Makai
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| Makai | |
| 魔界Demon World | |
| Other Name(s) | Atziluth Shin Megami Tensei: Strange JourneyShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Novel) Expanse Shin Megami TenseiShin Megami Tensei IV Da'at/Netherworld Shin Megami Tensei VDem DemiKids Light Version and Dark VersionAbyss Aeon GenesisMonster World Jack Bros.
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Makai, sometimes also known as the Demon World, is a recurring location in the Megami Tensei franchise. It is an alternate dimension or plane of existence where Demons and other supernatural beings reside.
In the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series of novels and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Makai is referred to as Atziluth. In the localizations of Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei IV, it is referred to as the Expanse, while in the Shin Megami Tensei V localization, it is called the Netherworld. In the DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version localization, it is known as Dem.
History
Origin
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Atziluth, as it is known in the Digital Devil Story novels and Strange Journey, is believed to be the highest of the four worlds in Jewish esoteric mysticism, also called Kabbalah. Among the worlds depicted in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, Atziluth represents the divine essence and the direct emanation from God, literally meaning "World of Emanation" (Hebrew: עוֹלָם אֲצִילוּת, romanized ʿôlām ʾăṣîlûṯ) in Hebrew. Kabbalah considers Atziluth a plane of absolute oneness with God which transcends human comprehension, while the worlds beneath Atziluth—Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiah—represent progressively more differentiated and intelligible aspects of creation.
Game Appearances
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Telenet)
- Main article: Makai (Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Telenet))
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
- Main article: Makai (Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II)
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
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Shin Megami Tensei if...
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Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei V
- Main article: Da'at (Shin Megami Tensei V)
Shin Megami Tensei V
In the subquest Classified Courier, a Bethel Researcher refers to the Demon World as Atziluth.[1]
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Devil Children
- Main article: Makai (Devil Children)
Majin Tensei
- Main article: Makai (Majin Tensei)
Devil Survivor 2
Novel Appearances
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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Nomenclature
In most games, Makai is spelled as 魔界, meaning Demon World. In Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine, it is instead spelled as 魔階, meaning Demon Plane. As the kanji 階 commonly denotes a story or floor, it can be understood that 魔階 denotes Makai as another plane of existence as opposed to a world.
Gallery
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Map of Makai in Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II -
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References
- ↑ "Researcher: We stick to paper documents so that no data gets leaked to the angels or any demons. Powerful demons from Atziluth are quite adept at handling digital data. That's actually why we use cell phones to summon demons. Essentially, we perform pseudo-summons through computers to transmigrate demons into this world. And that's why accessing the world's digital information via the internet is a piece of cake for demons and angels." Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. Developed by ATLUS.