier on returns as a guide to the Empyrean throne. And in all endings except for the "Destroy the Throne" ending, she dissolves after bringing the Nahobino to the throne as her duty is complete, presumably for good this time. |
| 178 | * LightEmUp: One of her specialities is light magic. |
| 179 | * LightIsGood: When she returns as a Goddess of Creation, Tao wears a white bodysuit similar, and is by far one of the most benevolent characters in the entire game. |
| 180 | * LovedByAll: She's considered a school idol, and is popular and very well-liked by everyone in her class. This also extends to her title as the Saint of Bethel. |
| 181 | * MeaningfulName: Her surname is a reference to Isonokami Shrine, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan that includes many cultural artifacts such as the Seven-Branched Sword and the Totsuka no Tsurugi, the sword that was used to slay Yamata no Orochi. Fitting for a woman that later becomes a goddess. It also references her new role as the Nahobino's ally as the protagonist's partner Aogami is empowered by Susano'o, the Totsuka no Tsurugi's original wielder. |
| 182 | * PromotedToPlayable: While already playable in the base game as Panagia Tao, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgxiImSCY3g&t=38 2nd PV of Vengeance]] shows her human self will be playable as a GuestStarPartyMember like Yoko and Yuzuru in the first trailer. |
| 183 | * RedBaron: She's known as "The Saint" in Bethel. Later on, she becomes known as a Panagia, a title most commonly used for Virgin Mary. |
| 184 | * RequiredPartyMember: Downplayed during her tenure in your party. While you don't need to put her on the front line, you can't fuse her off or dismiss her. |
| 185 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She deserts you on the spot if you elect to follow Shohei's will and destroy the throne. |
| 186 | * SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Any incenses, sutras, and essence skills you blow on her are lost when she leaves you, either when you enter the Empyrean (destroy the throne) or [[spoiler:when Lucifer shows up (the other two options).]] Worse, you don't even get to keep them for NewGamePlus since her stats reset, you can’t dismiss her, and you can’t summon her once she’s registered. |
| 187 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 188 | ** Her story has some astonishing parallels to that of the Heroine in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI''. Both are the female leads of the story with mysterious supernatural powers who die helping the hero only to be reincarnated and accompany them for the final stretch of the game. |
| 189 | ** She is also similar to Commander Gore from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' where she dies in an incident involving a powerful Demon early on, and holds a center position in Bethel as its "saint" just like Gore was the Red Sprite's commander. |
| 190 | * ThatManIsDead: When she returns right before the beginning of the final act, she acknowledges that she is not quite the Tao that the Nahobino knew. She is a new being born of Tao's sacrifice who is solely dedicated to guiding someone to the Throne of the Empyrean (and she specifically throws her lot in with the Nahobino). |
| 191 | * {{Tritagonist}}: She and Aogami have just as much story focus as the Nahobino, and she is an ally in all of the routes (though she does leave if he elects to destroy the Empyrean throne). |
| 192 | * WalkingSpoiler: It can be very hard to talk about Tao's role later in the game without spoiling her death at Lahmu's hands and her eventual resurrection as the Goddess of Creation. |
| 193 | * WhatTheHellHero: While she doesn't outright disparage him, Tao makes it clear she's very disappointed with the Nahobino if he sides with Yakumo and wants to destroy the Empyrean throne, as her job is to crown the new Creator and make his new world a reality. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Yuzuru Atsuta]] |
| 197 | !!Yuzuru Atsuta |
| 198 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (JP), Creator/MarkWhitten (EN) |
| 199 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuzuru_atsuta_render.png]] |
| 200 | [[caption-width-right:156:]] |
| 201 | ->"I chose to fight alongside Bethel to protect the people's peace. But I've now drawn him into this..."\ |
| 202 | |
| 203 | A paragonal young man with a strong sense of justice who's friends with the Protagonist, and joins a provisional unit in Bethel as a para-fighter to protect his younger sister Miyazu. After gaining new abilities by wandering into Da'at alongside the Protagonist, he swears to fight in order to protect the peace of Tokyo. Proficient in demon summoning, he later gains a new ally in the form of Hayataro following his and the Nahobino's search for Ichiro in Minato. |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Yuzuru joined Bethel and became a demon summoner for the sake of looking after his sister. |
| 206 | * BreakingOldTrends: Given his demeanor, sophisticated appearance, and having a demon of the Holy Race, you would think he's this game's equivalent to the Law Hero. [[spoiler:That honor goes to Ichiro; Yuzuru is ''Chaos''-aligned as while he wants order, he believes the Japanese gods can accomplish it, unlike God's order which would demand blind faith and devotion.]] |
| 207 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Walter from ''IV''. Barring obvious differences like their birthplace and their respective settings, Walter became a Samurai for the sense of adventure or "sport" as he calls it. Yuzuru joined Bethel out of a sense of obligation and to protect his sister Miyazu. Thanks to his experiences in Tokyo, Walter comes to believe there is not much difference between humans and demons in regards to their wants and desires. Yuzuru doesn't care much for demons, but [[spoiler:he'd rather see them restored to godhood, or at least the Amatsukami so as to ensure Japan's continued safety. Walter fuses with Lucifer and wages war on the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, and in the Chaos Ending ushers in an uncertain and bloody age with Flynn's help. Yuzuru and Koshimizu, with the Nahobino's help, restore the myriad gods to their former splendor, though this also causes the pantheons to war against each other due to conflicting ideology]]. |
| 208 | * TheDragon: He becomes this [[spoiler:to Koshimizu]]. |
| 209 | * FightingYourFriend: In the ''Canon of Vengeance'', [[spoiler:Eisheth holds Miyazu hostage and forces Yuzuru to fight the Nahobino. He's reluctant, but he prioritizes his sister's safety above everything else]]. |
| 210 | * {{Foil}}: To Dazai. Both are your classmates and friends, but while Atsuta is a well-mannered and intelligent young man with a firm sense of justice, Dazai is a half-American ButtMonkey that everyone in his class dislikes. Furthermore, Dazai goes through some serious CharacterDevelopment and ends up [[spoiler:joining Abdiel's side and becoming the law hero]], while Yuzuru pretty much stays the same character-wise and [[spoiler:stays on the prime minister's side all the way to the end, making him the chaos hero.]] |
| 211 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler:On the ending paths where he is opposed, he pulls this with Koshimizu/Tsukuyomi to become a Nahobino.]] |
| 212 | * GuestStarPartyMember: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YiHIGPl7mw&t=58s The reveal trailer]] for ''Vengeance'' shows that he will be playable as a guest party member in the new storyline content. |
| 213 | * {{Hellhound}}: His demon partner is Hayataro, a member of the Holy race. |
| 214 | * MeaningfulName: Named after Atsuta Shrine, where the Kusanagi no Tsurugi kept. [[spoiler:Although the Kusanagi no Tsurugi is associated with Susano-o, it ''is'' a bit of foreshadowing with Yuzuru's future relationship with Tsukuyomi.]] |
| 215 | * MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: His demon Hayataro, [[spoiler:who can only be fused after beginning his and Hayao's story route. It's worth noting that Hayataro is the ''only'' demon in the main story that can be unlocked this way, as you can fuse Nuwa and Abdiel's base and alternate forms after beating the game regardless of which path you're in]]. |
| 216 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:The ultimate reason he sticks with Koshimizu and the Bethel Japan branch. While not a die-hard Japanese patriot, he believes the Amatsukami can bring order and stability.]] |
| 217 | * NiceGuy: He's rather polite and affable, as well as a caring older brother to Miyazu. [[spoiler:While he will oppose a Nahobino who doesn't ally with Koshimizu, he politely asks you not to interfere if you don't plan on joining him and doesn't become as unhinged as Dazai does]]. |
| 218 | * OutOfFocus: As a result of Koshimizu ordering him not to participate in the campaign against the Demon King, Yuzuru doesn't make any appearances in the Chiyoda region of Da'at. |
| 219 | * PromotedToPlayable: Unlike in base SMTV, where none of the alignment reps are playable, Atsuta is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YiHIGPl7mw&t=58s shown to be playable in Vengeance]] during a battle in Da'at alongside newcomer Yoko. |
| 220 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He looks like [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI the original Chaos Hero]] [[spoiler:and he turns out to be one himself.]] |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Ichiro Dazai]] |
| 224 | !!Ichiro Dazai |
| 225 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KishowTaniyama (JP), Stuart Allan (EN) |
| 226 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ichiro_dazai_render.png]] |
| 227 | [[caption-width-right:232:]] |
| 228 | ->"Protecting Tokyo from demons is definitely the right thing, isn't it? That's something I can be proud of."\ |
| 229 | |
| 230 | Another classmate of the Protagonist's, who is cheerful if a bit over-the-top. After hearing a rumor of monsters infesting the Takanawa Tunnel and trying to livestream some evidence for it, he ends up warped into Da'at along with everyone else. He jumps at the chance of joining Bethel to fight the demons, wanting to prove his worth for a noble cause. |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In complete contrast to [[SchoolIdol Tao]], Ichiro isn't very well-liked among his classmates, is often mocked for being an idiot or just hated for his half-American heritage. |
| 233 | * BreakingOldTrends: His JapaneseDelinquents design and his eventual extremely demonic looking partner would make you think he is the successor to the CHAOS aligned representatives from previous games like the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI Chaos Hero]], [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Jimenez]], and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV Walter]]. However, his ideology ends up being the most Law-aligned of the entire cast. |
| 234 | * CharacterDevelopment: By his own admission, Ichiro is [[TheDitherer indecisive]] and was regarded by his classmates as being an idiot. He's also quick to realize how out of his depth he is when Lahmu attacks his school, though it's also around this time that he starts to grow more confident and sure of himself, taking Abdiel's advice to heart and looking to her as a source of inspiration. [[spoiler:When he realizes his potential as a Nahobino, he's near unrecognizable from his previous self and acts more self-assured and composed.]] |
| 235 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Jonathan from ''IV''. Barring obvious differences like their birthplace and their respective settings, Jonathan became a samurai out of duty and wishes to preserve the peace within the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado. While he understands the people of Tokyo's plight, he feels they and the people of Mikado are better off not interacting as their way of lives are too different, if not believing the people of Tokyo will do more harm to Mikado than good. Ichiro signs up to join Bethel on the spot, both because he likes the idea of being able to save the world and primarily because Bethel offers him a sense of stability. As time goes on, he starts to question Koshimizu's leadership whereas he grows closer to Abdiel after seeing her dedication and commitment. [[spoiler:Jonathan willingly fuses with the Archangels to become Merkabah and destroy Tokyo to ensure Mikado's livelihood will not be disrupted or corrupted by Tokyo's influence any further, though said fusion causes a complete DeathOfPersonality. Ichiro has to convince Abdiel to abandon her honor as an angel and merge with him to become a Nahobino to restore God's order, creating an era of peace at the cost of free will.]] |
| 236 | * TheCorrupter: Interestingly, he fulfills this role for [[spoiler:Abdiel. Without him spurring her on, Abdiel wouldn't have become a fallen angel and later an Nahobino as her loyalty to God stopped her from acting against his will. Dazai encouraged her to abandon His grace so that they could become strong enough to uphold God's order, finally giving her the motivation to act]]. |
| 237 | * TheDragon: He becomes this [[spoiler:to Abdiel]]. |
| 238 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At first he has his hair down underneath his cap, making him look like a typical "male best friend" to the protagonist. [[spoiler:But once he finds the determination to help out Abdiel to bring balance to the world under God's will, he drops his hat and combs back his hair, making him look more like previous Law characters.]] |
| 239 | * FatalFlaw: Indecisiveness, by his own admission. Early in the game, Ichiro mentions how his parents would get pissed at him if he took one or the other's side. [[spoiler:His growing relationship with Abdiel turns this into his whole reason for siding with her and believes no one will have to second-guess themselves with God back in charge.]] |
| 240 | * FlashStep: [[spoiler:He develops this ability after realizing his potential as a Nahobino.]] |
| 241 | * {{Foil}}: To Yuzuru. Both are your classmates and friends, but while Atsuta is a well-manered and intelligent young man with a firm sense of justice, Dazai is a half-American ButtMonkey whom everyone in his class dislikes. Furthermore, Dazai goes through some serious CharacterDevelopment and ends up [[spoiler:joining Abdiel's side and becoming the law hero]], while Yuzuru pretty much stays the same character-wise and [[spoiler:stays on the prime minister's side all the way to the end, making him the chaos hero.]] |
| 242 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 243 | ** Unlike Yuzuru who [[spoiler: looks like the chaos hero from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' to hint at his alignment,]] Ichiro's alignment is hinted at him being half-American [[spoiler: which refers to how American forces were law aligned in the original ''SMT'' as well.]] |
| 244 | ** Ichiro is quick to acknowledge his indecisiveness. [[spoiler:Abdiel's main role in ''Paradise Lost'' also boiled down to being indecisive, and here she's notably conflicted on how to handle the emergence of a Nahobino. Sure enough, Ichiro is Abdiel's Knowledge.]] |
| 245 | * FreudianExcuse: Ichiro's life is not that great, and it's potentially why he [[spoiler: ends up joining the Law path]]. His parents are always divided on things and whenever he takes a side, the other ends up being mad at him. He's treated poorly in school, which possibly isn't helped by him being half-American in Japan. Atop of bullying issues in Japanese schools, it's little wonder why he has low self-esteem [[spoiler: and would cling to the path where choices no longer matter or would bring him pain, and that promotes safety and stability.]] |
| 246 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler:On the ending paths where he is opposed, he pulls one with Abdiel to become a Nahobino.]] |
| 247 | * GuestStarPartyMember: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgxiImSCY3g&t=42 2nd PV for Vengeance]] shows him playable as a guest party member, like how Yoko and Yuzuru were shown in the first trailer. |
| 248 | * HeCleansUpNicely: Ichiro looks pretty dorky, all things considered. [[spoiler:Then he drops his cap and has an ExpositoryHairstyleChange, and he looks ''noticeably'' more mature and attractive.]] |
| 249 | * IdenticalStranger: His later hairstyle makes him look like ArchangelRaphael. |
| 250 | * ItsAllMyFault: When Lahmu attacks the school, Ichiro attempts to put his newfound training as a member of Bethel to good use, only to wind up choking when faced with a real combat situation and allowing a group of students to be taken. |
| 251 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Near the end of the game, he finally decides to start asserting himself and standing up for his beliefs, and in the process becomes much more confrontational and smug. [[spoiler: That said, his critique of Bethel Japan and a Chaos Protagonist is completely accurate, and born out by the Chaos ending: a world of many gods is doomed to eternal strife.]] |
| 252 | * JumpedAtTheCall: The most he learns about Bethel and its goals, he wastes no time in signing up. Sadly for him when Lahmu attacks Jouin, he realizes he's way over his head. |
| 253 | * MoralityPet: For Abdiel. She's a cold, stern, and uncompromising KnightTemplar who's usually a hair's breadth from killing the Nahobino, but she always provides guidance, power, and support to Dazai. [[spoiler:It helps that he's the one holding her Knowledge.]] |
| 254 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: His surname "Dazai" may refer to famous Japanese author [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Dazai Osamu Dazai]]. |
| 255 | * PromotedToPlayable: Like Yuzuru, he was unplayable as an alignment leader in the base game, but it's shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgxiImSCY3g&t=42 the 2nd PV for Vengeance]] shows he'll be playable in the new content. |
| 256 | * RidiculouslyAverageGuy: He describes himself as such, leading an otherwise uneventful life while DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. This plays into his his near-instant joining up with Bethel, as he finds the idea of protecting Tokyo a worthy cause taking up. |
| 257 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Definitely comes off this way after siding with Abdiel against the other alignment representatives. He becomes notably more arrogant, constantly flashing smug smirks, but most of his power comes from Abdiel, and he either falls to Bethel or the Nahobino in every route, dying with wide eyed shock on his face.]] |
| 258 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[spoiler:Develops this after his ExpositoryHairstyleChange, signifying his resolve and solidifying him as the game's Law Hero.]] |
| 259 | * TookALevelInJerkass: After [[spoiler:joining Abdiel, he changes from an insecure but kind guy to an arrogant SmugSnake, being more aggresive and upfront about his beliefs to his rivals.]] |
| 260 | * UndyingLoyalty: He develops an exceptionally quick rapport with Abdiel, who he sees as an inspiration and learns from her example. [[spoiler:He's even willing to side with her instead of the rest of her faction, urging her to use him and become a Nahobino so she can restore God's order.]] |
| 261 | * YouthfulFreckles: Has a spray of freckles and acne across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose that serve to highlight his inexperience. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Miyazu Atsuta]] |
| 265 | !!Miyazu Atsuta |
| 266 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoHirohashi (JP), [[Creator/AshlynSelich Ashlyn Madden]] (EN) |
| 267 | [[quoteright:143:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miyazu_atsuta_render.png]] |
| 268 | [[caption-width-right:143:]] |
| 269 | ->"I know he's always looking after me, but... I get worried about him, too."\ |
| 270 | |
| 271 | Yuzuru’s little sister and the only living family member other than him. She's often seen in the nurse's office due to her shyness. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * AdvertisedExtra: Miyazu is touted as being one of the major characters in the game, and even gives the nudge to the protagonist to go into the events that lead him into becoming a Nahobino, but she has very little importance and relationship with the cast; you can literally count the amount of times she talks with the party on one hand alone. What little importance she does have fades after her school is attacked and the group goes to rescue the students. After that, she only gains some relevance in an endgame sidequest. |
| 274 | * BespectacledCutie: She's shy, wears glasses and looks rather adorable. |
| 275 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: She's clearly been referred to as Yuzuru's sister, but has [[BoyishShortHair a short, scruffy haircut]]. The first trailer she was shown in only showed her briefly from the waist up, excluding her skirt and making her look much more boyish. |
| 276 | * CustomUniform: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zONG6H83UYA As shown in the Character Introductions trailer]]. She's wearing a typically male student's jacket rather than a traditional sailor fuku like Sahori. [[TruthInTelevision Mixing gendered uniforms is something some high schools in Japan have recently begun to allow]]. |
| 277 | * DamselInDistress: In previews for ''Vengeance'', [[spoiler:Eisheth Zenumin snares her with her tongue-hand ''thing'' and looks ready to kill her, all the while Yuzuru looks on in horror]]. |
| 278 | * DelicateAndSickly: She spends a lot of time in the nurse's office despite physically being in good health. [[spoiler:In truth, she is slowly dying and the only reason she has yet to kick the bucket is because Khonsu has been supplying her with his magatsuhi.]] |
| 279 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Downplayed when compared to Tao, but early in the game, Miyazu mentions dreaming of meeting with a prince of a foreign country and sailing on a boat through the sky. [[spoiler:The story Isis tells is near similar, and it references the budding romance between her and Khonsu, who wants to make her a god so she would not have to "suffer as a human".]] |
| 280 | * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:With Khonsu. He fell in love with her at some point and wants to make her a god so she can "live without suffering" due to her being human. While she does have some problems with his plan, she nonetheless reciprocates his feelings.]] |
| 281 | * SoapOperaDisease: [[spoiler:She doesn't have long to live. She subsists on Khonsu's Magatsuhi and appears to be active and healthy, but in truth she's so close to death's door that attempting to fuse into a Nahobino would cause Khonsu to completely consume her by accident.]] |
| 282 | * TakeMeInstead: According to Dazai, during Lahmu's attack, she stood between him and the demons, offering herself up and being taken to Da'at. |
| 283 | * ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:She's technically the ''sixth'' Nahobino in the game, though unlike Sahori who is forcibly used by Lahmu, Miyazu can't fuse with Khonsu as doing so will kill her outright.]] |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Sahori Itsukishima]] |
| 287 | !!Sahori Itsukishima |
| 288 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Lynn}} (JP), Creator/EricaLindbeck (EN) |
| 289 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sahori_itsukishima_render.png]] |
| 290 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 291 | ->"It's all their fault... I wish they'd all just disappear!"\ |
| 292 | |
| 293 | A young woman attending Jouin Academy alongside the others. She is Tao's best friend and a former member of the lacrosse team who is being cruelly bullied. Two days after the protagonist's initial journey into Da'at, she is kidnapped by Lahmu. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the vanilla game, Sahori was unable to resist Lahmu's influence until after he [[spoiler:killed Tao and the Nahobino]], but by that point, she's too far gone to be saved. Thanks to Tao's intervention in the ''Canon of Vengeance'' story, Sahori is able to resist Lahmu's influence and reject him. |
| 296 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Her rescue tragically ends in this. While Lahmu is killed once and for all and the kidnapped students rescued, it comes at the cost of Tao's life, and Sahori's own death via MercyKill. However, Sahori gets resurrected and returns to her normal school life in the "Create a World for Humanity Alone" ending, courtesy of the Nahobino resurrecting her and everyone who died during the course of his journey.]] |
| 297 | * ChekhovsGunman: While she only becomes relevant after the Nahobino first returns from Da'at, she can be seen walking to school at the start of the game. |
| 298 | * DamselInDistress: She is kidnapped by Lahmu after he invades Jouin, requiring the Nahobino and Tao to enter Da'at to save her. |
| 299 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the ''Canon of Vengeance'' storyline, she's impaled by Lilith's snake just after the protagonist, Tao, and Yoko kill Lahmu. Unlike Tao, who revives similar to how she does in the ''Canon of Creation'', Sahori is KilledOffForReal.]] |
| 300 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sahori was a victim of relentless bullying to the point where she wanted something, ''anything'' to get her bullies to stop. Adults do nothing about it, unaware at best and uncaring at worst to Sahori's situation. The people in her life that do care about her are at a loss about what to do. Replace the demon powers with '''''a gun''''', and you have a very real situation that unfortunately affects numerous bullying victims today. |
| 301 | * TheDogBitesBack: Using Lahmu's power, she brutally executes her bullies. Considering how horribly they hurt Sahori, and the fact that they were willing to turn against each other to save their own skin, [[AssholeVictim it's hard to feel bad for them]]. |
| 302 | * EvilCounterpart: To the Nahobino. Like him, she partners with a demon, though whereas the protagonist and Aogami have a mutually beneficial relationship and work to protect Tokyo and its citizens from the demonic threat, she uses Lahmu's power to take revenge on those who tormented her even after they forced her out of the lacrosse team. [[https://personacentral.com/smt-v-character-designs-interview-part-2/ Doi]] himself even states this is intentional, having her represent an ordinary human who is susceptible to the corrupting influence of demons without any outside help or allies like the protagonist has with Bethel. |
| 303 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:She manages to take back control of her body after Tao's HeroicSacrifice, giving the Nahobino enough time to kill her and Lahmu.]] |
| 304 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:When the Nahobino is forced to MercyKill her, she smiles and thanks him for finally letting her rest.]] |
| 305 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: After she kills her bullies with Lahmu's power and Tao attempts to reach out to her, Sahori tries to break free from Lahmu, only for the latter to kidnap her [[spoiler:and forcibly merge with her, forcing the Nahobino to MercyKill her in order to kill Lahmu]]. This continues in [[spoiler:the ''Canon of Vengeance'', where she manages to fight off Lahmu's influence long enough for the protagonist, Tao, and Yoko to kill Lahmu, only to die at Lilith's hands almost immediately after]]. |
| 306 | * MeaningfulAppearance: She's the only major character from Jouin Academy wearing a "sailor"-type school uniform, other than the protagonist. According to Doi, it's meant to highlight her being a {{Foil}} to the main character. |
| 307 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is a corruption of Itsukushima, famous for looking like it's floating on water at high tide. |
| 308 | * MercyKill: [[spoiler:Tragically, the Nahobino and Tao are too late to save her from Lahmu's grasp, forcing Tao to give up her life force to revive the protagonist. The protagonist ends up having to kill Sahori to also get rid of Lahmu once and for all.]] |
| 309 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After being dragged into Da'at, Lahmu's influences on her wanes and realizes what she's done, rendering her a traumatized wreck. |
| 310 | * RageBreakingPoint: When her bullies have the audacity to try and beg for mercy, Sahori utterly ''snaps'' and starts ranting about how they continued to hurt her even when she tried to make them stop, before siccing Lahmu on them. |
| 311 | -->'''Sahori:''' Are you ''serious?'' You're really trying that with me, after it never worked when I said it to you? When you were punching me, kicking me, destroying my stuff? '''NOW''' you understand "Please don't hurt me"?! [...] The ''only'' thing I did wrong was put up with their abuse for as long as I did! ''All that did was make them hurt me more.'' God, I hate them... I hate them '''''SO MUCH!!!''''' |
| 312 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[spoiler:Sports these when Lahmu merges with her, showing that she's not only become a Nahobino [[DemonicPossession but is also in the backseat as Lahmu now has total control over her.]]]] |
| 313 | * TrainingFromHell: According to Tao, this was the reason Sahori was being bullied, as the old lacrosse club members hated how harsh her training methods were and forced her out of the team with an [[BlatantLies "accident".]] Made even worse when Tao says that Sahori had no bad intentions at all, she just wanted the team to be the best they could. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Shohei Yakumo]] |
| 317 | !!Shohei Yakumo |
| 318 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (JP), Creator/BenLepley (EN) |
| 319 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shouhei.png]] |
| 320 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Take solace in our meeting, boy. I'll make your death a painless one."'']] |
| 321 | ->"The demons are parasites who feed off mankind's pain and weakness. They don't belong in our world."\ |
| 322 | |
| 323 | A self-proclaimed demon hunter wearing a Japanese police officer ceremonial uniform and a cape that evokes the outfit worn by [[Characters/DevilSummonerRaidouKuzunoha a legendary devil summoner from Tokyo's past]]. He and Nuwa have been working together for quite some time to accomplish a mysterious goal. |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | * ActorAllusion: In Japanese he is voiced by Creator/TomokazuSugita, who also voiced Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, the same character his outfit is a WholeCostumeReference for. |
| 326 | * BadassInANiceSuit: A mere human in a ceremonial officer uniform who challenges a HalfHumanHybrid like the Nahobino himself, rather than having a demon do it for him. |
| 327 | * BattleCouple: He and Nuwa are both partners and lovers who fight together against both angels and demons. |
| 328 | * BreakingOldTrends: He is only the second Neutral alignment representative who is a man, with Gore from ''Strange Journey'' (technically a spinoff) being the first. And unlike Gore (and Neutral representatives in general), Yakumo is ''very'' hostile towards the Nahobino for the vast majority of the game, only choosing to work with the Nahobino if he chooses his and Nuwa's side. Nuwa (a demon) is the one doing the heavy lifting to actually convince the Nahobino that their side is right. |
| 329 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Isabeau from ''IV''. To Jonathan from ''IV''. Barring obvious differences like their birthplace and their respective settings, Isabeau has a neutral outlook on demons and humans, though she genuinely believes humans are capable of doing good things, [[spoiler:which is why she takes great offense to Flynn in the Chaos and Law endings and opposes him in a duel to the death]]. Yakumo is far less tolerant of his fellow man and criticizes their weakness for demonic temptation, though he doesn't abandon them outright as his goal is to create a world where humans can be free of demonic influence. In the Neutral Ending of ''IV'' and in ''Apocalypse'', Isabeau espouses cooperation between Mikado and Tokyo in the hopes of forging a bright new future. Aside from Nuwa, Yakumo operates independantly and wants to create a world free of demons and gods, [[spoiler:either by destroying the Throne and dooming humanity to a long and bloody battle or by creating a world solely for humans]]. |
| 330 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:If you choose to join him and Nuwa, he is defeated by Abdiel and dies in Nuwa's arms in a cutscene.]] |
| 331 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Yakumo already hailed from a long lineage of law officers [[spoiler:and spiritualists]] with him following the family tradition. His contract with Nuwa simply means that he can now go toe-to-toe with demons. |
| 332 | * FantasticRacism: He despises demons and will not hesitate to cut them down, regardless of whether they have good intentions. As far as he's concerned, demons only exist to corrupt and take advantage of the chaos Lucifer left behind when he killed God and left Da'at to rot. [[spoiler:Nuwa explains his hatred comes from the massacre of his family, perpetrated by a man who was seduced by a demon.]] |
| 333 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His hatred for demons come from the childhood trauma of his family being murdered by someone who was seduced by the temptations of a demon.]] |
| 334 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler:If he is opposed on the ending paths, he pulls one with Nuwa to become a Nahobino.]] |
| 335 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you side with him, he lays down his life to make sure Nuwa doesn't get blown up by Abdiel along with him.]] |
| 336 | * HighClassGloves: Has white gloves on his hands to better illustrate he's wearing a ceremonial officer uniform. |
| 337 | * HollywoodCopUniform: While generally identifiable as a police officer uniform due to its blue color scheme and basic cut, the details of his ceremonial uniform don't match any actual Tokyo police department's. |
| 338 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He despises demons with a passion, but he's working with Nuwa, a demon herself. Possibly justified, as it's implied Yakumo and Nuwa have known each other for a very long time [[spoiler:possibly before the incident that claimed the former's family]] and Nuwa herself has a low opinion of demons in general. |
| 339 | * {{Jerkass}}: Kind of an unpleasant guy all around. He is curt and/or quick to resort to violence whenever he's interacting with anyone not named Nuwa. |
| 340 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields a Japanese katana in battle, despite it being an outdated weapon in ''SMT V'''s contemporary setting. |
| 341 | * LastNameBasis: Everyone, including Nuwa, refers to him by his surname. |
| 342 | * TheMusketeer: Much like Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, he's equipped with a katana on his left hip and handgun on his right. |
| 343 | * MightMakesRight: Has more of a softer stance on this than the most, believing that if a human is capable of fighting back in any capacity they're strong regardless. [[spoiler:His family was slaughtered by someone who was merely seduced by a demon, meaning that even being able to fight off the demons' temptation is good enough of a goal to reach.]] |
| 344 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Nuwa reveals his family was slaughtered by a man possessed by a demonic entity, which gave birth to his immense hatred towards demons and weak-willed humans.]] |
| 345 | * StabTheScorpion: Subverted. During your second encounter with him, you hear gunshots only to see he killed a Forneus pack about to ambush you. Then after a moment of thought, he decides to try to shoot you too, forcing you to block his revolver's final bullet before he has to reload. |
| 346 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has glowing golden eyes like the Nahobino to illustrate his connection with Nuwa and power to go toe-to-toe with angels and demons. |
| 347 | * TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:As he lays dying, he entrusts his and Nuwa's dream to destroy the Empyrean throne to the Nahobino.]] |
| 348 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: He's not a villain, but he is opposed to the protagonist as they're working with Bethel. Yakumo doesn't have much of an interest in him at first until he starts racking up quite the kill count after [[spoiler:Lahmu]]. His interest gets more pronounced if the Nahobino is neutral-aligned. |
| 349 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:If you choose to join him and Nuwa, he is defeated by Abdiel and Dazai in a cutscene.]] |
| 350 | * WholeCostumeReference: He is wearing a modernized version of Raidou Kuzunoha XIV's outfit from the ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou]]'' ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Kuzunoha]]'' games, whose outfit was itself a reference back to Yasunori Kato's from ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari''. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | !Demons |
| 354 | [[folder:Gustave]] |
| 355 | !!Gustave |
| 356 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YusakuYara (JP), Creator/DavidErrigoJr (EN) |
| 357 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gustave_smt5.png]] |
| 358 | The keeper of Cadaver's Hollow where the protagonist can buy and sell items. He is also the leader of small treasure-collecting demons called Miman which he asks you to find. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AnimalMotif: His appearance, behavior, and mannerisms make him seem more akin to monkeys than humans. |
| 361 | * ChainedByFashion: For whatever reason, Gustave wears a gold shackle with a chain link on his ankle. |
| 362 | * CreepyGood: He looks pretty damn creepy, but eccentricities and MoneyFetish aside, he's nothing but helpful to the Nahobino. |
| 363 | * MoneyFetish: Cadaver's Hollow is basically a large treasure hoard he has isolated himself in, is decked out in gold and offers you services for a fee like healing from leyline fount. |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Sophia]] |
| 367 | !!Sophia |
| 368 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaKinoshita (JP), Creator/ErinYvette (EN) |
| 369 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sophia_smt_v_render.png]] |
| 370 | The master of the World of Shadows, where the protagonist can fuse various demons together to gain new more powerful allies, in ''SMT V''. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Sophia is the one in charge of demon fusion instead of Mido. This even extends to her domain, which is called the ''World'' of Shadows and appears as a dark, cracked room with pillars instead of the Cathedral of Shadows. A late-game sidequest also implies Sophia's services are exclusive to the Nahobino, whereas Mido's was open to pretty much everyone. |
| 373 | * ChekhovsGun: Completing 75% of the Demon Compendium has her give you a key item, the Seed of Life, which doesn't seem to do anything on its own. [[spoiler:It becomes relevant in the endgame dungeon, where you can either unlock Maria, Inanna, or Danu for fusion depending on which ending route you're on (Siding with Abdiel gives you Maria, siding with Tsukuyomi gives you Inanna, and siding with Nuwa gives you Danu).]] |
| 374 | * DistaffCounterpart: Replaces Mido, the old man who served as the master of the Cathedral of Shadows in previous games. |
| 375 | * GiantWoman: When you fuse a demon, a giant version of her ascends from the depths of the World of Shadow. |
| 376 | * InTheHood: Wears a long robe[=/=]veil that initially obscures her identity the first time you enter the World of Shadow. |
| 377 | * InvisibleToNormals: Implied to be the case. Sophia has been waiting for someone to "see her", implying normal demons and deities are unable to perceive her presence, much less enter her World of Shadows. |
| 378 | * MadonnaArchetype: Visually, the blue shawl[=/=]serape she wears draws on common portrayals of the Virgin Mary. |
| 379 | * MeaningfulName: Sophia [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(Gnosticism) in Gnosticism]] is said to have been the mother of Yaldabaoth and who gave humans their souls, fitting name for someone who helps you fuse demons to create new ones. It also refers to the concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom) wisdom in Greek philosophy]], fitting for a manager of the game's equivalent of the Cathedral of Shadows. [[spoiler:Completing 75% of the Compendium has her reveal that she is in fact ''that'' Sophia of Gnosticism, also known as "Achamoth", and the sacred prostitute who is the source of demonic life.]] |
| 380 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes covering both her iris and her scleria. While she doesn't engage in battle and mainly exists to provide the Nahobino the means to fuse demons, she's otherwise implied to be a powerful demon. |
| 381 | * SensualSpandex: Wears a white bodysuit that clings to every curve on her body. |
| 382 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's at least twice the size of the Nahobino. |
| 383 | * UniqueProtagonistAsset: Unlike the Cathedral of Shadows or its equivalent of the previous games, where the master offers the services of demonic fusion for ''all'' who have access to it (to the point of being considered more neutral than even Stephen) regardless of alignment or allegiance, Sophia’s World of Shadows seems exclusive for the protagonist. In the endgame, 2 different demons of different factions (Melchizedek and Nebiros) warn their brethren (Michael and Belial) not to fight the protagonist to their deaths because the Nahobino “knows the art of shadows” to re-summon them via fusion, the implication being none of them knows about Sophia doing it for the Nahobino. |
| 384 | * YouCanSeeMe: Upon first seeing her, Sophia comments that she has been waiting all this time for someone to finally have the power to see her, the person being a Nahobino. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Amanozako]] |
| 388 | !!Amanozako |
| 389 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NaomiOzora (JP), Deva Marie (EN) |
| 390 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amanozako.png]] |
| 391 | [[caption-width-right:349:]] |
| 392 | A goddess of rebellion born from the rage of the storm god Susano-o, and the ancestor of a variety of ill-tempered {{Youkai}} such as {{Tengu}} and Amanojaku. In-game, Amanozako is a curious demon who volunteers to team up with the protagonist after he stumbles upon her while wandering cluelessly through Da'at. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * ArtificialHuman: Or demon as it were. [[spoiler:She was created by the Tengu, who wanted a Great Tengu to lead them, and like Aogami, she was born when a Proto-fiend was imbued with Magatsuhi]]. This is also why Amanozako considers [[spoiler:Aogami]] to be her "soulmate" [[spoiler:since they share the same origins]]. |
| 395 | * CounterAttack: Has a skill called Heavenly Counter as a unique skill that has a chance of inflicting Dark-elemental damage to anyone who attacks her while also decreasing their Attack by one stage. |
| 396 | * CoverBlowingSuperpower: As shown in the sidequest "A Power Beyond Control", Amanozako is actually ''very'' powerful. [[spoiler:It's implied half the reason she never destroyed the Pretas attempting to eat her when she first met the Nahobino is that unleashing her power could possibly attract unwanted attention, such as the Tengus looking for her.]] |
| 397 | * CuteMonsterGirl: The ancestor of all {{Tengu}} in the form of a curious little floating girl with only the crow wings on her back, SupernaturalGoldEyes, and PointyEars denoting her demonic nature. |
| 398 | * DamselInDistress: You first encounter her being surrounded by a group of Preta who want to eat her before she gets them to take notice of Nahobino, pulling him into the conflict to save her. |
| 399 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: She's looking for Susano-o - she and Susano-o himself are unaware she found him the instant you met, since he is Aogami.]] |
| 400 | * LittleMissBadass: She's the size of your hand, and she's powerful enough to warrant Bethel Japan being on high alert. [[spoiler:Then again, what would you expect from Aogami's kid?]] |
| 401 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the Taito Region of Da'at, [[spoiler:Amanozako's demeanor suddenly changes when the Nahobino claims a Pillar from one of the Bethel demon leaders, often explaining the meaning and importance each Pillar represents in relation to the role of the Creator. Amanozako doesn't even seem aware of the bizarre change until the third Pillar is claimed, where she becomes unnerved and says there's a voice in her head]]. |
| 402 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: A goddess and progenitor of a variety of demons that takes the form of a tiny floating girl with crow wings on her back. [[spoiler:In-game, she's an artificial demon created by the Tengu using a Proto-fiend as a base.]] |
| 403 | * PowerIncontinence: [[spoiler:When Amanozako first came into being, her power went wild and fled. The sidequest "A Power Beyond Control" implies that she loses control of her powers every full moon, though this no longer appears to be the case after the Nahobino fights her and takes her Essence.]] |
| 404 | * ReluctantRuler: The sidequest "The Destined Leader" [[spoiler:reveals that the Tengu created her by infusing Magatsuhi into a Proto-fiend so that she could act as their Great Tengu, or leader. Amanozako actually wants ''nothing'' to do with the Tengus whatsoever and continuously rejects the purpose they gave her in favor of finding Susano-o, or rather Aogami, her "soulmate"]]. |
| 405 | * ScaryTeeth: Amakozako was said to have fangs that could tear through even the sharpest of blades and when she shows her teeth to a Koppa Tengu to show that she is a big deal, he is absolutely terrified by what he saw. |
| 406 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Has the same blue hair and white, red and black colored clothing as her father Aogami / Susano-o.]] |
| 407 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Pixie from ''Nocturne'', being a tiny demon no bigger than the Nahobino's head and is one of his first companions. ''Unlike'' Pixie, Amanozako is already a powerhouse whereas Pixie has to reach the Fifth Kalpa to gain immense power. |
| 408 | * TattooAsCharacterType: Has little red tattoos on her cheeks similar to a BlushSticker that better illustrate her cuteness and nature as an ancient spirit. |
| 409 | * {{Tengu}}: The ancestor of all Tengu whose design borrows from their standard visual traits, with crow wings on her back, high platform sandals, and decorative Japanese robes with a white and red color scheme. [[spoiler:In a bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, she was actually made to be the Tengu's leader.]] |
| 410 | * {{Tsundere}}: She's bratty and proud, but she clearly develops a fast friendship with the Nahobino. Despite the Nahobino initially avoiding her because of Aogami's cautions and warnings about demons with unknown intentions or false kindness, she doesn't stop trying to become friends with him or get him to let her accompany him. It isn't until her questline that she starts dropping hints about how much she considers a Nahobino a dear friend, albeit in stereotypical tsundere fashion. |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Nuwa]] |
| 414 | !!Nuwa |
| 415 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (JP), Creator/LauraPost (EN) |
| 416 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joka.png]] |
| 417 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her demon form]]\ |
| 418 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nuwa_render2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 419 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nuwanahobinosmt5_0.png[[/labelnote]] to see her [[spoiler: Nahobino]] form]] |
| 420 | Also known as [[AlternateCharacterReading Joka]]. The creator goddess of humanity in Myth/ChineseMythology, where as the tale goes she breathed life into figures formed from river clay to birth the human race. She is often depicted as half woman and half serpent. |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * ArtInitiatesLife: Her unique skill in her OneWingedAngel form, "Sacrifice of Clay", has her re-enacting the Chinese CreationMyth for humanity, tossing her rope to create over a dozen clay figures that proceed to come to life and attack all her enemies. |
| 423 | * TheBaroness: Nuwa's intentions may be noble, but she's still introduced [[SupermodelStrut strutting proudly]] through a room she filled with angel corpses and literally fights with whips. |
| 424 | * BattleCouple: She and Yakumo are both partners and lovers who fight together against both angels and demons. |
| 425 | * BoomerangBigot: A lowkey example compared to others. Although a demon herself, Nuwa shares in Yakumo's disgust and believes the demons to be taking advantage of the chaos Lucifer left behind in his wake following his proclamation of having killed the Creator. |
| 426 | * ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:If you side with either Abdiel or Koshimizu, she and Yakumo are the last obstacles between you and the throne.]] |
| 427 | * CreepyGood: Nuwa's appearance is very villainous in design, but while she is ruthless, she is not an evil person, and her goal is genuinely noble. [[spoiler: Allying with her is even a requirement of getting the hidden ending.]] |
| 428 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Her demon form is barely any less attractive than her human form. |
| 429 | * DanceBattler: [[spoiler:In her playable human form, she fights with dance-like movements, shown with her unique skill Dancing Strike.]] |
| 430 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Despite her sinister early appearance and penchant for violence she’s actually the game’s Neutral representative, showing disdain for both law and chaos and wishing to create a world where humans hold control of their own destiny. [[spoiler:Only by siding with her can you get the true neutral ending of remaking a world solely for humans with no demons at all.]] |
| 431 | * DragonLady: As befitting an antagonistic Chinese creator goddess, Nuwa is a gorgeous, suave, and deadly mastermind with enigmatic intentions and a traditional style of dress. Bonus points for being an actual dragon in mythology. |
| 432 | * DubNameChange: Due to AlternateCharacterReading differences between Chinese and Japanese, her name, 女媧, is pronounced "Joka" in Japanese. The English version uses the Chinese reading of her name for the sake of consistency. |
| 433 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: She first appears while casually stepping on the corpses of angels. |
| 434 | * FusionDance: In the Law and Chaos routes, she [[spoiler: becomes a Nahobino with Yakumo in their last-ditch attempt to stop the protagonist.]] |
| 435 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: In the Law and Chaos routes, she congratulates the Nahobino upon being beaten.]] |
| 436 | * HumanoidAbomination: Has the general form of a beautiful woman, but also has pale, slightly green-tinged skin, yellow serpent eyes, and an OneWingedAngel boss form that has a giant snake tail growing out of the back of her head. |
| 437 | * IntriguedByHumanity: She's a demon who sympathizes with humanity, even taking a human lover and her true goal is [[spoiler: rid the world of both angels and demons.]] |
| 438 | * LegFocus: Her red dress is very short, showing off her long, pale legs, which are further emphasized by her introduction being a MaleGaze shot of them as she does a SupermodelStrut. The pose she assumes during combat, with her legs crossed also puts them on emphasis. |
| 439 | * MamaBear: This is ultimately what her motivations boil down to. She is very protective of humanity because she sees herself as the one responsible for creating it. This is why she's perfectly content to work against demonkind to create a world where humans can finally be free of their influence. |
| 440 | * MagicalBarefooter: She's a demon who goes barefoot, illustrating her otherworldliness. |
| 441 | * MsFanservice: She's an eerie, yet stunningly beautiful woman with a gorgeous figure. |
| 442 | * MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her walk up to the Nahobino, casually stepping over the corpses of the slain angels, then proceed to transform into her OneWingedAngel form before giving her name and intentions. |
| 443 | -->"My name is Nuwa. PrepareToDie." |
| 444 | * OneWingedAngel: In her boss fight she grows a massive snake tail out of the back of her head and snake scales over her skin when facing you. [[spoiler:And on ending routes not her own, she becomes a Nahobino with Shohei.]] |
| 445 | * PreFinalBoss: [[spoiler:In the Law and Chaos route, she will act as the penultimate boss in a FusionDance with Yakumo, to prevent the protagonist from claiming the throne.]] |
| 446 | * RedIsHeroic: Played with. She's ruthless towards the forces of Law and Chaos, with her EstablishingCharacterMoment having her step on the body of a dead angel. Despite this, she works with Yakumo to help forge a world where humanity can be free from the influence of angels and demons alike. |
| 447 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She has a red and black ColorMotif, with her dress, lipstick, and nails being blood red, while parts of her dress, her hair, and make-up are black and her serpent form has a black and red skin. However while this is used to give her a sinister appearance and she's initially an antagonist, she turns out not to be entirely evil and is the game's Neutral representative |
| 448 | * SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:She is unlocked for fusion by beating the game once. Notably, she comes in both her human form and snake form, and in order to fuse her snake form, you must first fuse her human form.]] |
| 449 | * SignatureMove: Sacrifice of Clay, a heavy Force attack that hits all enemies and lowers their Attack and Defense by 1 stage. [[spoiler:Her playable human form has Dancing Strike, a 3-hit medium physical attack with a high critical rate.]] |
| 450 | * SnakesAreSinister: Subverted. She has a strong snake motif and looks very sinister, but Nuwa's goals are well-intentioned. Unlike Yakumo, she's willing to abstain from violence to instead argue her point of view in an effort to make the Nahobino better understand what she and her partner are striving for. [[spoiler:Yuwa will even congratulate him if he defeats her in battle at the end, holding nothing against him for having a different point of view.]] |
| 451 | * SnakePeople: Has yellow eyes that look like those of a snake, and her OneWingedAngel form has a massive snake tail grow out of the back of her head. |
| 452 | * SnakesAreSexy: She's an attractive and sultry DragonLady with a serpent motif. |
| 453 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:She's the only alignment representative to survive the end of the game in her route, whereas Abdiel and Koshimizu will always be killed regardless of route.]] |
| 454 | * {{Stripperific}}: She wears a rather skimpy dress that serves to emphasize her alluring and stunning figure. |
| 455 | * SupermodelStrut: She's introduced doing a confident strut through a room littered with corpses of angels, complete with swaying hips and keeping one hand on her hip. The fact she does such a vain act on a battlefield just further illustrates her as an arrogant DragonLady. |
| 456 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has bright yellow eyes like a snake's to better illustrate her identity as a god. |
| 457 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She survives the events of her and Yakumo's route and vanishes while leaving the Nahobino to finish what she and Yakumo started, but her fate becomes ambiguous if he creates a world for humans alone, as is the rest of demonkind, either being erased from existence or stuck in Da'at.]] |
| 458 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: She's not a villain, but she is opposed to the protagonist as they're working with Bethel. Yet, she still convinces Yakumo to spare them, having become interested in them for managing to give her a good fight. Her interest gets more pronounced if they're neutral-aligned, and she starts to keep tabs on the protagonist from that point on. |
| 459 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:If you choose to join her and Yakumo, they are defeated by Abdiel and Dazai in a cutscene.]] |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:Hydra]] |
| 463 | !!Hydra |
| 464 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' N/A |
| 465 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hydra_shin_megami_tensei_v.png]] |
| 466 | A demonic snake hailing from Myth/ClassicalMythology who is lurking around the Tokyo Tower, confronting Nahobino when he tries to approach it. The first major boss faced in the game. |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: Hydra's heads look less like snake heads and more men with a constant SlasherSmile wearing an eyeless mask. |
| 469 | * BreathWeapon: Has a skill called Toxic Breath as an unique skill where all of Hydra's heads breath out streams of toxic substance at the party. |
| 470 | * DraconicAbomination: It's a large, vaguely reptilian creature that breathes fire, but there's a lot about the Hydra that's just plain wrong and unearthly. It has no eyes, its heads just seem to grow out of random spots on the main body without any rhyme or reason, its faces are more akin to a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]'s than they are to an actual serpent's or dragon's, and its abilities are about as corrupting and maddening its enemies as they are about destroying them physically. To say nothing of the regeneration properties of its mythological namesake, where it could regrow two heads for every one that it lost. |
| 471 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being a violent and dangerous demon, a special conversation with his brother Cerberus reveals that Hydra misses his siblings. |
| 472 | * OurHydrasAreDifferent: It was designed in a way that it stands out among the different depictions of Hydra while sticking close to the many classical depictions of Hydra in Greek pottery. |
| 473 | * SecretAIMoves: The boss version of Hydra has an unique skill called Frenzy that summonable Hydra cannot do, mainly because it starts using it only after almost all of its heads have fallen off in desperation. |
| 474 | * SnakesAreEvil: Hydra was designed specifically to bring in the mind that it is a mindless beast that thrashes out impulsively rather than through intellect. |
| 475 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: [[spoiler:Considering the fact that Aogami ''is'' Susano-o, Hydra comes off as being awfully similar to Yamata-no-Orochi as a multi-headed snake he had to fight against.]] |
| 476 | * WakeUpCallBoss: It serves as the first major boss fight in the game, and serves as a test of the player's skill, packing multiple hard hitting attacks. |
| 477 | * XenomorphXerox: As if the dome-shaped cranium and EyelessFace wasn't enough, one particular shot of its intro scene shows one of its heads looming directly behind the Nahobino before lunging for the kill. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Lahmu]] |
| 481 | !!Lahmu |
| 482 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasuyukiKase (JP), Creator/KellenGoff (EN) |
| 483 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lahmu.png]] |
| 484 | A demon who attacks Jouin Academy and abducts Sahori Itsukishima. Once a powerful Babylonian god, he enters "Assiah" (the human world) after Sahori's resentment towards her bullies beckons him. He is the main villain of the game's second act. |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the ''Canon of Creation'', Lahmu was able to [[spoiler:fuse with Sahori and become a pseudo Nahobino that was strong and cunning enough to kill the protagonist and Tao]]. In the ''Canon of Vengeance'', Tao's actions prevent him from getting to Sahori and [[spoiler:he's killed in Jouin high school as nothing more than a footnote in the story]]. |
| 487 | * ArcVillain: Serves as the main antagonist for the second area of Da'at, Shinagawa. |
| 488 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: He may have more in common with [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse Dagda]] than Aogami does, with both being [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish, egotistical]], [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bastards]] that were once gods that lost their power to the God of Law, but Dagda is ultimately [[spoiler:a TragicVillain [[AllThereInTheManual whose daughter was turned against him]] and has basically been DrivenToSuicide]] whereas Lahmu is every bit the HateSink he makes himself out to be. |
| 489 | * TheCorrupter: He influences Sahori to exact murderous vengeance on her bullies, which she does. |
| 490 | * CognizantLimbs: Lahmu's tentacles act as protection to the actual body that need to be cut down before you can start to damage him. |
| 491 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: After killing him and finishing the whole affair revolving him and Sahori, Lahmu can be fused in the Cathedral of Shadows as an ally. |
| 492 | * EldritchAbomination: An incredibly freaky mask-like demon with nasty tentacles coming out of every orifice. [[spoiler:And that isn't even the ''actual'' Lahmu. The actual Lahmu is an eerie monster fetus that lives inside the mask that comes out of the mask's eye.]] |
| 493 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 494 | ** To Aogami. Like the former, he finds a human he wishes to merge with so as to become a Nahobino and claim the role of Creator. Unlike Aogami, who is willing to let the protagonist does as he pleases and acts as more of a guide, Lahmu corrupts Sahori by having her give in to her anger and kill her bullies, and when she tries to back out, forces a merge between them, [[spoiler:even going so far as to hijack her body]]. |
| 495 | ** He's also this to Khonsu, at least in regards to their human counterparts. Lahmu preys upon Sahori's trauma and despair over being bullied [[spoiler:and, when she tries to break away from his control, kidnaps her and later merges with her against her will]], showing he'll do whatever it takes to become a Nahobino and become the new Creator. Khonsu, on the other hand, [[spoiler:gives up his claim for the Empyrean in favor of looking after his human counterpart Miyazu, who is so frail that even ''attempting'' to become a Nahobino with her will kill her]]. |
| 496 | * HateSink: While most of the characters have well-intentioned reasons in what to do in changing the world, Lahmu is a vile mass of tentacled flesh that revels in personally taking advantage of Sahori's trauma. |
| 497 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He briefly manages to succeed in killing both the protagonist and Aogami, though his work is swiftly undone by Tao giving up her own life to resurrect them.]] |
| 498 | * LargeHam: He ''really'' starts to ham it up after [[spoiler:taking control of Sahori]]. |
| 499 | * SecretAIMoves: The boss version of Lahmu has a unique skill called Babylon Curse that the summonable version of Lahmu cannot learn. [[spoiler:This is mainly because the summonable Lahmu is based on his second form that has a different unique skill]]. |
| 500 | * StarterVillain: He's the first major villain the protagonist encounters, assaulting the human world and kidnapping several students, including his "soulmate" Sahori. His appearance also reveals other interesting details such as why the Nahobino are viewed as taboo and forbidden. |
| 501 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He starts to panic after Tao somehow comes back to life after he brutally impaled her, demanding to know what's going on after Tao revives the Nahobino at the expense of her own life.]] |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:Fionn mac Cumhaill]] |
| 505 | !!Fionn mac Cumhaill |
| 506 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (JP), Creator/ChrisHackney (EN) |
| 507 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fionn_mac_cumhaill.png]] |
| 508 | A wandering demon who encounters the Nahobino and Tao during their search for Lahmu. A sellsword who offers his abilities to anyone he believes worthy in them, he takes a quick interest in the Nahobino following their first bout. |
| 509 | ---- |
| 510 | * TheAce: An incredibly skilled demon, and one that can briefly match a Nahobino's power by licking his thumb. |
| 511 | * AdvertisedExtra: He's featured prominently in various promotional materials, but he only appears three times, one of which is a sidequest. He's only relevant during the search for Lahmu, informing the Nahobino and Tao about the whereabouts of their fellow students, but after that, he only shows up as an NPC in Chiyoda that hints about sidequests relating to the Fairy King's forest and gives the player a quest in Taito if they've fulfilled certain conditions. |
| 512 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV Flynn]], or at least how he is portrayed in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse''. Both are skilled swordsmen and noble protectors of the innocent who are initially leagues above the main character. But while Flynn will join Nanashi automatically in either Neutral ending, Fionn is more choosy and will only join if the Nahobino proves himself worthy. Additionally, Flynn on the Bonds route works with but not for Nanashi, regarding him as a fellow hero, while Anarchy Flynn [[spoiler:was brainwashed into subservience and worships Nanashi as his god]]. Fionn hits the middle ground by swearing fealty to the Nahobino [[spoiler:of his own free will]], acknowledging him as his king. |
| 513 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: When you defeat him in his sidequest, Fionn declares the Nahobino his king and joins his party from that point forward while also being available for fusion. |
| 514 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He attacks the Nahobino as he and Tao search for Lahmu, though contrary to what you might think, he only engages him because Fionn thinks he has ill intentions for Tao. When the misunderstanding is cleared up, he sheathes his sword, showing he's reasonable and has zero interest in using or eating humans for whatever reason. |
| 515 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In Fionn's legend, he gained immense knowledge and wisdom from licking his thumb, which happened to catch some of the fat of the Salmon of Knowledge he was asked to eat. In the game's story, a demon who manages to reclaim their Knowledge by fusing with the human who has it can become a Nahobino. Fionn states that when he licks his thumb, he can temporarily rival a Nahobino in power. In other words, Fionn can temporarily regain his lost Knowledge. |
| 516 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has long blonde hair, and is incredibly chivalrous and benign to humans, having saved some of the protagonist and Tao's classmates when Lahmu dragged them into Da'at. |
| 517 | * MagicKnight: His starting stats are geared towards Strength, but his Magic is only slightly behind it, and starting off with Severe Fire and Ice spells means he can dish out good physical and magic damage with ease. |
| 518 | * QuestGiver: Zigzagged and played straight. When encountered in Chiyoda, he'll remark that something is happening over in the Fairy King's forest, hinting to players about new sidequests, one of which can be found in Chiyoda from a Kelpie. When you meet him again in Taito, assuming you've met the prerequisite conditions, he'll give you a sidequest himself: Beat him and he'll join your party. |
| 519 | * {{Ronin}}: He offers his skills to any demon he believes is worthy of them, but they do not hold his loyalty and is more akin to a mercenary. It isn't until his meeting with the Nahobino, testing his strength, and seeing him help others that Fionn swears his loyalty to him, calling him his king from that point onward. |
| 520 | * ShownTheirWork: When Fionn licks his thumb, he gains an incredible boost of power, enough that he can rival a Nahobino in terms of strength. In his legend, Fionn gained wisdom from having licked his thumb, which caught some of the fat of the Salmon of Knowledge. |
| 521 | * SignatureMove: Mac an Luin, a severe physical attack that deals even greater damage if it critically hits. |
| 522 | * SuperMode: Albeit a temporary one. In accordance to his legend, when Fionn licks his thumb, he gains an incredible boost of power, enough that he can briefly become as powerful as a Nahobino. |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder:Demeter]] |
| 526 | !!Demeter |
| 527 | !!!Voiced by: |
| 528 | [[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demeter_80.png]] |
| 529 | [[caption-width-right:286:Greek Goddess of Harvest]] |
| 530 | A goddess of fertility and sister to Zeus, one of the leaders of Bethel's international branches. She first appears in Shinagawa region of Da'at and requests the Nahobino's assistance in dealing with various demons of chaos who are running amok. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey Redux]]'' where [[spoiler:she was secretly aligned with the Three Wise Men and used the protagonist to ensure they were restored to their full power as Shekinah]], Demeter is working to subjugate certain demons of chaos, some of which take a great interest in the Nahobino and want his power for their own. [[spoiler:While she is later revealed to be working with Zeus, she's long since decided to jump ship and sides with the Nahobino.]] |
| 533 | * BlowYouAway: She specializes in Force skills, in which she has a +3 proficiency in. |
| 534 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Demeter reveals in the final dungeon (provided you completed all of her quests up to this point) that [[spoiler:she actually intended for the Nahobino to die in their fights against the demons she sent them off to so Zeus could collect their soul. She even planned to kill him herself, but his continuous success made her realize the Nahobino is capable of bringing greater change than Zeus is and warns the Nahobino about Zeus' plan]]. |
| 535 | * DemotedToExtra: While her role wasn't exactly all that big in ''Strange Journey Redux'', she was an important character in the Womb of Grief's story. Here, she's demoted to being a QuestGiver. |
| 536 | * DevelopersForesight: If you have Demeter in your party and happen to run into Kaya-no-hime, the two might have a unique demon conversation with each other for their similar roles regarding plants and harvest. |
| 537 | * LimitBreak: Her unique Skill Eleusinian Harvest is a support variant. In addition to fully healing the party, she raises their HP beyond their cap. |
| 538 | * QuestGiver: She repeatedly asks the Nahobino to deal with certain demons that are causing trouble, starting with Belphagor in Shinagawa and ending with Baal in Taito. [[spoiler:Her final questline has the protagonist take on and kill Zeus when the latter comes for his soul.]] |
| 539 | * XanatosGambit: She set up a pretty impressive one. All those demons she's had you fight up until you meet her again in the Empyrean? [[spoiler:Turns out the Nahobino was supposed to die fighting them, and even if he succeeded, their defeat would just fatten him up and become all the more valuable to Zeus. She actually planned on killing the Nahobino herself after he killed Baal, but the Nahobino's repeated success made her realize he's more deserving of changing the world than Zeus is.]] |
| 540 | [[/folder]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[folder:The Mother Goddess]] |
| 543 | !!Maria, Danu, & Inanna |
| 544 | The current holy mother, Maria resides in the Empyrean and is despondent that the current world and her role and existence as the holy mother will end soon. After talking to Sophia, the Nahobino receives the Seed of Life and shows it to Maria, who accepts him as the new world ruler and either stays as her current form or takes a new identity depending on the route. |
| 545 | ---- |
| 546 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Beating her allows the Nahobino to fuse which ever form she decide to stick with. |
| 547 | * DemotedToExtra: Danu and Inanna were a major ally and antagonist respectively in ''Apocalypse'' but are reduced to a sidequest boss that you may not even see depending on the route. |
| 548 | * DespairEventHorizon: Lamenting that the dawn of the new world will end her existence as the holy mother, Maria just waits for her inevitable demise, but presenting the Seed of Life to her causes her to get out of her funk. |
| 549 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: She fights the Nahobino in a different form each route in respect to the path he chose. Choosing to uphold the current status quo causes her to stay as Maria, choosing to create a drastically different world causes her to become Inanna, and choosing for humanity to live without gods causes her to become Danu. |
| 550 | * MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: A variant. The form Maria assumes and that the Nahobino can recruit is different in each of the routes: In Law, she stays the same; in Neutral, she becomes Danu; in Chaos, she becomes Inanna. |
| 551 | * PromotedToPlayable: Danu becomes playable after her initial appearance in ''Apocalypse''. |
| 552 | * StoneWall: For her fight, Maria doesn't fight you directly but her A.I. is scripted to only use Dirahan, making her more of a glorified DPS race than an actual boss. |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[folder:Arioch]] |
| 556 | !!Arioch |
| 557 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Kento Fujinuma (JP), Josh Petersdorf (EN) |
| 558 | A powerful demon of chaos who, along with Surt and Ishtar, engage in a battle against Bethel in the Chiyoda region. He is the main villain of the game's third act. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * {{Acrofatic}}: He sports an absurdly large belly with a mouth on it, but he's no less capable in combat. When the Nahobino finds him, he sees the audience chamber littered with the corpses of angels. |
| 561 | * ArcVillain: He serves as the main villain in the third region of Da'at: Chiyoda. |
| 562 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: His title of Demon King is not without merit as he himself states that legions of the armies of chaos await his command and holds a great deal of power if the numerous corpses in his audience chamber are of any indication. |
| 563 | * TheBusCameBack: This is the first time he has appeared in the mainline series since the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI first game]]. |
| 564 | * FlunkyBoss: He summons two Decarabia to fight alongside him. |
| 565 | * GracefulLoser: He takes his loss and eventual death at the Nahobino's hands surprisingly well, urging him to become the new Creator and "break free from God's shackles". |
| 566 | * AnIcePerson: Alongside physical skills, he also comes with Bufu spells. |
| 567 | * RedBaron: He is referred to by Bethel as the Demon King, implying he holds a great deal of power and is a major target for them. |
| 568 | * TooManyMouths: He has a large, gaping maw in the middle of his enormous stomach. |
| 569 | * VillainRespect: Unlike with the angels, he has some degree of respect for the Nahobino, likely due to the fact that the latter is the epitome of the goal he, the gods of Bethel and countless other demons are trying to achieve with the Creator dead. |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Lucifer]] |
| 573 | !!Lucifer |
| 574 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki (JP), Creator/PaulEiding (EN) |
| 575 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ec866gjvx0c51.png]] |
| 576 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his true form (MASSIVE SPOILERS)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/final_lucifer.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 577 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Lord of Chaos]] |
| 578 | ->"The God you cravenly revere is dead."\ |
| 579 | |
| 580 | A former high-ranking angel, leader of the forces of Chaos, and ruler of all demonkind. Twenty years ago, during the GreatOffscreenWar known as Armageddon, he descended upon the Minato region of Da'at when the forces of Law and Chaos were about to do battle and declared to all those present that GodIsDead. He then proceeded to seemingly die and explode into magatsuhi. Despite this, Bethel believes he is still alive and in hiding somewhere. |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | ->See [[Characters.ShinMegamiTenseiLucifer his page]] for more information. |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | !Bethel |
| 586 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 587 | * AdvertisedExtra: |
| 588 | ** [[spoiler:While Bethel does play a significant part of the story, it as a alliance of the gods ends up not mattering that much, as the different gods go their separate ways when the news of God being dead is confirmed to be true. Ultimately, Hayao is the only one who keeps Bethel relevant once Abdiel leaves to enforce God's will her own way.]] |
| 589 | ** Despite the prominence of their positions as the leaders of Bethel's various branches, Zeus, Odin, Khonsu, and Shiva (and Vasuki) do not have much of a role in the story [[spoiler:besides three possessing the pillars needed to reach the Empyrean Throne. It's even worse for Odin, as unlike Zeus and Khonsu, he only has two meaningful appearances, whereas the other two return in their respective questlines]]. |
| 590 | * BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:The reason why the gods are with Bethel is because of God's Condemnation preventing them from rising back to being true gods and oppose His rule. With the news that God is indeed dead and the existence of Nahobino confirming it, they find no reason to stick with the alliance, and split off to prepare to take the world for themselves.]] |
| 591 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To the Divine Powers of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse''. While both are an alliane of gods from varying pantheons, Bethel is far less united than the Divine Powers, who were far closer to TrueCompanions. Their goals also contrast greatly. Bethel serves the God of Law but [[spoiler: all want to replace him as the TopGod,]] while Krishna's goal was to kill YHVH and create a universe free of his influence. |
| 592 | * HomeGuard: Founded for the sole purpose of protecting humanity from the demonic threat, working with the forces of heaven for that implicit purpose. |
| 593 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Japanese branch has the most difficulty working with the angels and the other branches, due to Hayao wanting a Japanese god to become Da'at's new Creator rather than resume the God of Law's world order. One female researcher respects Abdiel's strength, but remarks that everyone in Bethel Japan is "sick of" the archangel. [[spoiler:The other gods also are only working together due to God's Condemnation and choose to pursue their own agendas once it is clear that no one is there to stop them from ascending back to proper godhood.]] |
| 594 | * TookALevelInKindness: The forces of Law are considerably more relaxed compared to previous games. While the angels can be dickish at times, they are nonetheless more than willing to work with you. Even their goals this time around are less extreme since their main objective is to put someone on the heavenly throne. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the gods BreakingTheFellowship leave the nicer angels powerless, and only Abdiel, a hardliner, is willing to AntiMutiny to restore god's order and making her the most Law-favored faction representative.]] |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Hayao Koshimizu]] |
| 598 | !!Hayao Koshimizu |
| 599 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiroTsuda (JP), Sean Crisden (EN) |
| 600 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hayao_koshimizu_render.png]] |
| 601 | [[caption-width-right:240:Director of Bethel Japan]] |
| 602 | [[caption-width-right:240:[[labelnote:Click here to see [[spoiler: Nahobino Tsukuyomi]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tsukuyominahobinosmt5.png[[/labelnote]]]]]] |
| 603 | ->"The blasphemous might of the Nahobino... I don't know where this power came from, but we shall make full use of it."\ |
| 604 | |
| 605 | The prime minister of Japan and Bethel's main representative of the Japanese branch. He offers the Protagonist's friends the Demon Summoning Program in order to help them combat against the demons of Da'at. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:As with Aogami being revealed as Susano-o, Koshimizu is revealed to be Tsukuyomi, a Japanese god that has appeared in the series before, both as a regular demon and an ultimate Persona. Here, he is a major character and the representative of his own alignment.]] |
| 608 | * BackToBackBadasses: He performs this with Yuzuru [[spoiler:right before they fuse to fight Abdiel and/or the Protagonist.]] |
| 609 | * BadassFingersnap: He does a fingersnap shortly before [[spoiler:an angelic messenger]] disintegrates in the endgame. |
| 610 | * BadassNormal: One of the leaders of Bethel, and the only human at that. [[spoiler:It's later subverted as he reveals himself to be Tsukuyomi and is in fact the God in charge of the Bethel Japan branch.]] |
| 611 | * BluntYes: Gets two after Arioch's defeat. |
| 612 | ** When Dazai asks if they can really [[spoiler:break off from Bethel and act without Abdiel's support]], Koshimizu replies, "Quite easily," then [[spoiler:explains that he is a god]]. |
| 613 | ** After [[spoiler:losing to the Nahobino and seeing the other Bethel heads go their separate ways]], Abdiel asks if Koshimizu is pleased with this development, and Koshimizu answers, "I couldn't be more satisfied." |
| 614 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: Despite seemingly being an all-new character for this game, it is eventually revealed he is in fact [[spoiler:''SMT'' series regular Tsukuyomi, god of the moon and one of the {{Top God}}s alongside Amaterasu and Susano-o in Myth/JapaneseMythology.]] |
| 615 | * DoppelgangerAttack: [[spoiler:The gimmick of his boss fight is Replication skills; with ''False Replication'' he summons dupplicates that, while unable to attack, nullify all forms of incoming damage [[NoSell including almighty attacks]], reducing your press turns and making it harder to target the real Tsukuyomi. If you fail to damage the real Tsukuyomi he'll heal himself, if you do he'll cast his second skill ''True Replication'', which summons duplicates that take damage and have lower health pools, but each one adds an additional press turn and can also attack with Tsukuyomi's full strength. At full health he only summons one, but as his health gets lower he can summon up to three replicas]]. |
| 616 | * {{Expy}}: A politician that serves as a representative of one of the alignments [[spoiler:and is actually a god in disguise. Aren't we talking about [[Videogame/ShinMegamiTenseiI Ambassador Thorman]] here?.]] |
| 617 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:In the Destroy the Throne ending, Tsukuyomi in his Nahobino form is the last foe you face since the Nahobino isn't interested in claiming the Empyrean Throne and Lucifer sees no reason to interfere as a result. In the True Neutral ending, Tsukuyomi becomes the penultimate final boss.]] |
| 618 | * {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler:his brother,]] Aogami: |
| 619 | ** Both look pretty much the same, but Koshimizu has black hair and eyes and wears a normal, three-piece black suit, while Aogami has blue hair, SupernaturalGoldEyes and wears a FutureSpandex. |
| 620 | ** Both are [[spoiler:[[TopGod top Japanese gods]], and brothers at that, but while Aogami isn't aware of his true identity and develops an UndyingLoyalty for the protagonist, following his decisions no matter what, Koshimizu was just keeping his identity a secret and ends up standing for his own beliefs, aiming to defeat anyone that stands in his way.]] |
| 621 | ** Further explored in [[spoiler:their nahobino forms. Compared to Abdiel and Nuwa, Tsukuyomi is a humanoid wearing a [[FutureSpandex futuristic tight-suit]], just like the protagonist and Aogami's nahobino form, and both use an unusual weapon, with the protagonist wielding his LaserBlade and Tsukuyomi using a SinisterScythe (Both even have a BladeLock in the pre-fight cutscene). However, Aogami lets the protagonist take full control of the body, while Koshimizu is the one in control as Tsukuyomi. Finally, while the protagonist is clearly a bishonen, Tsukuyomi has a more demonic face, which is covered by a crescent moon.]] |
| 622 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Although his true identity isn't easy to guess, there's some hints that he isn't a mere politician: |
| 623 | ** He's one of the leaders of Bethel, representing the Japanese branch. However, every Bethel leader is a deity or a god, leaving him as the only human representative. [[spoiler:He IS a god, just in a human form.]] |
| 624 | ** Related to the point above, every Bethel branch was only staffed by deities of their respective pantheons. However, the Japan branch was mostly staffed by humans; Koshimizu even said he had to rely on human students, Proto-fiends and assistance from Angels to continue operations due to a lack of personnel. It's because [[spoiler:most of the Amatsu in the Japanese branch were defeated and heavily weakened, and Tsukuyomi was one of the few Amatsu who remain.]] |
| 625 | ** Crossed with InterfaceSpoiler, there's also not a single Demon of the Amatsu race available for fusion in this game. This is ''very odd'', considering Amatsu is a regularly occurring race in the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series. It turns out [[spoiler:they had almost all been defeated and forced into hiding during Armageddon.]] |
| 626 | ** After witnessing Aogami's creation, he mentions his "brother". [[spoiler:He's refering to Aogami, who's actually Susano-o. Susano-o only has two siblings: his sister Amaterasu, and his brother Tsukuyomi.]] |
| 627 | ** Atsuta's name references Atsuta Shrine, where the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, which is often related to Susano-o, is kept. [[spoiler:Atsuta does not serve Susano-o, but rather his brother, Tsukuyomi.]] |
| 628 | ** One NPC mentions that there's no record of him existing before he became Prime Minister, not even a birth certificate or college records. He's also oddly young for a PM. [[WrongGenreSavvy She thinks he's an alien]]. [[spoiler:Granted, he ''is'' a moon god...]]. |
| 629 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler: In the [[FinalBoss final fight]] against him, he fuses himself with Yuzuru to become his true form: the god Tsukuyomi.]] |
| 630 | * GodhoodSeeker: He states he'd rather let the Throne be taken by a Japanese god instead of the other Bethel leaders or the Old Creator. [[spoiler:Turns out he actually ''is'' a Japanese god, and he wants to take the Throne for himself.]] |
| 631 | * GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:He turns out to be Tsukuyomi's human form, and needs to fuse with Yuzuru to become his true form.]] |
| 632 | * GracefulLoser: In every ending [[spoiler: where he is either a ClimaxBoss or a FinalBoss, he congratulates his brother for defeating him before vanishing. In the ending where you side with him, he recognizes his defeat and asks his brother to continue and create the world that he wants.]] |
| 633 | * IdenticalStranger: He bears a near perfect resemblance to Aogami despite one being a fallen god and the other the prime minister of Japan. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} after TheReveal Hayao is actually Tsukuyomi and Aogami is Susano-o -- as shown below in StrongFamilyResemblance, the reason they look so similar is that they are brothers who obviously know each other.]] |
| 634 | * TheLeader: Of Bethel Japan. |
| 635 | * LighterAndSofter: Played with. He's the effectively the leader of the Law faction, but he's a reasonable gentleman. [[spoiler:After the other gods defect, he effectively becomes this to Chaos representatives as well; he still wants a diverse world of free will, where Gods and humans can reach their full potential, and not having a trace of Chaos' [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinism]] in him. That said, Koshimizu's "world of myriad gods" sees the restored gods at each other's throats, resulting in renewed conflict across the world.]] |
| 636 | * MirrorBoss: [[spoiler:His Nahobino form is much closer to the protagonist's than Nuwa's or Abdiel's resembling a man in a bodysuit with glowing blue TronLines and fighting with a bladed weapon. He even shares some of the same Skills.]] |
| 637 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Compared to Abdiel and her KnightTemplar tendencies, Koshimizu always stands for the heroes and seems to have the best of intentions in mind, keeping them informed of the situation at Bethel. [[spoiler:This ends when he starts pursuing his own goals, which will make him take out anyone that stands in his way.]] |
| 638 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Tsukuyomi's human form, and wants to take the Throne for himself.]] |
| 639 | * SecretCharacter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] [[spoiler:Unlike fellow alignment representatives Abdiel and Nuwa, Tsukuyomi isn't unlocked for fusion after beating the game, probably because you never encounter him as a demon.]] |
| 640 | * SharpDressedMan: Wears an impeccable three-piece black suit. {{Justified|Trope}}, since he is the prime minister of Japan. |
| 641 | * SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:With his brother Aogami/Susano-o, if you oppose him.]] |
| 642 | * SinisterScythe: In his [[spoiler:Nahobino form, he wields a large scythe with a blue, crescent moon-like blade.]] |
| 643 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:He looks extremely similar to his brother Aogami / Susano-o, only with black hair instead of blue.]] |
| 644 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[spoiler:His eyes briefly become this right before he fuses with Yuzuru on any route.]] |
| 645 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: He is only allied with Abdiel and the other Bethel branches due to their shared desire to restore Da'at to a version of the previous world. He however would rather a Japanese god take the Throne of Creator rather than let one of the other branch's heads take the Throne or allow the old Creator's order to be restored. |
| 646 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's pretty hard to talk about him without bringing up the fact that [[spoiler:he's actually the human form of Tsukuyomi, the Amatsukami moon god and [=Susano-o/Aogami's=] brother]]. |
| 647 | * WeakButSkilled: Compared to the other [[spoiler:Nahobino battles Tsukuyomi is notably held back having only one press turn, however ''Yabusame Shot'' being a piercing attack that guarentees crits along with his ''Replication'' skills making it easier for him to make up the difference by increasing how many turns he has]]. |
| 648 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:If you choose to join him, he is defeated by Abdiel and Dazai in a cutscene.]] Inverted for him if you choose to join [[spoiler:Abidel and Dazai, where he and Yuzuru will kill them instead.]] |
| 649 | [[/folder]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[folder:Abdiel '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 652 | !!Abdiel |
| 653 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (JP), Creator/CissyJones (EN) |
| 654 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abdiel_render.png]] |
| 655 | [[caption-width-right:350:Archangel of Bethel]] |
| 656 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Fallen form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fallenabdielmodelsmt5.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 657 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Nahobino form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abdiel.PNG]][[/labelnote]] |
| 658 | ->"Bethel will have no mercy for one who violates the will of God."\ |
| 659 | |
| 660 | An archangel who oversees Bethel's headquarters. Stern and uncompromising, she will eradicate anyone who dares to threaten the order of Bethel through sheer force. She is fervently devoted to God and will ensure his will is upheld, no matter the cost. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * AntiMutiny: Eventually rebels against the other angels in frustration with their refusal to restore God's order in favor of following their code after Dazai and Lucifer encourage her. |
| 663 | * CastingAShadow: Her Fallen form uses Dark attacks in contrast to her Herald form using Light. |
| 664 | * ChainmailBikini: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She has various decorations that make it look like she's wearing an armored swimsuit that leaves her stomach, neck, thighs, and upper arms completely unprotected. However, she is in fact a metal angel whose entire body is made of the same near-unbreakable material as her "armor". |
| 665 | * ClimaxBoss: Her defeat at the hands of the Nahobino at the Bethel meeting marks the end of the TeethClenchedTeamwork of Bethel, since every leader starts chasing after their own goals. She's also this in every route where you oppose her, killing your allies and being the first Nahobino you fight and the last boss before the [[FinalBoss final bosses]]. |
| 666 | * CognizantLimbs: Her Nahobino form has two limbs that act separately. The Depraved Arm uses physical attacks, while the Depraved Wing supports the main body with Makarakarn and Luster Candy. |
| 667 | * CoolSword: She wields a long, golden sword similar in shape to a Christian crucifix. She drops it after becoming a fallen angel. |
| 668 | * CowboyCop: Her becoming a Fallen Angel is essentially the celestial equivalent of this trope: Realizing that the only to restore God's order is to become a Nahobino while simultaneously being incapable of doing so as an angel, she willingly becomes a demon to create a world to which uphold's the principles of Law. |
| 669 | * TheCorruptor: Albeit not intentionally. Her continued interactions with Ichiro make the latter devoted to her, seeing her as a source of inspiration. Unfortunately, this also causes him to believe in her ideals as well. It's also implied that half the reason Ichiro becomes so quick to side with her, despite having only known her for a few days, is because he has her Knowledge. |
| 670 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Well, for a relative given of "evil". Upon becoming a Fallen Angel, Abdiel's tanned skin and gold armor turn ashen gray and black respectively, but she still retains her friendship with Ichiro and genuinely wants humanity to live peacefully. She only believes it can be done by living under God's rule and free will is non-existent. |
| 671 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off as a cold and uncompromising hardass, but her interactions with Ichiro slowly and steadily have her warm up to the boy. Which helps her near the end, as she willingly becomes a FallenAngel to also become a Nahobino with Ichiro, and if the protagonist sides with her, she becomes considerably more amicable towards him as well. |
| 672 | * DeliberatelyBadExample: She has one in her fellow archangel Camael, who questions why Abdiel is keeping the Nahobino alive and attacks him in a sidequest. Compared to him, Abdiel seems more reasonable, even after she tries to kill the Nahobino. |
| 673 | * TheExtremistWasRight: She is completely right in thinking that the god allies of Bethel aren't trustworthy - pretty much every one of them abandons Bethel as soon as they realize the God of Law is really dead and they want to be the ones who rebuild the world. She ends up becoming the demon half of Dazai's Nahobino form to stop the gods from remaking it in their image instead of God's order. |
| 674 | * FacialHorror: Her descent into demonhood caps off with her head splitting in half while a new demonic one sprouts from underneath. The two halves of her old face just hang there on her shoulders staring blankly. |
| 675 | * FallenAngel: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; she willingly becomes a demon in order to realize her desire to uphold God's order, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight despite that same order saying she and the other angels are not allowed to interfere themselves]]. |
| 676 | * GenderFlip: Abdiel is generally described as male in ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' and other works, but is depicted here as female much like the more prominent Gabriel. |
| 677 | * GiantWoman: A massive female angel who towers above the human cast. |
| 678 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: She's clad in gold armor, one of the highest-ranking authorities within Bethel, was effectively put in charge of heaven's forces after the Four Archangels fell, and is in charge of defending Bethel HQ. She loses the "gold" part when she becomes a Fallen Angel. |
| 679 | * HighCollarOfDoom: The topmost part of her armor is a golden collar vaguely shaped like two pairs of angel wings that towers over her head. |
| 680 | * HornsOfVillainy: Her new demonic head as a fallen angel sports a particular devilish set of horns and they're retained in her Nahobino form. |
| 681 | * HumblePie: Takes the blunt of this during the Bethel Summit, where Khonsu, Zeus, Odin, Shiva[[note]]Not physically present; he didn't care about the meeting so he sent Vasuki in his place[[/note]] and Tsukuyomi's TeethClenchedTeamwork ends. Zeus and Odin told her that her God was dead (something that the Bethel ranks deny), and Khonsu throws sarcastic insults at her, asking her why is there even a Nahobino in the meeting room if the Creator was still alive. This led to her attempting to kill the protagonist for proof but failed, and Bethel breaks up entirely since the five Gods believe that her failure to kill the Nahobino meant that she couldn't uphold God's order, and Dazai has to convince her to become a Nahobino with him and take the throne. |
| 682 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Averted. She becomes half of a Nahobino fusion with Dazai, but the experience is eye-opening to her and she's notably more civil and forgiving of the protagonist's existence from then on. |
| 683 | * KnightTemplar: As is to be expected from a Law-aligned demon. In fact, she's an even ''bigger'' templar than the rest of her kind, as they would rather replace the Creator with another while maintaining free will whereas she would keep god's order intact and remove free will outright. Unfortunately, there is no way to side with the more reasonable angels in this, as the Restore God's Order route has you team up with her, as she is the only one willing to accept the existence of herself as a Nahobino to fight for harmony. The saving grace is that a chaos aligned Nahobino and ''Lucifer'' can accept the decision, with an implication that the Nahobino is a far kinder ruler as well as having restored those who died, which may include those Abidel damned for death, it's likely to be a bit more mellow as per Abdiel's own development into a more humble character. |
| 684 | * LeotardOfPower: Her armor looks like a leotard (albeit one with a massive CleavageWindow extending down to her navel) and she is indeed a very powerful angel in service to God. |
| 685 | * LighterAndSofter: Downplayed, but while she is a KnightTemplar, she's also genuinely kind to Dazai and is portrayed as friendlier to humans than Law generally is; she genuinely thinks removing TheEvilsOfFreeWill will help humanity, desiring harmony above all else. As well as being entirely valid in her suspicions of other Bethel members. After she falls, she recognizes her own hypocrisy, and becomes more polite to the protagonist, and in her route hopes that if Tsukuyomi is defeated, Atsuta will surrender peacefully. Notably, her ending is one of the few Law-flavored ones where genocide ''doesn't'' happen, and in fact the ending narration implies humanity is fully at peace and the Nahobino is clearly the happiest here. |
| 686 | * LightIsNotGood: She may be an angel, but as far as she is concerned, demons and enemies of Bethel are to be cut down without hesitation. In fact, she's worse than other angels, who are later revealed to have decided that God's order was too strict and wish to use Bethel to create a world where free will and a TopGod both exist; she wants to eliminate TheEvilsOfFreeWill entirely. In the Restore God's Order route, you help her out, but it's implied the Nahobino is ''still'' governing with a lighter hand than she would have, which is fitting for her post-HumblePie development to someone more trusting. |
| 687 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Even with [[EvenEvilHasStandards every other angel]] saying that the original God of Law's rule was too harsh and that humans deserve to have free will, Abdiel still adheres to His will, even the standard TheEvilsOfFreeWill ideology of Law He perpetuated. |
| 688 | * OneWingedAngel: As monstrous as her Fallen form already is, becoming a Nahobino with the Knowledge Dazai holds within him transforms her into a massive [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur-esque]] creature with a beastly lower body resembling some 4-legged behemoth. Meanwhile she has a more humanoid but still monstrous upper body with several horns sticking out of her head. All covered in a red armor-like material somewhat similar to suit that the protagonist wears in Nahobino form. She's also accompanied by a clawed hand and large wing in this form. |
| 689 | * PetTheDog: Is the nicest Bethel member to Dazai, which ends up massively helping her in the long term. |
| 690 | * PlayingWithFire: Uses Fire spells when fought as a boss, and even has a [[SecretAIMoves unique Fire spell]] in her Nahobino form. Oddly, this is completely averted in both of her playable forms. |
| 691 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She was initially hellbent on ensuring God's will was upheld and refused to accept any sort of compromise. When it becomes clear that God is dead and she lacks the power to enforce His ideals, Abdiel willingly becomes a FallenAngel and join with Ichiro to be a Nahobino -- a taboo decreed by God. As far as Abdiel is concerned, she'll break as many rules of God's as she needs to if it means she can restore His order. |
| 692 | * SecretCharacter: She is unlocked for fusion either by beating the game once or by siding with her and Ichiro (in which case a copy of Abdiel's Herald form joins your party). She comes in both her Herald and Fallen form, and in order to fuse her Fallen form, you must first fuse her Herald form. |
| 693 | * SelfPunishmentOverFailure: She put tattoos of prison bars on her arms and legs as a constant reminder of how she considered siding with Lucifer when he rebelled. Ironically, she rebels later in the story, albeit [[AntiMutiny to do her job properly]]. |
| 694 | * SheIsTheKing: In the English version, her subordinates address her as "Master Abdiel," whereas in Japanese, they the extremely formal gender-neutral [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics honorific "-sama"]]. |
| 695 | * ShoutOut: |
| 696 | ** Abdiel is perhaps most prominently known for their major role in Creator/JohnMilton's ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', which is also the book the protagonist is reading in the first trailer. |
| 697 | ** Her Nahobino form is extremely similar to [[{{Franchise/Devilman}} Sirene and Kaim's combined form]]. |
| 698 | * SignatureMove: Light's Descent, a severe Light attack to all enemies. Her Fallen form has Fallen Destroyer, a severe Dark attack to all enemies. |
| 699 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Her Herald form has these, but her Nahobino form is the only Nahobino that ''doesn't'' have golden eyes, instead retaining the red eyes of her Fallen form. |
| 700 | * TheUnfought: Her FallenAngel form is never fought directly. |
| 701 | * TheWorfEffect: If you choose to join her and Dazai, she is defeated by Koshimizu and Yuzuru in a cutscene. Inverted for her in every other route, where she and Dazai will either kill Yuzuru and Koshimizu or Yakumo. |
| 702 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Although she was a high-ranking angel, the Law faction's leadership at the time of Armageddon were the Seraphim. When all four were slain, Abdiel was left as the highest authority within their ranks. |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:Zeus]] |
| 706 | !!Zeus |
| 707 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/SubaruKimura (JP), Creator/KirkThornton (EN) |
| 708 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zeus_0.png]] |
| 709 | [[caption-width-right:350:God of Bethel Greece]] |
| 710 | ->"I'm sick of hearing babble from that winged wench and her automations."\ |
| 711 | |
| 712 | A demon aligned with Bethel and the one in charge of its Greece branch. |
| 713 | ---- |
| 714 | * AdvertisedExtra: Despite the importance his position at Bethel might suggest, Zeus is ultimately nothing more than a boss the Nahobino faces [[spoiler:in order to reach the Empyrean Throne, though he does make a reappearance in Demeter's questline]]. |
| 715 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: [[spoiler:In his second fight, he reveals that he fought alongside the previous bearer of his Knowledge, Dhul-Qarnayn... better known as ''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat.'']] |
| 716 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has one made out of lightning and one more traditional arm blade. |
| 717 | * BladeSpam: One of his unique skills is Keraunos, a rapid series of slashes with his arm blades. |
| 718 | * BloodKnight: He's easily one of the more battle-hungry demons in Da'at, which shows when he happily challenges the Nahobino for a fight. [[spoiler:The fact that the Nahobino actually managed to defeat him makes Zeus believe he's a worthy substitute since the human with his Knowledge died before he could find them.]] |
| 719 | * DualityMotif: His right side is solid white, similar to a marble statue, while his left side is black and demonic. While Zeus was a highly respected TopGod by the Greeks, his actions are regarded as being ''highly'' questionable by modern standards, explaining the drastic split. |
| 720 | * GracefulLoser: Not quite the first time you fight him for his key. He gripes that if he had been able to become a Nahobino like you, he would have done better but he does concede that you won his key before he retreats. [[spoiler:Fully played straight if you defeat him in an optional rematch. All he can do is laugh at how strong you are and acknowledge that even if he had become a Nahobino, he would have been very hard pressed to defeat you. He then acknowledges that you have the right to take the Throne before dissolving into Magatsuhi.]] |
| 721 | * HotBlooded: Comes off this way compared to the other Bethel leaders; he speaks surprisingly casually, for a god of such standing. |
| 722 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: He finds the Nahobino's strength and combat prowess to be nothing short of awe-inspiring. [[spoiler:So much so that, in Demeter's questline, he wants to fuse with the Nahobino rather than wait for the next human with his Knowledge to be born.]] |
| 723 | * PetTheDog: In the DLC quest "Goddess in Training", he tells Artemis not to feel so pitiful about her loss against the Nahobino and instead encourages her to continue her training and get stronger. If the Nahobino has him in his party, he'll even ask him to look after Artemis. |
| 724 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Unlike Vasuki and Odin, he chooses to flee after your battle with him over his key rather than fight to the death. [[spoiler:He does return at the conclusion of Demeter's questline at the end of the game where he tries to subjugate you to be his Knowledge, and he fights to the bitter end this time.]] |
| 725 | * SignatureMove: Has three: |
| 726 | ** ''Keraunos'', a severe Electric attack to one foe that pierces through Electric resistance, and scales off Zeus's Strength stat. |
| 727 | ** ''Madness Glint'', an Almighty attack that hits multiple foes, and may inflict [[PowerNullifier Seal]]. |
| 728 | ** ''Panta Spane'', a Physical attack to all foes that lowers their Attack and Defense. |
| 729 | * TwoFaced: His entire body is split down the middle in black and white on the right and left respectively. |
| 730 | * VillainRespect: He considers the Nahobino to be a WorthyOpponent and a living testament to the powers all demons should strive to have, even making him seek the human carrying his Knowledge so he can return to being a Nahobino as well. [[spoiler:After discovering the human carrying his Knowledge is dead and losing a fight to the Nahobino, he decides the latter would make a better partner.]] |
| 731 | * XanatosGambit: It isn't apparent until near the end of the game, and it's only revealed in a sidequest, but [[spoiler:he tasked Demeter with taking the Nahobino's soul under the guise of sending him off to fight a group of powerful Tyrant demons. If the Nahobino died fighting, Demeter could collect his soul and he'd be able to study it. If he killed the Tyrants, then Bethel would have fewer problems to worry about]]. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Demeter jumps ship]] and thinks the Nahobino is more worthy of changing the world than Zeus is at the end of her questline and reveals his plot]]. |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | [[folder:Khonsu]] |
| 735 | !!Khonsu |
| 736 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JP), Creator/RyanColtLevy (EN) |
| 737 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/khonsu.png]] |
| 738 | [[caption-width-right:300:Moon God of Bethel Egypt]] |
| 739 | ->"See for yourself the Creator's "almighty" handiwork. See how the earth's inhabitants lament their injustices and buckle under misfortune."\ |
| 740 | |
| 741 | A demon aligned with Bethel and the one in charge of its Egyptian branch. Unlike his fellow leaders, he has no plans for the Empyrean throne. |
| 742 | ---- |
| 743 | * AdvertisedExtra: Khonsu is featured on the game's cover, but in the actual story, he doesn't actually do that much [[spoiler:save for a lategame sidequest involving Miyazu.]] |
| 744 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Not unlike other demons with colorful skin tones, Khonsu has dark green skin. However, this isn't artistic license, but how Khonsu is typically depicted in [[ShownTheirWork Egyptian art]]. [[spoiler:His skin turns red when he becomes Khonsu Ra.]] |
| 745 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Abdiel proclaims that God is still alive or is at the very least recovering and the Condemnation remains intact, [[spoiler:Khonsu not only points out that the Nahobino's mere existence contradicts her claims, but even goes so far to ask whether God all but named him His successor.]] |
| 746 | * AscendedExtra: Khonsu was a low-level demon with zero plot relevance in ''VideoGame/DevilSummoner'', but he plays an important role in this game as one of the Bethel demon leaders. |
| 747 | * TheBusCameBack: This game marks Khonsu's first appearance in the franchise after only appearing in ''Devil Summoner'' and ''[[VideoGame/DevilChildren Card Summoner]]'', the latter being released in 2001, being absent for '''twenty''' years. |
| 748 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: He calls Amon, his father, by name, when declaring that he can no longer call the latter his father. |
| 749 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: [[spoiler:Once his sidequest chain is completed, Khonsu allows the Nahobino to summon him through special fusion, which includes both his base form and his Ra form.]] |
| 750 | * {{Foil}}: He's one to [[spoiler:Koshimizu[=/=]Tsukuyomi, since both of them are moon gods who had their power stripped and both of them gain help from a family member to get what they want. The main differences are that Khonsu actually cared about his father Amon[=/=]Ra and was given what he needed in a desparate attempt to deify Miyazu [[InterspeciesRomance so they can be together]]; meanwhile Koshimizu only saw Yuzuru as a means to an end and exploited his brother Aogami[=/=]Susano-o to claim the Empyrean Throne for the myriad gods.]] |
| 751 | * GoodCounterpart: To [[spoiler:Lahmu. Both have an obsession with the humans carrying their Knowledge, but Khonsu's is born from genuine affection and doesn't see her as a tool, even giving up his claim for the Empyrean throne so Miyazu can live a healthy life, [[LoveMakesYouStupid even if his way of going about it leaves much to be desired]]]]... |
| 752 | * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:He falls in love with Miyazu, and wants to make her into a god by offering his own life in exchange.]] |
| 753 | * LoveMakesYouStupid: Why Isis asks you to deal with him. [[spoiler:While Khonsu's goals are well-meaning and wants Miyazu to live a prosperous life, his idea is to sacrifice himself and make her a god despite her protests and the implications of such a transformation. Thankfully, the Nahobino and Miyazu can help make him see reason.]] |
| 754 | * LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:While Miyazu is his missing half that would allow him to become a Nahobino, Miyazu is so frail that her soul would be extinguished from the fusion alone -- and unlike Lahmu's twisted obssession with Sahori, Khonsu genuinely loves Miyazu. Though he has to be stopped from [[LoveMakesYouStupid going too far in the other direction]], his desire for Miyazu to live ultimately drives him to abandon the race for the Throne before the player even fights him.]] |
| 755 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After taking the Winged Sun Crest from the defeated Amon, he uses the power within it and Horus's Head to become Khonsu Ra.]] |
| 756 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the only one of Bethel's branch heads besides Hayao who isn't ''solely'' interested in becoming TopGod, and is the one to diffuse the tension at the summit when the others start questioning Bethel's necessity. However, he makes it no secret he disapproves of Bethel's current situation at the summit, [[spoiler:he's the one to deliver the ArmorPiercingQuestion that leads to Bethel's dissolution, and is all too happy to see it happen.]] |
| 757 | * SinisterScimitar: Wields a khopesh, a curved ancient Egyptian sword that was derived from a battle axe. |
| 758 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Assuming players don't kill him during his questline, Khonsu is the last surviving demon within Bethel after the Nahobino kills the other branch leaders to make for the Empyrean throne, as he's long since dropped from the race and has no desire to become the next Creator.]] |
| 759 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Aside from the wraps on his abs, he goes topless. |
| 760 | [[/folder]] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | [[folder:Vasuki]] |
| 763 | !!Vasuki |
| 764 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/FuminoriKomatsu (JP), Nardeep Khurmi (EN) |
| 765 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vasuki_3.png]] |
| 766 | [[caption-width-right:350:Buddhist Snake of Bethel India]] |
| 767 | ->"A time of great undoing is upon us. The word of Lord Shiva has been spoken."\ |
| 768 | |
| 769 | A demon aligned with Bethel and Shiva's second-in-command in the Bethel India branch. He attends the parademonic summit in Shiva's stead while the latter prepares for the world's inevitable end. |
| 770 | ---- |
| 771 | * AdvertisedExtra: This is the first time in the franchise where Vasuki gets any story significance, with his most prominent role previously being the first boss of the final dungeon of the first ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''. Sadly, Vasuki ends up having as much significance to the plot as any other Bethel leader that isn't Koshimizu or Abdiel. |
| 772 | * TheDragon: During the Bethel summit, he was sent by Shiva as proxy since, according to his words, his master couldn't even care less about it. |
| 773 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: He has three pairs of arms, and while he's not as dangerous as his master, he's a challenging late-game boss. |
| 774 | * SmugSnake: Not only does he have a snake-like appearance, but he oozes with contempt for virtually anyone outside of Bethel India. |
| 775 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Shiva, naturally. |
| 776 | [[/folder]] |
| 777 | |
| 778 | [[folder:Shiva]] |
| 779 | !!Shiva |
| 780 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EijiHanawa (JP), William C. Stephens (EN) |
| 781 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_6590.jpg]] |
| 782 | [[caption-width-right:350:Destroyer God of Bethel India]] |
| 783 | ->"The world should not be created by a given being. Rather, it is the beings that should be created by the world."\ |
| 784 | |
| 785 | A demon aligned with Bethel and is in charge of its India branch. He is ''SMTV'''s resident superboss. |
| 786 | ---- |
| 787 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's one of the {{Top God}}s of his pantheon, is in charge of one of Bethel's branches, and is immensely powerful, as the Nahobino himself will learn if he picks a fight with him. |
| 788 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Some of Shiva's animations might look pretty silly at first glance, but he's the strongest enemy in the game, second only to the Demi-fiend, for a ''reason.'' |
| 789 | * BraggingRightsReward: As stated below, beating him means you get the right to fuse him as well as earn his essense for Apotheosis. However, doing so means you're strong enough to barrel your way through the rest of the game already. This trope is technically subverted, as the Demi-fiend in the DLC is even tougher and Shiva is really helpful if you want to fight him. |
| 790 | * DanceBattler: He is shown to dance in his idle animations in battle. |
| 791 | * FlunkyBoss: Shiva will summon many other Hindu gods and demons throughout the fight, usually using his second turn to summon them. |
| 792 | * GracefulLoser: He takes his loss against the Nahobino surprisingly well, calling their bout a "splendid dance" and while he does warn the Nahobino that the "Rudra" can appear in many forms, he tells him to overcome them all. |
| 793 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: He has two sets of arms, and he ''will'' kick your ass if you aren't prepared. |
| 794 | * MythologyGag: Among the demons he summons into battle with him are Ganesha, Parvati, and Kali, all of whom share a connection with Shiva: Parvati is his wife, Ganesha is his and Parvati's son, and Kali is his consort goddess, as well as the fierce aspect of Durga, who is also an aspect of Parvati. |
| 795 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Out of all the Bethel branch leaders, he's the only one content with sitting around and letting Vasuki handle things in his stead. This is because he's preparing for Da'at's inevitable destruction and gathers Magatsuhi for that purpose, charging his Rudra technique and fulfilling his role as a god of destruction. It's only when the Nahobino comes looking for a fight that he gets off his throne. |
| 796 | * PurposelyOverpowered: Defeating him earns you the right to fuse him, and at level 96, sky-high Strength and Magic above 100, and absurdly powerful attacks, he's easily the strongest fuseable demon in the game. Of course, that requires you to be strong enough to even ''defeat'' [[{{Superboss}} him]] in the first place. |
| 797 | * ShootTheMedicFirst: After losing enough health, Shiva will summon Ananta in addition to his normal rotation of allies. If Ananta is allowed to take two turns, he will cast Mediarama, which is so potent that it will heal well over half of Shiva's max HP, forcing players to focus Ananta down whenever Shiva summons him. |
| 798 | * ShownTheirWork: The pose he strikes when casting Tandava is taken directly from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataraja brass statues]] depicting him as the Nataraja, or Lord of the Dance. |
| 799 | * SignatureMove: This game gives him a powerful unique Almighty spell named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandava Tandava]] that severely damages foes while dropping their defenses to rock bottom regardless of any prior buffs. |
| 800 | * {{Superboss}}: He's not a mandatory story boss, which will make you breathe a sigh of relief when you fight him as he is one of the most difficult enemies in the game, second only to the Demi-fiend. [[spoiler:He is, however, mandatory to defeat as one of the requirements to unlock the hidden fourth ending.]] |
| 801 | * VillainRespect: He develops a high opinion of the Nahobino after their battle, believing him to be capable of overcoming any form of devastation and calamity. |
| 802 | [[/folder]] |
| 803 | |
| 804 | [[folder:Odin]] |
| 805 | !!Odin |
| 806 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/AtsushiMiyauchi (JP), Creator/KeithSilverstein (EN) |
| 807 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/odin_47.png]] |
| 808 | [[caption-width-right:350:Norse God of Bethel North Europe]] |
| 809 | ->"How could you have broken the shackles that bind us?"\ |
| 810 | |
| 811 | A demon aligned with Bethel and is in charge of its Northern European branch. |
| 812 | ---- |
| 813 | * AdvertisedExtra: Odin was the very first figure, and only one, ever seen when this game was first officially announced in 2017, but his role in the story is not that of a big player. |
| 814 | * CreepyCrows: Has a four eyed raven perched on his left hand, likely a combination of [[CleverCrows Huginn and Muninn.]] |
| 815 | * FindTheCure: Well, not ''cure'' ''per se'', but once he and the other gods of Bethel learn God ''is'' dead thanks to the Nahobino's mere existence, he orders his valkyries to go out and find the human carrying his Knowledge so he can become a Nahobino himself and regain his former strength. |
| 816 | * GodhoodSeeker: Like the other gods, he longs to [[spoiler:regain his past divinity as a Nahobino]], but he does seem particularly single-minded about it, even compared to other gods. |
| 817 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: Like Abdiel, he's clad in gold armor, is the TopGod in his pantheon, and is the one in charge of one of Bethel's branches. |
| 818 | * {{Irony}}: He sends his Valkyrie out to find the human with his Knowledge while he hangs out and waits. As revealed only a bit before his fight, the way to find one's Knowledge involves physically looking at the human who has it, meaning Odin cannot possibly succeed in finding his Knowledge by relying on proxies to do the searching for him. |
| 819 | * JavelinThrower: Odin can hurl that massive spear at an enemy with his ''Gungnir'' attack, inflicting tremendous damage. |
| 820 | * ReformedButNotTamed: While you can summon Odin to be on your side after defeating him, a demon conversation between him and a Valkyrie reveals that he is still asking them to guide worthy warriors to Valhalla for his own goals, with you acting as a worthy distraction. |
| 821 | * SignatureMove: Gungnir, a severe Physical attack that pierces through resistances. |
| 822 | * VillainRespect: Like many demons, he develops a high opinion of the Nahobino after [[spoiler:delivering Abdiel her HumblePie]], and upon his defeat, urges him to take the Empyrean Throne and create a new world. |
| 823 | [[/folder]] |
| 824 | |
| 825 | !Other Characters |
| 826 | [[folder:God of Law/The Creator]] |
| 827 | !!God |
| 828 | The Creator of Da'at and leader of the forces of heaven. |
| 829 | ---- |
| 830 | ->As this character [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not be YHVH]], see [[Characters.ShinMegamiTenseiYHVH His page]] for more information. |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Goko]] |
| 834 | !!Goko |
| 835 | !!!Voiced by: Creator/KentaMiyake (JP), Creator/RegiDavis (EN) |
| 836 | A mysterious monk traveling affiliated with Bethel. He first appears before the Nahobino after he slew the Hydra. |
| 837 | ---- |
| 838 | * AllPowerfulBystander: He's never actually seen fighting on-screen, but when the protagonist and Aogami arrive at Jozoji Temple they find the area littered with demon corpses and Goko himself is uninjured, implying he holds a great deal of power. [[spoiler:Given that he's actually Amitabha, his job only requires the bare minimum of intervention and helps in maintaining the barrier around Tokyo while waiting for a Nahobino to claim the Throne of Creation and announce them as the new Creator.]] |
| 839 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has red skin, though it's ambiguous if he's a demon or something else. |
| 840 | * TheCavalryArrivesLate: Justified. Goko initially wanted to intervene and help the Nahobino when he's attacked by the Hydra, but stayed his hand when he saw he was capable of handling the situation by himself. |
| 841 | * ChekhovsGunman: Who would have thought that the monk who keeps showing up just watching things happen [[spoiler:is also the guy waiting to announce a new Creator]]? |
| 842 | * GodWasMyCopilot: [[spoiler:His true identity is that of Amitabha, a celestial Buddha who has been watching over the world in wait for someone worthy to finally claim the Throne of Creation and remake the world]]. |
| 843 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:Should the Nahobino choose to destroy the throne, Goko reacts with shock and horror, lamenting that chaos will continue to consume the world.]] |
| 844 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: An inversion. He has very little bearing on the plot and rarely shows himself, sticking more to the sidelines and watching things unfold. [[spoiler:This is because he's an observer whose job is to see if a Nahobino is capable of taking the Empyrean Throne and declaring their new world order.]] |
| 845 | [[/folder]] |
| 846 | |
| 847 | [[folder:Miman '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']] |
| 848 | !!Miman |
| 849 | A race of tiny red creatures that are scattered all over Da'at, that work for Gustave. He tasks the player with finding all 200 of them, and gives prizes for every five you find. They seem to know a lot about the human world for some reason. |
| 850 | ---- |
| 851 | * AmbiguousGender: They all have the same design and high-pitched androgynous voices, although a few of them have a cloth wrapped around their torso, implying that it's a makeshift bikini and they are female. |
| 852 | * ClippedWingAngel: Every Miman you see was the result of a failed attempt at becoming a Nahobino. Several of them see you and lament that they tried too soon. |
| 853 | * FusionDance: A human-demon fusion. |
| 854 | * PrecisionFStrike: One Miman who's found in Asakusa, in one of the harder-to-reach areas, complains about having to go back to Gustave after how long it took to get over there, and concludes with, "Bullshit!" |
| 855 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about them without giving away the twist they used to be humans. |
| 856 | * WasOnceAMan: All of them have human souls, and several remember their lives as ordinary humans. |
| 857 | [[/folder]] |
| 858 | |
| 859 | !''Vengeance'' |
| 860 | [[folder:Qadištu]] |
| 861 | !!Qadištu |
| 862 | A group of four demonesses led by Lilith, said to be gods of vengence. |
| 863 | ---- |
| 864 | * AmazonBrigade: They consist entirely of demonic women, and are powerful enough to put Bethel on high alert. |
| 865 | * BigBadDuumvirate: They serve as the primary antagonists of the new ''Canon of Vengeance'' storyline. |
| 866 | * CombinationAttack: They are shown in a trailer to be able to use the attack "Qadištu Entropy" when all four are together. |
| 867 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Bethel. While the various branches of Bethel were held together by nothing but their mutual interests and fear of the God of Law and immediately going for each others throats the moment they had proof he was dead, the Qadištu are a genuine team working towards a singular goal. For added emphasis, all the leaders of Bethel were male gods that fought independently while the Qadištu is composed of female demons that fight together. |
| 868 | * FourIsDeath: The Qadištu seems to comprise of four members, all of which are capable of inflicting severe casualties. At least one of them kills a few humans in an instant before ordering a Glasya-Labolas to kill the rest. |
| 869 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: All members have a pair of black angel wings, representing their fallen status and alliance to each other. |
| 870 | * MeaningfulName: Twofold. "Qadištu" is an Akkadian term used for women of low social status, and in Old Babylonian society, they were women defined by their relationships with men or male deities with restricted sexual freedoms. Like other demons in ''V'', the Qadištu were former gods debased into demons after the God of Law became the Creator and consists entirely [[AmazonBrigade of women]]. |
| 871 | * RedRightHand: While the Qadištu is comprised of [[MsFanservice beautiful demons]], their designs all incorperate a grotesque element to show their inner corruption; Lilith has holes in her body, Naamah's body is split between woman and abomination, Eisheth has blackened skin and claws, and Agrat has the body of a doll. |
| 872 | * {{Revenge}}: Tying into the ''Canon of Vengeance'''s CentralTheme, the Qadištu are demons who felt they have been wronged by the world and now seek retribution by returning to the world to its "natural form". WordOfGod reinforces this by having the Qadištu (or more accurately Lilith) represent the "snake god" who was defeated and oppressed by the "bull god". |
| 873 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Mother Goddesses from ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]''; like the Mother Goddesses, the Qadištu are demonic women who lost a significant portion of their power thanks to the forces of Law and now seek to impose their own world order. For bonus points, the Qadištu are derived from mythological figures of high status (Eisheth Zenumin is said to be a princess who rules over Gamaliel, Naamah was one of the hundreds of wives and concubines of King Solomon and Agrat bat Mahlat is a "queen of demons" in Talmudic legend). |
| 874 | * VampiresHarem: While it remains to be seen if he appears in ''Vengeance'', the members of the Qadištu are also known as the Brides of Samael. Together they form a powerful alliance able to rival the forces of order and chaos. |
| 875 | [[/folder]] |
| 876 | |
| 877 | [[folder:Lilith]] |
| 878 | !!Lilith |
| 879 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/AtsukoTanaka (JP), Creator/KatelynGault (EN) |
| 880 | [[quoteright:605:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smt5v_lilith_artwork.png]] |
| 881 | ->"I, Lilith of the Qadištu, shall return this world to its true form."\ |
| 882 | |
| 883 | The first wife of Adam that was cast from paradise and became a demon. She is the leader of the Qadištu who appears before the Nahobino and Yoko in pursuit of an unknown agenda. |
| 884 | ---- |
| 885 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Lilith's last [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV major appearance]] saw her go from a hauntingly seductive nude woman with a snake to a bizarre monstrosity with segmented body parts. ''Vengeance'' returns her to a more human-looking form that is more conventionally attractive. |
| 886 | * ArtEvolution: Lilith receives a new design in ''Vengeance''; while mostly similar to her old design, she now sports red hair and black metallic wings. On a minor note, her snake is now dyed red. |
| 887 | * AscendedExtra: In the vanilla story, Lilith was a generic recruitable demon. In the new ''Canon of Vengeance'' storyline for the UpdatedRerelease, she not only receives an updated design but is now a main antagonist and leads her own faction. |
| 888 | * GaiasVengeance: Her signature skill ''Mother Earth'' calls upon her power to remove all debuffs from her allies and create a barrier that blocks all physical attacks. |
| 889 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Like Lahmu in the ''Canon of Creation'', she kills Tao just after she, Yoko, and the Nahobino kill Lahmu. It doesn't stick as Tao is revived almost immediately afterward.]] |
| 890 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: Downplayed. Lilith and her group make it clear they want to change the world "back to it's natural form", raging against the God of Law's broken world order for having oppressed and humiliated them in the past. That said, what little we've seen of her so far indicates claiming the now vacant Empyrean Throne is a low-priority and is more concerned gathering large amounts of magatsuhi. |
| 891 | * TheLeader: Lilith leads the Qadištu in their goal of reclaiming the world. |
| 892 | * MsFanservice: She's totally in the nude, with only her hair and markings covering her naughty bits, though like other demons with nude models, BarbieDollAnatomy is in full effect. |
| 893 | * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Lilith makes her proper introduction by [[spoiler:teleporting behind Tao and skewering both her and Sahori with her snake and harvesting their magatsuhi]] as the Nahobino and Yoko watch in horror. |
| 894 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: Gameplay previews and trailers imply she has a connection to Yoko Hiromine, telling her she will remind the girl how she too was wronged by the world. |
| 895 | [[/folder]] |
| 896 | |
| 897 | [[folder:Naamah]] |
| 898 | !!Naamah |
| 899 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShizukaIto (JP), Creator/KariWahlgren (EN) |
| 900 | [[quoteright:790:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naamah_1.png]] |
| 901 | ->“Now wail and lament! Your anguish shall become the Magatsuhi that I seek!"\ |
| 902 | |
| 903 | A member of the Qadištu feared as the Mother of all Demons, her beauty is so great that not even angels are able to resist her charms |
| 904 | ---- |
| 905 | * CharmPerson: Her signature skill ''Capitulate to Pleasure'' has the double effect of inflicting the charm ailment on all enemies and removing buffs by flaunting her less groteque assets in a slow, seductive manner. |
| 906 | * JigglePhysics: While they were present with other demons Naamah is notable for just how blatant it is and how and much attention she brings to it, primarily with her signature skill ''Capitulate to Pleasure''. |
| 907 | * MadEye: While her right eye could pass as an ordinary blue human one, her left eye is an unblinking red orb that betrays her true nature. |
| 908 | * MsFanservice: Alongside Cleopatra, she's one of the more sensual female demons, with gameplay previews even focusing [[MaleGaze her rear]]. Her unique skill "Capitulate to Pleasure" also sees her posing seductively. Fittingly, she's also TheVamp who charms not only humans and demons, but even angels as well. |
| 909 | * TwoFaced: Naamah's body is split between a beautiful woman wearing nothing but fishnet stockings on her arms and legs and a twisted demonic form. According to designer Masayuki Doi, this is to make her beautiful by the standards of both humans and demons. |
| 910 | * TheVamp: Described as a seductress that manages to charm humans, demons, and angels alike and considering she is part of a group of antagonist demons, she definitely has evil purposes. |
| 911 | [[/folder]] |
| 912 | |
| 913 | [[folder:Eisheth Zenunim]] |
| 914 | !!Eisheth Zenunim |
| 915 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/KimikoSaito (JP), Creator/AllegraClark (EN) |
| 916 | [[quoteright:790:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eisheth_1.png]] |
| 917 | ->“Now, tell me… what part of yourselves do you hate the most?"\ |
| 918 | |
| 919 | A demon of Judaism, Princess of the Qliphoth and member of the Qadištu. She tempts humans with promises of salvation only to steal and eat their souls. |
| 920 | ---- |
| 921 | * CreepyLongFingers: Her fingernails are longer than her fingers and sharp as knives. |
| 922 | * FalseProphet: She spouts about how she is the savior of humanity to the point she introduces herself as "the savior of humanity's souls", but her interests are focused only on herself. |
| 923 | * IHaveYourWife: She takes [[spoiler:Miyazu]] hostage and forces [[spoiler:her brother Yuzuru]] to fight the Nahobino. |
| 924 | * LiteralManeater: While the other members of the Qadištu slaughter humans to harvest their souls, Eisheth is the only one that enjoys killing them for their meat, [[SoulEating though she certainly has an interest in their souls as well]]. |
| 925 | * OverlyLongTongue: Has an incredibly long, black tongue with a hand on the end. |
| 926 | * ProphetEyes: Her eyes are blank white and is an eater of souls that tricks people into trusting her. |
| 927 | * SoulEating: With her special skill "Voracious Salvation" she rips the soul of her victim out with her tongue/hand and swallows it down with a smile. |
| 928 | [[/folder]] |
| 929 | |
| 930 | [[folder:Agrat bat Mahlat]] |
| 931 | !!Agrat bat Mahlat |
| 932 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ReinaUeda (JP), Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN) |
| 933 | [[quoteright:846:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agrat_1.png]] |
| 934 | ->"So I shall dispense a punishment. May your existence be lost to darkness."\ |
| 935 | |
| 936 | A member of the Qadištu known as the Queen of Demons and Mistress of Sorceresses. She is said to be "the demon who dances on the roof" that travels through the sky with messengers of destruction. |
| 937 | ---- |
| 938 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: In mythology, she is either the daughter or granddaughter of Lilith who leads Qadištu in ''Vengeance''. |
| 939 | * CreepyDoll: While she's one of the human looking members of the Qadištu, her joints resemble that of a toy. |
| 940 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: Befitting her title as the Mistress of Sorceresses, Agrat bat Mahlat is the member of the Qadištu that uses her mastery of magic in combat. |
| 941 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries with her a strange looking umbrella that act as a symbol of her status and similarly to a magic wand for her magic. |
| 942 | [[/folder]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | [[folder:Glasya-Labolas]] |
| 945 | !!Glasya-Labolas |
| 946 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smt5v_glasya_labolas_render.png]] |
| 947 | One of the 72 demons of the Ars Goetia and a servant of the Qadištu. |
| 948 | ---- |
| 949 | * ExorcistHead: It's able to turn it's head 180 degrees, but instead of turning horizontally it instead turns vertically, flipping around the mask it wears from a demonic smile to a bearded teacher. |
| 950 | * HollywoodChameleon: It's design incorperates a reptilian body into the design from the Ars Goetia as a reflection of its power over invisibility. |
| 951 | * InvisibleMonsters: It has the power to fade in and out of sight, allowing it to easily ambush humans. This power is taken directly from it's mythology, as it was said to grant the power of invisibility to humans it made contracts with. |
| 952 | * MenacingMask: It wears a golden mask that depicts a demonic SlasherSmile, but when it's head gets turned upside down it instead invokes the image of [[OldMaster a wise bearded man]]. |
| 953 | * OurGryphonsAreDifferent: Described as a dog with griffon wings, the design in ''Vengeance'' makes it more unnatrual giving it a mask and wings made of metal. |
| 954 | * SlasherSmile: Its mask is emblazoned with a massive grin, a terrifying sight as it slaughters innocent civilians. |
| 955 | * StealthHiBye: Glasya-Labolas frequently uses its power over invisibility, disappearing after it attacks and popping back up somewhere different. |
| 956 | [[/folder]] |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder:Yoko Hiromine]] |
| 959 | !!Yoko Hiromine |
| 960 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (JP), Creator/ErinYvette (EN) |
| 961 | [[quoteright:942:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smt5v_yoko_hiromine_artwork.png]] |
| 962 | ->"When trapped in a cycle... victims of abuse want only one thing. They want to take revenge."\ |
| 963 | |
| 964 | A mysterious girl from St. Marina Academy, who was recognized as a "saint" like Tao Isonokami for her powers of exorcism. She shows up to defend the Nahobino and Yuzuru Atsuta from being attacked by a Glasya-Labolas. |
| 965 | ---- |
| 966 | * ActionGirl: One of the rare human female characters who can hold her own in battle alongside the Nahobino. |
| 967 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Granted, little is known about Yoko's character and role in the game proper beyond becoming an ally of the Nahobino and Bethel, but in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGX0Y5BF10&ab_channel=MegamiButtCheeks thirty second trailer]] for the Canon of Vengeance storyline, a pair of mysterious voices warn the Nahobino not to get involved with her, with one claiming she will bring disaster and ruin. |
| 968 | * ApocalypseMaiden: There's something about Yoko that deems her a threat to the world that has earned her the interest of the Qadištu, and the ''Canon of Vengeance'' only happens because the Nahobino chose to allow her soul to exist despite being warned that she will bring nothing but chaos and ruin. |
| 969 | -->'''Unknown Voice:''' Stay your hand now. The soul of that girl cannot be permitted to exist. |
| 970 | * BadassNormal: For a given value of "normal" anyway. In gameplay previews, Yoko is shown to be able to cast spells without the need of the demon summoning program, further lending credence to her status as a "saint". |
| 971 | * BigDamnHeroes: Previews show her arriving just in time to help the Nahobino and Yuzuru deal with a Glasya-Labolas. |
| 972 | * ButterflyOfDoom: It's implied that the main thing that seperates the ''Canon of Creation'' and ''Canon of Vengeance'' is her mere existance, setting the world down a far darker path. |
| 973 | * TheCorruptor: Downplayed. She's not trying to corrupt Tao, but she does tell her that the best way to help Sahori would be to get rid of the problem directly, i.e. deal with her bullies. [[spoiler:Upon finding Sahori confronting her bullies, Tao takes Yoko's advice to heart and threatens to kill them. While she doesn't go through with it, it ''does'' make Sahori break free from Lahmu's influence]]. |
| 974 | * {{Foil}}: Previews and promotional materials make her out to be one for Tao, at least in regards to the latter in the ''Canon of Creation'' storyline. Both women are considered "saints" and possess supernatural abilities, but Yoko is more aloof and harsh. Tao, on the other hand, is kind and wants to help others. Prior to ''Vengeance'' and its new storyline, Tao played a supporting role and didn't directly assist the Nahobino [[spoiler:prior to her resurrection as Panagia Tao]], whereas Yoko can fight alongside the Nahobino in battle. |
| 975 | * GoodIsNotSoft: When Tao discusses Sahori's circumstances to the protagonist and questions what she can do to help her friend, Yoko advocates dealing with the source of the problem directly and get rid of the bullies, even if it means killing them. |
| 976 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Alongside the other main human characters, she can participate in battle as a "Guest" party member in the ''Canon of Vengeance'' storyline. |
| 977 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: DownplayedTrope, but she sports BoyishShortHair, wears a trench coat and has a rather deep voiced, and she's set up to be the feminine Nahobino's co-protagonist in the Canon of Vengeance route. |
| 978 | * NewTransferStudent: In a trailer, she is shown to have transferred to the Nahobino's class due to them now working together. |
| 979 | * PlayingWithFire: She seems to favour the Agi line of spells, and unlike Yuzuru who needs to summon a demon she can cast it herself. |
| 980 | [[/folder]] |
| 981 | |
| 982 | [[folder:Mastema]] |
| 983 | !!Mastema |
| 984 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruTakagi (JP) Creator/DougErholtz (EN) |
| 985 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smt5v_mastema_render.png]] |
| 986 | ->"You shall smite the demons that array before you. The malevolent and unjust shall fall by your rightous hand."\ |
| 987 | |
| 988 | The angel of persecution and hostility who tests the hearts of mankind and their loyalty to God. A servant of Bethel that descends to Da'at after the Qadištu destroy the domain under his juristiction. |
| 989 | ---- |
| 990 | * TheBusCameBack: After being absent in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'', as well as having a very diminished role in ''IV'' proper outside of being an OptionalBoss in a Law playthrough, Mastema comes back to the forefront as an ally of the Nahobino in response to the immense threat the Qadištu pose. |
| 991 | * TheCavalry: He considers the Qadištu to be dangerous enough that he comes to provide the Japanese branch of Bethel his strength against them. |
| 992 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: While his wings are angelic in their design they're pure black, signifying that while he might be loyal to God he's far from trustworthy. |
| 993 | [[/folder]] |
| 994 | |
| 995 | !DLC Characters |
| 996 | [[folder:The Demi-fiend]] |
| 997 | !!The Demi-fiend |
| 998 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunyaEnoki (JP), Christian La Monte (EN) |
| 999 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_99ca7a5a59d572443e959e618f6b2c40.png]] |
| 1000 | [[caption-width-right:350:King of Chaos]] |
| 1001 | The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' and another OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who became a HalfHumanHybrid after being caught in his own AfterTheEnd Tokyo. Alongside the other Fiends and Pixie, he returns to challenge the Nahobino in the "Return of the True Demon" DLC. |
| 1002 | ---- |
| 1003 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In his appearances in other games the Demi-fiend is hostile and battle hungry, emphasised in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' where he's an arrogent hot head that dismisses the other messiahs and only works with them because their opponent is [[{{Superboss}} Stephen]]. In ''V'' while he sends the Fiends after the Nahobino his ultimate goal isn't to kill them but rather see if they'd be a worthy opponent, and should the Nahobino best him he conceeds defeat and allows them to wield his power, and in ''Vengeance'' he even joins the Nahobino in battle. |
| 1004 | * AIBreaker: He's rather stubborn about checking ''every'' new demon summoned into the fight, to the point of even ignoring his BerserkButton. Giving your entire set of demons a Physical immunity and sending a new one in every turn or two is a good way to make the Demi-fiend waste his turns. |
| 1005 | * ArcVillain: As much as a sidequest DLC can be considered an "arc" anyway. That the "Return of the True Demon" DLC happens at all is because the Demi-fiend wants to see if the Nahobino is a WorthyOpponent and sends the Fiends to challenge him. |
| 1006 | * ArtificialBrilliance: Demi-fiend prefers Physical attacks like Deadly Fury and Javelin Rain, and he will routinely check if anyone has a passive immunity to it. If the answer is yes, he will refrain from using Physical on those demons afterward and will switch to Freikugel and Chaotic Will if everyone is immune. (''Active'' immunities granted mid-fight [[BerserkButton are not advised]] unless you want to see the GameOver screen.) |
| 1007 | * BadassCrew: While the Demi-fiend does the heavy lifting damage-wise, his demons are a powerful and well-rounded bunch who are more than ready to back him up, and you underestimate them at your own peril. The majority of them have access to Luster Candy, Debilitate and ''Megidolaon'' before getting into specialties. Bonus points for all of them referencing his [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga previous]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne appearances]]. |
| 1008 | * BattleThemeMusic: Like in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'', he fights you to the beat of ''Nocturne'''s random encounter music. ''Unlike'' in ''Digital Devil Saga'' though, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BktkqrD1azo it gets a fairly rocking remix]]. |
| 1009 | * BerserkButton: Using the Attack Mirror item or casting Tetrakarn will trigger Demi-fiend to reply with an immediate Gaea Rage next turn, his signature ten-fold overkill TotalPartyKill. He will ''not'' do this for demons who have resistances built-in, however, which is a not-so-subtle nudge by the game to deck the party out in Physical resistances (though it sadly does not block Gaea Rage). |
| 1010 | * BloodKnight: Has shades of this. He doesn't really have a reason to make you fight the fiends other than to prove you are strong enough to face him. Even after you defeat him, he'll be happily waiting for you in case you want to fight again. |
| 1011 | * BraggingRightsReward: If you manage to defeat him, the toughest boss in the entire game, you'll get his essence, which gives you his overpowered signature skills and affinities. But again, you have to already be strong enough to beat the toughest boss in the game to get it. |
| 1012 | * CallBack: Quite a lot of his characteristics reference back to the True Demon route in ''Nocturne''. |
| 1013 | ** In order to face him, all of the Fiends must be defeated, the same thing the Demi-fiend himself needs to do in order to achieve the True Demon ending. |
| 1014 | ** Many of his demon companions are references to earlier in the series: |
| 1015 | *** He is once again accompanied by a Pixie, the first demon that joins the player at the beginning of Nocturne, which they can keep in order to transform her into an extremely powerful version after reaching the 5th Kalpa. |
| 1016 | *** Among the demon allies he summons are Cu Chulainn, Parvati and Girimekhala, who he previously used to fight Serph and the Embryon Tribe back in ''Digital Devil Saga''. A special Girimekhala is also one of the only demons that can use the Pierce skill in ''Nocturne''. |
| 1017 | *** Jack Frost is also summoned by the Demi-fiend, probably referencing Hee-Ho, a Jack Frost that can join the protagonist's party after being defeated as Black Frost. |
| 1018 | *** Cerberus, which the [[Videogame/ShinMegamiTenseiI first game's]] protagonist's dog can transform into after being fused with another demon, is also summoned. |
| 1019 | *** Thor, which serves as TheDragon to Gozu-Tennoh and Chiaki in Nocturne, is also summoned by the fiend. |
| 1020 | *** Several of the demons he summons, such as Thor and Cerberus, were the strongest of their individual Races in ''Nocturne'', or could only be recruited at high levels. |
| 1021 | ** In another call-back to ''Digital Devil Saga'', the Demi-fiend's BattleThemeMusic is a BossRemix of the random encounter theme from ''Nocturne''. Implying that just like Serph and the Embryon before him, the Demi-fiend [[ButForMeItWasTuesday doesn't consider the Nahobino a serious threat.]] |
| 1022 | ** The Demi-fiend has an extra press turn, which is only possible once the Burial Chamber sidequest has been completed in the Labyrinth of Amala. |
| 1023 | * CriticalHit: Deadly Fury is a guaranteed critical hit, so anyone that doesn't at least resist Physical will fall over as soon as they enter the fight. Failing that, his Freikugel also crits at a high rate. |
| 1024 | * DarkIsEvil: He's fought in a darkly-lit space illuminated by green flames and his Chaos Will skill causes an InterfaceScrew by creating an explosion of dark energy that causes everything to shatter for a brief moment while potentially one-shotting anyone it hits. [[DarkIsNotEvil That said]], he might not entirely be evil as he hands over his Menorah without much fuss and gives the Nahobino his Essence upon defeat, and the only reason he fought the Nahobino in the first place was simply to test him. |
| 1025 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: In stark contrast to how he treated the Embryon all the way back in ''Digital Devil Saga'', if the Nahobino succeeds in the [[NintendoHard Herculean task]] of defeating him on his terms, the Demi-fiend will reward the Nahobino with his stupidly broken Essence and a large sum of Macca. He also sticks around in the Hall of Chaos with his Pixie in case the Nahobino ever wants to challenge him again afterwards. |
| 1026 | * DuelingPlayerCharacters: The game's ultimate challenge is a showdown with the hero of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''. |
| 1027 | * {{Foil}}: He and the Nahobino have a strikingly opposite design. The Nahobino is fully clad in armor has long blue hair and green eyes and is primarily blue and white colored, while Demi-fiend is shirtless and tatooed has short black hair and yellow eyes and is primarily black and red colored. Nahobino is (barring endgame story choices) primarily allied with the angels and most of his skills are divine in nature and he uses a LaserBlade as his main weapon. Demi-fiend is allied with the demons, most of his skills are demonic in nature and he primarily fights with his bare hands. It's best shown in the cutscene where they face off before their duel, Nahobino draws his arm blade and glows with blue aura while Demi-fiend summons black demonic energy into his hands. |
| 1028 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: The Demi-fiend's physical attacks do not bypass resistances much like in ''Digital Devil Saga'', meaning he does not equip Pierce, the very skill he awakened as a true demon. In addition, he does not Null every non-Almighty attack in the game despite giving an essence which ''does just that'' when defeated. This implies he is not using the Masakados Magatama as well. The fact he is potentially ''just as difficult'' as in ''Digital Devil Saga'' (who does seem to equip Masakados), while holding back more than before speaks volumes to his prowess. |
| 1029 | * InfinityPlusOneSword: Defeating him earns the Nahobino his Essence, which gives him access to his skills. And yes, that also includes Freikugel and Gaea Rage. Alternatively, you can use his Essence to nullify everything the game throws at you sans Almighty. |
| 1030 | * InterfaceScrew: He's picked up a new move, called Chaotic Will. Rather than Mot's infamous Beast's Eye shenanigans giving him extra Press Turns, Demi-fiend's Chaotic Will instead halves ''your'' Press Turns for your next move, ''even if the attack misses everyone''. And when it ''does'' hit someone, it's a OneHitKill. |
| 1031 | * MirrorBoss: He is very much like he was in ''Nocturne'' and how the Nahobino is (or ''should'' be) by the time they fight: a powerful demon summoner whose demons are decked to the nines with powerful skills and has several broken skills of his own. |
| 1032 | * {{Nerf}}: Downplayed. Unlike his last appearance, the Demi-fiend isn't immune to everything except Almighty and Terra (Earth element, which doesn't exist in this game), and he won't one-shot you if anyone in your party nullify, absorb or repel attacks. Instead, he will bust out his signature OneHitKill Gaea Rage if five turns pass without him summoning a demon or if you use magic/physical repel items and spells. The former handicaps him considerably, as certain ailments are now effective to help hinder Demi-fiend and his demons, but the latter barely hinders him at all and only means you have to figure him out using several attempts. |
| 1033 | * NoCureForEvil: [[AvertedTrope God, if only.]] The Demi-fiend has Mediarahan, which he will use to heal his party to full the first time he goes below half health (but thankfully doesn't do it again). His Pixie and Parvati demons also have incredibly potent healing skills; [[ShootTheMedicFirst suffice to say they need to die on sight]]. |
| 1034 | * OutsideContextProblem: Like the Fiends fought before him, Demi-fiend does not originate in the world of Da'at, being from "[[AlternateUniverse another place, another time]]". Though the specifics and the reasons are unclear, he brought his domain Hall of Chaos into this world and waits for a challenger to gather all the Menorahs and face him in battle, apparently as a sort of test. |
| 1035 | * PowerNullifier: His starting Javelin Rain has a good chance of inflicting Seal, which prevents the use of Skills. If no one is immune to Physical, he'll keep using it. |
| 1036 | * PressStartToGameOver: The battle starts with ''him'' going first, summoning all of his demons and then slamming the party with Javelin Rain before the player can do anything. If the party lacks physical resistances/immunities, the player will drop from 100% to 0% on the word "Go". |
| 1037 | * PromotedToPlayable: In ''Vengeance'' after certain conditions are met you can bring him along as a guest character in your party. |
| 1038 | * PurposelyOverpowered: His Essence boasts the most broken Affinity in the game, namely, complete and utter immunity to all attacks save for Almighty, much like the Masakados Magatama before it, as well as ludicrously powerful attacks like Gaea Rage. Naturally, Demi-fiend is also THE most difficult boss in the entire game, so you'll have to ''earn'' it. |
| 1039 | * PuzzleBoss: Demi-fiend's AI has two interesting quirks. The first is that he will quietly count how many of his press turns have gone by without him summoning a new demon; if five go by, he'll cast [[TotalPartyKill Gaea Rage]]. The second is, when any of your demons appear in the fight for the first time, he will immediately use Deadly Fury on the new arrival(s) to fish for anyone lacking Physical immunity (he even does this at the beginning of the fight with Javelin Rain). This is key to the fight, as Deadly Fury and Javelin Rain do ''not'' count towards his countdown gimmick, and they take priority over Gaea Rage. Clever use of this can buy the player some time to knock out of one the Demi-fiend's demons and reset the timer. |
| 1040 | * RedBaron: Trumpeter refers to him as the "King of Chaos". Doubles as NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast as he is, bar none, the strongest demon in the armies of Chaos ([[AlternateUniverse of their own world]]) and did not earn that title without reason. |
| 1041 | * StraightForTheCommander: [[AvertedTrope No.]] While the battle does end with [[DecapitatedArmy defeating the Demi-fiend]], getting to that point requires you fighting off his demons too: he will [[TotalPartyKill nuke your party]] if you ignore his buddies, and two of them are healers. The boss fight is a delicate dance of sneaking in hits on the Demi-fiend while ensuring at least one of his demons goes down every few turns. |
| 1042 | * {{Superboss}}: Like in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''[[note]]Albeit initially as DLC; in ''Vengeance'', the Return of the True Demon sidequest is included in the base game[[/note]]. He's less volatile here unlike his last outing, but can be just as difficult on his own regard. |
| 1043 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Similarly to the Nahobino, his eyes glow yellow as a sign of his demonic power. Interestingly, while the Demi-fiend's eyes have been portrayed as yellow in art of the original game, in ''Nocturne'' his eyes remained grey as they did when he was a human. |
| 1044 | * SuperPrototype: [[TheMultiverse The multiversal]] basis of the process that allowed the Nahobino and those like him to be created, who is also the most powerful {{Superboss}} in the entire game with stats and attacks far surpassing your own. |
| 1045 | * TotalPartyKill: Gaea Rage returns in all of its five-digit damage glory, and a major part of the fight is figuring out what makes him use it (and avoiding those things like the plague). One such thing is if five of his press turns pass without summoning a new demon on his side. Certain actions, such as using Attack Mirror or Tetrakarn, will also trigger it. |
| 1046 | * UnholyNuke: He can once again use Gaea Rage, detonating a powerful explosion from within the earth, just as he did in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''. |
| 1047 | * TheVoiceless: He doesn't speak, with Pixie doing the bulk of the talking for him. She even lampshades this in a screenshot for ''Vengeance'', telling the Nahobino the Demi-fiend doesn't talk much, if at all. |
| 1048 | * WaveMotionGun: The Demi-fiend has Freikugel, unleashing Almighty damage in the form of a devastating laser stream. It has a high CriticalHit rate that he will commonly try to abuse to gain more Press Turns. |
| 1049 | * WeHaveReserves: No matter how many times his demons are slain, he'll keep re-summoning then ''en masse'' until he himself is defeated. |
| 1050 | * WorthyOpponent: Implied to see the Nahobino this way, as he can challenge him however many times the player wishes and gives them his Essence when they beat him. |
| 1051 | [[/folder]] |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | [[folder:The Fiends]] |
| 1054 | A group of extraordinarily powerful demons representing death. They are fought in the "Return of the True Demon" DLC. |
| 1055 | ---- |
| 1056 | * CallBack: Like in ''Nocturne'', they're drawn to the Nahobino due to the Menorah(s) in his possession. |
| 1057 | * CoDragons: Much like how they essentially worked for Lucifer's trials to do battle with Demi-fiend in ''Nocturne'', they now work under the Demi-fiend himself to test the Nahobino. |
| 1058 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: When they've been defeated, the Nahobino can fuse them in the World of Shadows. |
| 1059 | * DemBones: They are all skeletons, reflecting their nature as embodiments of death. |
| 1060 | * EarlyBirdBoss: If you start the game with the DLC installed, you can face Matador as early as reaching the second save point. You are ''absolutely not'' ready for him at that point. |
| 1061 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: While they have little to no impact on the main plot, a few of them (particularly Daisoujou and the Riders) reveal pieces of information which ''do'' foreshadow revelations in endgame: |
| 1062 | ** Daisoujou comments this world has already ended before. The truth of this statement comes to light during the summit meeting between the gods of the various Bethel branches and near the end of the game. [[spoiler:In the former, Koshimizu mentions this world underwent [[CallBack the]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Conception]] 20 years ago, and as mentioned by the FinalBoss, the world ends and is reborn into a new world order whenever a new Creator takes the throne.]] |
| 1063 | ** When first encountered, all Four Riders mention a primordial cycle of creation and destruction, in which "the ruler remakes the world, the ruler falls, the world is reborn time and again" which a certain "he" seeks to break once and for all. Pale Rider in particular claims they gather here to witness "him be truly free of the cycle". [[spoiler:All of these foreshadow Lucifer's motivations, as well as the truth of this world's EternalRecurrence]]. |
| 1064 | * HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The four riders are literally the biblical horsemen. The White Rider is the harbinger of conquest, the Red Rider the harbinger of war, the Black Rider the harbinger of famine, and the Pale Rider the harbinger of death. |
| 1065 | * LegacyBossBattle: Their boss fights are, for the most part, direct ports of their fights from ''Nocturne''. |
| 1066 | * OutsideContextProblem: The majority of them, particularly Matador, the Riders and Mother Harlot confirm they are from another world, a time and place beyond Da'at. That being said, they don't do much beyond seeking a native inhabitant of this world who holds a Menorah to challenge them in battle. |
| 1067 | * SecretArt: Each one has at least one skill that's unique to them |
| 1068 | ** Matador has [[SuperSpeed Red Capote]] and [[BladeSpam Andalucia]] |
| 1069 | ** Daisoujou has [[EnergyAbsorption Meditate]] and [[StatusEffects Preach]] |
| 1070 | ** Hell Biker has [[CarFu Hell Spin]], [[BurningRubber Hell Burner]], and [[WeaponizedExhaust Hell]] [[StatusBuffDispel Exhaust]] |
| 1071 | ** White Rider has [[SacredBowAndArrows God's Bow]] |
| 1072 | ** Red Rider has [[SwordBeam Terrorblade]] |
| 1073 | ** Black Rider has [[PowerNullifier Soul Divide]] |
| 1074 | ** Pale Rider has [[SinisterScythe Pestilence]] |
| 1075 | ** Mother Harlot has [[StatusInflictionAttack Babylon Goblet]] and [[CharmPerson Death Lust]] |
| 1076 | ** Trumpeter has [[OneHitKill Evil Melody]] |
| 1077 | * {{Superboss}}: Can only be fought as part of DLC. |
| 1078 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Mother Harlot notes how the Nahobino reminds her of the Demi-fiend, especially since she's more or less fighting the Nahobino as she did with him. |
| 1079 | [[/folder]] |
| 1080 | |
| 1081 | [[folder:Artemis]] |
| 1082 | !!Artemis |
| 1083 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RenaMaeda (JP), Creator/AllegraClark (EN) |
| 1084 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_6efb52337dae0f415a34fa5997368387.png]] |
| 1085 | A wandering demon in search of a strong sparring partner. She is fought in the "A Goddess in Training" DLC. |
| 1086 | ---- |
| 1087 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Artemis's last appearance outside of ''Persona 2'' was... ''[[{{Multiboobage}} weird,]]'' to say the least. This iteration of Artemis is much more conventionally attractive. |
| 1088 | * TheBusCameBack: Her appearance as a DLC-only demon aside, the last game Artemis appeared in was the now-defunct ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiImagine'', which was originally launched in 2007. |
| 1089 | * CuteMonsterGirl: The Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity in the form of a beautiful, young-looking humanoid woman. Humorously, her appearance in ''IMAGINE'' was a bit more on the weird side [[{{Multiboobage}} to put it mildly]]. |
| 1090 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: Once defeated, not only she can be fused in the World of Shadows, but she also outright joins the Nahobino's party. |
| 1091 | * DevelopersForesight: If you have Zeus in your party, he instead appears in person after defeating Artemis, rather than a disembodied voice, and requests the protagonist to take care of his daughter. |
| 1092 | * DiscOneNuke: She is recruited at level 37, and she makes a very good demon ally to have during the midgame, especially with her skill ''Astral Saintsrike'' (which can be compared to Yoshitsune's ''Hassou Tobi'' in terms of hits and damage output). She does start to lose her effectiveness once she hits Level 45, though this can be mitigated through Essence Fusion. |
| 1093 | * ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for Orion's death and the fall of Troy, even if she was tricked by Apollo into shooting Orion and her not having a major role in the Trojan War in the first place. |
| 1094 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: Her generic attack animation is astoundingly similar to that of her father, being two sweeping kicks followed by an overhead one. |
| 1095 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Inversion of the daughter variety. While Artemis is a BloodKnight like Zeus, her father, she wants to use her strength to protect others and unite the world. |
| 1096 | * MagicMissileStorm: Mixed with TheStraightAndArrowPath for her unique skill ''Astral Saintstrike''. |
| 1097 | * MoreDakka: ''Astral Saintstrike'' has Artemis fire off a wide volley of arrows that deal 15 hits of light physical damage to random foes. |
| 1098 | * ShoutOut: To ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', in both design and her signature attack ''Astral Saintstrike''. |
| 1099 | * SignatureMove: She has three: |
| 1100 | ** ''Astral Saintstrike,'' which deals 15 hits of light physical damage to random foes. |
| 1101 | ** ''Headcrush,'' a medium physical attack that can confuse the target. |
| 1102 | ** And ''Somersault,'' a light physical attack that lowers the target's Defense by 2 stages. |
| 1103 | * SpiritedCompetitor: Interestingly, the person who gives the quest to fight Artemis is Artemis herself, hoping to train herself and become stronger. Her first two candidates ended up dying at the Nahobino's hands, so she decided to try her hand against him. |
| 1104 | * TheStraightAndArrowPath: Her weapon of choice is a bow mounted on her arm, from which she can fire a powerful barrage of mystic arrows with ''Astral Saintstrike''. |
| 1105 | * WorthyOpponent: The whole point of her quest is to find someone who can be this to her. She initially wanted to fight the Hydra, and when she learned the Nahobino killed it, requests he gauge Quetzalcoatl's strength to see if he could be her sparring partner. She later decides the Nahobino is the opponent she's been looking for when he returns after having killed Quetzalcoatl. |
| 1106 | [[/folder]] |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | [[folder:Cleopatra]] |
| 1109 | !!Cleopatra |
| 1110 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (JP), Creator/ZehraFazal (EN) |
| 1111 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_cf48e6c76866ea0d6b97ad83a94f451b.png]] |
| 1112 | [[caption-width-right:350:Former Queen of Bethel Egypt]] |
| 1113 | The demon formerly in charge of Bethel's Egypt branch before she was removed as its representative. She is fought in "The Rage of a Queen" DLC. |
| 1114 | ---- |
| 1115 | * BadBoss: When receiving details of her quest, she apparently ran the Bethel Egypt branch rather horribly, to the point nearly everyone wanted her head on a platter. |
| 1116 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Like in ''Apocalypse'', Cleopatra opts to commit suicide rather than allow the Nahobino to kill her. Unlike Nanashi, the Nahobino can stop her, which both shocks and touches her to the point she joins him of her own free will. |
| 1117 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: Once defeated, Cleopatra can be fused in the World of Shadows to become the Nahobino's ally. Alternatively, this can be turned into DefeatMeansFriendship as if you stop her from killing herself, she will join your party out of gratitude. |
| 1118 | * EtTuBrute: She was forced out of Bethel, which infuriates her to the point that she decides to destroy them, starting with the Nahobino. |
| 1119 | -->"After everything I've done for Bethel, this is how they treat me? Well, no more running and hiding! I'll go over there and slaughter them all! And I'll start by killing you first! |
| 1120 | * MsFanservice: She's easily one of [[HeadTurningBeauty the most attractive demons around]], which gets highlighted when she uses Frolic. It's implied she strips naked as her body turns into a SexySilhouette and the [[PinkIsErotic background turns pink]] as she runs her hands over her body before striking a pose. |
| 1121 | -->'''Cleopatra:''' ''(casting Frolic)'' You want to watch? Then gaze upon my beauty! ''(moans erotically)'' |
| 1122 | * MythologyGag: When the Nahobino stops her suicide attempt, Cleopatra is initially shocked, then becomes touched as she realizes he wants to protect her and joins his party. In her own history, Cleopatra came under the protection of Caesar when he deposed the Gabiniai. |
| 1123 | * {{Nerf}}: Slightly downplayed. While Cleopatra is still a very powerful demon in this game, she's not the [[PurposelyOverpowered insanely broken]] magical powerhouse she was back in ''IV: Apocalypse,'' as she loses her ability to pierce Light resistance, and is fused at level 61 rather than level 99, which weakens her overall stats. On the other hand, she became a pretty impressive SupportPartyMember, having a maxed out affinity in Healing and Support, and her charm skill now affects all enemies, and also drops their Attack alongside Defense. Plus, while her magic isn't "insanely broken," it's still ''very'' high - keeping her in the party and feeding her Grimoires to keep her relevant will see her magic stat absolutely skyrocket past almost any other dedicated mage you might have, so when she's not on support detail, she can do crazy damage to supplement the rest of the team. |
| 1124 | * NeverMyFault: She fails to understand that the whole reason she was given the boot from Bethel was because of her horrible treatment of her branch. |
| 1125 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Her beef with Bethel at large is that she was kicked out despite doing everything in her power to protect them from the Condemnation that befell Babylonia, so even though she was horrible to them, her anger is not entirely misplaced. |
| 1126 | * RedRightHand: Her right hand is formed out of dozens of cobras fused together, which she can use to smack the enemy with her basic attack. Though as shown in her SignatureMove animation, she can turn it into a normal hand if needed. |
| 1127 | * SignatureMove: Frolic, which carries a high chance to charm all enemies, and drops their Attack and Defense down by 2 ranks. |
| 1128 | * SnakesAreSexy: Cleopatra has a strong connection with snakes, with her right hand is made up of dozens of fused cobras and one on her crown, and she is able to weaponize her attractiveness with her skill Frolic. |
| 1129 | [[/folder]] |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | [[folder:Mephisto]] |
| 1132 | !!Mephisto |
| 1133 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YojiUeda (JP) |
| 1134 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chara_65fb1920022e57bf219b9eaa8e2d61a3.png]] |
| 1135 | A demon known for making contracts. He is fought in "The Doctor's Last Wish" DLC. |
| 1136 | ---- |
| 1137 | * CastingAShadow: His unique skill is ''Walpurgisnacht'', a powerful Dark spell. And since he comes naturally with a maxed out Dark affinity of '''+9,''' he's going to hit incredibly hard. |
| 1138 | * DealWithTheDevil: Considering who he is, this is his bread and butter. The quest he's involved in kicks off with him coming to collect on his deal with Dr. Niita. |
| 1139 | * DefeatMeansPlayable: Once defeated, Mephisto can be fused in the World of Shadows to become the Nahobino's ally. |
| 1140 | * FountainOfYouth: He provides this service to Dr. Niita so that his design to make a Proto-human would become reality; the obvious caveat is in place as you'd expect. Once Mephisto goes down, [[RapidAging Niita's true age catches up to him]]. |
| 1141 | * {{Nerf}}: Downplayed. While he wasn't nerfed to the extent of Cleopatra, he's not quite the superb MagicKnight he was back in ''IV: Apocalypse,'' losing his ability to pierce Dark resistance, and being fused at level 79 instead of 99, but he becomes considerably more versatile, becoming a powerful ailment inflicter and debuffer alongside his powerful offenses. |
| 1142 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His outfit is entirely crimson with accents of black, [[SarcasmMode so you know you can trust him.]] |
| 1143 | [[/folder]] |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | [[folder:Dagda]] |
| 1146 | !!Dagda |
| 1147 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidenariUgaki (JP) |
| 1148 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1293px_smt4a_dagda_artwork.png]] |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 | The Irish god of knowledge and king of the Tuatha Dé. He appears in the "Holy Will and Profane Dissent" DLC of Vengence. |
| 1151 | ---- |
| 1152 | * CanonImmigrant: The description for the "Holy Will and Profane Dissent" DLC implies that this isn't a different incarnation of Dagda, but the same one from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' that somehow crossed over into Da'at. The jury's out whether this is [[spoiler:the original Dagda or the Dagda created by Danu in the Bonds route]], though. |
| 1153 | * CombinationAttack: He can unite his power with his mother Danu in a magatsuhi skill that restores press turns. |
| 1154 | * JackOfAllTrades: His name means "The Good God" in the sense that he's good at ''everything'', explaining his skill in a variety of fields and contrasting him with Odin, a fellow All-father knowledge god who is more of a seeker of knowledge while Dagda already knows. |
| 1155 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: His signature skill ''Lost Hit'' has him unleashing a whopping twelve hits in rapid sucession on an enemy for massive damage. |
| 1156 | * NonIndicativeName: He's not called "The Good God" because of his morality but rather his skill, and if he really is the same Dagda from ''Apocalypse'' then [[OmnicidalManiac it might be important to keep this distinction in mind]]. |
| 1157 | * PromotedToPlayable: Eight years after his initial appearance, Dagda is finally able to be recruited. |
| 1158 | [[/folder]] |
| 1159 | |
| 1160 | [[folder:Konohana Sakuya]] |
| 1161 | !!Konohana Sakuya |
| 1162 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (JP) |
| 1163 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smt5v_konohana_sakuya_render.png]] |
| 1164 | The Japanese goddess of Mount Fuji and volcanos, princess of cherry blossoms and daughter of the mountain god Ouyamatsumi. She appears in the "Sakura Cinders of the East" DLC. |
| 1165 | ---- |
| 1166 | * TheBusCameBack: Konohana Sakuya's last outings in the franchise were ''Tokyo Revelation'', a 1995 OVA based off a manga of the same name, and ''Majin Tensei'', a spin-off of ''Megami Tensei'' and one of the precursors to the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series. ''Vengeance'' also marks Konohana Sakuya's first appearance in ''SMT'' proper, barring her appearance as [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yukiko Amagi's Persona]]. |
| 1167 | * CastingGag: Being that she was the Persona of Yukiko in ''Persona 4'' it's only fitting she be played by Yukiko. |
| 1168 | * CherryBlossomGirl: Naturally considering she's the goddess of cherry blossoms, having them emblazoned on her clothing and the flowers in her hair. |
| 1169 | * FlowerMotifs: As with her mythological counterpart, Konohana Sakuya has a significant association with CherryBlossoms. |
| 1170 | * MythologyGag: Like in ''Persona 4'' her forte is fire and healing spells. |
| 1171 | [[/folder]] |
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