Demon

Not to be confused with Daemon. For the Beast from the Shinyaku Last Bible games, see Demon (Demon). For the Race whose name directly translates to Demon, see Akuma (Race).

The Shin Megami Tensei cover artwork, featuring the three main heroes and various Demons behind them.

Demons, also known as Devils, are supernatural entities that appear throughout and are a core element of the Megami Tensei franchise. They serve as both malevolent forces as well as potential allies that can be befriended through Negotiation. They are often at the heart of major disasters that occur within the franchise's narratives, either being the cause of or otherwise related to them.

Demons in the Megami Tensei franchise do not just refer to conventional evil spirits or monsters, but also extends to numerous other figures and creatures across cultures, including deities, angels, historical and folk figures, urban legends, robots, and so on. In the context of the Megami Tensei franchise, Demon is used to refer to any entity that poses a potential threat to mankind.

Demons are often conversed with and summoned using a Demon Summoning Program on a technological device, such as a computer, COMP or smartphone, though non-human characters tend to be able to do so innately. Individuals capable of summoning Demons are referred to in the franchise as Devil Summoners or other such titles.

Demons have mechanical equivalents in some other Megami Tensei series and media. In Persona series, Personas and Shadows are equivalent to Demons. In the Last Bible series, the entities are referred to as Beasts. In Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, they are referred to as Mirages.

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Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series

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Shin Megami Tensei series

In some titles, Demons require Magnetite to stay summoned as in the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series, though this is not the case in more recent titles. In Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei V, Magatsuhi acts as the Demons' life force.

In Shin Megami Tensei V, Demons are one half of the Nahobino, with humans being the other half.

Last Bible series

Main article: Beast (Last Bible)

In the Last Bible series, Demons are referred to as Beasts (Monsters in the Revelations: The Demon Slayer localization). Beasts co-exist alongside humans in this series.

Majin Tensei series

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Devil Summoner series

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The Kuzunoha Clan in the Raidou series uses tubes to contain and summon their Demons.

Persona series

In the Persona series, characters use Personas in battle instead of summoning Demons, though Personas are often the same Demons found in other games.

In Persona, Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, the party battles Demons. In Persona 5 and its spin-offs, the party fights Shadows that take the form of Demons.

Devil Children series

In the Devil Children series, Demons are referred to as Devils (Demons in the DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version localization). They hail from the realm of Makai and can join forces with Devil Children, half-human half-Devil hybrids. Each Devil Children is assigned a Partner Devil, but they can also negotiate with other Devils and summon them using a Deviliser.

Digital Devil Saga series

In the Digital Devil Saga series, humans infected by the Atma virus can turn into Demons; these humans make up both the party and many of the enemies they fight. The cost of Atma is hunger: should an infected individual go too long without feeding on other Demons, they risk losing their humanity and transforming into a Demon permanently.

Devil Survivor series

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Trivia

• In Japanese, Demons allied with the protagonist are typically called 仲魔 nakama, a pun on 仲間 nakama (companion) and 魔 ma (demon).
  • In Korean, nakama is translated literally as 동료 악마Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
    (allied Demon) or 동료악마Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
    Shin Megami Tensei IV
    Shin Megami Tensei V
    .

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Demon
Japanese	悪魔 Akuma	Devil
	デビル Debiru	Devil
Korean	악마 Angma	Devil
Polish	Demon	Demon
Russian	Демон Demon	Demon
Turkish	İblis	Devil