Funny / Shin Megami Tensei V

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Per franchise tradition, Shin Megami Tensei V mainly puts all of the dark and serious stuff in the main storyline and fills the side content with funny quips and materials.

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• As usual, Demon Negotiation can lead to some hysterical dialogue.
  • A demon might begin a negotiation by asking you if you're top or bottom. You can choose to answer either one or that you're Middle.
    Demon: The middle...? Holy shit, you party like THAT!? Damn, now I GOTTA join you. I want in on that action.
  • When negotiating with a demon that the in-game text claims is bored, a possible list of choices for Negotiation is "sing", "dance", or "flash Macca". Picking one of the first two choices runs the risk of the demon in question leaving due to the Nahobino being supposedly a lousy performer.
  • Try to recruit a Demon when your stock is full, and they'll refuse but be guaranteed to join the next time you have a full party. Do this with some Demons, and they'll greet you with "WELL, IF IT ISN'T THE DUMBASS WITH TOO MANY FRIENDS."
  • A Demon might tell you "Who gives a shit about some boring self-insert protagonist!? Side characters are where the real money's at." This can come from Slime. The Nahobino sometimes has the option to break the fourth wall and flaunt his protagonist status in negotiation.
  • One thing Mothman might say when angered is "Oh wow! How profound! How fuckin' inspiring! Pretentious little dipshit!"
  • If you try to tell a female demon you love her, there's a chance she'll get annoyed and reply with "Great, another guy who claims he loves me even though we've barely talked. Later, fuckboy."
    • Alternatively, you can tell her that you'll get her horny... and she'll interpret it as getting horns through fusion. Keep in mind, this applies to every female demon, including Succubus.
    • Another possibility is her gazing at your "conspicuously blank groin" and laughing her head off as she leaves.
  • When asked what role you would be in a play, if you answer a diabolically insane scientist, a female demon could call you a pervert for talking about your "bolicals".
  • There are multiple instances of demons remarking on the Nahobino's glorious locks...to which you can reply with several different groan-worthy hair puns. Some will even give you an item as a way to get you to stop.
  • A female demon might ask you to kneel before them, which you can respond to by doing so. When they ask if you have anything else to show them, the correct option is to offer them a "flashkick", shocking them enough where they will continue to the item request phase.
  • The hero is so pretty, he can sometimes seduce demons into joining him without giving any items. He can ask a tough-guy demon to become his lover, and at least the Mothman can beg to be stepped on.
  • Some demons notice that the Nahobino smells like a human, and he can claim that he ate one. If the demon asks how it tasted, he can respond that it was 'finely aged, with subtle notes of flavor', to which the demon treats him like a kid pretending to be cultured, and gives him an item to snack on.
  • Some demons will threaten to murder the Nahobino for the way that they are looking at them. It's possible for the Nahobino to walk closer to the demon, which the demon threatens them to keep their distance. The Nahobino can keep going closer to them, at which point the demon points out that if you walk any closer to it, you'll both be kissing each other... only for the demon to notice that the look in the Nahobino's eye that reminds them of those fanfics. It doesn't take long for them to connect the dots.
    Demon: I-I GOTTA GET OUTTA HEEEERE!
• Let's not forget about the unique demon conversations.
  • Belphegor's ran out of toilet paper so he asks Shiki-Ouji (who is made out of paper) to use itself instead. The paper demon is absolutely furious, so Belphegor tries to settle with its leg. It reluctantly offers a Purge Charm... and throws in a second one for good measure when Belphegor tries to bargain for more.
    Belphegor: I've just run out of paper, you see. Would you mind if I used you instead?
    [Beat]
    Shiki-Ouji: Vile degenerate, I'll end you!
  • In another, Belphegor asks Mermaid if she can help flush out the pipes, which completely offends her. The panicked Belphegor says that getting flushed into the ocean will only pollute it, so Mermaid hands him an Amrita Shower to wash it out instead. Belphegor muses that it won't be enough to clear everything out, and a disgusted Mermaid hands him another one before leaving.
    Mermaid: FLUSH OUT THE PIPES!? I'LL FLUSH YOU TO THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN!
  • Once again, Orthrus wonders why Cerberus has one head while Orthrus has two despite Cerberus being the older sibling. Instead of just giving Orthrus an item to dodge the question, he dodges the question by telling him he's too focused on the heads when he should be focused on the heart. And it works!
  • Chimera and Cerberus' conversation starts off like in Nocturne, but this time, Cerberus isn't having Chimera's excuse of not being a hound again. Instead, however, Chimera makes up some story about how he's on "secret business". Perhaps Cerberus and Orthrus are related after all.
  • Orthrus gets reasonably confused as to what animal Chimera is, only for Chimera to dodge by saying he's the best of every animal.
  • Chimera and Hydra finally meet in the fifth (numbered) installment of the mainline games, which is what Cerberus lampshades, to Hydra's confusion.
    Cerberus: IT'S BEEN TOO LONG! TO THINK IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE FIFTH GAME.
    Hydra: Game...? What are you talking about?
    Cerberus: NOT IMPORTANT. I'M JUST SAYING IT'S BEEN A LONG WAIT.
  • Rangda muses with Barong if he has a thing for her. Keep in mind, Barong is animalistic and Rangda is humanoid.
    Rangda: And you're just BEGGING to die, aren't you!?
  • What's Black Frost's idea of pure hee-vil? Taking the freshest carton of milk from the back of the shelf!
    Jack Frost: Hee-ho! That's straight up e-hee-vil, ho!
  • Similarly, what's King Frost's idea of living the hee-high life? Not licking the ice cream stuck to the lid!
    Jack Frost: Hee-HO! What a waste, ho! Such luxury-ho!
  • Mara remembers that one time he got turned into a Slime...
    Slime: yOU, a SLimE? NOt LikEly. a rOck-HArd, bOiLINg-hOT hElLsPAwn liKE YoU coULD NEveR pASs foR oNE OF uS!
  • Kaiwan calls Decarabia out for copying his star-shaped look. Decarabia then pulls a classic No, You maneuver, with both star-shaped demons insisting on giving the other a "makeover". Eventually, Kaiwan settles for a truce, and Decarabia hands him a Life Stone. Kaiwan's a little puzzled at this mediocre token of friendship, so Decarabia decides to make it up with a second Life Stone.
  • Cait Sith asks Nekomata out on a date. How does it turn out?
    Cait Sith was shot down...
  • Hydra tries to usurp Yamata-no-Orochi's throne... by virtue of Hydra having nine heads and Yamata-no-Orochi only having eight. This causes Orochi to attack — and if it trounces you (which is likely), it's clear Hydra's all talk.
  • Mara and Girimekhala's conversation is just one dick joke after another.
  • Amanozako basically mugs Koppa Tengu for some free stuff.
• When you first meet Amanozako, Aogami gets mildly annoyed at her and advises against letting her tag along. Considering the fact that Aogami is Susano-o, Amanozako's father, that can be interpreted as a father getting annoyed at his bratty teenage daughter.
• A sidequest issued by a Mermaid leads you to find and spar with Anahita to help lift the curse on her fellow mermaids. Once all that is done, the issuing mermaid thanks you for your assistance, and now she and her friends can go back to luring sailors and dragging them to their doom. It's an innocuous reminder that you're still dealing with demons in Da'at.
• Your navigators can occasionally point out locations of interest that commonly yield items or Macca and sometimes initiate a rare encounter. More often than not, it's an encounter with a Mitama... which, if you're slow enough, gets the first turn and runs.
• The Surt fight is as invigorating as it gets, with you facing off against the ruler of Muspelheim, generating heat so powerful, simply getting close to the guy is a death sentence, not to mention he's so big, he has to kneel to attack the Nahobino... except his size and kneeling position put together make it look like you're taking shots at his junk.
• Near the end of the 3rd area, a Decarabia offers you advice on how to defeat Ishtar, for 20000 Macca. If you reply "You'll tell me for free", he admires your audacity so much he agrees to waive the fee. This works both times he tries to charge you. Then, once you defeat Ishtar, Decarabia reveals he was just giving random advice and he never expected it to actually work, and freaks out knowing he essentially just helped you kill his boss. He then decides he'll work for no sides from now on.
• Zeus in general is hilarious, as they basically took the "Zeus is a Jerkass" modern-day interpretation and ran with it.
• Jack Bufula, Jack Frost's Signature Move, drops ice sculptures of everyone's favorite hee-ho on the enemy. The icing on the cake? They also say "Hee-ho!"
• Mephisto's physical attack animation. He tries to draw his sword, but it gets stuck, so he just smacks the opponent while saying "Gotcha!"
• If you already have the maximum amount of an item in you inventory and try to pick up more from a treasure crystal, it will bounce off the Nahobino with a plink sound and he'll let out an annoyed grunt as if he's thinking "Seriously? Ugh."
• In the fourth area of Da'at, a Yatagarasu asks for three Ambrosia for a sidequest. He claims it's for his legs, but any amount of pressing reveals that he just wants to resell them. The hero can point out that he's a crow who can just fly around, or after giving them to him, ask why he doesn't use them right away.
• There's something comical about Inanna's boss stats having a whopping 400 Strength when her moveset is largely magic-focused.
• If the Nahobino whiffs Aramasa or Wrath Tempest, he does an epic animation and lands in a dramatic pose only to completely fail to hit the enemy, making him look like a tryhard dumbass.
• The Miman often serve as comic relief in addition to providing information about the backstory and trivia about Tokyo.
  • One Miman talks about the possibility of their heads cracking open... then says their heads are cracked open to begin with.
  • One Miman in Taito is found in Asakusa, in a very out-of-the-way location that involves traversing the tiers of the region, getting past some Level 60-70 demons and climbing down. The Miman is rather annoyed that Gustave wants them back after all the trouble it took to get over there, and says, "Bullshit!"

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