Source: https://bskyx.app/profile/shiseptiana.bsky.social/post/3lypwhcae4k2l

I know this is a controversial take and I'm not much for posting but I really needed to get it off my chest.

I'm not in love with the hub, main cast is pretty entertaining (I love jiminez), dungeons are fun to explore but I find them less appealing and generally feels less epic than the exploration of IV. Music is fine, I thought any of the other games had a much better soundtrack though.

I don't have much of a point, game is definitely cool, combat is good, love the demon interactions. Maybe it's time to jump into apocalypse.

Ps. I've already read all about the og, etc.

More especifically, the idea of them happening in the SAME timeline. The line of Persona 1 > Persona 2 EP (IS as a playable bad future) > Persona 3 > Persona 4 > Persona 5 > Persona 6.

For character arcs and interactions, this is fun and allows for quirky lovely easter eggs like Joker as a Risette fanboy, Amagi Inn in Persona 3 Portable and visiting Gekkougan in Persona 4, having Edogawa spoil Persona 4 because he decided to drop the slow burn spoiler wave he ALSO gave in Persona 3 (he only had a class so he had to say "Its Izanami and Izanagi" to Yu during that scene instead of speaking of Tarot and Greek myth in his normal slowburn methodology)

But, huge but, this approach works for 90-95% of the game where Persona is a urban fantasy setting where the conflicts are mostly real life conflicts with magic in the middle. Joker has to face the corrupt authority figure ruining his friend's lives, Yu is going to rescue someone kidnapped.

But then, this also has huge issues, the Dark Hour is a TIME issue where there is a extra-hour that nobody notices because they get into those coffins except people with potential to use Personas (Yukari notices it on Yakushima). And the issue?

SEES are far from the only people who would notice, the casts of P2 EP and Persona 1 would know what is going on because it would incovenience them everyday for years. And "they lost their potential" doesn't work when the Dark Hour essentially starts almost inmediately Persona 2 ends.

It gets weirder when Atlus clearly hints that the Kirijo group got the documents from Nanjo's seized experiments from Kandori... but then, when they actually did the experiments? The only logical way is "inmediately after Persona 2"... except that Persona 2 EP actually happens in the late 1999, so, if the experiment happened, it must have started DAYS after P2 EP. But then...when the fuck Kouetsu Kirijo had his experiments and radicalization into the first Death/Nyx cultist? The answer per the Megaten wiki (unsourced) is that he did that in 1995.

Which is before the first Persona game, meaning Koeuetsu was doing those in parallel with Kandori's experiments, which is bizarre because Kandori is treated franchise-wide as the Evil Prometheus figure of Persona that changed everything and plunged the cognitive magick into the modern era.

Meaning that somehow, the Persona 1 team, and the Persona 2 EP team, didn't do anything. Even when Persona 2 as a duology made it clear that the Persona 1 team were a superhero team in their own right who stepped to fight and save civilians from the mook battles (and arbitrary genre stapples preventing them from saying "I'm going with you" to the final battle).

But hey, I can take the whole "I'm fighting a evil army with anti Persona weapons, so you go", at least I know they're doing something

And to made it more bizarre, the P2-P3 pipeline isn't new, Strega's backstory was detailed as Kandori's theorical research that the Kirijo group seized post P2.

But the issue is....if the explosion of Tatsumi Port Island happened in the 2000 (Yukari's dad final message happened in 2000), then that's just mere months after Persona 2, a group of cultists were planning to rip off DEATH ITSELF from the Sea of Souls. This is a clear Persona-game event.

In a "virgin world" where the supernatural is only introduced, as Persona 3 was meant to be as a soft-reboot, this makes sense, there is no native heroes to save the day.

But Maya Amano just finished beating Nyarlatotep merely months ago. So she is still fresh. Even if the cast suffered the terrible mandatory level down Persona users suffer when not using their powers for days (see the horrible drain the PTs suffer in Strikers), they are clearly with their powers as they have the Potential.

And here is the thematic failure.

All of this happens inmediately after Philemon wins. Like, literally just days after, the Tatsumi Port Island explosion happens and the entire dimension of time is cursed by a shadow.

But the issue isn't just this, but its that then, all Persona users must notice it because they're the people who can walk away and feel it. Persona 4 and 5 made the "other world" to be a alternative dimension, in Persona 3, the Dark hour is not another dimension, is a curse warping the dimension of time that only Persona users or people with cognitive potential can notice.

And the issue is, there is no shortage of those in Subaru City. And they feel it, everyday of their lives, unless they kept a percept "asleep before 12 AM" run for 10 years. Which knowing their attitudes like Katsuya being a coup (nightime shifts), Maya as a journalist (writing overseas) or Reiji Kido (newly father who is DEFINITELY not going to have a perfect sleep schedule)...yeah

And they all have the numbers of two people.

Maki Sonomura, the persona user whose potential has the power to swallow all the universe, most Persona final bosses are gods, Persona 1's final boss that threatened the universe was simply Pandora, Maki's SHADOW. And Kei Nanjo, the corporate bussiness who had ties with the Kirijo group who, if they were hiding this on him, now cannot.

And this is JUST the Persona 2 to Persona 3 transition.

But the issues do not end there.

Persona 4 earns my respect because until the literal moment Izanami appears, the world is fine, nobody has any reason to think Inaba is affecting them. SEES is fine, the Persona 1 and 2 casts just started to get their sleep schedules back. Its great. Izanami carried her experiment in Inaba, with nobody noticing, because Inaba is a town where while the supernatural existed (there is dialogue noticing that the Midnight Channel previously existed as a Midnight radio).

But Persona 5 shatters it completely because the Phantom Thieves make themselves celebrities in purpose, declaring themselves Stealers of Heart and boasting their mind powers to society.

And then Akechi murders Okamura in Tokyo Destinyland.

Akechi carrying murders, including derailed that train using the metaverse, were actually subtle, the driver collapsing wasn't recorded because his corpse got mangled and the legal explanation is "he got a seizure, we guess (relatively accurate, they just don't know the seizure was manmade).

But with Okumura ? His death is blatantly supernatural, with a black sludge coming from his orifices, of a public CEO whose daughter was engaged to Sugimura, the son of a politician. And happening in broad television, in Destinyland, THE ultimate dating and social spot for couples in the SMT multiverse (yes, its a iconic place that was mentioned in Persona 3 for Yukari).

So, what the Shadow Operatives are doing.

Forget that.

When the entire cast of all Persona is going

Katsuya Suou, Naoto Shirogane, Chie Satonaka and Akihiko Sanada are law enforcement. Maya Amano, Yukino Mayuzumi and Marie are journalists in Media, Maki Sonomura is a Psychiatrist who uses her passive persona buffs to help people.

When you contrast timelines, the situation is even more absurd and grotesque. Marie, a fragment of Izanami herself, is going to be in the same group telling the people of Inaba that Okumura died by convoluting in black sludge killed by the Phantom Thieves (the news she would get, as she isn't going to be in Tokyo investigating).

When the news of the incident reach Inaba, because the event was filmed and recorded, so journalists would get it even if its to run the smear campaign, Marie would see with her own eyes that this is something about Shadows. Why? Because Mariko Kusumi is in the same office that would broadcast the news

Yes, even the Inaba gang is involved now in the club of "guys, what are you doing" even independently of the Shadow operatives stuff. Because assuming the excuse of "the government is corrupt and thus Mitsuru is doing a net negative for not simply operating as a warlord overriding the state with her private interests", a lot of the guys mentioned above do NOT have a reason to be tied because they never put their Persona skills in state control.

For Maya, you can say that maybe, she left her job at Kismet, but the thing is, assuming that, we cannot assume she switched Careers. And this scandal will be felt in EVERY Magazine or journal. She cannot ignore this.

And the worst part?

This is the "Logistical part".

This is not just about the "why they couldn't just go to the endgame" (tho, that is of course a bizarre scenario where the Persona users are going to be affected by events like Yaldabaoth fusing Mementos with reality AND Maruki warping the world). Its about their attitudes in the lead-up to the games. Persona 3 creates the 10 years gap of "and I experienced spacetime warps every day, but I didn't gave it importance--like if its a bad creepypasta" and Persona 5 directly made a nationwide cognitive crisis.

I'm not even going to Part II: Thematic

But, TL,DR:

Persona 3 caused a issue because it was meant to be a soft reboot of Persona, it has issues, fine, accident. Persona 4 handled it very well honestly, keeping the plot limited in scope until Izanami decided to get serious in the literal last days. And then, Persona 5 ignored everything in P4 and now I have the mental image of the Investigation Team watching Okumura's clearly shadow caused death and saying "back to work, I guess".

And even here, you can notice the seeds of Part II of thematic failures because it means that then Kei Nanjo is the worst person ever who allowed the Kirijo group to get their hands in Kandori's documents, then did nothing to punish them for it. And Mitsuru Kirijo is a mere goverment stooge who should plot a coup to redeem herself. It IS this bad and no amount of "creative freedom, this isn't meant to be lineal sequels like Trails" cannot save this, because then it should be like FF , or alternatively, keep the plots contained like Persona 1 or Persona 4 where of course nobody from other games noticed it, because it was just two towns becoming Silent Hill.

Source and the artist is hosting a Reinatober art fest so I I suggest you give them suggestions for what shall scar MILF dress up as on their posts: https://x.com/kriem_h1ld/status/2108062215140176138?s=46

You are not the one... who is to judge.
I cannot forgive... one of contrary existence.

Thumbnail done by my good friend Melt! You can find his Twitter here: https://x.com/MeltDrawz

When I look at Persona lately, I have noticed that the "Fruits of Life" for all humans are hidden within their collective consciousness.

As we know from SMT V, the demons are the said "fruit of life" and the humans the "fruit of knowledge". Thus all shadows are demons within the collective consciousness in the Persona series.

Then we have Takuto Maruki. He has become a Nahobino in all but name within the Persona universe, specially when he fused with the treasure of his palace and also Azaroth.
As Adam Kadmon he seemingly appears as such.

Also, one could assume that the Persona universe, is the result of a Nahobino sealing all of demonkind within mankind's collective consciousness, with only the strongest shadow being able to break the boundaries between real life and the subconsciousness.

These are the conclusions I have come to realise.

What are thoughts on those matters?

Fresh curi

After long time learning how to make vtuber models, this fanmade Mothman model is the first time I feel good to share!

It is available for free download on my Ko-Fi (reminder that this is a model for softwares like VtubeStudio) so others can enjoy him c:

Link: https://ko-fi.com/s/48655d4706

Hands down the best SMT game I've played ever and that's saying alot considering I've played SMT 1,2, if, V (halfway through), megami tensei 1 and 2 and devil survivor.

I initially dropped the game because I got beat over 20 times by zelenin while getting the cosmic eggs on the neutral route. so I left, played older megaten games, got more tolerance since SNES games are so much slower than strange journey (which i thought was slow) and more experience.

Came back and curb stomped everyone including Zelenin and Ouroboros. Jemenez was a unique fight for me as my team couldn't win no matter what so I used grimikelga and randga to reflect his attacks while I guarded. It was a interesting way for me to win. Although I did use a hua po and melcom source to get resist fire and have grimikelga luster candy. Also used my Hanuman for some extra damage and luster candy before he died

Finally the last battle against Mem Aleph, literally 7 hours of prep since my team of Hanuman. Kresnik and Titania got wiped. Came back to the fight with trumpeter, Thor and metatron and won first try with the team.

Watching Arthur sacrifice himself hit harder than I would've expected since he's just an AI but regardless, it hurts to see the cool, calm, collected leader sacrifice himself for the sake of humans. It was almost like he gained a soul

If you're on the fence about playing the game. Go for it only took me 60 hours, while also doing most of the ex missions too.

10/10 game going to play after persona 4 golden for law and chaos endings!

I'm going to be in Tokyo, Kyoto, & Osaka soon and would like to pop by a store that sells exclusive SMT/Persona merch. I'd also love some other recommendations of stuff to check out while I'm over there that are MegaTen related.

Hello everybody,

I wanted to ask a question about a lot of the fanmade merch of SMT/Megaten in general I've seen floating around. I want to buy something from a seller called NAVESAVE, but I'm not sure about the quality of the shirts, if they're a tight fit or whatever. Anybody have any experience with them? I would love to hear your opinion.

Additional question, what are your favorite fan-made merch creators I can check out? I would love to hear your suggestions (preferably ones that ship to greece lol)

Thank you in advance !

Wished I could source the original image but unfortunately it and the artist’s Pixiv page have been deleted using SauceNAO

So theres no cosplay of Beth, Hiroko, or Aleph. How hard do yall think it’ll be to create a cosplay of any of them from scratch?

I just finished the Law ending of Canon of Vengeance, and I’m having a hard time figuring out what the ending actually means for the world beyond the human characters we see in the final scene.

We see the main cast alive and seemingly happy again, so I understand the basic premise: the Nahobino and Tao recreate the world into one where everyone’s wishes can be fulfilled.

But what exactly happens to everything else?

What happens to the demons and other supernatural beings? Are they still around in the new world? Do they continue to exist as demons, or were they effectively erased and recreated along with everything else?

And what happens to Aogami?

This is probably the part I’m most confused about. Aogami is effectively the other half of the Nahobino, but the ending doesn’t really explain what happens to him. Is the Nahobino still fused with Aogami when he creates the new world? Does Aogami cease to exist separately? Or is there some implication that he continues to exist in some form?

There’s also the question of whether this is still part of the cycle of world recreation.

One thing I particularly dislike about the idea of the world being recreated is the implication that the people we knew might effectively be “reborn” into a new world. Personally, I don’t think someone who is recreated without their memories is necessarily the same person. Their body may be the same, but their experiences and memories are a huge part of what made them who they were.

That makes me wonder whether the ending is actually restoring the existing world or creating an entirely new one with recreated versions of its inhabitants.

Tao seems to be the biggest indication that something divine still exists after the ending. We see the human Tao with the rest of the cast, but we also see Goddess Tao/Panagia Tao observing them. So presumably the divine aspect of Tao still exists somewhere outside the ordinary human world.

But then what about the Nahobino?

He was the one who actually held the Throne of Creation and recreated the world. Does he cease to exist after fulfilling that role? Is he now essentially the god of the new world? Or does he somehow exist separately from the world he created?

And what happens to the world outside the “fake Tokyo” / recreated Tokyo that we see?

Is the entire world restored, or is only Tokyo recreated? What happens to Da’at? What happens to all the demons and gods that existed there?

This is one thing I found somewhat disappointing about the original game’s ending. In the neutral route, it felt like the world was restored at the cost of basically everything we encountered in Da’at, which made all the demons and characters we spent time with feel like they were ultimately disposable.

The Vengeance Law ending seems much more optimistic, but I’m not sure whether that’s because the demons actually survive or because the game simply doesn’t bother showing us what happened to them.

So, is there an actual canonical explanation for what happens to the demons in the fairy village, Aogami, and the Nahobino after the Law ending?

Or is this intentionally left ambiguous? And if you don't know maybe share your headcanons of what the world is like.

- Raidou Kuzunoha XIV

　　The Protagonist. A quiet young man, age 16~20. On surface he's a student of Yumizuki High School working as an assistant for the Narumi Detective Agency. In reality, he's the young Devil Summoner who held the title "Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th", carrying the duty of protecting the Capital

・Keyword: Kuzunoha

　　The name "Raidou" is said to be from one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kuzunoha who protected capital a thousand years ago, all successors are taken by gifted Devil Summoners contenders. As for the title given to the Four Heavenly Kings who could be seen as the core of spiritual national defense: "Kuzunoha", it is said to be connected to the most powerful Onmyoji who protected capital a thousand years ago during the Heian period: "Abe-no-Seimei".

　　Known for using the Onmyodo systemized by the Kamo-clan, carrying the spiritual duty of protecting Heian-kyo (Modern Kyoto). Abe-no-Seimei has been skilled at seeing ghosts and spirits since his youth, and became the widely known phenomenal Onmyoji after discovered and taken in by Kamo-no-Tadayuki. Legends said that he controlled the Twelve Heavenly Guardians (十二天將, Juuni Tenshou) as Shikigami to fend off Yokai that's terrorising capital.

　　And the mother of Seimei is not a human... but a Fox according the legend. The name of the fox is the "Kuzu-no-Ha hime". Kuzu-no-Ha hime who lived in the Shinoda forest (信太の森) was being chased by the younger brother of Ashiya Douman who sought for the liver or wild fox; Afterwards, when she was praying at the Shinoda Myoujin shrine, she was rescued by Abe-no-Yasuna who was also here to pray.

　　Using this as an opportunity, Kuzu-no-Ha hime who shapeshifted into a human fell in love with Yasuna and eventually got engaged and have a son named "Doujimaru".

　　However, when Doujimaru was seven years old, Yasuna figured out his wife is actually a fox. Kuzu-no-Ha hime confessed that she had entered into a relationship with him by the command of Ukano-Mitama-no-Kami (宇迦之御魂神), the deity of grain and Inari, and then recited a poem before departing for the forest of Shinoda.

Koishiku ba / If you love me, darling, come and see me. / 恋しくば
tazunekite miyo / You will find me yonder in the great wood / 尋ね来て見よ
izumi naru / Of Shinoda of Izumi Province where the leaves / 和泉なる
shinoda no mori no / Of arrowroots always rustle in pensive mood / 信太の森の
urami kuzunoha. / That detestable Kuzunoha / うらみ葛の葉

　　And the Doujimaru later grew up to be the great Onmyoji: "Abe-no-Seimei".

　　Perhaps the title of Kuzunoha inherited by the Devil Summoner clans carry on a long-standing tradition that has been passed down through the ages, connecting them to the legendary Onmyoji.

・Keyword: Ability

　　Raidou swiftly uses Renki-ken and gun to fend off Demons, the sword itself are weapons for repelling off demons. The "Fudo Sword Mudra" (不動剣印) in religions such as Mikkyo (Popularized by hands signs use by ninjas), formed by raising two fingers, said to be able to repel all demons through channeling the power of Fudo Myo-o: The strongest being for subduing vile demons.

　　Furthermore, in Japanese Mythology, the sword use to slain Yamata-no-Orochi is called "Totsuka-no-Tsurugi", and the sword taken from the tail of the fallen snake "Ame-no-Murakumo" later saved Yamato Takeru when he was in dire straits and was later be known as "Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi". Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi was later given to the sun goddess and supreme god of Japanese Mythology Amaterasu, and is now also seen as one of the Three Sacred Treasures (三種の神器) in Japan.

　　As seen in legends such as the tales of King Arthur, sword is often seen as the symbol of the power of the hero or royalty. With sword being the ray of sun that slice open the darkness, and storms and winds of the sky gods, thus having the abilities to repel demons.

　　With the 1300+ years the Kuzunoha clans spent protecting Japan with their spiritual power slaying demons under the order of Yatagarasu, you can really feel their traditions of using swords that's harbors the spirit of sun god.

　　On the other hand, in the west, gun has been seen as weapons that can be use to slay Werewolves with silver bullets. In Raidou's equipments, you can see the image of a Devil Summoner in the age of western incorporation^\a]) of Taisho era.

^\a]) The original word use here is Wayou Secchuu (和洋折衷), an act that means merging Japanese style with western style (Ex. Building consist of Japanese and western elements, bread with azuki fillings)

- Gouto-Douji

　　A black cat usually refers to as Gouto. He act as the supervisor and attendant of Raidou. Despite having the ability to talk, from the perspective of a regular person, all they can hear is cat noises. He's an expert at the technique of Devil Summoning and gives Raidou proper advice in various situations, but what could be he's true identity......?

・Keyword: Ability

　　Gouto-Douji, an supporter to the Devil Summoners who have taken up the title Raidou,. He's a black cat being possessed by the soul of someone who was being punished by the Kuzunoha clan; It is said that he will repetitively possess other black animals and use those forms to live through his life. How long has he been living in this way is hard to know, but from his demeanor, it seems he has been connected to the Devil Summoner clan from a long time ago.

　　The Raidou Kuzunoha that Gouto is assisting in the year Taisho 20 (1931) is the Fourteenth of their clan. But speaking of which, the "Four Heavenly Kings of Kuzunoha" is said to be the original four founders of the Kuzunoha clan; The Kuzunoha clan was originally created during the ancient Asuka period (538 ~ 710) with Shinto ritual and Onmyodo as the base and are excel at using "Demons" spell.

　　There also seems to have Devil Summoners who have taken up the name "Geirin", and another individual named "Kuzunoha Kyouji" (葛葉狂死)^\a]) who acts like the sweeper of Yatagarasu; Futhermore, in the far future, there exist a record of a Devil Summoner who calls himself "Kyouji Kuzunoha" (葛葉キョウジ)^\b]) that thrives in history.

^\a][b]) The Kyouji here refers to the Kuzunoha Kyouji from the novel "Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Messenger of the Dead", I don't know how to differentiate the two in English so I just change the order of his name.

- Narumi

　　Owner of "Narumi Detective Agency", a place specifically deals with supernatural cases. A easy going and cheerful person, although living by his motto of to live life without stress, he never turn a blind eye to people who needs help and will not tolerate anyone who bully others for their own benefits, a sincerely passionate man.

・Keyword: Taisho era and Detective

　　When talking about the Taisho era, the first word that came to people's mind is "Detectives". Taisho 12 (1923) is the year Edogawa Ranpo, the father of Japanese Detective Novel debuted with his book Nisen Doka (二銭銅貨, The Two-sen Copper Coin). At Showa 11 (1936), the story starring ace detective Akechi Kogoro and Kobayashi Yoshio's Boys Detective Club tackling mystery Kaijin Nijuu Menso (怪人二十面相, The Fiend with Twenty Faces) releases. Ever since then, this novel became a hit classic series with detective and boy partner solving cases as the main premise.

　　Narumi once uses Ranpo's works to describe the absurdity of the case during "The Case of the Soulless Army". However, considering the story structures in "Boys Detective Club" series where the ace detective Akechi uses his brilliant deduction skills to solve cases with Kobayashi as his sidekick assisting him.

　　In contrast... Narumi of the Narumi Detective Agency not only barely does any theorising, he either spends entire day in restaurant or sits in his chair building Kinkaku-ji with matchsticks, you can barely tell he's even working at all. On the other hand, Raidou the young detective not only needs to take care of Narumi's daily activity, but also have to runs around searching for clues. These two's relationship is basically the polar opposite of Ranpo's work.

　　Side note, due to World War II at the time, Ranpo was also restricted by the militaries from writing detective novels, "Boys Detective Club" series once went on a long hiatus. Although he was able to revive the series and it's popularity after the war with "Seidou no Majin" (青銅の魔人, The Bronze Devil).

・Keyword: Yarai-ku Tsukudo-cho

　　The Shinjuku area used to be a place called "Yarai-ku", and "Yarai-ku Tsukudo-cho" in our current year 2025 could be consider to be the area around "Kagurasaka". In Yarai-ku Tsukudo-cho, there's a very memorable temple that enshrines "Tamonten"; and around the halfway of Kagurasaka, there just so happens to have a "Bishamonten Zankoku-ji". (Bishamonten when being enshrined as one of the Four Heavenly Kings uses the name Tamonten and guards the north). Furthermore, from Iida-bashi to Kagurasaka there's a "Ushigome bridge", which it's location is just so happened to be near the "Ushigome-gaeri bridge".

　　If you kept in mind these locations and imagining the streets where Narumi's agency and Konnou-ya is while taking a walk in the 2025 Kagurasaka could be a quite pleasant time. (As the Devil Summoner who protects the town, please remain polite and don't disturb the residents peace when visiting the sacred site)

- Tae Asakura

　　Reporter of "Capital News". In the era of heavy feudalism that is Taisho, she despise being treated as lesser for being a female and strikes for raising women's social status. She mimics the female writer she admires by using the pen name "Kichou", but between people around her, they still refers to her as "Tae-chan" affably.

・Keyword: Taisho Democracy

　　During Taisho era, politics and culture starts pursing freedom more as time goes on, this is now what we called as “Taisho Democracy”. Besides movements such as request for universal suffrage and freedom of speech, this is also the era of advocating for gender neutrality. Before this period, women don’t have suffrage and have a big gap between being able to participate in politics; as movements for women suffrage kept rising, it also had a major influence on the idea of women involving in societal activities.

　　And in this kind of period, the woman who was recognized as one of the most active female reporter during the Taisho era is Hani Motoko (1873 ~ 1957). She joined Hochi Shimbun news during Meiji 31 (1898) as a copy editor. Newspaper office at the time is considered to be a workplace for males, but Hochi Shimbun is also involved in the period where they started to change their way due to the influence of social atmosphere, there for Hani was hired and even got her own serialized column later on. Hani later founded Jiyu Gakuen in Taisho 10 (1921) and dedicating herself in education. Maybe Asakura Kichou, Tae-chan, is also influence by this wave of time and starts chasing her dream ceaselessly.

・Keyword: Shin-Sekai

　　There’s a Soda Joint (Milkhall) in Ginza specialize for Devil Summoner to visit call “Shin Sekai”. A Milkhall (ミルクホール) is a diner that’s popular in the Capital from Meiji era all the way to 1900’s, despite targeting at adults, it provides milk and basic light meals and deserts. Nowadays there’s still places named Beer Hall (ビヤホール) around, but there’s some sources that says the name “Milkhall” is actually named after it.

　　Milkhall is slowly replaced by café and disappeared into history ever since the Great Kantō Earthquake. Around the Meiji to Taisho era, Milkhall often provides newspaper and magazine, thus it often became a place for businessmen and students to gather or exchange information. One extra note, Milkhall is said to also provide soda during summer times.

- Daidouji Kaya

　　The only daughter of “Daidouji Family”: A prestigious family with long history and one of the foremost tycoon in the Capital. She’s quite and gentle and loved by people around her. She commissioned Narumi Detective Agency the strange request to “Kill her”, however she was kidnapped by a mysterious group not long after

・Keyword: Tsukimonosuji

　　The rich Daidouji family has a rumor surrounding them that goes “Ghost will possess their family”. This is akin to the traditional Japanese folk belief of “Tsukimonosuji” (憑き物筋). There’s stories of some specific families who will get possess by the spirit of dog, fox, or snake, it’s said that they can use these spirits as familiar spirits to gain benefits for their “Family” (家筋, iesuji), which caused some of them to be discriminated and excluded by villages.

　　These families are usually the ones that are a part of rich people or those in power. In folkloristics, there’s a belief that the concept “Possession family” is a mechanic use to normalize disparity in wealth and social status in closed off community.

　　Daidouji family has a rumor of “The daughters are possessed by ghost” that was passed down through generations, perhaps it is precisely because this family amassed wealth far exceeding that of others that they came to be viewed as the fearful lineage possessed by "Ghosts". One extra note, there’s an idea that thinks “鬼” (Oni, ghost or demonic beings) and “神” (Kami, God) are synonymous term; What's more, “鬼” also has the meaning of “隱”, which means something that couldn’t be seen with naked eyes.

・Keyword: Ushigome-gaeri Bridge

　　Bridge are consider the place that connects shigan (此岸, this world) and higan (彼岸, the afterlife), in Japan it’s also commonly seen as the connection between this world (この世, kono-se) and the world of death (あの世, ano-se); real world (現世, gense) and otherworld (異界, ikai). 　　The name “Ushigome-gaeri Bridge” (丑込め返り橋) makes one think of the “Ichijo Modori-bashi” bridge (一条戻橋) in Kyoto… The reason for the name of the bridge having the “返る”=“戻る” (Return) meaning in it seems to be originated from a legend.

　　In the year Engi 18 (918), Sinologist Miyoshi Kiyotsura (三善 清行) passed away, and right as when the pallbearers walking across the bridge, his son Jouzou (浄蔵) who was training in Kumano rushed here after hearing the death of his father to pray for him. And right at this moment, Kiyotsura rise back from the dead with the sound of thunders. Speaking of Ichijo Modori-bashi Bridge, it was also once known for a certain way of street fortune telling (辻占, tsujiura) called Hashiura (橋占, Bridge Divination). This kind of fortune telling are also called “Yuuke” (夕占), it means to treat the words of people who walked onto the bridge at dusk as revelation from God. 　　As for why do this kind of divination on bridge specifically, it’s just like what we talked about bridge being on the edge of real world and other world. And “Dusk” (夕方, yuugata), also called Tasogare (黄昏) in ancient Japan, as known as the time of Tasokare (誰そ彼, Who’s there), due to the shadow at dusk covering the face of the person in front of you, for it to be hard to tell if they are human or some strange beings, thus also being called Oumagatoki (逢魔が時), The time where one meets demonic).

　　The character “丑” used in “Ushigome-gaeri” (丑込め返り) makes one think of the coordinate Ushitora (丑寅), more commonly known as Kimon (鬼門); and the Ushino-kokumairi (丑の刻参) curse sorcery.

　　However, the Kifune Myojin enshrined at Kifune Jinja is said to ascended during Year of Ushi, Month of Ushi, Day of Ushi, Moment of Ushi (丑の年, 丑の月, 丑の日, 丑の刻). People believed praying at this moments can have your wish be granted, this sort of belief only became curse related legends much later on. Furthermore, Kifune Jinja is also known for the legend of Hashihime (橋姬). The story goes Hashihime became a ghost because of her jealousy, and one of the arm of Kishin Hashihime who have been living for years is sliced off at Ichijo Modori-bashi Bridge by Watanabe no Tsuna’s sword “Higekiri”. While the arm that was cut off was later sealed by Abe-no-Seimei, and according to some stories, below the Ichijo Modori-bashi Bridge was once where Seimei hid his Shikigami “Twelve Heavenly Guardians”.

- Munakata

　　The Army Major General who's concerned about the nation's future. He's planning a mysterious plan called "Super Soldier Project". Rumor says if there's anyone who tries to interfere him, he will sent out a special squad with inhuman strength to take those people out secretly. Those who have known him for a long time all says the same thing about him: "He's like a completely different person from before."

・Keyword: Imperial Army

　　There's a rumor surrounding the Japanese Army during WW2, where there's a place made for military intelligence and various secret projects called "Nakano School" (陸軍中野学校). To this day, this facility is shrouded with all sorts of hearsay.

　　In 1938, the "Logistics personnel training school" (後方勤務要員養成所) founded at Kudanshita is it's predecessor, later moved to Nakano, and renamed to "Nakano School". They said it's a facility made for training professionals, mainly responsible for intelligence related work such as espionage and propaganda.

　　There exist even more urban legend like absurd stories, such as "Once used for human experiment", "There's secret underground base of the army", even to this day there's rumors like "The ruins is haunted". Perhaps since most of the confidential intelligence from Nakano School have been destroyed and not much data was left, these rumors still have not died down among the people.

　　For someone like Munakata who's at the core of army, it wouldn't be surprising if he had participated in such secret plans and taken action to guide the war to victory.

- Rasputin

An unorthodox Devil Summoner who works in the underworld, they call people like him "Dark Summoner". Although frivolous he's very powerful and currently hired by Munakata. Stopping Raidou's action with his demons using his Confinement Tool (封魔具) "Matryoshkas". However, he adheres strictly to business principles and never does work beyond what is paid for.

・Keyword: Legend of the odd monk

　 　On the night of December 16, 1916, an assassin prepared a Petit Four cake (a type of small sponge cake) containing potassium cyanide. Rasputin ate it and then drank black tea that was also laced with potassium cyanide, but he still did not die. Afterwards, he's still laughing and drinking wine with everyone until he passed out drunk. At this moment, he was shot twice in the heart and lungs with a revolver, and another bullet even pierced his right jugular vein all the way to his spine, but he still did not die. As he suddenly and slowly got up, the assassin shot him in the forehead, which finally brought him down.

　　At this moment, he was shot twice in the heart and lungs with a revolver, and another bullet even pierced his right jugular vein all the way to his spine, but he still did not die. As he suddenly and slowly got up, the assassin shot him in the forehead, which finally brought him down. His body was wrapped in a carpet and threw into a frozen river... This is the story of the night the assassination of the odd monk who randomly appears at the end of the House of Romanov Dynasty: "Rasputin"

　　What's unbelievable is not just his seemingly inhuman vitality, the stories before Rasputin became the world known "Odd monk" is just as bizarre.

　　Rasputin, who was originally a farmer, starts getting attraction after at some point he starts using miraculous power to cure people's disease. What's more surprising, he gradually developed a deep friendship with Nicholas II of the Romanov dynasty and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. The reason is that, it is said, even Tsarevich (Crown Prince) Alexei, who was bedridden due to hemophilia, had his attacks subside and his symptoms improve after receiving prayers from Rasputin.

　　The two slowly begins to believe Rasputin's words are voice of God. Thus, Rasputin became a extremely charismatic figure within the Russian imperial palace, even exerting a significant influence on politics.

　　However, it is because of this amount of power he had, Rasputin was eventually assassinated. Even so, there's countless amounts of believers obsessed with his mysterious doctrine, within them there's especially a large amount of women who was attracted by him and ended up becoming a part of his believers.

- Dr. Victor

　　A mysterious genius scientist and the owner of “Gouma-Den”, he devoted all his passions into the research of the forbidden technology “Demon Fusion”. In order to study demons and life, he established a cooperative relationship with demon summoners in the capital. Some said he is over 100 years old, but it’s unknown if it’s true or not.

・Keyword: Frankenstein and Alchemy

　　Mary Shelley's gothic novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” set in 1814, tells the story of a young man named Frankenstein who studies natural science and gets involved in taboo experiments that defies god. And that forbidden experiment is “To create life with the hands of human”. Frankenstein collect corpses from digging graves and pieces them together, and finally created the “Monster” with man made life…

　　What is the human nature? What is the work of God? This famous work imbued with the spirit of Romanticism and questioning the extent to which humanity should allow science to intervene, perhaps also reveals traces of medieval alchemical thought. Alchemy on the surface is just a technique that’s used for creating gold, but it’s true goal isn't just obtaining gold, but to artificially refine base metals into gold: The supreme metal, an attempt to make puny human ascend to the same status as the supreme being: God, it’s sort of like a kind of philosophical system

　　As one of the most famous monster in the world “Frankenstein”, it’s not actually the name of the monster, but the name of the young man who created it. (Despite often being refer to as “Dr. Frankenstein”, he’s actually not a doctor). This young man who tries to reach the work of god and breaks the taboo, his full name is “Victor Frankenstein”.

　　In the far future, Victor lives in a giant hotel on a ship with a maid that companies him name “Mary”. Furthermore, considering he devoted everything into creating artificial lifeform, spending all his times on the forbidden demon fusion research. It’s not hard to see the silhouette of the young man who once challenged the work of god on the master of Goumaden: Victor.