Agony

Agony is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Agony appears as a nude man with dark hair and many cuts on his skin. He is carrying a wooden cross, which he is tied to with barbed wire.

Kazuma Kaneko has compared this demon to the film The Mission.^[1]

Name	Level
Agony	27

Location	Hikawa Shrine; Sewers (Mount Kasagi) B3F-B5F

Species	Race	Alignment	HP	MP	S. CostCost to summon from COMP	CP
Spirit	Undead	Dark-Neutral	139	77Sega Saturn/97PlayStation Portable	270 MMagnetite	19

Personality	Loyalty	Inheritance	Speech	Drop
Cautious	Level Difference	Physical	Archaic	Chinshin Fu

Hit(s)	Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	M. Attack	M. Defense
0-1	72	51	70	50	17	24

Resistances
"Nullifies Death, Nerve. Weak to Fire, Expel."
Sword	Spear	Thrown	Gun	D Atk	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Psy
×1	×1	×1	×1	×1	×1.5	×⁷⁄₁₀	×1	×1	×1
Expel	Death	Almi	Mind	Ruin	Bind	Nerve	Charge	Skill	Swd Skl
×1.5	NulNull	×1	×½	×⁷⁄₁₀	×½	NulNull	×1.5	×1	×1

Moon Phase Damage Output
New	1/8	2/8	3/8	Half	5/8	6/8	7/8	Full
100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Extra Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Bind Voice	Bind	6 MP	Special magic action. All. Bad status. Bind effect to all enemies.
Paralyze Needle	Skill	8% HP	Special physical action. Power 4. Whole front row attack. Paralyze effect.

Compendium Entries
Devil Summoner (Akuma Zensho; PSP)	出身地：不詳十字架を背負ったゾンビ。その名の意味は「苦痛」あるいは「受難」。アゴニーは死しても神の国に生まれ変われなかった殉教者のゾンビである。彼自身、自らの神のために命を捨てたつもりであるから、悪魔として生まれ変わった自分の姿に驚く。確かに彼は様々な苦難を受けてきたが、それは神が求めたものではなかった。彼の正体は、自分の幸福に執着するだけの、あさましい魂だったのである。 Translation: Place of origin: Unknown A zombie carrying a cross on his back. The name's meaning is "pain" or "suffering". Agony is the zombie of a martyr who, despite his death, could not be reborn into the Kingdom of God. Since he had thought he had given up his life for his God, he was shocked to see himself reborn as a demon. While it is true he suffered various hardships, this was not what God had desired. Agony's true character was that of a miserable soul obsessed only with his own happiness.

Kazuma Kaneko originally wanted to name this demon "Mission", but changed it to "Agony" after opposition from other staff members.^[2]

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アゴニー	Agony

↑ "「十字架しょったまま滝から落っこっちゃったりして。まんま映画の『ミッション』ですね(笑)。ちょっとストレートすきてマズイかな、とも思ったけど」(金子)" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner no Subete (1996), Daisuke Narisawa. p. 46. ISBN-13: 978-4-89366-488-4.
↑ "アルティメット大会とかで出てくる、『キモ』モンスターにしようと思ったんです。で、ゾンビが十字架を持ってるから、それで『ミッション』にしようとしたんだけど、それじゃ映画そのままでマズイって怒られちゃって、苦痛ってことでアゴニーになりました。(金子)" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 140. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.