Atma

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Atma is a demon virus in the Digital Devil Saga series that allows people to transform into empowered demonic forms called Atma Avatars. Atma awakens the Junkyard residents to emotions and makes them hunger for the flesh of other demons.

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Atma is one's "true character", drawing out personalities in the Junkyard's residents and one's ability to transform into demons called Atma Avatars present in their data. This comes at a price: hunger causes an individual's Atma Avatar to take over, so they must feed on others. Alternatively, Sera's song is capable of staving off the mental effects of hunger, though it is not effective in all circumstances. Furthermore, some individuals' personalities are affected by their Atma, which may lead to them forgetting their humanity in favor of adopting their Atma's character.

While the individual still has control over themselves, they may transform into their avatar or revert to their human form at will, though the initial infection causes an involuntary, berserk transformation. Additionally, the Embryon's first fight after their initial infection suggests that, when an individual with Atma is confronted, there is a response prompting them to transform.

When an individual has Atma, their skin is branded with a symbol. These brands have names and represent their avatar in some way. While transforming, the brand will glow and spread many lines on the individual's skin, resembling circuitry.

Gameplay

At the beginning of combat, the party transforms into their Atma Avatars, allowing them to use their skills and adopting their affinities, though they may not be able to do so in time when ambushed and will instead start in their human forms. They may transform into or out of their Avatar at any time, though certain skills or Ailments may force them to revert. Generally, being in human form is disadvantageous as they cannot use skills and take additional damage from all attributes, but Avatars are incapable of using guns and possess different resistances from humans.

In Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2, high levels of Solar Noise may cause the party to instead start battles in a half-transformed state called Berserk Mode. Additionally, some enemies may start in their human form.

Defeated enemies are devoured by the party after a successful battle, granting them some health and Atma Points which progress their current Mantras.

Game Appearances

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

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After the object containing Sera opens in Ground Zero, beams of light hit the people of the Junkyard, granting them Atma and emotions. This, along with Angel's interference requiring Sera to be taken to Nirvana, allows the stalemate between the tribes to be broken, as they must devour each other to survive.

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The members of the Embryon, Roland and the members of the Karma Society have Atma. It is revealed that the Atma Virus, being a corruption of one's data, prevents Cuvier Syndrome, which is also a corruption of data.

During the events of the Power Plant, Sera awakens to an Atma of her own. During the second visit to the EGG Facility, it is revealed that Heat's Atma mutated due to the EGG's data; this is reverted once his data ascends to the Sun.

While Serph and Sera's data is ascending to the Sun, they fuse into Seraph, granting them a new Atma.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	アートマ Ātoma	Atma