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|names=Hero<br>Protagonist<br>Hibiki Kuze{{Exp|''[[Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]]''}}<br>Hiro Kageyama{{Exp App|manga1=SYFW | |names=Hero<br>Protagonist<br>Hibiki Kuze{{Exp|''[[Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]]''}}<br>Hiro Kageyama{{Exp App|manga1=SYFW}}<br>Shining One <small>(by the [[Anguished One]])</small> | ||
|dob= | |dob=June 6{{Exp|''[[Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]]''<ref name="DS2ACW">{{Cite Book|quote=|translquote=|des=|chapter=|book=デビルサバイバー2 クリエイターワークス (Devil Survivor 2 Creative Works)|author=|publisher=ポニーキャニオン|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=p. 114|transl=|isbn=978-4901637978}}</ref>}} | ||
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|relative= | |relative=Unnamed parents | ||
|school= | |school= | ||
|occupation=Student | |occupation=Student | ||
|affiliation=JP's | |affiliation=JP's | ||
|race= | |race=Human | ||
|alignment= | |alignment= | ||
|arcana= | |arcana= | ||
|persona= | |persona= | ||
|va=[ | |va=[[Hiroshi Kamiya]]{{Exp|{{Link|TV|DeSu2A}}}} <small>(JP)</small> | ||
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The '''Protagonist''' is a playable character and the main character of {{Link|Game|DeSu2}} and {{Link|Game|DeSu2RB}}. He is a third-year high school student who lives in Tokyo and one of the thirteen demon tamers central to ''Devil Survivor 2'' and ''Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker's'' story. | The '''Protagonist''' is a playable character and the main character of {{Link|Game|DeSu2}} and {{Link|Game|DeSu2RB}}. He is a third-year high school student who lives in Tokyo and one of the thirteen demon tamers central to ''Devil Survivor 2'' and ''Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker's'' story. | ||
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==Profile== | ==Profile== | ||
{{ | At the start of both the [[Septentrione]] and [[Triangulum]] arc, the protagonist is in his final year of high school and is preparing for college entrance exams. His parents, mentioned briefly during Monday of the Septentrione arc, are unnamed, though [[Daichi Shijima]] mentions that he and the protagonist both live in the same neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Daichi:''' Since we're from the same neighborhood, um… I think your house is also…|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | ||
In the games, regardless of player input, the protagonist is generally a humorous and outgoing individual. Many of his dialogue options allow him to crack jokes or poke fun at other characters.<ref name="YH-Spanish">{{Cite Game|quote='''Yamato:''' Ah, you're awake. It's another lovely morning. / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Buenas noches! - Buenos dias! - Callete!|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Daichi:''' H-How's Osaka in such bad shape, too!? Was this all from the same earthquake that hit Shibuya? Can one hit like that really cause all this damage? / '''Protagonist:''' This wasn't a quake. / '''Joe:''' Mmhm, Tokyo and Osaka are on different fault lines, after all. / '''Daichi:''' Yeah, I guess I could go for a malt, but what does that have to do with anything? / '''Protagonist:''' It is about milkshake o'clock.|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> Furthermore, he has far more dialogue options than typical ''Megami Tensei'' protagonists, often commenting or speaking two to four or more times during story and character events. | |||
Additionally, the protagonist can be quite intelligent. He is commonly able to make correct, accurate assertions about different situations before others and can be smart enough to make sense of [[Fumi Kanno]] and [[Yamato Hotsuin]]'s more complex explanations with ease if the player so chooses.{{Note|This can allow players to skip past already-known information on subsequent playthroughs.}} In the Triangulum arc, the protagonist is the one who proposes all three of the potential routes as solutions to each route's representative. | |||
Finally, the protagonist is seen by his teammates as a reliable and charismatic leader. This is largely demonstrated through his ability to convince other characters to join his side on Saturday of the Septentrione arc. Perhaps due to this charisma, the protagonist can mingle with various people and factions without issue, such as colluding with [[Dera-Deka]] or interacting with [[Ronaldo Kuriki]] while working for JP's. In the Triangulum arc, his team's trust in him is absolute: they all willingly follow him down any path he chooses, even in the bad ending. | |||
In ''Devil Survivor 2 The Animation,'' he goes by the name Hibiki Kuze. Hibiki is portrayed as a far more serious and stoic individual, with his easygoing, joking personality from the games removed entirely. Unique to the anime, he has a tendency towards becoming overemotional, acting on impulse and emotion to a sometimes disastrous effect to himself and others around him. | |||
In the manga adaptation of ''Devil Survivor 2'' titled ''Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will,'' he goes by the name Hiro Kageyama. Hiro retains more similarities to his in-game counterpart due to the manga's more direct adaptation of the events in the games. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
The protagonist is the primary playable character of both ''Devil Survivor 2'' and ''Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker'' and is required to participate in every battle. When leveling up, unlike other party members whose stat gains are determined automatically, the player can choose which stat to allocate points towards. | |||
Due to the Fate system, the protagonist can also possess the unique ability to SDTP with anyone on the team and to crack skills targeted by anyone through Joint Skill Crack. Also unlike other party members, he lacks the ability to form innate elemental resistances via the Fate system. | |||
In the Septentrione arc, the protagonist begins the game at level 1. His stats start out equal to one another with the exception of Strength, which possesses one more point than the rest. | |||
<!-- May want to put a little status box here showing the protagonist's starting game stats. At the time of writing, I don't think this template has been made yet for DeSu2. For future editors, his starting stats are: | |||
Level: 1|HP: 30|MP: 12|Strength: 5|Magic: 4|Vitality: 4|Agility: 4|No skills, weaknesses, or resistances. (Grabbed this from a YouTube playthrough.) --> | |||
In the Triangulum arc, the protagonist starts the game at level 21. After forming a contract with Nicaea, the player is given the option to start with one of two predetermined builds emphasizing strength or magic. However, if the player chooses the third option, "He tried harder to remember…", they will be able to hand-allocate points to the protagonist's stats. | |||
==Game Appearances== | ==Game Appearances== | ||
===Devil Survivor 2=== | ===Devil Survivor 2=== | ||
==== Septentrione Arc ==== | |||
{{Main|[[Devil Survivor 2#Synopsis|Devil Survivor 2 § Synopsis]]|section=1}} | |||
On Sunday, the protagonist and his fellow schoolmates Daichi Shijima and Io Nitta are nearly killed by a train accident at Shibuya Station, caused by the earthquakes and calamities brought forth by the Septentriones. They are able to survive thanks to Nicaea, forming contracts with demons in the process. After unexpectedly defeating [[Dubhe]], the protagonist and his friends are acknowledged by Yamato Hotsuin and enlist with JP's, a government organization specializing in the supernatural, obtaining food, shelter, and information in exchange for assisting the organization with defeating the Septentriones. | |||
{{Startspoiler|1}} | |||
Near the end of the week, the protagonist and his friends are dragged into an ideological conflict between Yamato Hotsuin and Ronaldo Kuriki concerning how the world should be remade after the disaster. The situation eventually evolves to include Daichi Shijima who champions a third option of reverting the world back to how it once was, with everyone cooperating to learn and grow together without any vast rewrite of the human psyche.{{Citation Needed}} | |||
The protagonist is eventually tasked with choosing one of these three routes on Friday evening. He can opt for none of them if he has achieved Fate rank 4 with the [[Anguished One]], creating a route where the two team up to destroy Polaris to create a world where mankind can live with a being empathetic to humanity watching over them.{{Citation Needed}} | |||
After choosing a route, on Saturday he enters conflict against the other two to three factions, and may recruit members of defeated factions to his side if his relationship with them is strong enough. On Yamato's route, the protagonist works with Yamato towards a meritocracy; on Ronaldo's route, an egalitarian society; and on the Anguished One's route, to create a world where the Anguished One rules as its Administrator. | |||
Daichi's route depends based on if the protagonist decides to kill Polaris or not: | |||
* Killing Polaris sets the protagonist on the Liberator route, where humanity is tasked with rebuilding the broken world post-invasion in a world without an Administrator. | |||
* Cooperating with Polaris unlocks the Restorer and Triumphant routes, where the team request that Polaris rewind the world to the state it was before the invasion. | |||
** The Triumphant route is generally the same as the Restorer route, and is unlocked if the main character recruits all 13 demon tamers to his side. Characters receive their own credits scenes in this ending, which undergo further changes if the protagonist achieved Fate rank 5 with different party members or if he completed Dera-Deka's storyline. | |||
{{Endspoiler|1}} | |||
===Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker=== | ===Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker=== | ||
== | ==== Triangulum Arc ==== | ||
{{ | {{Main|[[Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker#Synopsis|Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker § Synopsis]]|section=1}} | ||
On Sunday, the protagonist, who is floating in a void of stars, is informed by the two [[Tico|Ticos]] that he succeeded in uniting all of his friends and Al Saiduq (the Anguished One) in killing Polaris and regressing the world. Though he is told that he will lose his memory of these events, he wakes up in an exam room on Tuesday fully aware of the battle against the Septentriones. Soon after, he, Daichi, and Io are caught up in another calamity, this time brought forth by astral invaders called the Triangulum. | |||
{{Startspoiler|2}} | |||
During the process of regressing the world after defeating Polaris, the protagonist defends Al Saiduq from an attack by [[Canopus]], damaging his data in the Akashic Record in the process. The protagonist's damaged data prevents him from taking form in the second world and his allies are forced to fight off a new threat, the Triangulum, without him. They eventually succeed in killing [[Arcturus]], the last of the Triangulum, but only Yamato and Al Saiduq survive the battle. Yamato and Al Saiduq decide to regress the world again, though this time, Yamato decides to stay behind in the Akasha Stratum to repair the protagonist's data, which was being steadily eaten away at by the Triangulum, so that he can lead the party in the third world. | |||
In the third world, Daichi and Io quickly regain their memories of the previous world after forging contracts with Nicaea once more. With the help of [[Miyako Hotsuin]], the new chief of JP's in Yamato's absence, the protagonist succeeds in reuniting with all his friends except for Yamato and Al Saiduq, repelling two of the Triangulum in the process. However, due to his damaged data in the Record, the protagonist's body shows occasional signs of flickering in and out of existence, with this flickering worsening as time goes on, though he and his friends do not know the reason for this until they reunite with Yamato in the Akasha Stratum. | |||
Reuniting with Yamato has him explain that if he leaves the Akasha Stratum, the protagonist risks being deleted permanently, as the Triangulum are continuously eating away at his data in the Record. In spite of the risks, the protagonist urges Yamato to return with the team so they may defeat Arcturus together, gambling on defeating the Triangulum before they finish deleting his data. With Yamato and Miyako's help, the team succeed in taking down Arcturus. | |||
Later, Miyako reveals her plan to use the thirteen tamers as sacrifices to save the world, though it is revealed later that this is only a temporary measure. The protagonist can choose to accept this ending, which is treated as a game over, and his allies will follow him to their deaths. Refusing Miyako's plan will cause her to fight the team. After defeating her, the team convince her to join them to take down her and the Triangulum's creator, Canopus, together. | |||
Before taking down Canopus, the protagonist speaks with Ronaldo, Al Saiduq, and Yamato, the latter only if certain conditions are met, to decide what to do about other Administrators coming to take the Heavenly Throne. With Ronaldo, the two form the idea of challenging every Administrator who comes for the throne until none remain; with Al Saiduq, the idea of creating a human administrator; and with Yamato, the idea of creating a brand-new world free of the Administrator System entirely. The protagonist chooses one of these three routes before heading off to defeat Canopus, with different endings taking place depending on the route chosen: | |||
* In the Endless Battle ending with Ronaldo, the protagonist once again wakes up in an exam room before he and his friends are quickly thrown back into battle as an Administrator arrives to lay claim to the throne. | |||
* In the Guardian ending with Al Saiduq, the protagonist accepts the role of becoming the human administrator, and the two watch over their friends living peacefully in a world without them. | |||
* In the Record Breaker ending with Yamato, Al Saiduq creates a new world free from the Administrator System, splitting Administrative Authority across all of humankind in hopes of creating a modern world. The plan succeeds, and the protagonist and his friends are seen living peaceful lives in the new world. | |||
** If the protagonist obtained Fate rank 5 with Miyako and Al Saiduq, the two are also seen living in the new world. | |||
{{Endspoiler|2}} | |||
==Anime Appearances== | ==Anime Appearances== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
{{ | * According to the games' lead character designer and artist Suzuhito Yasuda, the protagonist's design is meant to resemble a rabbit.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=実際に天然パーマにしてみて、あとは僕が長いものが好きなので、ウサギをイメージしてフードを長くしています。シミュレーションのマップ画面でなるべくみんなにわかりやすく、個性のつけやすいシンプルなものを目指した感じですね。|translquote=After deciding that he would have naturally wavy hair, because I like long things, I lengthened the ears of his hoodie to give him the image of a rabbit. I aimed for a simple design that could express his personality clearly so he would be easily identifiable in the 3D map environments.|des=|chapter=|book=デビルサバイバー2 公式設定資料集 (アトラスファミ通) (Devil Survivor 2 Official Creative Works)|author=ファミ通 (Famitsu)|publisher=エンターブレイン (Enterbrain)|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=15|transl=[[User:Halphas|Halphas]]|isbn=978-4047276390}}</ref> | ||
* In the Japanese version of ''Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker,'' the protagonist's voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya voices the start-of-day narrations for the Septentrione and Triangulum arcs.{{Note|In English versions of the game, these narrations are performed by the Anguished One's voice actor Jerry Jewell.}} | |||
** In all versions of the game, Hiroshi Kamiya sings the opening song for ''Record Breaker,'' "Meguru Sekai."<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=(From the end credits) '''Opening Theme:''' Meguru Sekai / '''Vocals:''' Hiroshi Kamiya|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | |||
*The protagonist can speak Spanish at two points in the Septentrione campaign for comedic effect: once when rallying Daichi, Joe, and Io to help Hinako on Monday and again on Sunday of Yamato and Ronaldo's routes.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Io''' We can protect everyone… the people running and that girl trying to save them! / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Let's do this! - Vamanos, amigos! |title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record|translquote=|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref><ref name="YH-Spanish" /><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Ronaldo:''' Buenos dias! Looks like another good day! / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Buenas noches! - Buenos dias! - Callete! |title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | |||
**The English version contains a typo for one of these phrases ("vamanos" instead of "vamonos"). | |||
**In the Japanese version, he speaks broken English, conveyed through katakana.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''新田 維緒:''' 逃げている人たちも、助けに入った女の人も、みんな助けよう…！/ '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - やるぞ！ - レディゴー！|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record|translquote='''Io Nitta:''' Let's save everyone! The people who are fleeing and the woman who stepped in to protect them! / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Let's do this! - Ready, go!|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS|platform=|version=|lang=Japanese|transl=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''峰津院 大和:''' 起きたか、Protagonist。今日も良い朝だ。 / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - グッナイ！ - モーニン！ - シャラップ！ |title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record|translquote='''Yamato Hotsuin:''' Ah, you're awake, Protagonist. It's another lovely morning. / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Good night! - Morning! - Shaddup!|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS|platform=|version=|lang=Japanese|transl=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''栗木 ロナルド:''' やぁ、Protagonistくん。今日もグッドな1日だよ。 / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - グッナイ！ - モーニン！ - シャラップ！ |title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record|translquote='''Ronaldo Kuriki:''' Hey there, Protagonist. Today's another good day. / '''Protagonist: (Dialogue options)''' - Good night! - Morning! - Shaddup!|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS|platform=|version=|lang=Japanese|transl=}}</ref> | |||
*When scaling the Sky Tower to fight Denebola, the protagonist can voice having acrophobia, or a fear of heights.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Makoto:''' It's me. Have you reached the observation deck yet? Use the special lift there to reach the absolute top of the Sky Tower. / '''Protagonist:''' I'm scared of heights… / '''Makoto:''' Acrophobia… Then I truly do apologize.|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Game|quote='''Airi:''' Um… We're going up on this? …Maybe you should go first, <Protagonist>. / '''Protagonist:''' I don't wanna… / '''Airi:''' *groan* Stop whining! Someone's gotta scout up ahead first, right? Don't worry, we'll be right behind you.|title=Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker|developer=ATLUS|publisher=ATLUS U.S.A.|platform=|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | |||
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
{{Names | {{Names | ||
|ja= | |ja=主人公, 久世響希,{{Exp|''[[Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]]''}} 景山紘{{Exp App|manga1=SYFW}} | ||
|jaM= | |jaM=Protagonist, Kuze Hibiki,{{Exp|''[[Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]]''}} Kageyama Hiro{{Exp App|manga1=SYFW}} | ||
|zhS= | |zhS= | ||
|zhSM= | |zhSM= | ||
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|es= | |es= | ||
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}} | }}"Hibiki Kuze" (久世響希) can literally translate to mean "rare echo" (響希 / "hibiki") and "long story of the world" or "long story of existence" (久世 / "kuze"). | ||
"Hiro Kageyama" (景山紘) can literally translate to mean "large" or "vast" (紘 / "hiro") and "mountain of shadow" (景山 / "kageyama", lit. "shadow mountain"). | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2]] | [[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2]] | ||
[[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker]] | [[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker]] | ||
[[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]] | [[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2 The Animation]] | ||
[[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will (Manga)]] | [[Category:Characters in Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will (Manga)]] | ||
[[Category:Protagonists]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:20, 19 May 2024
The Protagonist is a playable character and the main character of Devil Survivor 2 and Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. He is a third-year high school student who lives in Tokyo and one of the thirteen demon tamers central to Devil Survivor 2 and Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker's story.
He is named by the player early on when signing up for Nicaea and his personality is partially determined based on the dialogue options that the player chooses.
Profile
At the start of both the Septentrione and Triangulum arc, the protagonist is in his final year of high school and is preparing for college entrance exams. His parents, mentioned briefly during Monday of the Septentrione arc, are unnamed, though Daichi Shijima mentions that he and the protagonist both live in the same neighborhood.[2]
In the games, regardless of player input, the protagonist is generally a humorous and outgoing individual. Many of his dialogue options allow him to crack jokes or poke fun at other characters.[3][4] Furthermore, he has far more dialogue options than typical Megami Tensei protagonists, often commenting or speaking two to four or more times during story and character events.
Additionally, the protagonist can be quite intelligent. He is commonly able to make correct, accurate assertions about different situations before others and can be smart enough to make sense of Fumi Kanno and Yamato Hotsuin's more complex explanations with ease if the player so chooses.[a] In the Triangulum arc, the protagonist is the one who proposes all three of the potential routes as solutions to each route's representative.
Finally, the protagonist is seen by his teammates as a reliable and charismatic leader. This is largely demonstrated through his ability to convince other characters to join his side on Saturday of the Septentrione arc. Perhaps due to this charisma, the protagonist can mingle with various people and factions without issue, such as colluding with Dera-Deka or interacting with Ronaldo Kuriki while working for JP's. In the Triangulum arc, his team's trust in him is absolute: they all willingly follow him down any path he chooses, even in the bad ending.
In Devil Survivor 2 The Animation, he goes by the name Hibiki Kuze. Hibiki is portrayed as a far more serious and stoic individual, with his easygoing, joking personality from the games removed entirely. Unique to the anime, he has a tendency towards becoming overemotional, acting on impulse and emotion to a sometimes disastrous effect to himself and others around him.
In the manga adaptation of Devil Survivor 2 titled Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will, he goes by the name Hiro Kageyama. Hiro retains more similarities to his in-game counterpart due to the manga's more direct adaptation of the events in the games.
Gameplay
The protagonist is the primary playable character of both Devil Survivor 2 and Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker and is required to participate in every battle. When leveling up, unlike other party members whose stat gains are determined automatically, the player can choose which stat to allocate points towards.
Due to the Fate system, the protagonist can also possess the unique ability to SDTP with anyone on the team and to crack skills targeted by anyone through Joint Skill Crack. Also unlike other party members, he lacks the ability to form innate elemental resistances via the Fate system.
In the Septentrione arc, the protagonist begins the game at level 1. His stats start out equal to one another with the exception of Strength, which possesses one more point than the rest.
In the Triangulum arc, the protagonist starts the game at level 21. After forming a contract with Nicaea, the player is given the option to start with one of two predetermined builds emphasizing strength or magic. However, if the player chooses the third option, "He tried harder to remember…", they will be able to hand-allocate points to the protagonist's stats.
Game Appearances
Devil Survivor 2
Septentrione Arc
- Main section: Devil Survivor 2 § Synopsis
On Sunday, the protagonist and his fellow schoolmates Daichi Shijima and Io Nitta are nearly killed by a train accident at Shibuya Station, caused by the earthquakes and calamities brought forth by the Septentriones. They are able to survive thanks to Nicaea, forming contracts with demons in the process. After unexpectedly defeating Dubhe, the protagonist and his friends are acknowledged by Yamato Hotsuin and enlist with JP's, a government organization specializing in the supernatural, obtaining food, shelter, and information in exchange for assisting the organization with defeating the Septentriones.
This section contains spoilers. (Skip Section)
Near the end of the week, the protagonist and his friends are dragged into an ideological conflict between Yamato Hotsuin and Ronaldo Kuriki concerning how the world should be remade after the disaster. The situation eventually evolves to include Daichi Shijima who champions a third option of reverting the world back to how it once was, with everyone cooperating to learn and grow together without any vast rewrite of the human psyche.[citation needed]
The protagonist is eventually tasked with choosing one of these three routes on Friday evening. He can opt for none of them if he has achieved Fate rank 4 with the Anguished One, creating a route where the two team up to destroy Polaris to create a world where mankind can live with a being empathetic to humanity watching over them.[citation needed]
After choosing a route, on Saturday he enters conflict against the other two to three factions, and may recruit members of defeated factions to his side if his relationship with them is strong enough. On Yamato's route, the protagonist works with Yamato towards a meritocracy; on Ronaldo's route, an egalitarian society; and on the Anguished One's route, to create a world where the Anguished One rules as its Administrator.
Daichi's route depends based on if the protagonist decides to kill Polaris or not:
- Killing Polaris sets the protagonist on the Liberator route, where humanity is tasked with rebuilding the broken world post-invasion in a world without an Administrator.
- Cooperating with Polaris unlocks the Restorer and Triumphant routes, where the team request that Polaris rewind the world to the state it was before the invasion.
- The Triumphant route is generally the same as the Restorer route, and is unlocked if the main character recruits all 13 demon tamers to his side. Characters receive their own credits scenes in this ending, which undergo further changes if the protagonist achieved Fate rank 5 with different party members or if he completed Dera-Deka's storyline.
- End of spoilers.
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Triangulum Arc
- Main section: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker § Synopsis
On Sunday, the protagonist, who is floating in a void of stars, is informed by the two Ticos that he succeeded in uniting all of his friends and Al Saiduq (the Anguished One) in killing Polaris and regressing the world. Though he is told that he will lose his memory of these events, he wakes up in an exam room on Tuesday fully aware of the battle against the Septentriones. Soon after, he, Daichi, and Io are caught up in another calamity, this time brought forth by astral invaders called the Triangulum.
- This section contains spoilers. (Skip Section)
During the process of regressing the world after defeating Polaris, the protagonist defends Al Saiduq from an attack by Canopus, damaging his data in the Akashic Record in the process. The protagonist's damaged data prevents him from taking form in the second world and his allies are forced to fight off a new threat, the Triangulum, without him. They eventually succeed in killing Arcturus, the last of the Triangulum, but only Yamato and Al Saiduq survive the battle. Yamato and Al Saiduq decide to regress the world again, though this time, Yamato decides to stay behind in the Akasha Stratum to repair the protagonist's data, which was being steadily eaten away at by the Triangulum, so that he can lead the party in the third world.
In the third world, Daichi and Io quickly regain their memories of the previous world after forging contracts with Nicaea once more. With the help of Miyako Hotsuin, the new chief of JP's in Yamato's absence, the protagonist succeeds in reuniting with all his friends except for Yamato and Al Saiduq, repelling two of the Triangulum in the process. However, due to his damaged data in the Record, the protagonist's body shows occasional signs of flickering in and out of existence, with this flickering worsening as time goes on, though he and his friends do not know the reason for this until they reunite with Yamato in the Akasha Stratum.
Reuniting with Yamato has him explain that if he leaves the Akasha Stratum, the protagonist risks being deleted permanently, as the Triangulum are continuously eating away at his data in the Record. In spite of the risks, the protagonist urges Yamato to return with the team so they may defeat Arcturus together, gambling on defeating the Triangulum before they finish deleting his data. With Yamato and Miyako's help, the team succeed in taking down Arcturus.
Later, Miyako reveals her plan to use the thirteen tamers as sacrifices to save the world, though it is revealed later that this is only a temporary measure. The protagonist can choose to accept this ending, which is treated as a game over, and his allies will follow him to their deaths. Refusing Miyako's plan will cause her to fight the team. After defeating her, the team convince her to join them to take down her and the Triangulum's creator, Canopus, together.
Before taking down Canopus, the protagonist speaks with Ronaldo, Al Saiduq, and Yamato, the latter only if certain conditions are met, to decide what to do about other Administrators coming to take the Heavenly Throne. With Ronaldo, the two form the idea of challenging every Administrator who comes for the throne until none remain; with Al Saiduq, the idea of creating a human administrator; and with Yamato, the idea of creating a brand-new world free of the Administrator System entirely. The protagonist chooses one of these three routes before heading off to defeat Canopus, with different endings taking place depending on the route chosen:
- In the Endless Battle ending with Ronaldo, the protagonist once again wakes up in an exam room before he and his friends are quickly thrown back into battle as an Administrator arrives to lay claim to the throne.
- In the Guardian ending with Al Saiduq, the protagonist accepts the role of becoming the human administrator, and the two watch over their friends living peacefully in a world without them.
- In the Record Breaker ending with Yamato, Al Saiduq creates a new world free from the Administrator System, splitting Administrative Authority across all of humankind in hopes of creating a modern world. The plan succeeds, and the protagonist and his friends are seen living peaceful lives in the new world.
- If the protagonist obtained Fate rank 5 with Miyako and Al Saiduq, the two are also seen living in the new world.
- End of spoilers.
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Trivia
- According to the games' lead character designer and artist Suzuhito Yasuda, the protagonist's design is meant to resemble a rabbit.[5]
- In the Japanese version of Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker, the protagonist's voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya voices the start-of-day narrations for the Septentrione and Triangulum arcs.[b]
- In all versions of the game, Hiroshi Kamiya sings the opening song for Record Breaker, "Meguru Sekai."[6]
- The protagonist can speak Spanish at two points in the Septentrione campaign for comedic effect: once when rallying Daichi, Joe, and Io to help Hinako on Monday and again on Sunday of Yamato and Ronaldo's routes.[7][3][8]
- When scaling the Sky Tower to fight Denebola, the protagonist can voice having acrophobia, or a fear of heights.[12][13]
Nomenclature
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主人公, 久世響希, Devil Survivor 2 The Animation 景山紘Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will |
Protagonist, Kuze Hibiki,Devil Survivor 2 The Animation Kageyama HiroDevil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will |
"Hibiki Kuze" (久世響希) can literally translate to mean "rare echo" (響希 / "hibiki") and "long story of the world" or "long story of existence" (久世 / "kuze").
"Hiro Kageyama" (景山紘) can literally translate to mean "large" or "vast" (紘 / "hiro") and "mountain of shadow" (景山 / "kageyama", lit. "shadow mountain").
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Original design from Devil Survivor 2.
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Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 デビルサバイバー2 クリエイターワークス (Devil Survivor 2 Creative Works). Published by ポニーキャニオン. Japanese. p. 114. ISBN-13: 978-4901637978.
- ↑ "Daichi: Since we're from the same neighborhood, um… I think your house is also…" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Yamato: Ah, you're awake. It's another lovely morning. / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Buenas noches! - Buenos dias! - Callete!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "Daichi: H-How's Osaka in such bad shape, too!? Was this all from the same earthquake that hit Shibuya? Can one hit like that really cause all this damage? / Protagonist: This wasn't a quake. / Joe: Mmhm, Tokyo and Osaka are on different fault lines, after all. / Daichi: Yeah, I guess I could go for a malt, but what does that have to do with anything? / Protagonist: It is about milkshake o'clock." Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "実際に天然パーマにしてみて、あとは僕が長いものが好きなので、ウサギをイメージしてフードを長くしています。シミュレーションのマップ画面でなるべくみんなにわかりやすく、個性のつけやすいシンプルなものを目指した感じですね。" Translation: "After deciding that he would have naturally wavy hair, because I like long things, I lengthened the ears of his hoodie to give him the image of a rabbit. I aimed for a simple design that could express his personality clearly so he would be easily identifiable in the 3D map environments." デビルサバイバー2 公式設定資料集 (アトラスファミ通) (Devil Survivor 2 Official Creative Works), ファミ通 (Famitsu). Published by エンターブレイン (Enterbrain). Japanese. 15. Translation by Halphas. ISBN-13: 978-4047276390.
- ↑ "(From the end credits) Opening Theme: Meguru Sekai / Vocals: Hiroshi Kamiya" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "Io We can protect everyone… the people running and that girl trying to save them! / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Let's do this! - Vamanos, amigos!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "Ronaldo: Buenos dias! Looks like another good day! / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Buenas noches! - Buenos dias! - Callete!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "新田 維緒: 逃げている人たちも、助けに入った女の人も、みんな助けよう…！/ Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - やるぞ！ - レディゴー！" Translation: "Io Nitta: Let's save everyone! The people who are fleeing and the woman who stepped in to protect them! / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Let's do this! - Ready, go!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS. Japanese.
- ↑ "峰津院 大和: 起きたか、Protagonist。今日も良い朝だ。 / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - グッナイ！ - モーニン！ - シャラップ！" Translation: "Yamato Hotsuin: Ah, you're awake, Protagonist. It's another lovely morning. / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Good night! - Morning! - Shaddup!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS. Japanese.
- ↑ "栗木 ロナルド: やぁ、Protagonistくん。今日もグッドな1日だよ。 / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - グッナイ！ - モーニン！ - シャラップ！" Translation: "Ronaldo Kuriki: Hey there, Protagonist. Today's another good day. / Protagonist: (Dialogue options) - Good night! - Morning! - Shaddup!" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Break Record. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS. Japanese.
- ↑ "Makoto: It's me. Have you reached the observation deck yet? Use the special lift there to reach the absolute top of the Sky Tower. / Protagonist: I'm scared of heights… / Makoto: Acrophobia… Then I truly do apologize." Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..
- ↑ "Airi: Um… We're going up on this? …Maybe you should go first, <Protagonist>. / Protagonist: I don't wanna… / Airi: *groan* Stop whining! Someone's gotta scout up ahead first, right? Don't worry, we'll be right behind you." Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Developed by ATLUS. Published by ATLUS U.S.A..