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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 Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book 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" (עוֹלָם אֲצִילוּת Olam Atsiluth) 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 II

Shin Megami Tensei

Shin Megami Tensei II

Main article: Makai (Shin Megami Tensei II)

Shin Megami Tensei if...

Main article: Makai (Shin Megami Tensei if...)

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Shin Megami Tensei V

Main article: Da'at (Shin Megami Tensei V)

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.

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English AtziluthShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

ExpanseShin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei IV

Da'at/NetherworldShin Megami Tensei V

DemDevil Children Light Book and Dark Book

AbyssAeon Genesis
Japanese アティルトShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Atiruto
魔界Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei V
Shin Megami Tensei if...
Majin Tensei
Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
Devil Children White Book
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book
Devil Survivor
Devil Survivor 2
Makai
魔階Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Makai
ダアトShin Megami Tensei V
Daato
Atziluth
Demon World
Demon Plane
Da'at
Simplified Chinese 魔界Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Mójiè
达识Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (Da'at) Dáshí
Demon world
Insight; Wisdom
Traditional Chinese 魔界Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Mójiè
達識Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (Da'at) Dáshí
Demon world
Insight; Wisdom
French Monde des enfers/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V

Outre-monde/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Underworld/Da'at
Netherworld/Da'at
German Dämonenreich/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Demon Realm/Da'at
Italian Oltre/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Beyond/Da'at
Korean 마계Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Magye
다아트Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Daateu
Demon world
Da'at
Polish Świat podziemny/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Underworld/Da'at
Brazilian Portuguese Submundo/Da'atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Underworld/Da'at
Russian Потусторонний мирShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Potustoronniy mir
Да'атShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Da'at
Netherworld
Da'at
Spanish Inframundo/Da’atShin Megami Tensei V
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Underworld/Da'at
Turkish Dipâlem/Da'atShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Deep Realm/Da'at